When to watch cycling during the 2024 Paris Paralympic Games
Two sets of cycling competitions will take place at the 2024 Paris Paralympics. Para track cycling events will be held from Thursday, Aug. 29 to Sunday, Sept. 1. Para road cycling athletes will have their chance to ride for medals from Wednesday, Sept. 4 to Saturday, Sept. 7.
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.
Classifications and Events
| 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, B) | Athletes who are blind or vision impaired who compete with a sighted pilot |
| Para Road Cycling | Para Track Cycling |
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Men’s C1-2-3 road race Men’s C4-5 road race Men’s H1-2 road race Men’s H3 road race Men’s H4 road race Men’s H5 road race Men’s T1-2 road race Men’s VI road race Women’s C1-2-3 road race Women’s C4-5 road race Women’s H1-2-3-4 road race Women’s H5 road race Women’s T1-2 road race Women’s VI road race Men’s C1 time trial Men’s C2 time trial Men’s C3 time trial Men’s C4 time trial Men’s C5 time trial Men’s H1 time trial Men’s H2 time trial Men’s H3 time trial Men’s H4 time trial Men’s H5 time trial Men’s T1-2 time trial Men’s VI time trial Women’s C1-2-3 time trial Women’s C4 time trial Women’s C5 time trial Women’s H1-2-3 time trial Women’s H4-5 time Women’s T1-2 time trial Women’s VI time trial Mixed H1-5 team relay |
Men’s C1-2-3 1000m time trial Men’s C4-5 1000m time trial Men’s B 1000m time trial Women’s C1-2-3 500m time trial Women’s C4-5 500m time trial Women’s B 1000m time trial Men’s C1 pursuit Men’s C2 pursuit Men’s C3 pursuit Men’s C4 pursuit Men’s C5 pursuit Men’s B pursuit Women’s C1-2-3 pursuit Women’s C4 pursuit Women’s C5 pursuit Women’s B pursuit Open C1-5 750m team sprint |
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's suburban commune of Clichy-sous-Bois in the Seine-Saint-Denis department.
Competition Schedule
| Date | Event | Time (ET) |
| Thur, Aug. 29 | Track Cycling | 6a-12p |
| Fri, Aug. 30 | Track Cycling | 5:30-11:35a |
| Sat, Aug. 31 | Track Cycling | 4-9:50a |
| Sun, Sept. 1 | Track Cycling | 5-10:10a |
| Wed, Sept. 4 | Road Cycling | 2a-12p |
| Thur, Sept. 5 | Road Cycling | 3:30a-12:40p |
| Fri, Sept. 6 | Road Cycling | 3:30-10:50a |
| Sat, Sept. 7 | Road Cycling | 3:30-11a |
Para cyclists to watch on Team USA
Even celebrities are excited to watch Oksana Masters cycle during her seventh Paralympics in Paris. At age 35, she is a fixture of the summer and winter Paralympics, having competed and won 17 medals across multiple sports. In 2023, she released her book, "The Hard Parts: A Memoir of Courage and Triumph," detailing her childhood in Ukraine to becoming an American Paralympian. Today, she remains an advocate for her birth country and brings awareness to the Russia-Ukraine war.
Fellow cyclist Samantha Bosco will return to the Paralympics eight years after winning two bronze medals at the 2016 Rio Games. The California native missed the Tokyo Paralympics due to a training accident that caused serious injuries to her brain and skull. After a long recovery, Bosco returned to competition in 2022 and 2023, winning back-to-back world titles in both the C4 road race and C4 road time trial.
Also hailing from the West Coast is first-time Paralympian and veteran Dennis Connors. During nine years in the Marine Corps, he worked in intelligence, was deployed to Iraq three times, and ultimately suffered a traumatic brain injury. He was introduced to cycling by a veterans non-profit and began riding the trike after surviving a stroke in 2020. In Paris, the five-time World Cup champion will be Team USA's only male tricycle rider.