The Asian Cycling Championships is an annual continental cycling championships for
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 ...
and
track cycling
Track cycling is a bicycle racing sport usually held on specially built banked tracks or velodromes using purpose-designed track bicycles.
History
Track cycling has been around since at least 1870. When track cycling was in its infancy, it wa ...
since 1963, exclusively for Asian cyclists selected by the national governing body (member nations of the
Asian Cycling Confederation).
Since 2017, competitions on road and track cycling are held separately.
Competitions
1963–2016
2017–present
Men's road events
Individual road race
Individual time trial
Team time trial
Women's road events
Individual road race
Individual time trial
Team time trial
Men's track events
Sprint
1 km time trial
Keirin
Individual pursuit
Points race
Scratch
Omnium
Madison
Team sprint
Team pursuit
Elimination race
Women's track events
Sprint
500m time trial
Keirin
Individual pursuit
Points race
Scratch
Omnium
Madison
Team sprint
Team pursuit
Elimination race
Notes
''Cancelled''
''Men's event''
''Women's event''
''This event is held in late 2019 due to 2020 Summer Olympic track cycling's qualification timeline''
References
External links
Official Website*
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{{Asian Championships
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 ...
Asian
Asian may refer to:
* Items from or related to the continent of Asia:
** Asian people, people in or descending from Asia
** Asian culture, the culture of the people from Asia
** Asian cuisine, food based on the style of food of the people from Asi ...
Cycle racing in Asia
Recurring sporting events established in 1963