There are four major cycling events in China: venues, roads, mountains and BMX. In addition, unicycle, cycling and other sports also have a certain mass base. At present, most provinces and cities in China have established professional cycling teams with more than 1000 registered athletes. Their overall competitive level is in a leading position in Asia, and they have also won many medals in the Olympic Games. In addition, cycling, as a healthy, environmentally friendly and fashionable green sport, is deeply loved by the public, with millions of cyclists. Cycling has become a hot spot and highlight of mass entertainment and fitness.
China hosts nearly 40 bicycle races every year. Among them, the international traditional events around Qinghai Lake and Hainan Island have had a wide influence at home and abroad, which promoted the exchange of high-level cyclists at home and abroad and improved their sports level. The "IOC President's Cup National 100-City Cycling Race" has been held continuously for 1 1 year, with more than 654.38+million people participating every year, and has become a national cycling festival.
On the one hand, the main task of China Bicycle Association in the future is to serve the "Olympic glory plan", strive to make Chinese athletes achieve a "zero" breakthrough in gold medals at the Olympic Games, and at the same time guide the healthy and orderly development of mass cycling to serve the "National Fitness Plan".
bicycle motocross (BMX)
On June 29th, 2003, the International Olympic Committee held a meeting of the Executive Committee and adopted the decision to list BMX as an official event of the 2008 Olympic Games. I. Basic information of the project:
BMX BMX is a new cycling sport, which originated in the United States in the 1960s. At present, the United States is the highest in sports level, followed by Europe. This project has been carried out in Asia for about 15 years, and it has only been carried out in China for more than 6 years, but it has developed rapidly. At present, there are more than 10 professional teams in various provinces and cities in China, and a relatively perfect competition system has been established. In 2006, Taiyuan hosted the first Asian Bike BMX Championship, and in 2008, the World Bike BMX Championship will be held.
Bike BMX is a three-dimensional sport that embodies ground speed and prancing skills. With strong ornamental and technical expression, it is deeply loved by teenagers and has broad development prospects in China.
Track cycling race
Track cycling is a sports form of training or competition on a fixed track, which embodies the speed, endurance and technical and tactical application ability of athletes.
China has built 18 high-level cycling venues in Beijing, Shenzhen and Nanjing, and hosted the World "B" Championship and the World Cup in Qinhuangdao and Kunming in 2006, 5438+0 and 2002 respectively. Cuihua Jiang and Jiang Yonghua won the bronze medal and silver medal in the women's 500m time trial in Sydney Olympic Games and Athens Olympic Games respectively, and Jiang Yonghua also set a world record of 34 seconds in 2002.
Road bike
Road cycling is divided into three forms: individual time trial, individual race and multi-day race. Road cycling race takes a long time and a long distance, which embodies endurance and will, and shows the fighting spirit of challenging yourself and exceeding the limit.
In recent years, road cycling has been further popularized and developed in China, and some competitions have become a tradition. For example, 14 international road cycling race around China has the longest history in Asia, and the international road cycling race around Qinghai Lake has the highest level in Asia. In addition, the multi-day races around the South China Sea, Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, Chongming Island, Shanghai, Hong Kong and Beijing have their own characteristics, making road cycling a hot spot in sports activities in recent years.
mountain bike
China officially launched mountain biking in the early 1990s. Thanks to the efforts of cycling, men's mountain biking is in a dominant position in Asia, while women have reached the advanced level in the world. In 2006, Ren Chengyuan won the world championship in the age group under 23 and the World Cup in 2007, which marked a new development period for mountain biking in China.
Mountain biking, which integrates speed, endurance, strength and will, rides between green mountains and green waters to cultivate sentiment and keep fit. This is a popular form of physical exercise.
Amateur cycling competition
With the progress of society and the improvement of people's living standards, bicycles are changing to sports tools in addition to being a means of transportation. Bicycle tourism, competition and adventure have become fashionable and play an important role in national fitness activities. At present, the influential amateur cycling competitions include "IOC President's Cup National 100-City Cycling Competition", "Simano Cycling Festival" and "Nodivi Cycling Festival". At the same time, there are also different forms of bicycle fitness clubs in China. For example, the Cycling Club of Chengdu Senior Sports Association was founded in 1989, and it organizes a series of healthy and intentional cycling activities every year to establish a "cycling world" for internal exchange of information, which has been widely praised.