"• C4-5 • B • B • C1-3 • C4 <br>• C5 • C1-5 223 cyclists from 48 nations including 37 guides from 20 selected nations competed. Cycling at the 2012 Summer Paralympics Cycling at the 2012 Summer Paralympics consisted of 50 events in two main disciplines, track cycling and road cycling. Track cycling was held in London Velopark from 30 August to 2 September, and road cycling took place at Brands Hatch from September 5 to September 8. Cyclists are given a classification depending on the type and extent of their disability. The classification system allows cyclists to compete"
"for the Road Cycling events of the 2012 Summer Paralympics. Riders raced around a course that starts and finishes at Brands Hatch and encompasses both the circuit and local roads surrounding it. Notably, the men's H4 time trial and road race were won by Italy's Alex Zanardi, an auto racer who had extensive experience as a driver at the track. Zanardi first drove at Brands Hatch in 1991 in the Formula 3000 series, and had last driven at the track in the World Touring Car Championship in 2009 — eight years after losing both legs in a near-fatal 2001 racing"
"2012 Olympic Marathon Course The 2012 Olympic Marathon Course is that of both the men's and women's marathon races at the 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games in London. The route consists of one short circuit of followed by three circuits of . The course, which was designed to pass many of London's well-known landmarks, starts and finishes on The Mall, within sight of Buckingham Palace, and extends as far as the Tower of London in the east and the Victoria Memorial in the west. The route of the marathon had been changed, for various logistical reasons, from that originally envisaged"
"fastest times raced it out for the bronze. Q = Qualifier PR = Paralympic Record WR = World Record Cycling at the 2012 Summer Paralympics – Men's individual pursuit B The Men's Individual Pursuit B track cycling event at the 2012 Summer Paralympics took place on 30 August at London Velopark. This class was for blind and visually impaired cyclists riding with a sighted pilot. Eight pairs from six different nations competed. The competition began with four head to head races between the eight riders. These races were held over a 4000m course and each rider was given a time"
"development. The circuit's 2.2 mile (3.6) km design by contracted-consultants Driven International incorporates the existing undulating land-contours having a 24-metre elevation range mixed with 12 turns, allowing for three layouts, and will comply with FIA Grade 2 / FIM Grade B requirements, to include all car and motorcycle sport classes excepting F1 cars. It is envisaged that there will be approximately four race meetings per year for both motorcycle and cars, and that otherwise it could be used for vehicle development and corporate/training track days. Triple world superbike champion Johnny Rea commented in October 2017 that it would be a"
"Cycling at the 2012 Summer Paralympics – Men's time trial The Men's time trial track cycling events at the 2012 Summer Paralympics took place on August 30–September 1 at London Velopark. Cyclists are given a classification depending on the type and extent of their disability. The classification system allows cyclists to compete against others with a similar level of function. The class number indicates the severity of impairment with ""1"" being most impaired. Track cycling classes are: The men's 1 km time trial (C1-3) took place on August 30. WR = World Record; DNF = Did Not Finish. The men's"
"and finished on The Mall in London and featured two laps of a circuit centred on Box Hill in Surrey. 138 riders from 19 national teams and 10 trade teams took part in the race, and was won by Mark Cavendish in a sprint finish. The 2012 Summer Olympics held road cycling races for both men and women on a largely similar course to that of the London-Surrey Cycle Classic held the previous year. The RideLondon weekend, including the RideLondon–Surrey Classic, was announced by the Mayor of London Boris Johnson on 10 August 2012, less than two weeks after the"
"Crystal Palace circuit Crystal Palace circuit is a former motor racing circuit in Crystal Palace Park in the Crystal Palace area of south London, England. The route of the track is still largely extant but the roads are now mainly used for access to the Crystal Palace National Sports Centre located in the park, and to events within the upper parts of Crystal Palace Park. Some parts of the track are closed off but part is used for an annual Sprint Meeting held on the Spring Bank Holiday weekend, until 2017, when it was held on the August holiday weekend."
