2009 Giro D'Italia Femminile
The 2009 Giro d'Italia Femminile, or Giro Donne, was the 20th running of the Giro d'Italia Femminile, one of the premier events of the women's road cycling calendar. It was held over nine stages from 3–12 July 2009, starting in Scarperia and finishing in Grumo Nevano. It was won by Claudia Häusler of . Teams Eighteen teams were invited to the Giro d'Italia Femminile. These teams were: *Australia National Team *Bigla Cycling Team *Bizkaia–Durango–Champion System * *Equipe Nürnberger Versicherung *Fenixs–Edilsavino *Gauss RDZ Ormu–Colnago * *S.C. Michela Fanini Record Rox *Safi–Pasta Zara–Titanedi *Selle Italia–Ghezzi *Team Cmax Dila * *Team Flexpoint *Team System Data *Top Girls Fassa Bortolo Raxy Line *USA National Team *Forno d'Asolo Colavita, USC Chirio Forno d'Asolo Route and stages Classification leadership There were four different jerseys awarded in the 2009 Giro Donne. These followed the same format as those in the men's Giro d'Italia. The leader of the ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Claudia Häusler
Claudia Lichtenberg (née Häusler; born 17 November 1985 in Munich) is a German former professional cyclist, who now works as a coach for German amateur team RSV Irschenberg. Born in Munich, Lichtenberg won the Tour de l'Aude in 2009, a race which, at the time, was called the "women's Tour de France", and also the Giro d'Italia Femminile. She competed for Germany at the 2016 Summer Olympics where she finished in 31st place in the women's road race. On the first day of the 2017 Giro d'Italia Femminile, Lichtenberg announced her retirement from professional road racing at the end of the 2017 season written in a rider blog. Personal life She married German former professional cyclist Christian Lichtenberg in mid-2014 and began racing under her married name. Major results Source: at ''Cycling Archives'' ;2005 : 1st Young ride ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Team Cmax Dila
Team Cmax Dila () was an Italian professional cycling team, which competed in elite road bicycle racing events such as the UCI Women's Road World Cup. Major wins ;2008 :Overall Tour de Pologne Feminin Tour or Tours may refer to: Travel * Tourism, travel for pleasure * Tour of duty, a period of time spent in military service * Campus tour, a journey through a college or university's campus * Guided tour, a journey through a location, directed ..., Sara Mustonen National champions ;2009 : Spain Road Race, Marta Vilajosana Andreu References {{UCI Women's Teams Cycling teams based in Spain UCI Women's Teams Cycling teams established in 2008 ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Santa Maria A Monte
Santa Maria a Monte is a ''comune'' in the Province of Pisa in the Italian region of Tuscany. The town lies about west of Florence and about east of Pisa. Geography The main ''frazioni'' are the villages of Cerretti, Montecalvoli, San Donato and Tavolaia. History Famous for its military strategic importance (the hilly position made it more defendable against enemy attacks), Santa Maria a Monte has always been disputed between several Tuscan cities. As a matter of fact, Santa Maria a Monte passed from the influence of Lucca under the influence of Florence and, in the end, it became part of the Pisa territory. A famous landmark is Casa Carducci, where the Italian poet Giosuè Carducci is said to have spent his childhood. The ''località'' of Falorni has about 120 inhabitants (2005) and is about above sea level Mean sea level (MSL, often shortened to sea level) is an average surface level of one or more among Earth's coastal bodies of water from which heights such ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Pontedera
Pontedera (; la, Pons Herae) is an italian comune with a population of 29.270 inhabitants, located in the province of Pisa, Tuscany, central Italy. The town is located 20 km (12 miles) from Pisa and 50 km (31 miles) from Florence. It houses the headquarters of the Piaggio company, of the Castellani winery and of the Amedei premium artisan chocolate factory. Pontedera is in the Arno Valley at the confluence of the Era River and the Arno River. Its territory is also crossed by the Scolmatore dell'Arno canal, and by the Roglio, a tributary of the Era. There is also a small lake, in the ''frazione'' of La Rotta, known as Braccini lake. The football team in the town is called U.S. Città di Pontedera, and they are currently placed in Serie C. History Pontedera was the seat of several historical battles. In 1369, the Milanese army of Barnabò Visconti, led by John Hawkwood, was defeated here by the Florentine troops. On June 11, 1554, was the scene of a pyrrhic victor ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Edita Pučinskaitė
Edita Pučinskaitė (born November 27, 1975 in Naujoji Akmenė) is a Lithuanian racing cyclist. For many years, she was one of the top competitors in women's road racing with a victory in the World Road Race Championships in 1999 and several high finishes in major tours, world championships and the UCI points listings. Major results ;1994 : 1st Overall Etoile Vosgienne ::1st Stage 1 : 2nd Anneville-sur-Scie Road Race ;1995 : 3rd Road Race, UCI Road World Championships ;1996 : 2nd Vertemate con Minoprio : 8th Road Race, UCI Road World Championships : 9th Trofeo Alfredo Binda ;1997 : 1st Liberty Classic : 3rd Overall Giro d'Italia Femminile : 4th Vertemate con Minoprio ;1998 : National Road Championships ::1st Road Race ::1st Time Trial : 1st Overall Grande Boucle Féminine Internationale ::1st Stages 1, 3 & 4 : 1st Overall Thüringen-Rundfahrt der Frauen ;1999 : UCI Road World Championships ::1st Road Race ::3rd Time Trial : 1st Time Trial, National Road Champ ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Vaglia
