Cycling at the 2004 Summer Olympics consisted of 18 events in three disciplines:
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. Non-racing cycling sports include artistic cycling, cycle polo, freestyle BMX and mountain bike trials. The Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI) is the world governing body for cycling and international competitive cycling events. The International Human Powered Vehicle Association is the governing body for human-powered vehicles that imposes far fewer restrictions on their design than does the UCI. The UltraMarathon Cycling Association is the governing body for many ultra-distance cycling races.
Claire Baxter was a professional racing cyclist, competing in both road and mountain bike racing events. She retired in late 2006 after competing in the 2006 Commonwealth Games.
Ian Wilkinson is an elite racing cyclist from Barnoldswick in Lancashire who rides for Pedal Heaven. A prolific rider, he competes at the top level in cross country and marathon mountain bike racing, cyclo-cross, circuit and road racing. He is a multiple national champion, winning championships as a junior, under 23 and senior rider. He has represented Great Britain at many international events such as World Championships and World Cups in several disciplines. He was a member of British Cycling's World Class Performance Plan between 1999 and 2001. He then went to France to ride on the road for a year before returning to Great Britain to ride for ScienceinSport.com, followed by stints riding for Giant RT and Science in Sport/Trek. Outside of cycling, Wilkinson's occupation is as a builder.
Cycling at the 2011 Island Games was held from 26 June–1 July 2011 at the Military Road, VentnorTown and Cheverton Farm.
Mitchelton–Scott is an Australian professional road race cycling team. Launched in January 2011, it competes at UCI WorldTeam level. The team is under the management of Andrew Ryan and Shayne Bannan with Neil Stephens and Matt White as Sporting Directors. The team ride Scott bikes, wear Giordana Cycling clothing, and wear Bollé eyewear. The team has financial backing from Australian businessman Gerry Ryan who owns Jayco Australia.
The following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to cycling:
Mitchelton–Scott is a women's professional cycling team based in Australia, sponsored by Orica for its first five years. Riders for Mitchelton–Scott compete in the UCI Women's World Tour and other elite women's events throughout the world.
Emilie Moberg is a Norwegian road bicycle racer, who currently rides for UCI Women's Team Team Virtu Cycling.
The 2008 World University Cycling Championship is the 5th Word University Cycling Championship sponsored by the International University Sports Federation (FISU) and sanctioned by the Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI). The championship took place in Nijmegen, Netherlands from 21 to 25 May 2008. Prague, Czech Republic and Bangkok, Thailand were also candidate cities to organize the championship. The NOC*NSF chairman Erica Terpstra opened he World Championships at the opening ceremony on 21 May. Athletes from 25 countries competed in the disciplines mountain bike cross-country, mountain bike marathon, individual time trial and road race. It was the first time in student sports that there was held a World Championship Mountain Biking.
Hannah Mary Barnes is a British racing cyclist, who currently rides for UCI Women's Team Canyon–SRAM. She is the sister of fellow racing cyclist Alice Barnes, who also rides for Canyon–SRAM.
Alexis Vuillermoz is a French road bicycle racer, who currently rides for UCI WorldTeam AG2R La Mondiale.
Leah Kirchmann is a Canadian racing cyclist, who currently rides for UCI Women's Team Team Sunweb. She competed in the 2013 UCI women's road race in Florence. At the 2014 Global Relay Canadian Road Championships, held in Lac Megantic, Quebec, she won the road race, time trial and the criterium, becoming the first woman to win all three titles in the same year.
Gracie Elvin is an Australian racing cyclist, who currently rides for UCI Women's Team Mitchelton–Scott. Elvin is a two-time winner of the Australian National Road Race Championships, with victories in 2013 and 2014, and the only Australian female rider to record a podium finish at the Tour of Flanders for Women, with second in 2017
Peta Mullens is an Australian racing cyclist, who rides for Roxsolt Attaquer in road cycling, and Focus Attaquer in the mountain biking and cyclo-cross disciplines of the sport. She is a former Australian road cycling, MTB and cyclo-cross champion.
Coryn Rivera is an American racing cyclist of Filipino descent, who currently rides for UCI Women's Team Team Sunweb.
Cycling is an event at the Island Games, the biennial multi-sports event for island nations, territories and dependencies.
Cycling, for the 2017 Island Games, held at Visby with the mountain bike events held at Östergravar, Visby, Gotland, Sweden in June 2017.
Cycling at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics was held from 7 to 17 October. The events took place at the Parque Tres de Febrero in Buenos Aires, Argentina.
The cycling competition at the 2018 Central American and Caribbean Games was held from 20 to 29 July. The BMX events were held at Villa Carolina, the mountain biking events were held at the Pista Pelicanos, the road cycling events were held at Dapa Mall, Palmira and Buga and the track cycling events were held at the Velódromo Alcides Nieto Patiño
