27 February 2022, Singapore – The inaugural Festival Of Cycling 2022 was launched on Sunday morning as part of the Sports Hub Sports Series by the Singapore Cycling Federation (SCF) and Singapore Sports Hub, an all-inclusive sports, entertainment, and lifestyle centre. The festival is comprised of 6 cycling events which will be held over the course of the year. Three of which have been held on Sunday in conjunction with its launch, a Kids-Cadet event, Road Criterium and an SCF Cycling Esports Experience.
Kids-Cadet event
From 8 am to 1 pm at the OCBC Arena, 45 child participants were part of four events in the Kids-Cadet event, here are the results;
| Category | No. of participants | Podium winners |
| Cadet D (4-6 years) – Push bike | 9 | 1st: CHANG, RAPHAEL; 2nd: Chng, Wei yuan; 3rd: Foo, Kayden |
| Cadet D (4-6 years) – Pedal bike | 9 | 1st: Mohamad Asyraf, Syaraf Qabeel; 2nd: Lua, Tsutomu; 3rd: Rochon, Samuel |
| Cadet C (7-8 years) | 10 | 1st: Qushairy, Ahmad Farish; 2nd: Mishary, Ahmad Fatrish; 3rd: Su, Kaiani |
| Cadet B (9-10 years) | 13 | 1st: Immanuel, Jaden; 2nd: Teo En Kai, Julian; 3rd: Ridwan, Rayyan |
| Cadet A (11-12 years) | 4 | 1st: Dylan Tai; 2nd: Ahmad Halil, Mohamed Ariyan Hazeeq; 3rd: Faizal, Nordania Adawiah |
Road Criterium Events
A criterium event typically lasts from 1-2 hours in a circuit of a few kilometres. On Sunday, SCF held the first of many road criterium races to come over the ensuing months. Due to the trend of small-wheeled folding bikes in Singapore, a folding-bike category was kicked off that day with 27 participants taking part. The criterium events happened at Stadium Drive (North) in 5 laps, clockwise direction, with 1.25 km per lap.
205 participants attended 11 race categories. Here are the results;
| Category Category | No. of participants | Podium winners | Time(s) |
| Paracycling | 6 | 1st: Wee Leong TEE; 2nd: Arkal, Prashant; 3rd: AN, Sebastian Adrian Yan Zhi | 6:58.608, 7:05.078, 8:47.817 |
| Fixies (single speed bicycles with one or no brakes) | 18 | 1st: Fauzi, Muhammad; 2nd: Lim, Hui Leong; 3rd: Muhammad Siddiq Samuwel | 9:54.512, 9:56.375, 10:03.361 |
| Foldies (folding bicycles) | 27 | 1st: Chan, Daryl; 2nd: Ong, Ee Leong; 3rd: Seeto, Chee Wai | 11:58.143, 11:59.282, 12:01.368 |
| Men’s Youth | 11 | 1st: Ismail, Mubarak; 2nd: Chan, Baxter; 3rd: Mitchell, William | 14:25.985, 14:27.000, 14:27.018 |
| Men’s Juniors | 22 | 1st: Lim, Kenneth; 2nd: Chan, Jeremiah; 3rd: Lim, Eamon | 15:42.513, 15:42.837, 15:42.914 |
| Women’s Open | 13 | 1st: Yap, Chelsea; 2nd: Neumann, Ines; 3rd: Tan, Sarah | 14:26.184, 14:26.384, 14:26.467 |
| Men’s Masters | 34 | 1st: Barbier, Romain; 2nd: Khoo, Kelvin; 3rd: Brown, Ruairi | 14:09.260, 14:09.886, 14:10.145 |
| Men’s Open | 22 | 1st: Chadwick, Mark; 2nd: Hattersley, Luke; 3rd: YEO Boon Kiak | 20:14.471, 20:14.505, 20:14.511 |
| Men’s U23 | 20 | 1st: Bin Ismail, Mohammad Syaheed; 2nd: Tong, Khoon Fung; 3rd: Koh, Andy | 18:24.637, 19:02.509, 19:15.087 |
| Men’s Seniors | 24 | 1st: Arnott, Ben; 2nd: Swallow, Nick; 3rd: Hayashi, Keiichi | 14.12.237, 14.54.334, 14.54.552 |
| Men’s Veterans | 8 | 1st: Hughson, John; 2nd: Iliffe, Trent; 3rd: Pederen, Henrik Elschner | 13.57.02 |
SCF Cycling Exports Experience
Held on Level 2 at the OCBC Arena, 25 people took 30 short minutes each to experience a virtual ride through a virtual world using the Zwift platform.
About SCF
Representing the 6 main disciplines of cycling which are Road, Track, Mountain Bike (MTB), BikeTrial, Cycling Esports and BMX racing, SCF, as the Singaporean national governing body for the promotion and development of cycling, is responsible for licensing professional cyclists, sanctioning local events, and ensuring compliance with Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI) international regulations of global competitions that involve Singapore registered cyclists and teams.
About Singapore Sports Hub
Located at a 35-hectare site in Kallang with various sites for all sorts of sporting activities including land and water sports for world-class activities and community events to serve the local community of the young and elderly. It plays an important role in expediting the development of Singapore’s sports industry, merit, and engagement. The aim of the Singapore Sports Hub is to be the nation’s main sports, entertainment and lifestyle spot.
