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2015 Volta Ao Algarve
The 2015 Volta ao Algarve was the 41st running of the Volta ao Algarve road cycling race, road cycling stage race. It was rated as a 2.1 event on the 2015 UCI Europe Tour, UCI Europe Tour and took place from 18 to 22 February 2015 in the Algarve region of Portugal. The race consisted of five stages, including one summit finish (at Alto do Malhão) and one Individual time trial. The defending champion was Michał Kwiatkowski of , who won two stages of the 2014 Volta ao Algarve. The 2015 race was won by Geraint Thomas of . He took the lead with victory in a solo breakaway on stage 2, then defended his lead with third place in the time trial and fourth place on the summit finish. He ended the race 27 seconds ahead of Kwiatkowski, with Tiago Machado () in third place. Thomas also won the points classification; his teammate Richie Porte won the summit finish and also the mountains classification. In the other classifications, the young riders competition was won by Davide Formolo (), M ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2014 Volta Ao Algarve
The 2014 Volta ao Algarve was the 40th edition of the Volta ao Algarve cycling stage race. It was rated as a 2.1 event on the UCI Europe Tour, and was held from 19 to 23 February 2014, in Portugal. The race was won by rider Michał Kwiatkowski – taking the first stage race win of his career – after taking the race lead with a solo stage victory on the second stage; he further extended his lead in the following day's individual time trial, before holding his lead to the end of the race. Kwiatkowski's winning margin over runner-up Alberto Contador of was 19 seconds, and world champion Rui Costa () completed the podium, 13 seconds down on Contador and 32 seconds in arrears of Kwiatkowski. Contador won the queen stage of the race on the penultimate day, to the Alto do Malhão, while Costa finished second on three stages, and finished as the best-placed Portuguese rider. Portuguese cyclists were prominent in the race's other classifications. Costa's consistent finishing ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lagoa, Algarve
Lagoa () is a city and municipality in the district of Faro, in the Portuguese region of Algarve. The population of the municipality in 2011 was 22,975, in an area of 88.25 km². Its urban population, in the city of Lagoa proper, is 6,100 inhabitants. An important travel destination, its coast has won numerous accolades. Marinha Beach was considered by the Michelin Guide as one of the 10 most beautiful beaches in Europe and as one of the 100 most beautiful beaches in the world. History According to some historical sources, the earliest settlement in the area occurred along the edges of small lakes or marshes ( pt, lagoa), which were drained in order to create a fertile land. There are many pre-historic vestiges of the early settlements, including menhirs (standing stones), funerary necropoles and artifacts that date a human presence to remote history. After the Celtiberian era, including the age of Cynete presence and domination, followed by the arrival of the Roman Empir ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Joni Brandão
Joni Silva Brandão (born 20 November 1989) is a Portuguese cyclist who most recently rode for UCI Continental team . On 2 May 2023, he received a six-year ban by UCI for doping. Major results Source: ;2008 : 1st Stage 5 Tour of Galicia ;2010 : 3rd Road race, National Under-23 Road Championships ;2011 : 1st Overall Volta a Portugal do Futuro ::1st Stage 1 ;2013 : 1st Road race, National Road Championships : 6th Overall Tour d'Azerbaïdjan ;2014 : 4th Overall Volta a Portugal : National Road Championships ::5th Road race ::5th Time trial : 8th Klasika Primavera ;2015 : 2nd Road race, National Road Championships : 2nd Overall Volta a Portugal : 8th Overall Vuelta a la Comunidad de Madrid ;2016 : 1st Overall Volta Internacional Cova da Beira ::1st Stage 3 : 3rd Overall Vuelta a Castilla y León : 5th Overall Volta a Portugal ::1st Mountains classification : 6th Road race, National Road Championships ;2017 : 6th Clássica Aldeias do Xisto : 7th Clássica da Arrábida ; ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mario González (cyclist)
Mario González Salas (born 6 June 1992) is a Spanish cyclist, who last rode for UCI Professional Continental team . Career He won the third and final stage of the 2018 Volta Internacional Cova da Beira. The stage was shortened due to weather conditions. He also won the mountain classification for the event. Major results ;2010 : 1st Time trial, National Junior Road Championships : 9th Time trial, UCI Juniors Road World Championships ;2011 : 1st Time trial, National Under-23 Road Championships ;2013 : National Under-23 Road Championships ::1st Road race ::3rd Time trial ;2015 : 8th Korona Kocich Gór : 10th Overall Volta ao Alentejo ;2017 : 10th Clássica da Arrábida ;2018 : Volta Internacional Cova da Beira ::1st Mountains classification ::1st Stage 3 : 2nd Overall GP Nacional 2 de Portugal : Mediterranean Games ::5th Road race ::7th Time trial : 6th Overall Vuelta a Castilla y León ;2019 : 8th Overall Volta ao Alentejo The Volta ao Alentejo ( Portuguese; en, Tour ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cycling Weekly
''Cycling Weekly'' is a British cycling magazine. It is published by Future and is devoted to the sport and pastime of cycling. It used to be affectionately referred to by British club cyclists as "The Comic".Matt Seaton: The Meeting of Minds Guardian, 23 November 2006. History ''Cycling Weekly'' was first published by Edmund Dangerfield as ''Cycling'' on 24 January 1891. It briefly became ''Cycling and Moting'' in the 19th century when car-driving – "moting" – looked like it would replace cycling. Falling sales during the editorship of H.H. (Harry) England, who took what was considered to be a traditional view of cycling and opposed the reintroduction o ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
André Greipel
André Greipel (born 16 July 1982) is a German former professional road bicycle racer, who rode professionally between 2002 and 2021. Since his retirement, Greipel now works as a directeur sportif for UCI Continental team . Born in Rostock, East Germany, Greipel competed as a pure sprinter and took 158 wins during his professional career. His major successes included 22 stage victories at Grand Tours: 11 at the Tour de France, 4 at the Vuelta a España, and 7 at the Giro d'Italia. Greipel also won the points classification in the 2009 Vuelta a España. He also prevailed in the classic Paris–Bourges and won the overall classification of the Australian race Tour Down Under twice, in 2008 and 2010. Professional career T Mobile Team (2006–2010) The 2008 Tour Down Under was to be a revelation for Greipel. He won the overall classification by a narrow margin of 7 seconds on the local Allan Davis of Team UniSA–Australia. He also earned the points classification thanks to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vilamoura
Vilamoura is a coastal resort in the Loulé municipality in Algarve, Portugal. It is one of the three corners of Algarve's Golden Triangle. Vilamoura comprises one of the largest single tourist complexes in Europe and with about 2,000 hectares of land. The nearest airport is in Faro. The area previously hosted the annual Almond Blossom Cross Country competition between 1996 and 2003, and the same course was selected as the venue for the 2000 IAAF World Cross Country Championships. History The resort developed around a small harbour, flanked by sandy beaches and close to the Roman ruins of Cerro da Vila. In Roman times this location was important in producing a fish paste known as "garum". The ruins also include the baths in which the mariners used to bathe. The resort was founded by Portuguese banker Cupertino de Miranda who, with the resort's management company Lusotur (now Lusort) started initial planning and building in 1966. In 1996 Vilamoura (i.e. Lusotur) was acquired ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Almodôvar
Almodôvar ( or ; ar, المدوّر, al-Mudawwar, the Round one) is a town and a municipality in the District of Beja, Portugal. The population in 2011 was 7,449, in an area of 777.88 km2. The present Mayor is António Bota, a member of the Socialist Party. The town's Museum of Southwestern Writing is featured on episode 1 of the three part documentary ''The Celts: Blood, Iron and Sacrifice'', which was broadcast by the BBC in 2015, and hosted by Alice Roberts and Neil Oliver, featuring stone tables containing what some archeologists believe to be a proto-Celtic language. Parishes The municipality is subdivided into the following parishes: * Aldeia dos Fernandes * Almodôvar e Graça dos Padrões * Santa Clara-a-Nova e Gomes Aires * Rosário * Santa Cruz * São Barnabé History The village of Almodôvar is signaled in medieval Islamic cartography under the name ''al-Mudawwar'' meaning "thing in round" or "surrounded in round". The settlement was rebuilt at the ti ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Loulé
