David Stone won Great Britain's 33rd gold medal of the London Paralympics on Saturday after an impressive performance at Brands Hatch.
Yorkshireman Stone successfully defended his Paralympic title with victory in the mixed T1-2 road race at Brands Hatch.
The 31-year-old, who has cerebral palsy and rides a tricycle, took the 24-kilometre road race to win his third Paralympic gold medal, seven seconds ahead of Italy's Giorgio Farroni.
Stone had to settle for bronze in his time trial event earlier this week, and he admitted today's triumph had lifted him.
"It makes it better to win today because it was so disappointing not winning in the time trial," he said.
"Compared to Beijing (2008 Paralympic Games), the competition was so much better. It's good, it pushes me. It makes it a much better sport.
"The crowd were fantastic today. I couldn't let them down."
Lora Turnham and her pilot Fiona Duncan finished eighth in the women's tandem road race, while Ireland's Katie Dunlevy and her pilot Sandra Fitzgerald were fifth and Catherine Walsh and her pilot Francine Meehan ninth.
Turnham and Duncan were the final British cyclists to compete in the Games, leaving the hosts with a total of 22 medals, eight of them gold, across road and track.
Swimmer Ellie Simmonds remained on course to win her fourth London Paralympics medal today at the Aquatics Centre.
Walsall-born Simmonds booked a spot in the S6 100 metres freestyle final, having already won two golds and a bronze during the past 10 days.
But the 17-year-old admitted it had been hard work, claiming: "I had a rubbish lead-up to this one. I couldn't sleep at all last night.
"I've been quite emotional. I don't know why. But I am enjoying it."
American Victoria Arlen equalled her own world record in the 100 metres as she moved closer to bringing her turbulent London 2012 campaign to an end.
The American was on the verge of exclusion on grounds of being ineligible to compete on the eve of the Games before being given a reprieve by the International Paralympic Committee.
The 17-year-old won silver in the S6 400m freestyle behind Simmonds. Today Arlen was the quickest qualifier in one minute 14.74 seconds.
Arlen said: "It's tough, but I love racing Ellie. It's great and she's a sweetheart. It's sometimes hard when people are cheering against you, but it's really an energetic crowd and it pushes us all on."
Natalie Jones joined Simmonds in reaching the final as she finished second in her heat and eighth overall, while the 4x100m medley 34 point relay team smashed the British record to qualify fastest for the final tonight.
The quartet of Jonathan Fox, Jack Bridge, James Hollis and Thomas Young will compete in the last event in the pool at the Paralympics.
World champion Harriet Lee broke her own British record to qualify third fastest in her favourite SB9 100m Breaststroke, but Louise Watkin missed out on a final place.
Earlier, Bridge sliced more than two seconds off his British record to reach his first career Paralympic final in the SB9 100m breaststroke, and Anthony Stephens also qualified fourth fastest after a season's best in the S5 100m freestyle, while Matt Whorwood clocked his fastest time since 2010 as he qualified seventh fastest for the S6 100m freestyle final.
Eighteen-year-old Rhys Jones and Jamie Carter, 17, brought the curtain down on the biggest week of their careers in front of yet another near-packed house at the Olympic Stadium on the final day of track athletics.
Neither athlete, both of whom have cerebral palsy, was able to progress, Jones finishing fifth in his T37 100m heat and wheelchair racer Carter sixth in the T34 100m first round.
But they reached their respective 200m finals earlier in the week and are now eager to build on their baptisms of fire.
The only other Briton in action progressed on a low-key morning for the hosts.
Hazel Robson, at 33 toward the other end of her career, made it through to the final of the T36 100m as a fastest loser.
She will be one of only two home athletes involved tonight, with javelin thrower Nathan Stephens looking for a medal in the F57/58 class.
Britain's Stephen McGuire saw his hopes of a boccia bronze medal dashed by Brazilian Eliseu Dos Santos in the mixed
individual final BC4 at ExCeL, losing 5-3.
McGuire said: "I am gutted, but I was 5-0 down and it was always going to be hard to come back."
Britain lost their men's team epee quarter-final 45-19 to China at the ExCeL, but the wheelchair rugby players - watched by England rugby captain Chris Robshaw - qualified for the fifth place play-off game tonight after beating Belgium at the Basketball Arena.
The British team's medal hopes disappeared through a Pool A defeat against Japan yesterday, but they were back on court this morning, and despite a hesitant start they recovered strongly to post a 54-49 success.
And David Clarke signed off his international career with a goal as Britain finished seventh in the five-a-side football tournament with a 2-0 win over Turkey at the Riverbank Arena.
The veteran British captain scored with three minutes left to cap a brilliant display in which he manufactured 13 chances to score and then, at the final whistle, he made an emotional address to the crowd and his team-mates.
Keryn Seal scored Britain's opener.