Vaglia is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Metropolitan City of Florence in the Italian region Tuscany, located about north of Florence Florence ( ; it, Firenze ) is a city in Central Italy and the capital city of the Tuscany Regions of Italy, region. It is the most populated city in Tuscany, with 383,083 inhabitants in 2016, and over 1,520,000 in its metropolitan area.Bilan .... It is home to Villa Demidoff, housing the remains of the Villa Medici di Pratolino. The communal territory also includes the Sanctuary of Montesenario, one of the most important ones in Tuscany. References External links Official website Cities and towns in Tuscany {{Florence-geo-stub ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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San Piero A Sieve
San Piero a Sieve is a ''frazione'' of the ''comune'' (municipality) of Scarperia e San Piero, located in the Metropolitan City of Florence, in Tuscany, Italy, about north of Florence. It was an independent comune until 1 January 2014. Main sights *Pieve of San Pietro. It houses a baptismal font from the house of Giovanni della Robbia (c. 1508) *Church of San Niccolò a Spugnole *Medici fortress of San Martino The Medici The House of Medici ( , ) was an Italian banking family and political dynasty that first began to gather prominence under Cosimo de' Medici, in the Republic of Florence during the first half of the 15th century. The family originated in the Mu ... Villa del Trebbio is located within the territory of San Piero. References External links * Cities and towns in Tuscany Scarperia e San Piero Frazioni of the Province of Florence {{Florence-geo-stub ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Kirsten Wild
Kirsten Carlijn Wild (born 15 October 1982) is a Dutch former professional racing cyclist, who rode professionally between 2004 and 2021, for eight professional teams. During her track cycling career, Wild rode at the Summer Olympic Games in 2012, 2016 and 2020, winning a bronze medal at the latter Games, in the omnium. She won eighteen medals including nine golds at the UCI Track Cycling World Championships, and eighteen medals including eight golds at the UEC European Track Championships. Wild also took over 100 victories in road racing, and won two medals at the UCI Road World Championships. Career At the 2012 London Olympics Wild finished sixth in the omnium, and was a member of the Dutch team that finished sixth in the team pursuit (together with Ellen van Dijk, Amy Pieters and Vera Koedooder). After two seasons with , in September 2016 announced that Wild would join them for the 2017 season. In October 2017, one day after the 2017 UEC European Track Championships i ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Individual Time Trial
An individual time trial (ITT) is a road bicycle race in which cyclists race alone against the clock (in French: ''contre la montre'' – literally "against the watch", in Italian: ''tappa a cronometro'' " stopwatch stage"). There are also track-based time trials where riders compete in velodromes, and team time trials (TTT). ITTs are also referred to as "the race of truth", as winning depends only on each rider's strength and endurance, and not on help provided by teammates and others riding ahead and creating a slipstream. Individual time trial are usually held on flat or rolling terrain, although sometimes they are held up a mountain road (in Italian: ''cronoscalata'' "chrono climbing"). Sometimes the opening stage of a stage race is a very short individual time trial called a prologue (8 km or less for men, 4 km or less for women and juniors). Starting times are at equal intervals, usually one or two minutes apart. The starting sequence is usually based on the finishing ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Time Trial
In many racing sports, an athlete (or occasionally a team of athletes) will compete in a time trial against the clock to secure the fastest time. The format of a time trial can vary, but usually follow a format where each athlete or team sets off at a predetermined interval to set the fastest time on a course. Variation in sports Cycling In cycling, for example, a time trial (TT) can be a single track cycling event, or an individual or team time trial on the road, and either or both of the latter may form components of multi-day stage races. In contrast to other types of races, athletes race alone since they are sent out in intervals (interval starts), as opposed to a mass start. Time trialist will often seek to maintain marginal aerodynamic gains as the races are often won or lost by a couple of seconds. Skiing In cross-country skiing and biathlon competitions, skiers are sent out in 30 to 60 second intervals. Rowing In rowing, time trial races, where the boats ar ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Forno D'Asolo Colavita
Forno is an Italian and Portuguese word meaning " oven". It may refer to several places: ;Italy *Forno (Massa), a hamlet of Massa, in the Province of Massa and Carrara, Tuscany *Forno (Moena), a hamlet of Moena, in the Province of Trento, Trentino-Südtirol *Forno (Rocca Santa Maria), a hamlet of Rocca Santa Maria, in the Province of Teramo, Abruzzo *Forno Canavese, a municipality of the Province of Turin, Piedmont *Forno di Zoldo, a municipality of the Province of Belluno, Veneto ;Portugal *Forno, a locality of Santa Bárbara, Vila do Porto municipality, Azores *Forno, a locality of Aguada de Cima, Águeda municipality, Centro Region See also *Al forno Al forno (; literally "on fire", meaning "baked") is food that has been baked in an oven. Italian dishes commonly prepared in this way include pizza, breads and pasta dishes, notably lasagna. Pasta is sometimes boiled before it is baked in al fo ... * Forni (other) {{geodis ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |