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2011 Tour De San Luis
The 2011 Tour de San Luis is the 5th edition of the stage race Tour de San Luis. It forms part of the 2010–11 UCI America Tour. The tour was won by Marco Arriagada riding for the Chile national team. The previous edition was won by Vincenzo Nibali, from , who came ahead of José Serpa, from . Teams Twenty one teams are invited to the 2011 Tour de San Luis UCI ProTeams * * * Professional Continental teams * * * * Continental teams * * * Team Nutrixxion * Boavista (cycling team), Team Boavista * Funvic-Pindamonhangaba * Centro della Calzatura * D'Angelo & Antenucci National teams * Team Bolivia * Team Brazil * Team Argentina * Team Colombia * Team Chile * Team Cuba * Team Uruguay Schedule Stages Stage 1, San Luis to Justo Daract Stage 2, Juana Koslay to Mirador del Portero Stage 3, Buena Esperanza to Villa Mercedes Stage 4, San Luis to San Luis (ITT) Stage 5, La Toma to Mirador de Merlo Stage 6, Estancia Grande to La Carolina Stage 7, San Luis t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marco Arriagada
Marco Antonio Arriagada Quinchel (born October 30, 1975 in Curicó) is a Chilean professional racing cyclist. He is the brother of cyclist Marcelo Arriagada. He carried the flag for his native country at the opening ceremony of the 2007 Pan American Games in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. After a very successful opening to his 2011 season, which saw him take victories in Argentina, Chile and the Dominican Republic, Arriagada tested positive for the anabolic steroid stanozolol during the Vuelta de Chile. He later received a four-year ban. Career highlights ;1999 :5th in General Classification Vuelta Ciclista de Chile (CHI) ;2001 : National Road Race Championships : 4th in General Classification Vuelta Ciclista de Chile (CHI) ;2002 : in Pan American Championships, Track, Individual Pursuit, Quito (ECU): : 1st in Stage 10 Vuelta Ciclista de Chile, Los Maitenes (CHI) ;2003 : 1st in General Classification Vuelta Ciclista Lider al Sur (CHI) : National Time Trial Championships, El ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Roberto Ferrari (cyclist)
Roberto Ferrari (born 9 March 1983) is an Italian former professional cyclist, who competed professionally between 2007 and 2019 for the Tenax, , , , and teams. Career Ferrari was born in Gavardo. After stage 3 of the 2012 Giro d'Italia in Horsens, Denmark, Ferrari was relegated from 10th to 192nd position after the race jury ruled that he was responsible for a crash that brought down world champion Mark Cavendish and race leader Taylor Phinney since he swerved from the left to the right side of the road in the final meters. He stated after that mishap that "I don't care what is going on behind me". He gained extensive disapproval with this statement, from within the professional peloton and from the public. Ferrari later won stage 11 – the longest stage of the race – in a sprint finish in Montecatini Terme. Major results ;2004 : 9th Trofeo Franco Balestra ;2005 : 6th Circuito del Porto : 8th Trofeo Città di Brescia ;2006 : 1st GP Città di Felino : 1st Tro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hector Aguilar
In Greek mythology, Hector (; grc, Ἕκτωρ, Hektōr, label=none, ) is a character in Homer's Iliad. He was a Trojan prince and the greatest warrior for Troy during the Trojan War. Hector led the Trojans and their allies in the defense of Troy, killing countless Greek warriors. He was ultimately killed in single combat by Achilles, who later dragged his dead body around the city of Troy behind his chariot. Etymology In Greek, is a derivative of the verb ἔχειν ''ékhein'', archaic form * grc, ἕχειν, hékhein, label=none ('to have' or 'to hold'), from Proto-Indo-European *'' seɡ́ʰ-'' ('to hold'). , or as found in Aeolic poetry, is also an epithet of Zeus in his capacity as 'he who holds verything together. Hector's name could thus be taken to mean 'holding fast'. Description Hector was described by the chronicler Malalas in his account of the ''Chronography'' as "dark-skinned, tall, very stoutly built, strong, good nose, wooly-haired, good ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Miguel Ángel Rubiano
