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2014 Vuelta A Andalucía
The 2014 Vuelta a Andalucía was the 60th edition of the Vuelta a Andalucía cycle race and was held on 19 February to 23 February 2014. The race started in Almería and finished in Fuengirola. The race was won by Alejandro Valverde Alejandro Valverde Belmonte (born 25 April 1980) is a Spanish former professional road racing cyclist, who last rode for UCI WorldTeam . Valverde's biggest wins have been the Vuelta a España in 2009, Critérium du Dauphiné in 2008 and 2009, .... General classification References Vuelta a Andalucia Vuelta a Andalucía by year 2014 in Spanish sport {{Spain-cycling-race-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alejandro Valverde
Alejandro Valverde Belmonte (born 25 April 1980) is a Spanish former professional road racing cyclist, who last rode for UCI WorldTeam . Valverde's biggest wins have been the Vuelta a España in 2009, Critérium du Dauphiné in 2008 and 2009, Tour of the Basque Country in 2017, Volta a Catalunya in 2009, 2017 and 2018, Liège–Bastogne–Liège in 2006, 2008, 2015 and 2017, La Flèche Wallonne in 2006, 2014, 2015, 2016 and 2017, the Clásica de San Sebastián in 2008 and 2014, the 2006 and 2008 UCI ProTours, the 2014 and 2015 UCI World Tours, and the road race in the 2018 World Championships. Overall, Valverde has 133 professional wins. Prior to his Worlds win, he already held the record for most medals won at World Championships – he twice collected the silver medal in the World Championships, in 2003 and 2005, as well as the bronze four times in 2006, 2012, 2013 and 2014. As of 2022, Valverde has entered thirty-one grand tours, finished twenty-six of them and p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tanel Kangert
Tanel Kangert (born 11 March 1987) is an Estonian former road bicycle racer, who competed as a professional from 2008 to 2022. Early life Kangert was born in Vändra, Estonia. He attended kindergarten alongside fellow Estonian cyclist Rein Taaramäe. Career Kangert signed his first professional contract with in 2008, after riding with the team as a stagiaire in the 2007 season. In the same year, he finished first in the Estonian National Time Trial Championships. However during 2008 he also suffered from severe pain in both of his knees, requiring surgery to allow them to move more naturally. This forced him to race as an amateur during the 2010 season. In 2011, Kangert signed for the Kazakh team . In 2012, he won the final stage of the Tour de Suisse, beating Jérémy Roy in a sprint after the pair had attacked from a breakaway group earlier in the race. In the same year, he also won the Estonian National Road Race Championships. Kangert was one of Vincenzo Nibali's main do ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2014 In Spanish Road Cycling
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Luis Ángel Maté
Luis Ángel Maté Mardones (born 23 March 1984) is a Spanish professional road and gravel cyclist, who rides for UCI ProTeam . Born in Marbella, Maté has competed as a professional since 2008, competing for and prior to moving to for the 2011 season. After ten seasons with , Maté signed an initial two-year contract with , from the 2021 season. He extended his stay with the team into 2023, winning a stage at the Volta a Portugal. Major results Source: ;2005 : 1st Stage 5a Circuito Montañés ;2007 : 1st Stage 5 Circuito Montañés ;2009 : 5th Prueba Villafranca de Ordizia : 9th Gran Premio Industria e Commercio Artigianato Carnaghese ;2010 : 1st Stage 6 Tour de San Luis : 7th Gran Premio Città di Camaiore : 9th Trofeo Melinda ;2011 : 1st Stage 4 Route du Sud ;2012 : Vuelta a Andalucía ::1st Mountains classification ::1st Sprints classification ;2013 : 5th Vuelta a Murcia ;2014 : 2nd Grand Prix de Plumelec-Morbihan : 4th Vuelta a Murcia : 8th Clásica de Almería : 10th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Michele Scarponi
