:''This article is an outline about the activity of cycling. For an outline about bicycles themselves, see
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Bicycle – pedal- ...
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:The following
''outline'' is provided as an overview of, as well as a topical guide to cycling:
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 ...
, also called bicycling or biking, is the activity of using / riding
bicycle
A bicycle, also called a pedal cycle, bike or cycle, is a human-powered or motor-powered assisted, pedal-driven, single-track vehicle, having two wheels attached to a frame, one behind the other. A is called a cyclist, or bicyclist.
Bic ...
s, (at least partially)
human-powered,
wheel
A wheel is a circular component that is intended to rotate on an axle Bearing (mechanical), bearing. The wheel is one of the key components of the wheel and axle which is one of the Simple machine, six simple machines. Wheels, in conjunction wi ...
ed
vehicle
A vehicle (from la, vehiculum) is a machine that transports people or cargo. Vehicles include wagons, bicycles, motor vehicles (motorcycles, cars, trucks, buses, mobility scooters for disabled people), railed vehicles (trains, trams), wa ...
s (typically by
foot pedalling), for purposes including
transport
Transport (in British English), or transportation (in American English), is the intentional movement of humans, animals, and goods from one location to another. Modes of transport include air, land (rail and road), water, cable, pipeline, an ...
,
recreation
Recreation is an activity of leisure, leisure being discretionary time. The "need to do something for recreation" is an essential element of human biology and psychology. Recreational activities are often done for enjoyment, amusement, or pleasur ...
,
social interaction
A social relation or also described as a social interaction or social experience is the fundamental unit of analysis within the social sciences, and describes any voluntary or involuntary interpersonal relationship between two or more individuals ...
,
exercise
Exercise is a body activity that enhances or maintains physical fitness and overall health and wellness.
It is performed for various reasons, to aid growth and improve strength, develop muscles and the cardiovascular system, hone athletic ...
,
sport
Sport pertains to any form of Competition, competitive physical activity or game that aims to use, maintain, or improve physical ability and Skill, skills while providing enjoyment to participants and, in some cases, entertainment to specta ...
,
therapy
A therapy or medical treatment (often abbreviated tx, Tx, or Tx) is the attempted remediation of a health problem, usually following a medical diagnosis.
As a rule, each therapy has indications and contraindications. There are many different ...
, other purposes, or any combination thereof.
Persons engaged in cycling are called cyclists, bikers, or sometimes bicyclists.
They typically either dress for where they are going, or for the cycling, sometimes having another set of clothing with them, or arranged.
Apart from regular two-wheeled bicycles, cycling also includes riding
unicycle
A unicycle is a vehicle that touches the ground with only one wheel. The most common variation has a bicycle frame, frame with a bicycle saddle, saddle, and has a human-powered vehicle, pedal-driven direct-drive mechanism, direct-drive. A two spee ...
s,
tricycle
A tricycle, sometimes abbreviated to trike, is a human-powered (or gasoline or electric motor powered or assisted, or gravity powered) three-wheeled vehicle.
Some tricycles, such as cycle rickshaws (for passenger transport) and freight trikes, ...
s,
quadricycle
Quadricycle refers to vehicles with four wheels.
In 1896 Henry Ford named his first vehicle design the "Quadricycle". it ran on four bicycle wheels, with an engine driving the back wheels.Brinkley, David, ''Wheels for the World: Henry Ford, His ...
s, and other similar
human-powered wheel
A wheel is a circular component that is intended to rotate on an axle Bearing (mechanical), bearing. The wheel is one of the key components of the wheel and axle which is one of the Simple machine, six simple machines. Wheels, in conjunction wi ...
ed
vehicle
A vehicle (from la, vehiculum) is a machine that transports people or cargo. Vehicles include wagons, bicycles, motor vehicles (motorcycles, cars, trucks, buses, mobility scooters for disabled people), railed vehicles (trains, trams), wa ...
s (HPVs).
Some bicycles are sold with
(electric) motors (e-bikes), or other
motor assistance.
Cycling is practiced either solo on the vehicle, or with company, including passengers, riding in front,
[for instance in the box of a ]cargo bike
A cargo bike (also known as a box bike, carrier cycle, freight bicycle, cycletruck, or freight tricycle) is a human powered vehicle designed and constructed specifically for transporting loads. Cargo bike designs include a cargo area consisting o ...
, or sitting on the cycle's
luggage carrier
A luggage carrier, also commonly called a rack, is a device attached to a bicycle to which cargo or panniers can be attached. This is popular with utility bicycles and touring bicycles.
Bicycle luggage carriers may be mounted on the front or re ...
, or little children and/or pet animals in appropriate seats or such fixed to the bike, or occasionally actually riding with more than one person, cooperatively, on anything from a simple ''twin'' /
tandem bicycle
A tandem bicycle or twin is a form of bicycle (occasionally a tricycle) designed to be ridden by more than one person. The term tandem refers to the seating arrangement (fore to aft, not side by side), not the number of riders. Patents relat ...
, to a multi-person
party bike.
Cycling is most frequently practiced on-road, but also
off-road
Off-roading is the activity of driving or riding in a vehicle on unpaved surfaces such as sand, gravel, riverbeds, mud, snow, rocks, and other natural terrain. Types of off-roading range in intensity, from leisure drives with unmodified vehicl ...
, either mixed with other traffic, or on distinct
cycle lane
Cycle, cycles, or cyclic may refer to:
Anthropology and social sciences
* Cyclic history, a theory of history
* Cyclical theory, a theory of American political history associated with Arthur Schlesinger, Sr.
* Social cycle, various cycles in soc ...
s, separate, segregated,
cycle track
A cycle track, separated bike lane or protected bike lane (sometimes historically referred to as a sidepath) is an exclusive bikeway that has elements of a separated path and on-road bike lane. A cycle track is located within or next to the ro ...
s, or for unattended young children, and in some countries also for adults, on the
pedestrians' pavement.
What is cycling?
![Amsterdam Cycling 4](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/a1/Amsterdam_Cycling_4.jpg)
Cycling can be described as all of the following:
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Exercise
Exercise is a body activity that enhances or maintains physical fitness and overall health and wellness.
It is performed for various reasons, to aid growth and improve strength, develop muscles and the cardiovascular system, hone athletic ...
*
Recreation
Recreation is an activity of leisure, leisure being discretionary time. The "need to do something for recreation" is an essential element of human biology and psychology. Recreational activities are often done for enjoyment, amusement, or pleasur ...
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Sport
Sport pertains to any form of Competition, competitive physical activity or game that aims to use, maintain, or improve physical ability and Skill, skills while providing enjoyment to participants and, in some cases, entertainment to specta ...
*
Commuting
Commuting is periodically recurring travel between one's place of residence and place of work or study, where the traveler, referred to as a commuter, leaves the boundary of their home community. By extension, it can sometimes be any regul ...
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Transport
Transport (in British English), or transportation (in American English), is the intentional movement of humans, animals, and goods from one location to another. Modes of transport include air, land (rail and road), water, cable, pipeline, an ...
ation
Cycling equipment
![Cycling kit full body](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/0f/Cycling_kit_full_body.jpg)
* The first piece of equipment would, of course, be a
bicycle
A bicycle, also called a pedal cycle, bike or cycle, is a human-powered or motor-powered assisted, pedal-driven, single-track vehicle, having two wheels attached to a frame, one behind the other. A is called a cyclist, or bicyclist.
Bic ...
(see
Outline of bicycles
:''This article is an outline about bicycles themselves. For an outline about cycling, the associated activity, see outline of cycling.''
The following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to bicycles:
Bicycle – pedal- ...
)
*Some jurisdictions require these by law:
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Bicycle helmet
A bicycle helmet is a type of helmet designed to attenuate impacts to the head of a cyclist in falls while minimizing side effects such as interference with peripheral vision. There is ongoing scientific research into the degree of protection ...
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Bicycle lighting
Bicycle lighting is illumination attached to bicycles whose purpose above all is, along with reflectors, to improve the visibility of the bicycle and its rider to other road users under circumstances of poor ambient illumination. A secondary p ...
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Bicycle lock
A bicycle lock is a security device used to deter bicycle theft, either by simply locking one of the wheels or by fastening the bicycle to a fixed object, e.g., a bike rack.
Quick-release levers, as used on some bicycle wheels and seatpost faste ...
Used, but not always necessary:
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Bicycle tools
Various bicycle tools have evolved over the years into specialized tools for working on a bicycle. Modern bicycle shops will stock a large number of tools for working on different bicycle parts. This work can be performed by a trained bicycle mecha ...
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Cycling clothing
In competitive cycling, the kit (or uniform) is the standard equipment and attire worn specifically by athletes participating in the cycle sport, sport. The outfits differ from other forms of cycling, such as commuting and recreational cycling d ...
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Cycling gloves
Cycling gloves are gloves designed for cycling. They may provide warmth, comfort and protection.
Basic functionality
Warmth
Gloves are frequently used to keep the hands warm, a function that is particularly necessary when cycling in cold ...
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Cycling jersey
A cycling jersey is a specialised jersey for cycling.
The cycling jersey used to be made of wool since the inception of cycling as a sport in the early 1900s, while contemporary jerseys have evolved into technical sportswear that is lightweigh ...
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Cycling shoe
Cycling shoes are shoes purpose-built for cycling. There are a variety of designs depending on the type and intensity of the cycling for which they are intended. Key features include rigidity, for more-efficient transfer of power from the cyclist ...
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Cycling shorts
Cycling shorts (also known as bike shorts, bicycling shorts, chamois, knicks, or spats or thigh cling shorts) are short, skin-tight garments designed to improve comfort and efficiency while cycling.
Their useful properties are:
* reduce win ...
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Time trial cycling equipment
Cycling law and safety
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Bicycle helmet laws by country
The wearing of bicycle helmets and attitudes towards their use vary around the world. Compulsory use of helmets has often been discussed, and is disputed (see Bicycle helmet laws). Only the four countries of Argentina, Cyprus, Australia, and New Ze ...
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Bicycle law in California
Bicycle law in California is the parts of the California Vehicle Code that set out the law for persons cycling in California, and a subset of bicycle law in the United States. In general, pretty much all the same rights and responsibilities that a ...
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Bicycle Safety Camp
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Bicycle safety wing
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Bicycle theft
Bicycle theft is the crime of stealing a bicycle. It is a common crime due to the relative ease of reselling bicycles, which have a large second-hand market. This makes the crime attractive to those needing to obtain currency quickly, such as p ...
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CAN-BIKE CAN-BIKE is a Canadian cycling skills course offered across the country by Cycling Canada Cyclisme. It is a nationally standardized series of courses on all aspects of cycling safety oriented toward recreational and utilitarian cycling. The courses ...
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Danish bicycle VIN-system
The Danish bicycle VIN-system is a system introduced in 1942 by the Danish government, providing all bicycles in Denmark with a unique code. The VIN code is a combination of letters and digits embedded into the bicycle frame and consists of a ma ...
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Dooring
Dooring is the act of opening a Car door, motor vehicle door into the path of another road user. Dooring can happen when a driver has parked or stopped to exit their vehicle, or when passengers egress from cars, taxis and rideshares into the pat ...
( door zone, door prize)
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Electric bicycle laws Many countries have enacted electric vehicle laws to regulate the use of electric bicycles. Countries such as the United States and Canada have federal regulations governing the safety requirements and standards of manufacture. Other countries like ...
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Hand signals
Hand signals are given by cyclists and some motorists to indicate their intentions to other traffic. Under the Vienna Convention on Traffic, bicycles are considered 'vehicles' and cyclists are considered 'drivers', a naming convention reflec ...
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"Rules of the Trail"
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Safety in numbers
Safety in numbers is the hypothesis that, by being part of a large physical group or mass, an individual is less likely to be the victim of a mishap, accident, attack, or other bad event. Some related theories also argue (and can show statistica ...
Health impact
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Erectile dysfunction and genital numbness
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Health benefits of cycling
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Ulnar tunnel syndrome
Ulnar tunnel syndrome, also known as Guyon's canal syndrome or Handlebar palsy, is caused by entrapment of the ulnar nerve in the Guyon canal as it passes through the wrist. Symptoms usually begin with a feeling of pins and needles in the ring ...
Types of cycling
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Bicycle commuting
Bicycle commuting is the use of a bicycle to travel from home to a place of work or study — in contrast to the use of a bicycle for sport, recreation or touring.
Commuting especially lends itself to areas with relatively flat terrain and ar ...
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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 ...
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Downhill mountain biking
Downhill mountain biking (DH) is a style of mountain biking practiced on steep, rough terrain that often features jumps, drops, rock gardens and other obstacles. Jumps can be up to and including , and drops can be greater than .
The rider c ...
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Mountain bike racing
Mountain bike racing (shortened MTB or ATB racing) is the competitive cycle sport discipline of mountain biking held on off-road terrain. The Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI) recognised the discipline relatively late in 1990, when it sanctioned ...
