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Also Known As bicycle racing • bicycling • biking

Photos and Videos

Olympic road cycling
Miguel Indurain
Olympic mountain biking
Nakano Koichi racing at the 1986 World Track Championships
Six BMX racers wearing numbered jerseys launch from the starting gate onto a dirt track at the USA Olympic Trials in Chula Vista, California, with spectators and mountains in the background.
Four children wearing safety helmets ride bicycles together on a gravel path in a park, with trees and a wooden fence in the background.
bicycle race, 1890
Tandem sprinters at the World Cycling Championships (Leicester, Eng., 1970)
Tour de France
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Key People

paving the way
Major Taylor
American cyclist
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Miguel Induráin
Spanish cyclist
Lance Armstrong wearing a yellow jersey and cap, standing on the podium with both arms raised and holding a trophy after winning the Tour de France.
Lance Armstrong
American cyclist
Canadian speed skater Clara Hughes
Clara Hughes
Canadian cyclist and speed skater
Anna Meares at the Rio de Janeiro 2016 Olympic Games
Anna Meares
Australian cyclist
Chris Froome
Chris Froome
British cyclist
Chris Hoy
Chris Hoy
British cyclist
Bradley Wiggins in a yellow jersey raises a stuffed lion and flowers on the podium after winning the race leader's jersey at the 2012 Tour de France stage in La Planche des Belles Filles, France.
Bradley Wiggins
British cyclist
Greg LeMond
Greg LeMond
American athlete
Alberto Contador celebrating after winning the 2009 Tour de France.
Alberto Contador
Spanish cyclist
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Eddy Merckx
Belgian cyclist
Christa Luding-Rothenburger
Christa Luding-Rothenburger
German speed skater and cyclist
Fignon, Laurent
Laurent Fignon
French cyclist

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