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2010 Team Sky Season
The 2010 season for , its first, began in January with the Tour Down Under. As a UCI ProTour team, they were automatically invited and obliged to attend every event in the ProTour. The team formed for the 2010 season as part of an initiative by British Cycling to produce the first ever British Tour de France winner within five years. Much of the team's ridership is British, most of it is anglophone, and the team competes under a British licence. Its manager is Dave Brailsford, the former Performance Director of British Cycling. Senior Director Sportif was Australian ex-professional road cyclist Scott Sunderland. Team Sky's other Sports Directors were former professional cyclists Marcus Ljungqvist from Sweden, the Briton Sean Yates, and Steven de Jongh from the Netherlands. 2010 roster Ages as of 1 January 2010. ;Riders' 2009 teams One-day races Before the spring season began, the team took a victory in its first-ever race. Henderson was t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Team Sky Train Cancer Council Helpline Classic 2010
A team is a group of individuals (human or non-human) working together to achieve their goal. As defined by Professor Leigh Thompson of the Kellogg School of Management, " team is a group of people who are interdependent with respect to information, resources, knowledge and skills and who seek to combine their efforts to achieve a common goal". A group does not necessarily constitute a team. Teams normally have members with complementary skills and generate synergy through a coordinated effort which allows each member to maximize their strengths and minimize their weaknesses. Naresh Jain (2009) claims: Team members need to learn how to help one another, help other team members realize their true potential, and create an environment that allows everyone to go beyond their limitations. While academic research on teams and teamwork has grown consistently and has shown a sharp increase over the past recent 40 years, the societal diffusion of teams and teamwork actually follo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Steven De Jongh
Steven de Jongh (born 25 November 1973 in Alkmaar) is a Dutch former road bicycle racer. Biography De Jongh made his professional debut in 1995 at TVM team where he stayed until 1999. From 2000 to 2005 he was part of , while he made the move to in 2006. De Jongh retired as a rider after the 2009 season. He was a Directeur sportif at Team Sky for three years, leaving in October 2012 after admitting he had taken illegal substances earlier in his career. In January 2013 he joined Team Saxo-Tinkoff as a sports director. After the Tinkoff team announced their disbanding at the conclusion of the 2016 season, in September 2016 confirmed that de Jongh would join them from 2017, along with Tinkoff riders Alberto Contador and Jesús Hernández. Major results ;1992 : 3rd Dorpenomloop Rucphen ;1994 : 1st Ronde van Zuid-Holland : 1st Dokkum Woudenomloop : 1st Stage 11 Commonwealth Bank Classic : 1st Stage 2 Tour du Poitou-Charentes : 1st Stage 6 Olympia's Tour : 1st Stage 1 OZ Wielerwe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Peter Kennaugh
Peter Robert Kennaugh MBE (born 15 June 1989) is a Manx former professional racing cyclist, who rode professionally between 2010 and 2019 for and . In 2012 he won the gold medal as part of the Great Britain Team Pursuit team at the 2012 Summer Olympics, becoming the first Manxman in 100 years to win gold. On 5 April 2019, he announced that he was taking an indefinite break from professional cycling to focus on his mental health. Career Early life and career Born in Douglas, Isle of Man, Peter's younger brother Tim, and their father are also cyclists. Peter's mother Jackie also cycled and formerly held the Isle of Man's 10-mile time trial record. He began cycling competitively in BMX at the age of 6. Kennaugh attended school at St Ninian's. He became a member of British Cycling's Olympic Academy in 2008, moving with the rest of the squad to live in Tuscany, Italy. In 2008 he came second in the senior national road race championships thus becoming the British under 23 champi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mathew Hayman
