When to watch cycling during the 2024 Paris Paralympic Games
Two sets of cycling competitions will take place at the 2024 Paris Paralympics. Track cycling events will be held from Thursday, August 29 to Sunday, September 1. Road cycling athletes will have their chance to ride for medals from September 4th to the 7th.
Standard bicycles, handcycles, tricycles and tandem bicycles are used throughout the various competitions, each adapted to an athlete’s needs. Athletes compete across 13 classifications, depending on their impairment.
A complete list of the competition classes as defined by the Paralympic system of classification can be found below.
| Solo (C1-C5) | Athletes with prosthesis or limited movement of upper or lower limbs. |
| Handcycling (H1-H5) | Athletes with spinal cord injuries or competing with prosthesis in one or both lower limbs. |
| Tricycle (T1, T2) | Athletes with locomotor dysfunction and balance issues (such as cerebral palsy or hemiplegia). |
| Tandem (VI) | Athletes who are blind or vision impaired who compete with a sighted pilot. |
| Road Cycling | Track Cycling |
| C1-2-3 road race (women's-men's) C4-5 road race (women's-men's) H1-2 road race (men's) H1-2-3-4 road race (women's) H3 road race (men's) H4 road race (men's) H5 road race (women's-men's) T1-2 road race (women's-men's) B road race (women's-men's) C1-2-3 time trial (women's) C1 time trial (men's) C2 time trial (men's) C3 time trial (men's) C4 time trial (women's-men's) C5 time trial (women's-men's) H1 time trial (men's) H2 time trial (men's) H3 time trial (men's) H4 time trial (mens) H5 time trial (men's) H1-2-3 time trial (women's) H4-5 time trial (women's) T1-2 time trial (women's-men's) B time trial (women's-men's) H1-5 team relay (mixed) |
C1-2-3, km (men's) C4-5, km (men's) C1-2-3 500m (women's) C4-5 500m (women's) C1-2-3 pursuit (women's) C1 pursuit (men's) C2 pursuit (men's) C3 pursuit (men's) C4 pursuit (women's-men's) C5 pursuit (women's-men's) B, km (women's-men's) B pursuit (women's-men's) H1-5 team relay (mixed) |
Venue
Track cycling events will be held in the French Cycling Federation’s Vélodrome National in Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines.
Road cycling events will weave their way through Paris’ suburban commune of Clichy-sous-Bois in the Seine-Saint-Denis department.
Competition Schedule
| Date | Event | Time (ET) |
| August 29 | Track Cycling | 5a-10:25a |
| August 30 | Track Cycling | 5a-11:35a |
| August 31 | Track Cycling | 5a-11:30a |
| September 1 | Track Cycling | 5a-8:15a |
| September 4 | Road Cycling | 2a-11:20a |
| September 5 | Road Cycling | 3:30a-12:05p |
| September 6 | Road Cycling | 3:30a-10:45a |
| September 7 | Road Cycling | 3:30a-11a |