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1986 Volta A Catalunya
The 1986 Volta a Catalunya was the 66th edition of the Volta a Catalunya cycle race and was held from 9 September to 18 September 1986. The race started in Platja d'Aro and finished in Barcelona. The race was won by Sean Kelly of the Kas team. General classification References 1986 The year 1986 was designated as the International Year of Peace by the United Nations. Events January * January 1 **Aruba gains increased autonomy from the Netherlands by separating from the Netherlands Antilles. **Spain and Portugal enter ... Volta 1986 in Spanish road cycling September 1986 sports events in Europe 1986 Super Prestige Pernod International {{Volta a Catalunya-race-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sean Kelly (cyclist)
John James 'Sean' Kelly (born 24 May 1956) is an Irish former professional road bicycle racer, one of the most successful road cyclists of the 1980s, and one of the finest Classics riders of all time. From becoming a professional in 1977 until his retirement in 1994, he won 193 professional races, including nine Monument Classics, Paris–Nice a record seven years consecutively and the first UCI Road World Cup in 1989. Kelly won one Grand Tour, the 1988 Vuelta a España, and four green jerseys in the Tour de France. He achieved multiple victories in the Giro di Lombardia, Milan–San Remo, Paris–Roubaix and Liège–Bastogne–Liège, as well as three runners-up placings in the only Monument he failed to win, the Tour of Flanders. Other victories include the Grand Prix des Nations and stage races, the Critérium International, Tour de Suisse, Tour of the Basque Country and Volta a Catalunya. Kelly twice won bronze medals (1982, 1989) in the Road World Championships Elite ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Acácio Da Silva
Acácio Mora da Silva (born 2 January 1961 in Montalegre, Portugal) is a Portuguese former professional road bicycle racer. He was a professional from 1982 to 1994 during which he won stages in the Tour de France, the Giro d'Italia and stages in many other stage races. He won three stages in total in the Tour de France, one in 1987, one in 1988 and one in 1989. After his stage win in 1989, he wore the yellow jersey as leader of the general classification for four days. In 1986 he won the Züri-Metzgete and was also the Portuguese national road champion. Major results ;1979 : 3rd Overall GP Général Patton ;1980 : 1st Overall Flèche du Sud ::1st Stage 1 ;1981 : 1st Stage 5 Flèche du Sud ;1982 : 1st Tour de Kaistenberg : 4th Overall Tour de Luxembourg ;1983 : 1st Tour de Kaistenberg : 6th GP du canton d'Argovie : 7th Overall Tour de Luxembourg ::1st Stage 4 : 7th Brabantse Pijl : 8th Overall Tour de Suisse ;1984 : 1st Coppa Placci : 1st Tour de Kaistenberg : 2nd Overall Tour ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1986 In Spanish Road Cycling
The year 1986 was designated as the International Year of Peace by the United Nations. Events January * January 1 ** Aruba gains increased autonomy from the Netherlands by separating from the Netherlands Antilles. **Spain and Portugal enter the European Community, which becomes the European Union in 1993. *January 11 – The Gateway Bridge in Brisbane, Australia, at this time the world's longest prestressed concrete free-cantilever bridge, is opened. * January 13– 24 – South Yemen Civil War. * January 20 – The United Kingdom and France announce plans to construct the Channel Tunnel. *January 24 – The Voyager 2 space probe makes its first encounter with Uranus. * January 25 – Yoweri Museveni's National Resistance Army Rebel group takes over Uganda after leading a five-year guerrilla war in which up to half a million people are believed to have been killed. They will later use January 26 as the official date to avoid a coincidence of dates with Dictator Idi Amin's ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1986 In Catalonia