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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, ...
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Vehicular cycling
Vehicular cycling (also known as bicycle driving) is the practice of riding bicycles on roads in a manner that is in accordance with the principles for driving in traffic, and in a way that places responsibility for safety on the individual.
The ...
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Freestyle BMX Freestyle BMX is bicycle motocross stunt riding on BMX bikes. It is an extreme sport descended from BMX racing that consists of five disciplines: street, park, vert, trails, and flatland. In June 2017, the International Olympic Committee announced t ...
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BMX racing
BMX racing is a type of off-road bicycle racing. The format of BMX was derived from motocross racing. BMX bicycle racing, races are sprint races on purpose-built off-road single-lap race tracks. The track usually consists of a starting gate for u ...
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Bicycle touring
Bicycle touring is the taking of self-contained cycling trips for pleasure, adventure or autonomy rather than sport, commuting or exercise. Bicycle touring can range from single-day trips to extended travels spanning weeks or months. Tours may be ...
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Indoor cycling
Indoor cycling, often called spinning, is a form of exercise with classes focusing on endurance, strength, intervals, high intensity (race days) and recovery, and involves using a special stationary exercise bicycle with a weighted flywheel in a c ...
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Underwater cycling
Underwater cycling is stunt, usually done for charity, in which a rider wears scuba diving gear and rides a bicycle in an underwater course. The Underwater Bike Race is an annual charity fundraiser held in North Carolina.
Research into exercise a ...
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Enduro (mountain biking)
Enduro in its most basic definition is a type of mountain bike racing where the downhills are timed, and the uphills are mandatory but not timed. Riders are timed in stages that are primarily downhill, with neutral "transfer" stages in between. ...
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Mountain bike trials
Mountain bike trials, also known as observed trials, is a discipline of mountain biking in which the rider attempts to pass through an obstacle course without setting foot to ground. Derived from motorcycle trials, it originated in Catalonia, Sp ...
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Dirt jumping
Dirt jumping is the practice of riding bikes over jumps made of dirt or soil and becoming airborne. Dirt Jumping evolved alongside BMX racing and is similar to BMX or mountain bike racing in that the rider jumps off of mounds of dirt, usual ...
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Artistic cycling
Artistic cycling is a form of competitive indoor cycling in which athletes perform tricks (called exercises) for points on specialized, fixed-gear bikes in a format similar to ballet or gymnastics. The exercises are performed in front of judge ...
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Utility cycling
Utility cycling encompasses any cycling done simply as a means of transport rather than as a sport or leisure activity. It is the original and most common type of cycling in the world. Cycling mobility is one of the various types of private t ...
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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 ...
Cycling sport
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Cycle sport
Cycle sport is competitive physical activity using bicycles. There are several categories of bicycle racing including road bicycle racing, cyclo-cross, mountain bike racing, track cycling, BMX, and cycle speedway. Non-racing cycling s ...
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List of men's road bicycle races
This is a list of important men's road bicycle racing events. The list only includes road races, and no track, mountain or cyclo-cross races.
Championships
*UCI World Tour, used to be UCI ProTour
*Five UCI Continental Circuits (Africa, America, ...
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List of women's road bicycle races
This is a list of women's road cycling races. The list only includes the most important women's road races, and no track, mountain or cyclo-cross races.
Championships
* UCI Road World Championships: road race, time trial, team time trial
* Afri ...
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Cycling team
A cycling team is a group of cycle sport, cyclists who join a team or are acquired and train together to compete in bicycle racing, bicycle races whether amateur or professional – and the supporting personnel. Cycling teams are most important i ...
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Cycling records
Certified and recognized cycling records are those verified by the Union Cycliste Internationale, International Human Powered Vehicle Association and World Human Powered Vehicle Association, Guinness World Records, International Olympic Committee, ...
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Cycling sprinter
A sprinter is a road bicycle racer or track racer who can finish a race very explosively by accelerating quickly to a high speed, often using the slipstream of another cyclist or group of cyclists tactically to conserve energy.
Apart from usi ...
Bicycle racing
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List of cycling races in Spain
This is a list of men's cycling races in Spain. This list only includes road races that are part of the UCI World Tour or UCI Europe Tour.
One day races UCI World Tour
*Clásica de San Sebastián
UCI Europe Tour 1.Pro
*GP Miguel Induráin
*Clás ...
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List of cycling teams in Spain
List of 2017 UCI cycling teams in Spain:
UCI ProTeams
*Website Professional Continental Teams
* Caja Rural - Seguros RGAWebsite* Burgos BHWebsite Continental Teams
*Euskadi Baque Country - MuriasWebsite References
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Doping in cycling
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List of doping cases in cycling
The following is an incomplete list of doping cases and recurring accusations of doping in professional cycling, where doping means "use of physiological substances or abnormal method to obtain an artificial increase of performance." It is neither ...
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Lance Armstrong doping case
The Lance Armstrong doping case was a major doping investigation that led to retired American road racing cyclist Lance Armstrong being stripped of his seven consecutive Tour de France titles, along with one Olympic medal, and his eventual admis ...
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History of Lance Armstrong doping allegations
For much of the second phase of his career, American cyclist Lance Armstrong faced constant allegations of doping, including doping at the Tour de France and in the Lance Armstrong doping case. Armstrong vehemently denied allegations of using ...
– historic background
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Floyd Landis doping case
The Floyd Landis doping case was a doping scandal that featured Floyd Landis, the initial winner of the 2006 Tour de France. After a meltdown in Stage 16, where he had lost ten minutes, Landis came back in Stage 17, riding solo and passing his ...
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Operación Puerto doping case
Operación Puerto (''Operation Mountain Pass'') is the code name of a still unfinished Spanish Police operation against the pro sports doping network of Doctor Eufemiano Fuentes. It started in May 2006, which resulted in a scandal that involved se ...
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Operation Aderlass''
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Doping at the Tour de France
There have been allegations of doping in the Tour de France since the race began in 1903. Early Tour riders consumed alcohol and used ether, among other substances, as a means of dulling the pain of competing in endurance cycling. Riders began ...
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Festina affair
The Festina affair was a series of doping scandals within the sport of professional cycling that occurred during and after the 1998 Tour de France. The affair began when a large haul of doping products was found in a support car belonging to ...
, a doping scandal at the 1998 Tour
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Doping at the 1998 Tour de France – other doping cases in that Tour
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Doping at the 1999 Tour de France
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Doping at the 2007 Tour de France
The 2007 Tour de France was affected by a series of scandals and speculations related to doping. By the end of the Tour, two cyclists were dismissed for failing tests and the wearer of the yellow jersey was voluntarily retired by his team for ly ...
Track cycling
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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 ...
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List of cycling tracks and velodromes
This is a list of cycling tracks and velodromes for track cycling worldwide.
Velodromes currently in use
Indoor: all the structures are closed inside
Outdoor: the velodrome is uncovered and in open air.
Outdoor, fully covered: all the structures ...
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List of Asian records in track cycling
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List of European records in track cycling
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List of Oceanian records in track cycling
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List of Olympic Games records in track cycling
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List of Panamerican records in track cycling
Panamerican records in the sport of 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 lea ...
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List of Universiade records in track cycling
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List of World Championships records in track cycling
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List of world records in track cycling
World records in the sport of track cycling are ratified by the Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI). Item 3.5.001 of the UCI regulations defines the events in which world records are recognized.
Men Records recognized by the UCI
Key to tables:
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Summer Olympics
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List of Olympic medalists in cycling (men)
This is the complete list of men's Olympic medalists in cycling.
Current program
Road cycling
Road race, individual
Time trial, individual
Track cycling Keirin
Madison
Omnium
Pursuit, team
Sprint, individual
...
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Cycling at the Summer Olympics
Cycling has been contested at every Summer Olympic Games since the birth of the modern Olympic movement at the 1896 Summer Olympics, at which a road race and five track events were held. Mountain bike racing entered the Olympic programme at the ...
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List of Olympic medalists in cycling (women)
This is the complete list of women's Olympic medalists in cycling.
Current events BMX Freestyle
Racing
The BMX was introduced in 2008.
Mountain biking Cross-country
The cross-country has been on the Olympic program from 1996 on.
Road cyc ...
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List of Olympic records in cycling
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List of Olympic venues in cycling
For the Summer Olympics, there are 76 venues that have been or will be used for cycling.
References
{{Cycling at the Summer Olympics
Venues
Cycling
Cycling, also, when on a two-wheeled bicycle, called bicycling or biking, is ...
Cycling infrastructure
Cycling infrastructure
Cycling infrastructure is all infrastructure cyclists are allowed to use. Bikeways include bike paths, bike lanes, cycle tracks, rail trails and, where permitted, sidewalks. Roads used by motorists are also cycling infrastructure, except whe ...
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Bicycle-friendly
Bicycle-friendly policies and practices help some people feel more comfortable about traveling by bicycle with other traffic. The level of bicycle-friendliness of an environment can be influenced by many factors including town planning and cyclin ...
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Bicycle parking
Bicycle parking typically requires a degree of security to prevent theft. The context for bike parking requires proper infrastructure and equipment ( bike racks, bicycle locks etc.) for secure and convenient storage. Parking facilities include l ...
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Bicycle transportation planning and engineering
Bicycle transportation planning and engineering are the disciplines related to transportation engineering and transportation planning concerning bicycles as a mode of transport and the concomitant study, design and implementation of cycling infr ...
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Cycling demonstration towns
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Cycle track
A cycle track, separated bike lane or protected bike lane (sometimes historically referred to as a sidepath) is an exclusive bikeway that has elements of a separated path and on-road bike lane. A cycle track is located within or next to the ro ...
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Dirt jump
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Greenway
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Rails with trails
Rails with trails (RWT) are a small subset of rail trails in which a railway right-of-way remains in use by trains yet also has a parallel recreational trail. Hundreds of kilometers of RWTs exist in Canada, Europe, the United States, and Wester ...
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Pump track
A pump track is a circuit of rollers, banked turns and features designed to be ridden completely by riders "pumping"—generating momentum by up and down body movements, instead of pedaling or pushing. It was originally designed for the mountain bi ...
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Segregated cycle facilities
Cycling infrastructure is all infrastructure cyclists are allowed to use. Bikeways include bike paths, bike lanes, cycle tracks, rail trails and, where permitted, sidewalks. Roads used by motorists are also cycling infrastructure, except wher ...
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Shared lane marking
A shared lane marking, shared-lane marking, or sharrow is a street marking installed at various locations worldwide, such as New Zealand, Australia, Canada, Spain, and the United States. This marking is placed in the travel lane to indicate where ...
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Sustrans
Sustrans is a United Kingdom-based walking, wheeling and cycling charity, and the custodian of the National Cycle Network.
Its flagship project is the National Cycle Network, which has created of signed cycle routes throughout the United Kin ...
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TTF (Technical Trail Feature)
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United States Numbered Bicycle Routes
The United States Bicycle Route System (abbreviated USBRS) is the national cycling route network of the United States. It consists of interstate long-distance cycling routes that use multiple types of bicycling infrastructure, including off-road ...
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Velodrome
A velodrome is an arena for track cycling. Modern velodromes feature steeply banked oval tracks, consisting of two 180-degree circular bends connected by two straights. The straights transition to the circular turn through a moderate Track tran ...
Bike paths and trails
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Bicycle boulevard
A bicycle boulevard, sometimes referred to as a neighborhood greenway, neighborway, neighborhood bikeway or neighborhood byway is a type of bikeway composed of a low-speed street which has been "optimized" for bicycle traffic. Bicycle boulevard ...
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Bike lane
Bike lanes (US) or cycle lanes (UK) are types of bikeways (cycleways) with lanes on the roadway for cyclists only. In the United Kingdom, an on-road cycle-lane can be firmly restricted to cycles (marked with a solid white line, entry by motor v ...
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Bike path
A bike path is a bikeway separated from motorized traffic and dedicated to cycling or shared with pedestrians or other non-motorized users. In the US a bike path sometimes encompasses ''shared use paths'', "multi-use path", or "Class III bikewa ...
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Bike route
Cycling infrastructure is all infrastructure cyclists are allowed to use. Bikeways include bike paths, bike lanes, cycle tracks, rail trails and, where permitted, sidewalks. Roads used by Motor vehicle, motorists are also cycling infrastructu ...
* Bike
singletrack
Singletrack (or single track) describes a type of mountain biking trail that is approximately the width of the bike. It contrasts with double-track or fire road which is wide enough for four-wheeled off-road vehicles. It is often smooth and flow ...
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Rail trail
A rail trail is a shared-use path on railway right of way. Rail trails are typically constructed after a railway has been abandoned and the track has been removed, but may also share the right of way with active railways, light rail, or streetcar ...
