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1998 Critérium Du Dauphiné Libéré
The 1998 Critérium du Dauphiné Libéré was the 50th edition of the cycle race and was held from 7 June to 14 June 1998. The race started in Villeurbanne and finished in Megève. The race was won by Armand de Las Cuevas of the Banesto team. Teams Fifteen teams, containing a total of 120 riders, participated in the race: * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * Route Stages Prologue 7 June 1998 – Villeurbanne, ( ITT) Stage 1 8 June 1998 – Villeurbanne to Charvieu-Chavagneux, Stage 2 9 June 1998 – Charvieu-Chavagneux to Vals-les-Bains, Stage 3 10 June 1998 – Vals-les-Bains to Mont Ventoux, Stage 4 11 June 1998 – Saint-Paul-Trois-Châteaux to Saint-Paul-Trois-Châteaux, ( ITT) Stage 5 12 June 1998 – Crest to Grenoble, Stage 6 13 May 1998 – Challes-les-Eaux to Megève Côte 2000, Stage 7 14 June 1998 – Megève to Megève, General classification References Further reading * External links {{DEFAULTSORT:Dauphine Lib ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Armand De Las Cuevas
Armand de Las Cuevas (26 June 1968 – 2 August 2018) was a French racing cyclist. He won prestigious races such as the Critérium du Dauphiné Libéré and the Clásica de San Sebastián. A time trial specialist, he won many prologues and individual time trials in the early 1990s. In both the 1992 and 1994 Tour de France he finished in the top 5 of the prologue as well as the other ITT's. He won a stage in the 1994 Giro d'Italia, an ITT, and placed in the top 5 of both other time trials. He also rode strongly enough to come in 9th on general classification. In the 1994 Tour de Romandie he won the prologue and finished 2nd overall. He also competed in track pursuit racing, and was bronze medalist in the discipline at the 1990 UCI Track Cycling World Championships in Japan. De Las Cuevas retired to Réunion in 1999, where he founded a cycling school. He committed suicide there in 2018. Major results ;1986 : 1st Overall Tour de Lorraine ;1987 : 3rd Chrono des Herbiers ;1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mont Ventoux
Mont Ventoux (; oc, Ventor, label= Provençal ) is a mountain in the Provence region of southern France, located some northeast of Carpentras, Vaucluse. On the north side, the mountain borders the department of Drôme. At , it is the highest mountain in the region and has been nicknamed the "Beast of Provence", the "Giant of Provence", or "The Bald Mountain". It has gained fame through its inclusion in the Tour de France cycling race; in 2009 it was the scene of the first penultimate-day mountain top finish in the Tour de France, with Alberto Contador sealing his yellow jersey. As the name might suggest (''venteux'' means windy in French), it can get windy at the summit, especially with the ''mistral''; wind speeds as high as have been recorded. The wind blows at over for 240 days a year. The road over the mountain is often closed due to high winds, especially the ''col des tempêtes'' ("storm pass") just before the summit, which is known for its strong winds. The real orig ... [...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] |
Gilles Maignan
Gilles Maignan (born July 30, 1968 in Argenteuil, Val-d'Oise) is a French former professional road racing cyclist. Major results ;1992 :3rd Overall Tour du Loir et Cher E Provost :3rd Overall Ronde de l'Isard ;1994 :2nd Paris-Troyes ;1995 :9th Trophée des Grimpeurs ;1997 :2nd Tour de Vendée :9th Grand Prix des Nations :10th Overall Tour du Limousin ;1998 :1st Time trial, National Road Championships :2nd Grand Prix des Nations :2nd Chrono des Herbiers :9th Overall Tour du Limousin ::1st Stage 2 ;1999 :1st Time trial, National Road Championships :1st Stage 5 GP du Midi-Libre :2nd Overall Circuit Cycliste Sarthe :2nd Chrono des Herbiers :5th Grand Prix des Nations :7th Time trial, UCI Road World Championships :10th Overall Circuit des Mines ::1st Stage 3 ;2000 :1st Overall Tour Down Under :1st Stage 4 Tour du Poitou Charentes et de la Vienne :2nd Overall Circuit des Mines :7th Overall Circuit Cycliste Sarthe ;2001 :1st Grand Prix de Plumelec-Morbihan Grand Prix du Morbih ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
José Maria Jimenez
José is a predominantly Spanish and Portuguese form of the given name Joseph. While spelled alike, this name is pronounced differently in each language: Spanish ; Portuguese (or ). In French, the name ''José'', pronounced , is an old vernacular form of Joseph, which is also in current usage as a given name. José is also commonly used as part of masculine name composites, such as José Manuel, José Maria or Antonio José, and also in female name composites like Maria José or Marie-José. The feminine written form is ''Josée'' as in French. In Netherlandic Dutch, however, ''José'' is a feminine given name and is pronounced ; it may occur as part of name composites like Marie-José or as a feminine first name in its own right; it can also be short for the name ''Josina'' and even a Dutch hypocorism of the name ''Johanna''. In England, Jose is originally a Romano-Celtic surname, and people with this family name can usually be found in, or traced to, the English county of C ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stéphane Barthe
