Cycling

Competitive cycling on bicycles, raced individually or in teams on road, track, and off road courses; one of the founding sports of the modern Olympic Games.

Cycling, also known as bicycling or biking, is the activity of riding a bicycle or other types of pedal-driven human-powered vehicles such as balance bikes, unicycles, tricycles, and quadricycles.

Sir Bradley Marc Wiggins (born 28 April 1980) is a British former professional road and track racing cyclist, who competed professionally between 2001 and 2016.

Kristina Vogel (born 10 November 1990) is a former German track cyclist.

Nino Schurter (born 13 May 1986) is a Swiss cross-country cyclist who races for the Scott-Sram MTB Racing Team.

Mariana Pajón Londoño ODB OLY (born 10 October 1991) is a Colombian cyclist, two-time Olympic gold medalist and BMX World Champion.

Felice Gimondi (Italian pronunciation: [feˈliːtʃe dʒiˈmondi]; 29 September 1942-16 August 2019) was an Italian professional racing cyclist.

The cycling competitions used the rules of the International Cycling Association.

The only summer sports that have never been absent from the Olympic program are athletics, aquatics (swimming), cycling, fencing, and gymnastics (artistic gymnastics).

Cycling at the 2000 Summer Olympics, 3 different bicycle racing disciplines were contested: Road

Cycling at the 2004 Summer Olympics consisted of 18 events in three disciplines: Road cycling, held

Cycling competitions at the Beijing 2008 Summer Olympics were held from August 9 to August 23 at

The cycling competitions at the 2012 Olympic Games in London took place at five venues between 28

The cycling competitions of the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro were held at four venues

The cycling competitions of the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo featured 22 events in five disciplines

The cycling competitions of the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris occurred at four venues

The 1900 Summer Olympics were held as part of the 1900 World's Fair, during which many cycling events were contested.

At the 1904 Summer Olympics, seven cycling events were contested.

At the 1908 Summer Olympics, seven track cycling events were contested, all for men only.

At the 1912 Summer Olympics in Stockholm, one cycling event was contested on Sunday, 7 July.

The cycling competitions at the 1920 Summer Olympics in Antwerp consisted of two road racing events and four track racing events, all for men only.

The cycling competition at the 1924 Summer Olympics in Paris consisted of two road cycling events and four track cycling events, all for men only.

The cycling competition at the 1928 Summer Olympics in Amsterdam consisted of two road cycling events and four track cycling events, all for men only.

The cycling competition at the 1932 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles consisted of two road cycling events and four track cycling events.

The cycling competition at the 1936 Summer Olympics consisted of two road cycling events and four track cycling events, all for men only.

The cycling competition at the 1948 Summer Olympics in London consisted of two road cycling events and four track cycling events, all for men only.

The cycling competition at the 1952 Summer Olympics consisted of two road cycling events and four track cycling events, all for men only. 215 cyclists from 36 countries competed in the six events.

The cycling competition at the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne consisted of two road cycling events and four track cycling events, all for men only.

The cycling competition at the 1960 Summer Olympics consisted of two road cycling events and four track cycling events, all for men only.

The cycling competition at the 1964 Summer Olympics consisted of two road cycling events and five track cycling events, all for men only.

The cycling competition at the 1968 Summer Olympics consisted of two road cycling events and five track cycling events, all for men only.

The cycling competition at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich consisted of two road cycling events and five track cycling events, all for men only.

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Softball, beach volleyball and mountain biking debuted on the Olympic program

is a retired French cyclist

Jacques Anquetil (pronounced [ʒak ɑ̃k.til]; 8 January 1934-18 November 1987) was a French road racing cyclist and the first cyclist to win the Tour de France five times, in 1957 and from 1961 to 1964.

Bernard Hinault (pronounced [bɛʁ.naʁ i.no]; born 14 November 1954) is a French former professional road cyclist.

Gregory James LeMond (born June 26, 1961) is an American former road racing cyclist.

Peter Sagan (Slovak pronunciation: [ˈpeter ˈsaɡan]; born 26 January 1990) is a Slovak former professional cyclist who competed in road bicycle racing and mountain bicycle racing.

Victoria Louise Pendleton (born 24 September 1980) is a British former track cyclist who specialised in the sprint, team sprint and keirin disciplines.

John James 'Sean' Kelly (born 21 May 1956) is an Irish former professional road bicycle racer, one of the most successful road cyclists of the 1980s, and one of the finest Classics riders of all time.

Anna Maree Devenish Meares (born 21 September 1983) is an Australian retired track cyclist.

Alberto Contador Velasco (Spanish pronunciation: [alˈβeɾto kontaˈðoɾ βeˈlasko]; born 6 December 1982) is a Spanish former professional cyclist.

Tadej Pogačar (Slovene: [taˈdɛ́ːj pɔˈɡáːtʃaɾ] ; born 21 September 1998), nicknamed "Pogi", is a Slovenian professional cyclist who rides for UCI WorldTeam UAE Team Emirates XRG. His victories include five Tours de France (2020, 2021, 2024, 2025 and 2026), the 2024 Giro d'Italia, and thirteen one-day

Sir Mark Simon Cavendish (born 21 May 1985) is a Manx retired professional cyclist.

