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2015 Omloop Het Nieuwsblad – Women's Race
The 2015 Omloop Het Nieuwsblad – Women's race was raced on 28 February 2015. It was the 10th women's edition of the Omloop Het Nieuwsblad. The race started and finished in Ghent, Belgium, totaling in the province of East Flanders. Dutch rider Anna van der Breggen won in a two-up sprint with Ellen van Dijk. Teams 25 teams were confirmed for the race giving 200 riders in total. UCI Women's Teams * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * National teams * United States Domestic teams * *Isorex *Keukens Redant *Napoleon Ladies *Sprinters Malderen Race After the first hour where the bunch remained together, there were several attacks with dominating the race. With to go Ellen van Dijk escaped from a front group of 15 riders on the ''Molenberg'' with Anna van der Breggen the only one who could follow her. The duo extended their advantage over the cobbled sections that followed, holding off the chase group to the line, where van Dijk lost the two-up sprint. Behind them ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ellen Van Dijk
Eleonora Maria "Ellen" van Dijk (; born 11 February 1987) is a Dutch professional road racing cyclist, who currently rides for UCI Women's WorldTeam . Besides road cycling she was also a track cyclist until 2012. Van Dijk is known as a time trial specialist and is five times world champion. She won her first world title on the track in the scratch race in 2008. She became Road World Champion in 2012, 2013 and 2016 with her respective trade teams in the team time trial and in 2013 also in the individual time trial. In 2015, she won the time trial at the first European Games and the silver medal in the team time trial at the world championships. Van Dijk started as a speed skater and as part of her skating training she undertook cycling as part of cross-training in summer. She excelled at both, competing nationally at junior level. After becoming a national cycling champion for the fifth time in 2007, she quit speed skating and became a full-time cyclist. Along with her world ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chantal Van Den Broek-Blaak
Chantal van den Broek-Blaak (née Blaak; born 22 October 1989) is a Dutch road racing cyclist, who currently rides for UCI Women's WorldTeam . In 2017 she became world road race champion in Bergen, Norway. Career Junior career Van den Broek-Blaak was the Dutch national junior time trial champion in 2006 and 2007. She was European under-23 road race champion in 2009 and was also third in the Ronde van Drenthe race of the UCI Women's Road World Cup in that year. Professional career Van den Broek-Blaak began her professional career in 2008 with the Dutch and remained with them until they disbanded at the end of 2012, after which she raced for the US team for a year. In 2014, she joined and won her first UCI Women's Road World Cup race, the Open de Suède Vårgårda. She transferred to the team for 2015, along with sponsors Specialized Bicycle Components and lululemon Athletica and teammate Evelyn Stevens. She won the 2015 Le Samyn des Dames. 2016 was her most succ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Omloop Het Nieuwsblad – Women's Race
Omloop is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: * Geert Omloop (born 1974), Belgian road racing cyclist * Laura Omloop (born 1999), Belgian pop singer * Wim Omloop Wim Omloop (born 5 October 1971) is a Belgian former cyclist. He competed in the individual road race at the 1992 Summer Olympics The 1992 Summer Olympics ( es, Juegos Olímpicos de Verano de 1992, ca, Jocs Olímpics d'estiu de 1992), of ... (born 1971), Belgian cyclist See also * {{surname Surnames of Belgian origin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Roxane Knetemann
Roxane Knetemann (born 1 April 1987 in Alkmaar) is a Dutch former professional racing cyclist, who rode professionally between 2006 and 2019 for the , Vrienden van het Platteland, , , and teams. Her father was famous cyclist Gerrie Knetemann. Major results ;2004 : 2nd Time trial, National Junior Road Championships : UCI Junior Road World Championships ::5th Road race ::6th Time trial ;2005 : National Track Championships ::3rd Scratch ::3rd Individual pursuit ::3rd Points race ;2006 : 9th Overall Novilon Damesronde van Drenthe ;2007 : 4th Omloop van Borsele ;2009 : National Track Championships ::1st Points race ::2nd Madison (with Amy Pieters) ;2010 : National Track Championships ::1st Madison (with Amy Pieters) ::2nd Scratch ;2011 : National Track Championships ::3rd Scratch ::3rd Points race ;2012 : National Track Championships ::1st Madison (with Marianne Vos) ::1st Points race : 9th Overall Ster Zeeuwsche Eilanden : 10th 7-Dorpenomloop Aalburg ;2013 : 2nd T ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Trixi Worrack
