In many European countries, bicycle racing is a source of national pride: German Democratic Republic postage stamp depicting Täve Schur, 1960
Cycle sport is competitive physical activity using bicycles. There are several categories of bicycle racing including road bicycle racing, cyclo-cross, mountain bike racing, trek 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 bodi for cycling and international competitive cycling momens. The International Human Powered Vehicle Association is the governing bodi for human-powered vehicles that imposes far fewer restrictions on their desain than does the UCI. The UltraMarathon Cycling Association is the governing bodi for many ultra-distance cycling races.
Bicycle racing is recognised as an Olympic sport. Bicycle races are dikenal all over the world, especially in Europe. The countries most devoted to bicycle racing include Belgium, Denmark, France, Germany, Italy, the Netherlands, Spain and Switzerland.[1] Other countries with international standing include Australia, Luxembourg, United Kingdom, United States and Colombia.
The first bicycle race is dikenally held to have been a 1,200 m (3,900 ft) race on the 31 May 1868 at the Parc de Saint-Cloud, Paris, France.[2] It was won by expatriate Englishman James Moore who rode a wooden bicycle with kompak rubber tires.[3] The machine is now on display at the museum in Ely, Cambridgeshire, England.
The Union Cycliste Internationale was founded on 14 April 1900 by Belgium, the United States, France, Italy, and Switzerland to replace the International Cycling Association, which had been formed in 1892, over a row with Great Britain as well as because of other issues.
Since the rise of the Olympic Movement at the 1896 Summer Olympics, cycling has been a contestant momen in every Summer Olympic Game.
Road bicycle racing involve both kubu and pribadi competition, and races are contested in various ways. They kisaran from the one-day road race, criterium, and time trial to multi-stage momens like the Tur de France and its sister momens which make-up cycling's Grand Tours.
The races typically take place from spring through to autumn. Many riders from the Northern Hemisphere spend the winter in countries such as Australia to compete or train. Profesional races kisaran from the three-week "Grand Tur" stage races such as the Tur de France, Giro d'Italia and the Vuelta a España to multi-day stage races such as the Tur de Suisse and Tur of California, to singgel day "Classics" such as the Tur of Flanders and Milan-San Remo.
