Beijing, China (Aug. 3, 2008)—The Opening Ceremonies of the 2008 Olympic Games are less than a week away with the festivities set to begin at 8:08 p.m. local time on 8/8/08. The following day, cycling action kicks into gear as the men’s road race will showcase several of Beijing’s historic landmarks throughout the 245-kilometer race. With track cycling, BMX and mountain biking set to follow the men’s and women’s road race and time trial events, one discipline of cycling or another will be featured almost daily.

 

The following is the schedule of cycling events for the 2008 Olympic Games. (All times local to Beijing):

 

11:00 a.m. – Men’s Road Race (George Hincapie, Levi Leipheimer, Jason McCartney, Christian Vande Velde, David Zabriskie)

 

2:00 p.m. – Women’s Road Race (Kristin Armstrong, Amber Neben, Christine Thorburn)

 

11:30 a.m. – Women’s Time Trial (Kristin Armstrong, Christine Thorburn)

1:30 p.m. – Men’s Time Trial Levi Leipheimer, David Zabriskie)

 

4:30 p.m. – Men’s Team Sprint Qualifying (Michael Blatchford, Adam Duvendeck, Giddeon Massie)

4:55 p.m. – Men’s Individual Pursuit Qualifying (Taylor Phinney)

5:45 p.m. – Men’s Team Sprint Round 1

6:00 p.m. – Women’s Individual Pursuit Qualifying (Sarah Hammer)

 

4:30 p.m. – Men’s Individual Pursuit Round 1

4:50 p.m. – Men’s Keirin Round 1 (Athlete TBD)

5:05 p.m. – Women’s Individual Pursuit Round 1

5:25 p.m. – Men’s Keirin Repechage

5:40 pm. – Men’s Points Race (Bobby Lea)

6:30 p.m. – Men’s Keirin Round 2

 

11:05 a.m. – Women’s Sprint Qualifying (Jennie Reed)

11:20 a.m. – Men’s Sprint Qualifying (Michael Blatchford)

4:30 p.m. – Men’s Sprint 1/16 Finals

5:15 p.m. – Women’s Sprint 1/8 Finals

5:35 p.m. – Women’s Sprint 1/8 Finals

6:15 p.m. – Men’s Team Pursuit Round 1

 

4:30 p.m. – Women’s Points Race (Sarah Hammer)

5:05 p.m. – Women’s Sprint Quarterfinals

5:20 p.m. – Men’s Sprint Quarterfinals

 

4:30 p.m. – Women’s Sprint Semifinals

4:40 p.m. – Men’s Sprint Semifinals

5:30 p.m. – Men’s Madison (Bobby Lea, Michael Friedman)

 

9:00 a.m. – Men’s BMX Time Trial Seeding 1 (Kyle Bennett, Mike Day, Donny Robinson)

9:45 a.m. – Women’s BMX Time Trial Seeding 1 (Jill Kintner)

10:15 a.m. – Men’s BMX Time Trial Seeding 2 (Kyle Bennett, Mike Day, Donny Robinson)

11:00 a.m. – Women’s BMX Time Trial Seeding 2 (Jill Kintner)

11:40 a.m. – Men’s BMX Quarterfinal 1 (Kyle Bennett, Mike Day, Donny Robinson)

12:05 p.m. – Men’s BMX Quarterfinal 2 (Kyle Bennett, Mike Day, Donny Robinson)

12:32 p.m. – Men’s BMX Quarterfinal 3 (Kyle Bennett, Mike Day, Donny Robinson)

 

9:00 a.m. – Women’s BMX Semifinal 1 (Jill Kintner)

9:08 a.m. – Men’s BMX Semifinal 1

9:30 a.m. – Women’s BMX Semifinal 2 (Jill Kintner)

9:38 a.m. – Men’s BMX Semifinal 2

10:00 a.m. – Women’s BMX Semifinal 3 (Jill Kintner)

10:08 a.m. – Men’s BMX Semifinal 3

 

3:00 p.m. – Women’s Cross Country Mountain Bike (Georgia Gould, Mary McConneloug)

 

3:00 p.m. – Men’s Cross Country Mountain Bike (Adam Craig, Todd Wells)

 

USA Cycling members and cycling fans can follow all the cycling action via live streaming video online at www.nbcolympics.com or either live or via tape delay on several NBC networks. 

 

To download a complete broadcast schedule of cycling events, click here, or visit: http://www.nbcolympics.com/tv_and_online_listings/index.html