Fabian Cancellara (born 18 March 1981), nicknamed "Spartacus", is a Swiss cycling executive, businessman and former professional road racing cyclist who last rode for UCI ProTeam Lidl-Trek.

Annemiek van Vleuten (Dutch: [ˌɑnəˈmik fɑɱ ˈvløːtə(n)]; born 8 October 1982) is a retired Dutch professional road racing cyclist, who most recently rode for UCI Women's WorldTeam Movistar Team.

Jan Ullrich (German pronunciation: [jan ˈʊlʁɪç] ; born 2 December 1973) is a German former professional road bicycle racer.

Christopher Clive Froome (; born 20 May 1985) is a Kenyan born British; former professional road racing cyclist.

Vincenzo Nibali (Italian pronunciation: [vinˈtʃɛntso ˈniːbali]; born 14 November 1984) is an Italian former professional road bicycle racer, who competed as a professional from 2005 to 2022.

Alejandro Valverde Belmonte (born 25 April 1980) is a Spanish cyclist, who competed as a professional in road bicycle racing from 2002 to 2010 and from 2012 to 2022, and now competes in gravel cycling for the Movistar Team Gravel Squad.

Laurent Patrick Fignon (French pronunciation: [loʁɑ̃ fiɲɔ̃]; 12 August 1960-31 August 2010) was a French professional road bicycle racer who won the Tour de France in 1983 and 1984, as well as the Giro d'Italia in 1989.

Egan Arley Bernal Gómez (born 13 January 1997) is a Colombian professional cyclist who rides for UCI WorldTeam Netcompany-Ineos.

Cadel Lee Evans (; born 14 February 1977) is an Australian former professional racing cyclist who competed professionally in both mountain biking and road bicycle racing.

Andy Raymond Schleck (pronounced [ˈɑndi ˈʀɑɪ̯mont ˈʃlæk]; born 10 June 1985) is a Luxembourgish former professional road bicycle racer.

Richard Antonio Carapaz Montenegro (born 29 May 1993) is an Ecuadorian professional road racing cyclist who currently rides for UCI WorldTeam EF Education-EasyPost.

Biniam Girmay Hailu (born 2 April 2000) is an Eritrean professional road cyclist who rides for UCI WorldTeam NSN Cycling Team.

Thor Hushovd (born 18 January 1978) is a Norwegian former professional road bicycle racer.

Zhong Tianshi (Chinese: 钟天使; pinyin: Zhōng Tiānshǐ, born 2 February 1991) is a Chinese track cyclist.

Alexander Nikolayevich Vinokourov (Kazakh and Russian: Александр Николаевич Винокуров; born 16 September 1973) is a Kazakhstani former professional road bicycle racer and the current general manager of UCI WorldTeam XDS Astana Team.

Mathieu van der Poel (born 19 January 1995), nicknamed "The Flying Dutchman", is a Belgian-born Dutch professional cyclist who currently rides for the UCI WorldTeam Alpecin-Premier Tech.

Nairo Alexánder Quintana Rojas, ODB, (born 4 February 1990) is a retired Colombian racing cyclist, who rode for UCI WorldTeam Movistar Team.

Anna van der Breggen (born 18 April 1990) is a Dutch professional road bicycle racer, who rode professionally between 2009 and 2021 for Team Flexpoint, Sengers Ladies Cycling Team, Rabobank-Liv Woman Cycling Team and SD Worx.

Elizabeth Mary Deignan (née Armitstead; born 18 December 1988) is an English track and road racing cyclist, who last rode professionally for UCI Women's WorldTeam Lidl-Trek.

Stephen Roche (; born 28 November 1959) is an Irish former professional road racing cyclist.

Gino Bartali, (Italian pronunciation: [ˈdʒiːno ˈbartali]; 18 July 1914-5 May 2000), nicknamed Gino the Pious and (in Italy) Ginettaccio, was a champion road cyclist.

Charly Gaul (8 December 1932-6 December 2005) was a Luxembourgish professional cyclist.

Rudi Altig (German pronunciation: [ˈʁuːdiː ˈaltɪç] ; 18 March 1937-11 June 2016) was a German professional track and road racing cyclist who won the 1962 Vuelta a España and the world championship in 1966.

Erik Zabel (German pronunciation: [ˈeːʁɪk ˈt͡saːbl̩] ; born 7 July 1970) is a German former professional road bicycle racer who raced for most of his career with Team Telekom.

Hugo Koblet (pronounced [ˈhuːɡo ˈkoːblɛt]; 21 March 1925-6 November 1964) was a Swiss champion cyclist.

Olaf Ludwig (born 13 April 1960 in Gera, Bezirk Gera) is a former German racing cyclist.

Ryszard Jan Szurkowski (12 January 1946-1 February 2021) was a Polish road bicycle racer, widely regarded as a legend of the sport in Poland.

Josef Fischer (20 January 1865-3 March 1953) was a German road bicycle racer.