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2019 Volta A Portugal
The 2019 Volta a Portugal was the 81st edition of the Volta a Portugal cycle race and was held on 31 July to 12 August 2019. The race started in Viseu and finished in Porto. Teams The 18 teams participating in the race are: Stages Classification leadership There arefour main individual classifications being contested in the 2019 Volta a Portugal, as well a team, combination and national rider competition. The most important is the general classification, which is calculated by adding each rider's finishing times on each stage. The rider with the lowest cumulative time is the winner of the general classification and was considered to be the overall winner of the Tour. The rider leading the classification wore a yellow jersey sponsored by Banco Santander Portugal, Santander. Second, there is a points classification, which awards a green jersey sponsored by Rubis (company), Rubis Gás. In the points classification, cyclists receive points for finishing inside the top 10 in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
João Rodrigues (cyclist)
João Pedro Lourenço Rodrigues (born 15 November 1994 in Faro, Portugal, Faro) is a Portuguese road bicycle racing, road racing cyclist who last rode for UCI Continental team . On 4 October 2022, he received a seven-year ban by Union Cycliste Internationale, UCI for doping. Major results ;2017 : 1st Mountains classification Vuelta a Castilla y León ;2018 : 7th Overall 2018 Volta a Portugal, Volta a Portugal ;2019 : 1st Overall Volta ao Alentejo ::1st Stage 5 (Individual time trial, ITT) : 1st Overall Volta a Portugal ::1st Stages 4 & 10 (Individual time trial, ITT) : 4th Clássica da Arrábida : 9th Overall 2019 Volta ao Algarve, Volta ao Algarve ;2020 : 7th Overall 2020 Volta a Portugal, Volta a Portugal ;2021 : 1st Overall 2021 Volta ao Algarve, Volta ao Algarve : 9th Overall 2021 Volta a Portugal, Volta a Portugal See also * Doping in sport * List of doping cases in cycling References External links * * 1994 births Living people Portuguese male cyclists P ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Davide Appollonio
Davide Appollonio (born 2 June 1989) is an Italian professional road bicycle racer, who most recently rode for UCI Continental team . Career Born in Isernia, Appollonio first made an impression in the professional ranks riding as a ''stagiaire'' for during the latter part of 2009, before signing for the team as a neo-pro for the 2010 season. He joined for the 2011 season, picking up his first win for the team on the 3rd stage of the Tour de Luxembourg, and then his first overall Sprints competition the following day. Appollonio left at the end of the 2012 season, and joined on a two-year contract from the 2013 season onwards. In October 2014 he announced that he would join for 2015, the first time Appollonio had joined an Italian professional cycling team. On 30 June 2015 Appollonio gave an adverse analytical finding for EPO, on 14 June – two weeks after completing the Giro d'Italia, and was provisionally suspended. He was suspended for four years, and returned to the pe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Torre De Moncorvo
Torre de Moncorvo () is a municipality in the district of Bragança in Portugal. The population in 2011 was 8,572, in an area of 531.56 km². The present mayor is Nuno Gonçalves, elected by the PSD. Torre de Moncorvo is also a well-developed and promising mining area. Iron ore is mined at the Mua Mine by Aethel Partners. The municipal holiday is March 19. In early November, the directorate-general for energy and geology (DGEG) authorised Aethel to control the Torre de Moncorvo iron mine, a company that hopes to put Portugal in a leading position in European mining Parishes Administratively, the municipality is divided into 13 civil parishes ('' freguesia (Portugal), freguesias''): * Açoreira * Adeganha e Cardanha * Cabeça Boa * Carviçais * Castedo * Felgar e Souto da Velha * Felgueiras e Maçores * Horta da Vilariça * Larinho * Lousa * Mós * Torre de Moncorvo * Urrós e Peredo dos Castelhanos Famous people According to a study by Antonio Andrade, Argentinian writ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marco Tizza
Marco Tizza (born 6 February 1992 in Giussano) is an Italian cyclist, who currently rides for UCI ProTeam . Major results ;2014 : 8th Piccolo Giro di Lombardia ;2015 : 8th Coppa della Pace : 10th Poreč Trophy ;2016 : 5th Memorial Marco Pantani : 6th Boucles de l'Aulne : 7th Grand Prix de Plumelec-Morbihan : 8th Coppa Ugo Agostoni : 8th Grand Prix Pino Cerami : 10th Giro dell'Appennino ;2017 : 4th Overall Ronde de l'Oise : 5th Overall Sibiu Cycling Tour : 6th Coppa Ugo Agostoni ;2018 : 2nd Volta Limburg Classic : 3rd Trofeo Matteotti : 5th Giro della Toscana : 9th Memorial Marco Pantani ;2019 : 1st Stage 5 Volta a Portugal : 4th Overall GP Beiras e Serra da Estrela : 9th Overall Sibiu Cycling Tour ::1st Stage 3 : 9th Grand Prix de Plumelec-Morbihan : 9th Grand Prix of Aargau Canton : 10th Gran Premio di Lugano : 10th Tour du Doubs ;2020 : 8th Trofeo Laigueglia : 9th Overall Sibiu Cycling Tour : 10th Giro dell'Appennino ;2021 : 7th Grand Prix of Aargau Canton : 9th Gran Premio di ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Guarda, Portugal
