Cycling at the 2019 Pan American Games – Qualification

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The following is the qualification system and qualified countries for the cycling at the 2019 Pan American Games competition in Lima, Peru.

Qualification system[edit]

A total of 250 (143 men and 107 women) cyclists will qualify to compete. 160 will qualify in road/track, 34 in mountain biking and 56 in BMX. Various events and rankings were used to determine the qualifiers. A nation could enter a maximum of 26 athletes, four in mountain biking (two per gender), six in BMX (three per gender) and a combined 16 for road and track (ten men and six women). Peru as host nation, was automatically awarded the maximum quota of 26 spots.[1]

Event Men Women Total
BMX racing 24 16 40
BMX freestyle 8 8 16
Mountain Biking 20 14 34
Road+Track 91 69 160
Total athletes 143 107 250

Qualification timeline[edit]

Event Date Venue
BMX
UCI Individual Ranking December 31, 2018
Mountain Bike
2018 Pan American Continental Championship April 4–8, 2018 Colombia Pereira, Colombia
2018 South American Games March 28 – June 8, 2018 Bolivia Cochabamba, Bolivia
2018 Central American and Caribbean Games July 21–29, 2018 Colombia Barranquilla, Colombia
Road/Track
2018 Pan American Road Cycling Championship May 3–6, 2018 Argentina San Juan, Argentina
2018 South American Games March 28 – June 8, 2018 Bolivia Cochabamba, Bolivia
2018 Central American and Caribbean Games July 21–29, 2018 Colombia Barranquilla, Colombia
2018 Pan American Track Cycling Championships August 29 – September 2, 2018 Mexico Aguascalientes, Mexico
2018 Caribbean Road Cycling Championships October 13–14, 2018 Dominican Republic Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic

Qualification summary[edit]

A total of 26 countries qualified cyclists after reallocation. The qualification charts below do not represent qualified countries after reallocation. Two additional quotas were assigned for unknown reasons.[2]

Nation BMX Freestyle Mountain Road/Track Total
Men Women Men Women Men Women Men Women Men Women Total
 Argentina 2 1 1 1 2 2 5 5 10 9 19
 Aruba 1 1 1 1 2 2 4
 Barbados 1 1 1
 Bermuda 1 1 1
 Bolivia 1 1 1
 Brazil 2 2 1 1 2 1 5 2 10 6 16
 Canada 1 2 1 2 6 4 8 12
 Chile 2 1 1 2 1 7 5 11 8 19
 Colombia 2 2 1 2 2 10 6 14 11 25
 Costa Rica 1 1 2 2 1 5 2 7
 Cuba 1 6 6 6 7 13
 Dominican Republic 3 1 3 1 4
 Ecuador 2 2 1 1 1 2 2 6 6 11 17
 Guatemala 1 1 1 3 1 5 2 7
 Honduras 1 1 1
 Jamaica 1 1 1
 Mexico 2 1 2 2 10 6 14 9 23
 Panama 1 1 1
 Peru 2 1 1 2 1 10 6 15 8 23
 Puerto Rico 2 2 2
 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 1 1 1
 Suriname 1 1 1
 Trinidad and Tobago 10 5 10 5 15
 United States 2 2 1 1 6 6 9 9 18
 Uruguay 1 1 1 1 2
 Venezuela 2 1 1 1 7 4 11 6 17
Total: 26 NOCs 24 16 8 8 20 14 91 69 143 107 252

BMX[edit]

Racing[edit]

A maximum of 24 male and 16 female athletes will be allowed to compete in BMX racing. The host nation (Peru) automatically receives the maximum of two quota spots per event, and all other nations may qualify a maximum of two athletes per event. All qualification will be done using the UCI rankings as of December 31, 2018.[1]

Men[edit]

Event Quotas Qualified
Host nation 2  Peru
 Peru
UCI World Rankings 22  United States
 Colombia
 Brazil
 United States
 Venezuela
 Argentina
 Chile
 Argentina
 Colombia
 Ecuador
 Brazil
 Canada
 Canada
 Bolivia
 Ecuador
 Venezuela
 Mexico
 Mexico
 Aruba
 Costa Rica
 Guatemala
 Bolivia
Total 24

