T1 (classification)

PBS defined this classification as "Tricycle 1 (T1) is for athletes with severe locomotor dysfunction and insufficient balance for cycling."{{cite web|url=https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/medal-quest/sports/detail/cycling/|accessdate=14 June 2012|title=Competition at the Highest Levels, Cycling|publisher=Cycling}} In 1997, this classification was defined by Alison Gray in Against the odds : New Zealand Paralympians as: tetraplegic - almost no use of trunk, arms and hands". Gray noted this classification was for wheelchair athletes.{{Cite book|page=17|title=Against the odds : New Zealand Paralympians|first=Alison|last=Gray|location=Auckland, N.Z.|publisher=Hodder Moa Beckett|date=1997|isbn=1869585666 |oclc=154294284}} The Telegraph defined this classification in 2011 as "T 1-2: Athletes on tricycles, who have severe locomotive dysfunctions and limited ability to pedal" {{cite news|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/olympics/paralympic-sport/8712223/London-2012-Paralympics-Road-cycling-guide.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110828034020/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/olympics/paralympic-sport/8712223/London-2012-Paralympics-Road-cycling-guide.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=2011-08-28|accessdate=14 June 2012|date=2011|title=London 2012 Paralympics: Road cycling guide|publisher=The Telegraph|location=London}}

{{See also|CP1 (classification)|CP2 (classification)|CP3 (classification)}}

File:CP1 disability profile.png|Disability type for CP1 classified sportspeople

File:CP2 disability profile.png|Disability type for CP2 classified sportspeople

File:CP3 disability profile.png|Disability type for CP3 classified sportspeople

File:CP4 disability profile.png|Disability type for CP4 classified sportspeople

The class includes people with cerebral palsy. CP1 to CP4 competitors may compete in the T1 class.{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=UIfQfWj5jBEC|title=Sports Injuries|last1=Hutson|first1=Michael|last2=Speed|first2=Cathy|date=2011-03-17|publisher=OUP Oxford|isbn=9780199533909|language=en}}{{Cite web|url=http://www.cpisra.org.za/files/classification/Classification_CPISRA_Brochure_Classification_Profiles.pdf|title=Classification Profiles|website=Cerebral Palsy International Sports and Recreation Association|access-date=July 22, 2016|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160818060111/http://www.cpisra.org.za/files/classification/Classification_CPISRA_Brochure_Classification_Profiles.pdf|archivedate=August 18, 2016}}{{Cite web|url=http://www.deporte.gob.mx/deporteadaptado/documentos/Handcycling/CLASIFICACIONES.pdf|title=Clasificaciones de Ciclismo|last=|first=|date=|website=Comisión Nacional de Cultura Física y Deporte|location=Mexico|language=es-MX|access-date=July 23, 2016}} Tricycles are only eligible to compete in road events, not track ones.

Cyclists within this class are required to wear a helmet, with a special color used to designate their class. Male T1 competitors wear black helmets; T1 women wear blue helmets.{{cite web|title=AMENDMENTS TO REGULATIONS WITH EFFECT ON 01.01.2016 - PARTE XVI - PARA-CYCLING|url=http://www.uci.ch/mm/Document/News/Rulesandregulation/17/40/01/16-PAR-20160101-EAmendmentsinforceon01.01.2016_English.pdf|publisher=UCI|accessdate=23 December 2016}}

Cycling first became a Paralympic sport at the 1988 Summer Paralympics.{{cite web |url=http://www.paralympiceducation.org.au/primary/cycling|publisher=Australian Paralympic Committee |title=Cycling|date=2012|url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160814210814/http://www.paralympiceducation.org.au/primary/cycling|archivedate=2016-08-14}} In September 2006, governance for para-cycling, including the responsibility for classification, passed from the International Paralympic Committee's International Cycling Committee to UCI.{{cite web |accessdate=14 June 2012 |url=http://www.cycling.org.au/?Page=7751|title=Para-cycling High Performance|publisher=Cycling Australia |location=Australia}}

Classification is handled by Union Cycliste Internationale.{{cite web|url=http://www.london2012.com/documents/locog-publications/london-2012-guide-to-the-paralympic-games.pdf|date=2011|accessdate=9 April 2012|title=Guide to the Paralympic Games – Appendix 1|page=42|publisher=London Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games|archive-date=26 April 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120426013020/http://www.london2012.com/documents/locog-publications/london-2012-guide-to-the-paralympic-games.pdf|url-status=dead}} Classification for the UCI Para-Cycling World Championships is completed by at least two classification panels. Members of the classification panel must not have a relationship with the cyclist and must not be involved in the World Championships in any other role than as classifier.{{cite web|url=http://www.uci.ch/Modules/BUILTIN/getObject.asp?MenuId=MTI2MzI&ObjTypeCode=FILE&type=FILE&id=NjA1ODg&LangId=1|publisher=UCI|title=UCI Para-cycling Classification Guide|date=17 April 2012|page=5}} In national competitions, the classification is handled by the national cycling federation. Classification often has three components: physical, technical and observation assessment.

At the 2012 Summer Paralympics, events for this classification include T 1-2 Road Race and Mixed T 1-2 Time Trial.{{Cite web |url=http://www.london2012.com/paralympics/cycling-road/events/index.html |title=Paralympic Cycling Road - Schedule, Results, Medals | London 2012 |access-date=2012-06-14 |archive-date=2012-06-14 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120614054903/http://www.london2012.com/paralympics/cycling-road/events/index.html |url-status=dead }}

This classification has UCI rankings for elite competitors.{{cite web|url=http://www.uci.ch/templates/BUILTIN-NOFRAMES/Template3/layout.asp?MenuId=MTU3MTU&LangId=1|accessdate=14 June 2012|title=Ranking — PARA — Cycling 2012|publisher=Union Cycliste Internationale|date=June 2012|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120613225932/http://www.uci.ch/templates/BUILTIN-NOFRAMES/Template3/layout.asp?MenuId=MTU3MTU&LangId=1|archivedate=13 June 2012}}

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