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1999 Volta A La Comunitat Valenciana
The 1999 Volta a la Comunitat Valenciana was the 57th edition of the Volta a la Comunitat Valenciana road cycling stage race, which was held from 23 February to 27 February 1999. The race started in Villarreal and finished in Benidorm. The race was won by Alexander Vinokourov of the team. General classification References {{DEFAULTSORT:1999 Volta a la Comunitat Valenciana Volta a la Comunitat Valenciana 1999 in Spanish road cycling, Volta a la Comunitat Valenciana February 1999 sports events in Europe, Volta a la Comunitat Valenciana ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alexander Vinokourov
Alexander Nikolayevich Vinokourov ( Kazakh and russian: Александр Николаевич Винокуров; born 16 September 1973) is a Kazakhstani former professional road bicycle racer and the current general manager of UCI WorldTeam . He is of Russian origin. As a competitor, his achievements include two bronze medals at the World Championships, four stage wins in the Tour de France, four in the Vuelta a España plus the overall title in 2006, two Liège–Bastogne–Liège monuments, one Amstel Gold Race, and the gold medal at the 2012 London Olympics Men's Road Race. Vinokourov is a past national champion of Kazakhstan, and a dual-medalist at the Summer Olympics. In 2007, he received a two-year ban from cycling for blood doping. In 2019, he was accused of race fixing by prosecutors in Liège but was later cleared of the charges. Vinokourov began cycling in 1984 as an 11-year-old, competing within the former Soviet Union. He moved to France in 1997 to finish his am ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wladimir Belli
Wladimir Belli (born 25 July 1970, in Sorengo) is an Italian former professional road bicycle racer. He was a professional between 1992 and 2007. In the 2001 Giro d'Italia, Belli was sitting in third place overall entering the 14th stage of the race. After being verbally abused by a spectator, who later turned out to be a nephew of race leader Gilberto Simoni, Belli hit the man, an act for which he was disqualified from the race. Major results ;1990 : 1st Overall Girobio : 1st GP Capodarco ;1991 : 2nd Giro del Belvedere ;1993 : 2nd Overall 1993 Tour of Britain, Kellogg's Tour : 3rd Trofeo Melinda : 4th Overall 1993 Giro del Trentino, Giro del Trentino : 8th Overall 1993 Tour de Romandie, Tour de Romandie : 9th Coppa Ugo Agostoni, Coppa Agostoni ;1994 : 3rd Gran Premio Industria e Commercio di Prato : 4th Overall 1994 Volta a Catalunya, Volta a Catalunya : 4th Milano–Torino : 5th Giro dell'Emilia : 6th Trofeo Laigueglia ;1995 : 3rd Giro dell'Appennino : 8th Giro dell'Emilia : ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Javier Pascual Rodríguez
Javier Pascual Rodríguez (born 14 November 1971) is a Spanish former cyclist. Major results ;1998 : 1st Stage 5 Vuelta a Colombia ;1999 : 1st Overall Vuelta a Andalucía : 2nd Overall Vuelta a Murcia ::1st Stage 2 : 3rd Overall Vuelta a la Comunidad Valenciana ;2000 : 2nd Overall Setmana Catalana de Ciclisme : 5th Overall Paris–Nice ;2001 : 1st Stage 3 Vuelta a Castilla y León ;2002 : 3rd Overall Vuelta a Andalucía ::1st Stage 4 : 5th Klasika Primavera : 5th Overall Vuelta a la Comunidad Valenciana : 10th Trofeo Luis Puig ;2003 : 6th Züri-Metzgete : 7th Liège–Bastogne–Liège : 10th Overall Vuelta a Andalucía ;2004 : 1st Stage 18 Vuelta a España : 3rd Circuito de Getxo : 10th Overall Vuelta a Murcia ;2005 : 1st Overall Vuelta a La Rioja ::1st Stage 1 : 1st GP Miguel Indurain : 3rd Gran Premio de Llodio : 4th GP Villafranca de Ordizia Prueba Villafranca de Ordizia – Clásica de Ordizia is a Spanish professional cycle road race held in Ordizia, Basque Country. T ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1998 Volta A La Comunitat Valenciana
The 1998 Volta a la Comunitat Valenciana was the 56th edition of the Volta a la Comunitat Valenciana road cycling stage race, which was held from 24 February to 28 February 1998. The race started in Calp, Calpe and finished in Valencia. The race was won by Pascal Chanteur of the team. General classification References {{DEFAULTSORT:1998 Volta a la Comunitat Valenciana Volta a la Comunitat Valenciana 1998 in Spanish road cycling, Volta a la Comunitat Valenciana February 1998 sports events in Europe, Volta a la Comunitat Valenciana ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2000 Volta A La Comunitat Valenciana
The 2000 Volta a la Comunitat Valenciana was the 58th edition of the Volta a la Comunitat Valenciana road cycling stage race, which was held from 22 February to 26 February 2000. The race started in Sagunto and finished in Valencia. The race was won by Abraham Olano Abraham Olano Manzano (born 22 January 1970 in Anoeta, Gipuzkoa) is a Spanish retired professional road racing cyclist, who raced between 1992 and 2002. He won the World Road Championship in 1995, and the World Time Trial Championship in 19 ... of the team. General classification References {{DEFAULTSORT:2000 Volta a la Comunitat Valenciana Volta a la Comunitat Valenciana 2000 in road cycling 2000 in Spanish sport ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Volta A La Comunitat Valenciana
The Volta a la Comunitat Valenciana (; en, Tour of the Valencian Community or Tour of Valencia) is a road cycling stage race held in the Valencian Community (''Comunitat Valenciana''), Spain. Its position in the cycling calendar means it is often used as preparation for the spring classics or the grand tours which take place later in the season. No editions of the race were held between 2008 and 2015 because of funding issues. A first attempt to revive it for the 2010–11 UCI Europe Tour was unsuccessful. During 2015 a second attempt was started by Ángel Casero and his brother Rafael. In September the UCI granted the race a 2.1 status and made way for the return of the race which took place in early February. The race became part of the new UCI ProSeries The UCI ProSeries is the second tier men's elite road cycling tour. It was inaugurated in 2020. The series is placed below the UCI World Tour, but above the various regional UCI Continental Circuits. Development In Decem ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Villarreal