* Bike paths and trails by country:
** Australia
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Bike paths in Melbourne
Trail, Bike paths around Melbourne have been developed over many decades. Many off-road trails follow current or former watercourses, such as the Darebin Creek Trail and the Koonung Creek Trail and traverse long distances, meaning that responsi ...
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Bike paths in Sydney
** Canada
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Beltline Trail
The Beltline Trail is a -long cycling and walking rail trail in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. It consists of three sections, the York Beltline Trail west of Allen Road, the Kay Gardner Beltline Park from the Allen to Mount Pleasant Road, and the Ra ...
(Toronto, Ontario)
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Capital Pathway
The Capital Pathway, also known informally as the Bike Path, is a recreational pathway interlinking many parks, waterways and sites in Ottawa, Ontario and Gatineau, Quebec. Most of the pathway is paved, and allows an almost continuous route ...
(Ottawa, Ontario)
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Cataraqui Trail
The Cataraqui Trail is a 104-km Rails-to-Trails multi-use linear recreational trail in Eastern Ontario, Canada. The route passes by farmland, woods, lakes, and wetlands. The trail begins southwest of Smiths Falls, at a parking lot south of Onta ...
(Ontario)
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Cycloparc PPJ
Cycloparc PPJ is a rail trail located in the Pontiac Regional County Municipality in Quebec, Canada.
The PPJ traverses of hills and riverfront and enables hikers and cyclists to tour through points of interest such as Grand Calumet Island, the ...
(Pontiac, Quebec)
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Iron Horse Trail, Ontario
The Iron Horse Trail is a multi-use urban rail trail which connects the cities of Waterloo and Kitchener, Ontario, Canada. It runs from Erb Street West in the north near Uptown Waterloo, to Ottawa Street South in Kitchener to the south. It co ...
(Kitchener-Waterloo, Ontario)
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Parc Linéaire Le P'tit Train du Nord
The Parc Linéaire Le P'tit Train du Nord is a multiuse recreational rail trail located in Quebec, Canada. It runs through the Rivière du Nord valley. It originally was a railway line operated by Canadian Pacific Railway which operated it ...
(Laurentians, Quebec)
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Riverfront Bike Trail, Windsor, Ontario
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Riverfront Trail, Greater Moncton
The Riverfront Trail is a multiuse trail in Greater Moncton, along the shores of the Petitcodiac River. The trail comprises the Moncton section of the Trans Canada Trail, passing through the city's Riverfront Park, and extends to the neighbouring ...
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Route Verte The ''Route Verte'' (in English, the "Green Route," or the "Greenway") is a network of bicycling and multiuse trails and designated roads, lanes, and surfaces, spanning as of October 31, 2013, in the Canadian province of Quebec, inaugurated on Augu ...
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Tomifobia Nature Trail (Eastern Townships, Quebec)
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West Toronto Railpath
The West Toronto Railpath is a multi-use trail in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, running from The Junction neighbourhood toward downtown Toronto. The Railpath was developed by the City of Toronto for bicycle and pedestrian use. Like Toronto's Beltline ...
(Toronto, Ontario)
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Bike routes in Denmark
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EuroVelo
''EuroVelo'' is a network of currently 17 long-distance cycling routes criss-crossing Europe, in various stages of completion. When completed, the EuroVelo network's total length will almost be . more than were in place. EuroVelo is a project of ...
– European cycle route network
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American Discovery Trail
The American Discovery Trail is a system of recreational trails and roads that collectively form a coast-to-coast hiking and biking trail across the mid-tier of the United States. Horses can also be ridden on most of this trail. The coastal tra ...
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Colorado Trail
The Colorado Trail is a long-distance trail running for from the mouth of Waterton Canyon southwest of Denver to Durango in Colorado, United States. Its highest point is above sea level, and most of the trail is above . Despite its high elevat ...
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Farlow Gap
Farlow Gap is a popular trail for mountain biking and hiking, located in the western area of North Carolina. It is an expert-level trail, and considered "one of the toughest mountain bike trails in Pisgah National Forest."[Neuse River Trail
The Neuse River Trail is a long paved greenway located in the Raleigh area of North Carolina, running along the banks of the Neuse River from Falls Lake Dam to the town of Clayton. The route passes through the jurisdictions of Raleigh, Wake ...]
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Massanutten Trail
The Massanutten Trail is a National Recreation Trail located in George Washington National Forest in Central Virginia. Much of the path is steep and rugged terrain, and presents many mountain vistas. The trail traverses the Massanutten Range ...
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Virginia Creeper Trail
The Virginia Creeper Trail is a multi-purpose rail trail. Located in southwestern Virginia, the trail runs from Abingdon to Whitetop, Virginia, near Mount Rogers National Recreation Area and the North Carolina state line.
The trail accommodate ...
(Virginia)
Bicycle sharing systems
Bicycle sharing system
A bicycle-sharing system, bike share program, public bicycle scheme, or public bike share (PBS) scheme, is a shared transport service where bicycles are available for shared use by individuals at low cost.
The programmes themselves include bot ...
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B-cycle
BCycle is a public bicycle sharing company owned by Trek Bicycle and is based in Waterloo, Wisconsin, United States. It has 47 local systems operating in cities across the United States. However, in several cities it operates under a name othe ...
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Santander Cycle Hire - London
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Bicing
Bicing is a Bicycle-sharing system in the city of Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain, which was implemented in March 2007, promoted by the City Council. The municipal company Barcelona de Serveis Municipals (B:SM) is the manager of the service, while th ...
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Bike rental
A bike rental or bike hire business rents out bicycles for short periods of time, usually for a few hours. Most rentals are provided by bike shops as a sideline to their main businesses of sales and service, but shops specialize in rentals.
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Bike sharing
A bicycle-sharing system, bike share program, public bicycle scheme, or public bike share (PBS) scheme, is a shared transport service where bicycles are available for shared use by individuals at low cost.
The programmes themselves include bot ...
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BIXI Montréal
BIXI Montréal is a public bicycle sharing system serving Montréal, Quebec, Canada.
Launched in May 2009 by Public Bike System Company (PBSC), it is North America's first large-scale bike sharing system and the original BIXI brand of systems. PB ...
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Call a bike
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Call a Bike is a dockless bike hire system run by Deutsche Bahn (DB) in several German cities. Developed in 1998 and in operation since 2000, Call a Bike uses a system of authentication codes to automatically lock and unlock bikes.
Cov ...
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Community bicycle program
A bicycle-sharing system, bike share program, public bicycle scheme, or public bike share (PBS) scheme, is a shared transport service where bicycles are available for shared use by individuals at low cost.
The programmes themselves include bot ...
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Hubway
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Stockholm City Bikes
Stockholm City Bikes is the name of a public-private partnership project of Stockholm in Sweden and the outdoor advertising unit of Clear Channel Communications. From 2006 till 2018 they operated a community bicycle program that allowed for r ...
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Vélib'
is a large-scale public bicycle sharing system in Paris, France. Launched on 15 July 2007, the system encompassed around 14,500 bicycles and 1,400 bicycle stations, located across Paris and in some surrounding municipalities, with an average da ...
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Vélo'v
Vélo'v is a bicycle sharing system run by the city of Lyon, France, in conjunction with the advertising company JCDecaux. It has been the pioneer of smart bicycle-sharing systems, previous systems being more ad hoc and run similar to a cha ...
Cycling by region
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Cycling in Azerbaijan The history of cycling in Azerbaijan began in 1930, when bicycles were first imported from Russia.
History
Initially bikes were popular among pupils and students, and in the 1940s they became widely used by almost entire population without except ...
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Cycling in Australia
Cycling in Australia is a common form of transport, recreation and sport.
Many Australians enjoy cycling because it improves their health and reduces road congestion and air pollution. The government has encouraged more people to start, with se ...
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Cycling in New South Wales
Cycling in the Australian state of New South Wales (including its capital Sydney) is a common form of recreation. In 2009, cycling was the fifth-most popular sports/physical activity in NSW.
Common cycling activities in NSW include
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Cycling in Sydney
Cycling in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia takes place for recreation, commuting and as a sport. Sydney has a hilly topography and so may require a slightly higher level of fitness from cyclists than flatter cities such as Melbourne and Canber ...
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Cycling in Victoria
Cycling in the Australian state of Victoria (including its capital Melbourne) is a popular pastime, sport and way of getting around since at least 1896, as indicated by the Banjo Paterson poem Mulga Bill's Bicycle. Cycling in Victoria has been enc ...
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Cycling in Melbourne
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 t ...
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Cycling in Perth
Cycling in Perth, Western Australia is common on the roads and paths for recreation, commuting and sport. Between 1998 and 2009 the number of cyclists in Perth increased 450%.
Cycling facilities in Perth On-road bike lanes
Bike lanes exist ...
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Cycling in Canada
Cycling in Canada is experienced in various ways across a geographically huge, economically and socially diverse country. Among the reasons for cycling in Canada are for practical reasons such as commuting to work or school, for sports such as ...
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Cycling in Toronto
Toronto, Ontario, like many North American cities, has slowly been improving its cycling infrastructure. The number of cyclists in Toronto has been increasing progressively, particularly in the city's downtown core. As cycling conditions improve, ...
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Cycling in Denmark
Cycling in Denmark is both a common and popular recreational and utilitarian activity. Bicycling infrastructure is a dominant feature of both city and countryside infrastructure with segregated dedicated bicycle paths and lanes in many places and ...
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Cycling in Copenhagen
Cycling in Copenhagen is – as with most cycling in Denmark – an important mode of transportation and a dominating feature of the cityscape, often noticed by visitors. The city offers a variety of favourable cycling conditions — dense urba ...
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Cycling in Paris
Cycling in Paris is a common means of transportation, sports, and recreation. As of 2021, about 15% of trips in Paris are made by bicycle, using over of cycling routes. The Tour de France, the largest sporting event in cycling, finishes on the Ch ...
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Cycling in Berlin
Cycling in Berlin is a significant form of transport in the German capital where around 500,000 daily bike riders accounted for 13% of total traffic in 2010. The city has a highly developed bicycling infrastructure and it is estimated that Berlin ...
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Cycling in Munich
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Cycling in Hong Kong
Cyclists in Hong Kong have the same rights and responsibilities as all other road users, except for prohibitions from expressways and some other designated locations, such as all tunnel areas, the Tsing Ma and Tsing Sha control areas, many eleva ...
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Cycling in India
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Cycling in Japan
Two-wheelers are a common sight and widely used in Japan. Of these, bicycles and scooters are the most common.
Bicycles
There are over 80 million bicycles in Japan. Some 17 percent of trips from home to work and school are made by bicycle.
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Cycling in Kuala Lumpur
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Cycling in Malta
* Cycling in Romania
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Cycling in Bucharest
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Cycling in the Netherlands
Cycling is a common mode of transport in the Netherlands, with 36% of Dutch people listing the bicycle as their most frequent way of getting around on a typical day, as opposed to the car (45%) and public transport (11%). Cycling has a modal sha ...
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Cycling in Amsterdam
Amsterdam is well known as one of the most bicycle-friendly cities, with high levels of bicycle infrastructure, planning and funding, tourism — as well as high levels of bike theft, safety concerns and overcrowding in places.
Though consi ...
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Cycling in New Zealand
Cycling in New Zealand, while relatively popular as a sport, is a very marginal commuting mode, with the share hovering around 1–3% in most major cities. This is due to a number of factors, principally safety fears.
History
The bicycle reache ...
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Cycling in Auckland
Cycling in Auckland is a mode of transport which has historically had high levels of modal share in Auckland, New Zealand, like in most cities in New Zealand. However, the dominance of the car in the city, the negative attitudes of car drivers ...
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Cycling in Spain
* Cycling in United Kingdom
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Cycling in Cardiff
Cycling in Cardiff, capital of Wales, is facilitated by its easy gradients and large parks. In the mid-2000s between 2.7% and 4.3% of people commuted to work by cycling in the city. In 2017 12.4% of workers cycled to work at least 5 days a week. ...
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Cycling in Leeds
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Cycling in London
Cycling in London is a popular mode of transport and leisure activity within the capital city of the United Kingdom. Following a national decline in the 1960s of levels of utility cycling, cycling as a mode of everyday transport within London be ...
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Cycling in Manchester
Cycling for transport and leisure enjoys popularity in Greater Manchester and the city also plays a major role in British cycle racing. The University of Manchester is home to the Manchester Cycling Lab.
Since 2014, Manchester has been upgrading ...
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Cycling in Los Angeles
Cycling in Los Angeles accounts for less than one percent (0.6%) of all work commutes.
Because of the mild climate, there is little need to carry the variety of clothing that cyclists require in other less temperate climates.
History
One of ...
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Cycling in San Francisco
Cycling in San Francisco has grown in popularity in recent years, aided by improving cycling infrastructure and community support. San Francisco's compact urban form and mild climate enable cyclists to reach work, shopping, and recreational desti ...
