{"id":122662,"date":"2026-06-10T19:12:17","date_gmt":"2026-06-10T19:12:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/basketball.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2026\/06\/10\/los-angeles-olympic-games-road-events-to-finish-on-climb-to-iconic-griffith-observatory\/"},"modified":"2026-06-10T19:12:17","modified_gmt":"2026-06-10T19:12:17","slug":"los-angeles-olympic-games-road-events-to-finish-on-climb-to-iconic-griffith-observatory","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/basketball.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2026\/06\/10\/los-angeles-olympic-games-road-events-to-finish-on-climb-to-iconic-griffith-observatory\/","title":{"rendered":"Los Angeles Olympic Games road events to finish on climb to iconic Griffith Observatory"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"article-body\">\n<p id=\"elk-e522a849-44df-4ab0-94e7-4aace0c32fc3\">The organisers of the Los Angeles Olympic Games revealed that all road events &#8211; the men&#8217;s and women&#8217;s road races and time trials &#8211; will finish with a short but tough climb to Griffith Observatory on the southern slope of Mount Hollywood.<\/p>\n<p>The road races will start at Venice Beach Boardwalk as originally planned, while the time trials will start at the Los Angeles Zoo at Griffith Park, which is north of the observatory.<\/p>\n<p><a id=\"elk-seasonal\"\/><\/p>\n<aside data-block-type=\"embed\" data-render-type=\"fte\" data-skip=\"dealsy\" data-widget-type=\"seasonal\" class=\"hawk-root\"\/>\n<p id=\"elk-e522a849-44df-4ab0-94e7-4aace0c32fc3-2\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"kiosq-b\">Remco Evenepoel (Belgium), winner of the men&#8217;s road race and time trial in Paris in 2024, will face a tough choice between targeting the <a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cyclingnews.com\/tour-de-france\/\" data-url=\"https:\/\/www.cyclingnews.com\/tour-de-france\/\" data-hl-processed=\"none\" data-mrf-recirculation=\"inline-link\" data-before-rewrite-localise=\"https:\/\/www.cyclingnews.com\/tour-de-france\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Tour de France<\/a> and the Olympic Games. 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