No time for post-Tour blues, the Olympics are coming. Need to know what day and what time all the cycling events in the Olympics are on? Want to have this on your phone or diary? You’ve come to the right place…
As you can see there’s cycling every day, from road races to BMX freestyle and track racing. You can use the calendar above for reference or if you want it free for your phone, diary, organiser, read on:
iCal
An iCal is a calendar file that you can store on your phone or electronic diary like Outlook or Calendar. There are several ways to get this on to your computer or phone.
Here is the iCal URL:
https://calendar.google.com/calendar/ical/rgspoil89qb824f7cvaoa6lffo%40group.calendar.google.com/public/basic.ics
- If you use MacOS copy the URL… and open the Calendar app. Then got to File > New Calendar Subscription…) and paste in the link and you’re done
- iPhone/iPad users should push and hold down a finger here , wait for the pop up message and select “Copy”. Then on your device go to settings > Accounts and Passwords > Add account > Other > Add Subscribed Calendar and paste in the URL
- If you use Microsoft Office or Outlook copy the URL and then go to File > Info Account Settings > Internet Calendars > New and paste the URL to subscribe
- If you use Microsoft Outlook on the web copy the URL and then go to Calendar/Calendar icon > Open Calendar > From Internet > and paste the URL to subscribe > OK > Yes
- Google Calendar: If you use Google Calendar then click on the icon on the bottom-right of the calendar up at the top of the page. Note this method can work with Android phones when the iCal file might not although you might need the Google Sync calendar app.
The subscription methods above are the best because any additions, deletion and amendments will automatically be pushed to your diary or device… although the Tokyo Olympic schedule’s unlikely to change.
It’s the same as this website’s annual pro cycling calendar where you see all the races and can download them for your phone or diary too via inrng.com/calendar. There’s one difference, the pro races are listed as events for each day because it’s too hard to list all the timings with different time zones and start/finish times. But, the Tokyo events are for specific time slots so you can know what time of day they are, the calendar will tell you in your local time. The organisers have been very specific with the timings, sometimes they seem to precise with barely time to clear the track between each round and a crash could make all the timings but at least you can see what the running order is.
If you want the calendar in plain format, here’s the schedule with all times in local JST (put it in your diary and times will get converted to your time).
Saturday 24 July – Road
11:00am Men’s Road Race
Sunday 25 July – Road
1:00pm Women’s Road Race
Monday 26 July – MTB
3:00pm Men’s Cross-Country
Tuesday 27 July – MTB
3:00pm Women’s Cross Country
Wednesday 29 July – Road
11:30am Women’s time trial
2.00pm Mens’s Time Trial
Thursday 29 July – BMX Racing
10:00am Men, Quarterfinals Run 1
10:21am Women, Quarterfinals Run 1
10:42am Men, Quarterfinals Run 2
11:03am Women, Quarterfinals Run 2
11:24am Men, Quarterfinals Run 3
11:45am Women, Quarterfinals Run 3
Friday 30 July – BMX Racing
10:00am Men, Semifinals Run 1
10:15am Women, Semifinals Run 1
10:31am Men, Semifinals Run 2
10:46am Women, Semifinals Run 2
11:02am Men, Semifinals Run 3
11:17am Women, Semifinals Run 3
11:40am Men, Final
11:50am Women, Final
Saturday 31 July – BMX Freestyle
10:10am Women’s Park Seeding
11:20am Men’s Park Seeding
Sunday 1 August – BMX Freestyle
10:10am Women’s Park Final
11:20am Men’s Park Final
Monday 2 August – Track
3:30pm Women’s Team Sprint Qualifying
3.54pm Women’s Team Pursuit Qualifying
