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at the

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was held between 29 July and 7 August 2022 at four different venues. There were 26 events altogether in cycling, making the sport third-highestt in terms of number of medals available. There were 20 events in track cycling (including four for para-cycling), two in mountain biking, two in road time trials and two in road racing.

Schedule

The competition schedule was as follows:

Venues

Three of the four cycling venues were located within the

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: * Myton Fields was the start/finish location for a road race course that circulated through

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and

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. * West Park in

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was the start/finish location for a road time trial course that stretched to

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. *

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Forest was the venue for mountain biking. In addition, it was decided that the

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, more than 100 miles away from Birmingham, would host the track cycling. This caused backlash amongst residents in the West Midlands, and even resulted in a petition that was signed by 6,000 locals that urged for a new velodrome to be built in the West Midlands instead of using one in London. Nonetheless, a new velodrome in the West Midlands was ruled out on grounds of cost.

Qualification (parasport)

A total of 12 para-track cyclists (6 per gender) nominally qualified to compete at the Games. They qualify as follows: * Athletes in the UCI Individual Tandem B – Track Para Rankings (for performances between 1 January 2021 and 18 April 2022). * Recipient of a CGF / UCI Bipartite Invitation.

Medal summary

Medal table

Medalists

Road cycling

Mountain biking

Track cycling

= Men

= :1. Repecharge athlete

= Women

Para-track cycling

References

External links

Official website: 2022 Commonwealth Games – Cycling - Mountain BikeOfficial website: 2022 Commonwealth Games – Cycling - Road CyclingOfficial website: 2022 Commonwealth Games – Cycling - Time TrialOfficial website: 2022 Commonwealth Games – Cycling - Track and Para Track
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