Loulé () is a city and municipality in the region of Algarve, district of Faro, Portugal. In 2011, the population of the entire municipality was 70,622 inhabitants, in an area of approximately . The municipality has two principal cities: Loulé and Quarteira. History Human presence in the territory of Loulé remotes to the Later Paleolithic. The growth of the settlement of Loulé likely stemmed from the late Neolithic, when small bands began rotating agricultural crops and herds around numerous subterranean cavities in its proximity (specifically around Goldra, Esparguina and Matos da Nora). Within the following millennium, the settlements began to grow and intensify with spread of Mediterranean cultures, that progressively penetrated the southwestern part of the peninsula. This culminated in the arrival of the Phoenicians and Carthaginians, who founded the first trading posts along the maritime coast, increasing fishing, prospecting for minerals and commercial activities. Afte ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tavira
Tavira () is a Portuguese town and municipality, capital of the ''Costa do Acantilado'', situated in the east of the Algarve on the south coast of Portugal. It is east of Faro and west of Huelva across the river Guadiana into Spain. The Gilão River meets the Atlantic Ocean in Tavira. The population in 2011 was 26,167, in an area of 606.97 km². Tavira is the Portuguese representative community for the inscription of the Mediterranean Diet as a Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity of UNESCO. History Bronze Age to the Roman Empire Tavira's origins date back to the late Bronze Age (1.000-800 BC). In the 8th century BC it became one of the first Phoenician settlements in the Iberian West. The Phoenicians created a colonial urban center here with massive walls, at least two temples, two harbours and a regular urban structure which lasted until the end of 6th century BC, when it was destroyed by conflict. It is thought its original name was Baal Saphon, named after ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tony Martin (cyclist)
Tony Hans-Joachim Martin (born 23 April 1985) is a German former professional road bicycle racer. Martin was known as a time trial specialist, and is a four-time world champion in the discipline – having won the title in 2011, 2012, 2013 and 2016 – which is joint-most with Fabian Cancellara. He also won a silver medal at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, finishing runner-up to Bradley Wiggins in the event. Martin was also part of four world championship-winning team time trial squads, with /, in 2012, 2013 and 2016, and with Germany in the mixed relay time-trial in 2021. Martin won seven Grand Tour stages, including five individual time trial stages – three at the Tour de France in 2011, 2013 and 2014, and two at the Vuelta a España in 2011 and in 2014. In the mid-part of his career Martin was a successful stage racer, winning the Eneco Tour (2010), Paris–Nice (2011) and the first two editions of the Tour of Beijing in 2011 and 2012. In the latter part of his career ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Time Trial
In many racing sports, an athlete (or occasionally a team of athletes) will compete in a time trial against the clock to secure the fastest time. The format of a time trial can vary, but usually follow a format where each athlete or team sets off at a predetermined interval to set the fastest time on a course. Variation in sports Cycling In cycling, for example, a time trial (TT) can be a single track cycling event, or an individual or team time trial on the road, and either or both of the latter may form components of multi-day stage races. In contrast to other types of races, athletes race alone since they are sent out in intervals (interval starts), as opposed to a mass start. Time trialist will often seek to maintain marginal aerodynamic gains as the races are often won or lost by a couple of seconds. Skiing In cross-country skiing and biathlon competitions, skiers are sent out in 30 to 60 second intervals. Rowing In rowing, time trial races, where the boats ar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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