Geraint Thomas soloed to a dramatic victory in a rain-soaked Commonwealth Games road race after distancing his fellow breakaway riders on the final lap.

The Welshman jumped out of a three-man group that had edged clear from a dwindling peloton on the eighth of 12 laps in Glasgow, and proved the strongest of the trio as he took his win by over a minute.

Thomas suffered a late scare when he was forced to change his front wheel with just six kilometres to go, but the 28 year old remained calm and stayed clear to take his second medal of the Games, while Jack Bauer (New Zealand) edged out Scott Thwaites (England) for silver.

Immediately after the race, a tired but elated Thomas told the BBC:

"It was such a grime day, and to be honest, I felt terrible at the start. I was thinking of stopping - I felt that bad - but luckily I got into it and everyone else seemed to come down to my level. When my move went it was perfect and I was surprised how easily we went away."

"When I had that front puncture I thought 'What am I going to do?', but fortunately I had a decent gap and managed to stay out in front. I'd stopped earlier on because my chain got tangled, and that wasn't ideal either, but it was a good day in the end."

"It's unbelievable to win here. I never expected to win it. Coming off the Tour - I was tired at the end of that - and I thought it would be a massive challenge physically to get some results here, but the motivation was there and I was buzzing off the Team Wales set up."

"The last time I rode for Wales was in Melbourne in 2006, so I committed to it, and to get a bronze in the time trial was a massive boost to the confidence. It showed I had recovered a bit, and then today I got stuck in and it all ended well."