Cycling Cycling, also, when on a two-wheeled bicycle, called bicycling or biking, is the use of cycles for transport, recreation, exercise or sport. People engaged in cycling are referred to as "cyclists", "bicyclists", or "bikers". Apart from two ...

competitions at the

2022 Bolivarian Games The 2022 Bolivarian Games (Spanish:''Juegos Bolivarianos''), officially the XIX Bolivarian Games Valledupar 2022, was an international multi-sport event that was held in Valledupar, Colombia from June 24 to July 5. It was the fifth time of the ev ...

Valledupar Valledupar () is a city and municipality in northeastern Colombia. It is the capital of Caesar Department. Its name, ''Valle de Upar'' (Valley of Upar), was established in honor of the Amerindian cacique who ruled the valley; ''Cacique Upar''. ...

, Colombia were held from 24 June to 2 July 2022 at three venues across Valledupar and at one sub-venue in

Cali Santiago de Cali (), or Cali, is the capital of the Valle del Cauca department, and the most populous city in southwest Colombia, with 2,227,642 residents according to the 2018 census. The city spans with of urban area, making Cali the second ...

. Twenty medal events were scheduled to be contested in the four disciplines of

BMX BMX, an abbreviation for bicycle motocross or bike motocross, is a cycle sport performed on BMX bikes, either in competitive BMX racing or freestyle BMX, or else in general street or off-road recreation. History BMX began during the earl ...

mountain biking Mountain biking is a sport of riding bicycles off-road, often over rough terrain, usually using specially designed mountain bikes. Mountain bikes share similarities with other bikes but incorporate features designed to enhance durability and pe ...

road cycling Road cycling is the most widespread form of cycling in which cyclists ride on paved roadways. It includes Recreational cycling, recreational, Road bicycle racing, racing, Bicycle commuting, commuting, and utility cycling. As users of the road, ...

and

track cycling Track cycling is a bicycle racing sport usually held on specially built banked tracks or velodromes using purpose-designed track bicycles. History Track cycling has been around since at least 1870. When track cycling was in its infancy, it wa ...

. In each discipline there were the same events for both men and women. A total of 191 cyclists competed in the events. The events were open competitions without age restrictions. Colombia, who were the competition defending champions after Santa Marta 2017, won the cycling competitions again after winning 17 of the 20 gold medals at stake.

Participating nations

A total of 10 nations (all the 7 ODEBO nations and 3 invited) registered athletes for the cycling competitions. Each nation was able to enter a maximum of 54 athletes (27 per gender) distributed by disciplines as follows: *BMX: 4 athletes (2 per gender) *Mountain biking: 4 athletes (2 per gender) *Road cycling: 16 athletes (8 per gender) *Track cycling: 30 athletes (15 per gender) Only Guatemala did not register participants. * * * * * * * * * *

Venues

BMX, mountain biking and road cycling were held in Valledupar, while track cycling competitions took place in

, a sub-venue outside Valledupar.

Medal summary

BMX

Mountain biking

Road cycling

Track cycling

Medal table

References

External links

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Bolivarian Games The Bolivarian Games (Spanish: ''Juegos Bolivarianos'', full name ''Juegos Deportivos Bolivarianos'') are a regional multi-sport event held in honor of Simón Bolívar, and organized by the Bolivarian Sports Organization (''Organización Deport ...

Cycle races in Colombia