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Cycling, [1] also known as bicycling [2] or biking, [3] is the activity of riding a bicycle or other type of cycle. It encompasses the use of human-powered vehicles such as balance bikes, unicycles, tricycles, and quadricycles. Cycling is practised around the world for purposes including transport, recreation, exercise, and competitive sport.
This is an incomplete list of professional racing cyclists, sorted alphabetically by decade in which they won their first major race. [ 1 ] This is a dynamic list and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness.
Mandatory helmet wearing is one of the most controversial topics in the cycling world, with proponents arguing that it reduces head injuries and thus is an acceptable requirement, while opponents argue that by making cycling seem more dangerous and cumbersome, it reduces cyclist numbers on the streets, creating an overall negative health effect ...
This includes all American male cyclists that can also be found in the subcategories. This is a diffusing subcategory of Category:American cyclists . Articles about male cyclists in the parent category should be moved to this subcategory.
The Cyclist magazine was founded in 2012, before launching a website in 2015. [4]Former owner Dennis Publishing was acquired by Future plc (owner of competitors Cycling Weekly and Procycling) in 2021 from Exponent, however the transaction excluded Cyclist and three more Dennis' titles (Expert Reviews, Fortean Times, and Viz).
Matthew Richardson (born 17 April 1999) is a track cyclist who represented Australia until August 2024 and Great Britain from September 2024 onwards. He competed in the men's keirin, individual sprint and team sprint at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo.
Program of cycling races, August 1871, Mons, Belgium. Bicycle Racer posed at Salt Palace wood track, Salt Lake City, 1911. The first documented cycling race was a 1,200 metre race held on May 31, 1868, at the Park of Saint-Cloud, Paris.
Cyclists in the 2021 Giro d'Italia race OP Grand Prix, a one-hour cycling competition in Porvoo, Finland, on June 11th 2005. The first bicycle race is popularly held to have been a 1,200 m (3,900 ft) race on the 31 May 1868 at the Parc de Saint-Cloud, Paris, France. [2]