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2009 Eneco Tour Of Benelux
The 2009 Eneco Tour was the fifth edition of the Eneco Tour cycling stage race. It took place from 18 August to 25 August 2009 in the Benelux. Like the previous years, parts of the Netherlands and Belgium were covered. It was part of the inaugural UCI World Ranking. It began with a short individual time trial in Rotterdam and ended with a longer one in Amersfoort. Teams As the Tour of Benelux is a UCI ProTour event, all 18 ProTeams were invited automatically and obligated to send a squad. Three UCI Professional Continental teams, , , and were also invited to the race, for a total of 21 teams. Each team was allowed eight riders, though sent only seven and had a rider who planned to start withdraw due to injury before the prologue, meaning 166 riders began the event. The 21 teams participating in the race are: * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * Stages Prologue 18 August 2009 - Rotterdam ( Netherlands), 4.4 km (ITT) The course for the prologue time tr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2009 UCI World Ranking
The 2009 UCI World Ranking was the first edition of the ranking system launched by the Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI), replacing the rankings previously part of the UCI ProTour, with which it would be merged in 2011 to form the UCI World Tour. The series started with the Tour Down Under's opening stage on 20 January, and consists of 13 stage races and 11 one-day races, culminating in the Giro di Lombardia on 17 October. All events except the Tour Down Under took place in Europe. The individual ranking was topped by Alberto Contador, who took the lead after his win in the Tour de France and was assured of winning the classification when second-placed Alejandro Valverde was absent from the final race of the series. Contador's team took the team title, with Valverde again second as leader of , and with a third Spaniard, Samuel Sánchez, completing the top three in the individual classification, Spain won the national rankings by a wide margin over second placed Italy. Events ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jersey White
Jersey ( , ; nrf, Jèrri, label=Jèrriais ), officially the Bailiwick of Jersey (french: Bailliage de Jersey, links=no; Jèrriais: ), is an island country and self-governing Crown Dependency near the coast of north-west France. It is the largest of the Channel Islands and is from the Cotentin Peninsula in Normandy. The Bailiwick consists of the main island of Jersey and some surrounding uninhabited islands and rocks including Les Dirouilles, Les Écréhous, Les Minquiers, and Les Pierres de Lecq. Jersey was part of the Duchy of Normandy, whose dukes became kings of England from 1066. After Normandy was lost by the kings of England in the 13th century, and the ducal title surrendered to France, Jersey remained loyal to the English Crown, though it never became part of the Kingdom of England. Jersey is a self-governing parliamentary democracy under a constitutional monarchy, with its own financial, legal and judicial systems, and the power of self-determination. The island ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wim De Vocht
Wim De Vocht (born 29 April 1982) is a Belgian retired professional road bicycle racer, who competed as a professional between 2004 and 2012. His sister Liesbet De Vocht is also a former professional cyclist. Palmarès ;1998 :3rd National Under-17 Time Trial Championships ;2000 :1st National Under-19 Road Race Championships :2nd National Under-19 Time Trial Championships ;2002 ;2003 :1st Ronde Van Vlaanderen Beloften :3rd GP Istria 3 :6th Zesbergenprijs Harelbeke :6th Duo Normand :7th Zellik–Galmaarden ;2005 :2nd Memorial Rik Van Steenbergen ;2006 :9th Omloop Het Volk ;2010 :8th Ronde van het Groene Hart The Ronde van het Groene Hart was a road bicycle race held in Groene Hart, Netherlands. The first edition of the race, in 2007, was organized as a 1.1 event on the UCI Europe Tour. The 203 km race started in Leiden and finished in Woerden ... References External links Personal website* * Belgian male cyclists 1982 births Living people Sportspeopl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yukiya Arashiro
