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Cycling At The 2006 Commonwealth Games – Men's Road Race
The men's road race took place at 26 March 2006 on a route through the Royal Botanic Gardens. The race length was 166 km. Results The notation "s.t." indicates that the rider crossed the finish line in the same group as the one receiving the time above him, and was therefore credited with the same finishing time. Did Not Finish ---- ; *Danny Lloyd Laud * Charles Bryan *Kris Pradel *Ronnie Bryan ; * Ben Day * Aaron Kemps * Peter Dawson ; * Robert Frances Marsh *Ken Manassah Jackson * Lynn Byron Murray ; * Barron Musgrove * Jonathan David Massie ; * Jason Perryman * Philip Clarke ; * Gregory Lovell * Ian Smith * Mateo Cruz * Roger Troyer ; * Geri Bryan Mewett ; * Damien Tekou Foukou * Sadrac Teguimaha * Flaubert Douanla * Martinien Tega * Pascal Bouba ; * Geoff Kabush * Francois Parisien ; * Duke Perrigoff Merren ; * Ian Stannard * Chris Newton * Robin Sharman * Paul Manning ; * Tobyn Scott Horton * Robert James Smart ; * Jude Nathaniel Bentley * Warren Christ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Royal Botanic Gardens, Melbourne
Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria are botanic gardens across two sites–Melbourne and Cranbourne. Melbourne Gardens was founded in 1846 when land was reserved on the south side of the Yarra River for a new botanic garden. It extends across that slope to the river with trees, garden beds, lakes and lawns. It displays almost 50,000 individual plants representing 8,500 different species. These are displayed in 30 living plant collections. Cranbourne Gardens was established in 1970 when land was acquired by the Gardens on Melbourne's south-eastern urban fringe for the purpose of establishing a garden dedicated to Australian plants. A generally wild site that is significant for biodiversity conservation, it opened to the public in 1989. On the site, visitors can explore native bushland, heathlands, wetlands and woodlands. One of the features of Cranbourne is the Australian Garden, which celebrates Australian landscapes and flora through the display of approximately 170,000 plan ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dan Craven
Dan Craven (born 1 February 1983) is a Namibian racing cyclist, who last rode for Namibian amateur team NCCS Cycling Team. He is the grandson of Danie Craven, the South African rugby union icon. Craven started cycling seriously when he studied at Stellenbosch University. After graduating with a degree in Politics, Philosophy and Economics he moved to Switzerland in 2005 in order to pursue a cycling career. A strong time trialist, Craven was a runner up in the 2006 African Championships, and boasts a 7th place in the time trial at the 2007 B World Championships in Cape Town. Craven joined the team for the 2009 season. Craven was the 2008 African Road Race champion, having taken the crown in Casablanca in November just two days after he had picked up a Bronze in the African Time Trial Championships. He joined for the 2012 season. He spent 2013 riding for before joining the German-based squad for 2014. In May 2014 it was announced that Craven had been signed to UCI World ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alex Coutts
Alex Coutts (born 25 September 1983) is a Scottish former professional road cyclist. Major results ;2000 : 1st Overall Junior Tour of Wales ::1st Stage 3 ;2001 : 1st Overall Junior Tour of Wales ::1st Stages 1 & 2 : 1st Stage 1 (ITT) Junior Tour of Ireland ;2005 : 2nd Road race, National Under-23 Road Championships : 9th Overall Tour de Serbie ;2007 : 8th Grand Prix Cristal Energie : 9th Overall Tour de Serbie ;2008 : 1st Overall Tour of Thailand The Tour of Thailand, officially the Princess Maha Chakri Sirindhon's Cup Tour of Thailand is an annual professional road bicycle racing stage race held in Thailand. It was classified by the International Cycling Union as a 2.2 category race as ... ;2009 : 10th Overall Tour de Taiwan ;2010 : 7th Overall Tour of Singkarak ;2011 : 7th Overall Le Tour de Filipinas References External links * Living people 1983 births Scottish male cyclists Sportspeople from Midlothian Cyclists at the 2006 Commonwealth Games Commonwea ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Arno Viljoen
The Arno is a river in the Tuscany region of Italy. It is the most important river of central Italy after the Tiber. Source and route The river originates on Monte Falterona in the Casentino area of the Apennines, and initially takes a southward curve. The river turns to the west near Arezzo passing through Florence, Empoli and Pisa, flowing into the Tyrrhenian Sea at Marina di Pisa. With a length of , it is the largest river in the region. It has many tributaries: Sieve at long, Bisenzio at , Ombrone Pistoiese at , and the Era, Elsa, Pesa, and Pescia. The drainage basin amounts to more than and drains the waters of the following subbasins: *The Casentino, in the province of Arezzo, formed by the upper course of the river until its confluence with the Maestro della Chiana channel. *The Val di Chiana, a plain drained in the 18th century, which until then had been a marshy area tributary of the Tiber. *The upper Valdarno, a long valley bordered on the east ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ryan Connor (cyclist)
