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2017 Giro D'Italia
The 2017 Giro d'Italia was the 100th edition of the Giro d'Italia, one of cycling's Grand Tour races. The race started on 5 May in Alghero on the island of Sardinia, and ended on 28 May in Milan. The race was won by Tom Dumoulin, who became the first Dutch male winner of the Giro. Teams All 18 UCI WorldTeams were automatically invited and were obliged to attend the race. Four wildcard UCI Professional Continental teams were also selected. Each team is expected to start with nine riders apart from , with eight riders, due to the death of 2011 winner Michele Scarponi, who died while training days before the start of the race. The teams entering the race were: Pre-race favorites The main pre-race favorites were Nairo Quintana () and Vincenzo Nibali (). Other general classification contenders were Geraint Thomas and Mikel Landa (), Steven Kruijswijk (), Thibaut Pinot (), Tom Dumoulin (), Adam Yates (), Bauke Mollema (), Ilnur Zakarin (), Tejay van Garderen (), Bob Jungels () ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2017 UCI World Tour
The 2017 UCI World Tour was a competition that included thirty-seven road bicycle racing, road cycling events throughout the 2017 in men's road cycling, 2017 men's cycling season. It was the ninth edition of the ranking system launched by the Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI) in 2009. The competition started with the opening stage of the 2017 Tour Down Under, Tour Down Under on 17 January and concluded with the final stage of the 2017 Tour of Guangxi, Tour of Guangxi on 24 October. Slovakia's Peter Sagan was the defending champion. The 2017 edition featured ten new events. Sagan was unable to defend his World Tour title, winning just one race overall at the 2017 Grand Prix Cycliste de Québec, Grand Prix Cycliste de Québec in September, as he finished fourth in the points rankings; he finished one point behind third-placed Tom Dumoulin. The rankings were topped for the first time by Belgian rider Greg Van Avermaet, riding for the , who amassed 3,582 points with the newly-enlar ... [...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] |
Giacomo Nizzolo
Giacomo Nizzolo (born 30 January 1989) is an Italian racing cyclist, who currently rides for UCI WorldTeam . Career Leopard Trek (2011–18) Nizzolo took his first win at UCI World Tour level in August 2012, on stage 5 of the Eneco Tour. He launched his sprint away from the finish, and was almost passed on the line by Jürgen Roelandts (), who thought he had won, but the photo-finish would prove that Nizzolo was the victor. He won the Points classification in the Giro d'Italia two years in a row in 2015 and 2016 without a stage win. In 2018 Nizzolo was named as a rider in the Vuelta a España, he finished on the podium on 3 different stages. Dimension Data (2019–21) Nizzolo signed a two-year contract with on 21 September 2018; this marked the first time Nizzolo had changed teams in his professional career. In July 2019, he was named in the startlist for the Tour de France. In 2020, Nizzolo won both the Italian National Road Race Championships and the road race at the UEC Eu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sacha Modolo
Sacha Modolo (born 19 June 1987) is an Italian road racing cyclist, who currently rides for UCI ProTeam . Career Colnago-CSF (2010–2013) In the spring of 2010, he sprinted his way to fourth place in the cycling monument Milan – San Remo, registering a prestigious placing.Freire gives Oscar-winning performance in Milan – San Remo ''cyclingnews.com'', 20 Mar 2010. Retrieved 12 April 2010. He followed the near-wins of 2010 with victories in 2011, seemingly akin to winning stages in pair in races such as the , the |
Jasper Stuyven
Jasper Stuyven (born 17 April 1992) is a Belgian professional racing cyclist, who currently rides for UCI WorldTeam . Career Juniors Born in Leuven, Stuyven had a successful career as a junior rider. In 2009, at age 17, he won the UCI Junior World Road Race Championships. 2010 brought Stuyven more successes when he won one day races Paris-Roubaix Juniors and Remouchamps–Ferrières–Remouchamps. Early years He began his professional career at age 20 for ; he earned four victories with the team, including the Volta ao Alentejo. Trek Factory Racing (2014–present) 2014 Stuyven joined UCI WorldTeam in 2014 at the age of 22. During this season, he rode in his first grand tour, the Vuelta a España. In this race, he earned fourth place in three stages and finished ninth in the points classification. 2015 2015 brought Stuyven his biggest victory yet, when he won stage 8 of the Vuelta a España in a reduced bunch sprint. Stuyven had been involved in a crash earlier in the stage ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Caleb Ewan
