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2015 Tour De Hongrie
The 2015 Tour de Hongrie was a six-day cycling stage race that took place in Hungary in August 2015. The race is the 36th edition of the Tour de Hongrie. It was rated as a 2.2 event as part of the 2015 UCI Europe Tour. The race included five stages+Prologue, starting in Szombathely on 4 August and returning there for the finish on 9 August in Budapest. Schedule Participating teams 16 teams were invited to the 2015 Tour de Hongrie: and 6 UCI Continental, 4 Regional, 1 national (Serbia) and 5 Hungarian teams. Riders of 21 different nationalities participated, the largest numbers being from Hungary (32), Izrael, the Netherlands Norway, Serbia and Slovakia (6), Czech Republic and Germany (5), Spain (3), France, Luxembourg, Slovenia, Ukraine and United States (2), with Belgium, Colombia, Guatemala, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania and New Zealand all having 1. The teams entering the race were:(HungarianA Tour de Hongrie előzetes rajtlistája ''Tour de Hongrie – Official Website'', 2 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2015 UCI Europe Tour
The 2015 UCI Europe Tour was the eleventh season of the UCI Europe Tour. The 2015 season began on 29 January 2015 with the Vuelta a Mallorca, Trofeo Santanyí-Ses Salines-Campos and ended on 25 October 2015 with the Tour of Aegean. The points leader, based on the cumulative results of previous races, wears the UCI Europe Tour cycling jersey. Tom Van Asbroeck of Belgium is the defending champion of the 2014 UCI Europe Tour. Throughout the season, points are awarded to the top finishers of stages within stage races and the final general classification standings of each of the stages races and one-day events. The quality and complexity of a race also determines how many points are awarded to the top finishers, the higher the UCI rating of a race, the more points are awarded. The UCI race classifications, UCI ratings from highest to lowest are as follows: * Multi-day events: 2.HC, 2.1 and 2.2 * One-day events: 1.HC, 1.1 and 1.2 Events January February March April M ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Time Trial
In many racing sports, an athlete (or occasionally a team of athletes) will compete in a time trial against the clock to secure the fastest time. The format of a time trial can vary, but usually follow a format where each athlete or team sets off at a predetermined interval to set the fastest time on a course. Variation in sports Cycling In cycling, for example, a time trial (TT) can be a single track cycling event, or an individual or team time trial on the road, and either or both of the latter may form components of multi-day stage races. In contrast to other types of races, athletes race alone since they are sent out in intervals (interval starts), as opposed to a mass start. Time trialist will often seek to maintain marginal aerodynamic gains as the races are often won or lost by a couple of seconds. Skiing In cross-country skiing and biathlon competitions, skiers are sent out in 30 to 60 second intervals. Rowing In rowing, time trial races, where the boats are se ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kékes
Kékes is Hungary's highest mountain, at above sea level. It lies northeast of Gyöngyös, in the Mátra range of Heves county. It is Hungary's third most popular tourist attraction, after Lake Balaton and the Danube, and has a number of hotels and skiing pistes. The Kékestető TV Tower stands at the summit. The name ''Kékes'' is derived from the mountain's often bluish colour. In Hungarian, the word ' means 'blue', while ' means implicitly 'bluish'. History It is home to the former Pauline Monastery of Kékes. Climate Road cycling For road bicycle racing enthusiasts, the mountain can be climbed by two main routes. * South from Gyöngyös: 839 m over 17.8 km. This is the most famous and difficult ascent. * North from Parád: 775 m over 16.9 km. About equal in difficulty as the Bédoin ascent, but better sheltered against the climb. Tour de Hongrie stage finishes See also * List of highest paved roads in Europe * List of highest paved roads in Europe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gyöngyös
Gyöngyös (; german: Gengeß) is a town in Heves county in Hungary, east of Budapest. Situated at the foot of the Sár-hegy and Mátra mountains, it is the home of numerous food production plants, including milk production and sausage factories. It is also the home of many vineyards on the slopes of the Sárhegy. The Art-Nouveau and Baroque buildings around the main square were reconstructed after a disastrous fire started in the local hospital in 1917, destroying a number of buildings housing important Jewish institutions and leaving in all around 8,000 homeless. Name The meaning of the town's name is "Made of Pearls"; Croats from Hungary call this city ''Đunđuš'' . The 16/17th-century historian Miklós Istvánffy wrote that the name of the town comes from the Hungarian word for mistletoe (''fagyöngy'' literally "wood-pearl"), which is abundant in the local woods. History Gyöngyös was home to a large Jewish community before World War II. In 1942, anti-Jewish laws we ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Karcag
