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Here is for your information, there is a new book publication that has been released. It is all about the Deaf athletes who have participated in the regular Olympic Games since 1896. There were 143,862 athletes, but only 30 athletes were Deaf Olympians. So this is the first-ever book about Deaf Olympians since the Olympic Games started in 1896.For details to order the book, please contact deaflympic.archives@yahoo.com Cost: $34.95 More information at this link. Posted on July 15, 2019
 Hello! My name is Paul Wood, new ICSD Technical Director for road cycling and mountain bike (Men and Women). I am motivated to work for ICSD from now to the future. Now, I want to inform you all that Turkish Deaf Sports Federation is now preparing the bid for 2019 World Deaf Cycling Championships (WDCC) for Men/Women (road cycling only). There will be no mountain bike events. There will be four road cycling events (1000-meter match sprint, individual time trial, 100-kilometer road race, and 50-kilometer point race). The Championships will take place from 26 October to 2 November 2019 in Gaziantep, Turkey. ICSD office sent out information on the 2019 WDCC to all Deaf Sports Federations. Now, Turkish Deaf Sports Federation wants to know how many countries can or will send their cycling athletes to the World Championships. Then they can proceed with the financial budget better. If you (cycling athletes) want to participate, please inform your Deaf Sports Federation. Your Deaf Sports Federation should email to ICSD office that your country will participate in or not. The deadline for reporting to the ICSD office is 10 May, 2019. ICSD and Turkish Deaf Sports Federation will review the number of participants and decide whether to host or not. It is time of essence. Please do it NOW. Thank you. Posted on May 5, 2019 - Revised on July 2, 2019
Found some more pictures of the world deaf cycling championships (WDCC) way back to 1968. This picture was taken place in Villafranca, Italy in 1974.
The winners of the 1000-meter sprint are as follows:
Please send me any more pictures of the past WDCC to usdeafcycling@mindspring.com.
Here is a history of WDCC results at http://www.international-deaf-cycling.info/cwdcc.htm.
Posted on January 12, 2019
Jurgen Endress, TD for basketball from Germany presents an excellent description of what the logo represents in universal sign language. The logo, designed in 2003 by graphic design artist Ralph Fernandez, is a positive and powerful symbol of the international deaf sports community. It ties together strong elements: Sign language, deaf and international cultures, unity and continuity.
Posted on August 8, 2017
Two-wheel biking is Bobby Skedsmo's passion. A video shows his earliest times on the bike and motorcycle. He continues to challenge his passion and new endeavors in riding the bike.
Posted on December 29, 2016
Sprint Winners: Dmitry ROZANOV (RUS) - Steve TOUBOUL (FRA) - Adrian BABIC (SLO) The promotion of 8th European Deaf Cycling Championships was successful with good results. It was taken place in Brugge/Eeklo on August 13-21, 2016. Results of all events at: http://www.international-deaf-cycling.info/
History of European Deaf Cycling Championships For more information at: http://www.ecdeafcycling2016.be Posted on September 11, 2016
Please click on the image above The Belgian Deaf Sport Committee and the Organizing Committee for the ECDCC 2016 present our first announcement for the 8th European Deaf Cycling Championships to be held in Brugge & Eeklo on August 13-21, 2016.
