2021 Giro D'Italia, Stage 1 To Stage 11
The 2021 Giro d'Italia is the 104th edition of the Giro d'Italia, one of cycling's Grand Tours. The Giro began in Torino with an individual time trial on 8 May, and Stage 11 occurred on 19 May with a stage to Montalcino. The race finished in Milan on 30 May. Classification standings Stage 1 ;8 May 2021 — Torino to Torino, (ITT) For the fourth year in succession, the Giro started with a short individual time trial. This year, the Giro started with an test against the clock in Torino. The course was flat all the way through, which meant that the power riders were widely considered as the favourites for the stage victory. The early benchmark time was set by 's David Dekker, the second rider to start, who completed the course in a time of 9' 19". His time would be beaten by the next rider, Victor Campenaerts of , who took the lead by a few hundredths of a second. Shortly thereafter, Jonathan Castroviejo () beat his time by 5 seconds to move into the hot seat, until Ma ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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2021 Giro D'Italia
The 2021 Giro d'Italia was the 104th edition of the Giro, a three-week Grand Tour cycling stage race. It started on 8 May and finished on 30 May. On 26 May 2019, the race organisers RCS Sport originally announced that the start of the 2021 Giro (known as the ''Grande Partenza'') would be in Sicily, Italy. However, on 4 February 2021, RCS Sport announced that the race would instead start in Turin, with the rest of the race route being announced on 24 February 2021. The race was won by Egan Bernal of , winning his first Giro title and his second Grand Tour victory overall. He became the second Colombian to win the Giro after Nairo Quintana did so in 2014. He first took the ''maglia rosa'' when he won atop the gravel finish at Campo Felice on stage 9. He proceeded to extend his lead in the second week, culminating in his victory on the shortened queen stage to Cortina d'Ampezzo. Despite his difficulties in the final week, he still had enough advantage to confirm his victory in Mila ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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David Dekker
David Dekker (born 2 February 1998) is a Dutch cyclist, who currently rides for UCI WorldTeam . He is the son of former professional cyclist Erik Dekker. In May 2021, Dekker was named in the startlist for the 2021 Giro d'Italia. Major results ;2016 : 1st Overall Tour des Portes du Pays d'Othe : 3rd Road race, National Junior Road Championships : 6th Menen-Kemmel-Menen ;2018 : 1st Mountains classification Olympia's Tour ;2019 : 1st Road race, National Under-23 Road Championships : 1st Stage 1 Carpathian Couriers Race : 10th Arno Wallaard Memorial ;2020 : 1st Ster van Zwolle : 1st Dorpenomloop Rucphen : 3rd Le Samyn ;2021 : 1st Points classification, UAE Tour The UAE Tour ( ar, جولة الإمارات) is a road cycling stage race in the United Arab Emirates. It was first held in 2019 as part of the UCI World Tour. It was created as a result of the merging of the Abu Dhabi Tour and the Dubai Tour. Hi ... Grand Tour general classification results timeline Reference ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Rémi Cavagna
Rémi Cavagna (born 10 August 1995) is a French cyclist, who currently rides for UCI WorldTeam . Career On 19 July 2016, UCI World Tour team announced the signing of Cavagna for the 2017 season. In May 2018, he was named in the startlist for the 2018 Giro d'Italia. In August 2019, he was named in the startlist for the 2019 Vuelta a España. In August 2020, he was named in the startlist for the 2020 Tour de France. Major results ;2013 : 3rd Overall Trophée Centre Morbihan ::1st Stage 2 : 3rd 2013 European Road Championships, Time trial, UEC European Junior Road Championships : 5th Chrono Champenois Juniors ;2014 : 1st Time trial, National University Championships : 2nd French National Time Trial Championships, Time trial, National Under–23 Road Championships : 2nd Chrono des Nations Espoirs ;2015 : 1st French National Time Trial Championships, Time trial, National Under–23 Road Championships : 8th 2015 European Road Championships, Time trial, UEC European Under-23 Road Cha ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Tissot
