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2012 Olympic Bike Racing Schedule - Sorted by Event

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2012 Olympics: Bike Racing Schedule by Discipline

Want to keep on top of all the Olympic bike racing events? Well, here's the complete schedule for cycling events at the 2012 Summer Olympic Games in London, sorted by discipline. Click here if you want to see a daily schedule with precise start times of all events sorted by date

Road Bike Racing

Cyclists race beneath a stone bridge during the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games.Jamie Squire/Getty Images

Road Race: Saturday, July 28th
Men: 10:00 start

Road Race: Sunday, July 29th
Women: 12:00 pm start

Time Trials: Wednesday, August 1st
Women: 12:30 pm start
Men: 2:15 pm start

Mountain Bike Racing

Maddie Horton of Great Britain rides the London 2012 Olympic Mountain Bike venue at Hadleigh Farm.Matthew Lewis/Getty Images

Olympic Mountain Bike racing is scheduled for both women and men on Sunday, August 12.
Location: Hadleigh Farm, Essex

Women: 12:30, p.m., Sunday, August 12
Men: 1:30 p.m., Sunday, August 12

BMX Racing

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Olympic BMX racing is scheduled for Wednesday, August 8th through Friday, August 10th
Location: London Velopark.

Wednesday August 8th

BXM Men seeding time trial - 3:00 pm
BXM Women seeding time trial - 3:00 pm

Thursday, August 9th

BXM Men Quarterfinals - 3 pm

Friday, August 10th

BXM Men Semifinals and final- 3:00 pm
BXM Women Semifinals and final - 3:00 pm

Track Bicycle Racing

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

Track Bike events are scheduled to begin Thursday, August 2nd and conclude on Tuesday, August 7th.
Location: London Velodrome.

The track bike discipline consists of ten events:


    MEN
  • Individual Sprint - Men
  • Omnium - Men
  • Keirin - Men
  • Team Pursuit - Men
  • Team Sprint - Men

  • WOMEN
  • Individual pursuit - Women
  • Omnium - Women
  • Keirin - Women
  • Team Pursuit - Women
  • Team Sprint - Women

Thursday, August 2nd - 4-6:30 p.m.

Men's Team Pursuit - qualifiers
Mens' Team Sprint - qualifiers, semi-finals and finals
Women's Team Sprint - qualifiers, semi-finals and finals

Track Bike Racing Schedule (cont.) Friday, August 3rd and Saturday August 4th

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Friday, August 3rd

- 4-6:55 p.m.

Men's Team Pursuit - 1st round
Women's Keirin 1st round, repechages, 2nd round and finals
Women's Team Pursuit - qualifiers

Saturday August 4th - 10:00-11:30

Men's Omnium - flying lap
Men's Sprintqualifiers and first round

Saturday August 4th - 4:00-6:30

Men's Omnium - 30 km points race, elimination race
Men's Sprint Men - 1/16 finals, repechages, 1/8 finals and repechages, 9-12th place race
Women's Team Pursuit round 1, finals

Track Cycling Schedule Continued - Sunday August 5th and Monday August 6th

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Sunday, August 5th - 10:00-11:25

Men's Omnium - 4 km individual pursuit
Women's Sprint - qualifying

Sunday, August 5th - 4:00-7:05

Men's Omnium - 15 km scratch race, 1 km time trial and medal ceremony
Men's Sprint - quarter finals, 5-8th place race
Women's Sprint 1/16 finals, repechages, 1/8 finals and repechages, 9-12th place race

Monday, August 6th- 4-6:55 p.m.

Men's Sprint - semi-finals and finals
Women's Omnium - flying lap, 20 km points race, elimination race
Women's Sprint - quarterfinals, race for 5-8th place

Track Cycling Schedule Continued - Sunday August 5th and Monday August 6th

Chris Hoy of Great Britain, 2008 gold medal winner in Men's 1000 M Sprint.Vladimir Rys/Getty Images

Tuesday, August 7th- 10-11:30 a.m.

Men's Keirin - round 1 and repechages
Women's Omnium - 3 km individual pursuit

Tuesday, August 7th- 4-6:30 p.m.

Men's Keirin - round 2 and finals
Women's Omnium - 10 km scratch race, 500m time trial, medal ceremony
Women's Sprint - semifinals and finals

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