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2009 Tour Of Turkey
The 2009 Tour of Turkey is the 45th edition of professional road bicycle racing Tour of Turkey. Stages Stage 1: 12 April 2009: İstanbul, 142 km Stage 2: 13 April 2009: İzmir > Kuşadası, 132.5 km Stage 3: 14 April 2009: Kuşadası > Bodrum, 166.1 km Stage 4: 15 April 2009: Bodrum > Marmaris, 166.9 km Stage 5: 16 April 2009: Marmaris > Fethiye, 130 km Stage 6: 17 April 2009: Fethiye > Finike, 194 km Stage 7: 18 April 2009: Finike > Antalya, 114.5 km Stage 8: 19 April 2009: Antalya > Alanya, 166 km General classification External links * Tour of Turkey Tour of Turkey The Presidential Cycling Tour of Turkey ( tr, Cumhurbaşkanlığı Bisiklet Turu) is a professional road bicycle racing stage race held annually in Turkey since 1963. In 2005 the race became part of the UCI Europe Tour, rated as a 2.2 even ... Presidential Cycling Tour of Turkey by year {{cycling-race-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Daryl Impey
Daryl Impey (born 6 December 1984) is a South African professional road cyclist, who currently rides for UCI WorldTeam . Impey is an all-rounder; he generally comes to the fore on tough uphill sprints. Impey is a two-time winner of the Tour Down Under, and the only rider to have won the race in consecutive years, winning in 2018, and 2019. He has won the South African National Road Race Championships twice, and is a nine-time winner of the South African National Time Trial Championships, including eight consecutive titles between 2013 and 2020. In 2013, Impey became the first South African rider to wear the yellow jersey at the Tour de France, doing so for two days; six years later, he won his first individual stage at the race, winning the ninth stage in Brioude. Career After riding for the South African team in 2008 and 2009, in 2010 Impey joined . Impey had originally signed for 2011 with the Australian team called Pegasus, but was forced to seek employment elsewhere afte ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
André Schulze
André Schulze (born 21 November 1974) is a German former road racing cyclist, who competed as a professional between 2001 and 2013. He currently works as a directeur sportif A ''directeur sportif'' ( French for sporting director, although the original French term is often used in English-language media; plural ''directeurs sportifs'') is a person directing a cycling team during a road bicycle racing event. It is se ... at . Palmarès References External links * 1974 births Living people German male cyclists People from Görlitz Presidential Cycling Tour of Turkey stage winners Cyclists from Saxony People from Bezirk Dresden {{Germany-cycling-bio-1970s-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Finike
Finike, the ancient Phoenix or Phoinix ( grc, Φοῖνιξ), also formerly Phineka, is a town and a district on the Mediterranean coast of Antalya Province in Turkey, to the west of the city of Antalya, along the Turkish Riviera. It is located on the southern shore of the Teke peninsula, and the coast here is a popular tourist destination. However, Finike is best known for its oranges, the symbol of the town. History For centuries Finike, then named Phoenix (or Phoinix; grc, Φοῖνιξ) was a port town of ancient Lycia, near the mountain of the same name. It was a trading port and the main port of Limyra, the capital city of Lycia. Phoenix was said to have been founded by Phoenicians in the 5th century BC, and thus named after its founders. The area has been inhabited for much longer than that; archaeologists have found evidence near the town of Elmalı showing that the Teke peninsula has been settled since 3000 BC (although on the coast nothing has been uncovered dating b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Diego Caccia
Diego Caccia (born 31 July 1981) is an Italian racing cyclist Cycle sport is Competition, competitive physical activity using bicycles. There are several categories of bicycle racing including road bicycle racing, cyclo-cross, mountain bike racing, track cycling, BMX, and cycle speedway. Non-racing .... External links * 1981 births Living people Italian male cyclists Cyclists from the Province of Bergamo {{Italy-cycling-bio-1980s-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Olivier Kaisen
Olivier Kaisen (born 30 April 1983) is a Belgian former professional road bicycle racer, who competed professionally between 2005 and 2014. He currently works as a directeur sportif for UCI ProTeam and its junior team, UCI Continental team . Career After riding for R.A.G.T Semences in 2005, Kaisen joined in 2006 and rode for the team for the remainder of his career. On 10 February 2014, it was announced that Kaisen was medically compelled to retire from the sport because of cardiac rhythm problems. Major results ;2001 :1st National Junior Time Trial Championships ;2002 :3rd National Under-23 Time Trial Championships ;2003 :1st National Under-23 Time Trial Championships ;2004 :1st Chrono des Herbiers – U23 version :3rd National Under-23 Time Trial Championships ;2005 :2nd Overall Tour de Wallonie :5th Chrono des Herbiers :10th Chrono Champenois ;2006 :3rd Overall Circuit Franco-Belge ;2007 :1st Grote Prijs Gerrie Knetemann :8th Kampioenschap van Vlaanderen :10th Ch ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fethiye
Fethiye () is a city and district of Muğla Province in the Aegean Region of Turkey. It is one of the prominent tourist destinations in the Turkish Riviera. In 2019 its population was 162,686. History Fethiye was formerly known as Makri (). Modern Fethiye is located on the site of the ancient city of Telmessos, the ruins of which can be seen in the city, e.g. the Hellenistic theatre by the main quay. A Lycian legend explains the source of the name Telmessos as follows: The god Apollo falls in love with the youngest daughter of the King of Phoenicia, Agenor. He disguises himself as a small dog and thus, gains the love of the shy, withdrawn daughter. After he reappears as a handsome man, they have a son, who they name 'Telmessos' (the land of lights). The city became part of the Persian Empire after the invasion of the Persian general Harpagos in 547 BC, along with other Lycian and Carian cities. Telmessos then joined the Attic-Delos Union (Delian League) established in mid-5 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pieter Jacobs
Pieter Jacobs (born 6 June 1986 in Brasschaat) is a Belgian former professional road bicycle racer, who competed professionally between 2007 and 2016 for the , , and teams. Major results ;2002 : 1st National Under-17 Road Race Championships ;2004 : 1st, Classique des Alpes – U19 version ;2007 : 5th, Tour of Ireland ;2008 : 4th, GP Kanton Aargau - Gippingen : 3rd, Presidential Cycling Tour of Turkey : 3rd, Hel van het Mergelland ;2011 : 2nd, Halle–Ingooigem ;2013 : 1st, Omloop van het Waasland : 1st, Schaal Sels-Merksem : 2nd, Rund um Köln : 7th, Cholet-Pays de Loire : 9th, Classic Loire Atlantique ;2014 : 4th, Eschborn-Frankfurt City Loop : 7th Overall, Four Days of Dunkirk The Four Days of Dunkirk (french: Quatre Jours de Dunkerque) is road bicycle race around the Nord-Pas de Calais region of northern France. Despite the name of the race, since the addition of an individual time trial in 1963, the race has been h ... References External links * * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
David Loosli
David Loosli (born 8 May 1980 in Berne) is a Swiss former professional road bicycle racer, who competed as a professional between 2004 and 2011, mainly for UCI ProTeam , retiring as a member of the squad. Major results ;1998 : 3rd Road race, National Junior Road Championships ;2002 : 1st Stage 6 Thüringen Rundfahrt : 3rd Road race, UCI Under-23 Road World Championships : 4th Overall GP Tell ;2003 : 1st Overall Flèche du Sud ::1st Stage 3 : 5th Giro del Lago Maggiore ;2004 : 1st Stage 8 Peace Race ;2006 : 7th Overall Tour Méditerranéen ;2007 : 3rd Road race, National Road Championships ;2008 : 8th Overall Tour de Pologne ;2009 : 7th Rund um die Nürnberger Altstadt Rund um die Nürnberger Altstadt ( en, Tour of Old Town Nuremberg) is an elite men's and women's professional road bicycle racing event held each September in the old town section of Nuremberg, Germany. Past winners Women The women's event w ... ;2011 : 10th Overall Bayern-Rundfahrt Grand Tour gener ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marmaris
