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2007 Paris–Nice
The 2007 edition of the Paris–Nice stage race took place from March 11 until March 18 on the 2007 UCI ProTour. The race was won by Spaniard Alberto Contador riding for the , who going into the final stage was six seconds behind Davide Rebellin from . Contador broke away on the Col d'Eze, the last climb of the race, to claim both the stage victory along the Promenade des Anglais and the overall race victory. Stages Prologue - 11-03-2007: Issy-les-Moulineaux, 4.7 km (ITT) Stage 1 - 12-03-2007: Cloyes sur le Loir – Buzançais, 186 km Stage 2 - 13-03-2007: Vatan – Limoges, 177 km Stage 3 - 14-03-2007: Limoges – Maurs, 215.5 km Stage 4 - 15-03-2007: Maurs – Mende, 169.5 km Stage 5 - 16-03-2007: Sorgues – Manosque, 178 km Stage 6 - 17-03-2007: Brignoles – Cannes, 200 km. Stage 7 - 18-03-2007: Nice, 129.5 km circuit race Final standings General classification Mountains classification Points classi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2006 Paris–Nice
The 2006 in sports, 2006 edition of the Paris–Nice road bicycle racing, bicycle race was run from March 5 to March 12. The race was won by United States rider Floyd Landis, of Phonak (cycling team), Team Phonak. Stages 05-03-2006: Issy-les-Moulineaux – Issy-les-Moulineaux, 4.8 km. (Prologue, ITT) The prologue stage saw 2005 GC winner Bobby Julich retain the yellow/white GC leader's jersey after defeating Kazakhstan, Kazakh Andrey Kaschechkin, who held the best time through most of the stage's duration, by a narrow margin of 1 second. As the winner of the first stage he also received the green/white points jersey. The blue jersey for best young rider went to Alberto Contador. 06-03-2006: Villemandeur – Saint-Amand-Montrond, 193 km. (Stage 1) By winning the peloton sprint in Saint-Amand-Montrond ahead of Allan Davis (cyclist), Allan Davis, Tom Boonen (who finished fifth in the prologue stage five seconds down on Bobby Julich) took over the yellow/white jersey due to the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Roman Kreuziger
Roman Kreuziger (; born 6 May 1986) is a Czech former professional road bicycle racer, who last rode for UCI ProTeam . His father, Roman Kreuziger Sr., was also a bicycle racer who won the Tour of Austria in 1991 and the Cyclocross Junior World Championships in 1983. Kreuziger was an all-rounder, with climbing and time trial abilities, becoming a contender for the General classification of stage races. He is also considered one of the biggest talents of the sport after winning the 2004 Junior Road World Championships and the 2008 Tour de Suisse at the age of 22. Next year, he won the 2009 Tour de Romandie and in 2013, he was the victor of the Amstel Gold Race. Career Liquigas (2006–2010) He turned professional in 2006 with Liquigas after a successful amateur career which saw him win the Junior Road World Championships in 2004 and a stage of the Giro delle Regioni in 2005. In 2007 he showed great improvements in his abilities by placing second in the prologues of Paris– ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alexandre 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 2006. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Arrondissement Of Aurillac
The arrondissement of Aurillac is an arrondissement of France in the Cantal department in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region. It has 93 communes. Its population is 82,391 (2016), and its area is . Composition The communes of the arrondissement of Aurillac, and their INSEE codes, are: # Arnac (15011) # Arpajon-sur-Cère (15012) # Aurillac (15014) # Ayrens (15016) # Badailhac (15017) # Besse (15269) # Boisset (15021) # Carlat (15028) # Cassaniouze (15029) # Cayrols (15030) # Crandelles (15056) # Cros-de-Montvert (15057) # Cros-de-Ronesque (15058) # Freix-Anglards (15072) # Giou-de-Mamou (15074) # Girgols (15075) # Glénat (15076) # Jou-sous-Monjou (15081) # Junhac (15082) # Jussac (15083) # Labesserette (15084) # Labrousse (15085) # Lacapelle-Viescamp (15088) # Lacapelle-del-Fraisse (15087) # Ladinhac (15089) # Lafeuillade-en-Vézie (15090) # Lapeyrugue (15093) # Laroquebrou (15094) # Laroquevieille (15095) # Lascelle (15096) # Leucamp (15103) # Leynhac (1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Luca Paolini
