Krylatskoye Sports Complex Cycling Circuit

The Krylatskoye Sports Complex Cycling Circuit was a temporary cycling

Cycling

Cycling, also called bicycling or biking, is the use of bicycles for transport, recreation, or for sport. Persons engaged in cycling are cyclists or bicyclists...

circuit constructed next to the velodrome

Krylatskoye Sports Complex Velodrome

The Krylatskoye Sports Complex Velodrome is a velodrome constructed in Moscow, Russia. It hosted the track cycling events for the 1980 Summer Olympics.The track was 333.3 meters long and 10 meters wide.-Reference:* Volume 2. Part 1. pp. 97-101....

used for the track cycling

Track cycling

Track cycling is a bicycle racing sport usually held on specially built banked tracks or velodromes using track bicycles....

events for the 1980 Summer Olympics

1980 Summer Olympics

The 1980 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XXII Olympiad, was an international multi-sport event celebrated in Moscow in the Soviet Union. In addition, the yachting events were held in Tallinn, and some of the preliminary matches and the quarter-finals of the football tournament...

in Moscow

Moscow

Moscow is the capital, the most populous city, and the most populous federal subject of Russia. The city is a major political, economic, cultural, scientific, religious, financial, educational, and transportation centre of Russia and the continent...

. The venue, 13.5 km (8.4 mi) long, hosted the individual road race cycling

Cycling at the 1980 Summer Olympics

Cycling at the 1980 Summer Olympics was split into two categories: Road and Track. 6 events were contested . All 4 events of the track cycling were held at the Velodrome of the Trade Unions Olympic Sports Centre . 100 km team time trial event was held along the Moscow-Minsk highway...

event at those same games.

Reference

1980 Summer Olympics official report. Volume 2. Part 1. pp. 102-3.

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