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2009 UCI Road World Championships
The 2009 UCI Road World Championships were held in Mendrisio, Switzerland, between September 23 and September 27, 2009. The event consisted of a road race and a time trial for men, women and men under 23. Qualification Schedule Individual time trials ;Wednesday 23 September 2009 * 09:30 - 12:45 Men U23, 33.2 km * 14:00 - 17:15 Women, 26.8 km ;Thursday 24 September 2009 * 11:30 - 17:00 Men Elite, 49.8 km Road race ;Saturday 26 September 2009 * 09:00 - 12:30 Women, 124.2 km * 13:30 - 18:00 Men U23, 179.4 km ;Sunday 27 September 2009 * 10:30 - 17:30 Men Elite, 262.2 km Participating nations Cyclists from 60 national federations participated. The number of cyclists per nation that competed is shown in parentheses. Events summary Medal table References External links * * {{DEFAULTSORT:2009 Uci Road World Championships UCI Road World Championships by year World Championships World Championships A world cha ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mendrisio
Mendrisio (; lmo, label= Ticinese, Mendris ) is a municipality in the district of Mendrisio in the canton of Ticino in Switzerland. Mendrisio is the seat of the Accademia di Architettura of the university of Italian-speaking Switzerland (USI). The municipality was boosted in size on 4 April 2004 when it incorporated the former municipality of Salorino. On 5 April 2009 it incorporated the former municipalities of Arzo, Capolago, Genestrerio, Rancate and Tremona. On 14 April 2013 the former municipalities of Besazio, Ligornetto and Meride merged into the municipality of Mendrisio. Mendrisio is served by Mendrisio railway station. History Mendrisio was first mentioned in 793 as ''Mendrici'' and was also known by its German name, ''Mendris'' though this name is no longer used. However, the area was inhabited during the Roman era. Around thirty tombs, a villa and coins from a Roman settlement have been discovered in the area. Following the collapse of the Roman Emp ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kristin Armstrong
Kristin Armstrong Savola (; born August 11, 1973) is a former professional road bicycle racer and three-time Olympic gold medalist, the winner of the women's individual time trial in 2008, 2012, and 2016. Before temporarily retiring to start a family in 2009, she rode for in women's elite professional events on the National Racing Calendar (NRC) and UCI Women's World Cup. She announced a return to competitive cycling beginning in the 2011 season, competing for Peanut Butter & Co. TWENTY12 at the Redlands Classic. Background Prior to her professional cycling career, Armstrong had been a junior Olympian in swimming, a distance runner in college, and then a triathlete. She spent many hours perfecting her strokes in the pool at the Boise Family YMCA, where she also served as Director of Aquatics, managing more than 50 lifeguards, swim instructors, and others. She was diagnosed with osteoarthritis in both hips in 2001 at age 27, and told that she could no longer run at an elite l ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2009 In Swiss Sport
9 (nine) is the natural number following and preceding . Evolution of the Arabic digit In the beginning, various Indians wrote a digit 9 similar in shape to the modern closing question mark without the bottom dot. The Kshatrapa, Andhra and Gupta started curving the bottom vertical line coming up with a -look-alike. The Nagari continued the bottom stroke to make a circle and enclose the 3-look-alike, in much the same way that the sign @ encircles a lowercase ''a''. As time went on, the enclosing circle became bigger and its line continued beyond the circle downwards, as the 3-look-alike became smaller. Soon, all that was left of the 3-look-alike was a squiggle. The Arabs simply connected that squiggle to the downward stroke at the middle and subsequent European change was purely cosmetic. While the shape of the glyph for the digit 9 has an ascender in most modern typefaces, in typefaces with text figures the character usually has a descender, as, for example, in . The mod ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2009 In Road Cycling
In 2009 a number of prominent riders returned to professional cycling. Ivan Basso, Floyd Landis and Michele Scarponi had finished a suspension. Bjorn Leukemans was without a team for over a year due to doping-related allegations, which were proven to be ungrounded. Most notably, seven time Tour de France winner Lance Armstrong returned after a three-and-half year break, starting his season as a -rider in the Tour Down Under. The teams and , both who were connected to some major doping cases in 2008, saw their title sponsors drop out. The Spanish squad found a new sponsor in Fuji Bikes and was granted another ProTour license as . However, race organizer ASO did not invite the team for their races, and they did not participate in the Tour de France. New teams in the ProTour are from the United States and (built from the former ) from Russia. One notable new ProContinental team, started from scratch, is the , which managed to sign 2008 Tour de France-winner Carlos Sastre and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
UCI Road World Championships By Year
UCI most commonly refers to: * University of California, Irvine, a public university in Irvine, California, United States * Union Cycliste Internationale, the world governing body for the sport of cycling UCI may also refer to: * Uganda Cancer Institute, a cancer treatment and research institution in Kampala, Uganda * ''Unified Configuration Interface'', a set of scripts to unify and simplify the configuration the OpenWrt operating system * Union Correctional Institution, Florida, United States * Unione Cinematografica Italiana, an Italian film company of the silent era * Unit Compliance Inspection, a United States Air Force inspection * UCI Cinemas (United Cinemas International), cinema company in Brazil, Germany, Italy and Portugal * Universal Chess Interface, a communications protocol for chess game software * Univision Communications Inc. TelevisaUnivision (formerly known as Univision Communications) is a Mexican-American media company headquartered in New York and Mexico C ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2009 UCI Road World Championships
