Team pursuit
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This article is about the track cycling event. For the speed skating event, see long track speed skating.
The team pursuit is a track cycling event similar to the individual pursuit, except that two teams, each of up to four riders, compete, starting on opposite sides of the velodrome.
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The start (top) and the race (bottom) of a women's team pursuit with three riders at the 2012 Summer Olympics. (Pictured: Ellen van Dijk, Amy Pieters and Vera Koedooder)