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2008 Tour Du Haut Var
The 2008 Tour du Haut Var was the 40th edition of the Tour du Haut Var cycle race and was held on 24 February 2008. The race started and finished in Draguignan. The race was won by Davide Rebellin. General classification References 2008 File:2008 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: Lehman Brothers went bankrupt following the Subprime mortgage crisis; Cyclone Nargis killed more than 138,000 in Myanmar; A scene from the opening ceremony of the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing; ... 2008 in road cycling 2008 in French sport {{France-cycling-race-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Davide Rebellin
Davide Rebellin (9 August 1971 – 30 November 2022) was an Italian professional road bicycle racer, who last rode for UCI Continental team . He was considered one of the finest classic cycle races, classics specialists of his generation with more than fifty top ten finishes in UCI Road World Cup and UCI ProTour classics. Rebellin was best known in the cycling world for his 2004 season, when he won a then unprecedented treble with wins in Amstel Gold Race, La Flèche Wallonne and Liège–Bastogne–Liège. He also won stage races such as Paris–Nice and Tirreno–Adriatico, and a stage in the Giro d'Italia. Rebellin served a two-year suspension for testing positive for Methoxy polyethylene glycol-epoetin beta, Mircera at the 2008 Olympic Games. Career Born in San Bonifacio, province of Verona, Rebellin turned professional in 1992 and came to the attention of the cycling world with a string of strong performances during his early years. He suffered from asthma, a disease that a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rinaldo Nocentini
Rinaldo Nocentini (born 25 September 1977) is an Italian former professional racing cyclist, who competed professionally between 1999 and 2019 for the , , Formaggi Pinzolo Fiavé, , and teams. In the 2009 Tour de France, his first participation in the race, he became leader in the General Classification after participating in a stage-long breakaway on stage 7 to take the yellow jersey from Fabian Cancellara with an overall time six seconds ahead of the second-place rider in the General Classification, Alberto Contador. He wore the yellow jersey for eight stages before relinquishing it to Contador at the end of stage 15. Major results ;1995 : 3rd Road race, UCI Junior Road World Championships ;1998 : 2nd Road race, UCI Under-23 Road World Championships : 2nd Gran Premio Industrie del Marmo ;1999 : Tour de Langkawi ::1st Stages 9 & 10 ;2002 : 5th Giro di Toscana ;2003 : 1st Giro della Toscana : 6th Overall Tour of Austria ::1st Mountains classification : 6th GP Industria ... [...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] |
2007 Tour Du Haut Var
The 2007 Tour du Haut Var was the 39th edition of the Tour du Haut Var cycle race and was held on 25 February 2007. The race started and finished in Draguignan. The race was won by Filippo Pozzato. General classification References 2007 File:2007 Events Collage.png, From top left, clockwise: Steve Jobs unveils Apple's first iPhone; TAM Airlines Flight 3054 overruns a runway and crashes into a gas station, killing almost 200 people; Former Pakistani Prime Minister of Pakistan, Pr ... 2007 in road cycling 2007 in French sport {{France-cycling-race-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2009 Tour Du Haut Var
The 2009 Tour du Haut Var was the 41st edition of the Tour du Haut Var cycle race and was held on 21–22 February 2009. The race started in Saint-Raphaël and finished in Callian. The race was won by Thomas Voeckler. General classification References 2009 File:2009 Events Collage V2.png, From top left, clockwise: The vertical stabilizer of Air France Flight 447 is pulled out from the Atlantic Ocean; Barack Obama becomes the first African American to become President of the United States; 2009 Iran ... 2009 in road cycling 2009 in French sport {{France-cycling-race-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tour Du Haut Var
The Tour du Haut Var ( en, Tour of the Haut Var) is an early-season two-day road bicycle race in the Var department region in the south of France. Until 2008 it was run as a one-day race, part of the UCI Europe Tour. In 2009, the race transformed to a 2.1 event, raced over two days. Dutchman Joop Zoetemelk and France's Arthur Vichot hold the record with three wins. The Tour du Haut Var is one of several stage races held in the hilly Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region in February, alongside the Étoile de Bessèges, La Méditerranéenne and the Tour La Provence. These early-season races are competed mainly by French teams and are considered preparations for Paris–Nice Paris–Nice is a professional cycling stage race in France, held annually since 1933. Raced over eight days, the race usually starts with a prologue in the Paris region and ends with a final stage either in Nice or on the Col d'Èze overlookin ..., the first European World Tour event in March. Winners ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Draguignan
Draguignan (; oc, Draguinhan) is a commune in the Var department in the administrative region of Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur (formerly Provence), southeastern France. It is a sub-prefecture of the department and self-proclaimed "capital of Artillery" and "''Porte du Verdon''". The city is from Saint-Tropez, and from Nice. Name and motto According to legend, the name of the city is derived from the Latin name "Draco/Draconem" (''dragon''): a bishop, called Saint Hermentaire, killed a dragon and saved people. The Latin motto of Draguignan is ''Alios nutrio, meos devoro'' (I nourish others, I devour my own). Geography The elevation is 200 m. The highest hill near Draguignan is Malmont (551 m). The main river near Draguignan is the Nartuby. The city is set in a valley NW-SE, about wide. Climate Draguignan's climate is the same as the normal conditions of the Mediterranean climate. The nights of frost are rare and the negative temperatures occur only a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anthony Geslin
