Next into the fray is Geraint Thomas of Wales. The Team Sky rider, who finished 22nd in the Tour de France last weekend, looks stony-faced as he tucks in and braces himself for 38.4km of pain.

"It will be great to wear the Welsh jersey again - the last time was in Melbourne in 2006. I feel like I represent Wales wherever I race but to actually wear the jersey is that extra bit special," he told BBC Sport.

However, what he didn't mention to us was that he would be scoping the crowd for pretty faces.

"l'll be trying to focus on the road, - but if there are any nice-looking girls along the way that'll break up my effort a bit," he told the press yesterday.

Come on Geraint, eyes on the prize.

Wales' Luke Rowe is one of the latest riders to look out at that scene below and roll out onto the streets of Glasgow.

He finished ninth in the road race in Delhi four years ago.

His team-mate Scott Davies suffers a technical problems moments after descending the start ramp.

Up pops his hand, in skids the support car and away he goes on a spare bike. All in a matter of seconds.

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British Cycling:, external "Here's the rider's eye view as they start today's time trial"

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Athletics Canada:, external "Head coach Peter Eriksson said he would get his nails painted if the team won five gold medals. Five more and he wears a kilt."

Eriksson, 61, was also previously head coach of British Athletics.

Over at the Scotstoun Campus, women's singles champion Nicol David is in doubles action alongside fellow Malaysian Wee Wern Low. England's Alison Waters and Emma Beddoes are the opposition.

David and Low have taken the first game, leading 11-10 4-3.

Live stream of that is up and running at the top of this page via the live coverage tab.

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England's Tonia Couch, Sarah Barrow and 13-year-old Victoria Vincent (pictured) have qualified for the 10m platform final, with Couch leading throughout qualifying until faltering on her last dive and slipping back to third behind Canada's Roseline Filion and Pandelela Rinong Pamg of Malaysia.

Jersey have not won a medal in 24 years at the Commonwealth Games. Today is a chance to end that run.

Katie Nixon and Lindsey Greechan are in women's pairs semi-final action against South Africa knowing that victory would assure them at least a silver.

At the moment, Jersey's wait looks like it is set to continue. Nixon and Greechan trail 17-5 after 12 ends.

Saj Chowdhury
BBC Sport in Glasgow

"Injured Mark Cavendish spoke to his fellow Isle of Man cyclists to offer his support ahead of the Commonwealth Games. 'He's been on the phone to some of them,' said team manager Trevor Taubman. 'Mark would have loved to have been here. He's very proud of where he's from.'

"Andrew Roche, in his seventh Games, Joe Kelly and Mark Christian go for the island."

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Julian Bellido of Gibraltar is the first man to finish the men's time trial in 58 minutes 49.28 seconds. But he will not feature in the medal shake-up.

Scotland hockey player David Coultas:, external "So excited for today's match against world champions Australia, huge opportunity."

Scotland take on Australia in their last group game at 14:00 BST this afternoon. You can watch it live here.

England's Commonwealth and Olympic long jump champion Greg Rutherford:, external "Thrilled to be England's second athletics gold medallist behind my good mate Dan Greaves. He was my inspiration out here."

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Greaves, 31, beat Aled Davies of Wales to become men's F42/44 discus champion on Monday, throwing 59.21m.

England diver Jack Laugher on Twitter:, external "Really happy I was able to carry on my good form this morning. Bring on the final!"

Laugher, 19, won gold in the 1m springboard on Wednesday and will compete again in Thursday evening's 3m springboard final.

Chris Boardman
Olympic cycling champion and BBC Sport summariser

"Scotland's David Millar has been out of competition for a few weeks now so we don't have any gauge of his form but I know he will be highly motivated. In what is his last year of competition he will be anxious to go out with a win but I think he will be up against it.

"England's Alex Dowsett, again hasn't been racing in recent weeks. He is a strong rider and very good at the time trial, but perhaps this course will be a bit too technical for him. I've been hearing reports Wales' Geraint Thomas is pretty tired after the Tour de France. He has had only had three days to recover, so his performance will mostly depend on motivation. But I thought he was the favourite today."

Saj Chowdhury
BBC Sport in Glasgow

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"We love a trier and Gibraltar's Julian Bellido, who went off second, is a trier of cycling, triathlons, rowing and TV cable engineering.

"This is his third Games," said Team Gibraltar medical guy and 'photographer at the start line' Keith Ramirez.

"He did the triathlon in his first Games but has done cycling since.

"He's going to attempt to row across the Atlantic next year. He's not one to sit about."

Here are some cracking clips from the recent action that you will want to watch.

HOCKEY: Police officers join in the fun and end up providing the entertainment at half-time in the men's hockey pool match between Malaysia and New Zealand.

CYCLING: New Zealand's Linda Villumsen snatches time trial gold from England's Emma Pooley by just six seconds.

LAWN BOWLS: In the deciding contest England beat Scotland 13-12 to win bronze in the lawn bowls open triples B6/B7/B8 at Kelvingrove.

BOXING: BBC Sport's Gary Lineker and boxing legend Barry McGuigan inadvertently reveal the result of the next pre-recorded boxing bout.

DIVING: Australian diver Grant Nel scores zero after slipping on the springboard and landing in the pool flat on his back in the men's 3m preliminary round. Ouch.

We're halfway through the preliminary round of the women's 10m platform and England's Tonia Couch leads the way ahead of Malaysian Pandelela Rinong Pamg and Canada's Roseline Filion. The top 12 will qualify for the final, and you can watch the action here.

Wales cyclist Geraint Thomas is among the favourites for victory today and before the race he spoke to BBC Sport about his recovery from competing in the Tour de France and his chances in Glasgow.

"It will be great to wear the Welsh jersey again - the last time was in Melbourne in 2006. I feel like I represent Wales wherever I race but to actually wear the jersey is that extra bit special.

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"It will be tough in the time trial because riders like Scotland's defending Commonwealth champion David Millar and England's Alex Dowsett have had time to prepare and make sure they are in good form.

"It remains to be seen if the miles I have in my legs will be a help or hindrance. I know it's going to hurt, however I ride. I can ride fast and hurt or go slow and hurt."

You can read more from Geraint here. Live coverage of the men's time trial is available here.

So who is watching what? As always there is a variety of options to watch. Among the action going on at this very moment is cycling, lawn bowls, squash, diving, badminton and table tennis.

To watch, click on the live coverage tab at the top of this page. You can also watch a host of interviews and memorable clips. You lucky, lucky people.

It is the Sherriff versus the policeman in a shoot-out to reach the final at Kelvingrove.

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Australia's Aron Sherriff is currently in action in the men's singles semi-final against Scotland's 2014 world indoor champion Darren Burnett, who has had to get time off work to compete as he is normally seen in his day job as part of the Arbroath police force.

Burnett defeated Northern Ireland's Martin McHugh 21-20 in a thrilling quarter-final earlier today and is the only British competitor left after England's Sam Tolchard was beaten in the same round by Australia's Shannon McIlroy.

Watch coverage of the lawn bowls here.

Image source, Herald Sun

Wednesday's Herald Sun in Australia was in good form with their front page, saying 'Australia can thank Bronte and Cate Campbell for smashing the Poms at the Commonwealth Games'.

Well, we eagerly await to see Thursday's front page after those Poms then retook the lead in the medal table, winning 38 gold medals so far, compared to only 35 from Australia.