Roksana Zwolińska

Table of Contents

• Types of cycling

• The most popular Polish cyclists

• Quiz

• Bibliography

types of cycling

Road cycling

The oldest and the most traditional variety of the cycling consists in racing on road bicycles along ordinary roads. This sport is still very popular in

the world.

Cyclo-cross Type of the biking which uses bicycles similar to those ones

used in road cycling. Cyclo – cross is quite difficult since it contains numerous obstacles on its course which force

the rider to dismount from a bicycle, and to carry his bicycle through the obstacle.

Track Cycling

This type of cycling uses bikes which construction is similiar to that used in road cycling bicycles, but which is more simplified. Track cycling is usually held on specially – built banked tracks or velodromes, where the track

banking is relatively shallow.

Mountain cycling

Form of the biking which uses mountain bikes. Their construction and frame enable moving in the difficult

terrain.

Downhill mountain biking

Downhill biking is a gravity-assisted time trial mountain biking event. These particular races are held on steep,

downhill terrain with no extended climbing sections, resulting in high speed descents with extended air time

off jumps and other obstacles. They can be held in different terrain, also in urban areas.

the most popular Polish cyclists

Lech Piasecki

Polish road bicycle and track racer, an amateur world champion, and

professional track world champion.

Dariusz Baranowski

Polish road bicycle racer, triple Tour de Pologne winner, Olympic

athlete.

Zenon Jaskuła

Polish road cyclist, the world vice-champion in

1989.

Piotr Chmielewski

the participant of the world championships and the Olympic athlete, champion of Poland at

the individual time race.

Tomasz Brożyna

Polish road bicycle racer, six-times champion of

Poland at the individual time trial in 1993.

Zbigniew Spruch

Polish road bicycle racer, the professional world

vice-champion.

Questions for Crossword

1) The surname of amateur world champion and world champion for track professionals.

2) The name of people who ride a bike.

3) One of the kinds of cycling.

4) There are many of these on track during the cyclo-

cross.5) One of the vehicles which people use to move.

6) One of the kinds of bikes.7) The name of Polish world road cyclist vice-champion.

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bibliography

• www.wikipedia.pl

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