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Omnium
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For other uses, see Omnium (disambiguation).
An omnium is a multiple race event in track cycling. Historically the omnium has had a variety of formats. Currently, and for the 2012 Olympics, the omnium as defined by the UCI consists of the following six events:
1) Flying lap (against the clock)
2) Points race
30 km for elite men, 20 km for elite women, 15 km for junior men, 10 km for junior women
3) Elimination
4000 meters for elite men, 3000 meters for junior men and elite women, 2000 meters for junior women
5) Scratch race
6) Time trial:
1km men, 500 metres women
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A criterium, or crit, is a bike race held on a short course (usually less than 5 km), often run on closed-off city center streets.
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