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2012 Grand Prix Cycliste De Québec
The 2012 Grand Prix Cycliste de Québec was the third edition of the Grand Prix Cycliste de Québec, a single-day professional bicycle road race. It was held on 7 September 2012, over a distance of , starting and finishing in Quebec City, Quebec, Canada. It was the 25th event of the 2012 UCI World Tour season. The race is one of the only two events which are part of the World Tour calendar in North America, the other one being the Grand Prix Cycliste de Montreal contested two days later. In a two-up sprint finish, Australian national champion Simon Gerrans of the team won the race, after following an attack by 's Greg Van Avermaet in the closing stages of the race, with the two riders working together to get clear and Gerrans prevailed on the uphill finish on the ''Grande-Allée''. Van Avermaet was second, while the peloton was led home by the 2011 Grand Prix Cycliste de Montreal winner Rui Costa (), four seconds in arrears. Course The race consisted of 16 laps of a circuit i ...
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2012 UCI World Tour
The 2012 UCI World Tour was the fourth 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 17 January, and consisted of 14 stage races, 14 one-day races, and one team time trial (which only counted towards the team rankings). The Tour of Hangzhou which was originally included in the list of races was postponed until 2013. __TOC__ Teams The 18 UCI ProTeams competed in the World Tour, with UCI Professional Continental teams, or national squads, able to enter at the discretion of the organisers of each event. The ProTeams, which were obliged to take part in all 29 events, were: (known as from May onwards) was a new team, while regained ProTour status, which it lost for the previous season. These teams replaced , which folded after 21 years, and , which largely merged with to form . A change in sponsorship saw become , while 2011's became . Two teams each changed their n ...
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Old Québec
Old Quebec (french: Vieux-Québec) is a historic neighbourhood of Quebec City, Quebec, Canada. Comprising the Upper Town (french: Haute-Ville) and Lower Town (french: Basse-Ville), the area is a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Administratively, Old Quebec is part of the Vieux-Québec–Cap-Blanc–colline Parlementaire district in the borough of La Cité-Limoilou. The area is commonly referred to as "the Old City" or "Quebec's Old City" in English. It is sometimes referred to as the ''Latin Quarter'' (french: Quartier latin) as well, although this title refers more to area around the Séminaire de Québec, the original site of Laval University. Upper Town Samuel de Champlain chose the Upper Town as the site for Fort Saint Louis in 1608. It has remained the city's military and administrative centre because of its strategic position atop the promontory of Cap Diamant. It was occupied mainly by British government officials and Catholic clergy after the British Conquest, while F ...
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Bruno Langlois
Bruno Langlois (born March 1, 1979) is a Canadian former racing cyclist. Career Born in Matane, Quebec, Langlois began his professional career in 1999 with the ''Jet Fuel Coffee – Vitasoy'' cycling team. In 2012, along with directeur sportif Phil Cortes, Langlois rode for Canadian cycling team , ranking second in the final general classification of the Tour de Guadeloupe. He was ranked as the best climber in a UCI World Tour one day race in his home country, the Grand Prix Cycliste de Québec, a very hilly course. In 2014, Langlois was riding with , before he returned to for 2015. Major results ;2006 : 1st Overall Tobago International ::1st Stage 3 : 1st Stage 5 Tour de Shenandoah : 1st Stage 2 Tri-Peaks Challenge ;2008 : 2nd Road race, National Road Championships : 2nd Overall Tour de Québec : 3rd Overall Classique Montréal-Québec Louis Garneau ;2010 : 1st Stage 2 Tour de Québec : 2nd Overall Vuelta a la Independencia Nacional ::1st Stage 1 : 3rd Road race, Nationa ...
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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 ...
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Vladimir Gusev (cyclist)
Vladimir Nikolayevich Gusev (russian: Владимир Николаевич Гусев, born 4 July 1982) is a Russian former professional road racing cyclist, who rode professionally between 2004 and 2015 for the , , , and teams. Career At the 2006 Paris–Roubaix, Gusev finished fourth but was later one of three riders disqualified by the race jury for illegally riding through a closed level-crossing. On 25 July 2008, Gusev was fired by his team for showing "abnormal" values during an internal doping check, a decision the Court of Arbitration for Sport found to be unjust in a ruling the following June. Gusev joined in 2010 after not riding for a trade team following his dismissal from Astana. Major results ;2000 : 2nd Time trial, UCI Junior Road World Championships : 2nd Overall Giro della Lunigiana ;2001 : 10th Time trial, UCI Under-23 Road World Championships ;2002 : 2nd Trofeo Alcide Degasperi : 5th Overall Giro Ciclistico d'Italia ;2003 : 1st Time trial, Nation ...
