Cycling was part of the first modern Olympic Games in 1896 in Athens, Greece. In the Olympics there are three different kinds of cycling. This included the track cycling, road cycling, and mountain biking. Track cycling is more complicated than the other events. There are short, medium and long distance events. For the road cycling, it consists of two events which were the road race and the individual time trial. The men's road race covers 142 - 155 miles, for women it covers 62 - 87 miles. The winner is the one who finished first. In individual time trial the distance is shorter and the racers race against the clock, not each other. The course for mountain biking is includes with forest, field roads, with uphill and downhill areas. Everyone starts together and the first one finished wins.
