And almost one year on, the London 2012 road race route can still be retraced.
Armitstead, from Otley, West Yorkshire, won Britain's first 2012 medal in the women's road race.
John Lawton, 62, from Alsager, went missing in an off-road race on 8 April.
On Saturday, Britain's Nicole Cooke is one of the favourites in the elite women's road race.
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It's only the eighth road race for the 38-year-old Lagat, who will be joined by 15, 000 runners.
Prokopcuka will renew her rivalry with Derartu Tulu for the 10km road race in the Scottish capital.
Four of the events, the marathon, the walk, cycling road race and the cycling time trial, are free.
Highlights of the Women's Road Race which took place overnight plus live coverage of the Men's Road Race.
Rebellin, celebrated his 37th birthday by finishing second behind Spain's Samuel Sanchez in the road race at the Olympics.
Lizzie Armitstead, from Otley, won Team GB's first medal of the Olympics, taking silver in the women's road race.
McGuinness produced a lap time of 131.7mph during the Dundrod 150 - a world-record time for a road race.
In other selection news, Team Great Britain have announced cyclist David Millar will be part of its road race team.
Team GB has won its first London 2012 medals, with cyclist Lizzie Armitstead taking silver in the women's road race.
Lizzie Armitstead won Britain's first medal of the 2012 Olympics, taking silver in the women's road race on day two.
And on Sunday, Italy's Paolo Bettini has the chance to win the elite men's road race for a third consecutive year.
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She's spent time with Stevens visualizing situations for the July 29 Olympic road race, which takes place during the Games's opening weekend.
Tributes have been paid to a cyclist who died in a crash with a car during a road race in South Gloucestershire.
The annual Coniston 14 road race, scheduled for Saturday, has been postponed.
Dunlop beat road race rival Farquhar in the first 250cc race but Farquhar took the honours from Paul Robinson in race two.
Donegal woman Jennings will compete against the world's top women's riders in both the time trial and the road race in Canada.
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Not only have I recovered from the surgery but I run in a 5K and a 10K road race since the surgery.
Thomas now hopes to return to competition at the end of the month in an Under-23 road race in Cornwall on 24 April.
In this one, a young girl running in a road race is pictured, with text saying she died in one of the blasts.
In other cycling news Wednesday, David Millar has been named in the Great Britain squad for the road race at the London Olympics.
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The Yamaha ace won both Superbike and Supersport races while Ian Hutchinson from Yorkshire set a new fastest ever road race lap with 130.828mph.
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Junior Heffernan, 23, from Yelverton, near Plymouth in Devon, was killed in the collision at Elberton during the Severn Bridge Road Race on Sunday.
The men's Road Race, takes place over a 167km course, taking in some of Delhi's famous landmarks, such as India Gate, along the way.
And if the procession is a bit too slow for you, why not sign up for the The Lord Mayor's 5km Classic Road Race?
Armitstead's performance was a welcome boost for home fans after the bitter disappointment of Mark Cavendish's failure to win the men's road race Saturday.
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