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2008 UCI Road World Championships
The 2008 UCI Road World Championships took place in Varese, Italy, between September 23 and September 28, 2008. The event consisted of a road race and a time trial for men, women and men under 23. Qualification Participating nations Cyclists from 57 national federations participated. The number of cyclists per nation that competed is shown in parentheses. Medal table Events summary External links Official website Cycling News and Race Results {{UCI Road World Championships [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Varese
Varese ( , , or ; lmo, label= Varesino, Varés ; la, Baretium; archaic german: Väris) is a city and ''comune'' in north-western Lombardy, northern Italy, north-west of Milan. The population of Varese in 2018 has reached 80,559. It is the capital of the Province of Varese. The hinterland or exurban part of the city is called ''Varesotto''. Geography The city of Varese lies at the foot of Sacro Monte di Varese, part of the Campo dei Fiori mountain range, that hosts an astronomical observatory, as well as the Prealpino Geophysical Centre. The village which is in the middle of the mountain is called Santa Maria del Monte because of the medieval sanctuary, which is reached through the avenue of the chapels of the Sacred Mountain. Varese is situated on seven hills: the San Pedrino Hill, the Giubiano Hill, the Campigli Hill, the Sant'Albino Hill, the Biumo Superiore Hill, Colle di Montalbano (Villa Mirabello) and the Hill of Miogni. The city also looks over Lake Varese. Cli ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Amber Neben
Amber Leone Neben (born February 18, 1975) is an American racing cyclist, who most recently rode for UCI Women's Continental Team . Neben won the UCI world time trial championship in 2008 and 2016 as well as the U.S. national road race championship in 2003 and 2017. Career Early life At the age of four Neben survived a bout of spinal meningitis, which left her in a coma for three days. Doctors told her parents that she was unlikely to survive, and that if she did, she would probably have endured brain damage and have lost her hearing. Neben played soccer and ran cross-country in junior high and high school. She attended the University of Nebraska on a track and cross-country scholarship. Stress fractures stopped her running and she became an undergraduate assistant coach in distance running. She took up cycling after graduating from college with a Bachelor of Science degree in biology. She then obtained a master's degree in biology from the University of California, Irvine, havi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
UCI Road World Championships By Year
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2008 UCI Road World Championships
The 2008 UCI Road World Championships took place in Varese, Italy, between September 23 and September 28, 2008. The event consisted of a road race and a time trial for men, women and men under 23. Qualification Participating nations Cyclists from 57 national federations participated. The number of cyclists per nation that competed is shown in parentheses. Medal table Events summary External links Official website Cycling News and Race Results {{UCI Road World Championships [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cameron Meyer
Cameron Meyer (born 11 January 1988) is an Australian former professional racing cyclist, who competed as a professional from 2009 to 2022. Career Born in Viveash, Western Australia, Meyer started cycling at the age of 13 in 2001 and first represented his country at the World Junior Track Championships in 2005. He was an Australian Institute of Sport scholarship holder. Meyer won his first senior World Championship in the Points Race in Pruszków, Poland. In 2009 he was selected to ride the Giro d'Italia. He won the time-trial event at the 2010 Australian National Road Race Championships. Meyer's younger brother Travis Meyer is also a professional racing cyclist, and was one of 's first signings alongside Cameron and fellow Australian Jack Bobridge. After four seasons with , in October 2015 Meyer announced that he would be joining for the 2016 season, alongside fellow Australians Nathan Haas and Mark Renshaw. Meyer announced his departure from on 14 June 2016; for pers ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Patrick Gretsch
Patrick Gretsch (born 7 April 1987) is a German former professional cyclist, who rode professionally between 2006 and 2016 for the , , and teams. Major results ;2004 : 1st Time trial, UCI Junior Road World Championships : 1st Time trial, National Junior Road Championships ;2005 : 1st Stage 3 ( ITT) Trofeo Karlsberg ;2006 : 7th Overall 3-Länder-Tour ;2007 : 10th Overall Rás Tailteann ;2008 : 1st Overall Thüringen Rundfahrt der U23 ::1st Stage 5 ( ITT) : 2nd Time trial, UCI Under-23 Road World Championships ;2009 : 1st Time trial, National Under-23 Road Championships : 3rd Time trial, UCI Under-23 Road World Championships : 4th Overall Thüringen Rundfahrt der U23 : 9th Rund um Köln ;2010 : 2nd Time trial, National Road Championships ;2011 : 1st Prologue Ster ZLM Toer : 1st Prologue USA Pro Cycling Challenge : 1st Stage 1 ( TTT) Giro d'Italia : 3rd Time trial, National Road Championships ;2012 : 1st Prologue Vuelta a Andalucía ;2013 : 2nd Time trial, National Road ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Adriano Malori