Karcag () is a large town in Jász-Nagykun-Szolnok county, in the Northern Great Plain region of central Hungary. Geography Karcag covers an area of and has a population of 20,632 people (2011). Transport Karcag has its own railway station, but InterCity trains do not stop here. Politics The current mayor of Karcag is László Dobos (Fidesz-KDNP). The local Municipal Assembly, elected at the 2019 local government elections, is made up of 12 members (1 Mayor, 8 Individual constituencies MEPs and 3 Compensation List MEPs) divided into this political parties and alliances: Twin towns – sister cities Karcag is twinned with: *Cristuru Secuiesc, Romania (1990) *Kunszentmiklós, Hungary (2009) *Lazdijai, Lithuania (2004) *Lednice, Czech Republic (2006) *Merki District, Kazakhstan (1998) *Moldava nad Bodvou, Slovakia (1998) *Schwarzheide, Germany (2004) * Stara Moravica (Bačka Topola), Serbia (1994) Notable people * (died in 1770), the last speaker of the Cuman langua ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Abony
Abony (german: Wabing) is a town in Pest County, Hungary. Geography Abony is a town in the south-east of , between the Danube and Tisza rivers. It is from Cegléd and from Budapest, at an elevation of . The area is on the River Tisza's wide floodplain which approximates . Its rich black soil contains some sand. History *There are some archaeological finds from the 7th and 8th centuries. *The village was part of the shire county of Szolnok in the 13th century. *The first known record of the village is in 1450 as . *In 1474, Balázs Magyar, his daughter Benigna Magyar and later her husband Pál Kinizsi owned the land. *In 1515, István Werbőczy was given the village as a donation. *In 1552, it came under Turkish rule, and during the next century it suffered almost complete destruction. *At the beginning of the 18th century, the village's population was growing, and in 1748 became a small town. *On 25 January 1849, Mór Perczel led the Hungarian troops to win near Abony as par ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marek Čanecký
Marek Čanecký (born 17 June 1988 in Banská Bystrica) is a Slovak former cyclist, who competed as a professional from 2011 to 2023. Major results ;2007 : 9th Grand Prix Bradlo ;2009 : 3rd Time trial, National Under-23 Road Championships : 10th Overall Grand Prix Bradlo ;2010 : 1st 20px Time trial, National Under-23 Road Championships : 8th Raiffeisen Grand Prix : 9th Overall Coupe des nations Ville Saguenay ;2011 : 1st Stage 1 Tour of Marmara : 2nd Overall Grand Prix Chantal Biya ::1st Stage 2 : 3rd Road race, National Road Championships : 3rd Tour of Vojvodina I : 7th Overall Tour of Szeklerland ;2012 : 1st Mountains classification, Grand Prix of Sochi ;2013 : 1st Mountains classification, Oberösterreich Rundfahrt : 4th Road race, National Road Championships : 9th Scandinavian Race Uppsala ;2014 : 3rd Kerékpárverseny, Visegrad 4 Bicycle Race ;2015 : 1st Stage 2 Tour de Hongrie : 3rd Rund um Sebnitz : 9th Raiffeisen Grand Prix ;2016 : National Road Championships ::1st T ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kecskemét
Kecskemét ( , sk, Kečkemét) is a city with county rights central part Hungary. It is the eighth-largest city in the country, and the county seat of Bács-Kiskun. Kecskemét lies halfway between the capital Budapest and the country's third-largest city, Szeged, from both of them and almost equal distance from the two big rivers of the country, the Danube and the Tisza. It is the northern of two centres of the Hungarian Southern Great Plain (Hungarian: Dél-Alföld) region (comprising the three counties Bács-Kiskun, Békés and Csongrád); the southern centre is Szeged, the seat of Csongrád county. Etymology The name of the city stems from the Hungarian word ''kecske'' meaning "goat" and ''-mét'' meaning "pass". Geography Kecskemét was established at the meeting point of a large sandy region and a sandy yellow soil; its elevation is above sea level. The territory west of the city is covered by wind-blown sand, characterised by the almost parallel northern-southern ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Balatonföldvár
Balatonföldvár (german: Földwahr) is a popular resort town in Somogy County, Hungary, on the southern side of Lake Balaton, approximately 120 km southwest from Budapest and about 23 km southwest from Siófok, the "capital of Balaton". Balatonföldvár is a frequently visited tourist destination among Hungarians and foreign guests (especially Germans and Austrians) because of its natural beauties (like the loess hill and the big flowery parks), historical heritages (like the Celtic path, the old mansions and villas) or its countless leisure opportunities. The town offer several water sport (sailing, windsurfing, fishing, rowing etc.) and mainland sport ( beach volleyball, bicycle pathes, football etc.) activities. Etymology The origin of the name ''Balatonföldvár'' is from Lake Balaton, the lake bordering the town, and the ''földvár'' (in English ''earth castle''). The ''földvár'' was built in the late Iron Age, during the occupation of the Celts. The well-pr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Maroš Kováč
Maroš Kováč (born 11 April 1977 in Košice) is a Slovak former road bicycle racer, who competed professionally between 2001 and 2017 for the De Nardi–Pasta Montegrappa and teams. He now works as a directeur sportif for UCI Continental team . Major results Source: Cyclo-cross ;1996–1997 : 2nd National Championships ;1997–1998 : 3rd National Championships ;2003–2004 : 5th World Military Championships ;2004–2005 : 3rd Ispaster ;2005–2006 : 1st National Championships : 3rd Hlinsko ;2006–2007 : 2nd National Championships ;2007–2008 : 3rd National Championships Road ;2001 : 1st Team time trial, National Road Championships ;2002 : 1st Team time trial, National Road Championships : 1st Stage 1 Tour d'Egypte : 1st Prologue Presidential Cycling Tour of Turkey ;2003 : 1st Stage 7 Tour of South China Sea : 2nd Overall Tour d'Egypte ::1st Stage 6 : 4th Time trial, World Military Championships ;2004 : 1st Overall Tour d'Egypte ::1st Prologue, Stages 2, 3 & 6 ;2005 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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