Criterium D'Abruzzo
The Criterium d'Abruzzo was a single-day road cycling Road cycling is the most widespread form of cycling in which cyclists ride on paved roadways. It includes recreational, racing, commuting, and utility cycling. As users of the road, road cyclists are generally expected to obey the same laws as ... held annually in the region of Abruzzo. First held in 1993, it has not been contested since 2004, despite having been scheduled for the 2005 UCI Europe Tour. Winners References Cycle races in Italy Recurring sporting events established in 1993 Recurring sporting events disestablished in 2004 1993 establishments in Italy Defunct cycling races in Italy {{Italy-cycling-race-stub ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Abruzzo
Abruzzo (, , ; nap, label=Neapolitan language, Abruzzese Neapolitan, Abbrùzze , ''Abbrìzze'' or ''Abbrèzze'' ; nap, label=Sabino dialect, Aquilano, Abbrùzzu; #History, historically Abruzzi) is a Regions of Italy, region of Southern Italy with an area of 10,763 square km (4,156 sq mi) and a population of 1.3 million. It is divided into four provinces: Province of L'Aquila, L'Aquila, Province of Teramo, Teramo, Province of Pescara, Pescara, and Province of Chieti, Chieti. Its western border lies east of Rome. Abruzzo borders the region of Marche to the north, Lazio to the west and north-west, Molise to the south and the Adriatic Sea to the east. Geographically, Abruzzo is divided into a mountainous area in the west, which includes the highest massifs of the Apennines, such as the Gran Sasso d'Italia and the Maiella, and a coastal area in the east with beaches on the Adriatic Sea. Abruzzo is considered a region of Southern Italy in terms of its culture, language, history, ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Francesco Casagrande
Francesco Casagrande (born 14 September 1970 in Florence) is an Italian former professional road racing cyclist. Casagrande was a professional cyclist between 1992 and 2005. Biography He was a proven performer in the Grand Tours and the major one-day races. He wore the leader's jersey into the penultimate stage of the 2000 Giro d'Italia, but faltered badly and wound up 2nd to fellow Italian Stefano Garzelli. Casagrande did, however, win the mountains classification, wearing the corresponding green jersey on the podium. In major one-day races, he has won the Clásica de San Sebastián in 1998 and 1999, followed by the 2000 editions of the La Flèche Wallonne and Subida a Urkiola. Also in 1999, he placed 4th in the World Cycling Championships Road Race behind Óscar Freire, Markus Zberg, and Jean-Cyril Robin. In his early career, Casagrande won the 1996 Tirreno–Adriatico and Tour of the Basque Country — both one-week stage races. In 1998, Casagrande tested positive fo ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Daniele Bennati
Daniele Bennati (born 24 September 1980) is an Italian former road racing cyclist, who rode professionally between 2002 and 2019 for the , , , , , , and squads. Specialising in fast sprint finishes, Bennati turned professional in 2002, when he joined the team and wore zebra stripes as part of Mario Cipollini's leadout train. Upon joining the team in 2005, he demonstrated the ability to win on his own, and continued to do so when he joined in 2008. Bennati has won 11 stages in Grand Tours: two in the Tour de France, three in the Giro d'Italia, and six in the Vuelta a España. He won the points jersey in the 2007 Vuelta a España, and the Giro d'Italia. He retired at the end of the 2019 season, citing back pain. Biography Early days Bennati was born in Arezzo, Tuscany, into a family of cyclists. His father did well as an amateur, and his brother raced as a junior. Bennati entered and won his first race at the age of 9. As an amateur he raced in the Grassi Mapei team, a ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Salvatore Commesso
