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1999 Tour De Suisse ...
The 1999 Tour de Suisse was the 63rd edition of the Tour de Suisse cycle race and was held from 15 June to 24 June 1999. The race started in Solothurn and finished in Winterthur. The race was won by Francesco Casagrande of the Vini Caldirola team. Teams Seventeen teams of up to nine riders started the race: * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * Ericsson–Villiger Route General classification Notes References {{DEFAULTSORT:Tour De Suisse, 1999 1999 Tour de Suisse The Tour de Suisse ( en, Tour of Switzerland) is an annual road cycling stage race. Raced over eight days, the event covers two weekends in June, and along with the Critérium du Dauphiné, it is considered a proving ground for the Tour de France ... [...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] |
Chiasso
Chiasso (; lmo, Ciass ) is a municipality in the district of Mendrisio in the canton of Ticino in Switzerland. As the southernmost of Switzerland's municipalities, Chiasso is on the border with Italy, in front of Ponte Chiasso (a frazione of Como, Italy). The municipality of Chiasso includes the villages of Boffalora, Pedrinate and Seseglio. In 2007, the three mayors of Chiasso, Vacallo and Morbio Inferiore decided to unite into one commune. The new united commune with a population of ~15,300 people over a territory of , was rejected by the population in November 2007. History Chiasso is first mentioned in 1140 as ''Claso''. Chiasso (and Boffalora) Historically, Chiasso and Boffalora were two distinct agricultural villages. Due to the nearby Italian border and customs office, and later as part of an access route to the St. Gotthard's Tunnel, the two villages merged and grew. Chiasso's history and development were strongly influenced by its unique location. In its early ... [...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] |
Maurizio De Pasquale
Maurizio is an Italian masculine given name, derived from the Roman name Mauritius. Mauritius is a derivative of Maurus, meaning ''dark-skinned, Moorish''. List of people with the given name Maurizio Art and music * Maurizio Arcieri (born 1945), singer * Maurizio Bianchi (born 1955), pioneer of noise music * Maurizio Cattelan (born 1960), artist * Maurizio Cazzati (1616–1678), composer * Maurizio Colasanti (born 1966), conductor * Maurizio De Jorio, italo disco and Eurobeat musician * Maurizio Lobina (born 1973), keyboardist * Maurizio Pollini (born 1942), classical pianist * Maurizio, minimal techno production duo * Maurizio Iacono (born 1975), singer for Death Metal band Kataklysm Film, television, and media * Maurizio Costanzo (born 1938), television personality * Maurizio De Santis, film producer * Maurizio Giuliano (born 1975), writer and journalist * Maurizio Merli (1940–1989), film actor * Maurizio Nichetti (born 1948), film screenwriter, actor and director * Maurizio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chur
, neighboring_municipalities= Arosa, Churwalden, Tschiertschen-Praden, Domat/Ems, Felsberg, Malix, Trimmis, Untervaz, Pfäfers , twintowns = Bad Homburg (Germany), Cabourg (France), Mayrhofen (Austria), Mondorf-les-Bains (Luxembourg), Terracina (Italy) '' Chur (, locally ; it, Coira ; rm, label= Sursilvan, Cuera ; rm, label=Vallader, Cuoira ; rm, label= Puter and Rumantsch Grischun, Cuira ; rm, label=Surmiran, Coira; rm, label= Sutsilvan, Cuera or ; french: Coire ) la, CVRIA, and . is the capital and largest town of the Swiss canton of the Grisons and lies in the Grisonian Rhine Valley, where the Rhine turns towards the north, in the northern part of the canton. The city, which is located on the right bank of the Rhine, is reputedly the oldest town of Switzerland. The official language of Chur is German,In this context, the term "German" is used as an umbrella term for any variety of German. A person is allowed to communicate with the authorities by using any ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Arosa
, neighboring_municipalities= Alvaneu, Davos, Langwies, Lantsch/Lenz, Molinis, Peist, Schmitten, Tschiertschen, Vaz/Obervaz, Wiesen , twintowns = Fukumitsu (Japan) Arosa is a town and a municipality in the Plessur Region in the canton of Graubünden in Switzerland. It is both a summer and a winter tourist resort. On 1 January 2013, the former municipalities of Calfreisen, Castiel, Langwies, Lüen, Molinis, Peist and St. Peter-Pagig merged into the municipality of Arosa.Nomenklaturen – Amtliches Gemeindeverzeichnis der Schweiz accessed 9 February 2013 At the end of 2013 the Arosa ski resort was linked with |
Oscar Camenzind
