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2001 Tour De Romandie
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The 2001 Tour de Romandie was the 55th edition of the Tour de Romandie cycle race and was held from 8 May to 13 May 2001. The race started in Pfaffnau and finished in Geneva. The race was won by Dario Frigo of the Fassa Bortolo team. General classification Doping cases Sergio Barbero and Laurent Chotard tested positive for EPO during the 2001 Tour de Romandie. References 2001 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] |
Dario Frigo
Dario Frigo (born 18 September 1973) is an Italian former professional road bicycle racer. Career Frigo's transition to professional began at the 1995 Giro del Veneto, riding as a stagiaire for . In 1996, he was officially signed to Saeco on a four-year contract. In 1999, he obtained his first victory at the Dekra Open, in Germany. In 2000, he joined the Fassa Bortolo team and achieved success, winning the Giro di Campania, as well as a stage of the Giro del Trentino. He also finished second overall in the Tour de Suisse. More success came for him in early 2001, when he won the time trial at the Col d'Èze and the overall classification of Paris–Nice, as well as the general classification of the Tour de Romandie. He entered the 2001 Giro d'Italia, and was one of the favorites to win. In the prologue, he finished second to Rik Verbrugghe and after the fourth stage, he took the race lead, which he held for nine days, until losing it to Gilberto Simoni on the 13th stage. The ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gilberto Simoni
Gilberto Simoni (born 25 August 1971 in Palù di Giovo, Trentino) is an Italian former professional road bicycle racer, most recently for . Simoni is twice winner of the Giro d'Italia cycling race (2001 and 2003 editions). Simoni might have won a third Giro, but in 2002 he tested positive for cocaine and was withdrawn from the race by his Saeco team – he was later cleared of any doping violation by the Italian Cycling Federation. Aside from this incident in 2002 he finished on the podium in every other Giro between 1999 and 2006. Simoni is a native of Palu di Giovo, and was considered a climbing specialist. His final race as a professional road cyclist was the 2010 Giro d'Italia, which he finished in 69th place overall, 2:40:14 behind another two-time winner Ivan Basso. Early career Simoni was born in Palù di Giovo, in Trentino, and began competing as an amateur with the goal of someday winning the Giro d'Italia. Simoni confirmed his potential in 1993, when he won both th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sergio Barbero
Sergio Barbero (born January 17, 1969) is an Italian former racing cyclist. Doping Barbero tested positive for Erythropoietin, EPO at the 2001 Tour de Romandie and was subsequently handed a six-month ban. velo101.com, 28 September 2001 Major results ;1991 :1st Giro d'Oro :1st GP Industrie del Marmo ;1992 :3rd GP Capodarco :10th Coppa Placci ;1993 :4th Milano–Torino ;1997 :1st Giro di Toscana :2nd Overall Giro di Puglia ::1st Stage 4 :2nd 1997 GP Ouest–France, GP Ouest–France :2nd Giro dell'Emilia :8th Trofeo Pantalica ;1999 :1st Japan Cup Cycle Road Race, Japan Cup :1st Tre Valli Varesine :1st Giro del Lazio :1st Trofeo dello Scalatore :2nd Züri-Metzgete :2nd Coppa Placci :3rd Giro del Piemonte :6th GP Industria & Commercio di Prato :6th Giro dell'Emilia ;2000 :1st GP Industri ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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] |
David Moncoutié
David Moncoutié (born 30 April 1975) is a retired French professional road racing cyclist, who rode with the French team , for his entire professional career. He was a climber, and won his first professional race in a mountain stage of Critérium du Dauphiné Libéré. He won the Mountains Classification in Vuelta a España four times, one short of the record of five held by José Luis Laguía. Origins David Moncoutié had no familial connection to cycling – he was raised in a football (soccer) loving family in which nobody had raced a bike.Procycling, UK, May 2004 Moncoutié played football until he was 16 before being introduced to cycling by a friend. He gained his baccalauréat in biology. His father, mother and two sisters worked for the post office and wanted him to work there as well.Vélo, France, September 2002, p43 Friends suggested he join them for a ride. He said: "They all had beautiful racing bikes, I had a sports bike that was nothing to talk about... and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kurt Van De Wouwer
Kurt Van De Wouwer (born 24 September 1971 in Herentals) is a Belgian former professional road bicycle racer who raced between 1993 and 2006. He now works as a directeur sportif for UCI Women's Continental Team . Major results ;1988 : 1st Road race, National Novice Road Championships ;1997 : 1st Overall Circuito Montañés : Hofbrau Cup ::1st Prologue & Stage 3 : 3rd Road race, National Road Championships ;2000 : 3rd Grand Prix de Wallonie The Grand Prix de Wallonie is an annual road bicycle race held annually in Wallonia Wallonia (; french: Wallonie ), or ; nl, Wallonië ; wa, Waloneye or officially the Walloon Region (french: link=no, Région wallonne),; nl, link=no, ... Grand Tour general classification results timeline References External links * * 1971 births Living people Belgian male cyclists Sportspeople from Herentals Cyclists from Antwerp Province Directeur sportifs {{Belgium-cycling-bio-1970s-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
