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2008 Tour De Romandie
The 2008 Tour de Romandie (62nd Edition) cycling road race took place from 29 April to 4 May 2008 in Switzerland. It is the sixth race of the 2008 UCI ProTour. Stages Prologue - 29 April 2008: Genève > Genève, 1.9 km ( ITT) Stage 1 - 30 April 2008: Morges > Saignelégier, 182.4 km Stage 2 - 1 May 2008: Moutier > Fribourg, 170 km Stage 3 - 2 May 2008: Sion > Sion, 18.8 km ( ITT) Stage 4 - 3 May 2008: Sion > Zinal, 112.4 km A landslide forced the organizers to cancel the third climb of the day, Saint-Luc, and the route was shortened to 112.4 km. Stage 5 - 4 May 2008: Le Bouveret > Lausanne, 159.4 km Final standings General classification Mountain classification Points classification Sprints classification Jersey progress Individual 2008 UCI ProTour standings after race As of 4 May 2008, after the 2008 Tour de Romandie. * 62 riders have scored at least one point on the 2008 UCI ProTour. See also * 2008 in road cycling Refer ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2007 Tour De Romandie
The 2007 Tour de Romandie served as the 59th edition of this event now held on the 2007 UCI ProTour. The stage race was held from May 1 through May 6, 2007 in the French-speaking area of Switzerland known as Romandy. The race winner was Thomas Dekker of . Final standings General classification * UCI ProTour points are not awarded to riders on UCI Continental Team that finish in the top-10 overall or a top-3 stage finish. Mountains classification Points classification Sprints classification Stages Prologue – 2007-05-01, Fribourg, 3.5 km ITT Italian Paolo Savoldelli () repeats his win in last year's prologue with a time of 4 minutes, 35 seconds over the 3.5 kilometer course at 45.82 km/h (28.5 mph). Stage 1 – 2007-05-02, Granges-Paccot – La Chaux de Fonds, 157 km Germany's hope for the future Markus Fothen of took the win after he escaped in the finale together with Francisco Pérez. Fothen beat him in a classical sprint-a-deux. The peloton bunc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Saignelégier
Saignelégier () is a municipality in the canton of Jura in Switzerland. It is the seat of the district of Franches-Montagnes. On 1 January 2009, the formerly independent municipalities of Goumois and Les Pommerats merged into Saignelégier. The bog and nature preserve around étang de la Gruère is located in the municipality. It is also the home of noted brewery Brasserie des Franches-Montagnes. History Saignelégier is first mentioned in 1294 as ''Saignelegier''. The municipality was formerly known by its German name ''Sankt Leodegar'', however, that name is no longer used. During the Middle Ages the village of Saignelégier was part of the diocese of Basel. During the 15th century, Saignelégier began to grow into an important regional town. A chapel was built and a yearly market started in 1428. Around the same time, the pastor of Montfaucon, the head of the main parish of the Franches-Montagnes region, moved to Saignelégier. In 1629 it became an independen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gustav Larsson
Gustav Erik Larsson (born 20 September 1980) is a Swedish former professional road racing cyclist, who rode professionally between 2001 and 2016 for nine different teams. Larsson specialised as a time trialist, winning the Swedish National Time Trial Championships seven times between 2006 and 2015, and won silver medals at the Beijing Olympics in 2008 and the 2009 World Championships in Mendrisio. Professional career On the international scene he represented Team Saxo Bank, and in Sweden he represented Skoghalls CK-Hammarö. Gemla-born Larsson began cycling when he was 14 years and, having shown great talent and dedication, turned pro just 7 years later. Team was his first employer, and when the team shut down in 2005 he moved on to Team . He rode for one year for Française des Jeux before moving again to the Swedish-Belgian team , which had gained a wild card to the UCI ProTour in 2006. But just as the 2007 season started the team ran into trouble with the Amaury Sport Orga ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tony Martin (cyclist)