Salvatore Commesso (born March 28, 1975) is an Italian professional road bicycle racer who most recently rode for UCI Professional Continental team Preti Mangimi. He was born in Torre del Greco, Campania, and turned professional in 1998. That year he came in third in the Grand Prix Suisse and the Giro del Capo. He won the Italian National Championships and Stage 13 of the 1999 Tour de France in 1999. Commesso won Stage 18 of the 2000 Tour de France and won the points competition in the Volta a Portugal in 2001. In 2002, he again won the Italian Championship, as well as the Trofeo Matteotti and the Criterium d'Abruzzo. He rode for the team from 1998 to 2004. In 2005, the team merged with Lampre, with whom he came in second in the Giro del Veneto. He rode for Lampre in the 2006 Tour de France and came in second in Stage 14. Major results ;1998 – Turned professional. : 3rd, Grand Prix Suisse : 3rd, Giro del Capo ;1999 – Saeco : 1st, Stage 13 – Tour de Fra ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Saša Sviben
Saša Sviben (born 10 January 1973) is a Slovenian former road cyclist, who competed as a professional from 1998 to 2003. Major results ;1997 : National Road Championships ::1st Road race ::1st Time trial : 3rd Overall Tour de Pologne ;1998 : 1st GP Puch Ptuj : 8th Overall Tour de Slovénie : 8th Overall Tour de Normandie ;1999 : 2nd Time trial, National Road Championships : 5th Overall GP Kranj ;2000 : 2nd Raiffeisen Grand Prix : 2nd GP Krka : 2nd Völkermarkter Radsporttage ;2001 : 1st Kettler Classic-Südkärnten : 1st Giro del Medio Brenta : National Road Championships ::2nd Time trial ::4th Road race : 3rd Overall Sachsen-Tour : 3rd Criterium d'Abruzzo : 3rd Lavanttaler Radsporttage : 5th Overall UNIQA Classic : 5th Trophy Riviera II ;2002 : 1st Rund um die Hainleite : 2nd Road race, National Road Championships : 8th Ronde van Drenthe Ronde van Drenthe ( en, Tour of Drenthe) is an elite men's and women's professional road bicycle racing event held annually in ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Ruggero Marzoli
Ruggero Marzoli (born 2 April 1976, in Spoltore) is an Italian professional road bicycle racer. After a previous four-month ban in 1999, Marzoli was banned for six months in 2008, after being considered guilty for the attempted use of prohibited substances in relation to the Oil for Drugs case. CONI had appealed for Marzoli to be banned for life, because it was a second offence. Major achievements ;2002 :1st, Stage 4, Giro della Provincia di Lucca :1st, Stage 4, Settimana internazionale di Coppi e Bartali ;2003 :1st, Stage 4, Giro d'Abruzzo :3rd, Overall, Tirreno–Adriatico ::1st, Stage 5 :1st, Stage 4, Tour de Pologne ;2004 :1st, Stage 2, Giro d'Abruzzo :1st, Stage 5, Settimana internazionale di Coppi e Bartali The Settimana Internazionale di Coppi e Bartali ( en, International Week of Coppi and Bartali), also known as Coppi e Bartali, is an Italian cycle road race. It is run typically in late March over five days in the Emilia-Romagna region of Ital ... ;2005 :1st, ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Milan Kadlec
Milan Kadlec (born 13 October 1974 in Uherské Hradiště, Czechoslovakia) is a Czech former racing cyclist, who competed both on the road and the track. In 2010, he won the bronze medal in the UCI Track Cycling World Championships points race. Major results ;1998 : 1st Stage 1 Ytong Bohemia Tour : 2nd Road race, National Road Championships ;1999 : 1st Overall Giro della Valle d'Aosta : 1st Giro d'Oro : 1st GP Capodarco : 1st Stage 4 Ytong Bohemia Tour : National Road Championships ::2nd Road race ::2nd Time trial ;2000 : 1st Stage 1 Ytong Bohemia Tour : 3rd Time trial, National Road Championships ;2001 : 1st Criterium d'Abruzzo : 1st Prologue Ytong Bohemia Tour : 2nd Overall Brixia Tour : 3rd Points race, UCI Track Cycling World Cup Classics, Szczecin ;2002 : 1st Overall Ytong Bohemia Tour ;2004 : 3rd Overall Ytong Bohemia Tour : 7th Trofeo Matteotti ;2005 : 3rd Time trial, National Road Championships ;2006 : 2nd Time trial, National Road Championships ;2007 : 1st Point ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Sandro Giacomelli
Sandro is an Italian, Portuguese, Spanish, Swiss, Georgian and Croatian given name, often a diminutive of Alessandro or Alexander. It is also a surname. Sandro may refer to: Given name or nickname Sports * Sandro (footballer, born 1973), Brazilian footballer Sandro Chaves de Assis Rosa *Sandro (footballer, born 1974), Brazilian footballer Carlos Alejandro Sierra Fumero *Sandro (footballer, born 1980), Brazilian footballer Sandro Cardoso dos Santos * Sandro (footballer, born 1981), Brazilian footballer Alexsandro Oliveira Duarte *Sandro (footballer, born March 1983), Brazilian footballer Sandro Luiz da Silva *Sandro (footballer, born October 1983), Brazilian footballer Sandro da Silva Mendonça *Sandro (footballer, born 1986), Brazilian footballer Sandro José Ferreira da Silva *Sandro (footballer, born February 1987), Brazilian footballer Sandro Costa da Silva *Sandro (footballer, born March 1987), Brazilian footballer Alessandro Ferreira Leonardo * Sandro (footballer, born 198 ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Alberto Loddo
