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| London 2012: Road cycling tickets go on sale | London 2012: Road cycling tickets go on sale |
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| More tickets for road cycling events at the London Olympics are going on sale later, organiser Locog has said. | More tickets for road cycling events at the London Olympics are going on sale later, organiser Locog has said. |
| Tickets will be available from 11:00 BST for Box Hill in Surrey - where the road races can be viewed - and Hampton Court Palace, for the time trials. | Tickets will be available from 11:00 BST for Box Hill in Surrey - where the road races can be viewed - and Hampton Court Palace, for the time trials. |
| Tickets, priced from £5 to £15, will be available on a first come, first served basis until they are sold out. | Tickets, priced from £5 to £15, will be available on a first come, first served basis until they are sold out. |
| Box Hill is a special conservation area, but Locog said it was working to minimise the impact on wildlife. | |
| Tickets providing access to The Hill and the big screen at Wimbledon are also going on sale, as well as tickets for the Orbit sculpture on the Olympic Park, Locog said. | |
| The Orbit, which is between the Olympic Stadium and the Aquatics Centre, will give visitors a view of the entire park and across London's skyline. | |
| Visitors will be able to take a trip up the structure in a lift and have the option of walking down the spiralling staircase. | |
| Tickets for the Orbit will be available only to those who have Olympic Park tickets or tickets for an event in the park, and only for the day they are due to go, Locog said. | |
| On Friday, the BBC reported that about 300,000 Olympics tickets that went on sale earlier this month remain unsold. | On Friday, the BBC reported that about 300,000 Olympics tickets that went on sale earlier this month remain unsold. |
| That is out of 928,000 put on general sale earlier this month and are in addition to the more than one million football tickets which are left. | |
| All tickets have been sold in some sports, including athletics, track cycling, equestrianism, rhythmic gymnastics and swimming. | All tickets have been sold in some sports, including athletics, track cycling, equestrianism, rhythmic gymnastics and swimming. |
| The opening and closing ceremonies are also fully sold out. | The opening and closing ceremonies are also fully sold out. |
| But tickets are still available for sports including boxing, basketball, beach volleyball, weightlifting and football. | But tickets are still available for sports including boxing, basketball, beach volleyball, weightlifting and football. |