The year 1986 was designated as the International Year of Peace by the United Nations. Events January * January 1 **Aruba gains increased autonomy from the Netherlands by separating from the Netherlands Antilles. **Spain and Portugal enter the European Community, which becomes the European Union in 1993. *January 11 – The Sir Leo Hielscher Bridges, Gateway Bridge in Brisbane, Australia, at this time the world's longest prestressed concrete free-cantilever bridge, is opened. *January 13–January 24, 24 – South Yemen Civil War. *January 20 – The United Kingdom and France announce plans to construct the Channel Tunnel. *January 24 – The Voyager 2 space probe makes its first encounter with Uranus. *January 25 – Yoweri Museveni's National Resistance Army Rebel group takes over Uganda after leading a five-year guerrilla war in which up to half a million people are believed to have been killed. They will later use January 26 as the official date to avoid a coincidence of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Volta A Catalunya By Year
Volta may refer to: Persons * Alessandro Volta (1745–1827), Italian physicist and inventor of the electric battery, count and eponym of the volt * Giovanni Volta (1928–2012), Italian Roman Catholic bishop * Giovanni Serafino Volta (1764–1842) Italian priest, naturalist and paleontologist * Massimo Volta (born 1987), Italian footballer * Leopoldo Camillo Volta (1751–1823) Italian librarian and historian of Mantua Places * Volta, California, a census-designated place in Merced County, California, US * Volta Mantovana, an Italian municipality in the Lombardy region * Porta Volta, a former city gate of Milan, Italy * Volta Grande, a Brazilian municipality in the Minas Gerais state * Volta Redonda, a Brazilian municipality in the Rio de Janeiro state * Upper Volta (other) * Lake Volta, in Ghana * Volta Region, in Ghana * Volta River, primarily flowing in Ghana, with its headstreams: ** White Volta ** Red Volta ** Black Volta * Volta (crater), a crater on the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pello Ruiz Cabestany
Pello Ruiz Cabestany (born March 13, 1962 in San Sebastián) is a Spanish former professional road racing cyclist. Major results ;1980 : 1st Pursuit, National Track Championships ;1982 : 1st : 1st Stages 8b & 11 Vuelta a Guatemala : 1st Stage 2 : 2nd Overall : 2nd Overall Cinturó de l'Empordà ;1983 : 1st Overall : 1st Prologue Grand Prix Guillaume Tell : 2nd Overall Vuelta Ciclista a Navarra : 2nd Overall Volta a Tarragona : 2nd ;1984 : 2nd Overall Volta a la Comunitat Valenciana ::1st Stage 3 : 3rd Overall Vuelta a Aragón : 4th Trofeo Masferrer : 6th Subida a Arrate ;1985 : 1st Overall Tour of the Basque Country : 1st Stage 6 Vuelta a Colombia : 2nd Road race, National Road Championships : 4th Overall Vuelta a España ::1st Stage 17 ;1986 : 1st Stage 4 Tour de France : 2nd Overall Vuelta a Murcia : 3rd Overall Grand Prix du Midi Libre ::1st Stage 3 : 4th Subida al Naranco : 6th Overall Vuelta a España : 6th Overall Setmana Catalana de Ciclisme : 9th Overall Tour of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
José Recio
José Recio Ariza (born January 24, 1957, in Fernán Núñez) is a Spanish former professional road racing cyclist. He won five stages at Vuelta a España and several Spanish stage races like Volta a Catalunya, Setmana Catalana de Ciclisme and Vuelta a Burgos Vuelta Ciclista a Burgos is an elite professional road bicycle racing event held annually in the Burgos province of Spain. The men's Vuelta a Burgos has been a multi-day stage race as part of the UCI Europe Tour since 2005. In 2019, a multi-day wo .... Recio turned professional in 1980, and started in the Vuelta a Espana. This was not a success; he dropped out soon, stopped riding, and became a bricklayer for one year. In 1982, he returned as a professional rider, started the Vuelta again, and won a stage. 1983 also was good, as he won the Volta a Catalunya. In 1984, he was one of the leaders of his team in the Vuelta a Espana, and won a stage, finishing in the top ten overall. References External links * Living peop ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Carlos Hernández Bailo
Carlos Hernández Bailo (born 27 December 1958) is a Spanish former professional racing cyclist. He rode in seven editions of the Tour de France and ten editions of the Vuelta a España. Major results ;1981 : 1st Stage 4 Vuelta a Cantabria ;1982 : 1st Overall Vuelta a Aragón : 10th Trofeo Masferrer ;1983 : 1st Road race, National Road Championships : 1st Circuito de Getxo : 1st Stage 14 Vuelta a España : 6th Clásica de San Sebastián ;1985 : 2nd Overall Vuelta a Aragón ::1st Stage 5 ;1986 : 3rd Subida al Naranco : 2nd Overall Vuelta a Castilla y León : 6th Overall Vuelta a Murcia : 8th Overall Volta a Catalunya : 8th Clásica de San Sebastián : 9th Trofeo Masferrer ;1987 : 1st Stage 12 Vuelta a España : 1st Stage 4 Vuelta a Asturias : 2nd Overall Vuelta a Murcia ::1st Stage 1a ;1988 : 1st Overall Vuelta a Murcia ::1st Stage 5b : 4th Subida al Naranco ;1989 : 1st Road race, National Road Championships : 1st Stage 1 Vuelta a Castilla y León : 3rd Overall Vuelta a Arag ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pedro Delgado