Mathew Hayman (born 20 April 1978) is an Australian former professional road bicycle racer, who rode professionally between 2000 and 2019 for the , and teams. During his career, Hayman was an experienced and respected domestique, as he typically took on a supporting role within his team. Hayman was also a specialist in the cobbled classics, and was the winner of Paris–Roubaix in 2016 Paris–Roubaix, 2016. Following his retirement from racing after the 2019 Tour Down Under, Hayman remained with the team as a part-time directeur sportif alongside a "special projects" position. Personal life Hayman was born in western Sydney, but the family was living near Goulburn in country New South Wales when he became interested in cycling, largely due to his older brother. He started racing in Canberra, and, following his brother, moved to Europe to further a potential cycling career in 1997. He raced as an amateur with Rabobank's under-23 team, based in The Netherlands. In 2006 he marri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Simon Gerrans
Simon Gerrans (born 16 May 1980) is an Australian former professional road bicycle racer, who rode professionally between 2005 and 2018, for the , , , , and squads. Post-retirement he initially worked as an athlete intern at Goldman Sachs in London, then joineThe Service Course in which he is an investor, as COO and now CEO, in early 2020. He can also be heard commentating road cycling for ASO and SBS. Gerrans was a two-time winner of the Australian National Road Race Championships, having won the title in 2012, and 2014. Aside from his National Championship successes, his biggest triumphs were winning the Tour Down Under a record four times, and getting the better of one-day races such as the 2009 GP Ouest-France, the 2012 Milan–San Remo, the 2012 and 2014 Grand Prix Cycliste de Québec, the 2014 Liège–Bastogne–Liège, and stage wins in all three Grand Tours. In the 2013 Tour de France, Gerrans claimed the yellow jersey on Stage 4 after being part of the winning team ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chris Froome
Christopher Clive Froome [kɹɪs fɹuːm], (born 20 May 1985) is a Kenyan/British Road bicycle racing, road racing cyclist who currently rides for UCI WorldTeam . He has won seven Grand Tour (cycling), Grand Tours: four editions of the Tour de France (in 2013 Tour de France, 2013, 2015 Tour de France, 2015, 2016 Tour de France, 2016 and 2017 Tour de France, 2017), one Giro d'Italia (2018 Giro d'Italia, 2018) and the Vuelta a España twice (2011 Vuelta a España, 2011Awarded in 2019 following the disqualification of original winner Juan José Cobo and 2017 Vuelta a España, 2017). He has also won several other stage races, and the Velo d'Or three times. Froome has also won two Olympic bronze medals in Individual time trial, road time trials, in Cycling at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Men's road time trial, 2012 and Cycling at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Men's road time trial, 2016, and took bronze in the 2017 UCI Road World Championships – Men's time trial, 2017 World Champion ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Juan Antonio Flecha
Juan Antonio Flecha Giannoni (born 17 September 1977) is an Argentine-born Spanish former professional road bicycle racer, who competed as a professional between 2000 and 2013. Flecha had a reputation of being a Classics specialist and to ride with an aggressive style as he was keen on participating in breakaways. His major victories include winning a stage of the 2003 Tour de France, successes at the two defunct classics Züri-Metzgete and Giro del Lazio in 2004, and the Omloop Het Nieuwsblad in 2010. He was also known for his numerous high placings in important one-day races, most notably Paris–Roubaix, where he finished in the top ten eight times without registering the victory. In the Grand Tours, he was often assigned to a role of domestique. Early life Flecha spent his early years in Argentina. His father died in a car accident when he was four years of age. He moved to Spain with his mother when he was eleven, where they lived in Sitges, near Barcelona. Professional Cy ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Russell Downing
Russell Downing (born 23 August 1978) is an English former professional cyclist, who rode competitively between 1999 and 2019 for numerous teams, such as and . He is the younger brother of fellow cyclist Dean Downing, and both brothers competed largely on the UCI Continental Tour and in British Premier Calendar races. Career Downing was born into a bike racing family: as well as his older brother, his father was also a bicycle racer. He was also a talented football player, playing with Rotherham United F.C.'s under-16s team, but Downing was convinced to become a professional cyclist by Milk Race winner Chris Walker, who Downing trained with during his late teens. He was the winner of the British National Road Race Championships in 2005. In addition to his national championships, he was also successful in some multi-stage races. His biggest victories came in the 2010 Tour de Wallonie, a 2.HC class event, as well as the 2009 Tour of Ireland. For 2010 he signed a one-year cont ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Steve Cummings
