The world’s greatest cyclists will race in Paris this summer time, not on the Tour de France or Tour de France Femmes however for Olympic gold on the roads of the capital, on the Paris velodrome and on the mountain bike and BMX tracks.
Following their Tour de France exploits, Tadej Pogačar and Remco Evenepoel may even race in Paris however face robust opposition within the prestigious highway race from Mathieu van der Poel, Wout van Aert and plenty of others although within the 275km highway race that’s akin to a Spring Classic.
Demi Vollering, Lotte Kopecky, and Lorena Wiebes will lput their professional group friendships to at least one aspect as they vie to ship for his or her respective nations within the 158km girls’s highway race.
The time trial are the primary highway occasions on August 27, with the highway races per week afterward August 3 and 4.
Some riders will compete within the time trials as a warm-up for the highway races, whereas specialists like Filippo Ganna will go on to race on the monitor.
All eyes can be on dwelling favorite Pauline Ferrand-Prévot within the girls’s mountain bike race as she makes a ultimate bid to develop into Olympic champion earlier than calling time on her fats tyre profession. Tokyo mountain bike gold medalist Tom Pidcock headlines a high quality discipline within the males’s occasion.
Track racing is an Olympic stalwart, having been current at each trendy Games aside from the 1912 version in Stockholm. Six occasions provide an opportunity to win a gold medal on the monitor, with Italy trying to defend their success within the males’s group pursuit and defeat Great Britain within the girls’s group pursuit.
We will carry you around-the-clock protection, with race reviews, interviews, information and evaluation of all of the motion from the highway, mountain biking, and monitor occasions on the Olympic Games.
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Stephen Farrand and Laura Wieslo can be in Paris for Cyclingnews to report on all of the highway, monitor, and mountain biking motion on the Olympic Games.
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Ahead of the Games, we are going to interview among the massive names going for Olympic glory, present detailed explainers on all the disciplines, and have a go-to hub for every little thing Paris 2024.
Cyclingnews may even produce previews and evaluation forward of the important thing occasions, alongside our contenders for gold, route breakdowns, and a medal depend of the biking disciplines.
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