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cycle sport
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competitive physical activity using bicycles
Cycle sport is competitive racing and athletic activity performed on bicycles, ranging from short sprints to long-distance endurance events. It matters because it tests human physical performance, provides entertainment and community engagement, and has become an organized sport with professional athletes and international competitions.
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- type of sport
- Subclass of
- Olympic sport
- Has part
- gravel cycling
- Image
- Petacchi MSR 2005.jpg
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- authority
- Union Cycliste Internationale
- practiced by
- sport cyclist
- uses
- bicycle
- OpenStreetMap tag
- sport=cycling
- Commons category
- Cycling (sport)
- topic's main category
- Category:Cycle sport
- topic's main Wikimedia portal
- Portal:Cycling
- different from
- bicycle touring
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Encyclopedic overview
Pictogram for Cycling at the Summer Olympics
Cycle sport is a competitive physical activity using bicycles. There are several categories of bicycle racing including road bicycle racing, cyclo-cross, mountain bike racing, track cycling, BMX, and cycle speedway. Non-racing cycling sports include artistic cycling, cycle polo, freestyle BMX, mountain bike trials, hardcourt bike polo and cycleball. The Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI) is the world governing body for cycling and international competitive cycling events. The International Human Powered Vehicle Association is the governing body for human-powered vehicles that imposes far fewer restrictions on their design than does the UCI. The UltraMarathon Cycling Association is the governing body for many ultra-distance cycling races.
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