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Cycling in San Jose, California
San Jose, California has various cycling routes on roads and trails used by both commuters and recreational riders. The city has plans to expand the current of bike lanes to , and the current of trails to . San Jose was ranked as a bronze-level ...
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Cycling in Illinois
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Cycling in Chicago
Since the advent of the bicycle in the 1860s, Chicago has been distinguished as one of the premier cycling locations in the United States, with such public cycling destinations as Grant Park, Burnham Park and the Chicago Park District's Lakefr ...
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Cycling in Boston
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Cycling in Detroit
Detroit is a popular city for cycling. It is flat with an extensive road network with a number of recreational and competitive opportunities and is, according to cycling advocate David Byrne, one of the top eight biking cities in the world. The c ...
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Cycling in Minnesota Bicycling has been a popular activity in Minnesota since the late 19th century. Since at least 2001, the state has claimed to have more miles of bike trails than any other in the U.S. For 2017, Minnesota was ranked as the 2nd most bicycle-friendl ...
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Cycling in Atlanta
Cycling in Atlanta has grown in popularity in recent years, from 0.33% of commutes in 2000 to 1.1% in 2009, aided by improving cycling infrastructure and community support. Although Atlanta has historically been a city defined by the automobile, i ...
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Cycling in New York City
Cycling in New York City is associated with mixed cycling conditions that include dense urban proximities, relatively flat terrain, congested roadways with stop-and-go traffic, and streets with heavy pedestrian activity. The city's large cycling ...
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Cycling in Syracuse, New York
** Cycling in Oregon
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Cycling in Portland, Oregon
Bicycle use in Portland, Oregon has been growing rapidly, having nearly tripled since 2001; for example, bicycle traffic on four of the Willamette River bridges has increased from 2,855 before 1992 to over 16,000 in 2008, partly due to improved f ...
Cycling in the media
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International Cycling Film Festival
The International Cycling Film Festival ( pl, Międzynarodowy Festiwal Filmów Rowerowych, german: Internationales Festival des Fahrrad-Films) is an independent, not-for-profit film festival held annually in Germany, in Poland, in Kosovo and in t ...
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List of films about bicycles and cycling
This is a list of films about bicycles and cycling, featuring notable films where bicycles and cycling play a central role in the development of the plot.
List
See also
*List of highest-grossing sports films
*List of sports films
References
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Cycling movements
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Bike bus
A bike bus, also known as a bike train or a cycle train, or cycle bus is a group of people who cycle together on a set route following a set timetable other than for sporting purposes. Cyclists may join or leave the bike bus at various points ...
(Bike train) - Escorted group of cyclists in an urban environment for transportation safely, and often as
student transport
Student transport is the transporting of children and teenagers to and from schools and school events. School transport can be undertaken by school students themselves (on foot, bicycle or perhaps horseback; or for older students, by car), they ...
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Critical Mass
In nuclear engineering, a critical mass is the smallest amount of fissile material needed for a sustained nuclear chain reaction. The critical mass of a fissionable material depends upon its nuclear properties (specifically, its nuclear fissi ...
– cycling event typically held on the last Friday of every month in over 300 cities around the world.
Cycling clubs and organisations
Cycling clubs
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Bicycle infantry
Bicycle infantry are infantry soldiers who maneuver on (or, more often, between) battlefields using military bicycles. The term dates from the late 19th century, when the "safety bicycle" became popular in Europe, the United States, and Austra ...
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Bicycle Network
Bicycle Network is an Australian charity, one of the largest cycling membership organisations in the world (45,000 members, 2015), whose mission is to have ''More People Cycling More Often.'' Before 2011 it was known as ''Bicycle Victoria''.
B ...
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British Cycling
British Cycling (formerly the British Cycling Federation) is the main national governing body for cycle sport in Great Britain. It administers most competitive cycling in Great Britain, the Channel Islands and the Isle of Man. It represents Bri ...
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Cycling club
A cycling club is a society for cyclists. Clubs tend to be mostly local, and can be general or specialised. In the United Kingdom, for example, the Cyclists' Touring Club, (CTC) is a national cycling association; the Tricycle Association, Tandem ...
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Cycling Embassy of Denmark
The Cycling Embassy of Denmark (CED) is a Danish network organization dedicated to the promotion of cycling as a means of transportation and Denmark as a cycling nation by capitalizing on the deep rooted Danish cycling culture to offer solution ...
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Cycling Time Trials
Cycling Time Trials is the bicycle racing organisation which supervises individual and team time trials in England and Wales. It was formed out of predecessor body the Road Time Trials Council (RTTC) in 2002.
Time trialling
A time trial test ...
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Cyclists' Touring Club
Cycling UK is a trading name of the Cyclists' Touring Club (CTC), which is a charitable membership organisation supporting cyclists and promoting bicycle use. Cycling UK is registered at Companies House as "Cyclists’ Touring Club", and is cov ...
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Danish Cycling Federation
The Danish Cycling Federation or DCU (in Danish: ''Danmarks Cykle Union'') is the national governing body of cycle racing in Denmark.
The DCU is a member of the UCI and the UEC.
See also
* Cycling Embassy of Denmark
* Cycling in Denmark
* Cycl ...
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Danish Cyclists Federation
Danish Cyclists' Federation (da: Cyklistforbundet) is a Danish non-governmental bicycle interest organisation, with the purpose of promoting bicycling and bicycle safety. It was founded in 1905 and got around 16,000 members (2013) Danish Cyclists ...
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Équipe Cycliste Cascades
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International Human Powered Vehicle Association
The International Human Powered Vehicle Association (IHPVA) is a US-based organization dedicated to promoting the design and development of human powered vehicles (HPVs) and the keeping of speed and distance records for these vehicles and bikes.
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International Mountain Bicycling Association
The International Mountain Bicycling Association (IMBA) is a non-profit educational association whose mission is to create, enhance and preserve trail opportunities for mountain bikers worldwide.
IMBA was formed in 1988, when five California-based ...
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London Cycling Campaign
The London Cycling Campaign (LCC) is an independent membership charity lobbying for better conditions for cycling in London. Its vision is to make London "a world-class cycling city". It is one of the largest urban cycling organisations in th ...
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National Off-Road Bicycle Association (NORBA)
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Rails-to-Trails Conservancy
Rails-to-Trails Conservancy (RTC) is an American nonprofit organization based in Washington, D.C., that works with communities to preserve unused rail corridors by transforming them into rail trails within the United States. RTC's purpose is to c ...
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Toronto Bicycling Network
Cycling organisations
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Critical Mass
In nuclear engineering, a critical mass is the smallest amount of fissile material needed for a sustained nuclear chain reaction. The critical mass of a fissionable material depends upon its nuclear properties (specifically, its nuclear fissi ...
– cycling event typically held on the last Friday of every month in over 300 cities around the world.
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San Jose Bike Party
San Jose Bike Party is a monthly social bicycle ride event in and around San Jose, California held on the third Friday of every month.
Attendance varies with weather and time of year, usually ranging from hundreds in the winter months to lo ...
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Warm Showers
Warm Showers (WS) is a non-profit hospitality exchange service for people engaging in bicycle touring. The platform is a gift economy — hosts are not supposed to charge for lodging and are not bound. The legal form is a Colorado 501(c)(3) nonp ...
– a hospitality exchange service and organization for cycle travelers.
History of cycling
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History of cycling
Cycling quickly became an activity after bicycles were introduced in the 19th century and remains popular with more than a billion people worldwide used for recreation, transportation and sport.
Racing
The first documented cycling race was a 1,2 ...
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History of cycling in Syracuse, New York
History of road cycling
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2007 in men's road cycling
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News
January
*1 – Tracy Clark wins the first race of 2007, which is the first stage of the 2007 Tour de Vineyards. She finishes in front of Carissa Wilkes and Annelies Basten.
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News
January
*1 – Tracy Clark wins the first race of 2007, which is the first stage of the 2007 Tour de Vineyards. She finishes in front of Carissa Wilkes and Annelies Basten.
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UCI Road World Rankings
World Championships
UCI World Cup
Single day races ( 1.1 and 1.2)
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Stage races (2.1
The Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI), the world's governing body in the sport of bicycle racing, classifies races ac ...
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UCI Road World Rankings
World Championships
UCI World Cup
Source
Single day races (1.1 and 1.2)
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Stage races (2.1 and 2.2)
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National Championships
UCI teams
References
See also
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UCI Road World Rankings
World Championships
UCI World Cup
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Single day races (1.1 and 1.2)
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National Championships
UCI teams
References
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UCI Road World Rankings
World Championships
Olympic Games
UCI World Cup
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World Championships
The World Road Championships was held in Florence, Italy.
Grand Tours
UCI World Tour
2.HC Category Races
1.HC Category Races
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UCI Road World Rankings
Source
World Championships
The World Road Championships is set to be held in Florence
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2014 in men's road cycling
World Championships
The World Road Championships were held in Ponferrada, Spain
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2014 in women's road cycling
2014 in women's road cycling is about the 2014 women's bicycle races ruled by the UCI and the 2014 UCI Women's Teams.
UCI Road World Rankings
Final ranking 2014
World Championships
The World Road Championships is set to be held in Ponferra ...
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2015 in men's road cycling
2015 in men's road cycling is about the 2015 men's bicycle races governed by the UCI.
World Championships
The World Road Championships is set to be held in Richmond, Virginia, United States, from 19 to 27 September 2015.
Grand Tours
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2015 in women's road cycling
2015 in women's road cycling is about the 2015 women's bicycle races ruled by the UCI and the 2015 UCI Women's Teams.
UCI Road World Rankings
Final ranking 2015.
World Championships
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2016 in women's road cycling
2016 in women's road cycling is about the 2016 women's bicycle races ruled by the UCI and the 2016 UCI Women's Teams.
World Championships
The World Road Championships is set to be held in Doha, Qatar
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2018 in women's road cycling
2018 in women's road cycling is about the 2018 women's bicycle races ruled by the UCI and the 2018 UCI Women's Teams.
World Championships
The World Road Championships is set to be held in Innsbruck, Austria.
UCI Women's WorldTour
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2019 in women's road cycling
2019 in women's road cycling is about the 2019 List of women's road bicycle races, women's bicycle races ruled by the Union Cycliste Internationale, UCI and the List of 2019 UCI Women's Teams and riders, 2019 UCI Women's Teams.
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2020 in men's road cycling
2020 in men's road cycling is about the 2020 men's bicycle races governed by the UCI. The races are part of the UCI Road Calendar.
World Championships
The World Road Championships took place in Imola, Italy from 20 to 27 September 2020. The c ...
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2020 in women's road cycling
2020 in women's road cycling is about the 2020 women's bicycle races ruled by the UCI and the 2020 UCI Women's Teams.
Olympic Games
The 2020 Olympics, set to be held in Tokyo, Japan, were postponed to 2021 due to the COVID-19 pandemic with t ...
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2021 in men's road cycling
2021 in men's road cycling includes the 2021 men's bicycle races governed by the Union Cycliste Internationale. The races are part of the UCI Road Calendar.
World Championships
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2021 in women's road cycling
2021 in women's road cycling is about the 2021 women's bicycle races ruled by the UCI and the 2021 UCI Women's Teams.
Olympic Games
World Championships
UCI Women's WorldTour
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Stage races (2.Pr ...
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World Championships
UCI Women's WorldTour
UCI Women's ProSeries
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History of cycling at the Summer Olympics
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Cycling at the 1896 Summer Olympics
At the 1896 Summer Olympics, six cycling events were contested at the Neo Phaliron Velodrome. They were organized and prepared by the Sub-Committee for Cycling. Events were held on 8 April, 11 April, 12 April and 13 April 1896. Nineteen cycl ...
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Cycling at the 1896 Summer Olympics – Men's 100 kilometres
The men's 100 kilometres was one of five track cycling events on the Cycling at the 1896 Summer Olympics programme. It was the first race held, on 8 April. It required cyclists to complete 300 circuits of the track. Nine cyclists from five natio ...
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Cycling at the 1896 Summer Olympics – Men's 10 kilometres
The men's 10 kilometres was one of the five track cycling races on the Cycling at the 1896 Summer Olympics programme. It was held on 11 April and comprised 30 laps of the track. The 1896 Games was the only time that the 10 kilometres track race ...
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Cycling at the 1896 Summer Olympics – Men's 12 hour race
The men's 12 hour race was one of five track cycling events on the Cycling at the 1896 Summer Olympics programme. It was the final event of the 1896 Summer Olympics, ending at 5 p.m. on 13 April. Seven cyclists from four nations started. The eve ...
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Cycling at the 1896 Summer Olympics – Men's road race
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Cycling at the 1896 Summer Olympics – Men's sprint
The men's sprint was one of the five track cycling events on the Cycling at the 1896 Summer Olympics programme. It was held on 11 April as the second event on the schedule. It was held over the distance of 2 kilometres, or six laps of the track ...
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Cycling at the 1896 Summer Olympics – Men's time trial
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 ...
