Cyclo

The first version (Lampre edition) in 1999 was made for the Italian Lampre cycling outfit and only distributed amongst their customers. The 2nd edition from 2000 was commercialized and is known as the Lotto edition. The only difference is the cover of the box.

Cyclo is a cycling game where each player controls a team of 5 cyclists, each team in a different color. The gameboard consists of 5 double strokes that can be used to form different tracks. There are 3 dice, downhill all 3 may be used, during climbing only 1 die may be rolled. Cyclists can slipstream when staying behind another cyclist.

Although this is a dice controlled game (which means luck involved) Cyclo still manages to simulate the cycling board quite well.

In 2025, a total reworked version of the game was published. The new version is an upgrade, both in the rules as the layout. The game has now 6 plates now, printed on both sides, chance cards and power tokens are added. Number of riders is now 4. The game has been published by "Koers Tegen Kanker" (https://www.koerstegenkanker.be/) an NPO founded to republish Cyclo the Game with the help of sponsors and the profit will entirely go to the fight against cancer. This because author Dirk Donvil and his wufe had cancer in 2019, en Dirk hads lost both his parents due to cancer.

Production is done by Art of Games (https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgamepublisher/9098/art-of-games).

Elaborated review on https://www.cyclingboardgames.net/g_cyclo_the_game.htm

Only available through the site of Bioracer : https://shop.bioracer.com/products/cyclo-the-game