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Road races are held outdoors between towns or around a course for a number of laps.
Thousands of cyclists may race.
Cycle sport is competitive physical
activity using bicycles.
There are several categories of bicycle racing including road bicycle racing, time trialling, cyclo-cross, mountain bike racing, track cycling, BMX, and cycle speedway.
There are several categories of bicycle racing including road bicycle racing, time trialling, cyclo-cross, mountain bike racing, track cycling, BMX, and cycle speedway.
Cycling, or bicycle racing, is one of the most popular sports in the world.
Cycling is especially popular in Europe where millions of fans follow the
feats of great cyclists. Cycling has been an event in the Olympic Games since
the modern games originated in 1896.
There are three chief kinds of cycling—track races, road races, and motocross races. Each kind requires a
distinct type of bicycle.
Track races are held on oval tracks called
velodromes. On most cycling
tracks, both ends of the track slope inward at a steep angle. Velodromes may be
located indoors or outside. Most championship events take place outdoors on
tracks ranging from 250 to 500 metres. Indoor tracks range from 185 to 200
metres.
Championship events are held for
individuals and for teams of two or four cyclists. These races can be individual
sprints (short races) as short
as 800 metres or team races 100 kilometres long. Some races are time trials, in which racers are timed
over a set distance. A pursuit
is a special kind of time trial that starts with two individuals or teams at
opposite sides of the track. The winner is the individual or team that finishes
the course first or passes an opponent before the race ends.
A track bicycle has no brakes and only one
gear. The cyclist slows down or stops the bike by pushing back on the pedals.
The cyclist may also press a gloved hand against the front tyre to stop.
Road races are the original, and most popular, forms of cycling. Hundreds of
cyclists may start a race. They cycle over a course between two towns, or
around a specific route for a set number of laps.
The most popular road race is the annual
Tour de France in which more than 100 contestants race through Europe. The Tour
lasts about 24 days and covers about 4,000 kilometres. The distance is divided
into sections called stages.
Cyclists are timed in each stage. The cyclist who completes all the stages in
the lowest total time is the winner.
The bicycles used in road races have
frames made of special lightweight alloy tubing. They have brakes and handmade
narrow tyres. These bicycles have a gear system that includes a derailleur, a mechanism that shifts the
bicycle chain from one gear to another.
Bicycle motocross races became popular in the 1970's, especially among young people. The
races are often called BMX bicycle
moto-cross). They are held on
dirt tracks less than 400 metres long. The tracks have many bumps and sharp
turns. The cyclists ride bicycles that have small wheels and wide tyres to help
prevent
them from slipping in the turns. Bicycle
motocross racers wear hard helmets and padded clothing for protection against
falls, which occur frequently. See also Bicycle; Olympic Games (table:
Cycling).
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Rio 2016 Olympic Games
Laura Trott
Trott is engaged to Jason Kenny.
As of 2016, the couple live near Knutsford in Cheshire.
Laura Rebecca Trott, OBE (born 24 April 1992) is a British
track and road cyclist who specialises in the team pursuit, omnium and scratch race disciplines.
Trott is Great Britian's most
successful Olympic female competitor, having won both
the team pursuit and the omnium at both the 2012 and 2016 games. Since first appearing at the European Track Championships in 2010, she
has won seven World Championship, ten European Championship and two Commonwealth Games titles, as part of a
total of 29 medals. Her four Olympic golds mean that she is undefeated in
competitions at the Olympic Games. On the road, Trott has had more modest
success. She won the British National Road Race
Championships in 2014, doubling up to take the under-23 title in the
same race, and has ridden professionally for the Matrix Fitness Pro Cycling team since
2015.
Trott was born a month prematurely in Harlow in Essex with
a collapsed lung and
was later diagnosed with asthma. She was advised by doctors to take up sport in order
to regulate her breathing. She enjoyed and competed in trampolining but had to
give up due to respiratory problems. She grew up in Cheshunt in Hertfordshire,
where she attended Turnford School. Her older sister Emma Trott is
a former road racing cyclist.