Miguel Ángel Rubiano Chávez (born 3 October 1984) is a Colombian road bicycle racer, who currently rides for Mexican amateur team Petrolike. Rubiano has also competed for the , , , , , , , and squads. During his career, he has competed in five Grand Tours, including four editions of the Giro d'Italia and the 2015 Vuelta a España. The first win of his career on a Grand Tour came in 2012, on stage 6 of the Giro d'Italia, where he dropped his breakaway companions with 45 kilometers to go and soloed his way to victory with one minute and ten seconds advantage over his nearest competitor. Major results ;2005 : 4th Trofeo Internazionale Bastianelli ;2006 : 1st Mountains classification Regio-Tour : 6th GP Industria & Artigianato di Larciano : 10th Giro dell'Appennino ;2007 : 8th Giro di Toscana : 8th Tre Valli Varesine ;2008 : 4th Giro dell'Appennino : 5th Overall Okolo Slovenska ::1st Stage 1 : 5th Overall Doble Sucre Potosí GP Cemento Fancesa ::1st Stage 4 : 6th Overall Istr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
La Carolina
La Carolina is a Municipalities of Spain, city and municipality located in the Province of Jaén (Spain), province of Jaén, Spain. According to the 2014 census, the municipality has a population of 15,808 inhabitants. History La Carolina was formerly the capital of the ''Intendencia'' of the Nuevas Poblaciones de Andalucía y Sierra Morena founded in this formerly remote and desolate area of the Sierra Morena in 1767 by King Charles III of Spain, Charles III. The object of the plan, drawn up by his minister Pablo de Olavide, administrator of Andalusia, was to populate the area around Despeñaperros, Despeñaperros gorge. Known as "the gateway to Andalusia"; this pass was a notorious point on the Cádiz-to-Madrid Camino Real de Tierra Adentro, royal highway for bandits. Other towns of note in this plan were La Carlota and La Luisiana. The ''Intendencia'' administrative division was wrapped up in 1813. Six thousand Catholic settlers arrived from Belgium, Germany, Austria and Switz ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
San Martín, Buenos Aires
Ciudad del Libertador General Don José de San Martín, more commonly known as San Martín, is the administrative seat of General San Martín Partido in the urban agglomeration of Greater Buenos Aires. Geography The area is heavily urbanised and is home to numerous food processing industries, as well as to a large Peugeot-Citroën auto factory. The city is bordered to the north-east by the autonomous city of Buenos Aires. Sport The town is home to Chacarita Juniors football club, champions of Argentina in Metropolitano 1969. Famous residents * José Hernández, writer. * Marianela Núñez, ballet dancer * Oscar Alfredo Gálvez, racing driver. * Roberto De Vicenzo, golfer. * Agustín Carlos Roberto García, musician. Images File:Monumentoasanmartin.JPG, Monument to General José de San Martín File:Viacivitanovamarche.JPG, Belgrano Street File:Catedraldesanmartin.JPG, Cathedral File:Plazadesanmartin.JPG, San Martín Plaza File:Cbelgrano22.jpg, Belgrano Street - commercial area ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Leandro Messineo
Leandro Carlos Messineo (born 13 September 1979 in Olavarría) is an Argentine cyclist, who currently rides for UCI Continental team . Major results ;2010 : 1st Stage 3 Vuelta al Ecuador : National Road Championships ::2nd Road race ::3rd Time trial ;2011 : 1st Time trial, Pan American Road Championships : 1st Time trial, National Road Championships : 1st Stage 5 Tour de San Luis : 5th Time trial, Pan American Games ;2012 : Vuelta a Bolivia ::1st Points classification ::1st Stage 2 : 6th Overall Tour do Brasil ;2013 : 1st Time trial, National Road Championships : 1st Sprints classification Tour de San Luis : 1st Stage 3 ( TTT) Vuelta a Bolivia : 3rd Time trial, Pan American Road Championships ;2014 : 8th Time trial, South American Games ;2015 : 9th Overall Tour de San Luis ;2016 : 4th Time trial, National Road Championships ;2022 : 4th Overall Vuelta del Porvenir San Luis ;2023 : 8th Overall Giro del Sol The Giro del Sol San Juan is a multi-day road cycling race held a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mirador De Merlo
