Little 500

The biggest event in collegiate cycling has a notable disparity between the men's and women's races, and a few riders want to change that.

This special episode comes straight from the Little 500 race of "Breaking Away" box office fame.

Caley Fretz experiences firsthand the 200-lap spectacle of a bike race that happens in Bloomington, Indiana every year.

It's not the Indy 500, but the Little 500 does take place in Indiana. It's 50 miles long over 200 laps of a track

There is nothing else in the world like the "Little Five"

Mark Zalewski looked over the gear at the 2011 Little 500 race in Bloomington, Indiana.

Mark Zalewski shoots the Cutters' fifth straight victory at the Little 500.

Fighting back from a lap down, seniors Eric Young and Zach Lusk take turns pulling, un-lapping themselves in enough time to allow Young to sprint for the Cutter's 11th win in Little 500 history.

Little 500 men’s race

• 1. Cutters
• 2. Phi Delta Theta
• 3. Sigma Chi
• 4. Delta Tau Delta
• 5. Acacia

Little 500 women’s race

• 1. Teter, 100 laps
• 2. Pi Beta Phi, 100
• 3. Delta Gamma, 100
• 4. Army Women, 100
• 5. Wing It Cycling, 100

The Teter squad attacked at lap 15 and nearly lapped the field twice during the Little 500 women's race.

BLOOMINGTON, Ind. (VN) — The Indiana University Little 500, the race made famous by the Academy Award-winning film "Breaking Away," is once again set to run this weekend — with the 61st edition of the men's race and the women in their 24th year.

Cutters win fourth straight Little 500 men's race

The Little 500 in Bloomington, Indiana, has many traditions and teams that are contenders every year. There have even been what people consider dynasties in the race, such as the Delta Chi teams of the late 1970s and early 1980s. Out of that program came some disgruntled riders who decided to form their own independent team in 1984, calling themselves the Cutters, after the fictional team from the movie "Breaking Away." They won the race that year and the team has gone on to win eight more times since, including the past two years.

Baseball has films such as “Field of Dreams” and “The Natural.” Football has “Rudy” and “Brian's Song.” Basketball has “Hoosiers” and … “White Men Can't Jump?” (okay, there are probably better examples than that last one.)

Network covers historic bicycle races LIVE from Indiana University – April 11 and 12 WHAT: For the 6th consecutive season, HDNet will cover the greatest single-speed bike races in the world - the Men’s and Women’s Little 500 LIVE from Indiana University. Steeped in tradition and high on excitement, these races are known as the nation’s premier intramural collegiate cycling event. The races have the reputation of being the best of their kind anywhere in the world, earning the nickname "The World's Greatest College Weekend."

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