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CYCLING
Overview
Cycling is a relatively new sport for Paralympians, with the visually impaired
athletes the first group to take part. Cerebral palsy and amputee athletes
followed, joining the competition in 1984.
Cycling is divided into track and road events. Athletes with cerebral palsy ride
standard racing bikes – competing in track and road - and, in some classes,
tricycles – competing only in road events. Visually impaired athletes compete on
tandem bicycles with a sighted team mate (pilot), and they participate in the
track and road events.
Finally, amputees and cyclists with permanent locomotor deficiencies compete in
track and road events using bicycles specially modified for their needs.
Events
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Track – Time Trial, Individual Pursuit, Team Sprint, Tandem Sprint
- Road – Road Race, Time
Trial
Classification
The purpose of the Para-Cycling Classification is to minimise the impact of
impairment on the outcome of competition, so that an athlete’s success in
competition relies on training, physical fitness and personal athletic talent.
Classification is an on-going process whereby all Athletes are under regular
observation by Classifiers to ensure consistency and fairness for all Athletes.
In order to achieve this purpose, athletes are classified according to the
extent of activity limitation resulting from their impairment. This places
athletes according to how much their impairment affects core determinants of
performance in cycling.
Classification has two important roles
· to determine eligibility to compete ; and
· to group athletes for competition.
Para-Cycling Sport Class
The UCI recommends to use the codes below on UCI Para-Cyclists licenses:
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Tandem |
Blind & Visually Impaired |
MB, WB |
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Hand Cycle |
Class H1 |
MH1, WH1 |
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Class H2 |
MH2, WH2 |
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Class H3 |
MH3, WH3 |
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Class H4 |
MH4, WH4 |
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Tricycle |
Class T1 |
MT1, MT2 |
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Class T2 |
MT2, WT2 |
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Cycling |
Class C1 |
MC1, WC1 |
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Class C2 |
MC2, WC2 |
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Class C3 |
MC3, WC3 |
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Class C4 |
MC4, WC4 |
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Class C5 |
MC5, WC5 |
The riders code is
read as follows:
1st - Gender
2nd - Classification
3rd - Division
Calendar of
Events (Cycling) - To Be Confirmed
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UCI Para
Cycling Road World Championships
19 Aug - 22 Aug 2010
Baie-Comeau, Quebec, Canada
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Bike New Zealand Track Cycling Nationals
25 Feb - 27 Feb 2011
Invercargill,
New Zealand
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UCI Para Cycling Track
World Championships
Feb / Mar 2011
TBC
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Oceania Cycling Championships
16 Apr - 17 Apr 2011
TBC
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Australian Cycling Nationals
16 Apr - 17 Apr 2011
Australia
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Bike New Zealand Road Cycling National
05 May - 08 May 2011
Wanganui, New Zealand
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UCI Para Cycling World Cup
05 May - 08 May 2011
TBC
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2012 Summer Paralympic Games
29 Aug - 09 Sep 2012
London, England
Qualification
& Selection Information
2010 UCI Para Cycling
Road World Championships - Baie-Comeau, Canada
2010 UCI Para Cycling Road World Championships - Selection Policy
2010 UCI Para Cycling Road World Championships - Expression of Interest Form
Links
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Bike New Zealand
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UCI Cycling
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International Paralympic Committee
2010 Classification Update
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