Guarda () is a city and a municipality in the District of Guarda and the capital of the Beiras e Serra da Estrela sub-region in Centro Region, central Portugal. The population in 2021 was 40,126, in an area of with 31,224 inhabitants in the city proper in 2006. Founded by King Sancho I of Portugal, Sancho I in 1199, Guarda is the city located at the highest altitude in Portugal ( Height above sea level, a.s.l.) and one of the most important cities in the Portuguese region of Beira Alta Province, Beira Alta. Serra da Estrela, the highest mountain range in continental Portugal, is partially located in the district. The city is served by national and international trains on the Beira Alta and Baixa railway lines. The present mayor is Sérgio Costa, as an indepdent. The municipal holiday is November 27. Guarda is known as the "city of the five F's": ''Farta'', ''Forte'', ''Fria'', ''Fiel'' e ''Formosa'' - abundant (or totally satisfied), strong, cold, loyal and beautiful. The explanat ... [...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] |
Torre (Serra Da Estrela)
Torre (English: ''Tower'') is the highest point of mainland Portugal, and the second-highest in the country overall (only Mount Pico, in the Azores, is higher). This point is not a distinctive mountain summit, but rather the highest point in a plateau. Torre has an unusual feature of being a summit that is accessible by paved road, the Regional Road 339 (R 339), formerly National Road 339 (N 339). It is located in a mountain range named Serra da Estrela, on the border between the municipalities of Seia, District of Guarda and Covilhã, District of Castelo Branco. The actual elevation of this area is 1,993 metres (6,537 feet), according to measures realized by the ''Instituto Geográfico do Exército'' (a military organization). Right in the highest point of the mountain range, situated in the middle of a roundabout, near a road that connects the cities of Seia and Covilhã, a trig point that shows the highest point in Serra da Estrela was built. Near Torre, there are a restauran ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pampilhosa Da Serra
Pampilhosa da Serra () is a town and a municipality in the Coimbra District, in Portugal. The population in 2011 was 4,481, in an area of 396.46 km². Parishes Administratively, the municipality is divided into 8 civil parishes (''freguesia (Portugal), freguesias''): * Cabril * Dornelas do Zêzere * Fajão - Vidual * Janeiro de Baixo * Pampilhosa da Serra * Pessegueiro * Portela do Fojo - Machio * Unhais-o-Velho Notable people * António Fernandes (chess player), António Fernandes (born 1962 in Pampilhosa da Serra) a chess player, became Grandmaster (chess), Grandmaster in 2003 * Tony Carreira (born 1963 in Armadouro) a Portuguese musician. References Municipalities of Coimbra District People from Pampilhosa da Serra {{Coimbra-geo-stub ... [...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] |
Santarém, Portugal
Santarém () is a city and municipality located in the district of Santarém in Portugal. The population in 2021 was 58 671,excluding the parish Pombalinho, that changed from the municipality of Santarém to Golegã in 2013 in an area of 552.54 km2. The population of the city proper was 29,929 in 2012. The mayor is Ricardo Gonçalves (PSD). The municipal holiday is March 19, the day of Saint Joseph (''São José''). The city is on the Portuguese Way variant of the Way of Saint James. History Since prehistory, the region of Santarém has been inhabited, first by the Lusitani people and then by the Greeks, Romans, Visigoths, Moors and later Portuguese Christians. Of the various legends related to the foundation of Santarém, the most famous tells of the Visigoth Saint Iria (or Irene), who was martyred in Tomar (''Nabantia'') and whose uncorrupted body reached Santarém. In her honour, the name of the town (then known by its Latin name '' Scalabis'') would later be changed t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mikel Aristi
Mikel Aristi Gardoki (born 28 May 1993 in Bergara, Spain) is a Spanish former cyclist, who competed as a professional from 2013 to 2022. Major results ;2014 : 1st Stage 1 ( TTT) Tour de Gironde ;2015 : 1st Vuelta a Toledo : 1st Stage 2 Volta a Coruña : 1st Stage 2 Vuelta a Cantabria ;2017 : 1st Stage 1 La Tropicale Amissa Bongo : 6th Gran Premio della Costa Etruschi ;2018 : 7th Tro-Bro Léon ;2019 : 1st Stage 2 Volta a Portugal : 4th Overall Tour du Limousin Tour du Limousin is a 4-day road bicycle race held annually in Limousin, France. It was first held in 1968 and since 2005 it has been organised as a 2.1 event on the UCI Europe Tour. In 2011 it was upgraded to an 2.HC The UCI 1.HC and UCI 2.HC ar ... ::1st Stage 2 ;2021 : 2nd Clàssica Comunitat Valenciana 1969 : 2nd Per sempre Alfredo References External links * * * 1993 births Living people People from Bergara Cyclists from Gipuzkoa Spanish male cyclists {{Spain-cycling-bio-1990s-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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