Congratulations Lizzie for the Silver Medal
Lizzie Armitstead won silver to claim Great Britain's first medal of London 2012 in the women's cycling road race as Holland's Marianne Vos took gold on The Mall.
Armitstead was beaten to victory at the end of a pulsating 140-kilometre race, which featured two climbs of Surrey's Box Hill.
http://sport.uk.msn.com/olympics-2012/news/armitstead-silver-gets-g…
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