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2006 Volta A La Comunitat Valenciana
The 2006 Volta a la Comunitat Valenciana was the 64th edition of the Volta a la Comunitat Valenciana road cycling stage race, which was held from 21 February to 25 February 2006. The race started in Calpe and finished in Valencia. The race was won by Antonio Colom Antonio Colóm Mas (born 11 May 1978) is a Spanish professional road bicycle racer from Bunyola. He is a specialist in short stage races, having won the Volta a la Comunitat Valenciana in 2006, the Vuelta a Mallorca in 2004 and the Vuelta a And ... of the team. General classification References {{DEFAULTSORT:2006 Volta a la Comunitat Valenciana Volta a la Comunitat Valenciana 2006 in road cycling 2006 in Spanish sport ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Antonio Colom
Antonio Colóm Mas (born 11 May 1978) is a Spanish professional road bicycle racer from Bunyola. He is a specialist in short stage races, having won the Volta a la Comunitat Valenciana in 2006, the Vuelta a Mallorca in 2004 and the Vuelta a Andalucía in 2002. Career Colóm began his career at Costa de Almería in 1999 and stayed there for three seasons, in which time he built a growing reputation as a climber, winning the mountains classification of the Setmana Catalana de Ciclisme in 2001. In 2002, Colóm moved to Relax, and it was here that he had an early breakthrough in winning the Vuelta a Andalucía. Colóm moved to the division one team Illes Balears-Banesto in 2004 and once again saw early success, winning the Vuelta a Mallorca. A second placing in the Volta a la Comunitat Valenciana rounded out a successful season. In 2005, Colóm once again saw success in Mallorca, winning the Trofeo Calvia. In 2006, Colóm reversed his 2004 results: placing second overall in the V ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Patxi Vila
Francisco Javier "Patxi" Vila Errandonea (born 11 October 1975 in Hondarribia, Basque Country) is a Spanish Basque former professional road bicycle racer who rides for the UCI Professional Continental team . He was formerly with UCI ProTeam , before being banned for 18 months after testing positive for the use of testosterone. Vila's most notable victory came in stage 3 of the 2006 Paris–Nice where he snatched onto the wheel of Floyd Landis as he escaped on the Col de Croix de Chaubouret. The duo amassed a lead of over a minute on their nearest contenders and Vila swept past Landis to take the stage. This performance catapulted him to second overall on the general classification, 9 seconds behind Floyd Landis. He finished the race in Nice still 9 seconds behind winner Floyd Landis and 56 seconds ahead of Antonio Colom. He finished the 2006 UCI ProTour in 38th place with 69 points, the third highest ranked Lampre-Fondital rider behind Alessandro Ballan and Damiano Cunego. After ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
3 Molinos Resort
3 Molinos Resort () was a short-lived professional continental cycling team based in Spain and participated in the UCI Europe Tour When selected the team got a wildcard to UCI ProTour events. '3 Molinos' was founded in 2006 as a professional continental team, but this proved to be their last as funding was withdrawn due to doping scandals. The team was managed by José Francisco Perez, with José Luis Fernandez assisting. 3 Molinos Resort also sponsored a basketball team in the municipality of Murcia, in San José de la Vega, during the 2006-2007 season, in which he was regional champion of the 1st Male Autonomous Division. 2006 squad Major wins Source: ;2006 : Overall Vuelta a Murcia, Santos González : Overall Clásica Internacional de Alcobendas, Jan Hruška ::Stage 3, Jan Hruška : Stage 4 Volta ao Alentejo em Bicicleta, Alberto Benito : Stage 4 Vuelta Asturias Vuelta Asturias is a professional cycle road race held in Spain in early M ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Santos González
Santos González Capilla (born 17 December 1973) is a Spanish professional road bicycle racer. Being a time trial specialist, he won the Spanish National Time Trial Championship in 1999 and 2001. In 2000 he won a stage in Vuelta a España, where he finished fourth. He also rode at the 1992 Summer Olympics and the 2000 Summer Olympics. Major results ;1999 : Time Trial Champion ;2000 : 1st, Stage 1, Vuelta a Castilla y León : 4th, Overall, Vuelta a España :: Winner Stage 21 (ITT) : 8th, Olympic Games, Time Trial ;2001 : Time Trial Champion : 7th, World Time Trial Championship ;2003 : 11th, 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 r ... ;2005 : 2nd, National Time Trial Championship References External links * 1973 births Living people People from Cr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thomas Löfkvist
