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2014 Giant–Shimano Season
The 2014 season for the began in January with the Tour Down Under. As a UCI ProTeam, they were automatically invited and obligated to send a squad to every event in the UCI World Tour. After Argos Oil withdrew sponsorship from the team at the end of the 2013 season, Taiwanese bicycle manufacturer Giant Bicycles took over main naming rights for the 2014 season. Team roster ;Riders who joined the team for the 2014 season ;Riders who left the team during or after the 2013 season Season victories Footnotes References {{DEFAULTSORT:Argos-Shimano 2014 Giant Shimano 2014 File:2014 Events Collage.png, From top left, clockwise: Stocking up supplies and personal protective equipment (PPE) for the Western African Ebola virus epidemic; Citizens examining the ruins after the Chibok schoolgirls kidnapping; Bundles of wat ... Giant Shimano ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Iwan Spekenbrink
Iwan Spekenbrink (born 15 February 1976) is a Dutch cycling manager, who has been the team manager of UCI WorldTeam since the team's creation in 2005. He is also the president of the AIGCP AIGCP (Association International des Groupes Cyclistes Professionels) is an association that groups together many professional cycling teams. Based in Lannion, France, its managing director is Luuc Eisenga, and the president is manager Iwan Speken ..., which he was elected to in 2015. He competed as a cyclist as a junior before moving onto working as a team manager. References Dutch sportspeople Living people 1976 births Directeur sportifs Team DSM (men's team) {{Netherlands-cycling-bio-1970s-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lawson Craddock
Gregory Lawson Craddock (born February 20, 1992) is an American professional road and track racing cyclist, who currently rides for UCI WorldTeam . He is known for his achievement in finishing the 2018 Tour de France despite being seriously injured in the opening stage, and for raising funds for a hurricane-damaged velodrome as a result. Cycling career After spending the 2014 and 2015 seasons with in the UCI World Tour, he moved to rival for the 2016 and 2017 seasons. Craddock raced in the 2018 Tour de France and crashed violently during the first stage, causing a hairline fracture in his scapula, but continued racing. He was the last rider to cross the finish line and the were many photos of him with blood covering the entire left side of his face. After that crash, he took to social media announcing he was donating $100 for every stage he finished to the Greater Houston Cycling Association in the rebuild of the Alkek Velodrome, where Craddock got his start in cycling and whic ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ji Cheng (cyclist)
Ji Cheng (; born 15 July 1987) is a Chinese former professional cyclist, who rode professionally between 2006 and 2016 for and . Career Before taking up cycling, Ji competed as a runner whilst at school. One factor which led to him switching sports was the weather in his hometown, the northern city of Harbin, where temperatures can drop to in winter, when Ji could train for cycling indoors. Initially a track cyclist, he later switched to road racing. Ji moved to Europe in 2006, competing in amateur criterium races in the Netherlands before turning professional. In 2012, Ji became the first Chinese rider to race in, and complete, a Grand Tour, when he finished 175th at the Vuelta a España. By taking the start in the 2013 Giro d'Italia, he likewise became the first Chinese cyclist to start that race. The following year he was selected for the 2014 Tour de France, and became the first Chinese rider to compete in the Tour. Ji managed to complete the race despite a knee injury, fi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Reinardt Janse Van Rensburg
Reinardt Janse van Rensburg (born 3 February 1989) is a South African professional road bicycle racer, who rides for the Denver Disruptors. He previously rode for Dutch UCI ProTeam . He is not related to fellow professional cyclist and former teammate Jacques Janse van Rensburg. Career Born in Virginia, Free State, Janse van Rensburg competed with from 2010 to 2012. Janse van Rensburg left at the end of the 2012 season, and joined for the 2013 season. Subsequently, it was announced that he would be rejoining for 2015. He was named in the start list for the 2015 Tour de France and the start list for the 2016 Tour de France. Major results ;2007 : 2nd Time trial, National Junior Road Championships ;2009 : African Road Championships ::1st Team time trial ::2nd Time trial ::9th Road race ;2010 : National Under-23 Road Championships ::1st Time trial ::3rd Road race : African Road Championships ::2nd Time trial ::7th Road race : 3rd Overall Tour of Rwanda ::1st Stage 1 : 6th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thierry Hupond
Thierry Hupond (born 10 November 1984) is a French former road bicycle racer, who competed professionally between 2008 and 2017 for the and teams. Born in Décines-Charpieu, Rhône, Hupond became professional with Skil-Shimano in 2008, having been a stagiaire with the team in late 2007. In the 2008 Paris–Nice, he wore the mountains classification jersey for one day on stage three, having broken away from the field during stage two, building up a lead of fifteen minutes at one point. As a result, he claimed all the mountain points available. Career achievements Major results ;2009 : 3rd Münsterland Giro ;2010 : 4th Les Boucles du Sud Ardèche ;2011 : 2nd Les Boucles du Sud Ardèche : 8th Hel van het Mergelland Volta Limburg Classic is a single-day road bicycle race held annually in late March or early April in Limburg, Netherlands. Since 2005, the race is organized as a 1.1 event on the UCI Europe Tour The UCI Continental Circuits are a series of road ... ;2014 : 1st ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chad Haga