The 2009 UCI Road World Championships were held in Mendrisio, Switzerland, between September 23 and September 27, 2009. The event consisted of a road race and a time trial for men, women and men under 23. Qualification Schedule Individual time trials ;Wednesday 23 September 2009 * 09:30 - 12:45 Men U23, 33.2 km * 14:00 - 17:15 Women, 26.8 km ;Thursday 24 September 2009 * 11:30 - 17:00 Men Elite, 49.8 km Road race ;Saturday 26 September 2009 * 09:00 - 12:30 Women, 124.2 km * 13:30 - 18:00 Men U23, 179.4 km ;Sunday 27 September 2009 * 10:30 - 17:30 Men Elite, 262.2 km Participating nations Cyclists from 60 national federations participated. The number of cyclists per nation that competed is shown in parentheses. Events summary Medal table References External links * * {{DEFAULTSORT:2009 Uci Road World Championships UCI Road World Championships by year World Championships World Championships A world cha ... [...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] |
Nelson Oliveira (cyclist)
Nelson Filipe dos Santos Simões Oliveira (born 6 March 1989) is a Portuguese professional road racing cyclist who currently rides for UCI WorldTeam . Career In September 2009, Anadia-born Oliveira won the silver medal in the under-23 time trial at the UCI Road World Championships. In November 2009, Oliveira signed with . In September 2010, he went again to the UCI Road World Championships, and was 4th in the under-23 time trial, not repeating a podium by just 4 seconds. In 2011 he won the Portuguese National Time Trial Championships and finished 17th in the UCI World Time Trial Championships. At the 2012 Summer Olympics, he competed in the men's road race and the men's individual time trial. Oliveira left at the end of the 2013 season, and joined for the 2014 season. In 2014, he won the Portuguese National Time Trial Championships again. He also won the Portuguese National Road Race Championships several days later. In September 2015 it was reported that Oliveira wo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jack Bobridge
Jack Bobridge (born 13 July 1989) is an Australian former professional racing cyclist, who rode professionally between 2010 and 2016. In 2019 he was convicted of drug dealing and sentenced to a four-year prison term. He admitted to using banned recreational drugs during his racing career, noting that he used cocaine in training leading up to major cycling events, including the Olympics. Career Bobridge's career combined both track and road cycling. In 2008, he was part of the Australian men's pursuit team that finished in fourth place at the Olympics, along with Graeme Brown, Mark Jamieson, Luke Roberts and Brad McGee. In May 2009, Bobridge signed with , with his contract starting on 1 January 2010 and had been contracted to race with the team until 2012. He left the team at the end of 2011, and joined for the 2012 season. In September 2009 he won the under-23 time trial at the UCI Road World Championships. In January 2011 he became the Australian National Road Race Champ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Egor Silin
Egor Viktorovich Silin (born 25 June 1988) is a Russian road racing cyclist, who last rode for UCI Continental team . Silin left at the end of the 2013 season, and rejoined for the 2014 season; Silin had been with the squad prior to moving to Astana. He was named in the start list for the 2016 Giro d'Italia. Major results ;2007 :2nd Gara Ciclistica Millionaria ;2008 :1st GP Citta di Felino :2nd Gara Ciclistica Millionaria :6th Piccolo Giro di Lombardia :7th Lombardia Tour ;2009 :1st Coppa della Pace :2nd GP Palio del Recioto :3rd Overall Giro della Valle d'Aosta ::1st Stage 4 :3rd Trofeo Alcide Degasperi :7th Giro del Belvedere :8th Overall Baby Giro ::1st Stage 7 ;2011 :1st Stage 4 Herald Sun Tour :6th Tre Valli Varesine ;2014 :8th Overall Tour Méditerranéen :10th Overall Tour Down Under ;2015 :6th Overall Tour of Austria ::1st Prologue ;2016 :7th Gran Premio Miguel Indurain Gran may refer to: People *Grandmother, affectionately known as "gran" * Gran (name) Places ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Carlos Betancur
Carlos Alberto Betancur Gómez (born 13 October 1989) is a Colombian road racing cyclist, who most recently rode for Colombian amateur team . Career In 2010 he won the Girobio stage race; the amateur version of the Giro d'Italia; and in 2011 he won his first professional race at the Giro dell'Emilia. Betancur had been scheduled to join the team in 2012, but remained with . Betancur left at the end of the 2012 season, and joined on a two-year contract from the 2013 season onwards. Ag2r–La Mondiale (2013–15) He started his 2013 season with a seventh-place finish at the Tour of the Basque Country, including a second place on stage 3. He went on to light up the Ardennes Classics, coming 3rd at La Flèche Wallonne after an early attack with just over to go and scoring a 4th place in Liège–Bastogne–Liège, where it was his attack which created the final select group of six who contested the finish. After a 12th-place finish at the Tour de Romandie, Betancur went in to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Romain Sicard
Romain Sicard (born 1 January 1988) is a French former professional racing cyclist, who rode professionally between 2009 and 2021 for the , and teams. Career Born in Bayonne, Sicard won the Tour de l'Avenir and the under 23 World Road Race Championships in 2009, the only man to win both in the same season. In 2010, he joined the Basque UCI ProTour team as the second ever French national after . Sicard joined for the 2014 season, after his previous team – – folded at the end of the 2013 season. He announced his retirement in April 2021 due to the diagnosis of a cardiac anomaly. Major results ;2008 : 9th Overall Ronde de l'Isard ;2009 : 1st Road race, UCI Under-23 Road World UChampionships : 1st Overall Tour de l'Avenir ::1st Stage 8 ( ITT) : 1st Subida al Naranco : 1st Stage 2 Ronde de l'Isard : 3rd Overall Tour du Haut-Anjou : 4th Overall Cinturó de l'Empordà : 9th Overall Tour du Loir-et-Cher : 10th Vuelta a La Rioja ;2010 : 9th Vuelta a La Rioja : 10t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
