OLYMPIC GAMES: THE OPENING WEEKEND

Olympics 2008 event guide

The Olympic Games are almost here ? and Cycling Weekly will help you plan your viewing of the cycling events.

The first appointment is with the men?s road race, which starts at 4am on Saturday. It?s scheduled to finish at 10.30am and will be shown live in its entirety on BBC?s interactive service available to Freeview or cable and satellite viewers by pressing the red button on the remote control. Likewise, on Sunday, the women?s road race will be live from 7am.

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OLYMPIC GAMES 2008: NEWS
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Sports journalist Lionel Birnie has written professionally for Sunday Times, Procycling and of course Cycling Weekly. He is also an author, publisher, and co-founder of The Cycling Podcast. His first experience covering the Tour de France came in 1999, and he has presented The Cycling Podcast with Richard Moore and Daniel Friebe since 2013. He founded Peloton Publishing in 2010 and has ghostwritten and published the autobiography of Sean Kelly, as well as a number of other sports icons.