Adriano Malori (born 28 January 1988) is an Italian former road racing cyclist, who rode professionally between 2010 and 2017 for the and squads. Career Malori was the ''lanterne rouge'' of the 2010 Tour de France, finishing almost four and a half hours behind winner Andy Schleck (). Having ridden for the squad since August 2009, Malori left the team at the end of the 2013 season to join the . He won the final time trial of the 2014 Vuelta a España. On 23 January 2016, at the Tour de San Luis, Malori suffered a severe crash as he was leading the peloton. His front wheel was caught in a crack on the road and he flew over his bike, crashing head-first. He was put in an induced coma. Three days later, he was moved to a special clinic in Buenos Aires. Reports suggested that doctors had found the head trauma not to be a result, but rather the cause of the crash, citing a possible aneurysm. However, the team discredited them soon afterward, saying a road defect was the cause of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Degenkolb
John Degenkolb (born 7 January 1989) is a German professional road bicycle racer, who currently rides for UCI WorldTeam . His biggest wins to date are the 2015 Milan–San Remo and the 2015 Paris–Roubaix, two of cycling's five monuments. He is a winner of stages in all three Grand Tours, with ten stages and the points classification at the Vuelta a España, one stage of the Giro d'Italia, and one stage in the Tour de France. In 2010 he won his first stage race, the Thüringen Rundfahrt der U23, and finished second in the under 23 race at the UCI Road World Championships. Degenkolb also took victory in the 2014 Gent–Wevelgem, the 2013 Vattenfall Cyclassics and was the overall winner of the 2012 UCI Europe Tour. Professional career HTC–Highroad (2011) In 2011, Degenkolb turned professional with the UCI World Tour squad, following in the footsteps of other notable sprinters such as Mark Cavendish and André Greipel. In his debut season in the professional ranks he won st ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Simone Ponzi
Simone Ponzi (born 17 January 1987, in Manerbio) is an Italian road bicycle racer, who last rode for UCI Professional Continental Team . He turned professional in 2009. Ponzi left at the end of the 2013 season, and joined for the 2014 season. Major results ;2006 : 5th Trofeo Banca Popolare di Vicenza ;2007 : 1st Road race, National Road Championships : 1st Trofeo Zsšdi : 1st Trofeo Franco Balestra : 4th Gran Premio San Giuseppe : 7th Gran Premio Palio del Recioto ;2008 : 1st Giro del Casentino : 1st Stage 6 Giro della Valle d'Aosta : 2nd Road race, UCI Under-23 Road World Championships : 5th Trofeo Alcide Degasperi : 9th Giro Ciclistico del Cigno ;2009 : 5th Memorial Marco Pantani : 10th Rund um die Nürnberger Altstadt ;2010 : 6th Giro della Romagna : 9th Gran Premio Città di Misano – Adriatico ;2011 : 1st Gran Premio Nobili Rubinetterie : 1st GP Kranj : 2nd Trofeo Laigueglia : 2nd Coppa Ugo Agostoni : 2nd Gran Premio Industria e Commercio Artigianato Carnaghese : ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fabio Duarte
Fabio Andrés Duarte Arevalo (born 11 June 1986 in Facatativá, Cundinamarca) is a Colombian track and road cyclist, who currently rides for UCI Continental team . He is best known for winning the 2008 World Under-23 Road Race Championships, and has twice finished in second place during Giro d'Italia stages – in 2013, behind Vincenzo Nibali on stage 20 and 2014, behind Julián Arredondo on stage 18. Personal life He has a younger brother, Álvaro Duarte, who is also a professional cyclist. Major results ;2003 : National Junior Track Championships ::1st Individual pursuit ::2nd Madison ;2005 : 1st Vuelta a la Sabana : 1st Overall Vuelta de la Juventud de Colombia ::1st Prologue, Stages 3 & 4 ;2006 : National Under-23 Road Championships ::1st Time trial ::3rd Road race : 1st Overall Clásica Nacional Ciudad de Anapoima ::1st Stages 1 & 2 : 1st Overall Clasica International de Tulcan ::1st Prologue : 1st Overall Vuelta de la Juventud de Colombia ::1st Prologue ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Christiane Soeder
Christiane Soeder (born 15 January 1975 in Remscheid, North Rhine-Westphalia) is a German-born Austrian road racing cyclist and former duathlete who now lives in Vienna. She won the Austrian National Road Race Championships in 2004, 2006 and 2009. She finished fourth in the 2008 Olympic road race with a time of 3h 32′ 28. She rides professionally for . Palmarès ;2002 : GP Schwarzwald ;2003 :National Road Championships (German) ::2nd Road Race ::2nd Time Trial ;2004 :National Road Championships ::1st Road Race ::1st Time Trial :1st Stage 3 Tour de Krasna Lipa :3rd Luk Challenge ;2005 :National Road Championships ::1st Time Trial ::2nd Road Race :2nd Souvenir Magali Pache :3rd Overall Tour Cycliste Féminin de la Drôme ::1st Prologue & Stage 3a (TTT) :3rd Overall Grande Boucle Féminine Internationale ::1st Stage 2 ;2006 :National Road Championships ::1st Road Race ::1st Time Trial :1st The Ladies Golden Hour :1st Stage 1 Geelong Tour :1st Prologue Thüring ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Judith Arndt
Judith Arndt (born 23 July 1976) is a retired German professional sports, professional cycle sport, cyclist, who last rode for the GreenEDGE-AIS cycling team. She won the bronze medal in the Track cycling, 3000 m pursuit event at the 1996 Summer Olympics when she was 20. In 2004, she won the World Cycling Championship, world road race championship and came second in the Olympic road race. Career Arndt won the national individual pursuit championship four times and Olympic bronze in the same competition. But a viral infection during the 2000 Summer Olympics – causing a disappointing outcome – marked the turning in her career. In two years, she finished third in the Grande Boucle (sometimes referred to as the "women's Tour de France)" in 2003, won the Tour de l'Aude Cycliste Féminin, Tour de l'Aude twice (2002 and 2003), and added a silver medal in the Individual time trial, road time trial at the 2003 world championship in Hamilton, Ontario. At the 2004 Summe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