4:50pm Women’s Team Sprint First Round – Heat 1
3:53pm Women’s Team Sprint First Round – Heat 2
3:56pm Women’s Team Sprint First Round – Heat 3
3:59pm Women’s Team Sprint First Round – Heat 4
5:02pm Men’s Team Pursuit Qualifying
6:00pm Women’s Team Sprint Finals – Places 7-8
6:03pm Women’s Team Sprint Finals – Places 5-6
6:06pm Women’s Team Sprint Finals – Bronze
6:09pm Women’s Team Sprint Finals – Gold
Tuesday 3 August
3.30pm Women’s Team Pursuit First Round – Heat 1
3:37pm Women’s Team Pursuit First Round – Heat 2
3:44pm Women’s Team Pursuit First Round – Heat 3
3:51pm Women’s Team Pursuit First Round – Heat 4
3:58pm Men’s Team Sprint Qualifying
4:22pm Men’s Team Pursuit First Round – Heat 1
4:29pm Men’s Team Pursuit First Round – Heat 2
4:36pm Men’s Team Pursuit First Round – Heat 3
4:43pm Men’s Team Pursuit First Round – Heat 4
4:50pm Men’s Team Sprint First Round – Heat 1
4:53pm Men’s Team Sprint First Round – Heat 2
4:56pm Men’s Team Sprint First Round – Heat 3
4:59pm Men’s Team Sprint First Round – Heat 4
5:05pm Women’s Team Pursuit Finals 7-8
5:12pm Women’s Team Pursuit Finals 5-6
5:19pm Women’s Team Pursuit Finals – Bronze
5:26pm Women’s Team Pursuit Finals – Gold
5:35pm Men’s Team Sprint Finals – Places 7-8
5:38pm Men’s Team Sprint Finals – Places 5-6
5:41pm Men’s Team Sprint Finals – Bronze
5:44pm Men’s Team Sprint Finals – Gold
Wednesday 4 August
3:30pm Men’s Sprint Qualifying
3:10pm Women’s Keirin First Round – Heat 1
4:15pm Women’s Keirin First Round – Heat 2
4:20pm Women’s Keirin First Round – Heat 3
4:25pm Women’s Keirin First Round – Heat 4
4:30pm Women’s Keirin First Round – Heat 5
4:35pm Men’s Sprint 1/32 Finals – Heat 1
4:38pm Men’s Sprint 1/32 Finals – Heat 2
4:41pm Men’s Sprint 1/32 Finals – Heat 3
4:44pm Men’s Sprint 1/32 Finals – Heat 4
4:47pm Men’s Sprint 1/32 Finals – Heat 5
4:50pm Men’s Sprint 1/32 Finals – Heat 6
4:53pm Men’s Sprint 1/32 Finals – Heat 7
4:56pm Men’s Sprint 1/32 Finals – Heat 8
4:59pm Men’s Sprint 1/32 Finals – Heat 9
5:02pm Men’s Sprint 1/32 Finals – Heat 10
5:05pm Men’s Sprint 1/32 Finals – Heat 11
5:08pm Men’s Sprint 1/32 Finals – Heat 12
5:11pm Women’s Keirin Repechages – Heat 1
5:16pm Women’s Keirin Repechages – Heat 2
5:21pm Women’s Keirin Repechages – Heat 3
5:26pm Women’s Keirin Repechages – Heat 4
5:31pm Men’s Sprint 1/32 Finals Repechages – Heat 1
5:34pm Men’s Sprint 1/32 Finals Repechages – Heat 2
5:37pm Men’s Sprint 1/32 Finals Repechages – Heat 3
5:40pm Men’s Sprint 1/32 Finals Repechages – Heat 4
5:45pm Men’s Team Pursuit Finals 7-8
5:52pm Men’s Team Pursuit Finals 5-6
5:59pm Men’s Team Pursuit Finals – Bronze
6:06pm Men’s Team Pursuit Finals – Gold
6:13pm Men’s Sprint 1/16 Finals – Heat 1
6:16pm Men’s Sprint 1/16 Finals – Heat 2
6:19pm Men’s Sprint 1/16 Finals – Heat 3
6:22pm Men’s Sprint 1/16 Finals – Heat 4
6:25pm Men’s Sprint 1/16 Finals – Heat 5
6:28pm Men’s Sprint 1/16 Finals – Heat 6
6:31pm Men’s Sprint 1/16 Finals – Heat 7
6:34pm Men’s Sprint 1/16 Finals – Heat 8
6:47pm Men’s Sprint 1/16 Finals Repechages – Heat 1
6:50pm Men’s Sprint 1/16 Finals Repechages – Heat 2
6:53pm Men’s Sprint 1/16 Finals Repechages – Heat 3
6:56pm Men’s Sprint 1/16 Finals Repechages – Heat 4
Thursday 5 August
3:30pm Men’s Omnium Scratch Race 1/4
3:48pm Men’s Sprint 1/8 Finals – Heat 1
3:51pm Men’s Sprint 1/8 Finals – Heat 2
3:54pm Men’s Sprint 1/8 Finals – Heat 3
3:57pm Men’s Sprint 1/8 Finals – Heat 4
4:00pm Men’s Sprint 1/8 Finals – Heat 5
4:03pm Men’s Sprint 1/8 Finals – Heat 6
4:06pm Women’s Keirin Quarterfinals – Heat 1
4:11pm Women’s Keirin Quarterfinals – Heat 2
4:16pm Women’s Keirin Quarterfinals – Heat 3
4:21pm Men’s Sprint 1/8 Finals Repechages – Heat 1
4:24pm Men’s Sprint 1/8 Finals Repechages – Heat 2
4:27pm Men’s Omnium Tempo Race 2/4
4:45pm Men’s Sprint Quarterfinals – Race 1