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Cycling at the 1900 Summer Olympics
The 1900 Summer Olympics were held as part of the 1900 World's Fair, during which many cycling events were contested. The IOC website currently affirms a total of 3 medal events, after accepting, as it appears, the recommendation of Olympic h ...
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Cycling at the 1900 Summer Olympics – Men's 25 kilometres
The men's 25 kilometres was one of three cycling events, all track cycling, on the Cycling at the 1900 Summer Olympics programme that were open to all amateurs, had more than one nation participating and no handicapping. It was held on 15 Sept ...
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Cycling at the 1900 Summer Olympics – Men's sprint
The men's sprint was one of the three cycling events, all track cycling, now regarded as "Olympic" on the Cycling at the 1900 Summer Olympics programme. It was held on 11 September and 13 September. The sprint, a 2000-metre race with 1000-metr ...
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Cycling at the 1904 Summer Olympics
At the 1904 Summer Olympics, seven cycling events were contested.
It was the only time distances based on the mile were used to determine the length of events.
Medal summary
Participating nations
18 American cyclists competed at the 1904 Su ...
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Cycling at the 1904 Summer Olympics – 1/2 mile
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Cycling at the 1904 Summer Olympics – 1/3 mile
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Cycling at the 1904 Summer Olympics – 1/4 mile
The mile was a 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 tra ...
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Cycling at the 1904 Summer Olympics – 1 mile
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Cycling at the 1904 Summer Olympics – 25 miles
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Cycling at the 1904 Summer Olympics – 2 miles
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Cycling at the 1904 Summer Olympics – 5 miles
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Cycling at the 1908 Summer Olympics
At the 1908 Summer Olympics, seven track cycling events were contested, all for men only. The weather was poor, with rainfall causing the track to flood on occasion.Official Report, p. 113. The track was long (being built around the perimeter ...
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Cycling at the 1908 Summer Olympics – Men's 100 kilometres
The men's 100 kilometres was one of seven track cycling events on the Cycling at the 1908 Summer Olympics programme. Its distance was the longest of the individual event distances. A challenge cup was presented by the Prince of Wales to the winn ...
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Cycling at the 1908 Summer Olympics – Men's 20 kilometres
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Cycling at the 1908 Summer Olympics – Men's 5000 metres
The men's 5000 metres was one of seven track cycling events on the Cycling at the 1908 Summer Olympics
At the 1908 Summer Olympics, seven track cycling events were contested, all for men only. The weather was poor, with rainfall causing the ...
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Cycling at the 1908 Summer Olympics – Men's 660 yards
The men's 660 yards was one of seven track cycling events on the Cycling at the 1908 Summer Olympics
At the 1908 Summer Olympics, seven track cycling events were contested, all for men only. The weather was poor, with rainfall causing the t ...
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Cycling at the 1908 Summer Olympics – Men's sprint
The men's 1000 metre sprint was one of seven track cycling events on the Cycling at the 1908 Summer Olympics
At the 1908 Summer Olympics, seven track cycling events were contested, all for men only. The weather was poor, with rainfall caus ...
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Cycling at the 1908 Summer Olympics – Men's tandem
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Cycling at the 1908 Summer Olympics – Men's team pursuit
The men's team pursuit was one of seven track cycling events on the Cycling at the 1908 Summer Olympics programme. It was the first appearance of a pursuit-style event. Each nation could enter 1 team of 4 cyclists.Official Report, p. 33.
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Cycling at the 1912 Summer Olympics
At the 1912 Summer Olympics in Stockholm, one cycling event was contested on Sunday, 7 July. This event was a time trial which also counted as an individual race. For the only time in Olympic history, no track cycling events were held.
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Cycling at the 1912 Summer Olympics – Men's team time trial
The men's team time trial was a road bicycle racing event held as part of the cycling at the 1912 Summer Olympics programme. It was the first appearance of the event. The competition was held on Sunday July 7, 1912.
Each nation that sent at l ...
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Cycling at the 1920 Summer Olympics
The cycling competitions at the 1920 Summer Olympics in Antwerp consisted of two road racing events and four track racing
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Cycling at the 1920 Summer Olympics – Men's 50 kilometres
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Cycling at the 1920 Summer Olympics – Men's individual time trial
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Cycling at the 1920 Summer Olympics – Men's sprint
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Cycling at the 1920 Summer Olympics – Men's tandem
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Cycling at the 1920 Summer Olympics – Men's team pursuit
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Cycling at the 1920 Summer Olympics – Men's team time trial
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Cycling at the 1924 Summer Olympics
The cycling competition at the 1924 Summer Olympics in Paris consisted of two road cycling events and four track cycling events, all for men only. The 50 km track event was held for the last time at these Games, having only been introduced i ...
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Cycling at the 1924 Summer Olympics – Men's 50 kilometres
The men's 50 kilometres event was part of the Cycling at the 1924 Summer Olympics, track cycling programme at the 1924 Summer Olympics.
The field consisted of 37 cyclists from 16 countries. The Vélodrome de Vincennes track was a loop. Each cy ...
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Cycling at the 1924 Summer Olympics – Men's individual time trial
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Cycling at the 1924 Summer Olympics – Men's sprint
The men's sprint event was part of the track cycling programme at the 1924 Summer Olympics
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Cycling at the 1924 Summer Olympics – Men's tandem
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Cycling at the 1924 Summer Olympics – Men's team pursuit
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Cycling at the 1924 Summer Olympics – Men's team time trial
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Cycling at the 1928 Summer Olympics
The cycling competition at the 1928 Summer Olympics in Amsterdam consisted of two road cycling events and four track cycling events, all for men only. The individual event in road cycling was a time trial over a distance of 168 km; the team ...
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Cycling at the 1928 Summer Olympics – Men's tandem
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Cycling at the 1932 Summer Olympics
The cycling competition at the 1932 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles consisted of two road cycling events and four track cycling events. The program of events was unchanged from the previous Games.
Medal summary Road cycling
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Cycling at the 1932 Summer Olympics – Men's 1000 m time trial
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Cycling at the 1932 Summer Olympics – Men's sprint
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Cycling at the 1932 Summer Olympics – Men's tandem
The men's tandem cycling event at the 1932 Summer Olympics. The format was a sprint of 2000 metres.
Results
Winner of each of the two heats and the top two pairs in the repechage advanced to semifinal.
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Heat one
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Cycling at the 1932 Summer Olympics – Men's team pursuit
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Cycling at the 1932 Summer Olympics – Men's team road race
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Cycling at the 1936 Summer Olympics
The cycling competition at the 1936 Summer Olympics consisted of two road cycling events and four track cycling events, all for men only.
Medal summary Road cycling
Track cycling
Participating nations
175 cyclists from 30 nations competed.
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Cycling at the 1948 Summer Olympics
The cycling competition at the 1948 Summer Olympics in London consisted of two road cycling events and four track cycling events, all for men only. The track cycling events were held at the Herne Hill Velodrome in south London. The road race even ...
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Cycling at the 1952 Summer Olympics
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The cycling competition at the 1952 Summer Olympics consisted of two road cycling events and four track cycling events, all for men only. 215 cyclists from 36 countries competed in the six event ...
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Cycling at the 1952 Summer Olympics – Men's 1000 m time trial
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Cycling at the 1952 Summer Olympics – Men's sprint
The men's sprint (or "scratch race") at the 1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki, Finland was held from July 28 to July 31, 1952. There were 27 participants from 27 nations, with each nation limited to a single cyclist. The event was won by Enzo Sa ...
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Cycling at the 1952 Summer Olympics – Men's tandem
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Cycling at the 1952 Summer Olympics – Men's team pursuit
These are the official results of the Men's 4.000m Team Pursuit at the 1952 Summer Olympics
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Cycling at the 1952 Summer Olympics – Men's team road race
These are the official results of the Men's Team Road Race at the 1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki, Finland, held on August 2, 1952 as a part of the Men's Individual Road Race. The best three performances by nation were rewarded, with twenty-seve ...
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Cycling at the 1956 Summer Olympics
The cycling competition at the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne consisted of two road cycling events and four track cycling events, all for men only.
Medal summary
Road cycling
Track cycling
Participating nations
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Cycling at the 1956 Summer Olympics – Men's 1000 m time trial
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Cycling at the 1956 Summer Olympics – Men's sprint
The men's sprint (track cycling), sprint or "scratch race" at the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne, Australia, was held from 3 to 6 December 1956. There were 18 participants representing 18 nations in competition, with one additional non-starte ...
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Cycling at the 1956 Summer Olympics – Men's tandem
The men's tandem was an event at the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne, Australia
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Cycling at the 1956 Summer Olympics – Men's team pursuit
The men's team pursuit was an event at the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne, Australia
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Cycling at the 1956 Summer Olympics – Men's team road race
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Cycling at the 1960 Summer Olympics
The cycling competition at the 1960 Summer Olympics consisted of two road cycling events and four track cycling events, all for men only. The event was marked by the death of cyclist Knud Jensen.
Medal summary Road cycling
Track cycling
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Cycling at the 1964 Summer Olympics
The cycling competition at the 1964 Summer Olympics consisted of two road cycling events and five track cycling events, all for men only. The 4000m individual pursuit event was introduced at these Games.
Medal summary Road cycling
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Cycling at the 1964 Summer Olympics – Men's 1000m time trial
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 t ...
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Cycling at the 1964 Summer Olympics – Men's sprint
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Cycling at the 1964 Summer Olympics – Men's tandem
The men's tandem was a track cycling event held as part of the Cycling at the 1964 Summer Olympics
The cycling competition at the 1964 Summer Olympics consisted of two road cycling events and five track cycling events, all for men only. The 40 ...
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Cycling at the 1964 Summer Olympics – Men's team pursuit
The men's team pursuit was a track cycling event held as part of the Cycling at the 1964 Summer Olympics
The cycling competition at the 1964 Summer Olympics consisted of two road cycling events and five track cycling events, all for men only. ...
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Cycling at the 1964 Summer Olympics – Men's team time trial
The men's team road race time trial was a road bicycle racing event held as part of the Cycling at the 1964 Summer Olympics
The cycling competition at the 1964 Summer Olympics consisted of two road cycling events and five track cycling event ...
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Cycling at the 1968 Summer Olympics
The cycling competition at the 1968 Summer Olympics consisted of two road cycling events and five track cycling events, all for men only.
Medal summary Road cycling
Track cycling
Participating nations
329 cyclists from 52 nations competed.
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Cycling at the 1972 Summer Olympics
The cycling competition at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich consisted of two road cycling events and five track cycling events, all for men only.
Medal summary Road cycling
Track cycling
Participating nations
359 cyclists from 54 nations co ...
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Cycling at the 1972 Summer Olympics – Men's 1000m time trial
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Cycling at the 1972 Summer Olympics – Men's tandem
These are the official results of the Men's Tandem Race at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich, West Germany held on 3 to 4 September 1972. There were 28 participants from 14 countries.
Competition format
This tandem bicycle
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Cycling at the 1976 Summer Olympics
The cycling competition at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal consisted of two road cycling events and four track cycling events, all for men only. The 2000m tandem event, contested at the previous 13 Games since 1908, was dropped from the Ol ...
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Cycling at the 1976 Summer Olympics – Men's 1000m time trial
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Cycling at the 1976 Summer Olympics – Men's individual pursuit
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Cycling at the 1976 Summer Olympics – Men's sprint
The men's sprint at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal, Canada, was held from 21 to 24 July 1976. There were 25 participants from 25 nations. Following the explosion in size of the event from 1960 to 1972 when nations were allowed two cyclist ...
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Cycling at the 1976 Summer Olympics – Men's team pursuit
These are the official results of the Men's 4.000m Team Pursuit at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, held on 23 and 24 July 1976. There were 64 participant from 16 nations. In the first round each team raced alone, with the f ...
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Cycling at the 1980 Summer Olympics
Cycling competitions at the 1980 Summer Olympics were split into two categories: Road and Track. Six events were contested (all for men). All four events of the track cycling were held at the Velodrome of the Trade Unions Olympic Sports Centre (Kr ...
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Cycling at the 1984 Summer Olympics
The cycling competition at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles consisted of three road cycling events and five track cycling events. For the first time, women's cycling events were included in the Olympic program. Also newly introduced in t ...
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Cycling at the 1984 Summer Olympics – Men's points race
The men's points race was an event at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, California, for which the final was held on August 3, 1984. There were 43 participants from 25 nations (with 6 other cyclists not starting). Each nation was limited ...
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Cycling at the 1984 Summer Paralympics
Cycle sport, Cycling at the 1984 Summer Paralympics consisted of seven road bicycle racing, road cycling events, six for men and one for women.
Medal summary
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Cycling at the 1988 Summer Olympics
The cycling competitions at the 1988 Olympic Games in Seoul consisted of two different categories: road cycling and track cycling. Nine events were contested, including the first women's sprint event at the Olympics.