Tissot SA () is a Swiss watchmaker. The company was founded in Le Locle, Switzerland by Charles-Félicien Tissot and his son, Charles-Émile Tissot, in 1853. After several mergers and name changes, the group which Tissot SA belonged to was renamed the Swatch Group in 1998. Tissot is not associated with Mathey-Tissot, another Swiss watchmaking firm. History Independent company Tissot was founded in 1853 by Charles-Félicien Tissot and his son Charles-Émile Tissot in the Swiss city of Le Locle, in the Neuchâtel canton of the Jura Mountains area. The father and son team worked as a casemaker (Charles-Félicien Tissot) and watchmaker (Charles-Emile). His son having expressed an interest in watchmaking from a young age. The two turned their house at the time into a small 'factory'. Charles-Emile Tissot left for Russia in 1858 and succeeded in selling their savonnette pocket watches across the Russian Empire. In 2021, the company is marketinLe Locle Powermatic 80 which has a ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Krists Neilands
Krists Neilands (born 18 August 1994) is a Latvian cyclist, who currently rides for UCI WorldTeam . Career Israel Cycling Academy (2017–present) In 2017, Kuldīga-born Neilands won the Latvian National Road Race Championships, and stage 5 at the Tour d'Azerbaïdjan. At the 2018 Milan–San Remo, Neilands attacked on the famous Poggio di San Remo climb. He got a small gap to the peloton with Vincenzo Nibali; however, Neilands could not keep up with Nibali, who later won the race, while Neilands finished 23rd. In May 2018, he was named in the startlist for the 2018 Giro d'Italia. He finished the race 73rd overall. In August 2020, he was named in the startlist for the 2020 Tour de France. Major results ;2011 : 2nd Time trial, National Junior Road Championships ;2012 : 1st Overall Tour de la Région de Lódz ::1st Stage 2 : National Junior Road Championships ::2nd Time trial ::3rd Road race ;2013 : National Road Championships ::3rd Under-23 road race ::5th Road race ;2014 : 1 ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Aleksandr Vlasov (cyclist)
Aleksandr Anatolyevich Vlasov (russian: Александр Анатольевич Власов; born 23 April 1996) is a Russian cyclist who rides for UCI WorldTeam . Career Astana (2020–21) In October 2020, he was named in the startlists for the 2020 Giro d'Italia, Giro d'Italia and the 2020 Vuelta a España, Vuelta a España, where he finished 11th overall. In 2021, he finished second in 2021 Paris–Nice, Paris–Nice, and finished just off the podium in the 2021 Giro d'Italia, Giro d'Italia. Bora–Hansgrohe In August 2021, Vlasov was announced to be moving to the team, signing an initial three-year contract from 2022. Vlasov made his first start with the team at January's Vuelta a Mallorca, Challenge Mallorca, finishing third in the Trofeo Pollença – Port d'Andratx. In his first stage race with the team, the 2022 Volta a la Comunitat Valenciana, Volta a la Comunitat Valenciana, Vlasov won the third stage which finished on the . He assumed the overall race lead, which ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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2020 Il Lombardia
The 2020 Il Lombardia was a one-day road cycling race that took place on 15 August 2020 in the Italian region of Lombardy. It was part of the 2020 UCI World Tour and was the 114th edition of Il Lombardia. The race was initially scheduled to take place on 10 October. The race was first rescheduled to 31 October with the May calendar update, and subsequently to 15 August with the June calendar update due to the COVID-19 pandemic. With around 50 kilometres to go, a select group, including defending champion Bauke Mollema and 2015 and 2017 winner Vincenzo Nibali, both of , broke away from the peloton. On the descent of the Muro di Sormano, Belgian rider Remco Evenepoel of crashed into a low wall on a bridge, somersaulting over it and into the ravine below. He suffered a fractured pelvis and a right lung contusion and had to abandon the race. Despite having three riders in the leading group of six, none of 's riders could keep up as Jakob Fuglsang of accelerated away on the Civigli ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Remco Evenepoel
Remco Evenepoel (born 25 January 2000) is a Belgian cyclist, who currently rides for UCI WorldTeam . He is the son of Patrick Evenepoel, a former racing cyclist who won the 1993 Grand Prix de Wallonie. Remco Evenepoel started his sport career in association football, playing for the youth teams of R.S.C. Anderlecht and PSV Eindhoven, as well as being featured in the youth national teams of Belgium. Realising that his physical abilities made him more suited for cycling, he switched to the discipline in 2017. After winning the road race and time trial in the junior categories at the 2018 UCI Road World Championships, Evenepoel turned professional with , skipping the under-23 rank. Evenepoel won the 2022 Vuelta a España and the 2022 UCI World Road Race Championships two weeks later. Career Junior career The son of the former professional cyclist Patrick Evenepoel, Remco Evenepoel started his sporting career as a football player. At the age of five he joined Anderlecht. When h ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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João Almeida (cyclist)
