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2011 Volta A Portugal
The 2011 Volta a Portugal is a men's road bicycle race held from 4 to 15 August 2011. It is the 73rd edition of the men's stage race to be held, which was established in 1927. A part of the 2010–2011 UCI Europe Tour, it is rated as a 2.1 event. Schedule Teams 14 teams are invited to the 2011 Volta a Portugal, but the Italian team Acqua & Sapone remove its inscription in the Volta a Portugal, due to lack of cyclists to participate. 1 team is from the UCI ProTeams, 3 are UCI Professional Continental Teams and 9 are UCI Continental Teams. Stages Prologue 4 August 2011 – Fafe to Fafe, Individual Time Trial (ITT) Stage 1 5 August 2011 – Trofa to Oliveira do Bairro, Stage 2 6 August 2011 – Oliveira de Azeméis to Alto da Nossa Sra. da Assunção, Stage 3 7 August 2011 – Viana do Castelo to Alto da Sra. da Graça, Stage 4 8 August 2011 – Lamego to Gouveia, Stage 5 9 August 2011 – Oliveira do Hospital to Viseu, Stage 6 11 August 2011 – Aveiro to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2010–2011 UCI Europe Tour
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Oliveira De Azeméis
Oliveira de Azeméis () is a city and a municipality located in Porto Metropolitan Area in Portugal. Administratively, the municipality belongs to the District of Aveiro. The population of the municipality in 2011 was 68,611, in an area of 161.10 km2. The city itself has a population of about 20,000. Oliveira de Azeméis is located 35 km to the south of Porto. It is less than 20 km far from the Atlantic Ocean. The municipal holiday is the Monday that follows the 2nd Sunday of August. Facilities Local facilities include: * Hospital de São Miguel * Higher education schools * Secondary schools * Basic schools * Regional museum * Hotel * Post Office * Police station * Clinic centres * Tourism office * Library - Biblioteca Municipal Ferreira de Castro Economy It is an important industrial center, producing a wide variety of goods such as injection moulds, dairy produce, shoes, car components, springs and mattresses. Among its most well-known companies are Simoldes and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Francesco Gavazzi
Francesco Gavazzi (born 1 August 1984) is an Italian professional road bicycle racer, who currently rides for UCI ProTeam . Career Gavazzi was born in Morbegno. In 2012, Gavazzi participated in the Tour of Beijing and won its queen stage leading to the Great Wall of China. To add to the difficulty of the day, the air quality was deemed as "severely polluted" by the local authorities. Gavazzi closed down an attack by 's Edvald Boasson Hagen and grabbed the victory. His consistent placings in the other stages netted him the second spot in the overall classification behind Tony Martin (). However the win in Beijing was Gavazzi's sole victory during three years at Astana, and in November 2014 it was announced that had signed a one-year deal with for the 2015 season. Major results ;2004 : 10th Trofeo Alcide Degasperi ;2005 : 6th Trofeo Banca Popolare di Vicenza ;2006 : 1st Road race, National Under-23 Road Championships : 1st Overall Giro della Toscana : 1st Trofeo Unidelta : ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Castelo Branco, Portugal
Castelo Branco () is an inland city and municipality in Central Portugal. It has 34,471 inhabitants in its urban area (2021) and is the seat of the district of the same name. The municipality, with 52,291 inhabitants, is made up of 19 freguesias (civil parishes) spread through , making it the 3rd largest in Portugal by total land area. The municipality is bounded in the north by Fundão, in the east by Idanha-a-Nova, in the south by Spain, in the southwest by Vila Velha de Ródão, and in the west by Proença-a-Nova and Oleiros. History Castelo Branco gets its name from the prior existence of a Luso-Roman castrum or fortified settlement called Castra Leuca, on the summit of the hill of Colina da Cardosa. The population grew on the slopes of this hill. Little is known of the history before 1182. There is, nevertheless, a document, from this date, mentioning the donation to the Templars of a piece of land called Vila Franca da Cardosa, by a noble Fernandes Sanches. In 121 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aveiro, Portugal