is a Japanese road bicycle racer, who currently rides for UCI WorldTeam . Career Born in Ishigaki, Okinawa Prefecture, Arashiro was the Japanese Under-23 National Time Trial and Road Race Champion in 2005. He has also won the Japanese National Road Race Championships three times, in 2007, 2013 and 2022. In 2009 he was selected by his team to ride the Tour de France. Along with Fumiyuki Beppu, he was the first Japanese national to complete that race, as on prior occasions Kisso Kawamuro and Daisuke Imanaka had started, but not finished, the race. By finishing the 2010 Giro d'Italia, he became the first Japanese person to finish two Grand Tour events. He recorded a third-place stage finish on the fifth stage, behind breakaway companions Jérôme Pineau and Julien Fouchard. He completed his third Tour de France in 2012 in 84th place—the highest placing of a Japanese person at that time—and earned the most combative award on Stage 4. He participated in the men's road race a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Maciej Bodnar
Maciej Bodnar (born 7 March 1985, in Oława) is a Polish professional road racing cyclist, who currently rides for UCI ProTeam . He is the brother of fellow racing cyclist Łukasz Bodnar. Bodnar has been a team-mate of Peter Sagan throughout Sagan's career. Major results ;2006 : 1st Time trial, National Under-23 Road Championships ;2007 : 1st Time trial, National Under-23 Road Championships : 1st Grand Prix Bradlo ;2008 : National Road Championships ::2nd Time trial ::3rd Road race : 7th Overall Course de la Solidarité Olympique ;2009 : 1st Time trial, National Road Championships ;2010 : 1st Stage 4 ( TTT) Giro d'Italia : 1st Stage 1b ( TTT) Settimana Internazionale di Coppi e Bartali : National Road Championships ::2nd Time trial ::3rd Road race : 9th Time trial, UCI Road World Championships ;2012 : 1st Time trial, National Road Championships : 3rd Overall Three Days of De Panne ;2013 : 1st Time trial, National Road Championships ;2014 : 1st Stage 3b ( ITT) Three Days ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lars Bak
Lars Ytting Bak (born 16 January 1980) is a Danish former professional road bicycle racer, who rode professionally between 2002 and 2019 for the Fakta, , , , and squads. From 2022, Bak will act as team manager for UCI Women's WorldTeam . Background Born in Silkeborg, Bak became a professional in 2002 for Team Fakta where he rode with fellow Dane Allan Johansen. In 2004 they both switched to BankGiroLoterij where Lars Bak would gain his first professional win, but as the BankGiroLoterij team stopped after the 2004 season, both Bak and Johansen went to in 2005. Here, Bak won the Danish Road Racing Championship, and in the later half of the season he showed his strength and talent as a good upcoming rider, as he won the respected ten stage Under 25 race, the Tour de l'Avenir. He won the leader's jersey by sprinting to the win in a group of four riders on the first stage, a position he defended through the following nine stages bar one, including a time trial and a number of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ardooie
Ardooie (; vls, Ardôoie) is a municipality in the Belgian province of West Flanders. The municipality comprises the towns of Ardooie proper and Koolskamp. In 2006 Ardooie had a total population of 9,147. The local inhabitants are called Ardooienaren. During the First World War Hitler was stationed in Ardooie quartered with a family. He painted some of the buildings and the countryside. Sights * St. Martin's Church (''Sint-Martinuskerk'') with a Gothic tower, listed since 1939 as part of the national monumental heritage; * the mansion ''de Mûelenaere'', today a library; * Ardooie Castle, also known as the De Jonghe d'Ardoye Castle ( nl, Kasteel van Ardooie or ''Kasteel De Jonghe d'Ardoye''): this Neo-Classical country house was built at the end of the 18th century by the local landowners, the Van Ardooie family, who also called themselves as D'Ardoye. It became a protected historical monument in 1984, housing a communication agency since 2007. The building and most of the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aalter
Aalter () is a municipality located between Bruges and Ghent in the Belgian province of East Flanders. The municipality comprises the towns of Aalter, Bellem, , , Knesselare and . It is bordered on the north by Maldegem, on the east by Zomergem and Nevele, on the south by Deinze, and on the west by the province of West Flanders. The mayor is Pieter De Crem. Effective 1 January 2019, the municipality of Knesselare was merged into Aalter. Aalter was home to 29,242 people in 2021. History Aalter is located on the border of the Meetjesland with the forest of Flanders. The area was inhabited since prehistory. Artefacts have been recovered from 3,000 to 2,000 BC. The village was first mentioned in 1974 as "Villa Haleftra". The etymology is unclear. The current name started to emerge around 1700. Aalter to home to several small '' heerlijkheden'' (landed estates) some of which had motte-and-bailey castles. Between 1613 and 1623, the was dug, and several fortifications were built by S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nikolas Maes
