88 Cycling Trivia Questions with Answers
88 public questions with answers, drawn from the well. How many can you answer?
Which cyclist won the first Milan–San Remo in 1907?
Answer
Lucien Petit-Breton
Which climb is the highest paved pass ever used by the Tour de France?
Answer
Col de l’Iseran
Which bicycle component did Tullio Campagnolo patent in 1930?
Answer
The quick-release skewer
Who won the first Olympic women’s track cycling sprint title in 1988?
Answer
Erika Salumäe
Which cyclist has won the most Olympic medals in history?
Answer
Jason Kenny
Which cycling classic is nicknamed La Doyenne?
Answer
Liège–Bastogne–Liège
Who won the first Paris–Brest–Paris bicycle race in 1891?
Answer
Charles Terront
What was the nickname of the high-wheel bicycle popular in the 1870s?
Answer
Penny-farthing
Who invented the draisine, the early two-wheeled bicycle, in 1817?
Answer
Karl Drais
Who won the first Tour de France stage finish atop Alpe d’Huez in 1976?
Answer
Joop Zoetemelk
Which cyclist set a 54.526-kilometre UCI Hour Record in 2015?
Answer
Bradley Wiggins
Which rider set the first officially recognised cycling hour record in 1893?
Answer
Henri Desgrange
Who was the first cyclist to wear the Giro d’Italia’s pink leader’s jersey?
Answer
Learco Guerra
Which cyclist completed cycling’s Triple Crown in 1987?
Answer
Stephen Roche
Which road bicycle race is known as La Primavera?
Answer
Milan–San Remo
Which organisation was founded in 1900 to govern international cycling?
Answer
Union Cycliste Internationale
What is the Madison event in track cycling named after?
Answer
Madison Square Garden
Which cyclist won the first Paris–Roubaix held after World War II, in 1946?
Answer
Georges Claes
Which cyclist was the first woman to win the Giro d’Italia Femminile?
Answer
Maria Canins
Which cyclist won the first edition of the women's Paris–Roubaix in 2021?
Answer
Lizzie Deignan
Who became the first women's UCI Cyclo-cross World Champion in 2000?
Answer
Hanka Kupfernagel
Which cyclist won the 1983 Tour de France, his first victory in the race?
Answer
Laurent Fignon
Who patented the first commercially successful pneumatic bicycle tyre in 1888?
Answer
John Boyd Dunlop
Which mountain range did the Tour de France first cross in 1910?
Answer
The Pyrenees
In road cycling, what is the main group of riders called?
Answer
Peloton
At which velodrome did the 1992 Barcelona Olympic cycling track events take place?
Answer
Velòdrom d'Horta
Which cyclist was nicknamed “The Cannibal” during his career?
Answer
Eddy Merckx
What is the standard length of an Olympic velodrome lap?
Answer
250 metres
Which cyclist won the 1967 UCI Road World Championship road race?
Answer
Eddy Merckx
Which cyclist won the men's road race at the 1896 Athens Olympics?
Answer
Aristidis Konstantinidis
Who wore the first yellow jersey in Tour de France history when the jersey was introduced in 1919?
Answer
Eugène Christophe