Need To Know: Cycling

Fast Facts Dates: July 28-29, Aug. 1 (road), Aug. 2-7 (track), Aug. 8-10 (BMX), Aug. 11-12 (mountain bike) Venues: Olympic Park Velodrome (track races), The Mall (road races), Hampton Court Palace (road time trials), Olympic Park BMX Track, Hadleigh Farm in Essex (mountain bike) Medal Events: 118 (10 track, 4 road, 2 mountain bike, 2 BMX) Athletes: 528 (212 road, 188 track, 80 mountain bike, 48 BMX)The Basics The Olympic cycling program consists of four very different disciplines: track, road, mountain bike and BMX. BMX (Short for Bicycle Motocross. Now you know.) is the youngest, hippest of the cycling family members, having just made its Olympic debut in 2008. Competing on a half-kilometre...