In the end his consistency against the power men of the peloton saw him finish fourth overall in the points race.
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Meyer, who had already won gold medals in the points race and team pursuit, admitted the Games were missing some of cycling's biggest stars.
He has come close twice before - including 2001 when he led the points race going into the final stage only to lose out to Zabel.
Howell's win lifts him from 17th to 10th in the world rankings and puts him top of the Ryder Cup points race, guaranteeing a second appearance at the K Club in September.
To add to a successful night for Belarusian cycling, Tatsiana Sharakova (30 points) won the women's points race, another non-Olympic event, while Jarmila Machacova of Czech Republic (20 points) took silver and Giorgia Bronzini of Italy (14 points) collected bronze.
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The early finish meant the top eight drivers were awarded half points as the race had not reached 75% distance.
Under the new system 10 drivers will score points in each race.
"Williams has made a big step forward this year and I'm pleased to be fighting for points in every race, " he said after practice.
"The target is to score points in every race and to be much closer to Kimi, " says Fisichella, who has spent up to three hours every day in the team's simulator at their Maranello headquarters.
Minnesota's 6th congressional district is conservative -- it voted for John McCain over Barack Obama for the presidency by 8 points -- but Bachmann won her race last year by just 3 percentage points after one of her controversial statements put her seat at risk in the homestretch.
Polls released a few days later showed Kerry gaining five points in the horse race.
With Aberdeen, Dundee United and Hibs all drawing, Hearts have pulled seven points clear in the race for European football.
Rossi now leads Melandri by 58 points in the title race.
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Alonso, who goes into the race eight points clear of Webber, 15 ahead of Vettel and 24 ahead of Hamilton, insisted he was in a very strong position.
Minnesota is third in the team race with 86 points, followed by Iowa with 68.
But Republican Bob Dole carried the conservative district by 15 percentage points in the 1996 presidential race.
Rosberg, meanwhile, is fifth on 67 points and clinched the first race win of his career in China.
The BBC Sport columnist will be keen to build on that with a strong race into the points.
Hamilton leads the title race by three points from Webber, with Vettel, Button and Alonso needing to make up ground.
Kunitz added two assists to move into third place in the NHL scoring race with 36 points, nine behind Crosby's league-leading total.
He barely slipped into the Derby field, earning only enough points (14) to land 19th in the points ranking coming into the race.
The poll questions on the election had a margin of error of plus or minus 4.5 percentage points, meaning the presidential race remains close.
The pair leave First Division rivals Queen of the South to take over at Dens Park, with the league leaders three points clear in the promotion race.
Button has now triumphed in four of the five races so far this season and leads the title race with 41 points from Barrichello on 27 and Vettel with 23.
Ferrari go into the 13th round of the championship on their home track at Monza with Fernando Alonso leading the title race by 24 points, despite being caught up in the first corner carnage at Spa last Sunday.
Despite missing 12 games, Crosby still finished tied for third in the NHL scoring race with 56 points and he has torched the Islanders throughout his career, scoring 20 goals and dishing out 55 assists against the Islanders, the most points has against any team.
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