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1997 Paris–Nice
The 1997 Paris–Nice was the 55th edition of the Paris–Nice cycle race and was held from 9 March to 16 March 1997. The race started in Neuilly-sur-Seine and finished in Nice. The race was won by Laurent Jalabert of the ONCE team. General classification References 1997 File:1997 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: The movie set of ''Titanic'', the highest-grossing movie in history at the time; '' Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone'', is published; Comet Hale-Bopp passes by Earth and becomes one of ... 1997 in road cycling 1997 in French sport March 1997 sports events in Europe {{France-cycling-race-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Laurent Jalabert
Laurent Jalabert (born 30 November 1968) is a French former professional road racing cyclist, from 1989 to 2002. Affectionately known as ''"Jaja"'' (slang for a glass of wine; when he continued drinking wine as a professional, the nickname stuck because of the similarity to his name), he won many one-day and stage races and was ranked number 1 in the world in 1995, 1996, 1997 and 1999. Although he never won the Tour de France, where he suffered altitude sickness, he won the Vuelta a España in 1995; as well as the leader's jersey, he won the sprinter's jersey and climber's jersey in the same race — only the third rider to have done this in a Grand Tour. With Alessandro Petacchi, Eddy Merckx, Djamolidine Abdoujaparov and Mark Cavendish, he is one of only five riders to win the points classification in all three grand tours. Biography He turned professional with the French Toshiba team in 1989 and quickly established himself as a daring sprinter. He moved on to the Spanis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pascal Chanteur
Pascal Chanteur (born 9 February 1968 in Saint-Denis) is a French former road bicycle racer. Chanteur was professional between 1991 and 2001. His name was on the list of doping tests published by the French Senate on 24 July 2013 that were collected during the 1998 Tour de France and found suspicious for EPO when retested in 2004. Major results ;1990 : Tour du Hainaut :: General classification :: 1 stage : Tour de la Somme ;1997 : Bordeaux-Cauderan : Paris–Nice, 1 stage ;1998 : GP de la Ville de Rennes : Trofeo Laigueglia : Volta a la Comunitat Valenciana ;1999 : La Côte Picarde La Côte Picarde was a professional cycling race held between 1986 and 2015 in Picardy, France. It was held as part of the UCI Europe Tour from 2005 onwards, in category 1.ncup, meaning it was part of the UCI Under 23 Nations' Cup The UCI Under ... ;2001 : Vergt criterium References External links * French male cyclists 1968 births Living people Sportspeople from Saint-Denis, Seine-S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1997 In Road Cycling
File:1997 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: The movie set of ''Titanic'', the highest-grossing movie in history at the time; ''Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone'', is published; Comet Hale-Bopp passes by Earth and becomes one of the most observed comets of the 20th century; Golden Bauhinia Square, where sovereignty of Hong Kong is handed over from the United Kingdom to the People's Republic of China; the 1997 Central European flood kills 114 people in the Czech Republic, Poland, and Germany; Korean Air Flight 801 crashes during heavy rain on Guam, killing 229; Mars Pathfinder and Sojourner land on Mars; flowers left outside Kensington Palace following the death of Diana, Princess of Wales, in a car crash in Paris., 300x300px, thumb rect 0 0 200 200 Titanic (1997 film) rect 200 0 400 200 Harry Potter rect 400 0 600 200 Comet Hale-Bopp rect 0 200 300 400 Death of Diana, Princess of Wales rect 300 200 600 400 Handover of Hong Kong rect 0 400 200 600 Mars Pathfin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pascal Lino
