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1998 Tour De Romandie
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The 1998 Tour de Romandie was the 52nd edition of the Tour de Romandie cycle race and was held from 5 May to 10 May 1998. The race started in Rheinfelden and finished in Geneva. The race was won by Laurent Dufaux of the Festina team. General classification References 1998 Tour de Romandie The Tour de Romandie is a stage race which is part of the UCI World Tour. It runs through the Romandie region, or French-speaking part of Switzerland. The competition began in 1947, to coincide with the 50-year anniversary of Swiss Cycling. It ... [...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] |
Alex Zülle
Alex Zülle (born 5 July 1968) is a Swiss former professional road bicycle racer. During the 1990s he was one of the most successful cyclists in the world, winning the 1996 and 1997 Vuelta a España, taking second place in the 1995 and the 1999 Tour de France. He was world time-trial champion in Lugano in 1996. Biography Early career Zülle was born and brought up in Wil in the canton of St. Gallen, son of a Swiss father, Walter Zülle and Wilhelmine, from Brabant, Netherlands. As a child he wanted to be a skier but at 18 he was injured in an accident. He began cycling in the Netherlands for rehabilitation before giving up because it was too windy. His father, having bought cycling equipment, persuaded him to give cycling another go when they returned to Switzerland. After several years as a successful amateur, Zülle turned professional in 1991. He approached the former sporting director of the Swiss team, Helvetia, Paul Köchli, but Köchli signed Laurent Dufaux instea ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Francesco Casagrande
Francesco Casagrande (born 14 September 1970 in Florence) is an Italian former professional road racing cyclist. Casagrande was a professional cyclist between 1992 and 2005. Biography He was a proven performer in the Grand Tours and the major one-day races. He wore the leader's jersey into the penultimate stage of the 2000 Giro d'Italia, but faltered badly and wound up 2nd to fellow Italian Stefano Garzelli. Casagrande did, however, win the mountains classification, wearing the corresponding green jersey on the podium. In major one-day races, he has won the Clásica de San Sebastián in 1998 and 1999, followed by the 2000 editions of the La Flèche Wallonne and Subida a Urkiola. Also in 1999, he placed 4th in the World Cycling Championships Road Race behind Óscar Freire, Markus Zberg, and Jean-Cyril Robin. In his early career, Casagrande won the 1996 Tirreno–Adriatico and Tour of the Basque Country — both one-week stage races. In 1998, Casagrande tested positive fo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1997 Tour De Romandie
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The 1997 Tour de Romandie was the 51st edition of the Tour de Romandie cycle race and was held from 6 May to 11 May 1997. The race started in Kriegstetten and finished in Geneva. The race was won by Pavel Tonkov of the Mapei team. General classification References 1997 Tour de Romandie The Tour de Romandie is a stage race which is part of the UCI World Tour. It runs through the Romandie region, or French-speaking part of Switzerland. The competition began in 1947, to coincide with the 50-year anniversary of Swiss Cycling. It ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1999 Tour De Romandie
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The 1999 Tour de Romandie was the 53rd edition of the Tour de Romandie cycle race and was held from 4 May to 9 May 1999. The race started in Bernex and finished in Geneva. The race was won by Laurent Jalabert of the ONCE team. General classification References 1999 Tour de Romandie The Tour de Romandie is a stage race which is part of the UCI World Tour. It runs through the Romandie region, or French-speaking part of Switzerland. The competition began in 1947, to coincide with the 50-year anniversary of Swiss Cycling. I ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tour De Romandie
The Tour de Romandie is a stage race which is part of the UCI World Tour. It runs through the Romandie region, or French-speaking part of Switzerland. The competition began in 1947, to coincide with the 50-year anniversary of Swiss Cycling. It was held without interruption until the COVID-19 pandemic caused the cancellation of the 2020 edition. The course of the race usually heads northwards towards the Jura mountains and Alpine mountain ranges of western Switzerland. The race traditionally starts with an individual time trial prologue and ends with an individual time-trial in hilly terrains, often in Lausanne. The final time-trial traditionally starts in the stadium north of Lausanne, goes downhill southwards to Lake Léman (Lake Geneva), and makes its way back uphill to the stadium again. The winner and several of the top-ten finishers are usually excellent time trialists. Four winners of the Tour de Romandie had gone on to win the Tour de France in the same year; Stephen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rheinfelden (Aargua)
Rheinfelden may refer to: Places * Rheinfelden (Baden), a town in the county of Lörrach in Baden-Württemberg, Germany * Rheinfelden (Aargau), a town in the canton of Aargau, Switzerland * Rheinfelden District, a district in the Swiss canton of Aargau People * Adelaide of Rheinfelden (1060s–1090), Queen Consort of Hungary * Agnes of Rheinfelden (c. 1065-1111), daughter of King Rudolf of Rheinfelden * Bertha of Rheinfelden (c. 1065–after 1128), countess of Kellmünz * Berthold of Rheinfelden or Berthold I, Duke of Swabia (c. 1060-1099), Duke of Swabia * (1737–1826), German nobleman * John of Rheinfelden (c. 1340-unknown), Dominican friar and writer * Rudolf of Rheinfelden (also Rudolf of Swabia) (c. 1025-1080), counter-king to Henry IV in the Holy Roman Empire See also * * Rheinsfelden Glattfelden is a municipality in the district of Bülach in the canton of Zürich in Switzerland, and belongs to the Glatt Valley (German: ''Glattal''). History Glattfelden is first me ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Geneva