João Pedro Gonçalves Almeida (; born 5 August 1998 in Caldas da Rainha) is a Portuguese cyclist who currently rides for UCI WorldTeam . Career In 2019 Almeida, riding for signed a 2-year contract with World Tour team . Deceuninck–Quick-Step (2020-2021) 2020 During 2020, after a 2nd place in Giro dell'Emilia, he was named in the startlist for the 2020 Giro d'Italia, his first ever Grand Tour race. Almeida wore the Giro's leaders jersey for 15 consecutive days, from stage 4 to stage 18, the most ever by an under-23 rider. He went on to eventually finish 4th overall, the highest placing by a Portuguese rider. 2021 After some top-10 finishes on winter and early spring stage races, and set to leave by the end of the year, he was again featured in the startlist for the 2021 Giro d'Italia, with no clear leadership between him and Remco Evenepoel. After supporting Remco in the first 2 weeks, Almeida ended up doing 5 top-10 finishes in the last 6 stages, ending up in 6th place O ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Filippo Ganna
Filippo Ganna (born 25 July 1996) is an Italian track and road cyclist who currently rides for UCI WorldTeam . He is a five-time world champion in the individual pursuit, and has won a total of eight medals at the UCI Track Cycling World Championships. He also won the men's individual time trial at the 2020 and 2021 UCI Road World Championships, four stages in the 2020 Giro d'Italia and two stages in the 2021 Giro d'Italia. He won the gold medal in the team pursuit at the 2020 Summer Olympics held at Tokyo in 2021, setting a new world record. Career The son of former Italian Olympic sprint canoer Marco Ganna, Ganna emerged into the scene at the 2016 World Indoor Championships with an uncommon negative splits pursuit style of starting very slowly and falling behind, then winding up the speed in the second half to win. Ganna rode for Italian amateur team , before turning professional with in 2017. After two years with the team, he joined ahead of the 2019 season. Between Novemb ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Edoardo Affini
Edoardo Affini (born 24 June 1996 in Mantua) is an Italian cyclist, who currently rides for UCI WorldTeam . In October 2020, he was named in the startlist for the 2020 Giro d'Italia. Major results ;2013 : 4th Time trial, National Junior Road Championships ;2014 : 1st Road race, UEC European Junior Road Championships : 1st Trofeo San Rocco : 1st Trofeo Buffoni : 2nd Time trial, National Junior Road Championships : 4th Road race, UCI Junior Road World Championships : 4th Gran Premio Sportivi di Sovilla : 7th Overall Le Trophée Centre Morbihan : 9th Trofeo Dorigo Porte ;2015 : 3rd Time trial, National Under-23 Road Championships : 5th Time trial, UEC European Under-23 Road Championships ;2016 : 10th GP Capodarco ;2017 : 4th Time trial, UEC European Under-23 Road Championships : 6th Overall Olympia's Tour : 8th Time trial, UCI Road World Under-23 Championships ;2018 : 1st Time trial, UEC European Under-23 Road Championships : 1st Time trial, Mediterranean Games : Nationa ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Tobias Foss
Tobias Svendsen Foss (born 25 May 1997 in Vingrom) is a Norwegian cyclist, who currently rides for UCI WorldTeam . Career In July 2019, it was announced that Foss would join UCI WorldTeam on a two-year contract from 2020. In August 2019, Foss became the first Norwegian to win the Tour de l'Avenir. In October 2020, he was named in the startlist for the 2020 Giro d'Italia. In 2021 he won the National Championships in the road race and time trial and once again rode the Giro where he placed in the top 10. In 2022, he won a shocking victory in the time trial at the UCI Road World Championships in Wollongong, beating out favorites including Stefan Küng, Remco Evenepoel and Filippo Ganna. This also made him the first ever Norwegian to win the title. Major results ;2014 : National Junior Road Championships ::1st Team time trial ::2nd Time trial ::2nd Criterium ::3rd Road race : 3rd Time trial, UEC European Junior Road Championships ;2015 : National Junior Road Championships :: ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |