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2014 La Course By Le Tour De France
The 2014 La Course by Le Tour de France was the inaugural edition of La Course by Le Tour de France, a one-day women's cycle race held in France. The race was run before the 21st stage of the 2014 Tour de France on 27 July. The race was introduced following criticism by the professional women's peloton and campaigners such as Kathryn Bertine regarding the lack of a women's Tour de France. Route and organisation The race consisted of 13 laps on the traditional course on the Champs-Élysées in Paris, making a distance of . The race was organised by the ASO and rated by the UCI as a 1.1 category race. Broadcasting The race was covered in 157 countries by 25 TV broadcasters, 23 of which broadcast the last hour of the race live. Teams UCI Women's Teams * Alé Cipollini * Astana BePink Womens Team * Bigla Pro Cycling Team * Bizkaia–Durango * Boels–Dolmans * Estado de México–Faren Kuota * Team Hitec Products * Lotto–Belisol Ladies * Optum p/b Kelly Benefit Strateg ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marianne Vos
Marianne Vos (; born 13 May 1987) is a Dutch multi-discipline cyclist, who currently rides for UCI Women's WorldTeam . After winning a junior European and World Championship in road racing, she continued her success in senior cycling by becoming World Champion in cyclo-cross and road racing at the age of 19. Vos added track racing World Championships when she won the points race in 2008 and the scratch race in 2011. At the 2008 Summer Olympics, she won the gold medal in the points race; at the 2012 Summer Olympics, gold in the women's road race. She is a 3 times World Road Race Champion – in 2006, 2012 and 2013 – and 8 times World Cyclo-cross Champion – in 2006, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014 and 2022. She has multiple wins at the Giro Rosa, Holland Ladies Tour, Ladies Tour of Norway, La Flèche Wallonne, Ronde van Drenthe, Trofeo Alfredo Binda-Comune di Cittiglio, Emakumeen Euskal Bira and GP de Plouay – Bretagne; also she ranked first in po ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
UCI Category
The Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI), the world's governing body in the sport of bicycle racing, classifies races according to a rating scale. The rating is represented by a code made of two or three parts and indicates both the type or style of race (the first part), and its importance or difficulty (the second and third parts, lower being harder). The first part can be an integer or an abbreviation, and the second part, when present, are usually integers. Both parts are separated by a period or decimal point (.). A higher rated race will result in the successful riders receiving more world ranking points. Road racing UCI race classifications are denoted as follows: The first part of the code denotes whether the race Race, RACE or "The Race" may refer to: * Race (biology), an informal taxonomic classification within a species, generally within a sub-species * Race (human categorization), classification of humans into groups based on physical traits, and/or s ... is on ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
RusVelo Women's Team
RusVelo Women's Team, a part of the Russian Global Cycling Project (which included Team Katusha and Itera–Katusha), was a Russian road & track cycling team. RusVelo included both men's and women's rosters. Team history 2014 Riders out On November 5 Elena Kuchinskaya left the team to join Servetto Footon as did Tatiana Antoshina on November 8. On December 6, Aizhan Zhaparova left the team to join Astana–Acca Due O. Major wins ;2012 :Overall Albstadt, Hanka Kupfernagel :Stage 3 Tour of Adygeya, Irina Molicheva :Prologue Thüringen-Rundfahrt der Frauen, Hanka Kupfernagel :GP Oberbaselbiet, Hanka Kupfernagel :Lorsch Cyclo-cross, Hanka Kupfernagel :Frankfurt Cyclo-cross, Hanka Kupfernagel ;2013 :Stage 1 Tour of Adygeya, Alexandra Burchenkova :Stage 1 Tour de Bretagne, Oxana Kozonchuk :Stage 1 Tour Féminin en Limousin, Oxana Kozonchuk :Stadl Paura Cyclo-cross, Hanka Kupfernagel :Lorsch Cyclo-cross, Hanka Kupfernagel ;2014 : Overall Vuelta Femenina a Costa Rica, Olga Zab ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Liv Racing–Xstra
Liv Racing TeqFind (UCI code: LIV) is a women's professional cycling team, based in the Netherlands. The title sponsor is Liv, a sub-brand of Taiwanese bicycle manufacturer Giant Bicycles. The team's directeur sportif is Eric van den Boom. Riders for Liv Racing compete in the UCI Women's World Tour and other Elite Women's Cycling events throughout the world. History of the team 2009 2012 The team's first win of the season came in the Ronde van Drenthe where Marianne Vos claimed victory. The team's first overall General classification win came at the Festival Luxembourgeois du cyclisme féminin Elsy Jacobs, again being won by Vos, along with a stage; Annemiek van Vleuten also won the prologue and a stage. Vos went on to win 5 stages of the 2012 Giro d'Italia Femminile, as well as the General classification. Vos followed this by winning the General classification of the Tour Féminin en Limousin. Vos continued her strong run of wins claiming the 2012 Olympic Games road race i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Team Optum P/b Kelly Benefit Strategies (women's Team)
