Aussies give it their all in Men's Road Race at Tokyo Olympics

Australian Richie Porte has described the men's road race at the Tokyo Olympics as one of the toughest days he's had on a bike after finishing 48th behind Ecuador's gold medallist Richard Carapaz.

Carapaz and Sloevnian Tadej Pogacar swapped the Tour de France podium for the dais in Tokyo where they were separated by silver medallist Wout van Aert from Belgium.

Carapaz - who was third in this month's Tour de France - launched a late attack to ride solo to the line after 244km and win by 1min 07secs from van Aert and Pogacar, who is the reigning two-time Tour de France champion.

Porte was 48th after more than 6hrs 15mins in the saddle while his Australian teammates Lucas Hamilton and Luke Durbridge were 71st and 72nd.

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