Beatrix "Trixi" Worrack (born 28 September 1981) is a German former professional road racing cyclist, who rode professionally between 2000 and 2021. The winner of the 2003 German National Road Race Championships, Worrack's career highlights included winning the 2005 Primavera Rosa (the women's Milan–San Remo), capturing the overall title at the 2004 Tour de l'Aude Cycliste Féminin and competing in the women's road race at five Summer Olympic Games between 2004 and 2020. Prior to announcing her retirement in 2021, Worrack took a total of 47 wins during her career, including the general classification at the Tour of California (women's race), Tour of California, and the Tour of Qatar, stages of the Giro d'Italia Femminile and the Holland Ladies Tour, and she also placed second in the 2004 Tour of Flanders for Women, inaugural Tour of Flanders for Women in 2004. In addition she was part of five UCI Road World Championships – Women's team time trial, women's team time trial wo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Christine Majerus
Christine Majerus (born 25 February 1987) is a Luxembourgish professional road bicycle racing, road and cyclo-cross cyclist, who currently rides for UCI Women's Team, UCI Women's WorldTeam . She won the 2013 Sparkassen Giro Bochum one-day road race and the general classification of the 2019 Holland Ladies Tour. Majerus is one of the most dominant cyclists to come out of Luxembourg and is a 41-time national champion, holding 16 time trial titles, 12 cyclo-cross titles and 13 road race titles. She was named Luxembourgish Sportspeople of the Year, Luxembourgish Sportswoman of the Year in 2013 and in every ceremony from 2015 to 2021. Career Majerus began her sporting career in athletics and was the Luxembourg champion at the 400 metres, 400 and 800 metres several times before switching to cycling following a foot injury. She raced for the small UCI Women's team ESGL 93-GSD Gestion from 2008 to 2012, before transferring to for one year in 2013. She joined in 2014 and has remained ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Amy Pieters
Amy Pieters (born 1 June 1991) is a Dutch professional road and track cyclist, who is contracted to ride for UCI Women's WorldTeam . She was a member of the Dutch team that finished sixth at the 2012 Summer Olympics in the team pursuit (together with Ellen van Dijk, Kirsten Wild and Vera Koedooder). On 23 December 2021, Pieters was placed in an induced coma and underwent emergency surgery to relieve pressure on her brain caused by a fall that day during a training ride near Alicante with the Dutch national track team. After being repatriated to the Netherlands the following month, Pieters had regained consciousness in April but, due to the brain injury suffered, doctors were unsure of her "residual symptoms and remaining abilities". In October 2022, Pieters was able to take her first steps since the fall, at a neuro-rehabilitation centre in Woerden. Personal life Pieters is the daughter of former professional Peter Pieters, the niece of Sjaak Pieters and the sister of Roy ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Elena Cecchini
Elena Cecchini (born 25 May 1992) is an Italian racing cyclist, who currently rides for UCI Women's WorldTeam . She competed in the 2013 UCI women's team time trial in Florence. Career In 2013 and 2014, she rode for the team. In November 2015 she was announced as part of the team's inaugural squad for the 2016 season. She remained with the team until the end of the 2020 season; in August 2020, she signed a two-year contract with the team, from the 2021 season. Personal life Cecchini is engaged to fellow cyclist Elia Viviani. Cecchini is an athlete of Gruppo Sportivo Fiamme Azzurre. Major results Track ;2009 : 2nd Points race, UCI Juniors Track World Championships ;2010 : UEC European Junior Track Championships ::1st Points race ::2nd Team pursuit : 3rd Scratch, UCI Junior Track Cycling World Championships ;2011 : National Track Championships ::2nd Team sprint ::3rd Keirin ::3rd Scratch ;2012 : 2nd Points race, UEC European Under-23 Track Championships : 3rd T ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tiffany Cromwell