, birth_date = , birth_place = Jesi, Marche, Italy , death_date = , death_place = Filottrano, Marche, Italy , height = , weight = , discipline = Road , role = Climbing specialistDomestique , amateuryears1= 1988–1997 , amateurteam1= Pieralisi , amateuryears2= 1998–2000 , amateurteam2= , amateuryears3= 2001 , amateurteam3= Site–Frezza , proyears1 = 2002 , proteam1 = , proyears2 = 2003–2004 , proteam2 = Domina Vacanze–Elitron , proyears3 = 2005–2006 , proteam3 = , proyears4 = 2007 , proteam4 = , proyears5 = 2008–2010 , proteam5 = , proyears6 = 2011–2013 , proteam6 = , proyears7 = 2014–2017 , proteam7 = , majorwins = Grand Tours : Giro d'Italia ::General classification ( 2011) ::Points classification ( 2011) ::3 individual stages ( 2009, 2010) Stage races :Tirreno–Adriatico ( 2009) :Volta a Catalunya ( 2011) : Giro del Trentino ( 2011) Michele Scarponi (25 Septembe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Daniel Navarro
Daniel Navarro García (born 18 July 1983) is a Spanish professional road bicycle racer, who currently rides for UCI ProTeam . Career Navarro was born in Salamanca. Having been one of Alberto Contador's domestiques for most of his career, he left at the end of the 2012 season, and joined on a two-year contract from the 2013 season onwards. In 2013, Navarro won the Vuelta a Murcia. He later had his first top ten grand tour finish, finishing 9th overall in the 2013 Tour de France. He had to abandon the 2014 Tour de France due to some intense stomach pain. At the 2014 Vuelta a España, he obtained the biggest victory of his career on Stage 13, a medium-mountain stage. He went on to finish 10th overall that year. In August 2018, after six years away from the World Tour, announced that they had signed Navarro on a two-year deal from 2019, with a role as a climbing domestique for Ilnur Zakarin as well as having the opportunity to ride for himself on occasions. folded at the end ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thomas Degand
Thomas Degand (born 13 May 1986) is a Belgian racing cyclist, who most recently rode for UCI ProTeam . He rode at the 2014 UCI Road World Championships, and was named in the start list for the 2015 Vuelta a España but he withdrew from the race after a crash. After spending the 2015 season riding for , in September 2015 it was announced that he would return to his previous team on an initial two-year contract from 2016. In June 2017, he was named in the startlist for the Tour de France. Major results ;2008 : 3rd Grand Prix Criquielion : 4th Flèche Ardennaise ;2009 : 2nd Grand Prix Criquielion : 8th Flèche Ardennaise : 10th Paris–Mantes-en-Yvelines ;2010 : 1st Circuit de Wallonie : 1st Flèche Ardennaise : 7th Overall Rhône-Alpes Isère Tour : 7th Omloop Het Nieuwsblad Beloften : 9th Overall Ronde de l'Oise ;2011 : 3rd Overall Paris–Corrèze : 5th Overall Tour du Limousin : 5th Overall Tour of South Africa : 6th Overall Tour de Wallonie : 7th Overall Route du Sud ;2014 : ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bauke Mollema
, birth_date = , birth_place = Groningen, Netherlands , height = , weight = , currentteam = , discipline = Road , role = Rider , ridertype = All-rounder , amateuryears1 = 2004–2006 , amateurteam1 = Noordelijke Wielervereniging , amateuryears2 = 2006 , amateurteam2 = ''(stagiaire)'' , amateuryears3 = 2007 , amateurteam3 = , proyears1 = 2008–2014 , proteam1 = , proyears2 = 2015– , proteam2 = , majorwins = Grand Tours :Tour de France ::2 individual stages (2017, 2021) :Vuelta a España ::Points classification (2011) ::1 individual stage (2013) One-day races and Classics : National Time Trial Championships (2022) :Giro di Lombardia (2019) :Clásica de San Sebastián (2016) :Trofeo Laigueglia (2021) :Gran Premio Bruno Beghelli (2018) :Japan Cup (2015, 2019) , medaltemplates = , show-medals = no Bauke Mollema (; born 26 November 1986) is a Dutch professional cyclist, who currently r ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ion Izagirre
