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Who won the first cycling race at Saint-Cloud Park in 1868?
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Individual Neutral Athlete Gleb Syritsa, a Russian passport holder, cycling past Les Invalides during the men's road cycling individual time trial at the Paris 2024 Olympic Games.
The first cycling race, held on May 31, 1868, at Saint-Cloud Park near Paris, was won by James Moore, an 18-year-old expatriate Englishman living in Paris. This event is widely recognized as the official beginning of cycling as a sport.1