Human Powered Health () is a women's Cycling team, professional cycling team founded in 2012 which currently competes in the UCI Women's World Tour. In 2022, Human Powered Health became the first co-educational professional cycling team to promote its women's team to the WorldTour level ahead of its men's program. The team was founded as Optum-Kelly Benefit Strategies and was initially directed by Rachel Heal. The team's current Directeur sportif, sports directors are Jo Kiesanowski, Joanne Kiesanowski and Andrew Bajadali. Team roster Major wins ;2012 :Stage 4 Tour Cycliste Féminin International de l'Ardèche, Joëlle Numainville ;2013 :Stages 3 & 4 Tour Cycliste Féminin International de l'Ardèche, Joëlle Numainville ;2014 :Gent–Wevelgem, Lauren Hall :Sprints classification Redlands Bicycle Classic, Leah Kirchmann ::Stages 3 & 4, Leah Kirchmann :Teams classification 2014 The Women's Tour, The Women's Tour :2014 Grand Prix cycliste de Gatineau, Grand Pri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lotto–Belisol Ladies
Lotto Dstny Ladies is a women's professional road bicycle racing, cycling cycling team, team based in Belgium, which competes in elite road bicycle racing and track cycling events, such as the UCI Women's World Tour. The team was established in 2006, and its colours are white, black, and red. The team manager and representative is Kurt Van De Wouwer, and the assistant team manager is Annelies Dom. Sponsors Lotto (associated with the Belgium, Belgian lottery) and Soudal (an adhesives manufacturer) also sponsor the men's UCI WorldTeam. History 2006 2009 2014 Riders in In August the team announced the signing of Joëlle Numainville () with immediate effect. Susanna Zorzi and Jessie Daams joined the team for 2015. On 29 October the team signed Anouk Rijff. On 13 November Carlee Taylor joined the team. On 21 November Anisha Vekemans, Marion Rousse, Sarah Rijkes, Molly Meyvisch, Chantal Hoffmann, Amy Cure and Isabelle Beckers signed extensions with the team. Riders out In Jul ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Team Hitec Products
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 foll ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Estado De México–Faren Kuota
Estado de México–Faren Kuota () was a professional women's cycling team based in the Mexico, which competed in elite road bicycle racing events such as the UCI Women's Road World Cup. Team history 2014 Riders out On September 18 Lucy Martin left the team, joining Matrix Fitness-Vulpine for the 2015 season. On October 11, Fabiana Luperini announced her retirement from the sport. On October 17 Rossella Ratto and Anna Trevisi left the team to join ASD Giusfredi Ciclismo for the 2015 season. On October 30, Maria Giuli Confalonieri and Arianna Fidanza left the team, joining Alé–Cipollini, along with Uenia Fernandes on November 5, for the 2015 season. On 12 November Borgato Giada retired from professional cycling. Major wins ;2012 :Oceania Cycling Championships — Road Race, Gracie Elvin :Stage 5 Energiewacht Tour, Nicole Cooke :Stage 2a Giro del Trentino Alto Adige, Fabiana Luperini ;2013 :Teams Classification Tour of Chongming Island :Points classificatio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Boels–Dolmans
SD Worx () is a professional cycling team based in the Netherlands, which competes in elite road bicycle racing events such as the UCI Women's World Tour. Between 2012 and 2020, the team's title sponsors were the Dutch equipment rental company Boels Rental and Dolmans Landscaping, a Dutch civil engineering company. Both companies terminated their title sponsorship of the team at the end of the 2020 season. In February 2020, it was announced that Belgian human resource services company would become the title sponsor of the team on a four-year deal from 2021. History 2013 2014 At a special press conference in October 2013 it was announced that the Dutch time trial World Champion Ellen van Dijk would join the team after signing a three-year contract, after five years at . On March 1 Sanne van Paassen () joined the team. After winning the Omloop van het Hageland in early March, Lizzie Armitstead also won the first World Cup race, the Ronde van Drenthe. She would finish later thre ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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