Cycling at the 2018 Commonwealth Games explained

Event:	Cycling
Games:	2018
Venue:	Currumbin Beachfront (road) Nerang National Park (mountain biking) Anna Meares Velodrome (track)
Dates:	10 & 14 April 2018 (road) 12 April 2018 (mountain biking) 5–8 April 2018 (track)
Prev:	2014
Next:	2022

Cycling at the 2018 Commonwealth Games was held at the Currumbin Beachfront (road), Nerang National Park (mountain biking), both of which are located in the Gold Coast and Anna Meares Velodrome (track, located in Brisbane) from 5 to 14 April.^[1] ^[2]

A total of 26 events were held: 4 in road cycling, 2 in mountain biking and 20 in track cycling (including four events in para-track cycling). The 26 events were evenly split between men and women. This was done after the Commonwealth Games Federation (CGF) added more women's events in October 2016, to make the games a gender-equal games in terms of overall medal events.^[3] ^[4]

Schedule

H	Heats/qualifying	¼	Quarterfinals	½	Semifinals	F	Final


Tue 10	Wed 11	Thu 12	Fri 13	Sat 14
Road cycling
					F
	F
					F
	F
Mountain biking
			F
			F


Thu 5			Fri 6				Sat 7				Sun 8
Track cycling
				H		½	F
				Q		F
	Q	F
								H	¼	½	F
												F
	Q	F
												H	F
								H		F
				H	¼	½	F
												H	½	F
								F
	Q	F
				Q		F
										F
													F
	Q	F
Para-track cycling
								Q	½	F
	F
	Q	F
								F

Medal summary

Road cycling

Men's road race
Men's time trial

Women's road race
Women's time trial

Track cycling

Men

Keirin
Points race
Individual pursuit
Team pursuit	Alex Porter Sam Welsford Leigh Howard Kelland O'Brien Jordan Kerby	Oliver Wood Kian Emadi Charlie Tanfield Ethan Hayter	Michael Foley Jay Lamoureux Derek Gee Aidan Caves Adam Jamieson
Scratch race
Sprint
Team sprint	Ethan Mitchell Sam Webster Edward Dawkins	Ryan Owens Joseph Truman Philip Hindes	Nathan Hart Jacob Schmid Patrick Constable Matthew Glaetzer*
1 km time trial

Women

Keirin
Points race
Individual pursuit
Team pursuit	Alexandra Manly Annette Edmondson Ashlee Ankudinoff Amy Cure	Kirstie James Rushlee Buchanan Racquel Sheath Bryony Botha	Allison Beveridge Annie Foreman-Mackey Ariane Bonhomme Stephanie Roorda
Scratch race
Sprint
Team sprint	Kaarle McCulloch Stephanie Morton	Natasha Hansen Emma Cumming	Lauren Bate Katy Marchant
500 m time trial

Para-track cycling

Men's tandem sprint B	Neil Fachie Matt Rotherham (pilot)	James Ball Peter Mitchell (pilot)	Brad Henderson Tom Clarke (pilot)
Men's tandem 1 km time trial B	Neil Fachie Matt Rotherham (pilot)	James Ball Peter Mitchell (pilot)	Brad Henderson Tom Clarke (pilot)

Women's tandem sprint B	Sophie Thornhill Helen Scott (pilot)	colspan=2
Women's tandem 1 km time trial B	Sophie Thornhill Helen Scott (pilot)

Mountain biking

Men's cross country
Women's cross country

Records

Date	Time	Records
5 April	10.609	WR, GR
	4:17.218	GR
	3:52.041	GR
	32.578	GR
	42.822	GR
	1:00.065	GR
	4:15.214	GR
	3:49.804	WR, GR
	32.488	GR
6 April	10.524	GR
	3:24.119	GR
	4.11.455	GR
7 April	9.583	GR
	9.568	WR, GR
	1:04.623	WR, GR
8 April	59.340	GR

Participating nations

Multiple athletes took part in more than one discipline. For example, all of Canada's road athletes also competed in the track events.

Road

There are 34 participating nations in road cycling with a total of 167 athletes.

Mountain bike

There are 15 participating nations in mountain biking with a total of 34 athletes.

Track

There are 18 participating nations in track cycling with a total of 146 athletes.

Para-track

There are 6 participating nations in para-track cycling with a total of 8 athletes.

External links

Notes and References

Web site: Official Ticketing Guide. www.gc2018.com/. Gold Coast 2018 Commonwealth Games Corporation. 9 June 2017. 28 July 2017. https://web.archive.org/web/20170728081703/https://www.gc2018.com/sites/default/files/GC2018_Ticketing_Guide.pdf. dead.
Web site: Venues. www.gc2018.com/. Gold Coast 2018 Commonwealth Games Corporation. 9 June 2017. 6 July 2017. https://web.archive.org/web/20170706235656/https://www.gc2018.com/sports/venues. dead.
News: 7 October 2016 . Level playing field for women at 2018 Commonwealth Games. . Edinburgh, Scotland . 7 October 2016 .
Web site: Gold Coast 2018 to offer same amount of medals for men and women after seven events added. McKay . Duncan. 7 October 2016 . Insidethegames.biz . Dunsar Media . 7 October 2016.