However, the cycling event went ahead as scheduled with no objections from the athletes.
The aim of the cycling event is to raise money for research into cancer.
It is on the route for the men's cycling event in the 2012 Olympics.
The women's road race was one of the cycling events at the 2000 Summer Olympics.
There are nine cycling events, seven for men and two for women.
So in 1931 there were three independent cycling events, sharing the same route.
Professional cycling events are also held at the same time as the footrunning.
France dominated the cycling events, taking 4 of the 6 gold medals.
For the first time, women's cycling events were included in the Olympic program, with a single event, the individual road race.
Tour of Rwanda is a cycling event created in 1988.