Tony Hans-Joachim Martin (born 23 April 1985) is a German former professional Road bicycle racing, road bicycle racer. Martin was known as a individual time trial, time trial specialist, and is a four-time world champion in the discipline – having won the title in 2011 UCI Road World Championships – Men's time trial, 2011, 2012 UCI Road World Championships – Men's time trial, 2012, 2013 UCI Road World Championships – Men's time trial, 2013 and 2016 UCI Road World Championships – Men's time trial, 2016 – which is joint-most with Fabian Cancellara. He also won a silver medal at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, finishing runner-up to Bradley Wiggins in the Cycling at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Men's road time trial, event. Martin was also part of four world championship-winning team time trial squads, with /, in 2012 UCI Road World Championships – Men's team time trial, 2012, 2013 UCI Road World Championships – Men's team time trial, 2013 and 2016 UCI Road World ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stef Clement
Stef Clement (born 24 September 1982 in Tilburg) is a Dutch former professional cyclist, who competed between 2003 and 2018 for the Van Hemert Groep CT, , , and squads. He specialized in the time trial discipline, winning the Dutch National Time Trial Championships on four occasions. He also won the bronze medal in the 2007 World Championships time trial. In December 2014 he was announced as part of the squad for the team for 2015, joining the team alongside fellow rider David Tanner. He returned to the renamed team in 2017, when folded. Major results ;2002 : 1st Time trial, National Under-23 Road Championships ;2003 : 1st Stage 7 Olympia's Tour : 5th Overall Tour of Slovenia ;2004 : 6th Chrono des Nations U23 ;2005 : 1st Overall Olympia's Tour : 2nd Chrono Champenois : 6th Rund um Düren : 7th Overall Cinturón a Mallorca ::1st Stage 1 ( ITT) ;2006 : 1st Time trial, National Road Championships : 1st Stage 9 ( ITT) Tour de l'Avenir : 5th Chrono des Nations : 10th Ov ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sion, Switzerland
, neighboring_municipalities= Ayent, Conthey, Grimisuat, Grône, Les Agettes, Nax, Nendaz, Saint-Léonard, Salins, Savièse, Vernamiège, Vex , twintowns = Sion (; german: Sitten ; it, Seduno; la, Sedunum) is a Swiss town, a municipality, and the capital of the canton of Valais and of the district of Sion. it had a population of (known as ''Sédunois(es)''). On 17 January 1968, the former municipality of Bramois merged into the municipality of Sion.Nomenklaturen – Amtliches Gemeindeverzeichnis der Schweiz accessed 9 February 2013 On 1 January 2013, the former municipality of Salins merged into the municipality of S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alexander Bocharov
Alexander Bocharov (russian: Александр Бочаров; born 26 February 1975 in Irkutsk; name also spelled Alexandre Botcharov), is a Russian professional road bicycle racer most recently riding for UCI ProTeam . Major results ;1999 : 1st, Stage 9, Tour de l'Avenir ;2001 : 17th, Tour de France :: 3rd, Stage 16 ;2002 : 14th, Midi Libre : 15th, Critérium du Dauphiné Libéré : 30th, Tour de France :: 2nd, Stage 14 ;2003 : 9th, Classique des Alpes ;2004 : 8th, Classique des Alpes ;2006 : 4th, Clasica San Sebastian : 6th, Tour of Poland :: 4th, Stage 7 : 8th, World Championship : 10th, Critérium International :: 2nd, Stage 2 : 11th, Tour de Suisse ;2007 : 11th, Paris–Nice :: 5th, Stage 7 : 11th, Critérium International : 20th, Vuelta al País Vasco ;2008 : 1st, Tour Méditerranéen :: 1st, Stage 3 : 18th Overall, Tour de France ;2010 : 1st, Stage 3, Tour du Limousin Tour du Limousin is a 4-day road bicycle race held annually in Limousin, France. It was first hel ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Matti Breschel
Matti Breschel (born 31 August 1984) is a Danish retired professional road racing cyclist, who competed between 2005 and 2019 for the , , and teams. Career Junior career Born in Ballerup, Breschel got his breakthrough with small Danish Team PH, finishing 6th at the U/23 Cycling World Championship in Verona in 2004 where he helped fellow Dane Mads Christensen finish 3rd. He also won the bronze medal at the Danish National Road Racing Championship during the summer of 2004. Team CSC (2005–2010) 2005 He turned professional for the 2005 season in Denmark based , where he signed a two-year contract. At the press conference, regarding his choice to join Team CSC in October 2004, he stated that he simply wished to adjust to the rigors of professional cycling, saying "''I hope to get in the team, but in the beginning I just want to learn the game and to learn the races. Somewhere I know that I'm in for a beating."'' [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robbie McEwen