Luca Paolini (born 17 January 1977) is an Italian former road bicycle racer, who rode professionally between 2000 and 2015. He started his sports career in the early 2000s by joining (2000–2002), UCI ProTeam directed by Patrick Lefevere. Within Mapei-Quick Step and then its successor team (2003–2005), Luca Paolini achieved several victories. Among them were first places at Gran Premio di Lugano, Giro del Piemonte and Gran Premio Bruno Beghelli. He has also won stages at Tour of Britain and Tour de Wallonie. Career Paolini was born in Milan. Seasons 2006–2007 and 2008–2010 Luca Paolini spent in two Italian cycling team – and respectively. As their member, he triumphed at certain stages of Vuelta a España and Three Days of De Panne, won one-day races Gran Premio Città di Camaiore, Trofeo Laigueglia, Coppa Placci as well as Coppa Bernocchi. Meanwhile, his bright victories attracted a particular attention from anti-doping bodies. As his name appeared in taped ph ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Daniele Bennati
Daniele Bennati (born 24 September 1980) is an Italian former road racing cyclist, who rode professionally between 2002 and 2019 for the , , , , , , and squads. Specialising in fast sprint finishes, Bennati turned professional in 2002, when he joined the team and wore zebra stripes as part of Mario Cipollini's leadout train. Upon joining the team in 2005, he demonstrated the ability to win on his own, and continued to do so when he joined in 2008. Bennati has won 11 stages in Grand Tours: two in the Tour de France, three in the Giro d'Italia, and six in the Vuelta a España. He won the points jersey in the 2007 Vuelta a España, and the Giro d'Italia. He retired at the end of the 2019 season, citing back pain. Biography Early days Bennati was born in Arezzo, Tuscany, into a family of cyclists. His father did well as an amateur, and his brother raced as a junior. Bennati entered and won his first race at the age of 9. As an amateur he raced in the Grassi Mapei team, a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Limoges
Limoges (, , ; oc, Lemòtges, locally ) is a city and Communes of France, commune, and the prefecture of the Haute-Vienne Departments of France, department in west-central France. It was the administrative capital of the former Limousin region. Situated on the first western foothills of the Massif Central, Limoges is crossed by the river Vienne (river), Vienne, of which it was originally the first ford crossing point. The second most populated town in the Nouvelle-Aquitaine, New Aquitaine region after Bordeaux, a University of Limoges, university town, an administrative centre and intermediate services with all the facilities of a regional metropolis, it has an urban area of 323,789 inhabitants in 2018. The inhabitants of the city are called the Limougeauds. Founded around 10 BC under the name of Augustoritum, it became an important Gallo-Roman culture, Gallo-Roman city. During the Middle Ages Limoges became a large city, strongly marked by the cultural influence of the Abbey ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Arrondissement Of Issoudun
The arrondissement of Issoudun is an arrondissement of France in the Indre department in the Centre-Val de Loire region. It has 49 communes. Its population is 34,252 (2016), and its area is . Composition The communes of the arrondissement of Issoudun, and their INSEE codes, are: # Aize (36002) # Ambrault (36003) # Anjouin (36004) # Bagneux (36011) # Bommiers (36019) # Les Bordes (36021) # Brives (36027) # Buxeuil (36029) # Chabris (36034) # La Champenoise (36037) # La Chapelle-Saint-Laurian (36041) # Chouday (36052) # Condé (36059) # Diou (36065) # Dun-le-Poëlier (36068) # Fontenay (36075) # Giroux (36083) # Guilly (36085) # Issoudun (36088) # Liniez (36097) # Lizeray (36098) # Luçay-le-Libre (36102) # Menetou-sur-Nahon (36115) # Ménétréols-sous-Vatan (36116) # Meunet-Planches (36121) # Meunet-sur-Vatan (36122) # Migny (36125) # Neuvy-Pailloux (36140) # Orville (36147) # Paudy (36152) # Poulaines (36162) # Pruniers (36169) # Reboursin (36170) # Reu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mathew Hayman