Aveiro ( or ) is a city and a municipality in Portugal. In 2021, the population was 80,880, in an area of : it is the second most populous city in the Centro Region of Portugal (after Coimbra). Along with the neighbouring city of Ílhavo, Aveiro is part of an urban agglomeration that includes 120,000 inhabitants, making it one of the most important populated regions by density in the North Region, and primary centre of the Intermunicipal Community of Aveiro and Baixo Vouga. Administratively, the president of the municipal government is José Ribau Esteves, elected by coalition between the Social Democratic Party and the Democratic Social Centre, who governs the ten civil parishes ( pt, freguesias). History The presence of human settlement in the territory of Aveiro extends to the period associated with the great dolmens of pre-history, which exist in most of the region. The Latinised toponym ‘'Averius'’ derived from the Celtic word ''aber'' (river-mouth, etym.< Brythonic ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Andrea Guardini
Andrea Guardini (born 12 June 1989) is an Italian former professional cyclist, who rode professionally between 2011 and 2021 for the , , , and teams. A sprinter, Guardini currently holds the record for most stage wins at the Tour de Langkawi with twenty-four stage victories; recording five at the 2011 race, six in 2012, one in 2013, two in 2014 and 2018, and four in 2015 and 2016. With 43 career wins, the majority of his victories came in the Tour de Langkawi. Major results ;2007 : 4th Road race, UEC European Junior Road Championships ;2009 : 3rd Road race, Mediterranean Games : 3rd Circuito del Porto ;2010 : 1st Stage 3 Girobio ;2011 : Tour de Langkawi ::1st Points classification ::1st Stages 1, 2, 6, 7 & 10 : Tour of Turkey ::1st Stages 1 & 7 : 1st Stage 5 Tour of Qatar : 1st Stage 5 Volta a Portugal : 1st Stage 3 Tour of Slovenia : 1st Stage 5 Giro di Padania ;2012 : 1st Stage 18 Giro d'Italia : Tour de Langkawi ::1st Points classification ::1st Stages 2, 3, 4, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Viseu
Viseu () is a city and municipality in the Centro Region of Portugal and the capital of the district of the same name, with a population of 100,000 inhabitants, and center of the Viseu Dão Lafões intermunipical community, with 267,633 inhabitants. Settled during the period of the early Iberian Castro culture, the territory of Viseu was populated by a series of cultures including the Romans, Suebs, Visigoths and Moors. During the Roman occupation of Iberia, Viriathus, rebel leader of the Lusitanians, is assumed to have lived for a time in the vicinity. During the Middle Ages, the city often served as seat for Visigothic nobles (such as King Roderic), and is considered one of the probable birthplaces of Afonso Henriques, first King of Portugal. Viseu is a regional economic hub with a strong wine industry and is the seat of international conglomerate Visabeira. The city is also a cultural center, home to the nationally acclaimed Grão Vasco Museum, seat of the Roman Catholic Dio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Oliveira Do Hospital
Oliveira do Hospital () is a municipality in the district of Coimbra, in the central part of continental Portugal. The population in 2011 was 20,855, in an area of 234.52 km². History Inhabited by ancient civilizations, Oliveira do Hospital has Roman settlements, Visigothic relics, noble Gothic mansions as well as ancient villages built of slate. One can find Neolithic and Bronze Age burial grounds and genuine religious and rural relics such as the large granite outcroppings used as threshing floors, the Holy Cross Church and the Ferreiros Chapel, a Roman Gothic style temple dating to the 13th century and the Church of Sao Gião, known as the cathedral of its region due to its richly carved and painted 18th century Baroque interior. Geography It is located at the northern edge of the district of Coimbra in the foothills of the Serra da Estrela Mountains, bisected by the Alva and Alvoco River valleys. Administratively, the municipality is divided into 16 civil parishes (''fr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