Villarreal ( ca-valencia , Vila-real) is a city and municipality in the province of Castellón which is part of the Valencian Community in the east of Spain. The town is located at 42 m above sea level, 7 km to the south of the province's capital ( Castelló de la Plana). Villarreal is separated from Castelló de la Plana by the Millars River. It has 51,367 inhabitants (2010 data), most of them living in the urban area that covers about 10.7% of its ''comarca's'' 55.4 km2 surface. Ranked by population, it is the second-largest city in the province (after the capital), and fifteenth in the Valencian Community. The town was founded with royal status by King James I of Aragon in 1274 during his campaign to regain Muslim territory in present-day Valencia during the Reconquista. It later became an agricultural centre for orange cultivation, and more recently a centre for the ceramics industry. The city is the birthplace of Francisco de Asís Tárrega y Eixea (1852–190 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Benidorm
Benidorm is a town and municipality in the province of Alicante, Valencia, on the Mediterranean coast of Spain. Benidorm has been a tourist destination within Spain since 1925, when its port was extended and the first hotels were built, though it would not be until the 1950s that it became renowned as a summer destination for people coming from inland Spain, especially Madrid. Today it is known for its hotel industry, beaches, and skyscrapers and receives as many tourists from abroad as from Spain. According to the 2020 census, Benidorm has a permanent population of 70,450 inhabitants, making it the fifth-most populous town in the Alicante province and the ninth in Valencian Community. History It is thought there were settlements in the Benidorm area possibly as far back as 3000 BC, including evidence of Roman and Punic remains. However, settlements in the area were small and it was not until the arrival of the Moors that the local population began to grow during the era of the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
David Millar
David Millar (born 4 January 1977) is a Scottish retired professional road racing cyclist. He rode for Cofidis from 1997 to 2004 and Garmin-Sharp from 2008 to 2014. He has won four stages of the Tour de France, five of the Vuelta a España and one stage of the Giro d'Italia. He was the British national road champion and the national time trial champion, both in 2007. Millar was banned for two years in 2004 after he admitted to taking banned performance-enhancing drugs.L'Équipe, France, 29 July 2007 Upon his return from his ban, Millar became an anti-doping campaigner, a stance which eventually resulted in journalist Alasdair Fotheringham describing him as an 'elder statesman' of cycling. Early life and education Millar is the son of Gordon and Avril Millar, both Scots. His father was a pilot in the Royal Air Force and Millar was born in Mtarfa, Malta, while his father was based there for a three-year tour of duty. His mother worked as a teacher. He has a sister, Frances ... [...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] |
Claus Michael Møller
Claus Michael Møller (born 3 October 1968) is a Danish former professional cyclist. He competed in the individual road race at the 1992 Summer Olympics. He turned professional in 1995 with the Castellblanch team before moving to Milaneza MSS in 2000. He won the overall classification of the Volta a Portugal in 2002, and was a stage winner in the 2001 Vuelta a España. He also won the Subida al Naranco in 2001, and won stages of the Volta a Portugal and the Trofeo Mallorca. His career was marred in the late 1990s by a suspension for doping; as a result he was also banned for life from representing the Danish national team. Major results ''Source:'' ;1990 : 1st Stage 1a Tour de Normandie ;1991 : 6th Overall Tour of Sweden ;1992 : 1st Grand Prix Herning ;1994 : 1st Overall Vuelta a Extremadura : 1st Overall ::1st Stage 3 : 3rd Overall ;1995 : 1st : 1st : 1st : 1st Stage 6 Vuelta a Extremadura : 2nd Overall Rutas de América : 3rd Overall Vuelta a Castilla y León ::1st ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Melcior Mauri
Melcior Mauri Prat (born 8 April 1966 in Vic) is a Spanish retired cyclist who won the 1991 Vuelta a España, as well as numerous smaller stage races, mainly due to his abilities as a time triallist. He won the silver medal at the time trial World Championship (1998), and was also Spanish national champion in this discipline (1995). In November 2007 he won the second edition of the Titan Desert mountain bike 5 stage race over 293 km in Morocco. Career achievements Major results ;1988 : 3rd Circuito de Getxo ;1990 : 4th Overall Vuelta a Aragón : 7th Overall Volta a la Comunitat Valenciana ;1991 : 1st Overall Vuelta a España ::1st Stages 1 ( TTT), 8 ( ITT) & 19 ( ITT) : 1st Overall Volta a la Comunitat Valenciana ::1st Stage 6 : Vuelta a Andalucía ::1st Stages 3 & 6 : 9th Grand Prix des Nations ;1992 : 1st Overall Volta a la Comunitat Valenciana ::1st Stage 5b ( ITT) : 1st Stage 1 Vuelta Ciclista a La Rioja : 2nd Overall Tour du Limousin : 3rd Overall Vuelta a Murcia : ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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