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2014 Boels–Dolmans Season
The 2014 women's road cycling season was the fifth for the Boels–Dolmans Cycling Team, which began as the Dolmans Landscaping Team in 2010. The main new rider for the team was the Time Trial World Champion Ellen van Dijk, after have ridden 5 years for . After winning the Omloop van het Hageland in early March, Lizzie Armitstead won also the first World Cup race, the Ronde van Drenthe. She would finish later three times in second place in the later World Cup races and keeping the lead in the overall World Cup classification. In begin April, after a solo of 30 km Ellen van Dijk won the Tour of Flanders World Cup race. Roster The main new rider for the team was Ellen van Dijk. The Dutch world time trial champion who finished third in the UCI world Ranking and third in the overall World Cup signed a three years contract for after have ridden 5 years for . ;Riders who joined the team for the 2014 season ;Riders who left the team during or after the 2013 season Season F ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Boels–Dolmans Cycling Team
SD Worx () is a professional cycling team based in the Netherlands, which competes in elite road bicycle racing events such as the UCI Women's World Tour. Between 2012 and 2020, the team's title sponsors were the Dutch equipment rental company Boels Rental and Dolmans Landscaping, a Dutch civil engineering company. Both companies terminated their title sponsorship of the team at the end of the 2020 season. In February 2020, it was announced that Belgian human resource services company would become the title sponsor of the team on a four-year deal from 2021. History 2013 2014 At a special press conference in October 2013 it was announced that the Dutch time trial World Champion Ellen van Dijk would join the team after signing a three-year contract, after five years at . On March 1 Sanne van Paassen () joined the team. After winning the Omloop van het Hageland in early March, Lizzie Armitstead also won the first World Cup race, the Ronde van Drenthe. She would finish later th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nicky Zijlaard
Nicky Zijlaard (born 21 November 1995) is a former Dutch professional racing cyclist. Cycling family Zijlaard comes from a renowned cycling family. Grandfather Joop Zijlaard is a famous former pacer and he ran a pub named after his moustache (NL: snor). Dad Ron took over both pacing and the family business. Uncle Michael is a former cyclist who's most famous for marrying and supporting Leontien van Moorsel, managing women's professional team AA Drink–leontien.nl, men's Pro Continental team Roompot and organising the Six Days of Rotterdam. Brother Maikel Zijlaard is also a professional cyclist. Nicky Zijlaard married professional cyclist Nick van der Lijke with whom she has a daughter. In 2022 they briefly took over Crossanterie De Snor, but due to her health issues they handed the business back to her parents. Main results left, Nicky Zijlaard at the UCI Road World Championships Valkenburg - Women's junior time trial, in 2012 ;2011 :1st Dutch National Track Championship ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
BSkyB
Sky UK Limited is a British broadcaster and telecommunications company that provides television and broadband Internet services, fixed line and mobile telephone services to consumers and businesses in the United Kingdom. It is a subsidiary of Sky Group and from 2018 onwards, part of Comcast. It is the UK's largest pay-TV broadcaster with 12.7 million customers as of the end of 2019 for its digital satellite TV platform. Sky's flagship products are Sky Q and the internet-based Sky Glass, and its flagship channels are Sky Showcase, Sky Sports and Sky Atlantic. Formed as British Sky Broadcasting (BSkyB) in November 1990 through the merger of Sky Television and British Satellite Broadcasting, it grew into a major media company by the end of the decade, notably owning all the television broadcasting rights for the Premier League and almost all the domestic rights of Hollywood films. Following BSkyB's acquisition of Sky Italia and a majority interest in Sky Deutschland in 2014, i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sky Sports
Sky Sports is a group of British subscription sports channels operated by the satellite pay television company Sky Group (a division of Comcast), and is the dominant subscription television sports brand in the United Kingdom and Ireland. It has played a major role in the increased commercialisation of British sport since 1991, and has sometimes played a large role inducing organisational changes in the sports it broadcasts, most notably when it encouraged the Premier League to break away from the Football League in 1992. Sky Sports Main Event, Premier League, Football, Cricket, Golf, F1, Action and Arena are available as a premium package on top of the basic Sky package. These services are also available as premium channels on nearly every satellite, cable and IPTV broadcasting system in the United Kingdom and Ireland. Sky Sports News, Sky Sports Racing and Sky Sports Mix are all provided as part of basic packages. The Sky Sports network is managed by Jonathan Licht. History ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Emma Johansson
Emma Karolina Johansson (born 23 September 1983) is a Swedish retired professional racing cyclist. Nicknamed ''Silver Emma'', Johansson accumulated many second and third places at major championships and one-day classics. In 2013 she finished the year as number one on the UCI Women's World Ranking. She won the silver medal in the women's road race at both the 2008 and 2016 Summer Olympics, as well as one silver and two bronze medals at the Road World championships. She also holds a record four podium finishes at the Tour of Flanders for Women, with one second and three third places. Despite her amassing of podium places, she won several one-day races, including Omloop Het Nieuwsblad, Ronde van Drenthe, Trofeo Alfredo Binda-Comune di Cittiglio, Omloop van het Hageland, Le Samyn and the Holland Hills Classic. Johansson was also successful in stage races. She won the Thüringen Rundfahrt der Frauen three times, the Emakumeen Euskal Bira twice and the Belgium Tour once. In addi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2014 Le Samyn Des Dames
