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2021 Kuurne–Brussels–Kuurne
The 2021 Kuurne–Brussels–Kuurne was the 73rd edition of the Kuurne–Brussels–Kuurne cycling classic. It was held on 28 February 2021 as a category 1.Pro race on the 2021 UCI Europe Tour and the 2021 UCI ProSeries. The race was long, starting and finishing in Kuurne, and featured several cobbled sections and climbs. The race formed the latter half of the opening weekend of the Belgian road cycling season with UCI WorldTour race Omloop Het Nieuwsblad held the previous day. Teams Seventeen of the nineteen UCI WorldTeams were joined by eight UCI ProTeams to make up the twenty-five teams that participated in the race. All but one team entered seven riders for a total of 174 riders, many of whom also contested the previous day's Omloop Het Nieuwsblad; was the exception with six riders, as Charlie Quarterman sustained injuries from a crash during that race. 114 riders finished. UCI WorldTeams * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * UCI ProTeams * * * * * * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2021 UCI Europe Tour
The 2021 UCI Europe Tour was the 17th season of the UCI Europe Tour. The season began on 24 January 2021 with the Trofeo Luis Puig, Clàssica Comunitat Valenciana 1969 – Gran Premio Valencia and ended on 24 October 2021 with the Ronde van Drenthe. Throughout the season, points were 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 determined how many points are awarded to the top finishers; the higher the UCI rating of a race, the more points were awarded. The UCI race classifications, UCI ratings from highest to lowest are as follows: * Multi-day events: 2.Pro, 2.1 and 2.2 * One-day events: 1.Pro, 1.1 and 1.2 Events January February March April May June July August September October Notes References External links * {{2021 in road cycling 2021 UCI Europe Tour, UCI Europe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
UCI WorldTeam
A UCI WorldTeam (2015–present), previously UCI ProTeam (2005–2014), is the term used by the Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI) to name a cycling team of the highest category in professional road cycling, the UCI World Tour or UCI ProTour The UCI ProTour was a series of road bicycle races in Europe, Australia and Canada organised by the UCI (International Cycling Union). Created by Hein Verbruggen, former president of the UCI, it comprises a number of 'ProTour' cycling teams, e ..., respectively. List of teams 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 The 18 WorldTeams in 2016 were: 2017 The 18 WorldTeams in 2017 were: 2018 The 18 WorldTeams in 2018 are: 2019 The 18 WorldTeams in 2019 are: 2020 The 19 WorldTeams in 2020 are: 2021 The 19 WorldTeams in 2021 are: 2022 History of UCI WorldTeams Dark grey indicates that the team was not operating in the year in question. Light blue indicates that the team was competing at a lower level in the year in q ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Erik Resell
Erik Nordsæter Resell (born 28 September 1996) is a Norwegian racing cyclist, who currently rides for UCI ProTeam . He competed in the men's team time trial event at the 2017 UCI Road World Championships. Major results ;2016 : 1st National CX Championships ;2018 : 1st Omloop Het Nieuwsblad Beloften : 2nd Paris–Tours Espoirs : 4th Gylne Gutuer : 8th Ruota d'Oro ;2019 : 9th Ringerike GP : 9th Gylne Gutuer : 10th Himmerland Rundt ;2021 : 5th Road race, National Road Championships : 10th Kuurne–Brussels–Kuurne Kuurne–Brussels–Kuurne is an annual single-day road cycling race in Belgium. It is held one day after Omloop Het Nieuwsblad, on the last Sunday of February or the first of March, and completes the opening weekend of the Belgian cycling season ... References External links * 1996 births Living people Norwegian male cyclists Sportspeople from Trondheim {{Norway-cycling-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bert Van Lerberghe
