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2009 Tour Of Britain
The 2009 Tour of Britain was a UCI 2.1 category race of eight stages from 12 September till 19 September 2009. The race was the sixth edition of the latest version of the Tour of Britain and the seventieth British tour in total. It formed part of the 2008–2009 UCI Europe Tour. The race begun in Scunthorpe and ended with a circuit stage in London. Participating teams The 16 teams which participated in the race were: ;UCI ProTour Teams * A2R – * EUS – * GRM – * KAT – * RAB – * THR – ;UCI Professional Continental Teams * BAR – * CTT – * CSF – * ISD – * TSV – * VAC – * AGR – ;UCI Continental Teams * CTV – * HAF – Team Halfords Bikehut * RCR – * TMB – Stages Stage 1 ;12 September 2009 – Scunthorpe to York, The first stage win was taken by Christopher Sutton ( Garmin–Slipstream) after the peloton caught a long breakaway by Martin Mortensen ( Vacansoleil) and Thomas De Gendt ( Topsport Vlaanderen). Stage 2 ;13 S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Edvald Boasson Hagen
Edvald Boasson Hagen (born 17 May 1987) is a Norwegian professional road racing cyclist, who rides for UCI ProTeam . He was ranked as no. 3 in the world by UCI as of 31 August 2009, when he was 22 years old. He is known as an all-rounder, having won the Norwegian National Road Race Championships in 2012, 2015 and 2016. He is also a ten-time winner of the Norwegian National Time Trial Championships. Professional career Maxbo–Bianchi (2006–07) Boasson Hagen joined the Norwegian continental team in 2006 and in his first season in the continental circuits he took eight wins including three stages of the Tour de l'Avenir. In 2007 he enjoyed a successful season and scored fifteen wins, ending up second in number of victories behind ProTour sprinter Alessandro Petacchi. But, after the disqualification of the Italian in May 2008 for doping, Alessandro Petacchi lost 5 stage wins in the 2007 Giro resulting in Boasson Hagen having the most victories. Boasson Hagen won the overal ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Team Halfords Bikehut
Team Halfords Bikehut was a 2008 UCI elite women's cycling team based in the United Kingdom. The team was formed in January 2008 with Dave Brailsford, performance director of British Cycling, the general manager. It had been a pro/national team mooted as the first full British professional women's team but there were two men in the team ( Rob Hayles and Tom Southam). The team was in 2009 not an UCI Women's Teams anymore and consisted of a mix of mountain bikers and road racers (mainly men): Rob Hayles, Ed Clancy, Ian Wilkinson, Andy Tennant, Mark McNally, Rob Partridge, Seb Batchelor, David Fletcher, Annie Last, Sharon Laws, Ian Bibby. The team disbanded ahead of the 2010 season, with a number of riders moving to the Scottish-based Endura Racing team. The team helped train some of the UK's medal-winning cyclists such as Nicole Cooke, who said: "Setting up Team Halfords was crucial to my success,". Team roster Ages as of 1 January 2008. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lloyd Mondory
Lloyd Mondory (born 26 April 1982) is a French restaurateur and former professional road bicycle racer, who rode professionally between 2004 and 2015 for the team before he was suspended for four years for the use of erythropoietin (EPO). The biggest results of his career included victory in the 2008 Grand Prix of Aargau Canton, stage wins in the Étoile de Bessèges, the Vuelta a Burgos and the Paris–Corrèze and second place in a stage of the 2008 Vuelta a España. In March 2015, it was announced that Mondory had tested positive for erythropoietin (EPO) in an out-of-competition test taken on 17 February. On 30 October 2015, the UCI announced that Mondory was suspended until 9 March 2019. Mondory did not return to cycling after his ban finished, electing to focus on his restaurant Oncle Scott's in Carentan, which opened in 2016. Major results ;2000 : 8th Road race, UCI Junior Road World Championships ;2002 : 3rd Classic Loire Atlantique : 4th Overall Tour du Loir-et-Che ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Reinier Honig
Reinier Honig (born 28 October 1983) is a Dutch professional racing cyclist, who currently rides for UCI Continental team . Major results ;2000 : 1st Road race, National Junior Road Championships ;2001 : 1st Road race, National Junior Road Championships ;2003 : 1st Stage 3 Tour de Gironde ;2005 : 2nd Road race, National Under-23 Road Championships ;2006 : 8th Grand Prix Pino Cerami : 8th Ronde van Overijssel ;2007 : 1st Dorpenomloop Rucphen : 2nd Overall Vuelta a Extremadura : 2nd Ronde van Midden-Nederland ;2008 : 1st Circuito de Getxo : 4th Druivenkoers Overijse : 7th Kampioenschap van Vlaanderen : 9th Rund um die Nürnberger Altstadt : 9th Antwerpse Havenpijl ;2009 : 5th Gran Piemonte : 6th GP du Canton d'Argovie : 9th Overall Tour of Britain ;2011 : 3rd Road race, National Road Championships : 10th Tour de Vendée ;2012 : 5th Beverbeek Classic : 9th Druivenkoers Overijse ;2013 : 3rd World Ports Classic ;2014 : 3rd Race Horizon Park 1 : 7th Race Horizon Park 3 ;2 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pieter Vanspeybrouck
