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2004 Vuelta A Castilla Y León
The 2004 Vuelta a Castilla y León was the 19th edition of the Vuelta a Castilla y León cycle race and was held on 28 April to 2 May 2004. The race started in Belorado and finished in Villafranca del Bierzo. The race was won by Koldo Gil. Teams Thirteen teams of up to eight riders started the race: * * * * * * * * * * * * Cafés Baqué * Spanish national team General classification References Vuelta a Castilla y León The Vuelta Ciclista a Castilla y León is a professional road bicycle stage race held in Castile and León, Spain. Since 2005, Vuelta a Castilla y León has been a part of the UCI Europe Tour The UCI Continental Circuits are a series of road bicyc ... Vuelta a Castilla y León by year 2004 in Spanish sport {{Spain-cycling-race-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Koldo Gil
Koldo Gil Pérez (born 16 January 1978 in Burlata, Navarra) is a former Spanish professional road racing cyclist who last rode for the UCI Continental team Liberty Seguros Continental. His career highlights include winning a stage of the Giro d'Italia and leading the overall classification at the Tour de Suisse. At the 2006 Tour de Suisse, Gil took stage 6 and held the leader's yellow jersey until the final stage when he was overtaken by 2004 winner Jan Ullrich in the final stage's individual time trial. He finished a disappointing second. After Gil was unable to find a team for the 2009 season, he announced his retirement. Major achievements ;2000 : 1st Stage 4 Vuelta a Navarra ;2002 : 8th Overall Route du Sud : 9th Overall Vuelta a La Rioja ::1st Stage 3 : 9th Clásica a los Puertos de Guadarrama ;2003 : 3rd Overall Volta a Catalunya ::1st Stage 1 ( TTT) ;2004 : 1st Overall Vuelta a Castilla y León : 4th Overall Euskal Bizikleta : 4th Overall Vuelta a Aragon : 5th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dionisio Galparsoro
Dionisio Galparsoro Martínez (born 13 August 1978 in Ataun) is a Spanish racing cyclist formerly with UCI ProTeam . Major results ;2004 : 5th Overall Vuelta Ciclista a la Rioja : 5th Overall Vuelta a Castilla y León ;2005 : 1st Stage 4 Vuelta a Asturias : Hessen Rundfahrt ::1st Points Classification ::1st Stage 3 : 6th Clásica de Almería : 8th Gran Premio Miguel Indurain ;2006 : 6th Subida Urkiola : 6th Subida al Naranco : 10th Clásica de Almería ;2007 : 4th Overall Vuelta Ciclista a la Rioja ;2008 : 6th GP Llodio Gran Premio Internacional de Llodio (also known as Clásica de Álava) is a Spanish professional cycle road race that was held in Llodio, Basque Country, between 1949 and 2011. From 2005 to 2011, the race was organised as a 1.1 event on the UCI ... External links * Spanish male cyclists 1978 births Living people People from Goierri Sportspeople from Gipuzkoa Cyclists from the Basque Country (autonomous community) {{Spain-cycling-bio- ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2004 In Spanish Road Cycling
4 (four) is a number, numeral and digit. It is the natural number following 3 and preceding 5. It is the smallest semiprime and composite number, and is considered unlucky in many East Asian cultures. In mathematics Four is the smallest composite number, its proper divisors being and . Four is the sum and product of two with itself: 2 + 2 = 4 = 2 x 2, the only number b such that a + a = b = a x a, which also makes four the smallest squared prime number p^. In Knuth's up-arrow notation, , and so forth, for any number of up arrows. By consequence, four is the only square one more than a prime number, specifically three. The sum of the first four prime numbers two + three + five + seven is the only sum of four consecutive prime numbers that yields an odd prime number, seventeen, which is the fourth super-prime. Four lies between the first proper pair of twin primes, three and five, which are the first two Fermat primes, like seventeen, which is the third. On the other ha ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
David Arroyo
