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2014 Scheldeprijs
The 2014 Scheldeprijs cycling race took place on 9 April. It was the 102nd time the Scheldeprijs was run. Marcel Kittel won the race for a third time, equaling the record of Piet Oellibrandt and Mark Cavendish, but being the first person in history with three consecutive wins. The race was characterized by an early break consisting of six riders: Jan Ghyselinck, Luke Rowe, Dmitriy Gruzdev, Ivan Balykin, Andrea Fedi and Alessandro Bazzana, which built up a maximum lead of five minutes. About 10 km from the finish, the peloton led by , reduced the gap to 1 minute. This was the sign for Luke Rowe to attack, eventually being caught up by Andrea Fedi who did the same thing a bit later. Two kilometers from the finish the Italian was also caught up by the peloton, in which and were preparing the sprint. Marcel Kittel started the sprint early but managed to speed away from his opponents. Behind him Tyler Farrar and Danny van Poppel finished second and third. Results Reference ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marcel Kittel
Marcel Kittel (born 11 May 1988) is a German former racing cyclist, who rode professionally between 2011 and 2019 for the , and squads. As a junior, he specialised in time trials, even winning a bronze medal in the World Championships for cyclists aged under 23. When he became a professional in 2011, he specialised in bunch sprints, winning 19 stages across the three Grand Tours, and taking 89 wins in his professional career. After retirement, he works as an ambassador for Endura and ROSE Bikes. Career Skil–Shimano (2011–15) 2011 season Kittel made his professional debut in 2011 with the Dutch team . Known as a time trial specialist at the time, he won a bunch sprint during the Tour de Langkawi. After the success he decided to become a sprinter. He then won four out of five stages in the Four Days of Dunkirk, all in bunch sprints. Kittel won his first World Tour stage, winning the opening stage of the Tour de Pologne, a race where he also won three other stages. He also ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Andrea Fedi
Andrea Fedi (born 29 May 1991) is an Italian former racing cyclist, who rode professionally between 2013 and 2017 for the and teams. Major results ;2009 : 3rd Road race, National Junior Road Championships ;2011 : 1st Trofeo Nesti e Nelli : 1st Coppa 29 Martiri di Figline di Prato : 2nd Trofeo Frasconi Fosco : 3rd Road race, National Under-23 Road Championships : 3rd La Popolarissima : 5th GP Industria del Cuoio e delle Pelli ;2012 : 1st Trofeo Tosco-Umbro : 1st Coppa Città di San Daniele : 2nd Coppa Fiera Mercatale : 2nd Gran Premio della Liberazione : 2nd Coppa 29 Martiri di Figline di Prato : 3rd Memorial Angelo Fumagalli : 3rd Ruota d'Oro : 4th Giro del Belvedere : 6th Trofeo Gianfranco Bianchin ;2013 : 1st Stage 3 Okolo Slovenska : 2nd Trofeo Città di Castelfidardo : 5th GP Industria & Artigianato di Larciano : 9th Grand Prix Südkärnten : 10th Raiffeisen Grand Prix ;2014 : 2nd GP Ouest–France : 5th Coppa Ugo Agostoni : 6th Dwars door Drenthe : 8th GP Industria & Ar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Matteo Pelucchi
Matteo Pelucchi (born 21 January 1989) is an Italian former professional road cyclist, who last rode for UCI WorldTeam . He also competed in track cycling at a junior level. Career He rode for a year with in 2012, and four years with between 2013 and 2016. In October 2016 he and IAM teammate Aleksejs Saramotins were announced as members of the squad for 2017. Pelucchi joined in 2019 after two years with , before joining his sixth professional team in 2020, . In December 2020, Pelucchi signed a one-year contract with , for the 2021 season. He retired from competition at the end of the 2021 season. Major results ;2007 : National Junior Track Championships ::1st Kilo ::1st Keirin ;2010 : 1st Trofeo Papà Cervi ;2011 : 1st Clásica de Almería ;2012 : Ronde de l'Oise ::1st Points classification ::1st Stage 3 : 1st Stage 5 Four Days of Dunkirk : 3rd Trofeo Migjorn : 8th Grand Prix de Denain : 10th Trofeo Palma de Mallorca ;2013 : Circuit de la Sarthe ::1st Points classifica ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yannick Martinez