Ion Izagirre Insausti (born 4 February 1989) is a Spanish professional road bicycle racer and cyclo-cross rider from the Basque Country, who currently rides for UCI WorldTeam . He is sometimes referred to as Jon Izagirre, to retain the correct pronunciation under Castilian orthography. Career Born in Ormaiztegi in the Basque Country, Izagirre comes from a family of professional cyclists, as both his father José Ramón and brother Gorka have competed professionally on the roads and in cyclo-cross. Having joined the team – alongside brother Gorka – from the 2011 season onwards, Izagirre won his first professional races in the spring of 2012; he won the individual time trial at the Vuelta a Asturias in April, before taking a victory during his Grand Tour début at the Giro d'Italia. During the sixteenth stage, Izagirre made a solo breakaway with remaining, before winning the stage by sixteen seconds from his nearest competitor. Following the collapse of the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Richie Porte
Richard Julian Porte (born 30 January 1985) is an Australian professional Road bicycle racing, road bicycle racer who currently rides for UCI WorldTeam . His successes include wins at 8 UCI World Tour, World Tour stage races: Paris–Nice in 2013 Paris–Nice, 2013 and 2015 Paris–Nice, 2015, the Volta a Catalunya in 2015 Volta a Catalunya, 2015, the Tour de Romandie in 2017 Tour de Romandie, 2017, the Tour Down Under in 2017 Tour Down Under, 2017 and 2020 Tour Down Under, 2020, the Tour de Suisse in 2018 Tour de Suisse, 2018 and the Critérium du Dauphiné in 2021 Critérium du Dauphiné, 2021. In Grand Tour (cycling), Grand Tours, he won the Young rider classification in the Giro d'Italia, young rider classification at the 2010 Giro d'Italia, his first year at UCI ProTour level, and finished on the podium of the 2020 Tour de France, but was also frequently hit by illnesses and injuries. Personal life Porte was born in Launceston, Tasmania in 1985. He was educated at St Patric ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fuengirola
Fuengirola (), in ancient times known as Suel and then Suhayl, is a large town and municipality on the Costa del Sol in the province of Málaga in the autonomous community of Andalusia in southern Spain. It is located on the central coast of the province and integrated into the region of the Costa del Sol and the Commonwealth of Municipalities of the Costa del Sol Occidental. It is a major tourist resort, with more than 8 km (5 miles) of beaches and a medieval Moorish fortress. In common with much of this coast, it has been the subject of considerable urban development. The area has a subtropical Mediterranean climate, with annual average temperatures of 18 °C (65 °F) and average summer temperatures of over 30 °C (86 °F). History The town has its origins in Phoenician, Roman, and Arab civilisations. The foothills of the mountain range behind the town to the south are the site of Sohail Castle, which contains remains of an early Phoenician settlement ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Almería
Almería (, , ) is a city and municipality of Spain, located in Andalusia. It is the capital of the province of the same name. It lies on southeastern Iberia on the Mediterranean Sea. Caliph Abd al-Rahman III founded the city in 955. The city grew wealthy during the Islamic era, becoming a world city throughout the 11th and 12th centuries. It enjoyed an active port that traded silk, oil and raisins. Etymology The name "Almería" comes from the city's former Arabic name, ''Madīnat al-Mariyya'', meaning "city of the watchtower". As the settlement was originally port or coastal suburb of Pechina, it was initially known as ''Mariyyat al-Bajjāna'' (''Bajjāna'' being the Arabic name for Pechina). History The origin of Almería is connected to the 9th-century establishment of the so-called Republic of Pechina (Bajjana) some kilometres to the north, which was for a time autonomous from the Cordobese central authority: the settlement of current-day Almería initially developed as ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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