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competitions at the

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were held July 10 to 25, 2015 at four different venues. The BMX competitions took place at the

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in Toronto, the

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competitions happened at the

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(Hardwood Mountain Bike Park) in Oro-Medonte, due to naming rights the venue was known as the latter for the duration of the games. The road races happened in the streets of

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with the start and finish being adjacent to the

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. Finally the

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events occurred at the Milton Velodrome in Milton. The road cycling time trials happened in the streets surrounding the velodrome (Milton Time Trial Course).

Competition schedule

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The following was the competition schedule for the cycling competitions:

FL = Flying Lap, PR = Points Race, ER = Elimination Race, IP = Individual Pursuit, SR = Scratch Race, TT = Time Trial

Medal table

Medalists

BMX

Mountain biking

Road cycling

Track cycling

Participation

A total of 24 countries qualified athletes. The number of athletes a nation entered is in parentheses beside the name of the country. * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *

Qualification

A total of 228 cyclists qualified to compete at the games (146 in road and track combined, 36 in mountain biking and 38 in BMX). A nation was able to enter at most 24 athletes (16 among road and track cycling, four in mountain biking and four in BMX). The host nation (Canada) automatically entered a full team of 24 athletes (14 male and 10 female).

References

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