Nikolas Maes (born 9 April 1986) is a Belgian former professional road bicycle racer, who competed professionally between 2007 and 2020, for the , and teams. He now works as a directeur sportif for his final professional team, UCI WorldTeam . Career Born in Kortrijk, Maes gained the first professional win of his career on the third stage of the Vuelta a Burgos around the province's capital city on 7 August 2009 while riding for the cycle team. On 9 September 2009 it was announced he would be joining for the 2010 season. However, his name was not on the team roster presented on 5 October 2009. He subsequently signed with , winning the Young Rider classification of the Tour of Qatar in 2011 and the General Classification and Points Classification of the 2013 World Ports Classic in the Netherlands. Major results ;2004 : 3rd Time trial, National Junior Road Championships ;2006 : 1st Circuit de Wallonie : 3rd Kattekoers : 3rd Druivenkoers Overijse : 5th La Côte Picarde : ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Maarten Tjallingii
Maarten Pieter Tjallingii ( ; born 5 November 1977) is a Dutch former professional racing cyclist, who rode professionally between 2003 and 2016. Career Born in Leeuwarden, Tjallingii's biggest win was the 2006 Tour of Belgium. A frequent participant in breakaways in major races, his other most notable performances include a third place at the 2011 Paris–Roubaix and spending four days in the King of the Mountains jersey in the 2014 Giro d'Italia. Tjallingii was selected to ride the 2012 Tour de France, but crashed on stage 3, he continued for another and finished it over ten minutes behind the winner Peter Sagan. However he did not start stage 4, reportedly with a fractured left hip, becoming the third retirement of the 2012 Tour. Tjallingii raced at the 2016 Giro d'Italia, which started in the Netherlands, and he made an impact on the early stages, winning the award for most aggressive rider on Stage 2 before taking the lead in the King of the Mountains competition on Stage ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Juan Antonio Flecha
Juan Antonio Flecha Giannoni (born 17 September 1977) is an Argentine-born Spanish former professional road bicycle racer, who competed as a professional between 2000 and 2013. Flecha had a reputation of being a Classics specialist and to ride with an aggressive style as he was keen on participating in breakaways. His major victories include winning a stage of the 2003 Tour de France, successes at the two defunct classics Züri-Metzgete and Giro del Lazio in 2004, and the Omloop Het Nieuwsblad in 2010. He was also known for his numerous high placings in important one-day races, most notably Paris–Roubaix, where he finished in the top ten eight times without registering the victory. In the Grand Tours, he was often assigned to a role of domestique. Early life Flecha spent his early years in Argentina. His father died in a car accident when he was four years of age. He moved to Spain with his mother when he was eleven, where they lived in Sitges, near Barcelona. Professional Cy ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vincenzo Nibali
), The Nibbler , birth_date = , birth_place = Messina, Sicily, Italy , height = , weight = , currentteam = , discipline = Road , role = Rider , ridertype = Climber , proyears1 = 2005 , proteam1 = , proyears2 = 2006–2012 , proteam2 = , proyears3 = 2013–2016 , proteam3 = , proyears4 = 2017–2019 , proteam4 = , proyears5 = 2020–2021 , proteam5 = , proyears6 = 2022 , proteam6 = , majorwins = Grand Tours :Tour de France ::General classification (2014) ::6 individual stages (2014, 2015, 2019) : Giro d'Italia ::General classification (2013, 2016) ::7 individual stages (2010, 2011, 2013, 2016, 2017) ::2 TTT stages (2007, 2010) :Vuelta a España ::General classification (2010) :: Combination classification (2010) ::2 individual stages (2010, 2017) ::1 TTT stage (2013) Stage races :Tirreno–Adriatico (2012, 2013) :Giro del Trentino (2008, 2013) :Tour of Oman (2016) One-day races and Classics : :Giro di Lombardia (2015, 2017) :Milan–San Remo (2018) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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