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Cycling at the 1988 Summer Olympics – Men's points race
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Cycling at the 1988 Summer Olympics – Women's road race
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Cycling at the 1992 Summer Olympics
The cycling competitions at the 1992 Olympic Games in Barcelona consisted of two different categories: road cycling and track cycling, with ten events being contested. The road team time trial event took place at the Circuit de Catalunya and the ...
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Cycling at the 1992 Summer Olympics – Men's points race
The men's points race was an event at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, Spain. There were 38 competitors from 38 nations, with 24 cyclists competing in the final. Each nation was limited to one cyclist in the event. The event was won by ...
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Cycling at the 1992 Summer Olympics – Men's sprint
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Cycling at the 1992 Summer Olympics – Men's team pursuit
These are the official results of the Men's Team Pursuit at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, Spain. The races were held on Thursday, July 30, and Friday, July 31, 1992 at the Velòdrom d'Horta
Velòdrom d'Horta is a velodrome located in ...
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Cycling at the 1992 Summer Olympics – Men's team time trial
The men's team time trial event was part of the road cycling programme at the 1992 Summer Olympics. The time for the team was stopped after the third person on the team crossed the finish line. This event was discontinued after this Olympics. ...
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Cycling at the 1992 Summer Olympics – Men's track time trial
The men's track time trial in Cycling at the 1992 Summer Olympics was a time trial race in which each of the thirty-two cyclists attempted to set the fastest time for four laps (1 kilometre) of the track. The race was held on Monday, July 27 at ...
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Cycling at the 1992 Summer Olympics – Women's individual pursuit
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Cycling at the 1992 Summer Olympics – Women's road race
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Cycling at the 1992 Summer Olympics – Women's sprint
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Cycling at the 1996 Summer Olympics
The cycling competitions at the 1996 Olympic Games in Atlanta consisted of three separate categories: road cycling, track cycling, and mountain biking. The road cycling events took place in downtown Atlanta, track cycling was carried out at the ...
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Cycling at the 1996 Summer Olympics – Men's cross-country
These are the official results of the Men's Mountainbike Race at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta. There were a total number of 43 participants, with seven non-finishers, in this inaugural Olympic event over 47.7 kilometres, held on July 30, ...
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Cycling at the 1996 Summer Olympics – Men's points race
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Cycling at the 1996 Summer Olympics – Men's time trial
These are the official results of the men's individual time trial at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta
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Cycling at the 1996 Summer Olympics – Women's cross-country
These are the official results of the Women's Mountainbike Race at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia. There were a total number of 27 participants, with two non-finishers, in this inaugural Olympic event, over 31.8 kilometres, held on ...
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Cycling at the 1996 Summer Olympics – Women's road race
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Cycling at the 1996 Summer Olympics – Women's time trial
These are the official results of the Women's Individual Time Trial at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia. There were a total number of 25 participants, with one non-starter, in this inaugural Olympic event over 26 kilometres, held on S ...
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Cycling at the 2000 Summer Olympics
Cycling at the 2000 Summer Olympics, 3 different bicycle racing disciplines were contested: Road cycling, track cycling, and mountain biking.
Road cycling
Track cycling Men
Women
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Cycling at the 2000 Summer Olympics – Men's keirin
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Cycling at the 2000 Summer Olympics – Men's Madison
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Cycling at the 2000 Summer Olympics – Men's cross-country
These are the official results of the Men's Mountainbike Race at the 2000 Summer Olympics
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Cycling at the 2000 Summer Olympics – Men's individual pursuit
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Cycling at the 2000 Summer Olympics – Men's points race
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Cycling at the 2000 Summer Olympics – Men's road time trial
These are the official results of the men's individual time trial at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia. The race was held on Saturday, September 30, 2000, with a race distance of 46.8 km.
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Cycling at the 2000 Summer Olympics – Men's sprint
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Cycling at the 2000 Summer Olympics – Men's team pursuit
The men's team pursuit event in cycling at the 2000 Summer Olympics
Cycling at the 2000 Summer Olympics, 3 different bicycle racing disciplines were contested: Road cycling, track cycling, and mountain biking.
Road cycling
Track cycling Me ...
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Cycling at the 2000 Summer Olympics – Men's team sprint
The men's team sprint event in cycling at the 2000 Summer Olympics
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Cycling at the 2000 Summer Olympics – Men's track time trial
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Cycling at the 2000 Summer Olympics – Women's cross-country
These are the official results of the Women's Cross-Country Mountain Biking at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney
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Cycling at the 2000 Summer Olympics – Women's points race
These are the official results of the Women's Points Race at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia. There were a total number of 17 participants competing in the final, which was held on 21 September 2000.
The women's points race in cy ...
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Cycling at the 2000 Summer Olympics – Women's sprint
The women's 200m Sprint at the 2000 Summer Olympics (Cycling) was an event that consisted of cyclists making three laps around the track. Only the time for the last 200 metres of the 750 metres covered was counted as official time. The races w ...
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Cycling at the 2000 Summer Olympics – Women's track time trial
The women's 500 metre time trial in Cycling at the 2000 Summer Olympics was a time trial In many racing sports, an athlete (or occasionally a team of athletes) will compete in a time trial against the clock to secure the fastest time. The format ...
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Cycling at the 2004 Summer Olympics
Cycling at the 2004 Summer Olympics consisted of 18 events in three disciplines:
*Road cycling, held at the Athens historic centre (start and finish at Kotzia Square, for the road race events) and in Vouliagmeni Olympic Centre (for the time ...
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Cycling at the 2004 Summer Olympics – Men's keirin
Cycling, also, when on a two-wheeled bicycle, called bicycling or biking, is the use of Bicycle, cycles for transport, recreation, Physical exercise, exercise or sport. People engaged in cycling are referred to as "cyclists", "bicyclists", ...
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Cycling at the 2004 Summer Olympics – Men's Madison
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Cycling at the 2004 Summer Olympics – Men's cross-country
The men's cross-country event in cycling at the 2004 Summer Olympics consisted of 1 start loop and 7 full loops around a circuit - totalling 43.3 km. The race started at 11:00 on 28 August 2004.
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Cycling at the 2004 Summer Olympics – Men's individual pursuit
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Cycling at the 2004 Summer Olympics – Men's points race
The men's points race in cycling at the 2004 Summer Olympics consisted of a 160 lap (40 kilometre) points race with 16 sprints where points were awarded. The event was held on 24 August 2004 at the Athens Olympic Velodrome. There were 23 compe ...
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Cycling at the 2004 Summer Olympics – Men's road time trial
Men's Time Trial at the 2004 Summer Olympics (Cycling):
Medalists
Of the top riders, it soon became clear that Sydney 2000 time trial gold medal winner Russian rider Viatcheslav Ekimov was setting the time to beat. The current world time tri ...
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Cycling at the 2004 Summer Olympics – Men's sprint
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Cycling at the 2004 Summer Olympics – Men's team pursuit
The men's team pursuit event in cycling at the 2004 Summer Olympics
Cycling at the 2004 Summer Olympics consisted of 18 events in three disciplines:
* Road cycling, held at the Athens historic centre (start and finish at Kotzia Square, for th ...
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Cycling at the 2004 Summer Olympics – Men's team sprint
The men's team sprint event in cycling at the 2004 Summer Olympics was contested by twelve teams. The competition took place on 21 August at the Olympic Velodrome at the Athens Olympic Sports Complex
The Olympic Athletic Center of Athens S ...
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Cycling at the 2004 Summer Olympics – Men's track time trial
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Cycling at the 2004 Summer Olympics – Women's cross-country
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Cycling at the 2004 Summer Olympics – Women's points race
The women's points race in cycling at the 2004 Summer Olympics consisted of a 100 lap (25 kilometre) points race with 10 sprints where points were awarded. 5 points were given to the first finisher of each sprint, with 3 going to the second-plac ...
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Cycling at the 2004 Summer Olympics – Women's road time trial
These are the results of the women's time trial event in cycling at the 2004 Summer Olympics
Cycling at the 2004 Summer Olympics consisted of 18 events in three disciplines:
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Cycling at the 2004 Summer Olympics – Women's sprint
The women's sprint event in cycling at the 2004 Summer Olympics
Cycling at the 2004 Summer Olympics consisted of 18 events in three disciplines:
* Road cycling, held at the Athens historic centre (start and finish at Kotzia Square, for the ...
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Cycling at the 2004 Summer Olympics – Women's track time trial
The women's 500 metre time trial in cycling at the 2004 Summer Olympics was a time trial race in which each of the twelve cyclists attempted to set the fastest time for two laps (500 metres) of the track.
In a field of personal bests, 20-year-o ...
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Cycling at the 2008 Summer Olympics
Cycling competitions at the Beijing 2008 Summer Olympics were held from August 9 to August 23 at the Laoshan Velodrome (track events), Laoshan Mountain Bike Course, Laoshan BMX Field and the Beijing Cycling Road Course.
The event was dominated ...
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Cycling at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Men's BMX
The men's BMX racing
BMX racing is a type of off-road bicycle racing. The format of BMX was derived from motocross racing. BMX bicycle races are sprint races on purpose-built off-road single-lap race tracks. The track usually consists of a ...
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Cycling at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Men's keirin
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Cycling at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Men's Madison
The men's Madison at the 2008 Summer Olympics was held on 19 August at the Laoshan Velodrome.
This track cycling
Track cycling is a bicycle racing sport usually held on specially built banked tracks or velodromes using purpose-designed tr ...
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Cycling at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Men's cross-country
The men's cross-country mountain biking at the 2008 Summer Olympics took place at the Laoshan Mountain Bike Course on August 23, 2008.
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Cycling at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Men's individual pursuit
The men's individual pursuit at the 2008 Summer Olympics took place on August 16 at the Laoshan Velodrome. The pre-event favorite to win the gold medal was the defending Olympic champion Bradley Wiggins of Great Britain, who managed to retain th ...
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Cycling at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Men's points race
The men's points race at the 2008 Summer Olympics took place on August 16 at the Laoshan Velodrome. There were 23 competitors from 23 nations. The event was won by Joan Llaneras of Spain, his second victory in the points race (after 2000) and ...
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Cycling at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Men's road time trial
The Men's road time trial at the 2008 Summer Olympics took place on 13 August at the Urban Road Cycling Course. It was won by Fabian Cancellara of Switzerland.
Pre-race favorites
Included among the favorites for victory were Cancellara, the re ...
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Cycling at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Men's sprint
The men's sprint at the 2008 Summer Olympics took place on August 17–19 at the Laoshan Velodrome. There were 21 competitors from 15 nations, with each nation limited to two cyclists. The event was won by Chris Hoy of Great Britain, the nation's ...
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Cycling at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Men's team pursuit
The men's team pursuit at the 2008 Summer Olympics took place between August 17 and 18, at the Laoshan Velodrome.
Qualification
Great Britain automatically qualified a team because of their victory at the 2008 UCI Track Cycling World Champio ...
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Cycling at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Men's team sprint
The men's team sprint at the 2008 Summer Olympics took place on August 15 at the Laoshan Velodrome.
After delivering three superb rides in the process, British trio Chris Hoy, Jason Kenny, and Jamie Staff defeated France by a 0.523-second mar ...
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Cycling at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Qualification
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Cycling at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Women's BMX
The women's BMX racing competition at the 2008 Summer Olympics took place on August 20–22 at the Laoshan BMX Field, the first to be officially featured in the Olympic cycling program.
Coming out of retirement from her sporting career to try o ...
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Cycling at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Women's cross-country
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Cycling at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Women's points race
The women's points race at the 2008 Summer Olympics took place on August 18 at the Laoshan Velodrome.
This track cycling event consists of a single race. This race is a 25 kilometre, 100 lap race. During the race, cyclists can score points in tw ...
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Cycling at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Women's road time trial
The Women's road time trial at the 2008 Summer Olympics took place on August 13 at the Urban Road Cycling Course. Of the 25 women competing in the event, the medal hopefuls included Karin Thürig (Switzerland), Judith Arndt and Hanka Kupfernagel ...
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Cycling at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Women's sprint
The women's sprint at the 2008 Summer Olympics took place on August 19 at the Laoshan Velodrome.
This track cycling
Track cycling is a bicycle racing sport usually held on specially built banked tracks or velodromes using purpose-designed tra ...
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Cycling at the 2012 Summer Olympics
The cycling competitions at the 2012 Olympic Games in London took place at five venues between 28 July and 12 August. The venues were the London Velopark for track cycling and BMX, and Hadleigh Farm, in Essex, for mountain biking. The road races ...
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Cycling at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Qualification
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History of cycling at the Pan American Games
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Cycling at the 1951 Pan American Games
This page shows the results of the cycling competition at the 1951 Pan American Games, held from 25 February to 3 March 1951 in Buenos Aires, Argentina. There were a total number of eight medal events, with only men competing.
