Switzerland's Fabian Cancellara grabs a bottle of water on hi second lap finishing in tenth place in the men's cycling Individual Road Time Trial final at the 2004 Athens Summer Olympic Games, August 18, 2004. (UPI / Heinz Ruckemann)
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