Yannick Martinez (born 4 May 1988 in Fourchambault) is a French road and cyclo-cross cyclist, who currently rides for French amateur team Guidon Chalettois. He is the younger brother of 2000 Olympic cross-country mountain biking champion Miguel Martinez, the son of Mariano Martínez, and the uncle of Lenny Martinez. Major results ;2009 : 1st Val d'Ille Classic : 5th Road race, UEC European Under-23 Road Championships ;2011 : 6th Tour de la Somme ;2012 : 8th Overall Tour of Taihu Lake : 8th Tour du Doubs : 9th Grand Prix d'Isbergues : 9th Paris–Bourges ;2013 : 1st Stage 5 Four Days of Dunkirk : 1st Stage 1 Route du Sud : 2nd Boucles de l'Aulne : 3rd RideLondon–Surrey Classic : 5th Overall Tour du Limousin : 5th Grand Prix de Plumelec-Morbihan : 6th Overall Tour of Taihu Lake : 6th Grand Prix d'Isbergues : 7th Tour de Vendée : 8th Polynormande : 10th Tour du Finistère ;2014 : 3rd Tour de la Somme : 5th La Roue Tourangelle : 8th Overall Four Days of Dunkirk : 9th Scheldep ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Andrea Guardini
Andrea Guardini (born 12 June 1989) is an Italian former professional cyclist, who rode professionally between 2011 and 2021 for the , , , and teams. A sprinter, Guardini currently holds the record for most stage wins at the Tour de Langkawi with twenty-four stage victories; recording five at the 2011 race, six in 2012, one in 2013, two in 2014 and 2018, and four in 2015 and 2016. With 43 career wins, the majority of his victories came in the Tour de Langkawi. Major results ;2007 : 4th Road race, UEC European Junior Road Championships ;2009 : 3rd Road race, Mediterranean Games : 3rd Circuito del Porto ;2010 : 1st Stage 3 Girobio ;2011 : Tour de Langkawi ::1st Points classification ::1st Stages 1, 2, 6, 7 & 10 : Tour of Turkey ::1st Stages 1 & 7 : 1st Stage 5 Tour of Qatar : 1st Stage 5 Volta a Portugal : 1st Stage 3 Tour of Slovenia : 1st Stage 5 Giro di Padania ;2012 : 1st Stage 18 Giro d'Italia : Tour de Langkawi ::1st Points classification ::1st Stages 2, 3, 4, 8 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Danilo Napolitano
Danilo Napolitano (born 31 January 1981) is an Italian former professional road racing cyclist, who rode professionally between 2004 and 2017, and was chiefly known for his sprinting abilities. Born in Vittoria, Sicily, Napolitano turned professional in 2004 and for the 2004 and 2005 seasons he rode for the professional continental team . For the 2006 season he moved on to the UCI ProTour squad where his most important victories were two stage wins in the Tour of Austria, and a stage win in the Tour Méditerranéen. He joined at the beginning of the 2009 season. Major results ;2002 : 4th Circuito del Porto : 9th Trofeo Papà Cervi ;2003 : 1st Trofeo Papà Cervi : 1st Stage 1 Vuelta a Guatemala : 4th Circuito del Porto ;2004 : 1st Stage 6 Vuelta por un Chile Líder : 2nd Trofeo Papà Cervi : 2nd Circuito del Porto ;2005 : 1st Stausee-Rundfahrt Klingnau : 1st Coppa Bernocchi : 1st Giro della Romagna : Tour du Poitou-Charentes et de la Vienne ::1st Stages 2 & 5 : 1st Stag ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Davide Appollonio
Davide Appollonio (born 2 June 1989) is an Italian professional road bicycle racer, who most recently rode for UCI Continental team . Career Born in Isernia, Appollonio first made an impression in the professional ranks riding as a ''stagiaire'' for during the latter part of 2009, before signing for the team as a neo-pro for the 2010 season. He joined for the 2011 season, picking up his first win for the team on the 3rd stage of the Tour de Luxembourg, and then his first overall Sprints competition the following day. Appollonio left at the end of the 2012 season, and joined on a two-year contract from the 2013 season onwards. In October 2014 he announced that he would join for 2015, the first time Appollonio had joined an Italian professional cycling team. On 30 June 2015 Appollonio gave an adverse analytical finding for EPO, on 14 June – two weeks after completing the Giro d'Italia, and was provisionally suspended. He was suspended for four years, and returned to the pe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sam Bennett (cyclist)
Sam Bennett (born 16 October 1990) is an Irish professional cyclist who rides for UCI WorldTeam . He is a road sprinter who turned professional in 2011. He has won ten Grand Tour stages: three stages in the 2018 Giro d'Italia, two stages at the 2019 Vuelta a España, two stages at the 2020 Tour de France, where he also won the Points classification, one stage at the 2020 Vuelta a España, and two stages at the 2022 Vuelta a España. Early life Bennett was born in 1990 in Wervik, Flanders, Belgium, where his father Michael came in 1989 to play professional football for local club Eendracht Wervik. He moved with his parents to their native Ireland at the age of four, where he spent most of his early years growing up in Carrick-on-Suir, the hometown of fellow cyclist Sean Kelly. Early career Bennett was head-hunted by Vélo-Club La Pomme Marseille at 17, and joined them in the south of France, after completing his first year of third-level education at Waterford Institute o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alessandro Petacchi