Bert Van Lerberghe (born 29 September 1992) is a Belgian professional racing cyclist, who currently rides for UCI WorldTeam . He won the combativity classification in the 2016 Eneco Tour. In August 2019, it was announced that Van Lerberghe would move up to UCI World Tour level, having signed a two-year contract with . Major results ;2009 : 4th Overall Sint-Martinusprijs Kontich ::1st Stage 4 ;2010 : 1st Prologue Sint-Martinusprijs Kontich : 2nd Tour of Flanders juniors ;2012 : 5th Overall Tour du Loir-et-Cher ::1st Young rider classification : 6th Grote Prijs Stad Geel : 8th Kattekoers ;2013 : 10th Overall Le Triptyque des Monts et Châteaux : 10th Grand Prix de la ville de Nogent-sur-Oise ;2014 : 2nd Road race, National Under-23 Road Championships : 2nd Grand Prix Criquielion : 8th Grand Prix de la ville de Pérenchies : 9th Overall Le Triptyque des Monts et Châteaux ;2015 : 4th Antwerpse Havenpijl : 5th Arnhem–Veenendaal Classic : 5th Kattekoers : 6th De Kustpijl : 7th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Greg Van Avermaet
Greg Van Avermaet (born 17 May 1985) is a Belgian professional cyclist, who currently rides for UCI WorldTeam . Considered one of the most versatile riders of modern cycling, Van Avermaet is a specialist of the classic cycle races, but has also won stages and the general classification in stage races, particularly when run on a hilly terrain, such as the 2016 Tirreno–Adriatico, and the 2018 Tour de Yorkshire. His strong sprint finish enables him to win sprints of small lead groups, but he has also won races after solo breakaways. He won the men's individual road race event at the 2016 Summer Olympics, and has won other one-day races such as Paris–Roubaix, Gent–Wevelgem and E3 Harelbeke in 2017, the 2016 GP de Montréal and Omloop Het Nieuwsblad in 2016 and 2017. In the Grand Tours, Van Avermaet has taken two individual stage wins in the Tour de France, and worn the Yellow Jersey for eleven days during the 2016 and 2018 Tours and won the points classification in th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nils Politt
Nils Politt (born 6 March 1994) is a German cyclist, who currently rides for UCI WorldTeam . Career In September 2015 announced that Politt had signed a two-year contract with the team from 2016, and that he would make his debut for the team as a stagiaire at the Tour de l'Eurométropole later that month. In June 2017, he was named in the startlist for the Tour de France. Bora–Hansgrohe (2021–present) In August 2020, Politt signed a three-year contract with , from the 2021 season onwards. In July 2021, Politt won the twelfth stage of the Tour de France, having featured as part of an initial thirteen-rider breakaway, before making a solo attack with just under remaining. The following month, he won a stage and the general classification at the Deutschland Tour. In May 2022, he won at Rund um Köln. Major results ;2012 : 2nd Time trial, National Junior Road Championships ;2013 : 2nd Time trial, National Under-23 Road Championships ;2014 : 1st Time trial, National Under-23 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sonny Colbrelli
Sonny Colbrelli (born 17 May 1990) is a retired Italian professional road bicycle racer who most recently rode for UCI WorldTeam . Career Born in Desenzano del Garda, Colbrelli has competed as a professional since the start of the 2012 season, joining as a neo-pro, from the amateur squad. Colbrelli had previously competed for the team in two stagiaire spells at the end of the 2010 and 2011 seasons. Colbrelli made his Grand Tour (cycling), Grand Tour début at the 2012 Giro d'Italia, where he was earmarked as a lead-out man for the team's sprinter, Sacha Modolo; Colbrelli took his first top ten placing on 2012 Giro d'Italia, Stage 12 to Stage 21#Stage 13, stage 13, when he finished ninth having led out Modolo to a fourth-place finish. Bahrain–Merida (2017–2022) On 12 April 2017, Colbrelli won 2017 Brabantse Pijl, Brabantse Pijl, riding for . In June 2017, he was named in the startlist for the 2017 Tour de France, Tour de France. 2021 season After three top-ten finishes in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jenthe Biermans
Jenthe Biermans (born 30 October 1995) is a Belgian cyclist, who currently rides for UCI WorldTeam . In May 2019, he was named in the startlist for the 2019 Giro d'Italia. Major results ;2013 : 1st Road race, National Junior Road Championships : 1st Ronde van Vlaanderen Juniores ;2015 : 2nd Road race, National Under-23 Road Championships : 2nd Paris–Roubaix Espoirs : 5th Paris–Tours Espoirs ;2016 : 2nd Paris–Roubaix Espoirs : 6th Grote Prijs Marcel Kint : 10th Overall Kreiz Breizh Elites ;2018 : 9th Overall Tour of Belgium ;2019 : 10th Binche–Chimay–Binche ;2020 : 10th Overall Okolo Slovenska ;2021 : 5th Kuurne–Brussels–Kuurne ;2022 : 7th Maryland Cycling Classic : 7th Polynormande ;2023 (2 pro wins) : 1st Muscat Classic : 1st Stage 2 Tour de Luxembourg : 2nd Clàssica Comunitat Valenciana 1969 : 4th Druivenkoers Overijse : 8th Dwars door het Hageland ;2024 : 6th Gran Premio Castellón The Ruta de la Cerámica - Gran Premio Castellón is an elite men's profess ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Matteo Trentin
