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2008 UCI Track Cycling World Championships – Men's Individual Pursuit
The Men's individual pursuit event of the 2008 UCI Track Cycling World Championships The 2008 UCI Track Cycling World Championships were the World Championship for track cycling. They took place at the Manchester Velodrome in Manchester, United Kingdom from 26 to 30 March 2008. Eighteen events were scheduled; the women's team pur ... was held on 26 March 2008. Results Qualifying Finals References External links Full resultsat ''Tissottiming.com'' {{DEFAULTSORT:2008 UCI Track Cycling World Championships - Men's individual pursuit Men's individual pursuit UCI Track Cycling World Championships – Men's individual pursuit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Manchester Velodrome
Manchester Velodrome is an indoor Olympic-standard cycle-racing track in Manchester, England, which opened in 1994. Part of the National Cycling Centre, the facility has been home to British Cycling since 1994, coinciding with the nations rise to track cycling dominance at World and Olympic level. The velodrome was also home to UCI ProTeam Ineos Grenadiers, formerly known as Team Sky between 2010 and 2019, a period when the team won 6 Tour de France, 2 Vuelta a Espana and 1 Giro d'Italia with Great Britain riders. The Manchester Velodrome has been cited as the major catalyst for Britain's successes in track and road cycling and has been described by ''Cycling Weekly'' as the "beating heart of British Cycling’s ascension to the top of world cycling". For 18 years from opening, it was the only indoor Olympic-standard track in the United Kingdom before the completion of the Lee Valley VeloPark for the 2012 Summer Olympics. It is one of the busiest velodromes in the world used by ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dominique Cornu
Dominique Cornu (born 10 October 1985) is a Belgian retired road and track cyclist from Flanders, who competed professionally between 2005 and 2015. He specialised in the time trial discipline. Career Cornu was born in Beveren. At the 2006 World Cycling Championship he was crowned Under-23 Time Trial World Champion. He had previously won the Junior Belgian Time Trial Championship in 2003 and 2004, and in 2005 he became the Belgian Under-23 time trial Champion. Cornu is also an accomplished track cyclist, winning the Individual Pursuit at the 2006 Belgian Track Cycling Championships. In addition to Cornu's time trialing skills he is also a promising cobblestone rider, having won the Under-23 edition of the prestigious Omloop "Het Volk" cycling classic in 2006. Cornu left at the end of the 2013 season, and joined for the 2014 season. Major results ;2003 : 1st Time trial, National Junior Road Championships ;2004 : 1st Time trial, National Junior Road Championships : 1st Grand ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vadim Shaekhov
Vadim ( Cyrillic: Вадим) is a Russian, Ukrainian, Romanian, Slovene masculine given name derived either from the Persian ''badian'' (anise or aniseed), or from the Ruthenian word ''volod'' (russian: волод), meaning ''to rule'' or ''vaditi'' (russian: вадити), meaning ''to blame''. Its long version, Vadimir, is now obsolete. Dictionary of Russian Names This given name is highly popular in (as Vadim), (as Vadym), |
Chun Kai Feng
Feng Chun-kai (; born November 2, 1988) is a Taiwanese professional road and track cyclist, who currently rides for UCI WorldTeam . He represented his nation Taiwan, as a 19-year-old, at the 2008 Summer Olympics and later won numerous medals in track cycling, specifically in the men's points race and individual pursuit, at the Asian Cycling Championships, Asian Championships. Feng has also claimed five Taiwanese national titles in road cycling, and a prestigious gold medal at the 2013 East Asian Games in Tianjin Racing career Feng was born in Miaoli County. Considered one of Taiwan's most promising cyclists in his generation, Feng sought headlines on the international scene as he outsprinted Japanese duo Kazuhiro Mori and defending champion Makoto Iijima for the gold medal in men's point race at the 2007 Asian Cycling Championships in Bangkok, Thailand. Signifying an official start of his cycling career, Feng qualified for the Chinese Taipei squad in the Cycling at the 2008 Summe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dominique Stark
"Dominique" is a 1963 French language popular song, written and performed by the Belgian female singer Jeannine Deckers, better known as Sœur Sourire ("Sister Smile" in French) or The Singing Nun. The song is about Saint Dominic, a Spanish-born priest and founder of the Dominican Order, of which she was a member (as Sister Luc-Gabrielle). The English-version lyrics of the song were written by Noël Regney. In addition to French and English, Deckers recorded versions in Dutch, German, Hebrew, Japanese, Korean, and Portuguese. It was a top selling record in 11 countries in late 1963 and early 1964. Commercial performance "Dominique" reached the Top 10 in 11 countries in late 1963 and early 1964, topping the chart in the United States, Canada, Australia and New Zealand. It reached the Top 5 in Norway, Denmark, Ireland and South Africa, with the song making it into the lower reaches of the Top 10 in the Netherlands, West Germany, and the United Kingdom. The song reached and stayed ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jairo Perez Suarez
Jairo is a common Spanish name. Notable people with this name include: People Association football *Francisco Jairo Silva Santos (born 1988), Brazilian footballer * Jairo Aguirre (born 1956), Colombian footballer *Jairo Álvarez Gutiérrez (born 1986), Spanish footballer *Jairo Ampudia (born 1966), Colombian footballer * Jairo Arboleda (born 1947), Colombian footballer *Jairo Arias (born 1938), Colombian footballer *Jairo Arreola (born 1985), Guatemalan footballer * Jairo Arrieta (born 1983), Costa Rican footballer *Jairo Luis Blumer (born 1986), Brazilian footballer *Jairo Campos (born 1984), Ecuadorian footballer *Jairo Castillo (born 1977), Colombian footballer *Jairo Henríquez (born 1993), Salvadorian footballer *Jairo Jiménez (born 1993), Panamanian footballer *Jairo de Macedo da Silva (born 1992), Brazilian footballer * Jairo Montaño (born 1979), Ecuadorian footballer *Jairo Martínez (born 1978), Honduran footballer *Jairo do Nascimento (1946–2019), Brazilian footballe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Carlos Eduardo Alzate Escobar
Carlos Eduardo Alzate Escobar (born March 23, 1983 in Tuluá, Valle del Cauca) is a Colombian professional track and road racing cyclist from Colombia, who most recently rode for the team. He won a silver medal for his native country at the 2007 Pan American Games in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil alongside Juan Pablo Forero, Arles Castro and Jairo Pérez in the Men's Track Team Pursuit. He competed at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, PR China. Major results ;2003 :1st in Aguascalientes, Team Pursuit :: :2nd National Points Race Championships ;2004 :1st Stage 4 Vuelta a Colombia Sub-23 ;2005 :International Cycling Classic ::1st Stages 7 & 13 :3rd National Individual Pursuit Championships : Pan American Championships, Track, Team Pursuit ;2006 :1st Stage 8 Vuelta a El Salvador ;2007 :1st Stage 4 Vuelta al Valle del Cauca :Pan American Championships ::1st Individual pursuit ::1st Team pursuit (alongside Jairo Pérez, Arles Castro, and Juan Pablo Forero) : Pan American Games, Trac ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
