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Daily Schedule of Olympic Bike Racing Events

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Want to keep on top of all the Olympic bike racing events? Well, here's the complete daily schedule for cycling events at the 2008 Summer Olympic Games in Beijing. Road, track, mountain bike or BMX, you'll find them all listed here. Click here if you want to see the schedule of cycling races sorted by event.

Saturday, August 9th

Riders pass Tiananmen Square during the Olympic Men's Road Race test event in August 2007.Feng Li/Getty Images

Olympic Road Bike Racing:
Men: 11:00 start
Women: 2:00 pm start

Wednesday, August 13th

Viatceslav Ekimov of Russia in action during the stage 7 time trials of the 2006 Tour de France.Bryn Lennon / Getty Images

Road Bike Racing - Time Trials Event:

Women: 11:30 am start
Men: 1:30 pm start

Friday, August 15

Ryan Bayley of Australia competes in the Men's Keirin Final at the 2006 Commonwealth GamesGetty Images/Stu Forster

Track Bike events

Location: Laoshan Cycling Complex.

Team Sprint Men - qualifiers: 4:30 pm
4000m Individual Pursuit Men - qualifiers: 4:55 pm
Team Sprint Men - 1st round: 5:45 pm
3000m Individual Pursuit Women - qualifiers: 6:00 pm
Team Sprint Men - Finals: 6:40 pm

Saturday, August 16th

Track Bike events

Location: Laoshan Cycling Complex.

4000m Individual Pursuit Men - 1st round 4:30 pm
Keirin Men 1st round- 4:50 pm
3000m Individual Pursuit Women - 1st round: 5:05 pm
Keirin Men - Repechage: 5:25 pm
Points Race 40km Men: 5:40 pm
Keirin Men 2nd round- 6:30 pm
4000m Individual Pursuit Men - finals 6:30 pm
Keirin Men - Finals: 7:15 pm

Sunday, August 17th

Ukraine cyclists compete in the Team Pursuit race at the 2007 UCI Track Cycling World Championship. Bryn Lennon/Getty Images

Track Bike events

Location: Laoshan Cycling Complex.

4000m Team Pursuit Men - qualifiers 10:00 am
Sprint Women qualifiers - 11:05 am
Sprint Men - qualifiers: 11:20 am
Sprint Men - 1/16 finals: 4:30 pm
3000m Individual Pursuit Women: 5:05 pm
Sprint Women 1/8 finals - 5:15 pm
Sprint Men - 1/8 finals: 5:35 pm
Sprint Women repechage - 6:05 pm
Sprint Men - repechage: 6:10 pm
4000m Team Pursuit Men - 1st round 6:15 pm

Monday, August 18th

Track Bike events

Location: Laoshan Cycling Complex.

Points Race 25km Women - 4:30 pm
Sprint Women quarterfinals heat 1- 5:05 pm
Sprint Men - quarterfinals heat 1: 5:20 pm
Sprint Women quarterfinals heat 2 - 5:45 pm
Sprint Men - quarterfinals heat 2: 6:00 pm
4000m Team Pursuit Men - finals 6:15 pm
Sprint Women quarterfinals heat 3- 6:30 pm
Sprint Men - quarterfinals heat 3: 6:40 pm

Tuesday, August 19th

Bruno Risi and Franco Marvulli of Switzerland in the Madison race at the UCI World Championship.Bryn Lennon/Getty Images

Track Bike events

Location: Laoshan Cycling Complex.

Sprint Women semifinals heat 1- 4:30 pm
Sprint Men - semifinals heat 1 - 4:40 pm
Sprint Men - 9th-12th place - 5:20 pm
Sprint Women semifinals heat 2 - 4:55 pm
Sprint Men - semifinals heat 2 - 5:05 pm
Sprint Woen - 9th-12th place - 5:15 pm
Sprint Women semifinals heat 3- 5:20 pm
Sprint Men - semifinals heat 3: 5:25 pm
Madison 50km Men - 5:30 pm
Sprint Women finals heat 1- 6:25 pm
Sprint Men - finals heat 1 - 6:35 pm
Sprint Women 5th to 8th place - 6:45 pm
Sprint Men - 5th to 8th place - 6:50 pm
Sprint Women finals heat 2- 6:55 pm
Sprint Men - finals heat 2 - 7:05 pm
Sprint Women finals heat 3- 7:25 pm
Sprint Men - finals heat 3 - 7:30 pm

Wednesday, August 20th

Olympic BMX racing
Location: Laoshan Cycling Complex.

BXM Men seeding time trial - 9:00 am
BXM Women seeding time trial - 10:05 am
BXM Men Quarterfinal 1 - 10:50 am
BXM Men Quarterfinal 2 - 11:20 am

Thursday, August 21st

Feng Li/Getty Images

Olympic BMX racing
Location: Laoshan Cycling Complex.

BXM Men Quarterfinal 3 - 9:00 am
BXM Women Semifinal 1 - 9:30 am
BXM Men Semifinal 1 - 9:40 am
BXM Women Semifinal 2 - 10:00 am
BXM Men Semifinal 2 - 10:10 am
BXM Women Semifinal 3 - 10:30 am
BXM Men Semifinal 3 - 10:40 am
BXM Women Final - 11:00 am
BXM Men Final - 11:20 am

Friday August 22nd

Event: Women's Olympic Mountain Bike racing
Location: Laoshan Mountain Bike Course

Mountain Bike - Women 3:00 pm

Saturday, August 23rd

Jose Antonio Hermida of Spain in the men's mountain bike event in the Athens 2004 Summer Olympics. Doug Pensinger/Getty Images
Event:Mens' Olympic Mountain Bike racing
Location: Laoshan Mountain Bike Course

Mountain Bike - Men 3:00 pm

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