Medal summary
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Cycling at the 1955 Pan American Games
This page shows the results of the Cycle sport, Cycling Competition at the 1955 Pan American Games, held from March 12 to March 26, 1955 in Mexico City, Mexico. There were a total number of five medal events, with only men competing.
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Cycling at the 1959 Pan American Games
This page shows the results of the cycle sport, Cycling Competition at the 1959 Pan American Games, held from August 27 to September 7, 1959 in Chicago, United States. There were a total number of five medal events, with only men competing.
Men's ...
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Cycling at the 1963 Pan American Games
This page shows the results of the cycle sport, cycling competition at the 1963 Pan American Games, held from April 20 to May 5, 1963 in São Paulo, Brazil. There were a total number of five medal events, with only men competing.
Men's competitio ...
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Cycling at the 1967 Pan American Games
This page shows the results of the cycle sport, Cycling Competition at the 1967 Pan American Games, held from July 23 to August 6, 1967 in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. There were a total number of six events, with only men competing.
Men's competi ...
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Cycling at the 1971 Pan American Games
This page shows the results of the Cycling Competition at the 1971 Pan American Games, held from July 30 to August 13, 1971 in Cali, Colombia. There were a total number of six events, with only men competing.
Men's competition Men's 1.000m Match ...
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Cycling at the 1975 Pan American Games
This page shows the results of the cycle sport, Cycling Competition at the 1975 Pan American Games, held from October 12 to October 26, 1975 in Mexico City, Mexico. There were a total number of six events, with only men competing.
Men's competiti ...
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Cycling at the 1979 Pan American Games
This page shows the results of the Cycling Competition at the 1979 Pan American Games, held from July 1 to July 15, 1979 in San Juan, Puerto Rico. There were a total number of six events, with only men competing.
Men's competition Men's 1.000m M ...
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Cycling at the 1983 Pan American Games
This page shows the results of the cycle sport, Cycling Competition at the 1983 Pan American Games, held from August 14 to August 29, 1983 in Caracas, Venezuela. There were a total number of seven events, with only men competing. The Points Race w ...
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Cycling at the 1987 Pan American Games
The cycling competition at the 1987 Pan American Games was held from August 7 to August 23, 1987 in Indianapolis, United States. There were a total number of seven men's and three women's events. The 1987 Games represented the first time women co ...
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Cycling at the 1991 Pan American Games
This page shows the results of the Cycling Competition at the 1991 Pan American Games, held from March 11 to March 26, 1991 in Havana, Cuba. There were a total number of seven men's and four women's events.
Men's competition Men's 1.000m Match S ...
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Cycling at the 1995 Pan American Games
This page shows the results of the cycle sport, cycling competition at the 1995 Pan American Games, held from March 11 to March 26, 1995 in Mar del Plata, Argentina. There were a total of eight men's and six women's events.
Men's competition
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Cycling at the 1999 Pan American Games
The cycling competition at the 1999 Pan American Games was held in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada.
Men's competition
Men's Individual Road Race
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Men's Road Time Trial
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Cycling at the 2003 Pan American Games
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Cycling at the 2007 Pan American Games
There were four cycling events at the 2007 Pan American Games: road cycling, track cycling, mountain bike and BMX racing.
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Cycling at the 2011 Pan American Games
Cycling competitions at the 2011 Pan American Games in Guadalajara was held from October 15 to October 22 at the Pan American Velodrome (Track), Guadalajara Circuit (Road), Pan American Mountain Bike Circuit in Tapalpa
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Cycling at the 1906 Intercalated Games
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Cycling at the 1951 Asian Games
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Cycling at the 1982 Commonwealth Games
These page represents the results at the Cycling Competition at the 1982 Commonwealth Games in Brisbane, Australia.
Medal Tally
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Cycling at the 1988 Summer Paralympics
Cycle sport, Cycling at the 1988 Summer Paralympics consisted of seven road bicycle racing, road cycling events for men.
Medal summary
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Cycling at the 2002 Asian Games
Cycling was contested at the 2002 Asian Games in Busan, South Korea. Road bicycle racing was held at the Road Cycle Race Stadium from September 30 to October 2, while track cycling
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Cycling at the 2002 Commonwealth Games
Cycling at the 2002 Commonwealth Games was held in Rivington Park Bolton (road and mountain biking) and Manchester Velodrome (track, located in Manchester
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Cycling at the 1992 Summer Paralympics
Cycle sport, Cycling at the 1992 Summer Paralympics consisted of nine events. All were road bicycle racing, road cycling events; no track cycling was held.
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Cycling at the 1996 Summer Paralympics
Cycling at the 1996 Summer Paralympics consisted of 23 events in two disciplines, road cycling and track cycling.
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Cycling at the 2004 Summer Paralympics
Cycling at the 2004 Summer Paralympics in Athens, consisted of 31 events in two disciplines, track cycling and road cycling. Track cycling took place at the Olympic Velodrome, and road cycling at Vouliagmeni.
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Cycling at the 2005 Mediterranean Games
The cycling competition at the 2005 Mediterranean Games was a men-only competition. Track events were absent from the programme and the only two events were an individual time trial and an individual road race.
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Cycling at the 2005 Southeast Asian Games
Cycling at the 2005 SEA Games was split into four categories:
* Track, held at the Amoranto Velodrome in Quezon City, Metro Manila, Philippines.
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Cycling at the 2006 Asian Games
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Cycling at the 2006 Central American and Caribbean Games
This page shows the results of the cycling competition at the 2006 Central American and Caribbean Games, held on July 21 and July 22, 2006 in Cartagena, Colombia.
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Cycling at the 2006 Commonwealth Games
The cycling at the 2006 Commonwealth Games was made up of three disciplines:
*Track cycling
*Road bicycle racing
*Mountain biking
The track cycling was held at the Vodafone Arena, the (road cycling) Time Trial took place on a course on the S ...
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Cycling at the 2007 All-Africa Games
Cycling was part of the 2007 All-Africa Games
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Cycling at the 2007 Southeast Asian Games
Cycling at the 2007 Southeast Asian Games was split into three categories:
* Track, held at the Velodrome at His Majesty the King's 80th Birthday Anniversary Stadium (5 December 2007) in Amphoe Mueang Nakhon Ratchasima, Nakhon Ratchasima Provin ...
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Cycling at the 2008 Summer Paralympics
Cycling at the 2008 Summer Paralympics consisted of 44 events in two main disciplines, track cycling and road cycling. Track cycling was held in Laoshan Velodrome on 7–10 September, and road cycling took place at the Changping Triathlon Venu ...
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Cycling at the 2008 Summer Paralympics – Men's 1km time trial (B&VI 1–3)
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Cycling at the 2008 Summer Paralympics – Men's 1km time trial (LC 3–4)
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Cycling at the 2008 Summer Paralympics – Men's individual pursuit
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Cycling at the 2008 Summer Paralympics – Men's individual pursuit (B&VI 1–3)
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Cycling at the 2008 Summer Paralympics – Men's individual pursuit (CP 3)
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Cycling at the 2008 Summer Paralympics – Men's individual pursuit (CP 4)
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Cycling at the 2008 Summer Paralympics – Women's 1km time trial (B&VI 1–3)
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Cycling at the 2008 Summer Paralympics – Women's time trial
The Women's time trial track cycling events at the 2008 Summer Paralympics took place on September 7–8 at the Laoshan Velodrome.
Classification
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Cycling at the 2009 Southeast Asian Games
The Cycling Events will be held from 9 December to 14 December 2009 with 8 gold medals up for contention.
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Cycling at the 2010 Asian Games
Cycling at the 2010 Asian Games was held in Guangzhou, China. Road bicycle racing was held at the Triathlon Venue from November 20 to 23, while track cycling was contested at Guangzhou Velodrome from November 13 to 17, and mountain biking was ...
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Cycling at the 2010 Central American and Caribbean Games
The cycling competition at the 2010 Central American and Caribbean Games was held in Mayagüez, Puerto Rico.
The tournament was held from 21–29 July at the Ramey Air Force Base in Aguadilla
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Cycling at the 2010 Commonwealth Games
The cycling competition at the 2010 Commonwealth Games comprised two disciplines: road cycling and track cycling. The track events were held at the Indira Gandhi Arena, while the road events were held at Noida–Greater Noida Expressway
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Cycling at the 2010 Commonwealth Games – Men's road race
The Men's road race took place at 10 October 2010 at the Indira Gandhi Arena. The race started at 13:00 and covered 168 km.
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Cycling at the 2010 Commonwealth Games – Men's sprint
The Men's individual sprint took place at 6 and 7 October 2010 at the Indira Gandhi Arena
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Cycling at the 2010 Commonwealth Games – Men's team pursuit
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Cycling at the 2010 Commonwealth Games – Men's team sprint
The men's team sprint at the 2010 Commonwealth Games took place on 8 October 2010 at the Indira Gandhi Arena
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Cycling at the 2010 Commonwealth Games – Women's road race
The Women's road race took place at 10 October 2010 at the Indira Gandhi Arena
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Cycling at the 2010 South American Games
There were four cycling events at the 2010 South American Games: road cycling, track cycling, mountain bike and BMX racing, adding up to 28 events. The events were held over March 17–23.
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Cycling at the 2010 South American Games – Men's Keirin
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Cycling at the 2010 South American Games – Men's Omnium
The Men's Omnium event at the 2010 South American Games
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Cycling at the 2010 South Asian Games
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Cycling at the 2010 Summer Youth Olympics
Cycling at the 2010 Summer Youth Olympics was held from 17 to 22 August. The event took place at The Float at Marina Bay for the road cycling and at Tampines Bike Park for the BMX and mountain biking.
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Cycling at the 2011 All-Africa Games
Cycling at the 2011 All-Africa Games in Maputo, Mozambique
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Cycling at the 2011 Commonwealth Youth Games
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Cycling at the 2011 European Youth Summer Olympic Festival
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Cycling at the 2011 Games of the Small States of Europe
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Cycling at the 2011 Island Games
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Cycling at the 2011 Pan Arab Games
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Cycling at the 2011 Parapan American Games
Cycling was contested at the 2011 Parapan American Games from November 13 to 19 at the Pan American Velodrome in Guadalajara, Mexico
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Cycling at the 2011 Summer Universiade
Cycling were contested at the 2011 Summer Universiade from August 13 to August 20 at the Cycling Courses of Longgang Sports Center in Shenzhen, China. Men's and women's individual and team events were held.
Events
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Cycling at the 2011 Summer Universiade – Men's road race
The men's road race was one of the cycling events at the 2011 Summer Universiade in Shenzhen, China
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Cycling at the 2011 Summer Universiade – Women's road race
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Cycling at the All-Africa Games
A cycling competition is held as part of the African Games
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Cycling at the Asian Games
Cycling events have been contested at every Asian Games since the 1951 Asian Games in New Delhi
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Cycling at the Commonwealth Games
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Cycling at the Friendship Games
Notable cyclists
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Jacques Anquetil
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Lance Armstrong
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Federico Bahamontes
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Gino Bartali
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Louison Bobet
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Ottavio Bottecchia
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Lucien Buysse
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Born in Wontergem, Buysse began racing professionally in 1914, when he entered the Tour de France but did not finish. He ...
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Alberto Contador
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Fausto Coppi
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Henri Cornet
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Maurice De Waele
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Odile Defraye
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Pedro Delgado
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Cadel Evans
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François Faber
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Laurent Fignon
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Nicolas Frantz
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Chris Froome
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Maurice Garin
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Gustave Garrigou
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Charly Gaul
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Bernard Hinault
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Jan Janssen
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Hugo Koblet
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Ferdinand Kübler
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Kübler was born in Marthalen. He began racing p ...
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Firmin Lambot
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Roger Lapébie
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Octave Lapize
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André Leducq
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Greg LeMond
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Romain Maes
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Antonin Magne
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Eddy Merckx
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Gastone Nencini
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Luis Ocaña
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Marco Pantani
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Henri Pélissier
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Óscar Pereiro
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Lucien Petit-Breton
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Roger Pingeon
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Growing up near the Jura Mountains, he was a cross-country skier as a teenager before taking up bicycle racing. He spent two y ...
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René Pottier
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Bjarne Riis
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Jean Robic
Jean Robic (; 10 June 1921 – 6 October 1980)L'Équipe, 9 July 2003 was a French road racing cyclist, who won the 1947 Tour de France. Robic was a professional cyclist from 1943 to 1961. His diminutive stature (1.61m, 60 kg) and appearanc ...
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Stephen Roche
Stephen Roche (; born 28 November 1959) is an Irish former professional road racing cyclist. In a 13-year professional career, he peaked in 1987, becoming the second of only two cyclists to win the Triple Crown of victories in the Tour de Fr ...
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Carlos Sastre
Carlos Sastre Candil (; born 22 April 1975) is a former Spanish professional road bicycle racer and winner of the 2008 Tour de France. He consistently achieved outstanding results in the Vuelta a España and in the Tour de France. Sastre establi ...
