Cycling at the 2010 Summer Youth Olympics was held from 17 to 22 August. The event took place at The Float at Marina Bay for the road cycling and at Tampines Bike Park for the BMX and mountain biking.
Format There was one event held, a combined mixed-gender team event with sub-events in the disciplines of bicycle motocross (BMX), road cycling and mountain biking. Each team consisted of three boys and one girl, with the three boys required to compete in one discipline each (BMX, MTB and road time trial) while the girl had to compete in all three disciplines. All male riders also had to compete in the road race.
Qualification The qualification system for the Youth Olympic Games is principally based on two sets of criteria, related to endurance and performance. The first (endurance) is calculated based on the final ranking of the 2009 UCI Juniors Nations Cup. The second (performance) is calculated based on the nations ranking for the UCI Mountain Bike and BMX World Championships for the 2009 season.
It is therefore obviously vital for the athletes to compete in these events, where their results could enable them to qualify the country for the Singapore Youth Olympic Games.
Endurance criteria 2009 UCI Juniors Nations' Cup Event Date Country Paris–Roubaix Juniors 12.4.2009 Course de la Paix Junior 6-10.5.2009 Trofeo Karlsberg 11-14.6.2009 GP Général Patton 11-12.7.2009 Tour de l’Abitibi 21-26.7.2009 UCI Juniors World Championships (time trial) 7.8.2009 UCI Juniors World Championships (road race) 9.8.2009 Kroz Istru/Tour d’Istrie 18-20.9.2009
Performance Criteria UCI BMX World Championships Event Date Host city UCI BMX World Championships 23-26.7.2009 , Adelaïde UCI Mountain Bike World Championships Event Date Host city UCI Mountain Bike World Championships 1-6.9.2009 , Canberra
Schedule Event date Event day Starting time Event details17 August Tuesday 09:00 Girls' Cross Country 17:00 Boys' Cross Country 18 August Wednesday 10:00 Boys' Time Trial19 August Thursday 16:10 Girls' BMX 16:17 Boys' BMX22 August Sunday 09:00 Girls' Time Trial 11:30 Boys' Road Race
Medalists Combined mixed team Jessica LergadaJhonnatan Botero VillegasBrayan RamírezDavid Oquendo Alessia BulleriAndrea RighettiniNicolas MariniMattia Furlan Maartje HereijgersThijs ZuurbierFriso Roscam Abbing IjpeijTwan van Gendt
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