David Arroyo Durán (born 7 January 1980) is a Spanish cyclist, who currently competes in mountain biking for the Primaflor–Mondraker–XSauce team. He is also a former professional road bicycle racer, who rode professionally between 2001 and 2018 for the , , , and teams. Career Arroyo was born in Talavera de la Reina, Province of Toledo. Illes Balears–Banesto, later Movistar Team (2005–2012) He was also one of the best climbers on the , Arroyo's team from 2005 to 2012, along with team leader Alejandro Valverde. After Valverde crashed in the first week of the 2006 Tour de France, Arroyo was made team leader, until Óscar Pereiro claimed the leader's yellow jersey. Arroyo then helped to protect Pereiro in the mountain climbs and ensure his overall victory. Arroyo's biggest win to that point was Stage 19 of the 2008 Vuelta a España. Prior to that, his only victories came at the 2004 Volta a Portugal, where he won two stages, the mountains classification and the young ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jan Hruška
Jan Hruška (born 4 February 1975) is a former professional road bicycle racer from the Czech Republic, who turned professional in 1996. Doping Hruška entered the 2000 Summer Olympics, but was removed after testing for a doping product. Major results ;1996 : 10th Overall Peace Race ;1997 : 10th Overall Hofbräu Cup ;1998 : 3rd Time trial, National Road Championships : 6th Overall Herald Sun Tour ;1999 : 1st Time trial, National Road Championships : 2nd Overall Vuelta a Rioja : 2nd Overall Tour de Beauce : 3rd Overall Herald Sun Tour ::1st Stage 5 : 4th Overall Peace Race ;2000 : Giro d'Italia ::1st Prologue & Stage 20 ( ITT) ::Held after Prologue : 2nd Overall Tirreno–Adriatico ;2002 : 1st Stage 5 Volta ao Algarve : 2nd Overall Vuelta a Murcia : 3rd Circuito de Getxo : 8th Overall Tirreno–Adriatico : 9th Overall Circuit Cycliste de la Sarthe ;2003 : 1st Stage 3 ( ITT) Vuelta a Rioja : Vuelta a España ::1st Stage 1 ( TTT) ::Held after Stage 1 : 1st Stage 1 ( TTT) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vladimir Karpets
Vladimir Alexandrovich Karpets (russian: Владимир Александрович Карпец) (born 20 September 1980 in Leningrad) is a Russian road bicycle racer, who last rode for UCI ProTeam . Karpets is most notable for winning the white jersey for best young rider in the 2004 Tour de France and his victories in the overall classifications of the Volta a Catalunya and the Tour de Suisse, both in 2007. Karpets is also a two-time Olympian. Born in Leningrad, Karpets turned to cycling and, like fellow Russian Denis Menchov before him, moved to Spain where he joined . At the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Karpets competed on the track in the men's team pursuit where Russia got eliminated in the quarter-finals by Great Britain and took eighth. He also participated in the men's individual pursuit competition, finishing 11th. At the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, he competed in the men's road race, helping his fellow countryman Alexandr Kolobnev to a place of tenth. In th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ángel Vicioso
Ángel Vicioso Arcos (born 13 April 1977) is a Spanish former road racing cyclist, who competed professionally between 1999 and 2017 for the , , Relax–GAM, LA–MSS, , and squads. Major results ;1999 : 6th Overall Vuelta a Asturias ;2000 : 2nd Overall Vuelta a La Rioja ::1st Stage 2 : 3rd GP Miguel Induráin ;2001 : 1st GP Miguel Induráin : 1st Clásica de Sabiñánigo : 1st Stage 4 Volta ao Alentejo : 6th Clásica a los Puertos de Guadarrama : 9th Subida al Naranco ;2002 : 1st GP Miguel Induráin : 1st Klasika Primavera : 5th Trofeo Luis Puig ;2003 : Volta a Catalunya ::1st Points classification ::1st Stages 1 ( TTT) & 7 : 1st Stage 1 ( TTT) Vuelta a España : 2nd GP Miguel Induráin : 7th Milano–Torino : 9th Overall Tour of the Basque Country ::1st Stage 2 : 9th Trofeo Luis Puig : 9th Amstel Gold Race ;2004 : 4th GP Miguel Induráin : 4th Gran Premio de Llodio : 7th Overall Vuelta a Castilla y León : 9th Overall Tirreno–Adriatico : 9th Overall Euskal Bizikleta ::1st ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Igor González De Galdeano