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Thomas Rohregger
Thomas Rohregger (born 23 December 1982) is an Austrian former professional road bicycle racer, who competed as a professional between 2005 and 2013. Over his career, Rohregger competed for , and . Rohregger retired at the end of the 2013 season, after nine years as a professional. In retirement, Rohregger was involved in the course design for the 2018 UCI Road World Championships around Innsbruck. Major results ;2006 :1st Mountains classification Tour de Luxembourg (2.HC) :2nd National Time Trial Championships :4th National Road Race Championships :4th Overall Tour of Austria (2.HC) ::1st Mountains classification ;2007 : 2nd Overall Tour of Austria (2.HC) ::1st Stage 3 : 3rd National Road Race Championships : 4th Overall Giro del Trentino (2.1) : 6th Rund um den Henninger (1.HC) ;2008 : 1st Overall Tour of Austria : 7th Overall Tour du Luxembourg ;2010 : 1st Mountains classification Tour Down Under ;2011 : 4th Overall Tour of Austria : 1st Stage 1 (TTT) Vuelta a España ;2012 ...
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Alain Juppé
Alain Marie Juppé (; born 15 August 1945) is a French politician. A member of The Republicans, he was Prime Minister of France from 1995 to 1997 under President Jacques Chirac, during which period he faced major strikes that paralysed the country and became very unpopular. He left office after the victory of the left in the snap 1997 legislative elections. He had previously served as Minister of Foreign Affairs from 1993 to 1995, and as Minister of the Budget and Spokesman for the Government from 1986 to 1988. He was president of the political party Union for a Popular Movement (UMP) from 2002 to 2004 and mayor of Bordeaux from 1995 to 2004. After the ghost jobs affair in December 2004, Juppé suspended his political career until he was re-elected as mayor of Bordeaux in October 2006. He served briefly as Minister of State for Ecology and Sustainable Development in 2007, but resigned in June 2007 after failing in his bid to be re-elected in the 2007 legislative election. He ...
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Régis Labeaume
Régis Labeaume (born May 2, 1956) is a Canadians, Canadian businessman, writer and politician. He served as mayor of Quebec City from 2007 to 2021. He was first elected on December 2, 2007 after the death of former mayor Andrée Boucher. He was reelected in 2009, 2013, and 2017. Early life Labeaume holds a bachelor's degree in sociology from the Université Laval. Prior to being mayor, Labeaume was a local businessman and chair of the Fondation de l’entrepreneurship organisation since 2003 and worked primarily in the mining industry. He was previously the political adviser of former Communications Minister and former Parti Québécois National Assembly of Quebec, MNA of the riding of Vanier (electoral district), Vanier, Jean-François Bertrand from 1980 to 1983. He also collaborated to two books on the Quebec mining industry and on small and medium enterprises. Municipal politics in Quebec City In 2005, he ran for the leader of the municipal political party Renouveau municipal d ...
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Simon Gerrans CD 2011
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List Of UCI Professional Continental And Continental Teams
The UCI Continental Circuits are a series of road bicycle racing competitions which were introduced in 2005 by the Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI) to expand cycling around the world. The five circuits (representing the continents of Africa, the Americas, Asia, Europe and Oceania) are ranked below the UCI World Tour and, as of 2020, the UCI ProSeries The UCI ProSeries is the second tier men's elite road cycling tour. It was inaugurated in 2020. The series is placed below the UCI World Tour, but above the various regional UCI Continental Circuits. Development In December 2018, the UCI announ .... UCI Africa Tour Winners There is a rolling ranking for individuals and countries (the total of the top 8 ranked riders of the nation), for which points can be won in all UCI road events, regardless of where the races take place. Prior to 2019 there was also a team ranking, and in all three categories points were earned in continental races of category HC or below (1.1 and 2.1 or ...
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UCI ProTour
The UCI ProTour was a series of road bicycle races in Europe, Australia and Canada organised by the UCI (International Cycling Union). Created by Hein Verbruggen, former president of the UCI, it comprises a number of 'ProTour' cycling teams, each of whom are required to compete in every round of the series. It was initially the basis of a season long competition for rankings points, created for 2005 to replace the UCI Road World Cup series, which ended at the end of the 2004 season (although the World Cup did not include any stage races). The ProTour was the subject of continuing disputes involving the UCI, cycling teams, and the organizers of the world's most prominent bicycle races (most notably, the Grand Tours), and in 2009 and 2010 the ranking element of the ProTour was superseded by the UCI World Ranking. For 2011, the ProTour and World Ranking were fully merged into the UCI World Tour. ProTour status for teams – relabelled UCI ProTeams – will continue as ...
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UCI World Tour
The UCI WorldTour (2009–2010: ''UCI World Ranking'') is the premier men's elite road cycling tour, sitting above the UCI ProSeries and various regional UCI Continental Circuits. It refers to both the tour of 38 events and, until 2019, an annual ranking system based upon performances in these. The World Ranking was launched in 2009, and merged fully with its predecessor the UCI ProTour in 2011. UCI WorldTeams must compete at all events that were part of the tour prior to the 2017 expansion. History Until the end of 2004, the Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI) maintained both the UCI Road World Rankings, which awarded results for all its sanctioned races, and the UCI Road World Cup, which was awarded on the basis of performance in ten selected one-day events. Both were replaced from the 2005 season by the UCI ProTour and UCI Continental Circuits. However, disputes between the UCI and ASO, the organisers of the Tour de France and other classics, and eventually with the organ ...
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