London 2012 Olympic Games: Coverage index
The London 2012 Olympic Games kick off with the opening ceremony on Friday, July 27, then it's straight into the cycling events with the men's road race on Saturday, July 28.
There is then a cycling event pretty much every day of the Games, including road, time trial, track, BMX and mountain bike disciplines.
Cycling Weekly will be covering the London 2012 Games in full, with event reports, results, exclusive photography, rider interviews, analysis and much more.
We'll be keeping track of all of our online London 2012 coverage on this page, updated frequently with the latest articles.
Date | Start time | Finish time | Category | Event | Venue | Report | Photos |
July 28, 2012 | 10am | 4.15pm | RR | Men's road race | The Mall (London) | >>>> | >>>> |
July 29, 2012 | 12noon | 4.15pm | RR | Women's road race | The Mall (London) | >>>> | >>>> |
August 1, 2012 | 12.30pm | 1.55pm | TT | Women's time trial | Hampton Court Palace | >>>> | >>>> |
August 1, 2012 | 2.15pm | 4.15pm | TT | Men's time trial | Hampton Court Palace | >>>> | >>>> |
August 2, 2012 | 4pm | 6.55pm | Track | Men's team pursuit qualifying | Velodrome (Olympic Park) | >>>> | >>>> |
August 2, 2012 | 4pm | 6.55pm | Track | Men's team sprint qualifying and finals | Velodrome (Olympic Park) | >>>> | >>>> |
August 2, 2012 | 4pm | 6.55pm | Track | Women's team sprint qualifying and finals | Velodrome (Olympic Park) | >>>> | >>>> |
August 3, 2012 | 4pm | 6.55pm | Track | Men's team pursuit finals | Velodrome (Olympic Park) | >>>> | >>>> |
August 3, 2012 | 4pm | 6.55pm | Track | Women's keirin qualifying and finals | Velodrome (Olympic Park) | >>>> | >>>> |
August 3, 2012 | 4pm | 6.55pm | Track | Women's team pursuit qualifying | Velodrome (Olympic Park) | >>>> | >>>> |
August 4, 2012 | 10am | 11.30am | Track | Men's omnium: flying lap | Velodrome (Olympic Park) | >>>> | >>>> |
August 4, 2012 | 10am | 11.30am | Track | Men's sprint qualifying | Velodrome (Olympic Park) | >>>> | >>>> |
August 4, 2012 | 4pm | 6.40pm | Track | Men's omnium: 30km points race, elimination race | Velodrome (Olympic Park) | >>>> | >>>> |
August 4, 2012 | 4pm | 6.40pm | Track | Men's sprint, rounds | Velodrome (Olympic Park) | >>>> | >>>> |
August 4, 2012 | 4pm | 6.40pm | Track | Women's team pursuit finals | Velodrome (Olympic Park) | >>>> | >>>> |
August 5, 2012 | 10am | 11.25am | Track | Men's omnium: 4km individual pursuit | Velodrome (Olympic Park) | >>>> | >>>> |
August 5, 2012 | 10am | 11.25am | Track | Women's sprint qualifying | Velodrome (Olympic Park) | >>>> | >>>> |
August 5, 2012 | 4pm | 7.05pm | Track | Men's omnium: 15km scratch, 1km TT, final | Velodrome (Olympic Park) | >>>> | >>>> |
August 5, 2012 | 4pm | 7.05pm | Track | Men's sprint quarter finals | Velodrome (Olympic Park) | >>>> | >>>> |
August 5, 2012 | 4pm | 7.05pm | Track | Women's rounds and 1/8 finals | Velodrome (Olympic Park) | >>>> | >>>> |
August 6, 2012 | 4pm | 6.55pm | Track | Men's sprint finals | Velodrome (Olympic Park) | >>>> | >>>> |
August 6, 2012 | 4pm | 6.55pm | Track | Women's omnium: flying lap, 20km points, elimination | Velodrome (Olympic Park) | >>>> | >>>> |
August 6, 2012 | 4pm | 6.55pm | Track | Women's sprint quarter finals | Velodrome (Olympic Park) | >>>> | >>>> |
August 7, 2012 | 10am | 11.30am | Track | Men's keirin round one | Velodrome (Olympic Park) | >>>> | >>>> |
August 7, 2012 | 10am | 11.30am | Track | Women's omnium: 3km individual pursuit | Velodrome (Olympic Park) | >>>> | >>>> |
August 7, 2012 | 4pm | 6.30pm | Track | Men's keirin finals | Velodrome (Olympic Park) | >>>> | >>>> |
August 7, 2012 | 4pm | 6.30pm | Track | Women's omnium: 10km scratch, 500m TT, finals | Velodrome (Olympic Park) | >>>> | >>>> |
August 7, 2012 | 4pm | 6.30pm | Track | Women's sprint semi-finals and finals | Velodrome (Olympic Park) | >>>> | >>>> |
August 8, 2012 | 3pm | 4.30pm | BMX | BMX seeding | BMX circuit (Olympic Park) | >>>> | - |
August 9, 2012 | 3pm | 4.30pm | BMX | BMX quarter finals | BMX circuit (Olympic Park) | >>>> | >>>> |
August 10, 2012 | 3pm | 4.30pm | BMX | BMX semi-finals, finals | BMX circuit (Olympic Park) | >>>> | >>>> |
August 11, 2012 | 12.30pm | 2.30pm | MTB | Women's cross-country mountain bike | Hadleigh Farm (Essex) | >>>> | >>>> |
August 12, 2012 | 1.30pm | 3.30pm | MTB | Men's cross-country mountain bike | Hadleigh Farm (Essex) | >>>> | >>>> |
London 2012: Live text coverage of cycling events
August 7: Track cycling day six
August 6: Track cycling day five
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August 5: Track cycling day four
August 4: Track cycling day three
August 3: Track cycling day two
August 2: Track cycling day one
August 1: Men's and women's time trials
July 28: Men's road race
July 29: Women's road race
London 2012: Latest news
Video: Hoy and Pendleton bow out, but new talent coming through
Sir Chris Hoy looking good as British cyclists look to end with a flourish
GB doing something right says O'Shea
Comment: Hindes's purposeful crash - fair or foul?
