05/06/2022
1868 - On May 31, the world's first 2000-meter bicycle race started in one of the parks in the Saint-Cloud suburb of Paris.
1870 - Competitions were held in France, the distance ran between Rouen and Paris (120 km). Participants' bicycles were then wooden. The winner managed to reach an average speed of approximately 11 km/h.
1884-86 - Thomas Stevens made the first trip around the world by bicycle (Liverpool - Yokohama).
1893 - the first world championship was held on the track (Chicago).
1896 - Cycling is included in the program of the Olympic Games.
1911−13 - the first Russian round-the-world trip on a bicycle by Onisim Petrovich Pankratov.
1921 - the first world championship was held on the highway (Copenhagen).