If there are a few sports with the longest history in the modern Olympic Games, cycling is definitely one. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info

Cycling has been an Olympic sport since the first modern Olympic Games in 1896.

At present, the common competitive cycling events can be divided into four categories: road races, mountain races, track races, and BMX.

There is no doubt that road racing is the crown jewel and the most influential cycling category.

The cycling road race is divided into a large group race and a time trial.

Ordinary people should be most familiar with the big group race, even if they have not participated in the big group race, but they must have heard of the Tour de France.

The Tour de France is the most difficult, the most lucrative, the longest, the most internationally influential, and the most demanding cycling road race. In addition to the Tour de France, the Tour of the West, the Tour of Italy, the Dupont Tour of the United States and other cycling groups also have a high international reputation, China's Tour of Qinghai Lake, Tour of Taihu Lake, Tour of Hainan Island Road Cycling in recent years, its international popularity is also increasing. The Tour de Beijing, which is at the same level as the Tour de France, was originally quite high, but it was canceled this year.

The rules of the big group race are that all drivers start at the same time, and whoever can complete the allotted stage first is the winner.

A large group of people (usually one, two hundred or even hundred) set off at the same time, so it is called a large group race.

Road Time Trial (TT) is another way to play road racing.

The essence of time trial can be summed up as: Driver and Time Racing.

The rules of the road time trial are as follows: a set length of time (usually 40-50 km for men), with driver 1 starting first, 90 seconds later, driver 2 starting, and after another 90 seconds, driver 3 starts...... All the way until the last rider set off. Drivers compete against the clock, and whoever completes the allotted stage in the least amount of time is the winner.

Road racing was also the first cycling event, and the first Olympic Games in 1896 were set up as a cycling road event.

Cycling also has a long history, having been set up as an Olympic event in 1928, although only the men's 1,000m track time trial was set up at the time.

Riders compete in track cycling on an indoor oval basin-shaped track with a circumference of 500 meters, 400 meters, 333 meters, 33 meters and 250 meters, of which 333.33 meters is the standard for World Championships and Olympic Games.

There are the most individual events in the track race, including racing, sprinting, chasing, Kailin, all-around, scoring and so on. There is a scooter in front of the ride, this is the Keirin race, and it is also the only track cycling event that Duke can play in the Rio Olympics, and the other track events are in conflict with swimming and track and field.

Mountain cycling emerged in the 50s of the 20th century and was introduced as an Olympic sport at the 1996 Olympic Games in Atlanta.

Mountain races can be subdivided into XC (lap races), DH (downhill), and obstacle mountain races.

The obstacle course is very difficult, and the DH downhill race (also known as the downhill race) is exciting but potentially fatal, so the mountain race at the Olympics is XC.

XC races are relatively safe, and most of the riders can finish the race, otherwise there will be a fatality, or more than half of the riders will retire in the middle of the race, then what about the yarn, this is the Olympics.

The rules of the XC Mountain Race are that all riders start at the same time and ride a number of laps on a defined mountain stage (usually 35-45km for men), with the winner arriving at the finish line first.

BMX is BMX, cycling extreme sports mostly use this kind of BMX, BMX is more niche than road races, track races, mountain races, young people who pursue excitement and novelty love this sport. No one in the Chinese cycling team practiced BMX, and this niche project became a little transparent in the national cycling team that no one loved and no one loved.

"So, without conflicting with the swimming and track and field schedules, the cycling events that Duke can participate in at the Rio Olympics are road time trials, mountain races, and track keirin races." After Director Wang introduced the history of bicycle development, he began to discuss important matters with Du Ke.

Du Ke nodded and said, "That's right, Director Wang, how do I get the Rio tickets for these three individual events?" ”

Director Wang's face was embarrassed: "What I just said is right, for the Chinese men's cycling event, it is really not easy to get an Olympic ticket." The main thing is that we were too weak before, and the foundation was not laid......"

Director Wang explained to Du Ke that the way to obtain Olympic tickets for cycling is completely different from that of swimming and track and field.

Swimming, track and field, in the Rio Olympics qualification cycle, as long as Duke makes an Olympic achievement in a single event, and does it once in the FINA and IAAF approved events, then Duke can qualify for the Olympic Games in that single event.

The three cycling events that Duke wants to participate in are track races, mountain races, and road races, and the UCI (International Cycling Union) is also a strange organization.

The Keirin Race that Duke is preparing to participate in is a single event in the cycling track race, and the ticket for the men's Keirin Rio Olympics is obtained in the following way: May 25, 2014 ~ May 25, 2016, a country ranks in the top nine in the world in the UCI Olympic points in the men's track team sprint, and the country automatically gets 2 places in the Keirin Race. Countries ranked 10~18 will be awarded a place in the Keirin race. After the 18th place, there are no places. After obtaining a quota, whether it is 1 or 2, it is up to the country's cycling team to decide which athlete to send to Rio.