Women[edit]

Event Quotas Qualified
Host nation 2  Peru
 Peru
UCI World Rankings 14  United States
 Brazil
 Canada
 Ecuador
 United States
 Colombia
 Canada
 Brazil
 Guatemala
 Colombia
 Ecuador
 Aruba
 Argentina
 Chile
Total 16

Freestyle[edit]

A maximum of eight male and eight female athletes will be allowed to compete in BMX freestyle. The host nation (Peru) automatically receives the maximum one quota spot per event, and all other nations may qualify a maximum of one athlete per event. All qualification will be done using the UCI rankings as of December 31, 2018.[1]

Men[edit]

Event Quotas Qualified
Host nation 1  Peru
UCI World Rankings 7  United States
 Venezuela
 Costa Rica
 Argentina
 Canada
 Brazil
 Ecuador
Total 8

Women[edit]

Event Quotas Qualified
Host nation 1  Peru
UCI World Rankings 6  United States
 Chile
 Argentina
 Venezuela
 Canada
 Brazil
Reallocation 1  Ecuador
Total 8

Mountain biking[edit]

A maximum of 20 male and 14 female athletes will be allowed to compete in mountain biking. The host nation (Peru) automatically receives the maximum two quota spot per event, and all other nations may qualify a maximum of two athletes per event. Qualification was done across three tournaments.[1] The defending champion in both events, Canada, decided not to compete in this discipline after the Pan American Championships date was changed at the last minute.[3]

Men[edit]

Event Quotas Qualified
Host nation 2  Peru
 Peru
Pan American Championships 16  Brazil
 Costa Rica
 Argentina
 Brazil
 Colombia
 Argentina
 Costa Rica
 Colombia
 Chile
 Guatemala
 Puerto Rico
 United States
 Venezuela
 Mexico
 Mexico
 Chile
South American Games 1  Ecuador
Central American and Caribbean Games 1  Puerto Rico
Total 20

Women[edit]

Event Quotas Qualified
Host nation 2  Peru
 Peru
Pan American Championships 10  Brazil
 United States
 Mexico
 Argentina
 Colombia
 Argentina
 Costa Rica
 Costa Rica
 Ecuador
 Ecuador
South American Games 1  Colombia
Central American and Caribbean Games 1  Mexico
Total 14

Road/Track[edit]

A maximum of 91 male and 69 female athletes will be allowed to compete in the road and track cycling events. The host nation (Peru) automatically receives the maximum 16 quotas (ten men and six women), and all other nations may qualify a maximum of 16 cyclists as well. Qualification was done across four tournaments.[1] Like in mountain biking, the defending champion in some of the road events from 2015, Canada, decided not to enter any athletes in the discipline.[3]

Men[edit]

Host

The host nation Peru, is permitted to enter 10 male cyclists.

Pan American Road Championships

At the Pan American Championships, the top five men in the individual time trial and top 12 in the road race qualified, for a total of 17.

Event Quotas Qualified
Time Trial 5  Colombia
 Argentina
 Guatemala
 Colombia
 Argentina
Road race 12  Colombia
 Argentina
 Chile
 Guatemala
 Uruguay
 Costa Rica
 Cuba
 Brazil
 Brazil
 Venezuela
 Cuba
 Argentina
Total 17
South American Games

The winner of each event, along with the top two in the road race qualified.

Event Quotas Qualified
Sprint 1  Colombia
Keirin 1  Venezuela
Omnium 1  Colombia
Madison 2  Chile
 Chile
Team pursuit 4  Chile
 Chile
 Chile
 Chile
Team sprint 3  Colombia
 Colombia
 Colombia
Time trial road 1  Colombia
Road race 2  Ecuador
 Colombia
Total 15
Central American and Caribbean Games

The winner of each event qualified.