Thomas Löfkvist (born 4 April 1984) is a Swedish former professional road bicycle racer who last rode for the UCI Professional Continental team . Since 2015 Thomas Löfkvist is general manager of Swedish professional cycling team Team Tre Berg–PostNord. He became the youngest Swedish professional road bicycle racer when he started his professional bicycling career in at the age of 19 in 2004. Löfkvist was a good time trialist with solid climbing abilities, winning the Monte Paschi Eroica in 2009 with a powerful attack during the steep final kilometer ascent. He has previously used, both within and outside of the cycling world, the surname spelling 'Lövkvist'. Beginning with the cycling season of 2010 he is using his legal surname ''Löfkvist'' throughout. Career Early years As a junior, Löfkvist was the European mountain bike champion. Aged 19 he won the Individual Time Trial and the Overall Classification of the prestigious Circuit des Ardennes. Löfkvist also finished ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Koos Moerenhout
Jacobus ("Koos") Moerenhout (born 5 November 1973 in Achthuizen) is a Dutch former professional road bicycle racer. Major results ;1994 : 1st, Overall, Tour de Liège ;1996 : 1st, Overall, Circuit Franco-Belge :: Winner Stage 1 :: Winner Points Competition : 1st, Dokkum Woudenomloop ;1997 : 1st, Stage 8, Rheinland-Pfalz Rundfahrt :: Winner Mountain Competition ;1998 : 1st, Profronde van Oostvoorne ;1999 : 1st, Stage 4, Tour of the Basque Country :: Winner Mountain Competition ;2000 : 1st, Stage 1, Tour Down Under : 1st, Steenwijk : 2nd, National Road Race Championship ;2003 : 1st, Stage 4, Rheinland-Pfalz Rundfahrt ;2004 : 1st, Izegem : 2nd, National Road Race Championship ;2005 : 12th, Vuelta a España ;2006 : 1st, Zevenbergen & Geleen ;2007 : Dutch National Road Race Championship : 1st, Acht van Chaam ;2009 : Dutch National Road Race Championship : 1st, Stage 7, Tour of Austria ;2010 : 1st, Stage 3, Eneco Tour General classification results timeline See also * List o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
David López (cyclist)
David López García (born 13 May 1981) is a Spanish former professional road racing cyclist, who competed between 2003 and 2018 for the Café Baqué, , and squads. Career López was born in Barakaldo. The biggest victory of his career was the ninth stage of the 2010 Vuelta a España, a mountain stage with 6 categorized climbs on the menu. Lopez went clear of the leading group with to go, crossing the line with an advantage of six seconds over 's Roman Kreuziger. He joined the team in 2007 after turning professional for in 2005. He left the at the end of 2012 and joined for the 2013 season. Major results ;2004 : 6th Overall Tour de l'Avenir ;2005 : 7th Overall Vuelta a Aragón ;2006 : 7th Overall Volta a la Comunitat Valenciana ;2007 : 2nd Subida a Urkiola : 3rd Overall Deutschland Tour ::1st Stage 5 : 4th Klasika Primavera : 6th Overall Paris–Nice : 6th Overall Vuelta a Castilla y León ;2008 : 3rd GP Ouest–France : 4th Subida a Urkiola : 10th Overall Tour du Limou ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gorka González
Gorka González Larrañaga (born September 28, 1977) is a Spanish former professional road bicycle racer, who rode professionally between 2002 and 2006, entirely for the team. González was the only one out of 189 enlisted riders who was not allowed to start in the 2004 Tour de France after failing a health-test prior to the race, due to a high hematocrit value. He was suspended for two weeks. His team Euskadi was not allowed a substitute and started that year's Tour, which included a Team Time Trial, with 8 riders. Major results ;2005 : 1st Stage 5 Vuelta a Burgos Vuelta Ciclista a Burgos is an elite professional road bicycle racing event held annually in the Burgos province of Spain. The men's Vuelta a Burgos has been a multi-day stage race as part of the UCI Europe Tour since 2005. In 2019, a multi-day wo ... External links * * 1977 births Living people Spanish male cyclists Cyclists from the Basque Country (autonomous community) People from Zarautz Sportspeople ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alexandr Kolobnev
