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2014 Tour Of Oman
The 2014 Tour of Oman was the fifth edition of the Tour of Oman cycling stage race. It was rated as a 2.HC event on the UCI Asia Tour, and was held from 18 to 23 February 2014, in Oman. For the second year in a row, the race was won by rider Chris Froome – becoming its first repeat winner – after he won the queen stage of the race, to Jabal al Akhdar, on the penultimate day and held the race leader's red jersey to the finish, the next day, at the Matrah Corniche. Froome's winning margin over runner-up Tejay van Garderen of the was 26 seconds, and 's Rigoberto Urán completed the podium, 5 seconds down on van Garderen and 31 seconds in arrears of Froome. In the race's other classifications, André Greipel won the points classification for , after winning three stages during the race, while the young rider classification was won by Romain Bardet (), as he was the best placed rider under the age of 25, in thirteenth overall. The combative classification – to ... [...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] |
Sergio Henao
Sergio Luis Henao Montoya (born 10 December 1987) is a Colombian former racing cyclist, who competed professionally from 2012 to 2021 for , and . He retired after the 2021 season when folded. Early life Henao was born in Rionegro in 1987, the same year that the Colombian rider Luis Herrera won the Vuelta a España. Career Early years In 2005 Henao won two stages of the Junior Vuelta del Porvenir, and finished second overall behind Rigoberto Urán. He also finished second in the junior Vuelta a Venezuela. Throughout 2006 he picked up numerous general classification podiums and won the . For 2007, he joined the team and started to ride outside of his native South America. He recorded 15th overall in the Vuelta a la Comunidad de Madrid, two stages of the Venezuelan Clasico Ciclistico Banfoandes race, and a second overall in the Norte de Sandander followed. Still just 20 years old he then finished third overall at the , his home race, and third in the Colombian National Cha ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alexander Kristoff
Alexander Kristoff (born 5 July 1987) is a Norwegian professional road bicycle racer, who currently rides for UCI WorldTeam . He won the Norwegian National Road Race Championships in 2007 and 2011. His biggest victories have been the 2014 Milan–San Remo and the 2015 Tour of Flanders among many other successes. Career Early career At six, he moved from Oslo to Stavanger. His stepfather got him interested in cycling rather than football. He started riding for Stavanger SK. At 16 he won the Norwegian National Road Race Championships in the youth category, and finished fourth at the European Youth Summer Olympic Festival. He turned professional in 2006 for . In 2007, he won the Norwegian National Road Race Championships at 19, beating Thor Hushovd in a sprint of four riders. Katusha (2012–2017) He won a bronze medal in the road race at the 2012 London Olympic Games. 2014 season In 2014 Kristoff won Milan–San Remo beating Fabian Cancellara in the sprint. Later the same yea ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Steve Chainel
Steve Chainel (born 6 September 1983 in Remiremont) is a French racing cyclist, who currently rides for UCI Cyclo-cross Pro Team Cross Team Legendre. Chainel has previously competed for the , , , and professional teams. Chainel left at the end of the 2012 season, and signed a two-year contract with for the 2013 and 2014 seasons. Subsequently, announced that they had signed Chainel for 2015. Major results Cyclo-cross ;1999–2000 : 1st National Junior Championships ;2003–2004 : 3rd UEC European Under-23 Championships ;2004–2005 : 2nd National Under-23 Championships ;2005–2006 : 1st Int. Radquerfeldein : 2nd Frankfurter Rad-Cross : 2nd Challenge de la France Cycliste 1 : 2nd Challenge de la France Cycliste 2 : 4th UCI World Championships ;2006–2007 : 1st Cyclo-cross International de Marle : 1st Int. Radquerfeldein : 2nd Frankfurter Rad-Cross : 3rd Challenge de la France Cycliste 2 : 3rd Intern. Radquer Hittnau ;2007–2008 : 1st Grand Prix Hotel Threeland : 2nd ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Barry Markus
