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2011 Tour Down Under
The 2011 Santos Tour Down Under was the 13th edition of the Tour Down Under stage race. It took place from 18 to 23 January in and around Adelaide, South Australia, and was the first race of the 2011 UCI World Tour. The Tour was preceded by the Cancer Council Classic race, on Sunday, 16 January, that consisted in a circuit of 30 laps around the Rymill Park in Adelaide's East End, totaling . The race was won by rider Cameron Meyer, after holding onto the leader's ochre jersey which came from a breakaway stage win on stage four. Meyer's winning margin over runner-up and fellow Australian Matthew Goss () – winner of the first stage of the race – was just two seconds, the equal second smallest margin in the race's history. 's Ben Swift – a stage winner on the second and final stages – completed the podium, eight seconds down on Meyer. In the race's other classifications, overall winner Meyer also guaranteed himself the black jersey for the highest placed rider under the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2011 UCI World Tour
The 2011 UCI World Tour was the third edition of the ranking system launched by the Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI) in 2009. The series started with the Tour Down Under's opening stage on 18 January, and consisted of 14 stage races and 13 one-day races, culminating in the Giro di Lombardia on 15 October. __TOC__ Events All 26 events from the 2010 UCI World Ranking were included, though the UCI ProTour classification of events under which 16 of these were previously promoted has now been disbanded. In addition to this, the five stage Tour of Beijing has been added to the schedule. The 18 teams that hold UCI ProTeam status are obliged to participate in all races. The organisers of each race can additionally invite other teams that hold UCI Pro-Continental status, or an ad hoc national selection, to compete. †: Riders promoted after removal of the results of Alberto Contador. ^: Riders promoted after removal of the results of Juan José Cobo. Final standings In a change fr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Independent Online (South Africa)
''Independent Online'', popularly known as ''IOL'', is a news website based in South Africa. IOL serves the online versions of a number of South African newspapers, including ''The Star'', ''Pretoria News'', '' The Daily Voice'', ''Cape Times'', ''Cape Argus'', ''Weekend Argus'', '' The Mercury'', ''Post'', ''Diamond Fields Advertiser'', ''Isolezwe'', ''Daily Tribune'', ''Sunday Tribune'', ''The Independent on Saturday'', and '' The Sunday Independent''. Corporate affairs Ownership Sekunjalo Investments owns 55% of the company via its subsidiary Sekunjalo Independent Media, the Public Investment Corporation of South Africa owns 25%, and two Chinese state-owned enterprises (China International Television Corporation and the China Africa Development Fund) own the remaining 20% of the newspaper. China International Television Corporation is a wholly-owned subsidiary of state broadcaster China Central Television (CCTV). Before 2013, IOL was owned by the Independent News & M ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stirling, South Australia
Stirling is a town in the Adelaide Hills, South Australia, approximately 15 km from the Adelaide city centre. It is administered by the Adelaide Hills Council. Neighbouring townships are Crafers and Aldgate. Other nearby towns are Heathfield and Bridgewater. Of those five, Stirling has by far the largest commercial strip, with the greatest number and widest variety of shops, and the only banks. Stirling East, a similar sized area towards Aldgate, is home to several schools. History Stirling is named after Edward Stirling. He was the illegitimate son of Archibald Stirling, a planter in the British West Indies, and a Creole woman. He was able to travel to South Australia because of a financial gift from his father who had been freshly compensated for his slaves on the emancipation of the British West Indies. Founded in 1854, Stirling grew rapidly as a result of the expansion of apple growing and market gardening to satisfy the demand of the expanding city of Adelaide, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Unley, South Australia
Unley is an inner-southern suburb of Adelaide, South Australia, within the City of Unley. The suburb is the home of the Sturt Football Club in the South Australian National Football League (SANFL). Unley neighbours Adelaide Park Lands, Fullarton, Hyde Park, Malvern, Parkside and Wayville. The boundaries of Unley are Greenhill Road (north), Unley Road, Maud Street and Windsor Street (east), Cremorne Street and Opey Avenue (south) and King William Road (west). Unley is the family name of the wife of Thomas Whistler, owner of land in Unley which was laid out around 1857. History Prior to British colonisation of South Australia, Unley was home to the Aboriginal nation known as the Kaurna, or Adelaide Plains tribe. Settlement by migrants began in the mid-19th century, with arrivals predominantly from United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, and to a small extent German speaking lands. At this time a small number of other ethnic groups also appeared. The land was cleared of na ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mannum
Mannum is a historic town on the west bank of the Murray River in South Australia, east of Adelaide. At the 2016 census, the urban area of Mannum had a population of 2,398. Mannum is the seat of the Mid Murray Council, and is situated in the state electoral district of Hammond and the federal Division of Barker. History The Aboriginal inhabitants and traditional owners of the vicinity now called Mannum were the Nganguruku (Nganguruga), part of the larger Ngayawung community. In 1830 the Sturt expedition passed through the area by boat. No Europeans visited again until 25 January 1838 when the expedition of Dr George Imlay and John Hill, on horseback from Adelaide, became the first to reach the Murray overland within South Australia. They noted that the thriving Indigenous population were very keen fisherfolk. The first European settlement in the area was in 1840. The first ship (a side-wheel paddle steamer) built on the Murray River was launched at Mannum by William Randel ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tailem Bend, South Australia