Chad Haga (; born August 26, 1988) is an American professional road racing cyclist, who currently rides for UCI ProTeam . Career He was born in McKinney, Texas and attended Texas A&M University where he earned his Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering in 2010. While there he raced collegiately with the Texas A&M Cycling Team and as an amateur with Team Brain and Spine Cycling and Super Squadra. After Graduation he joined the Rio Grande Cycling squad. He began racing professionally in 2011 after joining , before joining in 2014. On January 23, 2016, he was one of the six members of the who were hit by a car which drove into on-coming traffic while they were training in Calpe, Spain. All riders were in stable condition. Haga started the 2018 season by racing the Tour Down Under. In July 2018, he was named in the start list for the Tour de France. He won the final individual time trial stage of the 2019 Giro d'Italia, his first victory in a Grand Tour. After eight season ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Simon Geschke
Simon Geschke (born 13 March 1986) is a German professional road cyclist, who currently rides for UCI WorldTeam . Biography He is the son of former track cyclist Jürgen Geschke. In the 2015 Tour de France, Geschke won a mountain stage as he was part of the breakaway and soloed across the line in Pra-Loup. In 2022 Geschke entered the Tour de France for the tenth time in his career. For the first time in his career he wore a classification jersey after getting involved in the breakaway on stage 9, and earning enough points to take the lead in the mountains classification. Initially it was his intent to go for the stage win rather than the jersey classification. He chose to attack for the mountain points on stage nine because he did not feel it would be realistic to attack in the upcoming high mountains, which included five HC climbs with Col du Granon and Alpe d'Huez being among them, however he was able to defend the jersey through these climbs in the Alps and into the third ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Johannes Fröhlinger
Johannes Fröhlinger (born 9 June 1985 in Gerolstein, Rhineland-Palatinate) is a German former professional road bicycle racer, who competed professionally between 2007 and 2019 for the , and squads. Major results ;2006 : 1st Overall Tour Alsace : 1st Trophée des Champions : 6th Overall Mainfranken-Tour : 6th Overall 3-Länder-Tour ;2008 : 9th GP Triberg-Schwarzwald ;2009 : 3rd GP Triberg-Schwarzwald : 5th Memorial Cimurri ;2010 : 7th Japan Cup : 10th Trofeo Inca ;2011 : 6th Overall Bayern–Rundfahrt The International Bayern Rundfahrt ( en, Tour of Bavaria) was a stage race cycling race held each year in Bavaria, Germany, between 1980 and 2015. The race was held as an amateur race between 1980 and 1988, and from 2005 to 2015, the race was orga ... Grand Tour general classification results timeline References External links * * * 1985 births Living people People from Gerolstein German male cyclists Cyclists from Rhineland-Palatinate {{Germany-cyc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tom Dumoulin
Tom Dumoulin (; born 11 November 1990) is a retired Dutch professional road bicycle racer who last rode for UCI WorldTeam . He has won nine stages across the three Grand Tours, five medals in three different World Championships and two Olympic silver medals. Known for his time-trialing ability, Dumoulin excelled in climbing and was viewed by many as a climbing specialist. At the 2015 Vuelta a España, Dumoulin had two stage victories and led the race into its final weekend, before losing four minutes on the penultimate stage and ultimately finished sixth overall. He led the 2016 Giro d'Italia during its opening week and won two stages at the 2016 Tour de France. His sole Grand Tour in 2017 was the Giro d'Italia, where he overcame stomach problems and a 53-second deficit entering the final stage to become the first Dutch winner of the race and the first Dutch Grand Tour winner since Joop Zoetemelk in 1980. Later that year, he became the first Dutch male to win the time trial at ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dries Devenyns
Dries Devenyns (born 22 July 1983) is a Belgian professional road bicycle racer, who currently rides for UCI WorldTeam . Career Devenyns left at the end of the 2013 season, after five seasons with the squad, and joined for 2014. Major results ;2005 : 1st Road race, National Under-23 Road Championships ;2006 : National Amateur Road Championships ::1st Time trial ::2nd Road race : 1st Overall Tour de Bretagne ::1st Young rider classification ::1st Stages 4 & 5 ( ITT) : 4th Flèche Ardennaise : 5th Overall Tour des Pyrénées ::1st Prologue : 8th De Vlaamse Pijl : 10th Overall Le Triptyque des Monts et Châteaux ;2008 : 8th Overall Tour of Turkey : 8th Overall Ster Elektrotoer : 10th Overall Delta Tour Zeeland ;2009 : 1st Stage 5 Tour of Austria : 5th Overall Tour du Poitou-Charentes : 7th Overall Tour de Wallonie : 9th Giro del Piemonte ;2010 : 5th Giro del Piemonte : 9th Overall Tour of the Basque Country ;2011 : 4th Clásica de San Sebastián : 6th Brabantse Pijl : 7t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Degenkolb
John Degenkolb (born 7 January 1989) is a German professional road bicycle racer, who currently rides for UCI WorldTeam . His biggest wins to date are the 2015 Milan–San Remo and the 2015 Paris–Roubaix, two of cycling's five monuments. He is a winner of stages in all three Grand Tours, with ten stages and the points classification at the Vuelta a España, one stage of the Giro d'Italia, and one stage in the Tour de France. In 2010 he won his first stage race, the Thüringen Rundfahrt der U23, and finished second in the under 23 race at the UCI Road World Championships. Degenkolb also took victory in the 2014 Gent–Wevelgem, the 2013 Vattenfall Cyclassics and was the overall winner of the 2012 UCI Europe Tour. Professional career HTC–Highroad (2011) In 2011, Degenkolb turned professional with the UCI World Tour squad, following in the footsteps of other notable sprinters such as Mark Cavendish and André Greipel. In his debut season in the professional ranks he won st ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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