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Andy Schleck
Andy Raymond Schleck (; born 10 June 1985) is a Luxembourgish former professional road bicycle racer. He won the 2010 Tour de France, being awarded it retroactively in February 2012 after Alberto Contador's hearing at the Court of Arbitration f ...
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Léon Scieur
Léon Scieur (; 19 March 1888 – 7 October 1969) was a Belgian cyclist who won the 1921 Tour de France, along with stages 3 and 10. His first great victory was the 1920 Liège–Bastogne–Liège; he won a stage and finished fourth in the 1 ...
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Georges Speicher
Georges Speicher (; 8 June 1907 – 24 January 1978) was a French cyclist who won the 1933 Tour de France along with three stage wins, and the 1933 World Cycling Championship.
After Speicher had won the 1933 Tour de France, he was initially not ...
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Major Taylor
Marshall Walter "Major" Taylor (November 26, 1878 – June 21, 1932) was an African-American professional cyclist. Even by modern cycling standards, Taylor could be considered the greatest American sprinter of all time.
He was born and raised ...
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Bernard Thévenet
Bernard Thévenet (; born 10 January 1948) is a retired professional cyclist. His sporting career began with ACBB Paris. He is twice a winner of the Tour de France and known for ending the reign of five-times Tour champion Eddy Merckx, though bo ...
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Philippe Thys
Philippe Thys (; nl, Philippe Thijs; 8 October 1889 – 16 January 1971) was a Belgian cyclist and three times winner of the Tour de France.
Professional career
In 1910, Thys won Belgium's first national cyclo-cross championship. The foll ...
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Louis Trousselier
Louis Trousselier (; 1881 – 24 April 1939) was a French racing cyclist who won the 1905 Tour de France. His other major wins were Paris–Roubaix, also in 1905, and the 1908 Bordeaux–Paris. He came third in the 1906 Tour de France and won 1 ...
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Jan Ullrich
Jan Ullrich (; born 2 December 1973) is a German former professional road bicycle racer. Ullrich won gold and silver medals in the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney. He won the 1999 Vuelta a España and the HEW Cyclassics in front of a home crow ...
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Lucien Van Impe
Lucien Van Impe (; born 20 October 1946) is a Belgian cyclist, who competed professionally between 1969 and 1987. He excelled mainly as a climber in multiple-day races such as the Tour de France. He was the winner of the 1976 Tour de France, ...
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Roger Walkowiak
Roger Walkowiak (; 2 March 1927 – 6 February 2017) was a French road bicycle racer who won the 1956 Tour de France. He was a professional rider from 1950 until 1960. He died on 6 February 2017 at the age of 89.
The 1956 Tour de France
From 19 ...
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Bradley Wiggins
Sir Bradley Marc Wiggins, CBE (born 28 April 1980) is a British former professional road and track racing cyclist, who competed professionally between 2001 and 2016. He began his cycling career on the track, but later made the transition to r ...
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Joop Zoetemelk
Hendrik Gerardus Joseph "Joop" Zoetemelk (; born 3 December 1946) is a Dutch former professional racing cyclist. He started and finished the Tour de France 16 times, which were both records when he retired. He also holds the distance record in T ...
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Alleycat race
An alley cat race is an unsanctioned bicycle race. Alley cats almost always take place in cities, and are often organized by bicycle messengers. The informality of the organization is matched by the emphasis on taking part, rather than simple c ...
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Bicycle and motorcycle dynamics
Bicycle and motorcycle dynamics is the science of the motion of bicycles and motorcycles and their components, due to the forces acting on them. Dynamics falls under a branch of physics known as classical mechanics. Bike motions of interest in ...
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Bicycle and motorcycle geometry
Bicycle and motorcycle geometry is the collection of key measurements (lengths and angles) that define a particular bike configuration. Primary among these are wheelbase, steering axis angle, fork offset, and trail. These parameters have a major ...
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Bicycle culture
Bicycle culture can refer to a mainstream culture that supports the use of bicycles or to a subculture. Although "bike culture" is often used to refer to various forms of associated fashion, it is erroneous to call fashion in and of itself a cult ...
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Bicycle gearing
Bicycle gearing is the aspect of a bicycle drivetrain that determines the relation between the cadence, the rate at which the rider pedals, and the rate at which the drive wheel turns.
On some bicycles there is only one gear and, therefore, ...
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Bicycle messenger
Bicycle messengers (also known as bike or cycle couriers) are people who work for courier companies (also known as messenger companies) carrying and delivering items by bicycle. Bicycle messengers are most often found in the central business di ...
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Bicycle performance
A bicycle's performance is extraordinarily efficient. In terms of the amount of energy a person must expend to travel a given distance, cycling is calculated to be the most efficient self-powered means of transportation.
In terms of the ratio ...
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Bicycle racing
Cycle sport is competitive physical activity using bicycles. There are several categories of bicycle racing including road bicycle racing, cyclo-cross, mountain bike racing, track cycling, BMX, and cycle speedway. Non-racing cycling s ...
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Road bicycle racing
Road bicycle racing is the cycle sport discipline of road cycling, held primarily on Road surface, paved roads. Road racing is the most popular professional sport, professional form of bicycle racing, in terms of numbers of competitors, events and ...
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Bicycle touring
Bicycle touring is the taking of self-contained cycling trips for pleasure, adventure or autonomy rather than sport, commuting or exercise. Bicycle touring can range from single-day trips to extended travels spanning weeks or months. Tours may be ...
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Cadence (cycling)
In cycling, cadence (or pedalling rate) is a measure of angular speed calculated as the number of revolutions of the crank per minute; this is the rate at which a cyclist is pedalling/turning the pedals. Cadence is directly proportional to wheel ...
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Critical Mass
In nuclear engineering, a critical mass is the smallest amount of fissile material needed for a sustained nuclear chain reaction. The critical mass of a fissionable material depends upon its nuclear properties (specifically, its nuclear fissi ...
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Cyclability
Cyclability is the degree of ease of bicycle circulation. A greater degree of cyclability in cities is related, among others, to benefits for people's health, lower levels of air and noise pollution, improved fluidity of traffic or increased prod ...
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Cycle sport
Cycle sport is competitive physical activity using bicycles. There are several categories of bicycle racing including road bicycle racing, cyclo-cross, mountain bike racing, track cycling, BMX, and cycle speedway. Non-racing cycling s ...
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Cycling advocacy
Cycling advocacy consists of activities that call for, promote or enable increased adoption and support for cycling and improved safety and convenience for cyclists, usually within urbanized areas or semi-urban regions. Issues of concern typically ...
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Cycling advocacy
Cycling advocacy consists of activities that call for, promote or enable increased adoption and support for cycling and improved safety and convenience for cyclists, usually within urbanized areas or semi-urban regions. Issues of concern typically ...
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Cycling activism
Cycling advocacy consists of activities that call for, promote or enable increased adoption and support for cycling and improved safety and convenience for cyclists, usually within urbanized areas or semi-urban regions. Issues of concern typically ...
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Cycling at the Summer Olympics
Cycling has been contested at every Summer Olympic Games since the birth of the modern Olympic movement at the 1896 Summer Olympics, at which a road race and five track events were held. Mountain bike racing entered the Olympic programme at the ...
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Cycling at the Summer Paralympics
Cycling has been contested at every Summer Paralympic Games since the 1984 Summer Paralympics.
Summary
Classification
Cyclists are given a classification depending on the type and extent of their disability. The classification system allows ...
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Cycling demonstration towns
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Cycling domestique
In road bicycle racing, a domestique is a rider who works for the benefit of their team and leader, rather than trying to win the race. In French, ''domestique'' translates as "servant".However, in French, the term used is ''équipier''. In Ita ...
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Cycling domestique
In road bicycle racing, a domestique is a rider who works for the benefit of their team and leader, rather than trying to win the race. In French, ''domestique'' translates as "servant".However, in French, the term used is ''équipier''. In Ita ...
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Cycling power meter
A cycling power meter is a device on a bicycle that measures the power output of the rider.
Most cycling power meters use strain gauges to measure torque applied, and when combined with angular velocity, calculate power.
The technology was ad ...
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Cycling records
Certified and recognized cycling records are those verified by the Union Cycliste Internationale, International Human Powered Vehicle Association and World Human Powered Vehicle Association, Guinness World Records, International Olympic Committee, ...
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Effective Cycling
Effective Cycling is a trademarked cycling educational program designed by John Forester, which was the national education program of the League of American Wheelmen for a number of years until Forester withdrew permission for them to use the name ...
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Eurobike
Eurobike is an international bicycle trade fair held annually since 1991 in the first week of September, on the grounds of Messe Friedrichshafen, one of the largest and most modern exhibition centres in Baden-Wuerttemberg, Germany. The bike show i ...
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Freeride mountain-biking movies
Freeride is a discipline of mountain biking closely related to downhill biking, dirt jumping, freestyle motocross, and freestyle BMX. When riding a freerider one focuses on tricks, style, and technical trail features. Freeride is now recognize ...
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Glossary of cycling
This is a glossary of terms and jargon used in cycling, mountain biking, and cycle sport.
For ''parts of a bicycle'', see List of bicycle parts.
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* Hillclimbing (cycling), Hillclimbing
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History of cycling
Cycling quickly became an activity after bicycles were introduced in the 19th century and remains popular with more than a billion people worldwide used for recreation, transportation and sport.
Racing
The first documented cycling race was a 1,2 ...
* History of the bicycle
* Victorian HPV Series, HPV Racing, Victoria Australia
* Human-powered transport
* Icetrack cycling
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Indoor cycling
Indoor cycling, often called spinning, is a form of exercise with classes focusing on endurance, strength, intervals, high intensity (race days) and recovery, and involves using a special stationary exercise bicycle with a weighted flywheel in a c ...
* John Forester (cyclist), John Forester, engineer and bicycle transportation advocate
* List of Antarctic cycling expeditions
* List of bicycle and human powered vehicle museums
* List of bicycle brands and manufacturing companies, List of bicycle manufacturers
* List of bicycle part manufacturers
* List of bicycle parts
* List of bicycle sharing systems
* List of bicycle types
* List of cycleways
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List of cycling tracks and velodromes
This is a list of cycling tracks and velodromes for track cycling worldwide.
Velodromes currently in use
Indoor: all the structures are closed inside
Outdoor: the velodrome is uncovered and in open air.
Outdoor, fully covered: all the structures ...
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List of doping cases in cycling
The following is an incomplete list of doping cases and recurring accusations of doping in professional cycling, where doping means "use of physiological substances or abnormal method to obtain an artificial increase of performance." It is neither ...
* List of electric bicycle brands and manufacturers
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List of films about bicycles and cycling
This is a list of films about bicycles and cycling, featuring notable films where bicycles and cycling play a central role in the development of the plot.
List
See also
*List of highest-grossing sports films
*List of sports films
References
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* List of important cycling events
* List of Japanese bicycle brands and manufacturers
* List of professional cyclists who died during a race
* List of rail trails
* List of songs about bicycles
* Mixed Terrain Cycle-Touring
* Modal share
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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 ...
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Downhill mountain biking
Downhill mountain biking (DH) is a style of mountain biking practiced on steep, rough terrain that often features jumps, drops, rock gardens and other obstacles. Jumps can be up to and including , and drops can be greater than .
The rider c ...
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Enduro (mountain biking)
Enduro in its most basic definition is a type of mountain bike racing where the downhills are timed, and the uphills are mandatory but not timed. Riders are timed in stages that are primarily downhill, with neutral "transfer" stages in between. ...
** Mountain bike orienteering
** Mountain unicycling
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Outline of bicycles
:''This article is an outline about bicycles themselves. For an outline about cycling, the associated activity, see outline of cycling.''
The following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to bicycles:
Bicycle – pedal- ...
* Outline of motorcycles and motorcycling
* Pacific Blue (TV series), ''Pacific Blue'', a TV series about a team of bike police officers
* Para-cycling classification
* Randonneuring
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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, ...
* Supermarket Street Sweep
* Tweed Run
* Ultra-distance cycling
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Underwater cycling
Underwater cycling is stunt, usually done for charity, in which a rider wears scuba diving gear and rides a bicycle in an underwater course. The Underwater Bike Race is an annual charity fundraiser held in North Carolina.
Research into exercise a ...
* Unicycle
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Utility cycling
Utility cycling encompasses any cycling done simply as a means of transport rather than as a sport or leisure activity. It is the original and most common type of cycling in the world. Cycling mobility is one of the various types of private t ...
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Vehicular cycling
Vehicular cycling (also known as bicycle driving) is the practice of riding bicycles on roads in a manner that is in accordance with the principles for driving in traffic, and in a way that places responsibility for safety on the individual.
The ...
* ''Velo Vision''
** Six-day racing
* World Naked Bike Ride
** Clothing-optional bike ride
References
External links
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