New format for team pursuit explained
Pendleton and Varnish out of team sprint
'Hot pants' key to Pendleton and Hoy sprint
Britain's sprinters looking to continue GB medal haul
Wiggins: Tour was perfect Olympic TT preparation
Olympic time trial round-up
Pendleton warms up for London 2012
Cancellara in, Evans out of time trial
CW eyewitness: Remember the name
Cavendish finds solace in commitment of his team mates
London 2012: Team info
Men's road race start list
Women's road race start list
Men's time trial start list
Women's time trial start list
Team GB rider profiles
Great Britain track team confirmed
Bronzini leads Italian Olympic cycling team
British Olympic men's road race team announced
Armitstead and Cooke lead GB women's road cycling team
London 2012: Event guides
Mountain bike event guide on www.mbr.co.uk
Olympic Games men's time trial: Who will win?
Olympic Games women's time trial: Who will win?
Olympic time trial routes announced
Olympic Games women's road race: Who will win?
Olympic Games men's road race: Who will win?
Download detailed Olympic road race route map
London 2012 cycling schedule
London 2012: Reports
Kulhavy wins men's Olympic mountain bike event as Killeen crashes out
Bresset wins women's mountain bike event
Reade and Phillips out of medals in BMX
Phillips eases through to BMX semi-finals
Reade and Phillips kicks off Olympic BMX campaigns
Sir Chris Hoy wins sixth Olympic gold
Trott stunned at double Olympic gold
Pendleton ends career on a high
Tremendous Trott eliminates the rest in Olympic omnium
Kenny stuns Bauge in sprint to win second gold
Bronze for Clancy while Pendleton marches on
Pendleton sets new Olympic record to qualify ahead of Meares
Trott, King and Rowsell keep gold medals coming
Kenny lights up a stuttering men's sprint competition
Track day two: Pendleton and team pursuiters deliver more gold
Track cycling day one: Hoy leads team sprinters to gold
Wiggins wins gold in men's time trial, bronze for Froome
Armstrong defends Olympic title in women's time trial
Cycling events medal table
Women's road race: Armitstead wins silver as Vos strikes gold
Men's road race: Vinokourov wins as Cavendish misses out
London 2012: Photos
Men's mountain biking by Phil O'Connor
Men's mountain biking by Graham Watson
Women's mountain biking by Phil O'Connor
Women's mountain biking by Graham Watson
BMX finals by Phil O'Connor
BMX finals by Graham Watson
BMX men's quarter-finals by Graham Watson
Track day six (evening) by Andy Jones
Track day six by Phil O'Connor
Track day six by Graham Watson
Track day five by Andy Jones
Track day five by Graham Watson
Track day four evening session by Andy Jones
Track day four evening session by Graham Watson
Track day four morning session by Andy Jones
Track day four morning session by Phil O'Connor
Track day three evening session by Andy Jones
Track day three evening session by Phil O'Connor
Track day three morning session by Andy Jones
Track day two by Phil O'Connor
Track day two by Graham Watson
Track day one by Andy Jones
Track day one by Phil O'Connor
Track day one by Graham Watson
Men's time trial by Graham Watson
Women's time trial by Graham Watson
Pendleton track training
Women's road race by Andy Jones
Women's road race by Graham Watson
Men's road race by Andy Jones
Men's road race by Phil O'Connor
Men's road race by Graham Watson
Team GB road race training on Box Hill (July 26)
London 2012: Podcasts
Cycling Weekly podcasts on Soundcloud
London 2012: TV schedule
London 2012 BBC TV cycling coverage schedule
London 2012 Eurosport cycling coverage schedule
Related links
CW's dummies' guide to track racing
World's best BMXers in London 2012 test event
Olympic road race test event: Report card
Cavendish wins London-Surrey Cycle Classic
London-Surrey Cycle Classic photo gallery
Olympic road race route officially revealed
London 2012 tickets on sale from March
Older news items
The scene at Box Hill
Tickets for Box Hill? You may need another...
Bradley Wiggins' UKSI Olympic bike
Hoy helicoptered in for opening ceremony
Box Hill closed after local riders give security the slip
Boonen and Gilbert train on Box Hill Olympic circuit
Goss fresh for Olympic Games assault
Trott on top: London 2012
Hoy to be GB flag bearer at London 2012 opening ceremony
Millar: I think about Olympics all the time
Cavendish recognises advantage in missed Tour chances ahead of Olympics
Kenny not Hoy selected for London 2012 sprint
German and French Olympic teams sneak in fourth sprinter
Cavendish: GB's best bet for Olympic gold
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