Oscar Camenzind (born 12 September 1971 in Schwyz, Switzerland) is a former professional road racing cyclist from Switzerland. He became national road champion in 1997. In 1998 he won the World Road Championship and the Giro di Lombardia, in 2000 the Tour de Suisse and Liège–Bastogne–Liège in 2001. His career came to an abrupt end when he retired from pro cycling after a positive doping test in July 2004 for erythropoietin, leading into the Athens Olympics. After confessing to the use, in 2005 he was sued in Swiss court in order to name his supplier, which he refused to do fearing retribution. Major Results ;1989 : 2nd Road race, National Junior Road Championships ;1994 : 2nd GP Palio del Recioto ;1996 : 2nd GP d'Europe : 2nd Overall GP Tell ::1st Stages 3b & 4 : 2nd À travers Lausanne : 2nd Josef Voegeli Memorial : 3rd Wartenberg Rundfahrt : 7th Overall Giro di Puglia ;1997 : 1st Road race, National Road Championships : 1st Overall GP Tell ::1st Stage 2b : 1st Breitli ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nauders
Nauders ( rm, Danuder) is a municipality in the district of Landeck in the Austrian state of Tyrol. Geography The municipal area is situated in a high valley of the Ötztal Alps north of the Alpine crest, at an altitude of . It is located about south of the district capital Landeck, on the road that leads from Pfunds in the Inntal valley via the narrow Finstermünz Gorge up to Reschen Pass and the border with the Vinschgau region in South Tyrol, Italy. Nearby is the tripoint with the Swiss border; in the west, a road leads into the Sesvenna Alps and to Martina in the Lower Engadin valley. Climate History In ancient times, the trade route across Reschen Pass was part of the Roman Via Claudia Augusta, leading from Italy across the Eastern Alps to the Raetian capital Augusta Vindelicorum (Augsburg). Nauders is probably located at the site of a mansio called ''Inutrium'' in contemporary sources. From 200 AD onwards, however, the significance of the road connection faded, when it ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Landeck
Landeck () is a city in the Austrian state of Tyrol, the capital of the district of Landeck. Geography Landeck is located in the Tyrolean Oberland in the west of the state at an elevation of about . The town is situated in the valley of the Inn River at the confluence with the Sanna tributary, between the Lechtal Alps, part of the Northern Limestone Alps in the north, and the Ötztal Alps and Samnaun Alps ranges of the Central Eastern Alps in the south. The Inn valley is an important transport route from Tyrol to the west across the Arlberg massif. In the south, the Reschen Pass at the main chain of the Alps leads to the Vinschgau region in Italian South Tyrol. Climate History In ancient times, the ''Via Claudia Augusta'' ran across the Reschen Pass and through the Inn Valley Landeck, connecting the Roman ''Italia'' peninsula with the ''Raetia'' province conquered in 15 BC. Throughout the Middle Ages the valley remained an important junction of trade routes leading to Augs ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Matt White (cyclist)
Matthew "Matt" White (born 22 February 1974 in Sydney, New South Wales) is an Australian former professional road racing cyclist. Currently White is working as a sporting director for . White has also worked as a sporting director for but was let go because of doping offenses during his racing career. His most notable results are winning a stage of the 1999 Tour de Suisse and another stage victory at the 2005 Tour Down Under. He mainly worked as a domestique throughout his career, sacrificing personal ambitions to help his leader. Biography White started competitive cycling at age 14. Like so many other Australian professional riders he started his career on the track under Charlie Walsh, competing in the Junior World Championship in Athens. In 1994, he attended the Commonwealth Games in Victoria Canada, his fourth spot in the Team Time Trial was taken by soon to be retired Phil Anderson but he did compete in & finish the road race. Turning professional in 1996 at age 22 wi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mauren
Mauren (High Alemannic: ''Muura'') is a municipality in Liechtenstein that is situated in the north of the country. It has a population of 4,401. The Curta mechanical calculator was produced by Contina AG, in Mauren. curta.li. Retrieved on 2014-11-27. History During antiquity, a Roman road crossed what is known as Mauren. It was first mentioned as "Muron" in documents from 1178. There is a memorial to the Liechtenstein and Peter Kaiser (1793–1864) located in Mauren. Since 1905, Mauren has existed ...[...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] |