Mathew Hayman (born 20 April 1978) is an Australian former professional road bicycle racer, who rode professionally between 2000 and 2019 for the , and teams. During his career, Hayman was an experienced and respected domestique, as he typically took on a supporting role within his team. Hayman was also a specialist in the cobbled classics, and was the winner of Paris–Roubaix in 2016 Paris–Roubaix, 2016. Following his retirement from racing after the 2019 Tour Down Under, Hayman remained with the team as a part-time directeur sportif alongside a "special projects" position. Personal life Hayman was born in western Sydney, but the family was living near Goulburn in country New South Wales when he became interested in cycling, largely due to his older brother. He started racing in Canberra, and, following his brother, moved to Europe to further a potential cycling career in 1997. He raced as an amateur with Rabobank's under-23 team, based in The Netherlands. In 2006 he marri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Team Milram
A team is a group of individuals (human or non-human) working together to achieve their goal. As defined by Professor Leigh Thompson of the Kellogg School of Management, " team is a group of people who are interdependent with respect to information, resources, knowledge and skills and who seek to combine their efforts to achieve a common goal". A group does not necessarily constitute a team. Teams normally have members with complementary skills and generate synergy through a coordinated effort which allows each member to maximize their strengths and minimize their weaknesses. Naresh Jain (2009) claims: Team members need to learn how to help one another, help other team members realize their true potential, and create an environment that allows everyone to go beyond their limitations. While academic research on teams and teamwork has grown consistently and has shown a sharp increase over the past recent 40 years, the societal diffusion of teams and teamwork actually foll ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sebastian Siedler
Sebastian Siedler (born 18 January 1978 in Leipzig) is a former racing cyclist from Germany, who last rode for UCI Continental team . He had a successful track career prior to turning to road bicycle racing, winning Team Pursuit at the 2000 UCI Track Cycling World Championships in Manchester. He turned professional in 2004 with Team Wiesenhof, and spent two seasons there before moving to Team Milram for two seasons. Siedler joined at the start of the 2009 season. He rode in the 2006 Vuelta a España, finishing 127th overall. Major results ;2001 : 1st Stage 3 Brandenburg–Rundfahrt : 3rd Stausee-Rundfahrt Klingnau : 6th Rund um die Hainleite-Erfurt ;2002 : 1st Stage 2 Hessen Rundfahrt : 1st Stage 3 Cinturón a Mallorca ;2003 : 1st Stages 4, 6 & 7 Tour de Serbie : 1st Stages 2 & 6 Tour du Loir-et-Cher ;2004 : 1st Rund um die Nürnberger Altstadt : 1st Stage 5 Hessen Rundfahrt : 1st Stage 3 Peace Race : 4th Stausee-Rundfahrt Klingnau : 4th Trofeo Cala Millor-Cala Bona : 7t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jean-Patrick Nazon
Jean-Patrick Nazon (born 18 January 1977, in Épinal Épinal (; german: Spinal) is a commune in northeastern France and the prefecture of the Vosges department. Geography The commune has a land area of . It is situated on the river Moselle, south of Nancy. Épinal station has rail connection ...) is a French former professional road bicycle racer who turned professional in 1997. He is the brother of former racing cyclist Damien Nazon. Major results ;1998 : 6th Overall Circuit de Lorraine ::1st Stages 3 & 7 : 10th 1998 Paris–Tours, Paris–Tours ;1999 : 7th Memorial Rik Van Steenbergen : 9th 1999 Tro-Bro Léon, Tro-Bro Léon ;2000 : Étoile de Bessèges ::1st Stages 2 & 5 : 1st Stage 3a Tour de Picardie : 1st Stage 3 Four Days of Dunkirk : 9th 2000 Tro-Bro Léon, Tro-Bro Léon ;2001 : 1st Stage 2 Tour de l'Avenir ;2002 : 1st Stage Critérium International : 1st Stage Four Days of Dunkirk : 4th 2002 Grand Prix de Denain, Grand Prix de Denain : 6th Overall Tour of Belgi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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