The Urban Cycling Road Course () was one of nine temporary venues used during the 2008 Summer Olympics in

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. The

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started at the North Square of

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in Beijing's Chongwen District and finished at

Juyong Pass Juyong Pass () is a mountain pass located in the Changping District of Beijing Municipality, over from central Beijing. The Great Wall of China passes through, and the Cloud Platform was built here in the year 1342. Mountain pass Geography ...

Changping District Changping District (), formerly Changping County (), is a district situated in the suburbs of north and northwest Beijing. History Changping County and Jundu County which administered the area were established in the Han Dynasty. Changping was i ...

. The route also passed through Xuanwu, Dongcheng, Xicheng, Chaoyang and Haidian districts.

References

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