David Plaza
David Plaza Romero (born 3 July 1970) is a Spanish former professional road bicycle racer, who competed in the team time trial at the 1992 Summer Olympics. He now works as a directeur sportif for UCI Women's Continental Team . Major results ; 1991 : 1st, Overall, Vuelta a la Comunidad de Madrid ; 1994 : 1st, Overall, Vuelta a la Comunidad de Madrid ; 1999 : 1st, Overall, Volta a Portugal ; 2000 : 1st, Overall, Deutschland Tour ::1st, Stage 7 : 2nd, Individual time trial, National Road Championships ; 2001 : 1st, Overall, Vuelta de Chile ::1st, Stages 6a & 8 : 1st, Stage 3, 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 ... References External links * * 1970 births Living people Spanish male cyclists Cyclists from Madrid Cyclists at the 1992 Su ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sven Montgomery
Sven Montgomery (born 10 May 1976) is a former Swiss professional cyclist. Career Early on, Montgomery was considered to be a very promising rider. He turned professional in 1998 with the , with his career lasting until 2006. Throughout his career, he rode for several prestigious professional teams including , and . He was considered a climber. After finishing third in the 2000 Tour de l'Avenir, he won the fifth stage of the Grand Prix du Midi libre and the mountains classification of the Critérium du Dauphiné Libéré in 2001. He competed in four editions of the Tour de France, but failed to finish any. Montgomery's career was overshadowed by bad luck. In 2001, during his best season, he was badly injured in a crash at the Tour de France, where he suffered several serious injuries to the face and head, making him almost blind. This heavy fall notably prevented him from riding for almost the entire following year. During the 2004 Giro d'Italia, he suffered multiple injuries, i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Óscar Sevilla
Óscar Miguel Sevilla Rivera (born 29 September 1976), nicknamed ''El Niño'', is a Spanish-Colombian professional road bicycle racer, who currently rides for UCI Continental team . He is a climber with a pedigree in stage races, having finished in the top ten of the Tour de France and Vuelta a España several times. Biography Kelme–Costa Blanca (1998–2003) Born in Ossa de Montiel, Albacete Province, Sevilla turned professional in 1998 for Spanish team , and his big breakthrough came in the 2001 Tour de France. Here, he showed himself as a great climber, ranking 7th in the overall General classification, and winning the young rider classification as the rider of 25 years of age or younger with the highest position in the general classification. After the Tour de France, he continued his great form in the 2001 Vuelta a España. He wore the leader's jersey until the final uphill time trial stage in Madrid, which he lost to winner Ángel Casero. In the 2002 Vuelta a España ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Félix García Casas
Félix Manuel García Casas (born December 29, 1968 in Madrid) is a Spanish former professional road cyclist. Career He competed in four editions of the Tour de France, 10 of the Vuelta a España, and three of the Giro d'Italia. His sons Raúl and Carlos are also professional cyclists. Major results ;1991 :2nd Overall Circuito Montañés ;1994 :3rd Overall Escalada a Montjuïc :3rd Overall Vuelta a Asturias ;1995 :1st GP Miguel Indurain ;1996 :3rd Overall Tour of Chile ::1st stage 1 ;1997 :2nd Overall Tour of Chile ::1st stage 1 ;2001 :2nd Overall Tour de Romandie :3rd Trofeo Alcudia :3rd Overall Vuelta a Mallorca ;2002 :2nd Escalada a Montjuïc :8th Overall Vuelta a España The Vuelta a España (; en, Tour of Spain) is an annual multi-stage bicycle race primarily held in Spain, while also occasionally making passes through nearby countries. Inspired by the success of the Tour de France and the Giro d'Italia, the r ... ;2003 :3rd LuK Challenge Chrono Grand Tour general ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fassa Bortolo
Fassa Bortolo (2000–2005) was a professional road bicycle racing team founded in 2000 and led by Giancarlo Ferretti. Dubbed the 'Silver Team', it managed to be one of the most successful teams of the era, not in the least due to top sprinter Alessandro Petacchi. In its six competitive years, Fassa Bortolo won over 200 races, including stages in all three Grand Tours. It was one of the inaugural 20 UCI ProTour teams in 2005. Fassa Bortolo stopped the sponsorship of the team after 2005. Efforts to find a new co-sponsor for 2006 proved unsuccessful. On October 14, 2005, a man claiming to represent proposed new sponsor Sony Ericsson turned out to be an imposter, leaving all staff and riders unemployed.Les Clarke"Ferretti falls flat; no Sony-Ericsson squad for 2006?" ''CyclingNews.com'', October 14, 2005 Petacchi and some of his helpers moved to the new Team Milram, a continuation of the Domina Vacanze Team. The other Fassa Bortolo riders all moved to different teams. Team 2005 ... [...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] |