Geneva ( ; french: Genève ) frp, Genèva ; german: link=no, Genf ; it, Ginevra ; rm, Genevra is the List of cities in Switzerland, second-most populous city in Switzerland (after Zürich) and the most populous city of Romandy, the French-speaking part of Switzerland. Situated in the south west of the country, where the Rhône exits Lake Geneva, it is the capital of the Canton of Geneva, Republic and Canton of Geneva. The city of Geneva () had a population 201,818 in 2019 (Jan. estimate) within its small municipal territory of , but the Canton of Geneva (the city and its closest Swiss suburbs and exurbs) had a population of 499,480 (Jan. 2019 estimate) over , and together with the suburbs and exurbs located in the canton of Vaud and in the French Departments of France, departments of Ain and Haute-Savoie the cross-border Geneva metropolitan area as officially defined by Eurostat, which extends over ,As of 2020, the Eurostat-defined Functional Urban Area of Geneva was made up of 9 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Festina (cycling Team)
Festina was a former professional cycling team that was active in the professional peloton from 1989 to 2001. The team was sponsored by the Swiss watch manufacturer of the same name. History Beginnings The team first appeared as ''Lotus-Zahor'' but the following year, 1990, the team became ''Lotus-Festina''. In 1993, the team became ''Festina-Lotus'' which it was known by until 2000. The team was a Spanish team from 1989 to 1992. Then the team was based in Andorra in 1993 and 1994. In 1995, the team became French-based from which it would stay until the team retired from the peloton, with the sole exception of 1996. In 1991, the team signed the Portuguese cyclist Acacio Da Silva who would not win the sprints classification in that year's Vuelta a España. The team signed Sean Kelly in 1992 who won Milan–San Remo, the first Classic victory for the team. The team entered its first Tour de France in 1992. The team manager and directeur sportifs at this time included Miguel Mo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Santiago Botero
Santiago Botero Echeverry (born October 27, 1972) is a Colombian former professional road bicycle racer. He was a pro from 1996 to 2010, during which time he raced in three editions of the Tour de France and four editions of the Vuelta a España (the Tour of Spain). He was best known for winning the mountains classification in the Tour de France, and the World Championship Time Trial. Biography Beginnings Since childhood, he was very fond of bicycles, especially after his father, Alberto Botero, gave him a mountain bike, with which he practiced and began to compete in mountain bike races in Medellín. Although he was not a good academic student, he became one of the most important cyclists in Colombia. Juan Darío Uribe, the sports doctor who discovered him and was his mentor in road cycling, says that he gave him the same effort test given to his other runners (some of them were Óscar de Jesús Vargas, Carlos Mario Jaramillo and Juan Diego Ramírez) on a stationary bik ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Roland Meier
Roland Meier (born 22 November 1967) is a Swiss former cyclist. He competed in two events at the 1992 Summer Olympics. On 28 August 2001, he was suspended for eight months because he tested positive for EPO. Major results ;1990 : 1st Stage 1 Ronde de l'Isard : 3rd Overall Grand Prix Guillaume Tell ;1991 : 3rd Overall Flèche du Sud ;1992 : 2nd Overall Grand Prix Guillaume Tell : 2nd Schynberg Rundfahrt ;1993 : 1st Stausee Rundfahrt : 1st Schynberg Rundfahrt : 1st Stages 6 & 8 Tour of Austria : 1st Stage 4 Tour du Vaucluse : 2nd Time trial, National Road Championships : 2nd GP Lugano : 8th Milano–Torino ;1995 : 1st Time trial, National Road Championships : 10th Overall Route du Sud ;1996 : 1st Schynberg Rundfahrt : 8th Overall Tour de Normandie ;1997 : 1st Stage 2 Grand Prix Guillaume Tell : 3rd Overall Regio-Tour : 5th Overall Tour de Suisse ;1998 : 2nd Wartenberg Rundfahrt : 3rd Time trial, National Road Championships : 5th Overall Euskal Bizikleta : 5th Overall Tour de Rom ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Davide Rebellin
Davide Rebellin (9 August 1971 – 30 November 2022) was an Italian professional road bicycle racer, who last rode for UCI Continental team . He was considered one of the finest classic cycle races, classics specialists of his generation with more than fifty top ten finishes in UCI Road World Cup and UCI ProTour classics. Rebellin was best known in the cycling world for his 2004 season, when he won a then unprecedented treble with wins in Amstel Gold Race, La Flèche Wallonne and Liège–Bastogne–Liège. He also won stage races such as Paris–Nice and Tirreno–Adriatico, and a stage in the Giro d'Italia. Rebellin served a two-year suspension for testing positive for Methoxy polyethylene glycol-epoetin beta, Mircera at the 2008 Olympic Games. Career Born in San Bonifacio, province of Verona, Rebellin turned professional in 1992 and came to the attention of the cycling world with a string of strong performances during his early years. He suffered from asthma, a disease that a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