Robbie McEwen (born 24 June 1972) is an Australian former professional road cyclist. McEwen is a three-time winner of the Tour de France points classification and, at the peak of his career, was considered the world's fastest sprinter. He last rode for on the UCI World Tour. A former Australian BMX champion, McEwen switched to road cycling in 1990 at 18 years of age. He raced as a professional from 1996 until 2012. McEwen retired from the World Tour after riding the 2012 Tour of California and is now a cycling broadcast commentator on the Tour Down Under and the Tour de France. Career McEwen was born in Brisbane. After four years of moving through the regional, state and national levels of cycling, he started at the Australian Institute of Sport in Canberra under road cycling coach Heiko Salzwedel. The first signs of his sprinting prowess on the international stage were at the Peace Race, winning three stages for the Australian national team. McEwen competed in the roa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fribourg
, neighboring_municipalities= Düdingen, Givisiez, Granges-Paccot, Marly, Pierrafortscha, Sankt Ursen, Tafers, Villars-sur-Glâne , twintowns = Rueil-Malmaison (France) , website = www.ville-fribourg.ch , Location of , Location of () () or , ; or , ; gsw, label= Swiss German, Frybùrg ; it, Friburgo or ; rm, Friburg. is the capital of the Swiss canton of Fribourg and district of La Sarine. Located on both sides of the river Saane/Sarine, on the Swiss Plateau, it is a major economic, administrative and educational centre on the cultural border between German-speaking and French-speaking Switzerland. Its Old City, one of the best-maintained in Switzerland, sits on a small rocky hill above the valley of the Sarine. In 2018, it had a population of 38,365. History Prehistory The region around Fribourg has been settled since the Neolithic period, although few remains have been found. These include some flint tools found near Bourguillon, as well as a stone hatchet and bro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Moutier
Moutier () is a municipality in Switzerland. Currently, the town belongs to the Jura bernois administrative district of the canton of Bern. On 28 March 2021, the population voted to secede from the canton of Bern and join the Canton of Jura; the decision however is not immediately operative and entails a lengthy process of transfer of competences between cantonal authorities. History Moutier is first mentioned in 1154 in the phrase ''datum Monasterii''. In 1181, it was mentioned as ''apud Monasterium'' ('at the Abbey'). The German name for the town is ''Münster (BE)'', but it is not frequently used. The area was lightly settled even before the founding of Moutier-Grandval Abbey around 640. Much of the early history of the village is closely connected with the Abbey. Between 1049 and 1150, the Abbey was granted a stift or land donation to support the college of canons. The stift allowed the Abbey to grow into a major landholder and a regional power. The village church of Saint- ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alexander Efimkin
Alexander Alexandrovich Efimkin (russian: Александр Александрович Ефимкин, born 2 December 1981 in Kuybyshev, Russia, Kuybyshev) is a Russian former professional road bicycle racer, who competed professionally between 2006 and 2012 for the , , and teams. Efimkin has also worked as the directeur sportif of the team in 2013, the RusVelo Women's Team in 2013 and the men's team in 2014 and 2015. The twin brother of Vladimir Efimkin, Alexander Efimkin burst on to the professional cycling scene in 2005 with a 2nd place overall at the Settimana Ciclistica Lombarda, a highly competitive race. Since that time he has proven a competent professional racer, with few victories to his name. In part this is owing to his service to the stars of his team, and in part due to his relatively young age.http://www.cyclingbase.com/palcoureurs.php?id=5056&idtitle=1 Major results ;2005 : 1st Stage 3 Volta a Portugal : 2nd Overall Settimana Ciclistica Lombarda ;2006 : 2n ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