The men's team sprint is the most important track event and represents the overall level of track cycling in the country. It is equivalent to the men's team competition in gymnastics and table tennis.

In the field team sprint, a team of 3 players competes against men's teams from other countries. At present, the Chinese men's team is ranked 15th in the world, which is a bit dangerous. The Chinese women's team is very powerful, currently ranked second in the world, and will rank first in the world with a few more points.

If the Chinese men's team can retain 15th place in the points before May 25, 2016, they will also get a place in the Keirin competition. If he falls out of the 18th place, it will be wasted, and even if Duke has the strength to blow up the sky in the individual event of Keirin, he will not be able to go to Rio to participate in the individual event.

Tickets for the Rio Olympic Mountain Race can be obtained by the following routes: During the ticket cycle from May 25, 2014 ~ May 25, 2016, the top 5 countries in the world in terms of the XC Mountain Race National Points Ranking can get 3 tickets for the Olympic Mountain Bike Race. Countries ranked 6th~13th will receive 2 tickets. Countries ranked 14th~23rd will receive 1 ticket. If the host country does not finish in the top 23 in the world, it will receive one wild card spot.

The Chinese men's XC mountain team, currently ranked 32nd in the world in points, before May 25, 2016, they are basically hopeless to rush into the world's top 23, through the national points to get tickets, the Chinese men's cycling team may not even get a mountain Olympic ticket.

Fortunately, there is another way to get a ticket to the mountain biking event at the Rio Olympics: the top 2 finishers at the 2015 Continental Championships (excluding Europe) can qualify for Rio as an individual.

In other words, at the Asian Mountain Bike Championships in Malacca in August 2015, if Duke finished in the top two places in the men's category, he could ignore the points of the Chinese national team and automatically get an Olympic ticket for the mountain bike event.

"Oh, I see." Du Ke fully understood, that is, in terms of track competition, no matter how strong his personal strength was, it would not play a big role, and whether he could get an Olympic ticket to the Keirin Race depended on luck. The way to get an Olympic ticket for the mountain race seems to be a little more simple and crude, and it is OK to finish in the top two places at this year's Asian Championships.

No wonder Benoit, a foreign coach, said that it is already a feat for Chinese male cyclists to appear in the Olympic Games.

"What about road races?" Duke asked.

Director Wang: "The way to get Olympic tickets for road races doesn't need to look at the national points......

By May 25, 2016, before he ranked in the top 144 in the world in terms of UCI points, Duke could get a ticket to the road race at the Rio Olympics.

Of course, he will not participate in the road race at the Rio Olympics because the big group competition and the preliminaries of the three individual swimming events conflict.

But at the same time as he got the Olympic ticket for the big group competition, Duke also automatically got a ticket to the road time trial in Rio, and he just had to participate in the time trial.

It's April 2015, and it's hard for Duke to get to the top 144 in the world in a year's time, because they don't have time to play so many big games.

Large group races are usually divided into multiple stages, with several stages ridden each day and lasting for a few days or even weeks. Duke can't get so many individual points if he doesn't brush seven or eight big group races, he has to go to seven or eight big group races, then he doesn't have to do anything else for the rest of the year, just ride around the world.

There are 22 professional teams in the Tour de France, and each team is equipped with 9 selected riders + 3 substitute riders, which is two or three hundred people, and these professional riders can get points for the Tour de France. In addition to the Tour de France, they will also compete in other big classes, so Duke can't beat these professional drivers with little time.

Then Duke can only go to the Asian Road Cycling Championships held in Japan in January 2016, and if he wins the championship, he can directly get a ticket to the Rio Olympic cycling road race, which is more difficult than the Asian Mountain Bike Championships, the runner-up is useless, and he must directly win the Asian championship to get a ticket to Rio.

Therefore, Duke's own conclusion is that the difficulty of obtaining three Rio Olympic bicycle tickets is:

Mountain races, which are relatively simple, participate in a race, get it in 2 hours at most, and get the Asian runner-up to get a ticket to Rio.

Road races, this ticket is a little more difficult to get, participate in a large group race, it may be several days, and win the Asian championship to get a ticket to Rio. In fact, the road time trial of the Olympic event that Douc wants to participate in can be completed in about 70 minutes in a race, but UCI regulations are like this, to participate in the time trial, you must first brush up on the big group race.

The Keirin competition in the field competition, this single event can be completed in a few minutes, and the difficulty of obtaining tickets to Rio is unknown, wait, look at the character, and hope that several other teammates can give a little bit of strength and keep the top 18 positions in the world in the men's team competition.

"Then the first single event I started to practice now should be mountain biking." Duke said that because the Asian Championships for mountain biking started first, this Olympic ticket is relatively easy to get.

Director Wang: "That's right, let's start with mountain bikes. Take one ticket to save the capital, take two to earn one, take all three, then you have to go to the temple to burn incense and thank the Bodhisattva for blessing. (To be continued.) )