"resemble the stock offerings at the showroom. On 13 May 2012, Italian rider Marco Melandri riding for the factory BMW Motorrad team was the first to secure a win for the S1000RR in World Superbike competition at the British round in Donington Park. His teammate Leon Haslam came in second giving BMW a ""One Two"" finish. On 2012 Qatar Grand Prix, US rider Colin Edwards rode a S1000RR engined motorcycle for the Forward Racing team. This history making inaugural CRT Class debut, where 1,000 cc tuned factory production motorcycle engines competed for the first time alongside the current MotoGP machines."
"70 women competed at the London 2012 Summer Paralympics. Road cycling competition was held at Brands Hatch, Kent from 5 September to 8 September, while track cycling was held at the Velodrome, Olympic Park from 30 August to 2 September. A maximum of 14 men and 7 women per nation were allowed to compete across the 18 medal events in road cycling and 32 medal events in track cycling. For the 2016 Summer Paralympics in Rio, the International Paralympic Committee had a zero classification at the Games policy. This policy was put into place in 2014, with the goal of"
"the third and fourth fastest times raced it out for the bronze. WR = World Record Cycling at the 2012 Summer Paralympics – Women's individual pursuit B The Women's Individual Pursuit B track cycling event at the 2012 Summer Paralympics took place on September 2 at London Velopark. This class was for blind and visually impaired cyclists riding with a sighted pilot. Eleven pairs from nine different nations competed. The competition began with five head to head races and one unpaired ride between the eleven riders. These races were held over a 3000m course and each rider was given a"
"after he out-scored title rival Luiz Razia in the feature race. Giedo van der Garde won the sprint race. Notes: Notes: 2012 Marina Bay GP2 Series round The 2012 Marina Bay GP2 Series round was a pair of motor races held at the Marina Bay Street Circuit in Marina Bay, Singapore as part the GP2 Series, with the 2012 GP3 Series season having concluded at the previous round at Monza. The races were held on 22 and 23 July and was run in support of the Singapore Grand Prix, and represented the final round of the 2012 GP2 Series season."
"Cycling at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Men's individual road race The men's road race, one of the cycling events at the 2012 Olympic Games in London, took place on 28 July at 10 a.m. in central and southwest London and north Surrey, starting and finishing on The Mall. Samuel Sánchez of Spain would have been the defending champion, but due to an injury incurred at the 2012 Tour de France he could not compete. It was anticipated over one million people would line the route – a record for an Olympic event if reached. The race was won by"
"Cycling at the 2012 Summer Olympics The cycling competitions at the 2012 Olympic Games in London took place at five venues between 28 July and 12 August. The venues were the London Velopark for track cycling and BMX, and Hadleigh Farm, in Essex, for mountain biking. The road races took place over a course starting and ending in The Mall in central London and heading out into Surrey, while the time trials started and finished at Hampton Court Palace in Richmond upon Thames. Eighteen events were contested and around 500 athletes participated. Cycling events have been contested in every Summer"
"to reveal its latest sports car. The events lasted three years before being stopped due to park development work. Following discussions with local council and the London Development Agency, sprint racing again started at the park, with the two-day event held 30/31 May 2010. This event was repeated on the same or adjacent weekend each year, until 2017, when it was held on the August Bank Holiday weekend. The event was suspended in 2018 but is scheduled to take place in May 2019. Crystal Palace circuit Crystal Palace circuit is a former motor racing circuit in Crystal Palace Park in"
"the purposes of the following years Olympic road race; the event was won by Mark Cavendish. No women's event was held, a decision criticised by many. In 2012 the Olympic road races were held over broadly similar courses, with additional loops of Box Hill. The men's event was won by Alexander Vinokourov from Rigoberto Urán. The women's event, held the following day was won by Marianne Vos from Lizzie Armitstead. In 2013, the ""Classic"" returned as an annual event, within the rebranded ""RideLondon"" event, as part of the 2013 UCI Europe Tour. The first edition of the rebranded event was"
