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Col De La Croix De Chaubouret
The Col de la Croix de Chaubouret (elevation ) is a mountain pass in France, located in the Pilat massif in the Loire. It is between Graix and Le Bessat. Details of the Climb Starting from Bourg-Argental (south), the Col de la Croix de Chaubouret is 13.90 km long. Over this distance, the climb has an elevation gain of 656 m (an average of 4.72%). The steepest section is 8.5%. Starting from Saint Chamond (north), the Col de la Croix de Chaubouret is 15.80 km long. Over this distance, the climb has an elevation gain of 839 m (an average of 5.31%). The steepest section is 7.8%. Starting from Saint-Étienne (west), the Col de la Croix de Chaubouret is 16 km long. Over this distance, the climb has an elevation gain of 611 m (an average of 3.82%). The steepest section is 7.2%. Tour de France The climb has been used in the Tour de France The Tour de France () is an annual men's multiple-stage bicycle race primarily held in France, while also occasionally passin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mountain Pass
A mountain pass is a navigable route through a mountain range or over a ridge. Since many of the world's mountain ranges have presented formidable barriers to travel, passes have played a key role in trade, war, and both Human migration, human and animal migration throughout history. At lower elevations it may be called a hill pass. A mountain pass is typically formed between two volcanic peaks or created by erosion from water or wind. Overview Mountain passes make use of a gap (landform), gap, saddle (landform), saddle, col or notch (landform), notch. A topographic saddle is analogous to the mathematical concept of a saddle surface, with a saddle point marking the highest point between two valleys and the lowest point along a ridge. On a topographic map, passes are characterized by contour lines with an hourglass shape, which indicates a low spot between two higher points. In the high mountains, a difference of between the summit and the mountain is defined as a mountain pas ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1995 Tour De France
The 1995 Tour de France was the 82nd Tour de France, taking place from 1 to 23 July. It was Miguel Indurain's fifth and final victory in the Tour. On the fifteenth stage Italian rider Fabio Casartelli died after an accident on the Col de Portet d'Aspet. The points classification was won by Laurent Jalabert, while Richard Virenque won the mountains classification. Marco Pantani won the young rider classification, and ONCE won the team classification. Lance Armstrong's best finish in the Tour de France went down to his 36th-place finish in 1995, after his results from 1 August 1998 onward, including his seven Tour victories, were stripped on 24 August 2012. Teams There were 21 teams in the 1995 Tour de France, each composed of 9 cyclists. The teams were selected in two rounds. In May 1995, the first fifteen teams were announced. In June, five wildcards were announced. Shortly before the start, Le Groupement folded because their team leader Luc Leblanc was injured, and because ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1985 Tour De France
The 1985 Tour de France was the 72nd edition of the Tour de France, one of Cycle sport, cycling's Grand Tour (cycling), Grand Tours. It took place between 28 June and 21 July 1985. The course ran over and consisted of a individual time trial, prologue and 22 stages. The race was won by Bernard Hinault (riding for the team), who equalled the record by Jacques Anquetil and Eddy Merckx of five overall victories. Second was Hinault's teammate Greg LeMond, ahead of Stephen Roche (). Hinault won the race leader's yellow jersey on the first day, in the opening prologue time trial, but lost the lead to Eric Vanderaerden () after stage 1 because of time bonuses. Hinault's teammate Kim Andersen (cyclist), Kim Andersen then took over the yellow jersey following a successful breakaway on stage 4. Hinault regained the race lead after winning the time trial on stage 8, establishing a significant lead over his rivals. However, a crash on stage 14 into Saint-Étienne broke Hinault's nose, with ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Julián Gorospe
Julián Gorospe Artabe (born 22 March 1960 in Mañaria) is a Spanish former professional road racing cyclist, who rode professionally between 1982 and 1994, entirely for the team. Gorospe also worked as the directeur sportif of between 1998 and 2006. Major results ;1977 : 1st Road race, National Junior Road Championships ;1981 : 1st Memorial Valenciaga : 1st Volta da Ascension ;1983 : 1st Overall Tour of the Basque Country : 1st Trofeo Masferrer ;1984 : 1st Overall Vuelta a Andalucía : 6th Overall Vuelta a España ::1st Stages 14 & 18b ;1985 : 1st Gran Premio de Llodio : 1st Legazpia ;1986 : 1st Stage 19 Tour de France ;1987 : 1st Fuenlabrada : 1st Klasika Primavera ;1990 : 1st Overall Tour of the Basque Country ;1991 : 1st Virgen de Doleta ;1992 : 1st Trofeo Comunidad Foral de Navarra ;1993 : 1st Overall Volta a la Comunitat Valenciana : 1st Overall Vuelta a Andalucía The Vuelta a Andalucía (Tour of Andalusia) or Ruta del Sol (Route of the Sun) is a regional Spanish ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1986 Tour De France, Stage 12 To Stage 23