4:57pm Women’s Keirin Semifinals – Heat 1
5:02pm Women’s Keirin Semifinals – Heat 2
5:07pm Men’s Omnium Elimination Race 3/4
5:25pm Men’s Sprint Quarterfinals – Race 2
5:37pm Women’s Keirin Final 7-12
5:45pm Women’s Keirin Final 1-6
5:50pm Men’s Sprint Quarterfinals – Decider
5:55pm Men’s Omnium Points Race 4/4
6:27pm Men’s Sprint Race for 5th-8th Places
Friday 6 August
3:30pm Women’s Sprint Qualifying
4:10pm Men’s Sprint Semifinals – Race 1
4:16pm Women’s Sprint 1/32 Finals – Heat 1
4:19pm Women’s Sprint 1/32 Finals – Heat 2
4:22pm Women’s Sprint 1/32 Finals – Heat 3
4:25pm Women’s Sprint 1/32 Finals – Heat 4
4:28pm Women’s Sprint 1/32 Finals – Heat 5
4:31pm Women’s Sprint 1/32 Finals – Heat 6
4:34pm Women’s Sprint 1/32 Finals – Heat 7
4:37pm Women’s Sprint 1/32 Finals – Heat 8
4:40pm Women’s Sprint 1/32 Finals – Heat 9
4:43pm Women’s Sprint 1/32 Finals – Heat 10
4:46pm Women’s Sprint 1/32 Finals – Heat 11
4:49pm Women’s Sprint 1/32 Finals – Heat 12
4:52pm Men’s Sprint Semifinals – Race 2
4:58pm Women’s Sprint 1/32 Finals Repechages – Heat 1
5:01pm Women’s Sprint 1/32 Finals Repechages – Heat 2
5:04pm Women’s Sprint 1/32 Finals Repechages – Heat 3
5:07pm Women’s Sprint 1/32 Finals Repechages – Heat 4
5:10pm Men’s Sprint Semifinals – Decider
5:15pm Women’s Madison Final
6:00pm Men’s Sprint Finals – Race 1
6:06pm Women’s Sprint 1/16 Finals – Heat 1
6:09pm Women’s Sprint 1/16 Finals – Heat 2
6:12pm Women’s Sprint 1/16 Finals – Heat 3
6:15pm Women’s Sprint 1/16 Finals – Heat 4
6:18pm Women’s Sprint 1/16 Finals – Heat 5
6:21pm Women’s Sprint 1/16 Finals – Heat 6
6:24pm Women’s Sprint 1/16 Finals – Heat 7
6:27pm Women’s Sprint 1/16 Finals – Heat 8
6:35pm Men’s Sprint Finals – Race 2
6:50pm Men’s Sprint Finals – Decider
6:53pm Women’s Sprint 1/16 Finals Repechages – Heat 1
6:56pm Women’s Sprint 1/16 Finals Repechages – Heat 2
6:59pm Women’s Sprint 1/16 Finals Repechages – Heat 3
7:02pm Women’s Sprint 1/16 Finals Repechages – Heat 4
Saturday 7 August
3:30pm Women’s Sprint 1/8 Finals – Heat 1
3:33pm Women’s Sprint 1/8 Finals – Heat 2
3:36pm Women’s Sprint 1/8 Finals – Heat 3
3:39pm Women’s Sprint 1/8 Finals – Heat 4
3:42pm Women’s Sprint 1/8 Finals – Heat 5
3:45pm Women’s Sprint 1/8 Finals – Heat 6
3:48pm Men’s Keirin First Round – Heat 1
3:53pm Men’s Keirin First Round – Heat 2
3:58pm Men’s Keirin First Round – Heat 3
4:03pm Men’s Keirin First Round – Heat 4
4:08pm Men’s Keirin First Round – Heat 5
4:13pm Women’s Sprint 1/8 Final Repechages – Heat 1
4:16pm Women’s Sprint 1/8 Final Repechages – Heat 2
4:19pm Men’s Keirin Repechages – Heat 1
4:24pm Men’s Keirin Repechages – Heat 2
4:29pm Men’s Keirin Repechages – Heat 3
4:34pm Men’s Keirin Repechages – Heat 4
4:39pm Women’s Sprint Quarterfinals – Race 1
4:55pm Men’s Madison Final
5:55pm Women’s Sprint Quarterfinals – Race 2
6:15pm Women’s Sprint Quarterfinals – Decider
Sunday 8 August
10:00am Women’s Omnium Scratch Race 1/4
10:18am Women’s Sprint Semifinals – Race 1
10:24am Men’s Keirin Quarterfinals – Heat 1
10:29am Men’s Keirin Quarterfinals – Heat 2
10:34am Men’s Keirin Quarterfinals – Heat 3
10:39am Women’s Sprint Semifinals – Race 2
10:45am Women’s Omnium Tempo Race 2/4
11:03am Women’s Sprint Semifinals – Decider
11:06am Women’s Sprint Race for 5th-8th Places
11:09am Men’s Keirin Semifinals – Heat 1
11:14am Men’s Keirin Semifinals – Heat 2
11:20am Women’s Sprint Finals – Race 1
11:26am Women’s Omnium Elimination Race 3/4
11:45am Women’s Sprint Finals – Race 2
11:51am Men’s Keirin Final 7-12
12:00pm Men’s Keirin Final 1-6
12:05pm Women’s Sprint Finals – Decider
12:25pm Women’s Omnium Points Race 4/4
Perfect, thanks
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The mens mtb is the race i am looking forward to. It will be interesting watching the cross versus mtb specialists.
