The 2024 Olympic Games offered 66 opportunities for a gold, silver and bronze medal across the 22 cycling events across road cycling, mountain biking, track cycling and BMX at the quadrennial event held from July 26 to August 11 in Paris, France.
The event kicked off with the opening ceremony on the Seine, which brought together 10,500 athletes from around the globe. The athletes travelled from east to west, and the parade ended its 6-kilometre route in front of the Trocadéro in front of the Eiffel Tower.
The cycling events at these Olympic Games began with the women's and men's individual time trial on July 27 followed by mountain bike cross-country events with the women's race on July 28 and the men's race on July 29.
The mid-week BMX events kicked off with men's and women's BMX freestyle on July 31, with the men's and women's BMX racing following on August 2.
The road cycling events returned for the men's road race on August 3 and the women's road race on August 4.
The second week of the Olympic Games shifted to the velodrome for track cycling, which started with the women's Team Sprint on August 5 and the men's Team Sprint on August 6.
Track cycling continued on August 7 with the men's and women's Team Pursuits. August 8 featured the women's Keirin and Men's Omnium. August 9 hosted the women's Madison and men's Sprint. There was only one track event, the men's Madison, on August 10.
The cycling events at the Olympic Games concluded on August 11 with three events: women's Sprint, men's Keirin and women's Omnium.
Cyclingnews kept the index updated through the even and now here is the final medal count and full list of medal winners from the 2024 Paris Olympic Games.
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All Cycling Events
Road Cycling
The men's and women's time trials were held on July 27. The fields tackled the 32.4km route that started from the Eiffel Tower at Invalides, with a starts on the Esplanade and a finishes on the Pont Alexandre III.
Remco Evenepoel (Belgium) and Grace Brown were the champions after a thrilling day on wet roads through the French capital city,
The men's road race on August 3 covered a 273km route with 2,800 metres of climbing and 13 named ascents, including the Côte de la butte Montmartre on the three 18.4km finishing circuits in central Paris. Evenepoel claimed a second gold medal for Belgium in Paris with a solo victory.
The women's road race on August 4 covered 158km, with 1,700 metres of climbing and nine named ascents. After the three challenging circuits in central Paris, Kristen Faulkner (USA) crossed the line solo to claim gold.
Mountain Biking Cross-Country
Elancourt Hill hosted both the men's and women's mountain bike cross-country races at the Paris Olympic Games. The fields contested a hilly circuit using the surrounding dirt tracks and landscape.
Pauline Ferrand-Prévot won the women's event on July 28, and Tom Pidcock won the men's event on July 29.
BMX Freestyle & Racing
BMX Freestyle took place on July 31, with both women's and men's events held at the Place de la Concorde, a large plaza in the heart of central Paris. José Torres Gil and Yewan Deng took home the gold medals for Argentina and China, respectively, after a dramatic afternoon of action.
BMX Racing men's and women's events were held on August 2 at the Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines BMX Stadium, with Australia's Saya Sakakibara winning the women's gold while Joris Daudet led a French medal clean sweep.
Track Cycling
Track Cycling events are being held at the from August 5-11 at the Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines National Velodrome. Olympic events include men's and women's Team Sprint, Individual Sprint, Keirin, Team Pursuit, Omnium and Madison.
The first medals awarded were in the women's Team Sprint on Monday, with Great Britain taking gold and then the Netherlands went on to take gold in the men's Team Sprint. In the men's Team Pursuit, Australia clinched the gold medal while the United States found the top step in the women's Team Pursuit. The victors in the Keirin were Ellesse Andrews (New Zealand) and Harrie Lavreysen (Netherlands) while the pair also struck gold in the individual sprint. The Italian pairing of Chiara Consonni and Vittoria Guazzini claimed the women's Madison while in the men's Madison it was Portugal's Iuri Leitao and Rui Oliveira. In the men's Omnium it was a home nation victor, Benjamin Thomas (France), that sent the crowd to its feet while in the women's Omnium Jennifer Valente (USA) claimed another gold medal.