Barry Markus (born 17 July 1991 in Amsterdam) is a Dutch professional racing cyclist, who last rode for UCI Continental team . His younger sister Kelly Markus is also a cyclist. Major results ;2008 : 3rd Time trial, National Junior Road Championships : 4th Road race, UCI Juniors World Championships : 6th Paris–Roubaix Juniors ;2009 : 1st Stage 1 Trofeo Karlsberg : 2nd Overall GP Général Patton : 2nd Road race, UEC European Junior Road Championships : 3rd Madison, National Track Championships (with Yoeri Havik) : 3rd Paris–Roubaix Juniors ;2010 : 1st Stage 2 Thüringen Rundfahrt der U23 : National Track Championships ::2nd Madison (with Yoeri Havik) ::3rd Points race ::3rd Scratch : 9th Beverbeek Classic : 10th Ronde van Drenthe ;2011 : National Track Championships ::1st Madison (with Roy Pieters) ::3rd Scratch : 1st Ster van Zwolle : 1st Dorpenomloop Rucphen : Vuelta Ciclista a León ::1st Stages 1 & 2b ( TTT) : 2nd Grand Prix de la ville de Nogent-sur-Oise : ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Michael Van Staeyen
Michael Van Staeyen (born 13 August 1988 in Ekeren) is a Belgian former professional road racing cyclist, who competed as a professional from 2008 until 2022. In March 2022, Van Staeyen announced that he would retire from professional cycling after the following month's Scheldeprijs. Major results ;2008 : 2nd Antwerpse Havenpijl : 3rd Omloop der Kempen : 4th Ronde van Overijssel : 5th Münsterland Giro ;2009 : 1st Stage 4 Istrian Spring Trophy : 1st Stage 3 Vuelta Ciclista a León : 3rd Ronde van Noord-Holland : 4th Arno Wallaard Memorial : 4th Omloop der Kempen : 4th Antwerpse Havenpijl : 8th Schaal Sels ;2010 : 1st Stadsprijs Geraardsbergen : 1st Memorial Rik Van Steenbergen : 1st Stage 2 Danmark Rundt : 5th Overall Tour de Picardie : 5th Schaal Sels : 7th Omloop van het Houtland ;2011 : 3rd Schaal Sels : 3rd Kampioenschap van Vlaanderen : 5th Dutch Food Valley Classic : 5th Grote Prijs Jef Scherens : 8th Memorial Rik Van Steenbergen : 9th Omloop van het Waasland : 9th Pari ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tom Boonen
Tom Boonen (; born 15 October 1980) is a Belgian former road bicycle racer, who competed as a professional between 2002 and 2017 for the and teams and a professional racing driver who currently competes in Belcar, having previously competed in the NASCAR Whelen Euro Series. Boonen won the 2005 UCI World Road Race Championships, and was a single-day road specialist with a strong finishing sprint. He won the cycling monuments Paris–Roubaix 4 times and the Tour of Flanders 3 times, among many other prestigious victories, such as prevailing 5 times in the E3 Harelbeke, winning 6 stages of the Tour de France and winning the Overall title of the Tour of Qatar 4 times. Career Early years At the start of 2002 Boonen rode for , finishing third in Paris–Roubaix after an early breakaway. Fellow Belgian Johan Museeuw had escaped to a solo victory. Team captain George Hincapie crashed in a slippery section of the course leaving Boonen to ride for himself. Boonen's performance led Mus ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nacer Bouhanni
Nacer Bouhanni (born 25 July 1990) is a French professional racing cyclist, who currently rides for UCI ProTeam . A sprinter, he was the winner of the 2012 French National Road Race Championships. Although his first Grand Tour was in 2012, his real breakthrough was in 2014 when he won three stages and the points classification in the Giro d'Italia. In August 2014 it was announced that Bouhanni would leave FDJ and join on an initial two-year deal from 2015. Career FDJ (2011–14) After a good amateur career, which saw him winning the national cycling military championships, he signed a contract with in 2011. In January he got his first professional stage win in La Tropicale Amissa Bongo. Bouhanni won his first stage of the 2012 season by winning stage 1 of the Étoile de Bessèges. Later that season he got his breakthrough win by winning the French National Road Race Championships ahead of his teammate Arnaud Démare. He also rode his first Grand Tour at the Vuelta a España, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nicola Ruffoni
