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2016 Vuelta A Castilla Y León
The 2016 Vuelta a Castilla y León was the 31st edition of the Vuelta a Castilla y León cycle race and was held on 15 April to 17 April 2016. The race started in Alcañices and finished at the Alto de la Plataforma. The race was won by Alejandro Valverde. General classification References Vuelta a Castilla y León The Vuelta Ciclista a Castilla y León is a professional road bicycle stage race held in Castile and León, Spain. Since 2005, Vuelta a Castilla y León has been a part of the UCI Europe Tour The UCI Continental Circuits are a series of road bicyc ... Vuelta a Castilla y León by year 2016 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 placed i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
David Arroyo
David Arroyo Durán (born 7 January 1980) is a Spanish cyclist, who currently competes in mountain biking for the Primaflor–Mondraker–XSauce team. He is also a former professional road bicycle racer, who rode professionally between 2001 and 2018 for the , , , and teams. Career Arroyo was born in Talavera de la Reina, Province of Toledo. Illes Balears–Banesto, later Movistar Team (2005–2012) He was also one of the best climbers on the , Arroyo's team from 2005 to 2012, along with team leader Alejandro Valverde. After Valverde crashed in the first week of the 2006 Tour de France, Arroyo was made team leader, until Óscar Pereiro claimed the leader's yellow jersey. Arroyo then helped to protect Pereiro in the mountain climbs and ensure his overall victory. Arroyo's biggest win to that point was Stage 19 of the 2008 Vuelta a España. Prior to that, his only victories came at the 2004 Volta a Portugal, where he won two stages, the mountains classification and the young ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2016 In Spanish Road Cycling
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Linus Gerdemann
Linus Gerdemann (born 16 September 1982) is a German former professional road bicycle racer, who won a stage in the 2007 Tour de France and led the general classification for two days, wearing the yellow jersey. After failing to find a contract for 2013, Gerdemann joined for the 2014 season. In 2015 he rode for Danish professional continental team Cult Energy-Vital Water. Early 2017, Gerdemann announced his retirement. Career After riding on amateur teams Team Winfix and Team AKUD Arnolds Sicherheit, in 2005 he became a professional rider for after a recommendation from Dennis Kraft, signing on for a 2-year contract. In his first year as a pro, he won the 7th stage of the UCI ProTour race Tour de Suisse and had the leader's jersey in Four Days of Dunkirk. In late 2005 he agreed to a contract with rival UCI ProTour , starting from 2006. This got Team CSC owner Bjarne Riis to release Gerdemann from his contract at the end of 2005. On Saturday 14 July 2007 he secured his ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Carlos Betancur
Carlos Alberto Betancur Gómez (born 13 October 1989) is a Colombian road racing cyclist, who most recently rode for Colombian amateur team . Career In 2010 he won the Girobio stage race; the amateur version of the Giro d'Italia; and in 2011 he won his first professional race at the Giro dell'Emilia. Betancur had been scheduled to join the team in 2012, but remained with . Betancur left at the end of the 2012 season, and joined on a two-year contract from the 2013 season onwards. Ag2r–La Mondiale (2013–15) He started his 2013 season with a seventh-place finish at the 2013 Tour of the Basque Country, Tour of the Basque Country, including a second place on stage 3. He went on to light up the Ardennes Classics, coming 3rd at 2013 La Flèche Wallonne, La Flèche Wallonne after an early attack with just over to go and scoring a 4th place in 2013 Liège–Bastogne–Liège, Liège–Bastogne–Liège, where it was his attack which created the final select group of six who c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Garikoitz Bravo
Garikoitz Bravo Oiarbide (born 31 July 1989 in Lazkao) is a Spanish cyclist, who currently rides for UCI ProTeam . In August 2018, he was named in the startlist for the Vuelta a España. Major results ;2008 : 1st Stage 1 Bizkaiko Bira ;2009 : 1st Time trial, Basque Country Under-23 Road Championships : 2nd Time trial, National Under-23 Road Championships ;2011 : 1st Mountains classification Tour de l'Avenir ;2012 : 9th Vuelta a La Rioja ;2013 : 10th Overall Tour of Beijing ;2014 : 8th Overall Volta ao Alentejo ;2015 : 1st Mountains classification Vuelta a Castilla y León : 5th Overall Vuelta a Asturias : 8th Overall Tour du Gévaudan Languedoc-Roussillon : 8th Prueba Villafranca de Ordizia ;2016 : 4th Overall Vuelta a Asturias : 4th Overall Vuelta a la Comunidad de Madrid : 8th Overall Vuelta a Castilla y León : 8th Prueba Villafranca de Ordizia : 10th Vuelta a La Rioja ;2017 : 5th Overall Vuelta a la Comunidad de Madrid : 8th Klasika Primavera : 9th Overall Volta ao Alente ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rafael Reis
