Twenty-two events across five categories made up the cycling competitions at the Tokyo 2020 Summer Olympics.
Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the 2020 Olympics have been moved to 2021.
Since the first modern Olympiad in 1896, cycling competitions have been included alongside athletics, artistic gymnastics, fencing, and swimming in every Summer Olympics programme.
The number of cycling events at the Olympics has grown from five in 1896 to the current 22 thanks to the addition of women’s competitions.
Mountain biking, and BMX since those first five events were held.
Mountain Biking Olympic Games Tokyo 2020
After Pauline Ferrand-Prevot won her fourth UCI Mountain Bike World Championships title on Sunday in Les Gets, France, Nino Schurter won his tenth cross-country world title (28 August).
The 36-year-old Swiss, who won gold, silver, and bronze at the Olympics, defeated David Valero of Spain to solidify his legacy as the sport’s greatest ever at the site of his 2004 world junior victory.
Italy’s Luca Braidot came in third, passing Olympic champion Tom Pidcock, who faded in the second half of the race.
And Ferrand-Prevot, fresh off her short track victory on Friday, dominated the women’s race from the gun.
She won the gold medal in Tokyo 2020 and returned home triumphantly, far ahead of the next closest competitors, Jolanda Neff of the Netherlands and Haley Batten of the United States.
Pidcock Takes the Mountain Bike Gold in Tokyo 2020
Tom Pidcock, age 21, triumphed on a difficult new course at Izu to win the men’s mountain bike race at the Olympic Games Tokyo 2020.
This is the first Olympic medal for Great Britain in this sport.
After seven laps, he crossed the finish line in 1 minute, 25 seconds, 34 seconds ahead of runner-up Mathias Flückiger of Switzerland and David Valero Serrano of Spain.
Former Olympic gold medalist Nino Schurter finished a disappointing fourth at these gamesis.
Fourth Olympic competition overall but his first in which he failed to place on the podium.
Only 38 cyclists, a much smaller number than at UCI World Cups, lined up for the mass start in the blistering heat.
While only Switzerland and Italy sent three riders each, the field was still stacked with competitors from many countries and disciplines.
Conclusion
In the women’s cross country mountain bike race at the Tokyo Olympics, Switzerland’s Jolanda Neff rode away to a brilliant solo win, and the Swiss eventually took home all three medals.
The Izu mountain bike course was particularly challenging due to the poor weather.
But Neff did an outstanding job of navigating the terrain, beating out countryman Sina Frei by more than a minute.
Swiss national Linda Indergand came in third, eight seconds behind the runner-up. Thanks for reading our article Mountain Biking Olympic Games Tokyo 2020.