Igor González de Galdeano Aranzabal (born 1 November 1973 in Vitoria-Gasteiz, Basque Country) is a Spanish former professional road bicycle racer and most recently, the team manager of UCI ProTeam . Following a promising start to his career at Vitalicio Seguros, where he finished the 1999 Vuelta a España in second place, González de Galdeano became a key rival of Lance Armstrong in the middle of his Tour de France supremacy. In the 2002 Tour de France, González de Galdeano wore the yellow jersey for seven days and in the 2003 Vuelta a España wore the gold jersey for one day. At an average speed of 55.17 km/h, González de Galdeano also holds the record for the fastest stage win in the Vuelta a España, a feat which earned him the nickname ''Speedy González''. Early racing career González de Galdeano turned professional in 1995 with the Basque team , which at the time was only in its second year of racing and suffering from financial hardship. During his three sea ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alejandro Valverde
Alejandro Valverde Belmonte (born 25 April 1980) is a Spanish former professional road racing cyclist, who last rode for UCI WorldTeam . Valverde's biggest wins have been the Vuelta a España in 2009, Critérium du Dauphiné in 2008 and 2009, Tour of the Basque Country in 2017, Volta a Catalunya in 2009, 2017 and 2018, Liège–Bastogne–Liège in 2006, 2008, 2015 and 2017, La Flèche Wallonne in 2006, 2014, 2015, 2016 and 2017, the Clásica de San Sebastián in 2008 and 2014, the 2006 and 2008 UCI ProTours, the 2014 and 2015 UCI World Tours, and the road race in the 2018 World Championships. Overall, Valverde has 133 professional wins. Prior to his Worlds win, he already held the record for most medals won at World Championships – he twice collected the silver medal in the World Championships, in 2003 and 2005, as well as the bronze four times in 2006, 2012, 2013 and 2014. As of 2022, Valverde has entered thirty-one grand tours, finished twenty-six of them and p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
David Navas
David Navas Chica (born 10 June 1974 in Ávila) is a Spanish professional road bicycle racer Road bicycle racing is the cycle sport discipline of road cycling, held primarily on paved roads. Road racing is the most popular professional form of bicycle racing, in terms of numbers of competitors, events and spectators. The two most common ... active professionally from 1996-2007. Prize List * Volta ao Minho - 1 stage (2000) References External links * * Spanish male cyclists 1974 births Living people People from Ávila, Spain Sportspeople from the Province of Ávila Cyclists from Castile and León {{Spain-cycling-bio-1970s-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cafés Baqué
Cafés Baqué was a Spanish cycling team established in 2003 and disbanded in 2004. Major wins ;2003 :Stage 3 Volta a Catalunya, Aitor Kintana ;2004 :Stage 4 Vuelta Ciclista a la Comunidad Valenciana, Jorge Garcia Marín :Stage 17 Vuelta a España The Vuelta a España (; en, Tour of Spain) is an annual multi-stage bicycle race primarily held in Spain, while also occasionally making passes through nearby countries. Inspired by the success of the Tour de France and the Giro d'Italia, the ..., Félix Rafael Cardenas References UCI Continental Teams (Europe) Cycling teams established in 2003 Cycling teams disestablished in 2004 Cycling teams based in Spain {{cycling-team-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Villafranca Del Bierzo
250px, Castle of Villafranca. Villafranca del Bierzo is a village and municipality located in the comarca of El Bierzo, in the province of León, Castile and León, Spain. Villafranca del Bierzo lies 187 kilometers from Santiago de Compostela and is located between Ponferrada and O Cebreiro on the Way of St. James pilgrimage route to Santiago de Compostela. History The first human settlements in the area date to the Neolithic age, while the first historically known people living here were the Celtiberians, who lived in ''Bergidum'', later known as ''Bergidum Flavium'' after the Roman conquest. In the Middle Ages, the town is first mentioned in 791. The origin of the modern town is connected to the Way of St. James, as a rest place for the pilgrims on their way to Santiago de Compostela beginning in the 9th century. In the ''Codex Calixtinus'' Villafranca is mentioned as an intermediate stage between Rabornal and Triacastela. In 1070, during the reign of Alfonso VI of León, a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
