Olympic Cylcling Road Tested

The "2007Good Luck Beijing" International Road Cycling Tournament took place on Sunday on the Cycling course for the 2008 Olympics in Beijing. The cyclists who took part in the event spoke very highly of the course.

Teams from eighteen(18) countries participated on the 102.6km track (174km riding distance).

The course is said to be very beautiful with a lot of scenery including the Temple of Heaven, Tiananmen Square, Yonghegong Palace, Temple of Earth Park, the Beijing Olympic Tower and the Summer Palace, and the Badaling Highway.

Traffic control reportedly went smoothly and there were no accidents.