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The cycling competitions of the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro were held at four venues scheduled to host Eighteen events between 6 August and 21 August .. cycling. cycling. 2016 Summer Olympics. 2016 Summer Olympics. Rio de Janeiro. Rio de Janeiro. The venues were Fort Copacabana in the Copacabana venues were in Clusters for the start and finish of the road cycling road race , Pontal in the Barra Cluster for the road cycling time trial competitions , the Rio Olympic Velodrome , also in the Barra Cluster for track cycling , the Olympic BMX Center for BMX and the Mountain Bike Centre for mountain biking , both in the Deodoro Cluster .. Olympic BMX Center. Olympic BMX Center. Mountain Bike Centre. Mountain Bike Centre. Fort Copacabana. Fort Copacabana. Pontal. Pontal ( Rio de Janeiro ). Rio Olympic Velodrome. Rio Olympic Velodrome. cycling. cycling. Cycling competitions had been contested in every Summer Olympics programme since the first modern Olympiad in 1896 alongside athletics , artistic gymnastics , fencing and swimming .. Cycling. Cycling at the Summer Olympics. first modern Olympiad. 1896 Summer Olympics. athletics. Athletics at the Summer Olympics. artistic gymnastics. Gymnastics at the Summer Olympics. fencing. Fencing at the Summer Olympics. swimming. Swimming at the Summer Olympics. Since the 1896 contests which featured five track events and a 87 km road race from Athens to Marathon and back , Olympic cycling had gradually evolved to include women 's competitions , mountain bike and BMX to arrive at the current eighteen events. cycling. cycling. in February 2013 , the International Cycling Union -LRB- UCI -RRB- announced its intention to petition the IOC to extend the cycling programme by three events for both men and women  : the return of the points races -LRB- track event -RRB- , a BMX freestyle event and a mountain bike eliminator but in August 2013 the IOC stated that the cycling programme will be the same as in 2012 .. Cycling at the 2012 Summer Olympics. cycling. cycling. Cycling. Cycling at the Summer Olympics. International Cycling Union. Union Cycliste Internationale. No changes were made to the 2016 Olympic cycling programme compared to the cycling at the 2012 Olympics .. Cycling at the 2012 Summer Olympics. cycling. cycling. cycling at the 2012 Olympics. Cycling at the 2012 Summer Olympics