Alexandr Vasilievich Kolobnev (russian: Александр Васильевич Колобнев; born 4 May 1981) is a Russian former professional road bicycle racer. His major victories include winning the 2007 Monte Paschi Eroica, a stage of the 2007 Paris–Nice and he is a two-time winner of the Russian National Road Race Championships. In 2011, he was provisionally suspended after testing positive for a potential drug masking agent. He was cleared of intentional doping by the Court of Arbitration for Sport in February 2012, and returned to in March 2012. Career Born in Vyksa, Russian SFSR, Kolobnev spent his neo-pro year in 2002 with . His second season saw him sign with Domina Vacanze–Elitron. There, he took his first victory in Stage 2 of the Settimana Internazionale di Coppi e Bartali. He stayed with Domina Vacanze through the 2004 season and signed with UCI ProTeam for 2005. With Rabobank he managed to capture Stage 1 of the Volta a la Comunitat Valenciana in 200 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ricardo Serrano (cyclist)
Ricardo Serrano Gonzalez (born 4 August 1978 in Valladolid) is a Spanish retired racing cyclist. Doping sanction Serrano received a two-year sanction after being caught under the UCI's biological passport programme. Evidence against Serrano was based on an abnormal haematological profile and two laboratory reports indicating the detection of CERA in two of his blood samples. The first anomalies in his passport were from the 2008 season, when Serrano rode for Tinkoff Credit Systems,Gregor BrownUCI names first five biological passport violators cyclingnews.com, 17 June 2009 while the two CERA positives were from 2009, when he rode for Fuji-Servetto. Professional record * 1st, Stage 1, 2009 Tour de Romandie * 2007 Giro d'Italia - 102nd ** 3rd, Stage 16 * Vuelta a La Rioja The Vuelta a La Rioja ( en, Tour of La Rioja) is a regional Spanish road bicycle race held in La Rioja. From 2005 to 2008, it was a 2.1 category race on the UCI Europe Tour The UCI Continental Circuits ar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Valencia
Valencia ( va, València) is the capital of the Autonomous communities of Spain, autonomous community of Valencian Community, Valencia and the Municipalities of Spain, third-most populated municipality in Spain, with 791,413 inhabitants. It is also the capital of the Province of Valencia, province of the same name. The wider urban area also comprising the neighbouring municipalities has a population of around 1.6 million, constituting one of the List of coastal settlements of the Mediterranean Sea, major urban areas on the European side of the Mediterranean Sea. It is located on the banks of the Turia (river), Turia, on the east coast of the Iberian Peninsula, at the Gulf of Valencia, north of the Albufera lagoon. Valencia was founded as a Roman Republic, Roman colony in 138 BC. Al-Andalus, Islamic rule and acculturation ensued in the 8th century, together with the introduction of new irrigation systems and crops. Crown of Aragon, Aragonese Christian conquest took place in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Calp
Calpe () or Calp () is a coastal municipality located in the ''comarca'' of Marina Alta, in the province of Alicante, Valencian Community, Spain, by the Mediterranean Sea. It has an area of and a population density of . The city lies at the foot of the Penyal d'Ifac Natural Park. In 2022 the population was 24,096 inhabitants. The economy of Calpe is based mainly on tourism and fishing. Many Iberian, Roman and Arab archeological sites exist in the town because of its strategic coastal location. The Prime Meridian crosses Calpe. History There are some remains that testify the presence of inhabitants in the region of Calpe in prehistoric times; some remains date back to the Bronze Age. The first buildings were introduced by the Iberians, constructed on the higher grounds. The Penyal d'Ifac (in Spanish ''Peñón de Ifach'') was the natural lookout for the inhabitants that lived in the surrounding areas. Another lookout was the Morro de Toix Mountain, from which the Mascarat Rav ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
