Para cycling
Para-cycling is road and track racing for riders with a permanent eligible impairment. Riders race in four divisions set by the machine they use: handcycle, tricycle, bicycle and tandem for vision-impaired riders.
Checked 20 October 2026
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How long
Road and track races by sport class
Lengths are from the rule book.
The big events, and why they matter
- 1Paralympic Games (para cycling)The top title in para cycling.Every 4 years · Holder: Paris 2024, 51 events: France and the…
- 2UCI Para-cycling Road World ChampionshipsThe sport's own world title.Yearly
- 3UCI Para-cycling Track World ChampionshipsThe sport's own world title.Yearly
- 4Commonwealth Games (para track cycling)Para events inside the Commonwealth Games programme.Every 4 years · Holder: Glasgow 2026
India
India has no medal at the Paralympic Games or either World Championships [the three pages].
- Para cycling at the Paralympic Games: No medal; India is not named in the saved articles
- UCI Para-cycling Road World Championships: No medal in the rows (2015 to 2025) and none in the overview's medal table
- UCI Para-cycling Track World Championships: No medal in the rows, and not among the 31 nations of the all-time medal table (since 2006)
Countries to know
India and the nations that have done best, biggest titles first.
- Great BritainPara cycling at the Paralympic Games: 59 golds, 38 silvers, 21 bronzes (latest 2024); UCI Para-cycling Track World Championships: 109 golds, 71 silvers, 29 bronzes (latest 2025)
- AustraliaPara cycling at the Paralympic Games: 45 golds, 39 silvers, 37 bronzes (latest 2024); UCI Para-cycling Track World Championships: 57 golds, 37 silvers, 34 bronzes (latest 2025)
- NetherlandsPara cycling at the Paralympic Games: 29 golds, 19 silvers, 19 bronzes (latest 2024); UCI Para-cycling Road World Championships: 71 golds, 28 silvers, 24 bronzes (latest 2025)
- FrancePara cycling at the Paralympic Games: 28 golds, 23 silvers, 28 bronzes (latest 2024); UCI Para-cycling Road World Championships: 40 golds, 41 silvers, 34 bronzes (latest 2025)
- United StatesPara cycling at the Paralympic Games: 30 golds, 40 silvers, 35 bronzes (latest 2024); UCI Para-cycling Road World Championships: 37 golds, 42 silvers, 29 bronzes (latest 2025)
Who runs it
| Rules made by | Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI), Cycling Regulations, Part 16, amendments to 1 January 2026 |
| International federation | Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI) |
| In India | Cycling Federation of India (CFI), which supports the para cycling squad |
Where and when it is played
On the track and on road circuits of 7 to 15 km closed to traffic. The big events: the Paralympic Games every four years and the UCI Para-cycling Road and Track World Championships every year.