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2008 UCI Road World Championships – Men's Road Race
The Men's Individual Road Race of the 2008 UCI Road World Championships cycling event took place on September 28 in Varese, Italy. The course comprised 15 laps around 17.35-kilometre route, making a total distance of 260.25 km. Each lap featured two ascents: the first at Via Montello (6.5% gradient for 1.15 kilometres); and the second at Ronchi (4.5% for 3.13 kilometres). The highest elevation measured at Via Montello. Pre-race favourites included Paolo Bettini, who was trying for an unprecedented third consecutive title, and the 1999, 2001 and 2004 champion Óscar Freire. The race was won by Alessandro Ballan, with his fellow Italian Damiano Cunego in second and Matti Breschel of Denmark taking the bronze medal. Final classification Did not finish 128 riders failed to finish the race. Levi Leipheimer of the United States The United States of America (U.S.A. or USA), commonly known as the United States (U.S. or US) or America, is a country primarily locate ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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] |
Fabian Wegmann
Fabian Wegmann (born 20 June 1980) is a German former professional road racing cyclist. Born in Münster, North Rhine-Westphalia, Wegmann currently resides in Freiburg im Breisgau, Baden-Württemberg, Germany. Major results ''Sources:'' ;1999 : 2nd Circuit du Hainaut : 6th Rund um den Henninger Turm U23 ;2001 : 7th Groningen–Münster ;2002 : 6th GP Triberg-Schwarzwald ;2003 : 1st Overall Sachsen Tour ::1st Stage 3 : 2nd Overall Rheinland–Pfalz Rundfahrt : 3rd Road race, National Road Championships : 3rd Grand Prix de Fourmies : 5th Trofeo Alcúdia : 7th Coppa Placci : 9th Giro del Piemonte ;2004 : 1st Mountains classification, Giro d'Italia : 1st Tre Valli Varesine : 3rd Road race, National Road Championships : 3rd Giro della Romagna : 4th Gran Premio di Chiasso : 5th Gran Premio Città di Camaiore : 5th Coppa Sabatini : 6th GP Miguel Induráin : 8th Coppa Placci : Vuelta a Mallorca ::8th Trofeo Calvia ::9th Trofeo Soller : 9th Sparkassen Giro Bochum : 10th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vladimir Karpets
Vladimir Alexandrovich Karpets (russian: Владимир Александрович Карпец) (born 20 September 1980 in Leningrad) is a Russian road bicycle racer, who last rode for UCI ProTeam . Karpets is most notable for winning the white jersey for best young rider in the 2004 Tour de France and his victories in the overall classifications of the Volta a Catalunya and the Tour de Suisse, both in 2007. Karpets is also a two-time Olympian. Born in Leningrad, Karpets turned to cycling and, like fellow Russian Denis Menchov before him, moved to Spain where he joined . At the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Karpets competed on the track in the men's team pursuit where Russia got eliminated in the quarter-finals by Great Britain and took eighth. He also participated in the men's individual pursuit competition, finishing 11th. At the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, he competed in the men's road race, helping his fellow countryman Alexandr Kolobnev to a place of tenth. In th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jérôme Pineau
Jérôme Pineau (born 2 January 1980) is a French former professional road bicycle racer, who rode professionally between 2002 and 2015 for the , and squads. Born in Mont-Saint-Aignan, Pineau now works as the general manager for UCI ProSeries team . Major results ;2000 : 5th Overall Ruban Granitier Breton : 9th La Côte Picarde ;2001 : 1st Stage 1 Ronde de l'Isard : 2nd Road race, National Under-23 Road Championships : 4th Liège–Bastogne–Liège U23 : 5th La Côte Picarde ;2002 : 1st Overall Tour de Normandie : 4th Route Adélie : 7th Grand Prix de la Ville de Lillers : 7th Grand Prix de Villers-Cotterêts : 9th Trophée des Grimpeurs ;2003 : 1st Polynormande : 3rd Overall Tour de l'Ain ::1st Stage 1 : 3rd Tour de Vendée : 3rd Trophée des Grimpeurs : 5th Overall Étoile de Bessèges : 5th Gran Premio di Lugano : 5th Grand Prix de Plumelec-Morbihan : 7th Grand Prix de Denain : 7th Boucles de l'Aulne ;2004 : 1st Overall Tour de l'Ain ::1st Stage 1 : 1st Paris–Bourges ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gorazd Štangelj
Gorazd Štangelj (born 27 January 1973 in Novo Mesto) is a Slovenian former professional road bicycle racer, who raced as a professional between 1997 and 2011. He currently works as a ''directeur sportif'' for UCI WorldTeam . Major results ;1991 : 1st Overall Tour de l'Abitibi ;1993 : 3rd Overall Tour de Slovénie ::1st Stage 1 ( ITT) ;1994 : 1st GP Kranj : 1st Stage 2 Giro delle Regioni ;1995 : 3rd Overall Tour de Normandie ;1996 : 1st Giro del Belvedere : 2nd Trofeo Banca Popolare di Vicenza ;1997 : 3rd Road race, National Road Championships : 5th GP Kranj ;1998 : 1st Overall GP Kranj ::1st Stage 2 : 1st Stage 5 Niedersachsen-Rundfahrt : 2nd Road race, National Road Championships : 2nd Overall Tour de Slovénie : 3rd Overall Course Cycliste de Solidarnosc et des Champions Olympiques ::1st Stage 2 : 3rd Grand Prix Herning : 5th GP Aarhus : 8th Gran Premio Bruno Beghelli ;1999 : 1st Overall Commonwealth Bank Classic : 3rd GP du canton d'Argovie ;2000 : 1st Road race, Natio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Greg Van Avermaet
