Riders pass Tiananmen Square during the Olympic Men’s Road Race test event in August 2007.

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Profile of the Olympic Road Bike Race Course

From David Fiedler,
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Preview of the Road Race at the Beijing Olympics

Remember the brutal conditions for the bicycle road race at the Athens Olympics in 2004? Searing heat had competitors dropping like flies as the riders wound their way through Athens for over five and a half hours. But current opinion from teams who have scoped the course that riders will face Beijing this summerat the 2008 Summer Olympic Games is that the Beijing route will make Athens seem like a cakewalk, as it is widely considered one of the most challenging in Olympic history.

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