Pedro Delgado Robledo (; born 15 April 1960), also known as Perico (), is a Spanish former professional road bicycle racer. He won the 1988 Tour de France, as well as the Vuelta a España in 1985 and 1989. Delgado is 171 centimetres tall (5 ft 7-1/2 in) and used to weigh 64 kilograms (141 lb). He was a good climber, with an aggressive style, making cycling a spectacle, which gained him fans. On one hand, there were days when he was extremely successful attacking. On the other, he occasionally suffered from big losses of time due to mistakes or strokes of bad luck. He was also a good time-trialist until the nineties, when it became difficult for him to adapt to technical changes in the time-trial bicycles. The ending of the 1987 Tour de France and the 1985 Vuelta a España and the whole 1989 Tour are among his more memorable participations in major competitions. Delgado tested positive for the known masking agent Probenecid during the 1988 tour. The drug, which had b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marino Lejarreta
Marino Lejarreta Arrizabalaga (born 14 May 1957) is a retired Basque professional road racing cyclist. His biggest victory was capturing the 1982 Vuelta a España, a Grand Tour stage race, and he is the inaugural and record three-time winner of the Clásica de San Sebastián (1981, 1982, 1987), which is now considered a one-day classic. In 1989, Lejarreta captured the Volta a Catalunya repeating one of his first professional wins in 1980 at the same event. Career Lejarreta rode very well in the 1982 Vuelta, but initially finished 2nd to Ángel Arroyo while coming in just eighteen seconds ahead of Michel Pollentier. Following the race however, Arroyo and several other riders failed doping controls in one of the biggest scandals in Vuelta history making the young Basque rider the de facto winner of the race. It was a bittersweet victory as he was not actually the victor riding into Madrid. For the 1983 Vuelta a España he would be up against Bernard Hinault, who had his teammates L ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anselmo Fuerte
Anselmo Fuerte Abelenda (born 27 January 1962 in Madrid) is a former Spanish racing cyclist. He finished third in the 1988 and 1990 Vuelta a España. Major results ;1984 : 1st Overall Vuelta a la Comunidad de Madrid ;1986 : 3rd Overall Vuelta a Burgos : 4th Overall Tour of the Basque Country ::1st Stage 4 : 4th Overall Volta Ciclista a Catalunya : 5th Overall Route du Sud : 9th Overall Vuelta a España : 9th Overall Critérium International ;1987 : 1st Overall Vuelta a Aragón : 3rd Overall Vuelta a Asturias : 7th Overall Vuelta a España : 8th Overall Tour de France ;1988 : 2nd Overall Setmana Catalana de Ciclisme : 3rd Overall Vuelta a España : 8th Overall Tour of the Basque Country ;1990 : 3rd Overall Vuelta a España ;1991 : 2nd Overall Setmana Catalana de Ciclisme ;1992 : 6th Overall Vuelta a Andalucía The Vuelta a Andalucía (Tour of Andalusia) or Ruta del Sol (Route of the Sun) is a regional Spanish road bicycle race first held in 1925. Since 2005, it has been a 2.1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Álvaro Pino
Álvaro Pino Couñago (born 17 August 1956) is a former professional road racing cyclist Road bicycle racing is the cycle sport discipline of road cycling, held primarily on paved roads. Road racing is the most popular professional form of bicycle racing, in terms of numbers of competitors, events and spectators. The two most common ... from Galicia who raced between 1981 through 1991 and is most famous for winning the General classification, overall title at the 1986 Vuelta a España over favorites Robert Millar from Great Britain, Laurent Fignon from France and Sean Kelly (cyclist), Sean Kelly from Ireland. The following year, Pino captured the 1987 Volta a Catalunya and at the 1988 Vuelta, Pino won two stages and the King of the Mountains jersey. In all, he won five stages over his career at the Vuelta a España. From 2007 through 2010, Pino worked as a ''directeur sportif'' for Spanish professional continental team Xacobeo-Galicia. Major results ;1981 : 1st Stage 19 19 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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