Matteo Trentin (born 2 August 1989) is an Italian professional road cyclist, who currently rides for UCI WorldTeam . Career Professional career In 2014, Trentin took a prestigious victory on Stage 7 of the Tour de France, where he won the sprint by a few centimeters over Peter Sagan. Trentin had also won a stage of the same race on his maiden Tour start in 2013, winning in a sprint in Lyon against his breakaway counterparts. In October 2015, Trentin won Paris–Tours in record time for a race over 200 km, thus becoming the new ''Ruban Jaune''. By winning the fourth stage in the 2017 Vuelta a España, he completed the set of at least one stage win in each of the Grand Tours. He won three more stages and he was also in contention for the points jersey. But as Chris Froome was also sprinting unexpectedly, by managing to collect 5 points he was able to keep his leading position in the points competition too, and took the overall win from Trentin by only 2 points. Trentin became ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Charlie Quarterman
Charles Baxter Quarterman (born 6 September 1998) is a British former cyclist, who competed as professional from 2017 to 2023. Career For the 2017 season he joined the Luxembourg-based team . He won the Under-23 British National Time Trial Championships in 2019. In August 2019, Quarterman joined UCI WorldTeam as a stagiaire for the second half of the season, before joining the team permanently in 2020. Personal Quarterman was educated at the Abingdon School from 2010 to 2017 and is now based near Annecy, France. Major results ;2016 : 1st Mountains classification, Junior Tour of Wales : 3rd Overall Giro di Basilicata : 5th Omloop der Vlaamse Gewesten : 6th Grand Prix Bati-Metallo ;2018 : 2nd Time trial, National Under-23 Road Championships ;2019 : 1st Time trial, National Under-23 Road Championships ;2022 : 5th Time trial, National Road Championships : 7th Overall Tour de Normandie Tour de Normandie is a road bicycle race held annually in the region of Normandy, Franc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
UCI Professional Continental
The UCI Continental Circuits are a series of road bicycle racing competitions which were introduced in 2005 by the Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI) to expand cycling around the world. The five circuits (representing the continents of Africa, the Americas, Asia, Europe and Oceania) are ranked below the UCI World Tour and, as of 2020, the UCI ProSeries The UCI ProSeries is the second tier men's elite road cycling tour. It was inaugurated in 2020. The series is placed below the UCI World Tour, but above the various regional UCI Continental Circuits. Development In December 2018, the UCI ann .... UCI Africa Tour Winners There is a rolling ranking for individuals and countries (the total of the top 8 ranked riders of the nation), for which points can be won in all UCI road events, regardless of where the races take place. Prior to 2019 there was also a team ranking, and in all three categories points were earned in continental races of category HC or below (1.1 and 2.1 or ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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 holds significant prestige because of it. Since 2017, the race is part of the UCI World Tour, cycling's top-tier professional events. The race starts in Ghent, Flanders and finishes in Ninove, Flanders. The race route covers the hills in the Flemish Ardennes, marking the start of the cobbled classics season in Europe. Due to its early calendar date, it is characterized by often cold weather, coming as a contrast to the early-season stage races in the Middle East and Southern Europe. The day after the ''Omloop'', Kuurne–Brussels–Kuurne completes the opening weekend. Since 2006, a women's edition of Omloop Het Nieuwsblad is held on the same day as the men's race, also starting in Ghent and finishing in Ninove, approximately 130 kilometr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