Marmaris () is a port city and tourist resort on the Mediterranean coast, located in Muğla Province, southwest Turkey, along the shoreline of the Turkish Riviera. Although Marmaris is known for its honey, its main source of income is international tourism. It is located between two intersecting sets of mountains by the sea, though following a construction boom in the 1980s, little is left of the sleepy fishing village that Marmaris was until the late 20th century. In 2010, the city's resident population was 30,957, although it peaks at around 300,000 to 400,000 people during the tourist season. As an adjunct to the tourism industry, Marmaris is also a centre for sailing and diving, possessing two major and several smaller marinas. It is a popular wintering location for hundreds of cruising boaters. Dalaman Airport is an hour's drive to the east. Ferries operate from Marmaris to Rhodes and Symi in Greece. Etymology During the period of the Beylik of Menteşe; the city became ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Barloworld (cycling Team)
Barloworld () was a UCI Professional Continental cycling team that competed between 2003 and 2009. Its sponsor company was South African and the team maintained a South African identity, but it was first registered in Italy and then, from 2007, in Great Britain. Barloworld rode UCI Continental Circuits races and, when selected, UCI ProTour events. They were managed by Claudio Corti, with Valerio Tebaldi, Christian Andersen and Alberto Volpi as directeurs sportifs. Its prominent riders included South African Robert Hunter and Colombian Mauricio Soler. Chris Froome rode for Barloworld for 2008 and 2009. The sponsor was Barloworld, an industrial brand management company. The team rode Bianchi frames with Shimano components. Tour de France 2007 Barloworld competed in the 2007 Tour de France after a wild card entry. It was the first British-registered team in the Tour since ANC-Halfords in 1987. The team won two stages through Mauricio Soler and Robert Hunter, won the King of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Giuseppe Palumbo
Giuseppe Palumbo (born 10 September 1975 in Syracuse) is an Italian racing cyclist. Palumbo became Junior World Champion in the road race twice, in 1992 and 1993. Palumbo rode the Giro d'Italia in 1998, 1999, 2000, 2003, 2007 and 2009, but never won a stage. Palmarès * Tour de Wallonie - 1 stage (2007) * Giro della Liguria - 1 stage (2003) * Grand Prix of Aargau Canton Grand Prix of Aargau Canton (german: Grosser Preis des Kantons Aargau) is a semi classic European bicycle race held in Aargau canton, one of the more northerly cantons of Switzerland. The race consists of fifteen laps around the Swiss town of G ... (2002) * World U19 Road Championship (1992–1993) * Italian U17 Road Championship (1991) Notes and references Italian male cyclists 1975 births Living people People from Syracuse, Sicily Sportspeople from the Province of Syracuse Cyclists from Sicily {{Italy-cycling-bio-1970s-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bodrum
Bodrum () is a port city in Muğla Province, southwestern Turkey, at the entrance to the Gulf of Gökova. Its population was 35,795 at the 2012 census, with a total of 136,317 inhabitants residing within the district's borders. Known in ancient times as Halicarnassus, the city was once home to the Mausoleum at Halicarnassus, also known as the tomb of Mausolus, one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World. The city was founded by Dorian Greeks. It later fell under Persian rule and became the capital city of the satrapy of Caria. Mausolus ruled Caria from here, and after his death in 353 BC, his wife Artemisia built a tomb, called the Mausoleum, for him. Macedonian forces laid siege to the city and captured it in 334 BCE. After Alexander's death, the city passed to successive Hellenistic rulers and was briefly an independent kingdom until 129 BCE, when it came under Roman rule. A series of natural disasters and repeated pirate attacks wreaked havoc on the area, and the city lost ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