Pascal Lino (born 13 August 1966) is a French former road racing cyclist. Lino turned professional in 1988, and is most famous for being the wearer of the yellow jersey of the 1992 Tour de France for 11 days. He represented his native country at the 1988 Summer Olympics in the Men's Points Race. Career achievements Major results ;1986 : 2nd Duo Normand ;1987 : 2nd Overall Ruban Granitier Breton : 10th Overall Tour Méditerranéen ;1988 : 1st Prologue Tour of Greece ;1989 : 1st Overall Tour de la Communauté Européenne : 8th Grand Prix de la Libération : 9th Overall Critérium International ::1st Stage 2 ;1992 : 5th Overall Tour de France, Held for 11 days ;1993 : 1st Stage 14 Tour de France ;1994 : 8th Overall Route du Sud ;1995 : 8th Chrono des Herbiers ;1997 : 2nd Circuit de la Sarthe : 2nd Cholet-Pays de Loire : 3rd Critérium International : 6th La Flèche Wallonne : 6th GP de la Ville de Rennes : 10th Overall Paris–Nice ;1998 : 1st Overall French Road Cycling Cup : ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Christophe Moreau
Christophe Moreau (born 12 April 1971 in Vervins) is a French former professional road racing cyclist. For many years Moreau was the primary French contender for the general classification in the Tour de France: he finished in the top 12 in the GC five times and finished the race as best Frenchman in 2000, 2003, 2004 and 2005. He also enjoyed success in the Critérium du Dauphiné Libéré, winning the race overall in 2001 and 2007. Early professional career Moreau debuted as a professional in 1995 with . He was a time trialist early in his career which brought him the victory in the Tour de l'Avenir prologue. He finished the 1997 Tour de France in 19th place overall. Festina affair Moreau continued his progression the following year when he won the final time trial and overall of the 1998 Critérium International. He tested positive for anabolic steroids at the 1998 Critérium du Dauphiné Libéré. Festina Team director Bruno Roussel defended Moreau by saying it was another me ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Johan Museeuw
Johan Museeuw (born 13 October 1965) is a retired Belgian professional road racing cyclist who was a professional from 1988 until 2004. Nicknamed ''The Lion of Flanders'', he was particularly successful in the cobbled classics of Flanders and Northern France and was considered one of the best classic races specialists of the 1990s. He won both the Tour of Flanders and Paris–Roubaix three times and was road world champion in 1996. Other notable career achievements include two individual stage wins in the Tour de France, two final classifications of the UCI Road World Cup, two national road race championships and several classic cycle races. In 1996 he received the Vélo d'Or, awarded annually to the rider considered to have performed the best over the year. Early life and amateur career Born in Varsenare, Museeuw grew up in Gistel, West Flanders. His father Eddy had been a professional cyclist for two seasons, albeit without much success. As a junior and amateur, Museeuw pra ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mikel Zarrabeitia
Mikel Zarrabeitia Uranga (born May 14, 1970 in Abadiño) is a Spanish former road bicycle racer. In the 11th stage of the 2000 Vuelta a España, Zarrabeitia cut off the top of his finger. He was trying to repair his distance counter during the descent from Alt de la Rabassa when the accident happened. Major results ;1991 : 3rd GP Villafranca de Ordizia : 5th Overall Euskal Bizikleta ;1992 : 1st Overall Vuelta a La Rioja ::1st Stage 2 : 2nd Klasika Primavera : 3rd Overall Tour of the Basque Country : 7th Overall Volta a Catalunya : 7th Overall Vuelta a Aragón : 10th Overall Euskal Bizikleta ;1993 : 8th Subida al Naranco : 9th Overall Volta a Catalunya ;1994 : 2nd Overall Vuelta a España ;1996 : 4th Subida al Naranco : 5th Overall Euskal Bizikleta ;1997 : 1st Gran Premio Navarra : 1st Klasika Primavera : 2nd Overall Vuelta a Aragón ::1st Stage 3 : 3rd Overall Volta a Catalunya : 5th Tour du Haut Var : 6th Overall Tour of the Basque Country : 7th Overall Paris–Nice : 7t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Didier Rous
