Profile of the Olympic Cycling Road Race

Here's a quick glimpse of the profile map of the Olympic cycling road race taking place Saturday. Click on the image to get the full picture of the course, which looks like a absolute killer. The men's race is 245.4 km (152.5 miles) and the women's is 126.4km (78.5 miles).

After the first relatively flat 80 km or so, riders will do seven laps around a hilly 23.8 km circuit, meaning about 170 km of rugged up and down before they see the finish in the men's race. The women follow the same challenging course, but with fewer laps around the circuit portion.

• Profile map of the road race course
  
• Detailed course description, including landmarks and milestones
  
• Complete Olympic road cycling coverage
  
• Schedule of Olympic cycling events
  
• Main Olympic cycling page
  
• Other Olympic cycling coverage:
  
  • track cycling
    
  • BMX (new Olympic event!)
    

Image:UCI/IOC