José Vicente Toribio
José Vicente Toribio Alcolea (born 22 December 1985 in Socuéllamos) is a Spanish cyclist, who currently rides for UCI Continental team . He has ridden in 3 editions of the Vuelta a España. Major results ;2005 : 9th Gran Premio Área Metropolitana de Vigo ;2008 : 4th Overall Vuelta a Navarra ;2009 : 1st Overall Volta a Coruña ::1st Stage 3 ;2011 : 1st Stage 4 Volta a Portugal ;2012 : 6th Overall Vuelta a Castilla y León : 8th Vuelta a La Rioja ;2013 : 1st Overall Tour de East Java ::1st Mountains classification ::1st Stage 2 : 2nd Tour de Okinawa : 5th Overall Tour de Hokkaido : 7th Overall Tour de Kumano ;2014 : 2nd Overall Tour de Kumano : 2nd Tour de Okinawa : 4th Overall Tour of Japan ;2015 : 4th Overall Tour de Hokkaido : 5th Overall Tour de Kumano : 7th Tour de Okinawa ;2016 : 4th Overall Tour de Kumano ;2017 : 1st Overall Tour de Kumano : 3rd Overall Tour de Hokkaido : 4th Overall Tour of Japan : 4th Overall Tour de Tochigi : 10th Tour de Okinawa ;2018 : 7th Overal ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gouveia Municipality, Portugal
Gouveia () is a city and a municipality in the district of Guarda (district), Guarda in Portugal. The municipality population in 2011 was 14,046, in an area of . The town itself has a very small population, around 3.500. The present mayor is Luis Marques Tadeu, elected by the Social Democratic Party (Portugal), Social Democratic Party. The municipal holiday is the Monday after the 2nd Sunday of August. History The establishment of Gouveia is often attributed to the year 580 BC, but the oldest material proof of human occupation is funerary pottery dating to the Bronze Age that was found in a castle square in 1940. In the parish of Rio Torto, the oldest evidence of human occupation is a dolmen (a stone funerary structure) dating back to the fourth millennium BC. The Roman occupation was also a part of the city's history. A consecration inscription to the Lusitanian god Salqiu was found in a chapel on the city centre, as well as the grave of a Roman warrior with iron artefacts rela ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lamego
Lamego (; cel-x-proto, Lamecum) is a city and municipality in the Viseu District, in the Norte Region, Portugal, Norte Region of the Douro Subregion, Douro in northern Portugal. Located on the shores of the Balsemão River, the municipality has a population of 26,691, in an area of 165.42 km2. With origins before the Roman occupation of the Iberian Peninsula, Lamego is known for its historic city center, having a long history as a principal city of the former Trás-os-Montes e Alto Douro Province. Legend holds that the first Portuguese Cortes were held in Lamego, in 1143. The Roman Catholic Diocese of Lamego is based in the city center. Etymology The toponymic name ''Lamego'' was derived from ''Lamaecus'', a Hispano-Celtic and Roman derivative referring to owners of agrarian titles in the 3rd century around the local castle. History The area around Lamego was inhabited by Ligures and Turduli, and during the Roman presence it was occupied by Coelerni, which left behind seve ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hernâni Brôco
Hernani Manuel Conceição Brôco (born 13 June 1981 in Torres Vedras) is a Portuguese former road cyclist. Son of former cyclist Mario Manuel dos Santos Brôco and Maria Eugénia da Conceição Brôco he is a Bonabal native. Major results ;2001 : 1st Stage 1 GP CTT Correios de Portugal ;2002 : 3rd Time trial, National Under-23 Road Championships ;2003 : 1st Time trial, National Under-23 Road Championships ;2004 : 1st Mountains classification Vuelta a Castilla y León : 5th Overall Volta ao Alentejo ;2005 : 3rd Time trial, National Road Championships ;2010 : 3rd Time trial, National Road Championships : 5th Overall Volta a Portugal : 6th Overall Troféu Joaquim Agostinho ;2011 : 3rd Time trial, National Road Championships : 4th Overall Vuelta a Asturias : 5th Overall Volta a Portugal ::1st Stage 3 : 9th Overall Troféu Joaquim Agostinho ;2013 : 5th Overall Volta a Portugal : 10th Overall Troféu Joaquim Agostinho ;2014 : 7th Overall Troféu Joaquim Agostinho ;2015 : 2nd Overa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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