Didier Rous (born 18 September 1970 in Montauban, France) is a French former professional road bicycle racer. He competed in the men's individual road race at the 1996 Summer Olympics. Biography He started his professional career with Gan in 1993 before leaving for Festina in 1997, the year in which he won a stage of the Tour de France. In 1998 the Tour and in particular the Festina team were struck by a doping scandal which led to revelations that the team had organised a doping fund under the managemt of Bruno Roussel, the directeur sportif, and the team's doctor, Erik Rykaert. Rous said he had taken the blood enhancer, EPO. In 2000 he joined a new team, Bonjour, sponsored by a newspaper chain and managed by the former rider Jean-René Bernaudeau. He stayed with Bernaudeau as the team's sponsors changed and ride under its new sponsor, Brioches La Boulangère (2003–2004) and then Bouygues Telecom (2005). Rous said on 11 June 2007 that he was stopping racing because of healt ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Viatcheslav Ekimov
Viatcheslav Vladimirovich Ekimov (Russian Вячеслав Владимирович Екимов; born 4 February 1966), nicknamed ''Eki'', is a Russian former professional racing cyclist. A triple Olympic gold medalist, he was awarded the title of Russian Cyclist of the Century in 2001. Biography Ekimov was born in Vyborg, and started training as a cyclist at age 12 with a bicycle school affiliated with the famous centre of Aleksandr Kuznetsov. He trained in Leningrad at Lokomotiv and later Armed Forces sports society during the Soviet era. Ekimov won three Olympic gold medals: in the track team pursuit in Seoul (1988) for the USSR, and in an upset, in the road time trial in Sydney (2000) for Russia. At the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Ekimov won the silver medal for Russia in the men's road individual time trial, losing to American Tyler Hamilton. Hamilton was later admitted to doping and Ekimov was promoted to gold. Ekimov joined the USPS team in 1997 as its first key ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Laurent Dufaux
Laurent Dufaux (born 20 May 1969 in Montreux, Switzerland) is a former professional road cyclist from 1991 to 2004. He was the Swiss National Road Race champion in 1991. Major results ;1990 : 9th Giro dell'Emilia ;1991 : 1st Road race, National Road Championships : 1st Overall Route du Sud : 1st Coppa Placci : 2nd Giro del Lazio : 4th Tour du Nord–Ouest : 5th Overall Tour de Romandie : 7th Grand Prix Pino Cerami : 7th Trofeo Laigueglia ;1992 : 1st Grand Prix Pino Cerami : 3rd Tour de Berne : 5th Overall Étoile de Bessèges : 6th Overall Critérium du Dauphiné Libéré : 6th Overall Tour de Romandie : 6th Overall Tour of Galicia : 6th Overall Euskal Bizikleta : 6th Classique des Alpes : 7th GP Ouest–France ;1993 : 1st Overall Critérium du Dauphiné Libéré ::1st Stage 5 : 2nd Gran Piemonte : 3rd Overall Vuelta a Burgos : 3rd Overall Setmana Catalana de Ciclisme : 5th Classique des Alpes : 7th Overall Vuelta a Murcia ;1994 : 1st Overall Critérium du Dauphiné Li ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
ONCE (cycling Team)
ONCE cycling team, () also known as Liberty Seguros, Liberty Seguros–Würth and in succession in its final year, Astana–Würth and Astana was a Spanish cycling team. It competed in the UCI ProTour circuit. On 25 May 2006, Liberty Mutual ("seguros" means "insurance" in Spanish) pulled out of primary sponsorship due to a doping scandal involving the directeur sportif, Manolo Saiz. On 2 June 2006, the team acquired a primary sponsor named Astana, after the capital of Kazakhstan. Würth was co-sponsor until 3 July 2006, withdrawing at the end of the 2006 Tour de France, in which didn't compet At the end of the season, Astana also withdrew due to the non-participation in the Tour. On 16 December 2006, the UCI withdrew the ProTour licence of Saiz's company, Active Ba [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nice
Nice ( , ; Niçard: , classical norm, or , nonstandard, ; it, Nizza ; lij, Nissa; grc, Νίκαια; la, Nicaea) is the prefecture of the Alpes-Maritimes department in France. The Nice agglomeration extends far beyond the administrative city limits, with a population of nearly 1 millionDemographia: World Urban Areas , Demographia.com, April 2016 on an area of . Located on the , the southeastern coast of France on the , at the foot of the |