"1 km time trial (C1-3) took place on August 30. The men's 1 km time trial (C4-5) took place on August 31. Cycling at the 2012 Summer Paralympics – Men's time trial The Men's time trial track cycling events at the 2012 Summer Paralympics took place on August 30–September 1 at London Velopark. Cyclists are given a classification depending on the type and extent of their disability. The classification system allows cyclists to compete against others with a similar level of function. The class number indicates the severity of impairment with ""1"" being most impaired. Track cycling classes are: The"
"traffic management measures during London 2012. The ORN and PRN were first introduced for the 2000 Sydney Olympics as a result of problems at the Atlanta Olympics four years earlier when athletes had difficulty getting to their events on time. In July 2012, just before the start of the 2012 Olympics, London taxi drivers blocked some games lanes to protest against the ORN. The games lanes for London 2012 has been pejoratively referred to as ZiL lanes, in reference to dedicated lanes for VIPs in Moscow. Olympic route network An Olympic route network (ORN) and Paralympic route network (PRN) is"
"Lee Valley VeloPark Lee Valley VeloPark is a cycling centre on Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park in Stratford, East London. It is owned and managed by Lee Valley Regional Park Authority, and it was opened to the public in March 2014. The facility was one of the permanent venues for the 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games. Lee Valley VeloPark is at the northern end of Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park. It has a velodrome and BMX racing track, which have been used for the Games, as well as a one-mile (1.6 km) road course and 5 miles (8 km) of mountain bike"
"Cycling at the 2012 Summer Paralympics – Men's individual pursuit B The Men's Individual Pursuit B track cycling event at the 2012 Summer Paralympics took place on 30 August at London Velopark. This class was for blind and visually impaired cyclists riding with a sighted pilot. Eight pairs from six different nations competed. The competition began with four head to head races between the eight riders. These races were held over a 4000m course and each rider was given a time for their race. The fastest two riders were advanced to the gold medal final whilst the third and fourth"
"as part of the Formula One World Championship. It was held on 2 November at the twenty-turn Circuit of the Americas in Travis County, Austin, Texas. The sport's governing body, the Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile (FIA), elected to retain two drag reduction system (DRS) activation zones from 2013: one was on the straight between turns 10 and 11, and the second was on the straight linking the final and first corners. The circuit underwent changes following the previous year's race. At the request of motorcycling's governing body, the Fédération Internationale de Motocyclisme, some sections of turn ten's asphalt run-off area"
"extended the line from Surrey Quays on to the Network Rail South London Line. Trains on this route run to via , , , and . From Wandsworth Road, instead of running to Victoria, westbound trains branch off at Factory Junction, passing through Battersea towards Clapham Junction. After a period of uncertainty, funding for this phase was finally announced in February 2009, with a prospective completion date of May 2012, in time for the start of the 2012 Summer Olympic and Paralympic Games, held in London, in July 2012; however, TfL later put back the opening date to 9 December"
"Evans with Conor Daly winning the sprint race the next day. Notes: Notes: 2012 Catalunya GP2 and GP3 Series rounds The 2012 Catalunya GP2 Series round was a GP2 Series motor race held at the Circuit de Catalunya in Montmeló, Spain on 12 and 13 May 2012 as the fourth round of the 2012 GP2 Series season. The weekend also saw the first round of the 2012 GP3 Series season. After qualifying down in fifth place, the GP2 feature race was won by Giedo van der Garde, with reverse pole man Luiz Razia taking the win at the sprint race."