Stéphane Barthe (; born 5 December 1972) is a French former racing cyclist. He won the French national road race title in 1997. Major results ;1995 : 2nd Overall Tour du Loir-et-Cher ;1996 : 1st Stage 8 Ruban Granitier Breton : 3rd Overall Tour de Normandie ;1997 : 1st Road race, National Road Championships : 1st Châteauroux Classic : 1st Stage 1 Critérium International : 2nd Overall Tour du Poitou Charentes et de la Vienne : 2nd Kuurne–Brussels–Kuurne : 2nd Paris–Mantes : 3rd Bordeaux–Caudéran : 7th A Travers le Morbihan : 7th Classic Haribo : 8th Overall Giro di Puglia ;1998 : 1st Stage 1 Setmana Catalana de Ciclisme : 6th Overall Tour de l'Oise ::1st Stage 2b : 8th Tour de Vendée ;1999 : 1st Stage 3 Four Days of Dunkirk : 1st Stage 1 Critérium International : 1st Stage 3 Tour du Poitou Charentes et de la Vienne : 4th Grand Prix de Denain : 5th Overall Tour de l'Oise ;2000 : 3rd Overall Danmark Rundt : 5th Road race, National Road Championships : 7th Overall ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Christophe Capelle
Christophe Capelle (born 15 August 1967) is a French former racing cyclist. Capelle won a gold medal for France in the 4000-meter team pursuit at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, riding alongside Philippe Ermenault, Jean-Michel Monin, and Francis Moreau. In 2000, he represented France in the points race and Madison events, finishing outside the medals in both events. Capelle also competed in the Olympic road race, but failed to finish. Capelle also raced for the Big Mat-Auber 93 team at the 1999 Tour de France, completing the race in 115th place.''CyclingNews.com''"Tour de France, Stage 20, Arpajon - Paris Champs-Elysées, 160 km" 25 July 1999. Retrieved on 17 July 2013. Career achievements Major results ;1988 :3rd Bordeaux-Caudéran :3rd Grand Prix de France ;1990 :1st Overall Hessen-Rundfahrt :7th Overall Tour du Limousin ;1991 :1st Stage 7 Tour Méditerranéen :4th Paris–Brussels :7th Kuurne–Brussels–Kuurne :10th Dwars door België ;1992 :2nd Kuurne–Brussels ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jens Voigt
Jens Voigt (; born 17 September 1971) is a German former professional road bicycle racer and, upon retirement, became a cycling sports broadcast commentator. During his cycling career, Voigt raced for several teams, the last one being UCI ProTeam . Voigt wore the yellow jersey of the Tour de France twice, though he was never a contender for the overall title owing to the mountainous nature of the stages of the race being better suited to climbing specialists. His career achievements include winning the Critérium International a record-tying 5 times and a number of one-week stage races, as well as two Tour de France stage victories. In September 2014, he set a new hour record. Among cycling fans, Voigt was generally popular, both for his aggressive riding style and his affable, forthright and articulate manners in dealing with the public and media. He speaks fluent French and English, in addition to his native German. Early life Voigt was born in Grevesmühlen, now in the state ... [...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] |
Richard Virenque
Richard VirenqueRichard Virenque's name is pronounced Ree-shah Vee-rahnk. Virenque considers himself a man of the South but pronounces his name in standard French. Confusion is caused by the southern habit of pronouncing "en" as "ang" or "eng", making it Vee-rank. But Virenque says Vee-rahnk or Vee-ronk, a sound difficult to write in English. (born 19 November 1969) is a retired France, French professional road racing cyclist. He was one of the most popular French riders with fans for his boyish personality and his long, lone attacks.Virenque's fan club in 2000, two years after the Festina scandal had 5,000 members, of whom 2,000 were described as active. In 2000, Virenque received 589 letters in three weeks during the Tour de France, more than any other rider. He was a climber, best remembered for winning the King of the Mountains competition of the Tour de France a record seven times, but he is best known from the general French public as one of the central figures in a widespr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Côte 2000
Côte is a British cafe chain founded by Richard Caring, Andy Bassadone, Chris Benians and Nick Fiddler in Wimbledon, London Wimbledon () is a district and town of Southwest London, England, southwest of the centre of London at Charing Cross; it is the main commercial centre of the London Borough of Merton. Wimbledon had a population of 68,187 in 2011 which includes ... in 2007. There are now over 84 restaurants in the UK (as of June 2022). History The first restaurant was founded with its first bistro opening in Wimbledon in 2007. Its most recent restaurant opened in 2022 in Henley on Thames. In 2013 the founders sold their business stake for £100 million to the private equity firm CBPE. In 2020 Côte was acquired by Partners Group. During COVID, Côte also launched a restaurant at home delivery service coteathome.co.uk which received rave reviews by various food critics including Jay Rayner. References External links * Restaurant chains in the United Ki ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Challes-les-Eaux
Challes-les-Eaux (; Arpitan: ''Chales''), known as Triviers until 1872, is a commune in the Savoie department in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region in Southeastern France. In 2019, it had a population of 5,609. Chambéry Aerodrome is located in the commune. Chambéry-Challes-les-Eaux station, located in Chambéry to the northwest of Challes-les-Eaux, bears the name of the commune along that of Chambéry. Geography Climate Challes-les-Eaux has a oceanic climate (Köppen climate classification ''Cfb'') closely bordering on a humid subtropical climate (''Cfa''). The average annual temperature in Challes-les-Eaux is . The average annual rainfall is with December as the wettest month. The temperatures are highest on average in July, at around , and lowest in January, at around . The highest temperature ever recorded in Challes-les-Eaux was on 31 July 2020; the coldest temperature ever recorded was on 14 January 1960. Population See also *Communes of the Savoie department Th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
