| Cycling is a sports game which combines speed, strength and endurance together. Since 1896 the first Olympic Games, cycling was set as an official competition event, and the modern cycling has enjoyed a more than 100 years' history. Soul-stirring, warm atmosphere of the competition, arduous road races and the upcoming Cross Country competition which will be held in Beijing Olympics in 2008 make the bicycle motorcross event become one of the top three events which have the most gold medals, right after the track-field and swimming. In addition, the annual Tour de France which has more than 110 years history attract huge attentions by its more than 3,000 kilometers race and beautiful scenery of the spot, it makes the cycling more attractive.In Europe and the United States, cycling is a common sport. France, Belgium, the Netherlands, Germany and some other countries are all always very strong at this game. In Netherlands, also known as "the Kingdom of windmills," everyone has got a bike. Amateur cycling is really popular in this country. "Windmill kingdom" has changed to the real "kingdom of bicycle."In China, where there are more 1.3 billion people, with its at least 600 million bicycles was known as the "Bicycle Kingdom" and "country above bicycles." With the improvement of living standards, public health and increasing environmental awareness, more and more people value the benefit of cycling fitness. The competitive cycling and amateur cycling in China has a rapid development. In the 2000 Sydney Olympics, Jiang Cuihua won the women's 500 meters time trial bronze medal which has achieved a zero breakthrough for China to won a cycling medal.While the level of Competitive cycling is increasing rapidly, China's mass cycling is showing a more vigorous development trend, many young people has become an cycling enthusiasts, and there are lots of amateur cycling groups around the country. East Lake Group which located in Wuhan, is one of those amateur cycling groups.By using the methods of documentation, interviews, mathematical statistics and some other research methods, through the investigation and study to the status of Wuhan amateur cycling, a comprehensive status of Wuhan amateur cycling was got, the causes of influencing Wuhan amateur cycling promotion were found out and a targeted strategy and recommendations were given.The results show that: amateur cycling is a favorite sport of young people and college students in Wuhan City, it has a strong fitness entertainment feature, environmental pollution-free, suit for all ages and some other characteristics. At present, Wuhan City amateur cycling is in a spontaneous stage, although it has large foundation of mass, but it did not spread widely. It is mainly because of the limitation of training places (the extrusion to bike walks in urban planning), the lack of government management, limited activities, the lack of cycling coaches and few research achievements, these factors directly limit the further promotion of amateur cycling.In order to solve the problem of amateur cycling in Wuhan City, countermeasures were given as below: establish and improve the organization and management, strengthen the organization and management, make the amateur cycling in Wuhan normal and orderly early; enhance the training of coaches; increase the influence in youth based on College Young people, increased research capacity; organizing various competitions to promote exchange of skills.
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