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An interesting article about banning spectators from the Olympics cycling event.

Relatives of Australian racing champion, Matthew Lloyd, managed to work their way through the heavily guarded finishing line by bribing a security official. But his mother Barbara Lloyd was told to leave the area, because she was cheering too much, The Herald reported.

After a relative was denied watching the race, they allowed her to watch TV:

She didn't have a ticket, normally you don't need a ticket to watch the road race,'' he said. "She flew over here from Australia to watch it and watched it on TV."

Come on, isn't a major part of a race having fans cheer you on?

The six hour race, in some of the most picturesque countryside, finished at the Great Wall but with not a spectator in sight.