Tiffany Jane Cromwell (born 6 July 1988) is an Australian road and gravel cyclist, who currently rides for UCI Women's WorldTeam . Career Road Junior career Starting in 2002, after being identified by the South Australian sports institute talent identification program, Cromwell began her cycling career. Cycling was not the first sport Cromwell picked up, having done ballet, running, triathlons and basketball beforehand, the last of which she had family ties to. Despite an interest in pursuing basketball as a career before cycling, Cromwell admits her height 'always let erdown'. Initially, Cromwell disliked cycling, citing that she was 'Tiny and one of the worst in ergroup' on the track, but soon discovered her love for the sport when she placed third in her first road race in the state championships. After several podiums in junior Oceania games, one of Cromwell's first international wins came in 2008 at the Sea Otter Classic in California, having made a solo attack ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gent - Omloop Het Nieuwsblad, 28 Februari 2015 (C3)
Gent is a shortened form of the word gentleman. It may also refer to: * Ghent (Dutch: Gent), a Belgian city ** K.A.A. Gent, a football club from Ghent ** K.R.C. Gent, a football club from Ghent ** Gent RFC, a rugby club in Ghent ** .gent, a GeoTLD (top-level domain) for the city of Ghent * Gent (hyperelastic model), rubber elasticity model * Gent Cakaj (born 1990), Albanian politician * Gent Strazimiri (born 1972), Albanian politician and former Deputy Minister of Interior Affairs * Gent (surname) * ''Gent'' (magazine), a defunct pornographic magazine * Honeywell Gent, a brand of fire alarm systems previously known as Gents' of Leicester See also *Gents (other) *Van Gent (other) *Gente (other) *Ghent (other) *Gentleman (other) *Gentlewoman (other) * *Lady (other) A lady is a term for a woman, the counterpart of "lord" or "gentleman". Lady or Ladies may also refer to: People * First Lady, wife of a head of s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anna Van Der Breggen
Anna van der Breggen (born 18 April 1990) is a Dutch former professional road bicycle racer, who rode professionally between 2009 and 2021 for Team Flexpoint, , and . She won the gold medal in the women's road race at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, and has won the Giro d'Italia Femminile on four occasions. In 2018 and 2020, she won the women's road race at the UCI Road World Championships. Considered one of the most versatile riders of her generation, van der Breggen excelled in both the one-day classics and stage races, particularly when run on a hilly terrain. Apart from the Olympic road race title and three Giro Rosa titles, other notable wins include La Flèche Wallonne on seven consecutive occasions, Liège–Bastogne–Liège two times, the Tour of Flanders, Amstel Gold Race, Strade Bianche, Omloop Het Nieuwsblad and the European Road Race Championships. In addition, she has won the general classification and numerous stages in smaller stage races. In ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
USA Cycling
USA Cycling or USAC, based in Colorado Springs, Colorado, is the national governing body for bicycle racing in the United States. It covers the disciplines of road, track, mountain bike, cyclo-cross, and BMX across all ages and ability levels. In 2015, USAC had a membership of 61,631 individual members. USA Cycling is associated with the UCI (Union Cycliste Internationale), which governs international cycling, and the United States Olympic Committee (USOC). The organization is also a member of the continental body Confederacion Panamericana de Ciclismo (COPACI). USA Cycling also organizes the USA Cycling Pro Road Tour, the top road cycling series for men and women in the United States. History The Amateur Bicycle League of America was organized in 1920 and incorporated in New York in 1921. In 1975, the name was changed to the United States Cycling Federation. In 1995, USA Cycling, Inc. was incorporated in Colorado, and in 1995, the two corporations merged, with USA Cycli ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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