Road cycling is a sport that challenges speed and endurance. The environment and scenery along the way are beautiful, which also brings warmth and comfort to this extremely hard sport. Road cycling races are held on roads with various terrain changes. There are team competitions and individual time trials in the Olympic Games.
Road cycling multi-day races usually take the form of going from one city to another and surrounding countries or regions. The longest total distance is 4000 kilometers. A race lasting more than 10 days can only have two stages with a distance of more than 260 kilometers. The time trial distance between the Olympic Games and the World Championships is 100 km. Road cycling individual race, longest distance 170 km. When running on the loop, the perimeter of the loop should be at least 10 km.
History of Road Cycling Race
1896 1 At the Olympic Games, cycling was included in the official competition. In the early days of the Olympic Games, there were only two events: venues and highways. Moreover, the competition distance and performance statistics of various events have changed greatly. From 1920s to 1940s, venues and road cycling events tended to be relatively standardized. Since 1950s, the League of Nations has further standardized the Olympic cycling events and competition methods.
At the same time, the Olympic Games has added high-quality and well-loved mature events, such as mountain cross-country race and BMX. From the list of Olympic cycling events, we can see that there are both traditional events and modern emerging events in contemporary Olympic cycling competitions, and the events and methods are more standardized and standardized.
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