Paralympics

Cyclists at Paralympic Games and other IPC sanctioned events such a the World Championships must fit one of the four disability categories (locomotor, cerebral palsy or blind and visually impaired, handcycling). Each disability category is divided into various classifications.

• Locomotor Disabilities (LC); division LC 1, LC 2, LC 3, LC 4, from minor (LC 1) to more severe (LC 4) disabilities.
  
• Cerebral Palsy (CP); division CP 4, CP 3, CP 2, CP 1, from the least severely disabled riders (CP 4) to the more severely disabled athletes who race on tricycles (CP 1).
  
• Blind & Visually Impaired (B & VI)
  
• Handcycling (HC), division A, B and C (from the more severely disabled (A) to the partially disabled athletes (C), based on the level of spinal cord lesion.