"2012). As of May 2016. Surfers Paradise Street Circuit The Surfers Paradise Street Circuit is a temporary street circuit on the Surfers Paradise, in Queensland, Australia. The beach-side track has several fast sections and two chicanes, having been shortened from an original length in 2010. It is the third of three motor racing circuits that have existed in the Gold Coast region, after the Southport Street Circuit (1954) and Surfers Paradise International Raceway (1966–1987). From 1991 to 2008, the circuit hosted an American Championship car racing event, the Gold Coast Indy 300. The circuit has also hosted touring car races"
"due to lack of entries. The Lightweight TT and the Ultra-Lightweight TT were later reinstated to the 2008 & 2009 race schedules, but were held on the 4.25 mile Billown Circuit in the south of the Isle of Man. For the 2010 races, the Lightweight TT was again dropped from the race schedule on cost grounds. The event was re-introduced for the 2012 races on the Mountain course, with a change to water-cooled four-stroke twin cylinder engines not exceeding 650 cc and complying with the ACU Standing Regulations. There have been several different categories of motorcycle that can compete in"
"races has varied according to the latest regulations. From 1990 until 2010, there was always a 125 cc race and since 1992 the ""North West 200"" race has been for Superbikes. From 2012, all practice sessions will take place during the day, and the racing programme has been extended to include two races on the Thursday evening. All races will be held over six laps, except for the newly introduced Supertwin event. The street circuit is made up almost entirely of public roads (A2, B185 & A29) but does include three speed reducing chicanes. The route, running anti-clockwise enters the"
"of Silverstone's Maggotts-Becketts-Chapel sequence, Hockenheim's arena bends, and a replica of Istanbul's Turn Eight. Other corners were loosely inspired by the Senna 'S' at Interlagos and the Österreichring's Sebring-Auspuffkurve. A feature of the circuit is a deliberate widening of corners, to encourage drivers to follow multiple racing lines. A similar feature was used at the Buddh International Circuit in India, where the circuit widens on the approach to certain corners. The circuit was one of only a handful on the Formula One 2012 calendar to be run counter-clockwise, the others being Marina Bay, the Korea International Circuit, Yas Marina, and"
"Battersea Park Street Circuit Battersea Park was home to the only motor racing circuit located in London, England from 2015 to 2016. It hosted the final two races of the 2014–15 Formula E season, and also the second season. The track was in length and featured 17 turns. There was controversy over circuit's installation in a Grade II* listed park, and it was announced in 2016 that the Formula E race would not be held there again. The track was designed by Formula E's London event team and British architect Simon Gibbons. Wandsworth Council approved of the circuit and the"
"Olympic Park, next to the A12. The park would include a velodrome seating 1,500, which could be increased to 6,000 if London's bid for the 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games were successful. The site would also have an international competition BMX circuit, a BMX freestyle park, cyclo-cross/cross-country course mountain bike course and an outdoor cycle speedway track. The facilities would be used by internationals as well as those learning to ride. It was estimated that the park would attract 88,000 users a year, replacing the Eastway Cycle Circuit. Eastway Cycle Circuit opened in 1975, it was the first purpose built"
"is also used by the London Region Nordic Ski Club, for roller skiing events, for Human Powered Vehicle races, and for charity fun rides. Hillingdon Cycle Circuit Hillingdon Cycle Circuit is a purpose-built road cycling circuit situated in Minet Country Park, Hayes in west London. The 0.93 mile long, 6 metre wide circuit is used for year-round racing, training and leisure riding. Chas Messenger, the local British Cycling Facilities Officer, organised cycle racing on the unopened Hayes Bypass for several years in the 1990s. Triple Olympic champion and Tour de France winner Bradley Wiggins started his racing career on this"
"2012 Sydney Motorsport Park 360 The 2012 Sydney Motorsport Park 360 was a motor race for the Australian sedan-based V8 Supercars. It was the ninth event of the 2012 International V8 Supercars Championship. It was held on the weekend of 25–26 August at the Sydney Motorsport Park, in Eastern Creek, New South Wales. It was the first V8 Supercars event held at the circuit since 2008, when the circuit was known as Eastern Creek Raceway. The V8 Supercars used the traditional 3.93km Gardner Circuit as opposed to the new 4.7km Brabham Circuit. It was also the first of three events"
"Cycling at the 2012 Summer Paralympics – Women's time trial The women's time trial track cycling events at the 2012 Summer Paralympics took place on 30 August – 1 September at London Velopark. Cyclists are given a classification depending on the type and extent of their disability. The classification system allows cyclists to compete against others with a similar level of function. The class number indicates the severity of impairment with ""1"" being most impaired. Track cycling classes are: The women's 1 km time trial (B) took place on 31 August. PR = Paralympic Record The women's 500 m time"
"Cycling at the 2012 Summer Paralympics – Women's individual pursuit B The Women's Individual Pursuit B track cycling event at the 2012 Summer Paralympics took place on September 2 at London Velopark. This class was for blind and visually impaired cyclists riding with a sighted pilot. Eleven pairs from nine different nations competed. The competition began with five head to head races and one unpaired ride between the eleven riders. These races were held over a 3000m course and each rider was given a time for their race. The fastest two riders were advanced to the gold medal final whilst"