Stephen Philip Cummings (born 19 March 1981) is an English former racing cyclist Cycle sport is Competition, competitive physical activity using bicycles. There are several categories of bicycle racing including road bicycle racing, cyclo-cross, mountain bike racing, track cycling, BMX, and cycle speedway. Non-racing ..., who rode professionally between 2005 and 2019 for the , , , , and squads. Biography Cummings won the team pursuit at the 2005 UCI Track Cycling World Championships in Los Angeles and at the Cycling at the 2006 Commonwealth Games, 2006 Commonwealth Games in Melbourne. He also took bronze in the individual pursuit at the 2006 Commonwealth Games. At the Cycling at the 2004 Summer Olympics, 2004 Olympics in Athens Cummings and the Great Britain team won the silver medal in the Cycling at the 2004 Summer Olympics – Men's team pursuit, team pursuit and achieved a time of 3:59.866 in the heats. In 1999, riding for Birkenhead North End CC as a junior, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dario Cioni
Dario David Cioni (born 2 December 1974) is a retired English-born Italian professional road bicycle racer. Career Mountain bike career Cioni began his career as a professional mountain bike racer at the age of 19. He found success early with victory in the Italian Winter Championship and second place at both the Italian Cup and Italian Championships. Selected to represent Italy at the World Championships, Cioni finished tenth. He continued with similar results through his mountain bike career, with several top five placings at World Cup events including second at St. Wendel in 1996. Cioni also rode some Cyclo-cross towards the end of the nineties. Road racing career In 2000, Cioni was selected for the team, alongside, amongst others, Filippo Pozzato, Fabian Cancellara, Michael Rogers and Charlie Wegelius. His intention was to use the training on the road to help his mountain bike career with the specific aim of riding for Italy at the 2000 Summer Olympics. However, he ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kjell Carlström
Kjell Carlström (born 18 October 1976) is a Finnish former professional road racing cyclist, who competed as a professional between 2002 and 2011. He won the Finnish national road race title in 2000, 2004 and 2011. He raced in the Tour de France in 2005, 2006 and 2007. His best performance in the Tour de France was a second place stage finish on stage 8 in the 2006 race. In December 2011 he announced his retirement after his contract with Team Sky was not renewed and he was unable to find a new team. Starting in 2013, he became one of the ''directeurs sportifs'' at . After the team disbanded, he moved to a similar position at , where he presently works as the team's general manager. Major results ;2003 : 1st Stage 7 Tour of Queensland ;2004 : 1st Road race, National Road Championships : 1st Overall UNIQA Classic ::1st Stage 2 ;2005 : 1st Stage 3 UNIQA Classic ;2007 : 2nd Road race, National Road Championships ;2008 : 1st Stage 3 Paris–Nice : 2nd Road race, National Road ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sylvain Calzati
Sylvain Calzati (born 1 July 1979 in Lyon) is a former French road bicycle racer, who competed as a professional between 2003 and 2011. He turned professional during the year 2003 with , and his biggest success was winning the 8th Stage in the 2006 Tour de France. He also won the Tour de l'Avenir in 2004. He lives in Genay with his wife and daughter. He works as industrial cleaner. Major results ;2004 : 1st, Overall, Tour de l'Avenir : 2nd, Overall, Étoile de Bessèges : 71st, Overall, Tour de France ;2006 : 1st, Stage 8, Tour de France (Saint-Méen-le-Grand to Lorient Lorient (; ) is a town (''Communes of France, commune'') and Port, seaport in the Morbihan Departments of France, department of Brittany (administrative region), Brittany in western France. History Prehistory and classical antiquity Beginn ...) References External linksProfile on AG2R Prévoyance website*Official Site {{DEFAULTSORT:Calzati, Sylvain French male cyclists French Tour de France stage ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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