Tailem Bend (locally, "Tailem") is a rural town in South Australia, south-east of the state capital of Adelaide. It is located on the lower reaches of the River Murray, near where the river flows into Lake Alexandrina. It is linear in layout since it is constrained by river cliffs on its western side and the Adelaide–Melbourne railway line is dominant on its eastern side. The town grew and consolidated through being a large railway centre between the 1890s and 1990s; now it continues to service regional rural communities. In the , Tailem Bend and the surrounding area had a population of 1,705. History Prior to European settlement the area was inhabited for millennia by the indigenous Ngarrindjeri people, who made bark and reed canoes and lived on fish and animals dependent on the River Murray. Once written as "Tail'em Bend", the town's name is the Ngarrindjeri word "thelim", meaning "bend", referring to the sharp bend that the river makes in this location. An alternative e ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Angaston, South Australia
Angaston is a town on the eastern side of the Barossa Valley in South Australia, 77 km northeast of Adelaide. Its elevation is 347 m, one of the highest points in the valley, and has an average rainfall of 561 mm. Angaston was originally known as ''German Pass'', but was later renamed after the politician, banker and pastoralist George Fife Angas, who settled in the area in the 1850s. Angaston is in the Barossa Council local government area, the state electoral district of Schubert and the federal Division of Barker. Railway Angaston was the terminus of the Barossa Valley railway line which was built in 1911. The railway has now closed and been replaced by part of the Barossa Trail walking and cycling path from Nuriootpa. Notable former residents * George Fife Angas (1789-1879) politician, banker and possible former slaveholder or slavery emancipist. * Sir John Keith Angas (1900–1977) pastoralist * Hugh Thomas Moffitt Angwin (1888–1949) engineer and publi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mawson Lakes, South Australia
Mawson Lakes is a residential suburb in the City of Salisbury, Adelaide, Australia. Named in honor of Sir Douglas Mawson, it has a census area population of 10,872 people. The suburb is located in the northern suburbs of Adelaide around 12 km north of the Central business district. Much of the suburb was previously known as The Levels, and was a non-residential area, housing a campus of the University of South Australia and Technology Park Adelaide. History Technology Park Adelaide Technology Park Adelaide is Australia's first technology park, having been established in 1982 by the Government of South Australia. It is currently owned and managed by the Government of South Australia's Land Management Corporation. The Technology Park Adelaide is a site which allows any organisation with a technological focus to locate there. Over 90 organisations are located at the Park, with the majority of these organisations having a defence focus. The main types of organisations a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
UCI ProTeam
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 The Universal Chess Interface (UCI) is an open communication protocol that enables chess engines to communicate with user interfaces. History In November 2000, the UCI protocol was released. Designed by Rudolf Huber and S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lance Armstrong
Lance Edward Armstrong (''né'' Gunderson; born September 18, 1971) is an American former professional road bicycle racing, road racing cyclist. Regarded as a sports icon for winning the Tour de France seven consecutive times from 1999 Tour de France, 1999 to 2005 Tour de France, 2005 after recovering from testicular cancer, he was later stripped of all his titles when an investigation found that he Lance Armstrong doping case, had used performance-enhancing drugs over his career. At age 16, Armstrong began competing as a triathlon, triathlete and was a national sprint-course triathlon champion in 1989 and 1990. In 1992, he began his career as a professional cyclist with the Motorola Cycling Team, Motorola team. He had success between 1993 and 1996 with the UCI Road World Championships, World Championship in 1993 UCI Road World Championships, 1993, the Clásica de San Sebastián in 1995, Tour DuPont in 1995 and 1996, and a handful of stage victories in Europe, including stage 8 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
André Greipel
André Greipel (born 16 July 1982) is a German former professional road bicycle racer, who rode professionally between 2002 and 2021. Since his retirement, Greipel now works as a directeur sportif for UCI Continental team . Born in Rostock, East Germany, Greipel competed as a Cycling sprinter, pure sprinter and took 158 wins during his professional career. His major successes included 22 stage victories at Grand Tour (cycling), Grand Tours: 11 at the Tour de France, 4 at the Vuelta a España, and 7 at the Giro d'Italia. Greipel also won the Points classification in the Vuelta a España, points classification in the 2009 Vuelta a España. He also prevailed in the Classic cycle races, classic Paris–Bourges and won the overall classification of the Australian race Tour Down Under twice, in 2008 Tour Down Under, 2008 and 2010 Tour Down Under, 2010. Professional career T Mobile Team (2006–2010) The 2008 Tour Down Under was to be a revelation for Greipel. He won the overall classi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mark Cavendish
Mark Simon Cavendish (born 21 May 1985) is a Isle of Man, Manx professional Road bicycle racing, road racing cyclist who currently rides for UCI WorldTeam . As a Track cycling, track cyclist he specialises in the Madison (cycling), madison, points race, and Scratch Race (cycling), scratch race disciplines; as a road racer he is a cycling sprinter, sprinter. He is widely considered one of the greatest road sprinters of all time, and in 2021 was called "the greatest sprinter in the history of the Tour and of cycling" by Christian Prudhomme, director of the Tour de France. In his first years as an elite track rider, Cavendish won gold in the madison at the 2005 UCI Track Cycling World Championships, 2005 and 2008 UCI Track Cycling World Championships, 2008 UCI Track Cycling World Championships riding for Great Britain, with Rob Hayles and Bradley Wiggins respectively, and in the scratch race at the 2006 Commonwealth Games riding for Isle of Man. After failing to win a medal at the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