On average you would expect the specialists to have better skills if its a hard coarse but the cross guys having a full road season behind them must have superb condition i expect them to be best at the end of the race.
It’ll be interesting to see the course and what it is like. Feel for the MTB guys, they have their calendar and then some road riders breeze in and put their medals at risk, but that’s sport and the Rio race felt all the more fun for Sagan in it, plus plenty of MTB riders enjoy a career on the road too.
To me it felt more like MvdP was a dirt (cross and MTB) rider that breezed onto the road scene and swept up some of their major prizes. Same could be said for Sagan, he started with MTB as well though he never rode at the WC level. But it’s cool to see some excel in multiple disciplines. I find it a shame Downhill MTB is not olympic. It’s spectacular, well suited for TV and a very different discipline than XC.
Agree, I don’t class them as ‘roadies’ – they’re multi discipline riders, and both started off road.
Pidcock even stated he was ‘born to mountain bike’ – and his skill set is best suited to it, more than CX. The longer climbs of MTB is right up his street, and technically, he’s more than good enough – you don’t win at Nove Mesto if you’re technically deficient.
Tokyo is quite technical with short punchy climbs, that brings others into the mix, rather than the pure climbers. If on form, MvdP is capable of winning with one blistering attack; however, Flueckinger has been the best rider this season, and is the worthy favourite.
Can you write Nino off? Time seems to have caught up with him, but you never know.
As for the women’s race, well, it’s a ‘one horse race’; Lecomte just looks in a different league, winning races by more than a minute. it would be a huge surprise if she didn’t win – but a ‘one off’ race can produce shocks. PF-P hasn’t won all those championships for no reason – she knows when to peak. And defending champion Jenny Risveds, and Evie Richards are in form, and should be suited to this track.
“Feel for the MTB guys, they have their calendar and then some road riders breeze in and put their medals at risk,” reminded me of the early days of MTB when Americans dominated. They were MOUNTAIN bike racers who won everything until the European Mountain BIKE racers showed up and killed ’em. I don’t pay much attention to it since the daze of Overend and Tomac but I assume it’s pretty much the same now? I’ll tune this in just ‘cuz it’s the Olympic Games cycling more than anything else….I find MTB racing to be dull, dull, dull. While I KNOW how hard it is having done it a time or two (including accidently getting entered into the French National Championship race back-in-the-day!) on TV it’s dull, dull, dull most of the time.
I agree, Larry. Mountain bike is dull to watch. There’s hardly any aerodynamic advantage, hence none of the advanced game theory tactics you have in road cycling. The strongest contestant wins, it’s as simple as that. It’s much more fun to do though. I prefer to ride mountain bikes and watch road bike racing. Just the thought of being in a peleton going fast shoulder to shoulder with 100+ others makes me shiver. While clearing a tricky uphill switchback or charging down a rock garden is delightful. I like recreational road riding alone or in small groups, but if I have the choice I always take the full suss and hit the dirt.
Neither of you must watch much MTB if you think it’s boring. Who needs ‘advanced tactics’ when you’re watching racers close to the redline for 90 mins, having to negotiate technical courses, and not crash on the descents because they’re at their limit.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DUIqbTG4hKE
Looks like it was built for Pidcock. In many places it more like a downhill course, very steep, narrow and rocky plus some really tough uphill sections. Not many places to overtake.
The Womens Team Pursuit Final (Gold) is missing – Tues 3rd at 10:26, I suppose.
Got it, thanks
Thanks for the effort!