Event Quotas Qualified
Sprint 1  Mexico
Keirin 1  Guatemala
Omnium 1  Trinidad and Tobago
Madison 2  Mexico
 Mexico
Team pursuit 4  Mexico
 Mexico
 Mexico
 Mexico
Team sprint 3  Trinidad and Tobago
 Trinidad and Tobago
 Trinidad and Tobago
Time trial road 1  Cuba
Road race 1  Panama
Total 14
Pan American Track Championships

The top two in team pursuit, omnium and madison qualified, along with the top 3 in the other three events.

Event Quotas Qualified
Sprint 3  Trinidad and Tobago
 United States
 Ecuador
Keirin 3  Canada
 Suriname
 Mexico
Omnium 2  Venezuela
 Ecuador
Madison 4  United States
 United States
 Chile
 Chile
Team pursuit 8  United States
 United States
 United States
 United States
 Canada
 Canada
 Canada
 Canada
Team sprint 9  Brazil
 Brazil
 Brazil
 Venezuela
 Venezuela
 Venezuela
TBD
Total 29
Caribbean Championships

The top two athletes in the time trial along with the four best in the road race qualified.

Event Quotas Qualified
Time Trial 2  Dominican Republic
 Barbados
Road race 4  Dominican Republic
 Cuba
 Bermuda
 Cuba
Total 6

Women[edit]

Host

The host nation Peru, is permitted to enter 6 female cyclists.

Pan American Road Championships

At the Pan American Championships, the top three women in the individual time trial and top 10 in the road race qualified, for a total of 13.

Event Quotas Qualified
Time Trial 3  United States
 United States
 Colombia
Road race 10  Cuba
 Cuba
 Cuba
 Cuba
 Cuba
 Chile
 Argentina
 Mexico
 Uruguay
 Cuba
Total 13
South American Games

The winner of each event (except the madison), along with the top three in the road race qualified.

Event Quotas Qualified
Sprint 1  Colombia
Keirin 1  Colombia
Omnium 1  Argentina
Team pursuit 4  Chile
 Chile
 Chile
 Chile
Team sprint 2  Colombia
 Colombia
Time trial road 1  Colombia
Road race 2  Venezuela
 Venezuela
 Venezuela
Total 13
Central American and Caribbean Games

The winner of each event qualified, except the madison. However, the team sprint was not held, meaning the quotas were transferred to the madison event.

Event Quotas Qualified
Sprint 1  Trinidad and Tobago
Keirin 1  Venezuela
Omnium 1  Mexico
Team pursuit 4  Mexico
 Mexico
 Mexico
 Mexico
Madison 2  Venezuela
 Venezuela
Time trial road 1  Trinidad and Tobago
Road race 1  Trinidad and Tobago
Total 14
Pan American Track Championships

The top two in each event qualified

Event Quotas Qualified
Sprint 2  Argentina
 Jamaica
Keirin 2  Guatemala
 Chile
Omnium 2  United States
 Barbados
Madison 4  Brazil
 Brazil
 Argentina
 Argentina
Team pursuit 8  Canada
 Canada
 Canada
 Canada
 Ecuador
 Ecuador
 Ecuador
 Ecuador
Team sprint 4  United States
 United States
 Canada
 Canada
Total 22
Caribbean Championships

The top two athletes in the time trial along with the two best in the road race qualified.

Event Quotas Qualified
Time Trial 2  Trinidad and Tobago
 Bermuda
Road race 2  Dominican Republic
 Belize
Total 4

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b c d e "Qualification System manual" (PDF). www.panamsports.org/. Pan American Sports Organization. 25 April 2018. Retrieved 29 May 2018.
  2. ^ "2019 Lima Pan American Games Qualification" (PDF). www.copaci.org/. Confederación Panamericana de Ciclismo. 25 May 2019. Retrieved 15 June 2019.
  3. ^ a b "Cycling Canada XVIII Pan American Games Team Selection Policy" (PDF). www.cyclingcanada.ca/. Cycling Canada Cyclisme. 26 July 2018. Retrieved 17 December 2018. Canada did not compete at the 2018 Pan American Championships in either MTB or Road, which were the only available qualification events. The decision to not attend these events was based on late date changes, conflicts with other major events, and concerns for athlete health and safety