Caleb Ewan (born 11 July 1994) is an Australian road and track bicycle racer who rides for UCI WorldTeam . A sprinter, Ewan has a style similar to that of Mark Cavendish, taking an extremely low position that offers him an aerodynamic advantage. Biography Caleb Ewan was born in New South Wales to a Korean mother and Australian father. At the age of eight he started bicycle racing, inspired by his father, who was also a competitive cyclist. He started competitive cycling at the age of ten. In 2010 he became the Junior National Road Race Champion. The next year he won multiple disciplines at the Junior National Track Championships and he became World Champion omnium at the Junior Track World Championships. In 2013 Ewan started racing for Jayco-AIS World Tour Academy. That year he won the first stage as well as the general classification of the Mitchelton Wines Bay Cycling Classic. He also won the La Côte Picarde instalment of the UCI Nations Cup U23, the Gran Premio Palio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Domenico Pozzovivo
Domenico Pozzovivo (born 30 November 1982) is an Italian professional road racing cyclist, who currently rides for UCI WorldTeam . His very small stature confer him with the qualities of a pure climbing specialist. He is most known for a victory in stage 8 of the 2012 Giro d'Italia, an overall victory in the 2012 Giro del Trentino, and is notable for his educational attainments. Personal life Pozzovivo has a degree in economics and wrote a thesis entitled "Southern politics from the unity of Italy up to the present day". His educational attainments have earned him the nickname "Dr. Pozzovivo" in the peloton. He stated that his fields of interest outside cycling are history, technology, economics, politics and weather forecasts. He also speaks French fluently and stated that a jump into politics would interest him after his cycling career. Career In 2008, Pozzovivo finished on the third step of the podium of the Giro del Trentino, which had a race categorization of 2.1. The f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tejay Van Garderen
Tejay van Garderen (born August 12, 1988) is an American former professional road racing cyclist, who rode professionally between 2008 and 2021 for the , , and . Following his retirement as a cyclist, van Garderen became a directeur sportif for UCI WorldTeam . Early life Van Garderen was born in Tacoma, Washington, but spent most of his childhood in Bozeman, Montana. His father is Dutch, and he speaks the Dutch language quite well. He began riding at 10, and by 14, he nearly beat two hours at the Mount Evans Hill Climb, a climb gaining nearly . He won 10 junior national titles on the roads and in cyclo-cross. Two of his early teams were the Team Rio Grande Racing developmental squad (2004–2005; Fort Collins, Colorado) and Team 5280 Magazine developmental squad (2005–2006, once part of ; Boulder, Colorado). Career Under-23 years (2007–2009) Van Garderen's first big senior race was at age 18 in the 2007 Tour of California as a part of the national team. He pulled out on ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ilnur Zakarin
Ilnur Azatovich Zakarin (russian: Ильнур Азатович Закарин; born 15 September 1989) is a Russian racing cyclist, who rides for UCI ProTeam . Career Early career and doping ban In 2007, as a 17-year-old, he won the juniors time trial at the European Road Championships. In July 2009, the Russian cycling federation announced that Zakarin had been banned for two years after he had tested positive for the anabolic steroid metandienone. He came back from his ban in 2011 and in 2012 he got a contract with continental team . In the fall of 2012 he rode as a stagiaire with , but he was not picked up by the team and instead he got a contract with professional continental team , whom he rode for in 2013 and 2014. Team Katusha (2015–19) In September 2014 announced that they had signed Zakarin on an initial two-year deal from 2015. 2015 season In April, he finished ninth overall at the Tour of the Basque Country. At the beginning of May, Zakarin took a prestigious vi ... [...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] |
Adam Yates (cyclist)
Adam Richard Yates (born 7 August 1992) is a British road and track racing cyclist who currently rides for . He placed fourth overall at the 2016 Tour de France and became the first British rider to win the young rider classification, one year ahead of his twin brother Simon. Early life and amateur career Adam and Simon took up cycling after their father John was injured in a collision with a car while riding – during his recovery he took the twins to Manchester Velodrome to track sessions run by his cycling club, Bury Clarion, to keep in touch with the other members. Both brothers soon started riding on the road for Bury Clarion and on the track for Eastlands Velo. Whilst Simon was selected for the British Cycling Olympic Academy programme, Adam pursued his road racing career in France with financial help from the Dave Rayner Fund. Yates finished second by just 55 seconds to Spanish rider Rubén Fernández in the general classification of the 2013 Tour de l'Avenir whi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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