Nicola Ruffoni (born 14 December 1990) is an Italian racing cyclist. Career He competed in the 2014 Giro d'Italia, but failed to finish within the time limit on stage 11. He rode in the 2015 Giro d'Italia, but withdrew on stage 15. In May 2017, one day before the start of the 2017 Giro d'Italia, the UCI announced that Ruffoni and team-mate Stefano Pirazzi had tested positive for growth hormone-releasing peptides in out-of-competition controls carried out the previous month. Later that month the UCI confirmed that both riders' B-samples had also tested positive, leading Bardiani-CSF to confirm that they would terminate both riders' contracts. On 14 December 2017, the Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI) banned Ruffoni for four years, and as a result, he was unable to compete until May 2021. Major results ;2009 : 5th Trofeo Città di Brescia ;2010 : 6th Circuito del Porto ;2012 : 2nd Circuito del Porto : 2nd Trofeo Città di Brescia : 5th Road race, UEC European Under-23 Roa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Leigh Howard
Leigh Howard (born 18 October 1989) is an Australian professional Cycle sport, racing cyclist. He qualified for the Tokyo 2020 Olympics in both the Men's Madison and Men's Team Pursuit. Howard was part of the Cycling at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Men's team pursuit, Men's team pursuit together with Kelland O'Brien, Sam Welsford, Sam Weisford and Alexander Porter (cyclist), Alexander Porter. They secured a bronze medal after overlapping New Zealand who had crashed. Howard also competed in the Men's Madison where the team finished fifth with a time of 3:48.448 and therefore did not qualify for the final. Career Born in Geelong, Victoria (Australia), Victoria, Australia, Howard now resides in Waurn Ponds, Victoria. He began cycling competitively at the age of 10 and first represented Australia in 2005 at the age of 16. Howard is an Australian Institute of Sport scholarship holder, and initially trained as an car, automobile electrician. Howard won the bronze medal in the omnium ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Amaury Sport Organisation
The Amaury Sport Organisation (ASO) is part of the French media group Éditions Philippe Amaury. It organises the Tour de France and other cycling races, as well as golf, running, sailing and off-road motorsport events. The president of ASO is Jean-Etienne Amaury, son of EPA founder Philippe Amaury. Cycling The Tour de France was instituted by the newspaper '' L'Auto'' in 1903. The paper was closed after World War II because of its links with the occupying Germans and a new paper, ''L'Équipe'', took over. ''L'Équipe'' (now part of EPA) organised the Tour until the race was taken over by its parent company, ASO. Current ASO organises the following cycling events: ; UCI World Tour * Critérium du Dauphiné * Eschborn–Frankfurt * La Flèche Wallonne * Liège–Bastogne–Liège * Paris–Nice * Paris–Roubaix * Tour de France * Volta a Catalunya * Vuelta a España (alongside Unipublic) ; UCI Continental Circuits * Arctic Race of Norway * Paris–Tours * Tour du Faso * T ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Naseem Garden
Naseem Garden is a large park between Seeb and Barka, near Muscat, Oman Oman ( ; ar, عُمَان ' ), officially the Sultanate of Oman ( ar, سلْطنةُ عُمان ), is an Arabian country located in southwestern Asia. It is situated on the southeastern coast of the Arabian Peninsula, and spans the mouth of t .... It contains an aquarium, lake, waterfall, Arabic and Japanese gardens, a maze and a playground. References Seeb Gardens in Oman {{Oman-struct-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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