Alberto Loddo (born 5 January 1979, in Cagliari) is an Italian former professional road bicycle racer. Palmares ;2001 :1st Trofeo Franco Balestra :1st Gran Premio della Liberazione ;2002 :1st Stage 4 Tour of Qatar ;2003 :1st Overall Tour of Qatar ::1st Points classification ::1st Young rider classification ::1st Stage 1 :1st Stage 2 Volta ao Algarve ;2004 :4th Wachovia Classic ;2006 :Vuelta Ciclista Por Un Chile Lider ::1st Points classification ::1st Stages 4, 7, 8a & 10 :Circuit Cycliste de la Sarthe ::1st Points classification ::1st Stage 3 :1st Stage 4 Vuelta al Táchira ;2007 :2007 Tour de Langkawi, Tour de Langkawi ::1st Points classification ::1st Stages 1, 4, 5, 6 & 10 :1st Stage 1 2007 Vuelta al Táchira, Vuelta al Táchira :1st Stage 1 Vuelta Ciclista a la Rioja :1st Stage 2 Vuelta a Asturias ;2008 :1st Stage 5 2008 Tour de Langkawi, Tour de Langkawi :1st Stage 1 Settimana Ciclista Lombarda (Team time trial, TTT) :8th Overall 2008 Tour of Qatar, Tour of Qatar ::1st ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Massimo Apollonio
Massimo Apollonio (born 31 March 1970 in Casorate Primo) is a former Italian racing cyclist. Major results ;1995 :1st Stage 6 Giro della Valle d'Aosta :2nd Giro del Canavese ;1999 :1st Coppa Agostoni ;2000 :1st Criterium d'Abruzzo ;2001 :1st Stage 4 Vuelta a Burgos Vuelta Ciclista a Burgos is an elite professional road bicycle racing event held annually in the Burgos province of Spain. The men's Vuelta a Burgos has been a multi-day stage race as part of the UCI Europe Tour since 2005. In 2019, a multi-day wo ... Grand Tour general classification results timeline References 1970 births Living people Italian male cyclists Cyclists from the Province of Pavia {{Italy-cycling-bio-1970s-stub ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Luca Mazzanti
Luca Mazzanti (born 4 February 1974 in Bologna) is an Italian former professional road bicycle racer, who competed as a professional between 1997 and 2013. Mazzanti participated in thirteen Giro d'Italias between 1997 and 2012, while his highest place finish (20th) was achieved in 2006. Mazzanti retired at the end of the 2013 season. Palmares ;1997 :4th, GP Industria & Artigianato di Larciano :9th, Giro di Toscana ;1998 :1st, Grand Prix de Fourmies :2nd, Gran Premio Bruno Beghelli :3rd, GP Industria & Artigianato di Larciano :7th, Gran Premio di Chiasso :8th, Coppa Placci ;1999 :4th, Trofeo Pantalica :9th, Giro del Friuli :9th, Giro del Lazio :9th, Trofeo Laigueglia :10th, Giro della Romagna ;2000 :3rd, Trofeo Matteotti :9th, Trofeo Laigueglia ;2001 :Ster Elektrotoer ::1st, Stage 3 ::1st, Points Classification :2nd, Trofeo Matteotti ;2002 :6th, Trofeo Matteotti :6th, GP Industria & Artigianato di Larciano :8th, Giro del Friuli :9th, Giro del Lazio :9th, Trofeo Pantalica :9th, ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Gianmario Ortenzi
Gianmario Ortenzi (born 23 June 1976) is an Italian former racing cyclist. Professional from 1998 to 2002, his biggest result was winning the bronze medal in the under-23 time trial at the 1998 UCI Road World Championships. He also rode in the 2001 Vuelta a España and the 2002 Giro d'Italia. Major results ;1997 : 1st Time trial, National Under-23 Road Championships : 2nd GP Palio del Recioto : 3rd Overall Giro delle Regioni ::1st Stage 3 ;1998 : 1st Overall Giro delle Regioni : 3rd Time trial, UCI Under-23 Road World Championships ;1999 : 2nd Overall Settimana Internazionale Coppi e Bartali : 2nd Firenze–Pistoia : 2nd Criterium d'Abruzzo : 3rd GP d'Europe : 6th Giro di Romagna : 7th Gran Premio Bruno Beghelli : 8th Trofeo Melinda Trofeo Melinda was a single-day road bicycle race held annually in Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol, Italy. After 2005, the race was organised as a 1.1 event on the UCI Europe Tour. It was created after the disappearance of Giro dell'Umbria, ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |