RIO DE JANEIRO — Switzerland’s Nino Schurter left nothing to chance this time as he completed his full set of Olympics medals by beating Czech Jaroslav Kulhavy for gold in the men’s cross-country cycling race on Sunday.All eyes had been on Slovakia’s world road race champion Peter Sagan at the start after his surprise decision to contest the mountain bike event rather than go for gold on tarmac.But once punctures put paid to his chances, it was left to the out-and-out dirt warriors to fight for victory.READ THIS: Caster Semenya slaps down quizzerLocked in battle with Kulhavy on the sixth of seven laps around the 4.8km circuit snaking Rio’s inland hills, a repeat of their London 2012 thriller looked on.Then it was Kulhavy who pounced to win a sprint finish.But a fight to the line never materialised as five-times world champion Schurter put the hammer down and sprinted away from his rival.He led by 33 seconds going into the final circuit and powered on to win by nearly a minute.Spain’...
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