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The cycling competitions at the 2012 Olympic Games in London took place at five venues between 28 July and 12 August. The venues were the London Velopark for track cycling and BMX, [1] and Hadleigh Farm, in Essex, for mountain biking. [2]
The men's cross-country cycling event at the 2012 Olympic Games in London took place at Hadleigh Farm on 12 August. [1] Fifty cyclists from 32 countries competed. Jaroslav Kulhavý from the Czech Republic won the gold medal, beating Switzerland's Nino Schurter by one second.
Mountain bike racing entered the Olympic programme at the Atlanta Olympics, followed by BMX racing in 2008 and freestyle BMX in 2020. Before the 2020 Summer Olympics, all events were speed races, but the 2020 programme featured BMX freestyle for the first time. Women's road events were introduced to the Olympic programme at the 1984 Summer ...
The Hadleigh Farm Mountain Bike International was a one off, mountain bike race, which acted as the test event for the 2012 Summer Olympics. The race was part of the London Prepares series of events. Catharine Pendrel and Julien Absalon won the races.
This is a list of all cyclists who competed at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, United Kingdom. A total of 505 cyclists from 74 countries competed in the 18 cycling events in the disciplines: BMX, mountain biking, road cycling, and track cycling.
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The omnium competition consisted of six events, with a point-for-place system. [2] In case of a tie on points the time trial counts. [citation needed]Flying lap: an individual time trial over 250 m (820.2 ft) with a "flying start".
The women's cross-country cycling event at the 2012 Olympic Games in London took place at Hadleigh Farm on 11 August. Julie Bresset from France won the gold medal — the country's first in cycling at the 2012 Games. Germany's Sabine Spitz won silver and Georgia Gould of the United States took bronze.