Paralympic road cycling at Brands Hatch

The London Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games confirmed that Brands Hatch, near Sevenoaks will host the Paralympic Road Cycling events for the Paralympic Games.

Road cycling events

From 5 to 8 September 2012 riders will race round the circuit at Brands Hatch before heading out onto local roads nearby.

Paralympic Road Cycling is the biggest cycling discipline within the London 2012 Games, involving 225 athletes from more than 50 nations.

There will be road races going from 30km to 120km and individual and time trials ranging from 20km to 35km. You can view the full competition schedule and prices for the Paralympic Road Cycling events (PDF, 964k) to find out when the different events are taking place. 

A total of 32 events will be run with competitors with a range of disabilities including visual impairments, cerebral palsy and amputations competing on bicycles, tricycles, tandems and hand cycles.

Tickets to the event

London 2012 organisers, revealed that more than 100,000 people have applied for more than a million tickets to see next year's Paralympic Games.

International Paralympic Committee President Sir Philip Craven said: "The response from the public for Paralympic Games tickets has been phenomenal."

It is the first time in history that sessions at the Paralympics have been oversubscribed and Sir Philip continued: "To have over a million tickets applied for 11 months out from the Games is unprecedented.

"It underlines the growing excitement for what will be a tremendous sporting event and I could not be more thrilled."

Any remaining tickets will go on sale between 2 December 2011 and 6 February 2012 - go to the London 2012 ticketing website to search for available tickets.

Even though the event is ticketed, part of the route will be free for you to go and watch the cycling events.

Building on success

The ParalympicsGB cycling team won 20 medals, including 17 gold, at the Beijing Paralympic Games in 2008 so we are hoping that their success can be replicated at Brands Hatch during the London 2012 Games.

World class sporting events including the Tour de France and World Cup Archery have been successfully hosted in Kent in recent years, and this summer we also held the Open Golf at Sandwich. With the Paralympic Cycling events coming in September 2012, Kent now has a growing reputation for hosting world level sporting events.