Anthony Geslin (born 9 June 1980) is a French retired professional road bicycle racer, who rode professionally between 2002 and 2015, for the and teams. Born in Alençon, Geslin won a bronze medal in the road race at the 2005 UCI Road World Championships. Major results ;1998 : 1st Overall Trofeo Karlsberg ;2000 : 2nd La Côte Picarde ;2001 : 2nd La Côte Picarde : 9th Classic Loire Atlantique ;2002 : 4th Grand Prix de la Ville de Lillers : 7th Overall Tour de Picardie : 9th Tro-Bro Léon : 9th Paris–Bourges ;2003 : 1st Overall Criterium des Espoirs : 2nd Grand Prix Rudy Dhaenens : 2nd GP Ouest–France : 4th Tour de Vendée : 5th Polynormande : 8th Grand Prix de la Ville de Lillers : 10th Overall Four Days of Dunkirk : 10th Paris–Camembert : 10th Grand Prix de Denain : 10th Grand Prix de Wallonie ;2004 : 1st Route Adélie de Vitré : 5th Omloop van de Vlaamse Scheldeboorden : 7th Overall Tour du Poitou-Charentes : 9th Grand Prix de Rennes ;2005 : 1st Stage 3 Circuit de Lo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Philippe Gilbert
Philippe Gilbert (born 5 July 1982) is a Belgian former professional road bicycle racer, who is best known for winning the World Road Race Championships in 2012, and for being one of two riders, along with Davide Rebellin, to have won the three Ardennes classics – the Amstel Gold Race, La Flèche Wallonne and Liège–Bastogne–Liège – in a single season, which he accomplished in 2011. Gilbert also finished the 2011 season as the overall winner of the UCI World Tour. A Classics specialist, Gilbert has won several classic cycle races, including Paris–Tours twice (2008, 2009), the Giro di Lombardia twice ( 2009, 2010), the Amstel Gold Race four times ( 2010, 2011, 2014, 2017), La Flèche Wallonne ( 2011), Liège–Bastogne–Liège ( 2011), the Clásica de San Sebastián ( 2011), the Tour of Flanders ( 2017), and Paris–Roubaix ( 2019). He is the second person (and first Belgian) in history to win all three Ardennes classics in a single year. In 2017, Gi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Michael Albasini
Michael Albasini (born 20 December 1980) is a Swiss former professional road bicycle racer, who rode professionally between 2003 and 2020, for the , , and teams. Professional career Albasini began his career in 2003 with , moved to at the beginning of 2005, and signed with for the 2009 season. From 2012 until his retirement, Albasini rode with the Australian professional cycling team . In 2012, Albasini met success at the UCI World Tour race Volta a Catalunya. The six-stage event contained no time trials, and Albasini took the lead by triumphing on the very first stage over Anthony Delaplace from , getting a 42 seconds overall lead. On the very next stage, he was part of a select group of about 20 riders that were led to the line by Bradley Wiggins after a day in the mountains and he outsprinted his rivals, taking his second win in a row. He held on to his advantage on the following hilly stages, winning the overall classification by 1 minute and 30 seconds ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bert De Waele
Bert De Waele (born 21 July 1975) is a Belgian retired professional road racing cyclist, who competed as a professional between 2001 and 2012. He spent his entire career with the team through various iterations of team names. Palmarès ;1999 :6th Flèche Namuroise :10th Zellik–Galmaarden ;2000 :10th Hasselt–Spa–Hasselt ;2001 :2nd Tour du Doubs :9th Eurode Omloop ;2002 :4th Tour du Doubs :7th Tour de Vendée ;2003 :1st Tour du Doubs :5th Nokere Koerse :8th Grand Prix Pino Cerami :10th Memorial Rik Van Steenbergen ;2004 :1st Cholet-Pays de Loire :1st Omloop van het Houtland :2nd Overall Tour de Wallonie :2nd Brussels–Ingooigem :3rd Tour du Doubs :4th Grand Prix de Wallonie ;2005 :2nd Grand Prix Pino Cerami :4th Flèche Hesbignonne :5th Omloop Het Volk :6th Brussels–Ingooigem :8th Overall Ster Elektrotoer :8th Nokere Koerse :8th Tour du Doubs ;2006 :2nd Omloop Het Volk :2nd Internationale Wielertrofee Jong Maar Moedig :2nd De Drie Zustersteden :3rd Schaal Sels-Merksem :4 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nico Sijmens
Nico Sijmens (born 1 April 1978 in Diest, Belgium) is a retired Belgian road racing cyclist, who competed professionally between 2001 and 2014. Sijmens rodes for the , , and teams over his career. Career achievements Major results ;2002 : 4th Overall Vuelta a La Rioja : 5th Le Samyn ;2003 : Tour of Austria ::1st Stages 4 & 6 : 9th Clásica de Almería : 10th Classic Loire Atlantique ;2004 : 1st Grand Prix Pino Cerami : 3rd Brabantse Pijl : 3rd Grand Prix de Denain : 8th Rund um Köln : 9th Grand Prix de Wallonie ;2005 : 1st Overall Regio-Tour ::1st Stage 2 : 1st Hel van het Mergelland : 2nd Brussel–Ingooigem : 6th Grote Prijs Jef Scherens : 9th Overall Tour de Wallonie ;2006 : 2nd Overall Tour de Wallonie ::1st Stage 3 : 6th Tour du Doubs : 8th Overall Driedaagse van West-Vlaanderen : 8th Grote Prijs Jef Scherens : 10th Hel van het Mergelland : 10th Le Samyn ;2007 : 1st Beverbeek Classic : 1st Hel van het Mergelland : 7th Tour de la Somme : 9th Grand Prix de Wallonie ;2008 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