The 1986 Tour de France was the 73rd edition of Tour de France, one of cycling's Grand Tours. The Tour began in Boulogne-Billancourt with a prologue individual time trial on 4 July and Stage 12 occurred on 15 July with a mountainous stage from Bayonne. The race finished on the Champs-Élysées in Paris on 27 July. Stage 12 15 July 1986 — Bayonne to Pau, This mountainous stage departed from Bayonne heading south through Villefranque and then south-east to Hasparren. With the race turning south to the Category 4 ''Côte de Mendionde'' and then south-east to the Category 4 ''Côte d'Hélette'', the riders gently descended south through Irissarry and west to Ossès. The race then headed south to Saint-Jean-Pied-de-Port and turned east to Saint-Jean-le-Vieux. Continuing south-east through Ahaxe and Mendive, over the Category 1 to , and then east over the Category 2 to , the riders partially descended to the brief ascent of the Category 3 ''Côte de Larrau'' at . After fully ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1986 Tour De France
The 1986 Tour de France was a cycling race held in France, from 4 July to 27 July. It was the 73rd running of the Tour de France. Greg LeMond of won the race, ahead of his teammate Bernard Hinault. It was the first ever victory for a rider outside of Europe. Five-time Tour winner Hinault, who had won the year before with LeMond supporting him, had publicly pledged to ride in support of LeMond in 1986. Several attacks during the race cast doubt on the sincerity of his promise, leading to a rift between the two riders and the entire La Vie Claire team, which reached its climax on the summit of Alp d'Huez late in the race. The 1986 Tour de France is widely considered to be one of the most memorable in the history of the sport due to the battle between LeMond and Hinault. Thierry Marie () took the first race leader's yellow jersey after winning the prologue time trial. The lead then moved to Alex Stieda () after stage 1, only for Marie to recapture the lead after his team won the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Greg LeMond
Gregory James LeMond (born June 26, 1961) is an American former professional road racing cyclist, entrepreneur, and anti-doping advocate. A two-time winner of the Road Race World Championship (1983 and 1989) and a three-time winner of the Tour de France (1986, 1989, and 1990). LeMond is the only American male to win the Tour de France and is considered by many to be the greatest American cyclist of all time, one of the great all-round cyclists of the modern era, and an icon of the sport's globalisation. LeMond began his professional cycling career in 1981. In 1983, he became the first American male cyclist to win the Road World Championship. LeMond won the Tour de France in 1986; he is the first non-European professional cyclist to win the men's Tour. He was accidentally shot with pellets and seriously injured while hunting in 1987. Following the shooting, he underwent two surgeries and missed the next two Tours. At the 1989 Tour, he completed an improbable comeback to win in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Villard-de-Lans
Villard-de-Lans (; oc, Lo Vilar de Lanç) is a Communes of France, commune in the Isère Departments of France, department of the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes Regions of France, region in southeastern France. The town is also situated in the Vercors Massif. It was the administrative centre of the eponymous canton until the 2015 French departmental elections, departmental elections of 2015. After the elections, Villard-de-Lans and the communes of its former canton were all incorporated into the new canton of Fontaine-Vercors. The town remains the seat of the Community of Communes in the Vercors Massif (CCMV). The town is a centre for skiing in winter, as well as hiking and hot air ballooning during the other seasons. It is also the town with the largest amount of available lodging in the entire Vercors Regional Natural Park. Population History Starting in 1906, the town of Villard-de-Lans was recognized as a ski resort. More facilities were built during the 1920s that allowed the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1990 Tour De France, Stage 11 To Stage 21
The 1990 Tour de France was the 77th edition of Tour de France, one of cycling's Grand Tours. The Tour began in Futuroscope with a prologue individual time trial on 30 June and Stage 10 occurred on 10 July with a mountain stage to Saint-Gervais-les-Bains, Saint-Gervais. The race finished on the Champs-Élysées in Paris on 22 July. Stage 11 11 July 1990 — Saint-Gervais-les-Bains, Saint-Gervais to Alpe d'Huez, Stage 12 12 July 1990 — Fontaine, Isère, Fontaine to Villard-de-Lans, (individual time trial) Stage 13 14 July 1990 — Villard-de-Lans to Saint-Étienne, Stage 14 15 July 1990 — Le Puy-en-Velay to Millau, Stage 15 16 July 1990 — Millau to Revel, Haute-Garonne, Revel, Stage 16 17 July 1990 — Blagnac to Luz Ardiden, Stage 17 18 July 1990 — Lourdes to Pau, Pyrénées-Atlantiques, Pau, Stage 18 19 July 1990 — Pau, Pyrénées-Atlantiques, Pau to Bordeaux, Stage 19 20 July 1990 — Castillon-la-Bataille to Limoges, Stage 20 21 Ju ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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