For more information at: Posted on August 8, 2016
Please click on the image above Jean-Pierre Fauconnier of Belgium shared information with the readers about the results of the events at the Deaf Europe Mountain Bike Cup that took place in Slovakia on May 27-29, 2016. Posted on June 10, 2016
Please click on the image above The mountain bike events took place in Slovakia on May 27-29, 2016. More information at Mountain Bike Events. Posted on June 3, 2016
 Please click on the image above Deaf Mountain Bike Europa Cup 2016 will be taken place in Kalnica, Slovakia near Trencin on May 27-29, 2016. The events for both men and women will be XCE (Eliminator), XCM (Marathon) and XCT (Uphill). Posted on November 18, 2015
 Humorous Moment! Please click on the image above Posted on June 25, 2015
If you are interested in buying the book, you may contact Rafael Pinchas with this email address for further details. deaflympic.archives@yahoo.com Posted on May 16, 2015
 Information on new Deaf Europe Cup Posted on December 26, 2014
Stage 2 - New Taipei to Taichung - 1:40 Stage 3 - Taichung to Tainan - 5:03 Stage 4 - Tainan to Pingtung - 2:19 Stage 5 - Pingtung to Taitung - 7:58 Stage 6 - Taitung to Hualien - 6:02 Rest Day - NCFTA at Wujie Township Stage 7 - Yilan to Keelung - #1 - 7:18 Stage 7 - Yilan to Keelung - #2 - 8:49 Free Day - Taipei - 5:03
Posted on December 26, 2014
 Click on the picture above to open a video ( YouTube )
Posted on December 18, 2014
 Dmitry Rozanov from Russia won the championship at the 4th Tour of Formosa. The tour was an international deaf cycling competition in Taiwan hosted by the Chinese Taipei Sports Association of the Deaf. Eight countries participated in this tour. Participating nations included Belgium, Czech Republic, France, Japan, Russia, Slovakia, Taiwan and USA. See complete results at this link Posted on November 28, 2014
 Belgium Deaf Mountain Bike Championship being held in Cuesmes, Hainaut, Belgium on October 4, 2014. General information. Results Posted on October 5, 2014
   Ksenia KALIBINA - Isabella-Sophie BOBERG - Renate TELSER XCM Cross Country Marathon Championship being held in Kirchberg, Austria on June 28, 2014. General information is found here. Photos Results Posted on June 29, 2014
 More information is found here .For general information is found at http://deaftourdetaiwan.deafsports.org.tw/ Posted on January 26, 2014
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The 2nd Deaf Mountain Bike Cup took place in Trento, Italy on June 8-9. The general classification and results are found at the following links: Posted on June 20, 2013
Jean-Pierre Fauconnier of Belgium would like to share information with you about the promotion of Deaf Mountain Bike Championships that will take place near Olomouc, Czech on June 22, 2013. Please click on this link for more information. On-line registration: http://kolarna.eu/bikemaraton2013.php Posted on April 15, 2013
 Steeve Touboul from France won the third Tour de Formosa. The Tour was an international deaf cycling competition in Taiwan hosted by the Chinese Taipei Sports Association of the Deaf. Eleven countries participated in the Tour. Participating nations included Australia, Belgium the Czech Republic, France, Japan, New Zealand, Russia, South Korea, Taiwan, and USA. Marketa Spilkova from Czech has video about the Tour in two languages: Czech Sign Language and International Sign. Jean-Pierre Fauconnier from Belgium who participated in the Tour created a video for his cycling friends. See complete results at this link Posted on December 23, 2012 by Ralph Fernandez via dVELO
 Posted on July 5, 2012 by Ralph Fernandez via dVELO
 Posted on July 5, 2012 by Ralph Fernandez via dVELO
Ralph Fernandez (ICSD TD for Cycling) would like to share with you about an email that the Chinese Taipei Sports Association for the Deaf had sent out internationally. Good news about what it said! Taiwan has confirmed that it will be hosting the third around-the-island Tour de Formosa! This tour can be compared as a smaller version of the Tour de France. The Tour de Formosa will be held in November, an ideal time when the weather is cooler. It will consist of seven stages, meaning a week-long race around the island. Really awesome! Taiwan will cover all of the costs (flight, transportation, meals, rooming, etc.) for cyclists who had won gold in the road cycling events at the recent World Deaf Cycling Championship (WDCC) in Canada. As for the rest of cyclists, including teams, from any country, Taiwan will cover the costs of meals and rooming. That is still quite a great deal! Now, if any of you are wondering if the tour is worth being part of . . . ABSOLUTELY! I must tell you more about it while showing a few pictures. See those beautiful mountains in the background as the peloton pedals by. The next picture is of the cyclists riding at the edge of the island above the crashing sea. Quite a mind-blowing experience being there. In the last picture, see all of those support vehicles following the peloton. Their service is just as superb as those aiding the Tour de France. You must come and do it! For further information about the Tour, please click on the links below for more details. If you have any other questions, please contact the CTSAD. See you there!
