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Athlete numbers:
For Road Cycling, 212 athletes, including 67 women and 145 men, will be competing.
- PRINCIPLES
- SYSTEM
- TIMELINE
- MEN
- WOMEN
ROAD:
ATHLETE NUMBERS
The overall athlete number across the four cycling disciplines is a target total of 500 athletes (men and women).
MAXIMUM PER NOC
Mass start events: If qualified through the UCI Nation rankings, an NOC can enter up to 5 men and 3 women. Otherwise, an NOC can enter a maximum of 2 riders per gender Time trial events: An NOC may enter 2 men and 2 women maximum
ALLOCATION OF QUALIFICATION
Qualification is attributed to the NOC
Road:
Each athlete who meets the selection criteria in an individual event qualifies his/her NOC for a place in this event.
Within the target athlete number of 500 athletes, all of the athletes who have qualified, and whose participation in one of the cycling disciplines has been confirmed, will have the right to enter other cycling events provided that the limits for participation per NOC and per event are not exceeded.
QUALIFICATION TIMELINE
Road
| 1 July 2007 | "B" World Championships, Cape Town, South Africa (RSA). |
| 15 October 2007 | Establishment of the rankings for the UCI ProTour, UCI Africa Tour, UCI America Tour, UCI Asia Tour, UCI Europe Tour and the UCI Oceania Tour. |
30 October 2007 |
Deadline by which the UCI must confirm to the NOCs the number of men's places qualifications obtained. |
| 15 November 2007 | Deadline by which the NOCs must confirm the use of the men's places obtained. |
| 15 November 2007 | Deadline for the submission of requests for Tripartite Commission Invitation places by all NOCs. |
| 1 June 2008 | Establishment of the women's Elite rankings. |
| 6 June 2008 | Deadline by which the UCI must confirm to the NOCs the number of women's places qualifications obtained. |
| 20 June 2008 | Deadline by which the NOCs must confirm to the UCI the use of the women's places obtained. |
| April-July 2008 | The Tripartite Commission to confirm, in writing, the allocation of the men's Invitation places to the NOCs. |
| 7 July 2008 | The Tripartite Commission to confirm, in writing, the allocation of the women's Invitation places to the NOCs. |
| 23 July 2008 | Deadline for the Beijing 2008 Organising Committee to receive entry forms from the NOCs. |
MEN:
Road
The first figure is the seats for road race and the second figure is the seats for individual time trial.
| NOC | Road Race | Time Trial |
| Algeria | 1 | 0 |
| Argentina | 3 | 1 |
| Australia | 5 | 1 |
| Austria | 2 | 0 |
| Belgium | 5 | 2 |
| White Russia | 3 | 1 |
| Brazil | 2 | 1 |
| Bulgaria | 2 | 0 |
| Canada | 3 | 1 |
| Chile | 2 | 0 |
| China | 1 | 0 |
| Columbia | 3 | 1 |
| Costa Rica | 1 | 0 |
| Croatia | 3 | 1 |
| Cuba | 1 | 0 |
| Czech | 2 | 0 |
| Denmark | 3 | 1 |
| Salvador | 1 | 0 |
| Spain | 5 | 2 |
| Estonia | 2 | 0 |
| Finland | 0 | 1 |
| France | 5 | 1 |
| United Kingdom | 4 | 1 |
| Germany | 5 | 2 |
| Chinese Hong Kong | 1 | 0 |
| Hungary | 2 | 1 |
| Iran | 3 | 1 |
| Ireland | 2 | 0 |
| Italy | 5 | 2 |
| Japan | 2 | 1 |
| Kazakhstan | 2 | 1 |
| Korea | 1 | 0 |
| Latvia | 2 | 1 |
| Libya | 1 | 0 |
| Lithuania | 2 | 0 |
| Luxembourg | 3 | 1 |
| Moldova | 1 | 0 |
| Mexico | 1 | 0 |
| Namibia | 1 | 0 |
| Holland | 5 | 2 |
| Norway | 4 | 0 |
| New Zealand | 3 | 1 |
| Poland | 3 | 1 |
| Portugal | 3 | 1 |
| South Africa | 3 | 1 |
| Russia | 5 | 2 |
| Serbia | 2 | 0 |
| Slovenia | 4 | 1 |
| Switzerland | 2 | 1 |
| Slovakia | 3 | 1 |
| Sweden | 3 | 1 |
| Tunisia | 1 | 0 |
| Ukraine | 4 | 1 |
| United States | 5 | 2 |
| Uzbekistan | 1 | 0 |
| Venezuela | 1 | 0 |
| Places by event | 145 | 40 |
| Maximum Quota | 145 | |
WOMEN:
Road
The first figure is the seats for road race and the second figure is the seats for individual time trial.
| NOC | Road Race | Time Trial |
| Australia | 3 | 1 |
| Austria | 3 | 2 |
| Belgium | 1 | 0 |
| Brazil | 1 | 0 |
| Canada | 3 | 1 |
| China | 3 | 2 |
| Cuba | 1 | 0 |
| Denmark | 1 | 0 |
| Spain | 3 | 1 |
| Estonia | 1 | 0 |
| France | 3 | 2 |
| Great Britain | 3 | 2 |
| Germany | 3 | 2 |
| Italy | 3 | 1 |
| Japan | 1 | 0 |
| Kazakhstan | 1 | 1 |
| Republic of Korea | 2 | 0 |
| Lithuania | 3 | 1 |
| Mexico | 1 | 0 |
| Netherlands | 3 | 2 |
| Norway | 1 | 0 |
| New Zealand | 1 | 0 |
| Poland | 1 | 0 |
| South Africa | 1 | 0 |
| Russia | 3 | 1 |
| Slovenia | 1 | 0 |
| Switzerland | 3 | 2 |
| Sweden | 3 | 2 |
| Thailand | 1 | 0 |
| Ukraine | 3 | 0 |
| United States | 3 | 2 |
| Venezuela | 2 | 0 |
| Places by event | 67 | 25 |
| Maximum Quota | 67 | |
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