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1. The first Olympics in 1896 included one road cycling event. Which one was it?
2. Who was the first man to win both an Olympic medal in road cycling and a top-three place at a Grand Tour (specifically, the 1935 Giro d'Italia)?
3. This Italian, whose first name means "Hercules", became the first Olympic gold medalist in road cycling to also win a Grand Tour title when he won the Giro d'Italia in 1958. Who was he?
4. From 1912 to 1992, the Olympics included a national Men's Team Road Race (which was later conducted as a 100km Team Time Trial). Which nation won this event the most times?
5. Only one road cyclist, a competitor in the Team Road Race in 1912, 1920, and 1924, medaled in the same event in three consecutive Olympiads. Which country was he from?
6. This Dutch woman was the first person to win both individual road cycling events (Road Race and Road Time Trial) during the same Olympics, although she may be better known for overcoming a near-fatal bout with anorexia, which kept her out of the 1996 Atlanta Olympics. Who is she?
7. Which man won multiple Grand Tour titles before adding an Olympic gold medal in the Road Time Trial in 1996?
8. At the 2000 Sydney Olympics, who became the first man to win Olympic medals in both of the individual road cycling events (the Road Race and the Road Time Trial)?
9. Which 1992 Olympic gold medalist and teammate of Lance Armstrong was killed in a high-speed crash during the Tour de France three years later?
10. Which country, which won its first Olympic road cycling medal in 1896, had won more medals in Olympic road cycling without a gold than any other, until it picked up a gold medal during the 2008 Olympics?
11. Which American 2004 Olympic gold medalist in the Road Time Trial tested positive for the presence of EPO in his postrace A sample, but was allowed to keep his gold medal when his B sample was inadvertently spoiled by the drug-testing lab?
12. Which Olympic bronze medalist in the 1952 Team Road Race became the first five-time winner of the Tour de France and the first man to win all three Grand Tours?
13. Which person from the Netherlands was the first to medal in the same individual road cycling event at consecutive Olympics?
14. Which cyclist became the first person to win two Olympic medals in each of the individual road cycling events (the Road Race and the Road Time Trial)?
15. Which two-time bronze medalist in road cycling became the first person to win multiple medals at both the Summer Olympics and the Winter Olympics?
16. In what year was women's road cycling added to the Olympic program?
17. In what year were professionals first allowed to compete in the Olympic road cycling events?
18. During the 1984 Los Angeles Olympics, a husband and wife both won Olympic road cycling medals, which had never happened before. Which member of the bronze medalist American 100km Team Road Time Trial quartet was part of that couple?
19. In a controversial finish in the 2000 Sydney Olympics, three riders from two different countries, all of whom were professional teammates, cooperated on a break to take the top three spots in the Men's Road Race, in what appeared to be a prearranged order. For which professional team did the three ride?
20. This Frenchman was the first cyclist to win an individual road cycling Olympic medal and then achieve a podium (top-three) finish at a Grand Tour, although he was unable to match his brother Roger's achievements at the Tour de France. Who was he?
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