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 Jan Ullrich, (Germany) s 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) Individ Men Viacheslav Ekimov (Russia) 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 Men Marty Nothstein (USA) Sprint Women Felicia Ballanger (France) Individual Men Robert Bartko (Germany) Women Leontien Van Moorsel (Netherlands) Pursuit Men Robert Bartko Team Pursuit Daniel Becke Guido Fulst Jens Lehmann (Germany) Men Juan Llaneras (Spain) Points Race Women Antonella Bellutti (Italy) Men Brett Aitken Madison Scott Mcgrory (Australia) Men Florian Rousseau (France) Keirin 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. .