Editing Kingston upon Thames (section)

===London 2012 Summer Olympics===
[[File:Bradley Wiggins 2012 Olympic time trial.jpg|thumb|alt=Racing cyclist.|Bradley Wiggins riding towards central Kingston on 1 August 2012.]]
Prior to the opening of the [[2012 Summer Olympics|games]], Kingston hosted the [[2012 Summer Olympics torch relay]]<ref>{{Cite web |title=Kingston gripped by Olympic fever as torch relay reaches borough |url=https://www.kingston.ac.uk/news/article/629/26-jul-2012-kingston-gripped-by-olympic-fever-as-torch-relay-reaches-borough/ |access-date=11 July 2023 |website=www.kingston.ac.uk |language=en-GB |archive-date=11 July 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230711153128/https://www.kingston.ac.uk/news/article/629/26-jul-2012-kingston-gripped-by-olympic-fever-as-torch-relay-reaches-borough/ |url-status=live }}</ref> on two occasions with the flame travelling through the borough on 24 July 2012 and aboard the [[Gloriana (barge)|''Gloriana'']] in a cauldron on 27 July 2012 en route to the [[Olympic Stadium (London)|Olympic Stadium]] for the [[2012 Summer Olympics opening ceremony|opening ceremony]]. The borough was the setting for four cycling events during the Olympics, the [[Cycling at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Men's individual road race|men's road race]], [[Cycling at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Women's individual road race|women's road race]], [[Cycling at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Men's road time trial|men's road time trial]] and [[Cycling at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Women's road time trial|women's road time trial]].

Following the games, the [[London–Surrey Classic]] professional [[road bicycle race]] ran through the town from 2013 to 2018, using a similar course to the Olympic road race.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Jenkinson|first=Orlando|date=1 August 2019|title='Tens of thousands' expected for RideLondon-Surrey events this weekend|url=https://www.surreycomet.co.uk/news/17810456.prudential-ridelondon-surrey-pass-esher-kingston-weekend/|access-date=12 August 2021|website=Surrey Comet|language=en|archive-date=12 August 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210812220706/https://www.surreycomet.co.uk/news/17810456.prudential-ridelondon-surrey-pass-esher-kingston-weekend/|url-status=live}}</ref> Following the [[COVID-19 pandemic]], the race will not return to Kingston, with the [[RideLondon]] festival using the roads of [[Essex]] instead.<ref>{{Cite web|date=4 March 2021|title=RideLondon set to continue from 2022-31 but in new format, Transport for London papers reveal|url=https://road.cc/content/news/ridelondon-set-continue-2022-31-new-format-281467|access-date=12 August 2021|website=road.cc|language=en|archive-date=12 August 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210812220715/https://road.cc/content/news/ridelondon-set-continue-2022-31-new-format-281467|url-status=live}}</ref>
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