Although Jamieson, part of Australia's fourth- placed 4000m teams pursuit, narrowly missed out on a bronze medal, he hasn't given up hope of standing on an Olympic podium just yet.

"My dream has always been to go to the Olympics and also to compete in the Tour de France - a medal in Beijing would have been a bonus," he said on arrival back home in Tasmania yesterday.

While Jamieson, 24, plans to concentrate more on road racing than track cycling in coming years, he said the Commonwealth Games in Dehli in 2010 and the London Olympics in 2012 were still well and truly on his radar.

"By the time London comes around I will be 28, but there's no reason why I can't do the road time trial and still race on the track as well," Jamieson said.

"Track racing will still be part of my program, but not just to the extent I focused on it this year."

Jamieson said he had yet to sit down with his coaches and map out a program for the next 12 months and beyond, but an increased focus on road racing would be a major component.

"I'm talking to some professional teams at the moment to see what's available and once I know that, then I will try to work it into my program," he said.

Jamieson said he would be targeting professional road races in Europe as well as Australian events such as the Tour Down Under, Sun Herald Tour and the Tour of Tasmania, which will be held in October.

"The Tour of Tasmania is a big deal for me - it's my home event," he said.

Jamieson said he was personally pleased with his effort in Beijing, but disappointed for the older members of the Australian cycling team, many of whom were competing at their last Olympics.

"I rode the best I could," he said.

Jamieson said he had enjoyed his Olympic experience, especially after the cycling program finished.

"There was a lot of celebration going on in the (athletes) village and all sorts of functions and parties outside as well," he said.

"I didn't get to go to the opening ceremony, but the closing ceremony was brilliant.

"It was a great experience just to be in the arena with all the other athletes.

"The ceremony itself was just amazing."

Jamieson said the Games as a whole were also very well staged.

"The Chinese put together a very good show - they did a great job and everything was very well organised. I think a lot of the criticism leading up to the Games was probably unjustified."