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  1. Cycling | History, Events, & Facts | Britannica

    Oct 31, 2025 · Cycling as a sport officially began on May 31, 1868, with a 1,200-metre (1,312-yard) race between the fountains and the entrance of Saint-Cloud Park (near Paris).

  2. Lance Armstrong | Tour de France, Wife, Doping, & Facts | Britannica

    3 days ago · The International Cycling Union (Union Cycliste Internationale; UCI) cleared him, but he continued to endure accusations of doping, especially from the French press. Thus, Armstrong felt …

  3. Biosphere - Carbon Cycle, Ecosystems, Atmosphere | Britannica

    Nov 14, 2025 · This cycling between solution and precipitation is the background against which more rapid parts of the cycle occur. Short-term cycling of carbon occurs in the continual physical exchange …

  4. Nutrient Cycling, Ecosystems, Atmosphere - Britannica

    Nov 14, 2025 · This cycling between solution and precipitation is the background against which more rapid parts of the cycle occur. Short-term cycling of carbon occurs in the continual physical exchange …

  5. Lance Armstrong - career, cancer, and doping | Britannica

    Armstrong began his professional cycling career in 1992 when he joined the Motorola team. He won stages of the Tour de France in 1993 and 1995 but withdrew from three of four Tours he attempted …

  6. Nutrient cycle | ecology | Britannica

    Other articles where nutrient cycle is discussed: biosphere: Nutrient cycling: The cells of all organisms are made up primarily of six major elements that occur in similar proportions in all life-forms.

  7. Tour de France | 2025, Winners, Stages, Distance, & Facts | Britannica

    Nov 28, 2025 · Cycling as a sport officially began on May 31, 1868, with a 1,200-metre (1,312-yard) race between the fountains and the entrance of Saint-Cloud Park (near Paris).

  8. Eric Heiden | Biography, Lake Placid, Sister, & Facts | Britannica

    Cycling as a sport officially began on May 31, 1868, with a 1,200-metre (1,312-yard) race between the fountains and the entrance of Saint-Cloud Park (near Paris).

  9. Time trial | Speed Records, Technique & Training | Britannica

    Time trials are part of most stage races— i.e., series of races at which the riders begin at a new destination each day—on the European continent and are featured as self-contained events in the …

  10. Photosynthesis | Definition, Formula, Process, Diagram, Reactants ...

    Nov 30, 2025 · Photosynthesis is the process by which green plants and certain other organisms transform light energy into chemical energy. During photosynthesis in green plants, light energy is …