Pieter Vanspeybrouck (born 10 February 1987 in Tielt) is a Belgian former professional road bicycle racer, who now works as a directeur sportif for UCI WorldTeam . In June 2017, he was named in the startlist for the Tour de France. Major results Source: ;2006 : 3rd Road race, National Under-23 Road Championships : 3rd Paris–Roubaix Espoirs ;2007 : 3rd Kattekoers : 3rd Circuit de Wallonie : 5th De Vlaamse Pijl : 10th Ronde van Vlaanderen Beloften : 10th Vlaamse Havenpijl ;2008 : 3rd De Vlaamse Pijl ;2009 : 9th GP Triberg-Schwarzwald : 10th Sparkassen Giro Bochum ;2010 : 6th Dutch Food Valley Classic : 7th Ronde van het Groene Hart ;2011 : 1st Sparkassen Giro Bochum : 5th Road race, National Road Championships : 6th Halle–Ingooigem ;2012 : 7th Nokere Koerse ;2013 : 4th Grote Prijs Stad Zottegem : 7th Châteauroux Classic : 10th Grand Prix d'Ouverture La Marseillaise ;2014 : 5th De Kustpijl ;2015 : 10th Halle–Ingooigem ;2016 : 1st Omloop Mandel-Leie-Schelde : 4th Esch ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Candi TV-Marshalls Pasta RT
Candi may refer to: * Candi of Indonesia, an Indonesian word for ''stupa'' (Buddhist temple, also used for Hindu temples in Indonesia) * Candi, Sidoarjo, a subdistrict of Sidoarjo, East Java, Indonesia * Candi & The Backbeat, a Canadian dance band, initially known as just Candi * ''Candi'' (webcomic) * Candi, a character on ''Max & Ruby'' * Chandi (Caṇḍī), Hindu Mother goddess * An abbreviation for City and Islington College * Candi sugar People * Candi Devine (born 1959), American professional wrestler * Candi Kubeck (1961–1996), American airline pilot * Candi Milo (born 1961), American voice actress and singer * Candi Staton (born 1940), American soul and gospel singer * Cesare Candi (1869–1947), Italian luthier * Leonardo Candi (born 1997), Italian basketball player * Oreste Candi (1865–1938), Italian luthier See also * Cande (other) * Candi bentar, a classical Javanese and Balinese gateway entrance * Candy (other) Candy is a type of sweet confecti ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Russell Downing
Russell Downing (born 23 August 1978) is an English former professional cyclist, who rode competitively between 1999 and 2019 for numerous teams, such as and . He is the younger brother of fellow cyclist Dean Downing, and both brothers competed largely on the UCI Continental Tour and in British Premier Calendar races. Career Downing was born into a bike racing family: as well as his older brother, his father was also a bicycle racer. He was also a talented football player, playing with Rotherham United F.C.'s under-16s team, but Downing was convinced to become a professional cyclist by Milk Race winner Chris Walker, who Downing trained with during his late teens. He was the winner of the British National Road Race Championships in 2005. In addition to his national championships, he was also successful in some multi-stage races. His biggest victories came in the 2010 Tour de Wallonie, a 2.HC class event, as well as the 2009 Tour of Ireland. For 2010 he signed a one-year cont ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ben Swift
Benjamin Ian Swift (born 5 November 1987) is a British professional track and road racing cyclist, who currently rides for UCI WorldTeam . Swift won the scratch race at the 2012 UCI Track Cycling World Championships and the men's elite road race at the 2019 and 2021 British National Road Race Championships. His cousin, Connor Swift, is also an English professional road racing cyclist, and the 2018 British champion. Biography Swift was born in Rotherham, South Yorkshire, he began cycling with Mossley Cycle Racing Team aged 12. In 2003, he came second to fellow Olympian Steven Burke in the under 16 national scratch race championship. As a junior rider, Swift competed at the Junior Commonwealth Games, taking bronze in the points race, he won two national titles, the junior points race championship in 2004 followed by the junior scratch race in 2005. He also competed in the senior scratch race in 2005, demonstrating his ability by finishing third to take the bronze medal. Swift ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Michele Merlo (cyclist)
Michele Merlo (born 7 August 1984) is an Italian professional racing cyclist, who last rode for the UCI Professional Continental team . Merlo's first major professional victory was on the final stage of the 2009 Tour of Britain in London. He rode for Saunier Duval–Prodir for the 2010 season after Barloworld quit the sport. Palmarès ;2008 :1st Coppa San Geo ;2009 :1st Stage 8 Tour of Britain ;2013 :1st Stage 2 Vuelta al Táchira :1st Stage 1 Tour de Kumano The is an annual professional road bicycle racing stage race held in Mie Prefecture, Japan, named after Kumano. It was first created in 2006 as the amateur level, later moved up to the professional level in 2008 when included into the UCI Asia ... References External links *Michele Merlo's profile on Cycling Base 1984 births Living people Italian male cyclists Cyclists from the Province of Verona {{Italy-cycling-bio-1980s-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cycling Weekly
''Cycling Weekly'' is a British cycling magazine. It is published by Future and is devoted to the sport and pastime of cycling. It used to be affectionately referred to by British club cyclists as "The Comic".Matt Seaton: The Meeting of Minds Guardian, 23 November 2006. History ''Cycling Weekly'' was first published by Edmund Dangerfield as ''Cycling'' on 24 January 1891. It briefly became ''Cycling and Moting'' in the 19th century when car-driving – "moting" – looked like it would replace cycling. Falling sales during the editorship of H.H. (Harry) England, who took what was considered to be a traditional view of cycling and opposed the reintroduction o ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