The 2014 Le Samyn des Dames was the third running of the women's Le Samyn, a women's bicycle race in Fayt-le-Franc, Belgium. It was held on 5 March 2014 over a distance of starting in Frameries and finishing in Dour. It was rated by the UCI as a 1.2 category race. Results References See also * 2014 in women's road cycling Le Samyn des Dames Le Samyn des Dames Le Samyn is an annual single-day road bicycle race in Belgium, held usually in late February or early March. The event was created in 1968 as ''Grand Prix de Fayt-le-Franc'', named after the former municipality where it started and finished. In 1 ... Le Samyn des Dames {{Belgium-cycling-race-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cyclingnews
Cyclingnews.com is a website providing cycling news and race result owned by Future. History In 1995 Australian Bill Mitchell, a keen cyclist and professor of economics at the University of Newcastle, created the website titled "Bill’s Cycling Racing Results and News" after finding there was a need for fast-breaking news and race results in English-speaking countries. In 1999 Sydney-based publishing company Knapp Communications purchased the website from Mitchell, and in July 2007 they sold it to British publisher Future plc for £2.2m. In July 2014 it was bought by Immediate Media Company, along with the print-only ''Procycling'' magazine. In February 2019, Immediate Media sold its cycling titles back to Future. See also * Pedaltech-Cyclingnews-Jako * ''Cycling Weekly'' * ''VeloNews ''VeloNews'' is an American cycling magazine headquartered in Boulder, CO. It is published by Outside and is devoted to the sport of cycling. History The magazine was first published as ' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2014 Omloop Het Nieuwsblad – Women's Race ...
The 2014 Omloop Het Nieuwsblad – Women's race took place on 1 March 2014. It was the 9th women's edition of the Omloop Het Nieuwsblad. This year's Omloop started and ended in Ghent, Belgium and spanned in the province of East Flanders. The race was won by Dutch rider Amy Pieters with Emma Johansson and Lizzie Armitstead second and third respectively. Results References {{DEFAULTSORT:2014 Omloop Het Nieuwsblad - Women's race Omloop Het Nieuwsblad – Women's race Omloop Het Nieuwsblad Omloop Het Nieuwsblad Omloop Het Nieuwsblad, previously Omloop Het Volk, is a one-day road cycling race in Belgium, held annually in late February. It is the opening event of the Belgian cycling season, as well as the first race of the year in Northwestern Europe, and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2013 Ladies Tour Of Qatar
The 2013 Ladies Tour of Qatar is the 5th edition of the Ladies Tour of Qatar. It is organised by the Qatar Cycling Federation with technical and sports-related assistance from Amaury Sport Organisation (A.S.O.) under the regulations of the Union Cycliste Internationale (category 2.1). It took place from Tuesday 29 January until Friday 1 February 2013 and consisted of 4 stages, one more stage than the former editions. 15 teams of 6 riders took part. All stages of the 2013 Ladies Tour of Qatar were live broadcast on TV station Al Jazeera. Teams Fifteen teams competed in the 2013 Ladies Tour of Qatar. These included eleven UCI teams and four national teams. The teams participating in the race were: ;UCI teams: * Be Pink *China Chongming-Giant * Hitec Products UCK *MCipollini–Giordana * Orica–AIS * Rabobank–Liv Giant *Team Argos–Shimano * * Team Tibco–To The Top *Topsport Vlaanderen–Bioracer *Wiggle–Honda ;National teams: *France *Germany *Italy *Netherla ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Adrie Visser
Adriana ("Adrie") Visser (born 19 October 1983 in Hoorn) is a former Dutch track and road racer who lives in Wieringerwerf. Visser started her professional career in 2001, when she finished second at the Dutch road race championship. She came fifth in the time trial. In track cycling she won her first national titles, becoming Dutch champion in the 500m time trial and sprint. She also won a silver medal in the points race. At the world championships in Trexlertown, Pennsylvania, USA, she was seventh in the 500m time trial and eighth in the sprint and individual pursuit. She won a bronze medal at the 2003 World Track Championships in Stuttgart. In the same year she won the Dutch points, scratch and individual pursuit championships for the first time. In May 2004 she won her first World Cup meeting in Sydney, where she won the scratch before finishing 10th at the world championships in Melbourne a week later. Her first achievement in road cycling was the blue jersey for ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lucy Martin
Lucy Martin (born 5 May 1990) is a British retired professional road and track cyclist. Career Martin was born in Whiston, Merseyside and grew up in Widnes, Cheshire where she attended Riverside College. She was spotted by British Cycling's Olympic Talent Team at the age of 15, and later moved on to their under-23 Olympic Academy Programme, which rode as . In 2011, Martin was signed by the women's team as one of four British riders. Following the disbandment of that team, she was one of six of their riders, including all four British riders, picked up by for the 2012 season. She competed at the 2012 Summer Olympics in the Women's road race. In August 2015 Martin announced her immediate retirement from competition. She subsequently joined from 2016, working on the team's digital content and PR, and she also works as a commentator on professional cycling. Major results Source: ;2007 : National Junior Track Championships ::2nd Individual pursuit ::3rd Points race ::3rd ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
