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Road Racing: A Global Cycling Sport

Road bicycle racing involves cycling on paved roads. It is the most popular form of professional bicycle racing in terms of participation. Races can involve either mass starts where all riders begin simultaneously, or time trials where individual riders race alone against the clock. Stage races take place over multiple days and consist of successive mass start or time trial stages. Professional racing is most prominent in Western Europe but now occurs globally in a variety of formats for both professional and amateur cyclists.

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Road Racing: A Global Cycling Sport

Road bicycle racing involves cycling on paved roads. It is the most popular form of professional bicycle racing in terms of participation. Races can involve either mass starts where all riders begin simultaneously, or time trials where individual riders race alone against the clock. Stage races take place over multiple days and consist of successive mass start or time trial stages. Professional racing is most prominent in Western Europe but now occurs globally in a variety of formats for both professional and amateur cyclists.

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Road bicycle racing

A breakaway of three riders during the women's road race at the 2012

Summer Olympics

Highest governing body UCI

Characteristics

Contact No, although bodies do touch

Team members Individuals and teams

Mixed gender Yes, separate competitions

Type Cycle sport

Equipment Road bicycle


Venue Paved roads

Presence

Country or region Worldwide

Olympic Yes, men's since the 1896 Olympics and


women's since the 1984 Olympics

World Championships Yes

Paralympic Yes, men's and women's since the 1984


Paralympics

Road bicycle racing is the cycle sport discipline of road cycling, held on paved


roads. Road racing is the most popular professional form of bicycle racing, in terms
of numbers of competitors, events and spectators. The two most common
competition formats are mass start events, where riders start simultaneously (though
sometimes with a handicap) and race to set finish point; and time trials,
where individual riders or teams race a course alone against the clock. Stage
races or "tours" take multiple days, and consist of several mass-start or time-trial
stages ridden consecutively.
Professional racing has been most popular in Western Europe, centered historically
on France, Spain, Italy and the Low Countries. Since the mid-1980s the sport has
diversified with professional races now held on all continents of the globe. Semi-
professional and amateur races are also held in many countries. The sport is
governed by the Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI). As well as the UCI's
annual World Championships for men and women, the biggest event is the Tour de
France, a three-week race that can attract over 500,000 roadside supporters a day.

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