Tour de Formosa winners: Invitation | Competition Rules Posted on March 6, 2012 by Ralph Fernandez dVELO
 The 50-kilometer Points Race concluded the last of 7 cycling events during the week of June 10-15, 2011 at the Mont Tremblant about two hours northwest of Montreal. We hailed the Canada for making this world deaf cycling championships possible for the deaf cycling community around the world. 18 countries participated in the seven events. Everything was well prepared. Of this photo, two Russians worked together to capture the gold and silver in the 50K point race. Dimitry Razanov (RUS) jumped into first place quickly when he broke away from the pack in the middle of the event and stayed solo for 16 laps, earning eight consecutive 5-point awards that assured him the gold medal. Please click Gallery and WDCC Results at the left panel. Posted on June 18, 2011
Posted on March 22, 2011
Plans for the World Deaf Cycling Championships this coming June 10-15, 2011 are coming along well. Members of the organization for the deaf hosting the WDCC, the Association Sportive des Sourds du Quebec (ASSQ), have been working with the Fédération québécoise des sports cyclistes (FQSC) to plan the daily schedule of races. They anticipate completing this shortly and as soon as the schedule is ready, it will be shared with you all. Please continue to encourage females to participate in the WDCC. Some females have indicated interest, and we are still seeking more. Also, please send your audiograms in as soon as possible. This is a key requirement for participation in the WDCC, and the sooner you send your audiogram in, the better.
See you there!
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He also gave a journal of what happened during the stage race at http://dvelo.com/. Posted on December 31, 2010
Friendly Reminder - Preliminary Registration Form for country
Rappel Amical - Formulaire d'inscription Préliminaire pour les Pays
Alain Turpin
For more information about the championships, go to www.assq.org.
Congratulations to Ralph! We are so pleased to hear of ICSD's new appointed Technical Director for Cycling and he is Ralph Fernandez. He has excellent background and knowledge about cycling due to his experience as a member of cycling team and coach for a long time. His willingness to volunteer his time and effort, as well as knowledge, will no doubt be of assets to the post. He is ready to do his duty as the Technical Director in disciplines; road cycling and mountain biking at the upcoming 13rd World Deaf Cycling Championships at Montreal, Canada this June 2011.
Hello, everybody! Please read information on "2010 Tour de Formosa" below again. There are links of application and rules. We still plan to have it for you from October 29 to November 7, 2010 at Taiwan. Try to get things moving on with your plan for this excellent tour.
You can view the race route and map at the following link:
Please contact Jao Jui-Huang at taisignlanguage@gmail.com for questions.
Kind regards
 Three Crowns is a national emblem of Sweden that present in the Coat of Arms and the Swedish Air Force roundel, but this time I am talking about three French cyclists who have won three consecutive Summer Deaflympics in the road race event. I consider that the road race is the most prestigious race of any other cycling events because it has powerful display of vigor, along with the drive, determination and the skill tactics that have all key qualities of paramount to triumphing in the most prestigious cycling race. Out of the Blue, Bernard Barugola won the road race at the Rome Deaflympics. And again, David Cloux won the road race at the Melbourne Deaflympics. And this time, Steeve Touboul won it at the Taipei Summer Deaflympics. What secret did they have to accomplish this feat? Here is a big congratulation to the country, France.
Bobby Skedsmo, ICSD Technical Director, visited Taipei, Taiwan for a cycling venue inspection on October 5-10, 2008. Note the mascot of 2009 Taipei Games. For more information, please click on this link:
Bobby Skedsmo will maintain this web site to raise public awareness of programs for the international cycling. For more information about the ICSD organization, please click into its own homepage found somewhere on this page.
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