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RIO DE JANEIRO -- Switzerlands Fabian Cancellara announced last winter that he will be retiring at the end of this cycling season. After he won the gold medal in the mens time trial Wednesday at age 35 and Kristin Armstrong won the womens time trial just one day short of her 43rd birthday, he was asked whether he might reconsider retiring.No, he swiftly replied. Definitely not.If youre 35 or 43 or whatever your age, its everyones choice, he continued. I knew it was going to be a special year when I said I would retire at the end of the season.Cancellara said he was uncertain whether he will ride in another race again this year, but if not, he went out in special fashion. Riding a difficult course in windy, drizzly conditions, the man known as Spartacus won with a time of 1 hour, 12.15 seconds that was 15 seconds faster than silver medalist Tom Dumoulin of the Netherlands. Tour de France champ Chris Froome took bronze.That guy came by me pretty fast, American Taylor Phinney said of Cancellara. Hes somebody I always looked up. Talk about somebody who believes in himself and has put in a great career. So Im happy for him. Hopefully this can be a nice cherry on top of a big career.Cancellara, who has been racing professionally for 16 years, is one of the sports top and most famous cyclists. A great rider in the Classics, he also has worn the yellow jersey in the Tour de France 29 times while winning seven stages there. He won a gold medal in the time trial at the 2008 Olympics as well.Im just grateful I came out here and I was healthy and I came through, Cancellara said. Im just super proud. Reaching this today means a lot for me. This is sports highest event that the world presents. And when you win a gold medal in your retirement year? I think Im just proud.This wont give me any doubts about my retirement.Phinney finished 22nd, five minutes and nine seconds behind Cancellara, while fellow U.S. rider Brent Bookwalter was 23rd. The son of Olympic medalists David Phinney and Connie Carpenter-Phinney, Taylor Phinneys career took a gruesome hit two years ago when he suffered a severe leg fracture.Phinney was disappointed by his finish and frustrated with the steep climbing on the course -- It was definitely a bitch -- but says he feels better where he is now after recovering from his broken leg.I have the motivation, I have the determination, he said. Considering the last couple years I have to be happy. Happy with where my heads at, happy with where my bodys at. He said riding Wednesday was a step up, albeit not a step as quite as I had dreamed.At 26, Phinney is a much younger athlete than Cancellara or Armstrong, but he will be 30 when the 2020 Olympics are held, and he looks to perform better there. Considering how well the older cyclists did Wednesday, he has plenty of motivation.Im motivated to do what I can over the next four years and continue to grow, he said. Honestly, I was in a head space even a couple months ago where I was really down on this sport. And being able to train for this has really turned my head around and gotten me to a point where I understand what Im doing here. And thats all you can really hope for.Cancellara, however, will not be competing against him. Hell just be looking back at everything he has accomplished, including Wednesdays gold medal ride.It was a perfect day, Cancellara said. A perfect day to make history and make another hook you can put on the side and look back on everything you did. ... Reaching this makes me proud and super happy and thankful for this day. Adidas Superstar Wholesale Uk . -- The Portland Timbers and Real Salt Lake played to a 0-0 tie Saturday night that left the top of the Western Conference standings unchanged. 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HELSINKI -- Finnish police have released two members of Cubas national mens volleyball team but are holding six others on suspicion of aggravated rape, an investigator said Monday.Police will request that a regional court on Tuesday order the six men to be remanded in custody to continue the investigation before any possible charges, said Joni Lansipuro, the Central Finland Police Department officer in charge of the investigation.We have made considerable progress in our investigation and have various pieces of evidence and relevant factors that support our suspicions, Lansipuro said. We propose (to the court) that they be held in custody.The eight men were detained over the weekend in Tampere after local police on Saturday morning received a report that a woman had been raped at a hotel in the city, 170 kilometers (105 miles) north of the capital, Helsinki. The Cuban team was in the city participating in the Volleyball World League tournament in Tampere where they lost 3-1 against Finland without three of their players, who had been detained.Lansipuro said the Cuban team had been scheduled to leave the country on Monday morning, but it wasnt immediately clear if they had departed.The Cuban Volleyball Association acknowledged the arrests in a statement Mondaay night.dddddddddddd It said the Finnish investigation was continuing, but added that early information implicates them in acts that are totally removed from discipline, the sense of honor and respect that govern our sport and society. The statement did not indicate whether the rest of the team had returned to Cuba.Police declined to give further information pending the outcome of the investigation, except to say that the alleged victim and suspects were adults.The international volleyball federation, FIVB, said its very concerned by the alleged serious misconduct of the Cuban national team and has been in close contact with all parties involved.The FIVB has absolute zero tolerance of any offence committed against another person by any players or officials at an FIVB event, the world body said in a statement to Finnish broadcaster YLE.The Cuban Volleyball Association acknowledged the arrests in a statement Monday night. It said the Finnish investigation was continuing, but added that early information implicates them in acts that are totally removed from discipline, the sense of honor and respect that govern our sport and society. ' ' '