Alessandro Petacchi (born 3 January 1974) is an Italian former professional road racing cyclist, who rode professionally between 1996 and 2015. A specialist sprinter, Petacchi has won 48 grand tour stages with wins of the points jersey in the Giro d'Italia in 2004, the Vuelta a España in 2005 and the Tour de France in 2010. He also won the classics Milan – San Remo in 2005 and Paris-Tours in 2007. His career spanned over 18 years during which he earned 183 victories. In 2007, Petacchi was banned from cycling and had his results achieved disqualified for doping. The court later said that he had not cheated on purpose but had not taken enough care when consuming his legal asthma drug. He announced his retirement as a lead sprinter on 23 April 2013, and terminated his contract at ,. He rejoined the professional peloton in August 2013, joining the squad as a lead-out man. In 2015, he joined the Southeast team, where he retired from cycling for good after that year's ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alessandro Bazzana
Alessandro Bazzana (born 16 July 1984 in Alzano Lombardo) is an Italian former professional cyclist. Major results ;2005 : 3rd Trofeo Banca Popolare di Vicenza ;2006 : 6th Trofeo Banca Popolare di Vicenza ;2008 : 7th Overall Rochester Omnium : 8th Tour de Leelanau ;2009 : 9th US Air Force Cycling Classic ;2011 : 10th Tour de Mumbai II ;2012 : Tour of Austria ::1st Points classification ::1st Stage 1 : 7th Paris–Brussels : 9th Grand Prix de Fourmies ;2013 : 6th Le Samyn ;2014 : 4th Dwars door Drenthe : 4th Bucks County Classic : 6th Roma Maxima : 7th Volta Limburg Classic ;2015 : 1st Sprints classification Abu Dhabi Tour : 5th Overall World Ports Classic : 6th Overall Dubai Tour ::1st Sprints classification : 8th Ronde van Drenthe Ronde van Drenthe ( en, Tour of Drenthe) is an elite men's and women's professional road bicycle racing event held annually in the Drenthe, Netherlands and sanctioned by the Royal Dutch Cycling Union. Since 1998 there is also a women's event, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ivan Balykin
Ivan Balykin (russian: Иван Балыкин; born 26 November 1990) is a Russian racing cyclist, who most recently competed for . He rode at the 2014 UCI Road World Championships. Major results ;2010 : 5th Coppa della Pace ;2013 : 4th Coppa della Pace : 9th Gran Premio Industrie del Marmo ;2014 : 1st Stage 2 Baltic Chain Tour : 1st Mountains classification Grand Prix Udmurtskaya Pravda : 3rd Duo Normand (with Artem Ovechkin) : 4th Overall Five Rings of Moscow : 5th Mayor Cup : 9th Gran Premio Bruno Beghelli ;2015 : 1st Maykop–Ulyap–Maykop : 6th Overall Tour of Estonia : 6th Overall Tour de Serbie : 6th Grand Prix Minsk : 7th Minsk Cup : 9th Overall Five Rings of Moscow ;2016 : 4th Gran Premio de San José ;2017 : Les Challenges de la Marche Verte ::1st GP Oued Eddahab ::7th GP Sakia El Hamra ::9th GP Al Massira : 1st Stage 2 Tour of Ankara : 1st Stage 2b ( ITT) Tour of Bihor : 6th Poreč Trophy : 8th Trophée de l'Anniversaire, Challenge du Prince ;2018 : 2nd Overall T ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tyler Farrar
Tyler may refer to: People and fictional characters * Tyler (name), an English name; with lists of people with the surname or given name * Tyler, the Creator (born 1991), American rap artist and producer * John Tyler, 10th president of the United States * Wat Tyler, killed 1381, leader of the 1381 Peasants' Revolt in England * Tyler1 (born 1995), American internet personality and streamer on Twitch * Tyler (''Total Drama Island''), a fictional character from the ''Total Drama'' series Places United States * Tyler, California ** Tyler, California, the former name of Cherokee, Nevada County, California * Tyler, Florida * Tyler, Minnesota * Tyler, Missouri * Tyler, Texas, the largest US city named Tyler * Tyler, Washington * Tyler County, Texas * Tyler County, West Virginia * Tyler Hill, Pennsylvania * Tyler Park, Louisville, Kentucky, a neighborhood * Tylertown, Mississippi State Parks * Tyler State Park (Pennsylvania) * Tyler State Park (Texas) United Kingdom * Tyler Hill, Kent * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