Laura Trott and her sister began
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Laura Trott and Jason Kenny
Laura Trott and Jason Kenny
Olympic star Laura Trott opened
up on Good Morning Britain to reject claims that her sister
Emma is jealous of her success in the Games, and about her "surreal"
new celebrity status. Following her sister's interview with Good
Morning Britain earlier this week, in which Emma was accused of coming
across as 'jealous,' Laura spoke out to support her. "She's been my idol
growing up for as long as I can remember and I know she will support me through
thick and thin. She was the first person that I spoke to after winning and we
didn't talk about gold medals, we spoke about everything else but, and I
couldn't be more happy that she is the way she is with me," she said…
Team GB broke records at the
weekend by winning five gold medals in a single day, moving them into second
place – just ahead of China and behind the
United States. And, while the success is undoubtedly down to the athlete's hard
work and determination, it's hard not to notice the love that's in the Rio air… As well
as their team mates, family and friends, some of the competitors are being
supported by their partners – making for some seriously cute victory scenes.
Here's everything you need to know about some of the Olympic love stories…
Laura explained to MailOnline: "He was acting weird for a good half an hour and I was
like, 'What is the matter with him?' And then he walked over to our bookshelf
and got this ring out and got down on one knee."...
The Keirin is a thrilling cycling race where riders are
initially paced up to speed behind a special motoped
before launching their final attacks from top speed in the last 600 metres.
before launching their final attacks from top speed in the last 600 metres.
4 AUGUST 2016 @ 7:25 PM
KUALA
LUMPUR: National track cyclist Mohd Azizulhasni Awang who had an excellent run
this year, is now ranked fourth in the latest UCI (International Cycling Union)
would keirin ranking. Packed with power despite his diminutive physic, the
Terengganu born Azizulhasni who is referred to as PocketRocketman in the
cycling fraternity, is tipped to be among Malaysian athletes who can deliver a
medal at the Rio Olympics. With the world's biggest sporting event due to start
tomorrow, the Terengganu rider is busy with his preparations for the race,
using racing simulation. Azizulhasni who is now in Portugal with another
Olympic-bound cyclist, Fatehah Mustapha for training said, the stint had shown
much positive development for them. He said the training camp arranged by coach
John Beasley had improved their performance significantly. "Training and preparations for the Olympics had progressed smoothly and with less than a week
to fly to Rio, the session was very useful to me and Fatehah," he said. In
the 2012 London Olympics, Azizulhasni took part in two events, keirin and
sprint compared to only one in Rio. He will be in action for the keirin event
at Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro on Aug 16 while Fatehah would be appearing
in the sprint event on Aug 14. Youth and Sports Minister Khairy Jamaluddin had
mentioned Azizulhasni's name as among athletes to deliver medals at the Rio
Olympics, the others being badminton ace Datuk Lee Chong Wei and Pandalela
Rinong in diving. --Bernama
Azizulhasni is the World No. 1 Again
Wednesday,
3 February 2016 | MYT 9:29 PM
KUALA
LUMPUR: Azizulhasni Awang will head to next month’s Track World Championships
in London as the world’s No. 1 ranked men’s keirin cyclist.
The 28-year-old Azizul reached the zenith of
cycling in the latest UCI world rankings in keirin with a 508-point total. This
is not accounting the points accumulated at the recent Asian Championships,
where he finished third.
The Melbourne-based cyclist, who was third previously, is
only four points ahead of reigning world champion Francois Pervis of France.
Kiwi Edward Dawkins, the silver medallist at last year’s World Championships,
is third on 494 points.
This is the second time Azizulhasni grabbed the world No.
1 spot, after 2010.
“It’s a big honour for myself and for the country to be
ranked world No. 1 in an Olympic year,” said Azizul.
“It’s the recognition of the hard work I put in training
and competitions ... the process in getting there,” said the Terengganu-born
cyclist.
Azizul now hopes to maintain his top spot until the Rio de
Janeiro Olympics in August.
“I won the bronze medal in the World Championships in
Paris last year. It will be a big boost to my Olympic gold hopes if I can get
on the podium in London again,” said Azizul, who is already assured of an
Olympic berth in keirin as Asia’s top-ranked cyclist.
Despite having to miss five weeks of training due to flu
and a muscle tear, Azizul managed to claim two bronzes in the sprint and keirin
at the Asian Championships in Japan last week.
National head coach John Beasley hopes Azizul will be in a
better physical condition for the London World Championships.
“This (No. 1 ranking) is good news for Malaysia. Azizul
had to overcome sickness and injury before the Asian Championships. I really
didn’t expect him to come away with a medal, let alone two.
“I’m sure he will be in tip-top condition for London,” said the Australian coach.
“I’m sure he will be in tip-top condition for London,” said the Australian coach.
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