BICYCLE RACING Road racing - TOUR DE FRANCE BIGGIST, HARDEST AND MOST PRESTEGIOUS BIKE RACE IN THE WORLD • 21 DAYS • 2000+ MILES • SINCE 1903
Each year the course changes • 20 Stages Regular road stage (mass start - 16) Team time trial (1) Individual time trial (3) • Lowest overall time wins • Race is a team competition Peloton (pack) – mass start stage race INDIVIDIAL TIME TRIAL
• Start 1 racer at the time with 2 min intervals • no drafting allowed • special aerodynamic bike, suite and helmet
TEAM TIME TRIAL AERODYNAMICS
AERODYNAMIC DRAG • Air pressure drag • Direct friction Rider can safe up to 40% of energy by drafting behind other riders Mountain bike racing
Cyclo-cross
The original two cycling disciplines – Road race and Track cycling – were included in the first Olympic Games of modern times in Athens in 1896
Olympic medallists Olympic medallists Gold Medallists in the 2000 Olympic Games Gold Medallists in the 2000 Olympic Games
Cycling Road Cycling Road
Event Athletes
Event Athlete Individual Time Men s Jan Ullrich, (Germany) Trial Women Leontien Van Moorsel
(Netherlands) Individ Men Jan Ullrich, (Germany)
Leontien Van Moorsel (Netherlands) ual IndividualWomen Men Viacheslav Ekimov (Russia)
Road Race Time Women Leontien Van Moorsel Trial (Netherlands)
Viacheslav Ekimov (Russia) Individ Men ual Women Leontien Van Moorsel (Netherlands) Road Race Track Cycling
Event Athletes
1km Individual Men Jason Queally (Great Britain) Time Trial
500m Individual Women Felicia Ballanger (France) Time Trial Sprint Men Marty Nothstein (USA) Women Felicia Ballanger (France)
Individual Men Robert Bartko (Germany) Pursuit Women Leontien Van Moorsel (Netherlands)
Men Robert Bartko Team Pursuit Daniel Becke Guido Fulst Jens Lehmann (Germany) Points Race Men Juan Llaneras (Spain) Women Antonella Bellutti (Italy)
Men Brett Aitken Madison Scott Mcgrory (Australia)
Keirin Men Florian Rousseau (France) Men Laurent Gane Team Sprint Florian Rousseau Arnaud Tournant (France)
Mountain Bike
Event Athlete s
Miguel Martinez (France) Cross - Men
Count Paola Pezzo (Italy) ry Women
All triathlons consist of Swimming, Cycling, and Running one after the other The Olympic distance triathlon, which is one of the 28 Olympic sports, consists of: 1500m swimming, 40km cycling and 10km running.