Mirador may refer to: Places * Mirador, Maranhão, a municipality in Maranhão, Brazil * Mirador, Paraná, a municipality in Paraná, Brazil * Mirador, Arizona, a place in Arizona, US * Mirador, California, a place in California, US * Mirador (Greenwood, Virginia), a historic home * El Mirador, a large pre-Columbian settlement in Guatemalań * Mirador Basin, a geological depression in the northern department of Petén, Guatemala * El Mirador cave (Cueva del Mirador), a cave in the Atapuerca Mountains, Spain * Mount Mirador, a mountain in the Philippines * Mount Tlaloc (Cerro Tláloc or El Mirador), a mountain in central Mexico * Quinta El Mirador, a village in Argentina Music * ''Mirador'' (Magnum album) * ''Mirador'' (Tarnation album) * "Mirador" (song), a 1989 song by Johnny Hallyday Literature * , a literature, art and politics weekly that was published in Barcelona between 1929 and 1938, see ''El Be Negre'' * ''The Mirador'' (novel) a novel by Sarah Monette Othe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
La Toma (Argentina)
La Toma (Argentina) is a village and municipality in San Luis Province in central Argentina Argentina (), officially the Argentine Republic ( es, link=no, República Argentina), is a country in the southern half of South America. Argentina covers an area of , making it the second-largest country in South America after Brazil, th .... References {{coord, 33, 03, S, 65, 37, W, region:AR-D_type:city(6663)_source:kolossus-dewiki, display=title Populated places in San Luis Province ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Xavier Tondó
Xavier Tondo Volpini (5 November 1978 in Valls, Spain – 23 May 2011 in Monachil, Spain) was a Spanish professional road racing cyclist who specialized in mountain stages of bicycle races. Death Tondo was killed after being apparently trapped between his own garage door and car, and crushed by the door, while preparing his bicycle for a training ride. Teammate Beñat Intxausti was with him at the time of the accident. To commemorate Xavier Tondo the 100%Tondo sportive is held yearly, starting in Sant Joan les Fonts and finishing in Vallter 2000. Doping refusal In February 2011, it was reported that a pro cyclist had tipped off police about a doping ring. Tondo was later identified as that cyclist. According to the Spanish newspaper '' El País'', Tondo received an email in December 2010, which offered several doping products, including EPO, human growth hormone, Nandrolone, and Clenbuterol, all at low prices. Tondo gave the email to the police. Palmarès ; 20 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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 times ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Villa Mercedes, San Luis
Villa Mercedes is a city in the province of San Luis, Argentina. It lies on the center-east of the province, on the left-hand banks of the Quinto River, 32 km from the border with Córdoba, on National Route 148, and near the intersection of National Routes 8 and 7. National Route 7 links the city to the provincial capital San Luis, 90 km to the north-west. It had 96,781 inhabitants during the . The city was founded by Governor Justo Daract on or around December 1, 1856, as ''Fortín Constitucional'', a mixed civilian-military fort, to protect the territory against attacks by the Ranquel aboriginal tribes. The original name was changed in 1861 to Villa Mercedes by decision of the residents, who had adopted the Virgin of Mercy (''Virgen de las Mercedes'') as their patron. Villa Mercedes grew quickly after a railway line from Villa María on the Central Argentine line between Rosario and Córdoba, reached the town in 1875. Built by the State-owned company Ferr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