Rafael Ferreira Reis (born 15 July 1992 in Setúbal) is a Portuguese cyclist, who currently rides for UCI Continental team . He was named in the startlist for the 2017 Vuelta a España. Major results ;2009 : 1st Time trial, National Junior Road Championships ;2010 : Youth Olympic Games ::1st Time trial ::2nd Road race : National Junior Road Championships ::1st Time trial ::1st Road race : UEC European Junior Road Championships ::3rd Road race ::6th Time trial : 5th Overall Trofeo Karlsberg : UCI Juniors Road World Championships ::6th Time trial ::7th Road race : 9th Overall Course de la Paix Juniors ::1st Stage 3 ( ITT) : 9th Paris–Roubaix Juniors ;2011 : 2nd Time trial, National Under-23 Road Championships : 7th Overall Volta ao Alentejo ;2013 : 1st Time trial, National Under-23 Road Championships ;2014 : 1st Time trial, National Under-23 Road Championships : 4th Time trial, UCI Under-23 Road World Championships ;2015 : 4th Time trial, National Road Championship ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Winner Anacona
Winner Andrew Anacona Gomez (born 11 August 1988) is a Colombian professional road cyclist, who currently rides for UCI ProTeam . Career Lampre–ISD (2012–14) He impressed the team managers after getting second place of the 2011 Girobio, a smaller version of the Giro d'Italia for younger riders. The team signed him for 2012 and 2013. In December 2012, Anacona was injured in a training crash, after he collided with a dog. He suffered a broken peroneal malleolus and dislocated his ankle bone. In the mountainous 2014 Tour of Utah, Anacona helped his leader Chris Horner obtain the second place of the race, taking the third step of the podium himself. On the mountaintop finish of Stage 9 of the 2014 Vuelta a España, Anacona almost took the leader's jersey by soloing to the line for the stage victory. He attacked from a breakaway of 31 riders and missed the top spot in the overall classification by a mere 9 seconds. Movistar Team (2015–19) In 2015, Anacona went to on an init ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jaime Rosón
Jaime Rosón García (born 13 January 1993 in Madrid) is a Spanish road cyclist, suspended from the sport following an adverse analytical finding in his biological passport. He was named in the startlist for the 2016 Vuelta a España. Career achievements Major results ;2015 : 1st Road race, National Under-23 Road Championships ;2016 : 5th Overall Vuelta a Castilla y León : 9th Overall Tour of Turkey ::1st Stage 6 : Combativity award Stage 17 Vuelta a España ;2017 : 2nd Overall Tour of Croatia ::1st Mountains classification ::1st Stage 5 : 2nd Overall Vuelta a Castilla y León : 3rd Overall Settimana Internazionale Coppi e Bartali : 5th Overall Vuelta a Burgos ;2018 : 1st Overall Vuelta a Aragón : 4th Overall Vuelta Ciclista Comunidad de Madrid ::1st Mountains classification : 6th Overall Volta ao Algarve : 8th Overall Tirreno–Adriatico Tirreno–Adriatico, nicknamed the "Race of the Two Seas", is an elite road cycling stage race in Italy, run between the Tyrrhen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Candelario
Candelario is a municipality located in the province of Salamanca Salamanca () is a province of western Spain, in the western part of the autonomous community of Castile and León (Castilla y León). It is bordered by the provinces of Zamora, Valladolid, Ávila, and Cáceres, and on the west by Portugal. It has ..., Castile and León, Spain. Notable people from Candelario * Francisco Sánchez-Bayo (scientist) See also * Canchal de la Ceja References Municipalities in the Province of Salamanca {{Salamanca-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pello Bilbao
Pello Bilbao López de Armentia (born 25 February 1990) is a Spanish cyclist, who currently rides for UCI WorldTeam . Career Caja Rural–Seguros RGA (2014–16) Bilbao joined for the 2014 season, after his previous team – – folded at the end of the 2013 season. In 2015, Bilbao won the sixth stage of the Tour of Turkey, concluding his effort atop a steep climb. Astana (2017–2019) He was named in the start list for the 2017 Giro d'Italia. He finished 10th overall in the Tour de Suisse, which was his first top 10 in a general classification in a major stage race. Bilbao finished 7th overall at the 2018 Volta a la Comunitat Valenciana. Months later he finished 8th overall at the Tour of the Basque Country. He won stage 1 of the Tour of the Alps, therefore riding stage 2 in the leader's jersey. He continued his great form at the Giro d'Italia, supporting Miguel Ángel López, and finishing 6th overall. Weeks later Bilbao won stage 6 of the Critérium du Dauphin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alcañices
Alcañices ( pt, Alcanizes) is a small town in the province of Zamora, Spain. It is very close to the Portugal-Spain border, not far from the Portuguese town of Bragança. In fact, the Village is especially remembered for being the seat of the Treaty of Alcañices that on 12 September 1297 defined the border between Portugal and the Crown of Castile, the oldest in Europe. Its name is of Arabic origin and means "the churches", although the origin of the town may have been a hillfort of the Zoelae. During the Visigoths Enlisted as a free territory until in 586 King Liuvigild assigned it the Pagus Alistii to the Archbishop of Braga, which in 675 the Archbishop of Santiago de Compostela claimed as his own for not agreeing with the award. In the Reconquest, Alfonso IX of León gave it to the Order of the Temple in 1175 for its repopulation, which in 1210 built a castle and 1255 erected a Commandery.''Castillos de España'', (volumen II). VV.AA.. Editorial Everest, S.A.. León, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
