Cycling at the 2023 European Para Championships | |
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Location | Rotterdam, Netherlands |
Start date | 17 August |
End date | 20 August |
Cycling at the 2023 European Para Championships in Rotterdam, Netherlands, will be held between 17 and 20 August 2023.
The championships will be road cycling only. There will be five men and women's events in time trial and road races and one mixed team relay event. [1] [2]
Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
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Mixed team relay H1-H5 | France Johan Quaile Anaïs Vincent Joseph Fritsch | Italy Federico Mestroni Francesca Porcellato Diego Colombari | Germany Vico Merklein Annika Zeyen Andrea Eskau |
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