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Cycling at Beijing 2008

Cycling competitions at the Beijing 2008 Summer Olympics will be held from August 9 to August 23 at the Laoshan Velodrome (track events), Laoshan Mountain Bike Course, Laoshan BMX Field and Urban Road Course. 18 sets of medals will be awarded in the following events:

Road Events
Men's Road Race
Men's Time Trial
Women's Road Race
Women's Time Trial

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Road Cycling
An NOC may enter up to 5 men and 3 women if qualified through the UCI Ranking. Otherwise it may enter up to 2 men and 2 women. Each NOC will receive athlete quota places according to the UCI Ranking by Nations in the tours. Also, each NOC with a rider in individual ranking in the Pro Tour and in the corresponding top places in continental tours will receive 1 place if not qualified through Nations Ranking.

The Road to Beijing- Men's Road Race
Pro Tour	Criteria	Qualified
UCI Pro Tour	Teams placed 1st-10th (5 athletes per team)	**
	Teams placed 11th-15th (4 athletes per team)
	All ranked individuals (1 athletes per team)
UCI Africa Tour	Teams placed 1st (3 athletes per team)
	Teams placed 2nd (2 athletes per team)
	Individual top 5 (1 athletes per team)
UCI America Tour	Teams placed 1st-3rd (3 athletes per team)
	Teams placed 4th-6th (2 athletes per team)
	Individual top 20 (1 athletes per team)
UCI Asia Tour	Teams placed 1st (3 athletes per team)
	Teams placed 2nd-4th (2 athletes per team)
	Individual top 5 (1 athletes per team)
UCI Europe Tour	Teams placed 1st-6th (3 athletes per team)	**
	Teams placed 7th-16th (2 athletes per team)	**
UCI Oceania Tour	Teams placed 1st (3 athletes per team)
'B' World Championship	Individual top 11

The Road to Beijing- Men's Time Trial
Pro Tour	Criteria	Qualified
UCI Pro Tour	Teams placed 1st-10th (1 athlete per team)	**
UCI Africa Tour	Teams placed 1st (1 athlete per team)
UCI America Tour	Teams placed 1st-4th (1 athlete per team)
UCI Asia Tour	Teams placed 1st-2nd (1 athlete per team)
UCI Europe Tour	Teams placed 1st-7th (1 athlete per team)
UCI Oceania Tour	Teams placed 1st (1 athletes per team)
2007 World Championship	Individual top 15

The Road to Beijing- Women's Road Race
	Criteria	Qualified
UCI Ranking by Nation	Teams placed 1st-16th (3 athletes per team)
	Teams placed 17th-24th (2 athletes per team)
	All ranked individuals (1 athletes per team)
'B' World Championship	Individual top 3

The Road to Beijing- Women's Time Trial
	Criteria	Qualified
World Tour Rankings	Placed 1st-15th (3 athletes per team)
2007 World Championship	Individual top 10