Greg Van Avermaet (born 17 May 1985) is a Belgian professional cyclist, who currently rides for UCI WorldTeam . Considered one of the most versatile riders of modern cycling, Van Avermaet is a specialist of the classic cycle races, but has also won stages and the general classification in stage races, particularly when run on a hilly terrain, such as the 2016 Tirreno–Adriatico, and the 2018 Tour de Yorkshire. His strong sprint finish enables him to win sprints of small lead groups, but he has also won races after solo breakaways. He won the men's individual road race event at the 2016 Summer Olympics, and has won other one-day races such as Paris–Roubaix, Gent–Wevelgem and E3 Harelbeke in 2017, the 2016 GP de Montréal and Omloop Het Nieuwsblad in 2016 and 2017. In the Grand Tours, Van Avermaet has taken two individual stage wins in the Tour de France, and worn the Yellow Jersey for eleven days during the 2016 and 2018 Tours and won the points classification in th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kristjan Fajt
Kristjan Fajt (born 7 May 1982) is a Slovenian racing cyclist, who last rode for UCI Continental team . His only professional win to date came at the 2008 Tour of Qinghai Lake. He rode for Slovenia at the 2014 UCI Road World Championships. In March 2016, Fajt recorded a positive test for erythropoietin (EPO) at the Istrian Spring Trophy. He was later given a 45-month ban in October 2016 backdated to March, with his ban expiring in January 2020. Major results Source: ;2002 : 3rd Overall GP Kranj : 9th Road race, UEC European Under-23 Road Championships ;2003 : 1st Overall Giro delle Regioni ::1st Stage 2 : 3rd Road race, UEC European Under-23 Road Championships : 4th Gran Premio Palio del Recioto : 6th Giro del Belvedere ;2004 : 7th Overall Giro d'Abruzzo ;2006 : 1st Time trial, National Road Championships : 4th Trofeo Internazionale Bastianelli : 4th Tour of Vojvodina : 8th Overall Giro del Friuli-Venezia Giulia : 8th Ruota d'Oro : 10th Poreč Trophy : 10th Grand Prix Koo ... [...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] |
Assan Bazayev
Assan Tolegenovich Bazayev ( kz, Асан Төлегенұлы Базаев, russian: Асан Толегенович Базаев , born 22 February 1981) is a former professional road bicycle racer from Kazakhstan, who competed as a professional between 2004 and 2013. He competed for the Capec, and squads. In 2004 he won the Hellas Tour, but he did not win any stage. He also won stage 1 of the 2006 Tour of Germany in August 2006. Bazayev retired at the end of the 2013 season, after ten years as a professional. Career achievements Major results ;2003 :1st Stage 1 GP Tell :1st Stage 4 Tour of Bulgaria ;2004 :1st Overall Tour of Hellas :1st Time trial, Asian Road Championships ;2005 :3rd Tour de l'Avenir :3rd Kampioenschap van Vlaanderen ;2006 :1st Stage 1 Deutschland Tour ;2008 :1st Road race, National Road Championships :Presidential Cycling Tour of Turkey ::1st Points classification ;2009 :5th Tour de Luxembourg ;2010 :2nd Road race, National Road Championships :8th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chris Anker Sørensen
, birth_date = , birth_place = Hammel, Denmark , death_date = , death_place = Zeebrugge, Belgium , height = 1.85 m , weight = 64 kg , currentteam = , discipline = Road , role = , ridertype = Climbing specialist , amateuryears1= 2001–2004 , amateurteam1= Hammel CK , proyears1 = 2005–2006 , proteam1 = , proyears2 = 2005 , proteam2 = → ''(stagiaire)'' , proyears3 = 2007–2015 , proteam3 = , proyears4 = 2016 , proteam4 = , proyears5 = 2017–2018 , proteam5 = , manageyears1= 2019–2021 , manageteam1 = , majorwins = Grand Tours :Tour de France ::Combativity award ( 2012) : Giro d'Italia ::1 individual stage ( 2010) One-Day Races and Classics : National Road Race Championships ( 2015) Chris Anker Sørensen (; 5 September 1984 – 18 September 2021) was a Danish road bicycle racer who rode professionally between 2005 and 2018 for the , , , and teams. Sørensen then worked as a directeur spor ... [...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] |
Jurgen Van Goolen
Jurgen Van Goolen (born 28 November 1980 in Leuven, Flanders), is a Belgian former professional road bicycle racer. He rode the Vuelta a España eight times, and the Giro d'Italia two times during his career, serving mostly as a domestique. On five occasions, he was part of the Belgian squad for the World Road Race Championships. Although Van Goolen was considered a big talent as a youngster, winning the award for Best Young Belgian Rider in 2000, his professional career never really lived up to these promises. In January 2014, he announced his retirement. Major results ;2000 : 1st National Under-23 Time Trial Championships : 1st GP Wielerrevue : 1st U23 Liège–Bastogne–Liège : 1st overall GP Tell ::1st Stage 2 ;2001 : 1st National Under-23 Time Trial Championships : 3rd Zesbergenprijs Harelbeke : 5th Hasselt–Spa–Hasselt ;2003 : 2nd National Road Race Championships : 2nd overall Danmark Rundt : 5th overall Tour de Wallonie : 10th overall Three Days of De Panne ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
