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For the first time in Olympic history
a ring road was built specially for the
individual road race. It is quite near to
the Velodrome and runs along the
slope above the flood land of the
Moskva River. It is 13.5 m long,
including a finishing straight of 1.2
km. The route is 7 m wide while the
finishing straight is 14 m wide.
The road is paved with asphalt and
is bordered with 1.5 m wide crushedstone
edges. Mesh fences were installed
for the safety of competitors at
sharp curves and turns.
The route has four difficult sections
with gradients of 35 metres; the
total rise in one circle is about 285
metres. There are 101 turning angles
on the course. The minimum curving
radii are 20 metres, with the maximum
being 100 metres. Temporary stands
with seats for 4,000 spectators were
erected near the finishing line during
the Games. Sections were set aside
for VIPs and the media and equipped
with the necessary communications. A
stand for technical officials, cabins for
competitors and a parking lot for
maintenance and medical vehicles
were located at the same place.
The services for cyclists competing
or training on the circuit are housed
in the nearby Velodrome.
After the Games, the cycling circuit
is being used in summer for its primary
purpose, i.e. for the training of
and competitions between cyclists, and
in winter for skiing events.
Down-hill skiing facilities with lifts
and a luge course are to be installed
there in future.
The cycling circuit was designed
by the Moscow Institute for Developing
and Designing Engineering Structures.
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100-km Team Trial Course
A section from the 23rd to 73rd
kilometre of the Moscow-Minsk Highway
was selected for the Olympic
100-km team trial.
A section from the 19th to 23rd
kilometre was used for warming up.
Sectional metal bleachers with 1,800
seats were installed at the startfinishing
line, with sections reserved
for VIPs and officials. Temporary shelters
for communications services, television,
for competitors' and spectators'
services were located close to
the stands.
After the team trial on the first day
of the Games, the bleachers and other
structures were dismantled and installed
at the cycling circuit in Krylatskoye.