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The men's road race was first held at the 1896, was not held again for 40 years, then has been held every Summer Games since the 1936 Summer Olympics. The women's event was first contested at the 1984 Summer Olympics , being the first women's cycling event (track events were added in 1988).
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 . [ 1 ]
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Mountain bike racing entered the Olympic programme at the Atlanta Olympics, followed by BMX racing in 2008 and freestyle BMX in 2020. Before the 2020 Summer Olympics, all events were speed races, but the 2020 programme featured BMX freestyle for the first time. Women's road events were introduced to the Olympic programme at the 1984 Summer ...
The Olympic road race, one of the most iconic events at the Games, is also one with the most turnover in medals. No rider has ever won two gold medals, and only one rider has won two medals; Alexander Vinokourov of Kazakhstan, with a gold medal in London 2012, following a silver medal in Sydney 2000. Until 1992 and the Games in Barcelona, all ...
There was chaos and confusion at the end of the first stage of the Volta ao Algarve on Wednesday, as the majority of the peloton went the wrong way as they approached the finish line.
Results: United States of America – 4:04.306. New Zealand – 4:04.927. Great Britain – 4:06.382. Who is Lily Williams, Olympic gold medalist? Lily started a professional career on the road in ...
The lake around Mälaren hosted the road race for the 1912 Summer Olympics in Stockholm. The Olympic Velodrome (now Montreal Biodome) hosted the track cycling competitions for the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal. The Laoshan Velodrome hosted the track cycling competitions for the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing.