Correct: A. Eddy Merckx

Lance Armstrong won the Tour de France a record seven consecutive times from 1999 to 2005, though all these titles were stripped from him in 2012 after he admitted to systematic doping. With Armstrong's titles removed, the official record is held by Eddie Merckx, Bernard Hinault, Miguel Induráin, and Jacques Anquetil - all with five victories each.

Correct: A. Winning all three Grand Tours in the same year

The Cycling Triple Crown refers to winning all three Grand Tours - Tour de France, Giro d'Italia, and Vuelta a Espana - in the same calendar year. Only Eddy Merckx (1973) has achieved this feat in the same calendar year.

Correct: B. Lige-Bastogne-Lige

Lige-Bastogne-Lige (also called La Doyenne meaning The Old Lady) is the oldest cycling Classic still being run, first held in 1892. It is a one-day race in the Ardennes hills of Belgium known for its multiple steep climbs and is typically won by strong climbers.

Correct: A. The greatest distance covered by a cyclist in one hour on a velodrome

The Hour Record is a cycling record for the greatest distance covered by a single rider in one hour on a velodrome. It is considered one of the most brutal individual challenges in sport requiring maximum sustained power output for an entire hour.

Correct: D. Five iconic one-day professional cycling races - Milan-San Remo, Tour of Flanders, Paris-Roubaix, Lige-Bastogne-Lige, and Il Lombardia

The Five Monuments are the five most prestigious one-day professional cycling races: Milan-San Remo (Italy), Tour of Flanders (Belgium), Paris-Roubaix (France), Lige-Bastogne-Lige (Belgium), and Il Lombardia (Italy). Winning all five in a career is extremely rare.

Correct: B. He is the son of cycling legend Adrie van der Poel and grandson of Raymond Poulidor

Mathieu van der Poel is the son of Dutch cyclist Adrie van der Poel and grandson of French cycling legend Raymond Poulidor. He has won the Tour of Flanders, Paris-Roubaix, multiple cyclocross world championships, and Tour de France stages. His grandfather Poulidor finished second in the Tour de France eight times without ever winning.

Correct: C. The Festina Affair when a team car was found carrying EPO and other drugs

The Festina Affair erupted at the 1998 Tour de France when a team car belonging to the Festina professional cycling team was stopped by French customs and found to contain large quantities of EPO, growth hormones, testosterone, and other banned substances. The resulting police investigation devastated the race.

Correct: A. The unofficial opening of the Flemish Classics season in late February

The Omloop Het Nieuwsblad is a one-day professional road race held in late February or early March in Belgium that effectively marks the start of the Flemish Classics season. It features the same bergs and sectors as the Tour of Flanders and is often used by teams to assess form before the major spring Classics.

Correct: B. The team whose three fastest riders' combined times are lowest each stage

The team classification (or Best Team prize) in the Tour de France is awarded to the team whose three riders have the lowest combined elapsed time at each stage. A different team jersey is awarded for the team classification leader throughout the race.

Correct: C. Both of the above

Egan Bernal of Colombia is known for being the first Colombian to win the Tour de France (2019) and for winning it at just 22 years old - the youngest Tour winner since 1904. He also won the Giro d'Italia in 2021. His victories marked a new era of Colombian dominance in professional cycling.

Correct: C. A police operation that investigated widespread doping in Spanish professional cycling

Operation Puerto was a Spanish police investigation in 2006 that uncovered a systematic blood doping programme run by sports doctor Eufemiano Fuentes serving dozens of professional athletes including many cyclists. Blood bags were seized with codes linking them to riders who were never fully identified in court.

Correct: B. Six-day race

A six-day race is an indoor cycling event held over six days typically on a small wooden track (velodrome) where teams of two riders compete in rotation. Historically held in the late 19th and early 20th century they combined racing with entertainment and were enormously popular events before the rise of professional road racing dominance.

Correct: C. A team event where two riders alternate racing by exchanging momentum with a hand sling

The Madison is a team track cycling event where two riders alternate being active in the race by exchanging momentum through hand slings - when one rider catches the other's hand or wrist and uses their momentum to fling them into the race at increased speed. Points are won in intermediate sprints.

Correct: C. Primoz Roglic

Primoz Roglic of Slovenia has won the Vuelta a Espana four times (2019, 2020, 2021, 2023) - the most in the modern era. Previously Roberto Heras held the record with four victories though his 2005 win was stripped due to a doping violation.

Correct: A. A paramedical team member who provides massage, nutrition, and logistics support to riders

A soigneur (French for caregiver) is a paramedical support staff member in professional cycling who provides massage therapy, nutrition preparation, logistics support, and general rider welfare. Soigneurs travel ahead of the race to prepare hotel rooms, deliver food bags at feed zones, and care for riders after stages.

Correct: C. One of the opening one-day races of the Flemish Classic season

The Omloop van het Waasland (also known as the Kattekoers) is a semi-classic one-day race held in the Waasland region of Belgium in February marking the very early start of the Belgian racing season. It gives young professional riders early competitive opportunities before the major Classics season begins.

Correct: C. A versatile rider who excels on short steep hills repeated multiple times

A puncheur (from French meaning puncher) is a type of cyclist who excels on short steep climbs repeated multiple times - as featured in the Tour of Flanders and Ardennes Classics. They can repeatedly accelerate over bergs and hills but lack the sustained climbing ability to dominate in three-week Grand Tours.

Correct: C. The colour of the pages of newspaper L Equipe sponsor first worn by Eugene Christophe in 1919

The yellow jersey is said to be yellow because of the colour of the pages of L'Auto the newspaper that organised the Tour de France sponsored by the sponsor. Eugene Christophe was the first rider to wear the yellow jersey in 1919.

Correct: D. Mark Cavendish

Mark Cavendish holds the Tour de France record for stage victories with 35. He surpassed Eddy Merckx's long-standing record of 34 stage wins in 2024.