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Cycling at the 2022 Commonwealth Games

Cycling at the 2022 Commonwealth Games

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Cycling at the 2022 Commonwealth Games was held between 29 July and 7 August 2022 at four different venues. There were 26 events altogether in cycling, making the sport third-highestt in terms of number of medals available. There were 20 events in track cycling (including four for para-cycling), two in mountain biking, two in road time trials and two in road racing.[1][2]

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Schedule

The competition schedule was as follows:[1][3]

Qualifying / Heats / Repechage ¼Quarter-finals ½Semi-finals FMedal final(s)
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Venues

Three of the four cycling venues were located within the West Midlands region:

In addition, it was decided that the Lee Valley VeloPark in London, more than 100 miles away from Birmingham, would host the track cycling.[10][11] This caused backlash amongst residents in the West Midlands, and even resulted in a petition that was signed by 6,000 locals that urged for a new velodrome to be built in the West Midlands instead of using one in London.[12] Nonetheless, a new velodrome in the West Midlands was ruled out on grounds of cost.[13]

Qualification (parasport)

Main article: Cycling at the 2022 Commonwealth Games – Qualification

A total of 12 para-track cyclists (6 per gender) nominally qualified to compete at the Games.[14] They qualify as follows:

  • Athletes in the UCI Individual Tandem B – Track Para Rankings (for performances between 1 January 2021 and 18 April 2022).
  • Recipient of a CGF / UCI Bipartite Invitation.

Medal summary

Medal table

  *   Host nation (England)

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Medalists

Road cycling

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Mountain biking

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Track cycling

Men
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1. ^ Repecharge athlete
Women
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Para-track cycling

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References

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    Competition Schedule | Cycling – Mountain Bike / Road Race / Time Trial / Track and Para Track (PDF). BOCCG. pp. 18–20. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2 March 2022. Retrieved 31 March 2022.
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