Pretty much as soon as there were enough bicycles to hold a race.
The Race Around Ireland is an annual 2,170km nonstop ultra marathon cycling race. The race covers an entire lap of the country and the 4th edition will start on 9th September 2012. www.racearoundireland.com
Cycling
bicycle
cycling made its debut at the 1896 Olympics in Athens. The first race was a 100 kilometer race held on a track 1/3 km long. Leon Flameng of France won the gold medal in a time of 3:08:19.2.
to win the race
1984 Games in Los Angeles. The first gold medalist in women's cycling was Connie Carpenter-Phinney of the United States in individual road race at the 1984 Games.
Tandem cycling was last held at the Olympics in 1972
The world's best known cycling race is probably Le Tour de France, which is held in France, which is a country in Europe.
approxamitely 500
Duathlon
Tour de france