Ryan Connor is a fictional character from the British ITV soap opera ''Coronation Street''. He first appeared on-screen during the episode broadcast on 30 August 2006. The character was initially portrayed by actor Ben Thompson from his introduction until 8 October 2010, when the character was written out of the serial. Ryan was created by series producer Steve Frost as part of the Connor family. The character was reintroduced in 2012, with the role recast to actor Sol Heras. Heras quit the role in July 2013 and Ryan departed on 2 October 2013. Ryan's return was confirmed in February 2018 and he returned on 23 May 2018, with Ryan Prescott recast in the role. It was confirmed that Ryan would leave the soap in late 2023. Ryan’s departure aired on 20 December 2023. Ryan returned on 1 March 2024. Ryan's storylines include discovering that Michelle Connor ( Kym Marsh) is not his biological mother, his relationships with Sian Powers ( Sacha Parkinson), Katy Armstrong (Georgia Ma ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
David Kinjah
David (; , "beloved one") (traditional spelling), , ''Dāwūd''; grc-koi, Δαυΐδ, Dauíd; la, Davidus, David; gez , ዳዊት, ''Dawit''; xcl, Դաւիթ, ''Dawitʿ''; cu, Давíдъ, ''Davidŭ''; possibly meaning "beloved one". was, according to the Hebrew Bible, the third king of the United Kingdom of Israel. In the Books of Samuel, he is described as a young shepherd and harpist who gains fame by slaying Goliath, a champion of the Philistines, in southern Canaan. David becomes a favourite of Saul, the first king of Israel; he also forges a notably close friendship with Jonathan, a son of Saul. However, under the paranoia that David is seeking to usurp the throne, Saul attempts to kill David, forcing the latter to go into hiding and effectively operate as a fugitive for several years. After Saul and Jonathan are both killed in battle against the Philistines, a 30-year-old David is anointed king over all of Israel and Judah. Following his rise to power, D ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Duncan Urquhart (cyclist)
Duncan Urquhart (18 August 1908 – 28 April 1956) was a Scottish footballer, who played for Hibernian, Aberdeen, Barrow, and Waterford.Smith, Paul (2013). ''Scotland Who's Who''. Pitch Publishing. p. 277. Urquhart represented Scotland once, in a 1934 British Home Championship match against Wales. Career Urquhart, a "tough tackler" from Newton Stewart, was signed by Hibs during the 1929–30 season. Urquhart was part of the side as Hibs were relegated the following season, but then gained promotion back to the top flight in 1933. He won his only cap for Scotland later that year, but was released by Hibs in 1935 after a heavy Edinburgh derby defeat by Hearts; Urquhart then signed for Aberdeen. In September 1939 Urquhart was signed by Waterford and during his time there was also selected once for the League of Ireland XI The League of Ireland XI, more recently referred to as the ''Airtricity League XI'' for sponsorship reasons, is the representative team of the Lea ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chris Froome
Christopher Clive Froome [kɹɪs fɹuːm], (born 20 May 1985) is a Kenyan/British Road bicycle racing, road racing cyclist who currently rides for UCI WorldTeam . He has won seven Grand Tour (cycling), Grand Tours: four editions of the Tour de France (in 2013 Tour de France, 2013, 2015 Tour de France, 2015, 2016 Tour de France, 2016 and 2017 Tour de France, 2017), one Giro d'Italia (2018 Giro d'Italia, 2018) and the Vuelta a España twice (2011 Vuelta a España, 2011Awarded in 2019 following the disqualification of original winner Juan José Cobo and 2017 Vuelta a España, 2017). He has also won several other stage races, and the Velo d'Or three times. Froome has also won two Olympic bronze medals in Individual time trial, road time trials, in Cycling at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Men's road time trial, 2012 and Cycling at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Men's road time trial, 2016, and took bronze in the 2017 UCI Road World Championships – Men's time trial, 2017 World Champion ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Emile Abraham
Emile Abraham (born 28 April 1974) is a professional cyclist from Trinidad and Tobago. He won the silver medal in the men's individual road race at the 2007 Pan American Games, just behind Dominican Republic's Wendy Cruz. In 2017 he won the USA Masters National road cycling championships and a bronze medal in the Masters World Track Championships in the points race in Los Angeles. Major results ;1999 : 1st Stage 1 Vuelta a la Independencia Nacional ;2000 : 2nd Overall Tour de Martinique : 3rd Overall Tour do Rio ;2001 : 1st Overall Tobago Cycling Classic : 1st Stage 4 Ronde van Vlaams-Brabant ;2002 : 1st Overall Tobago Cycling Classic ;2003 : 1st Overall Tobago Cycling Classic ::1st Stages 4 & 5 ;2004 : 2nd Athens Twilight Criterium : 3rd Overall Tobago Cycling Classic ::1st Stage 2 : 3rd Overall International Cycling Classic ::1st Stage 5 ;2005 : 1st Stage 2 Joe Martin Stage Race ;2006 : 1st Road race, National Road Championships : 2nd Overall Tobago Cycling Classic ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Glen Mitchell (New Zealand Cyclist)
Glen Anthony Mitchell (born 19 October 1972) is a New Zealand cyclist. Mitchell was born in 1972 in Putāruru in the Waikato. He competed at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, in the men's individual road race, and at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, in the men's individual road race. He did not finish in either competition. He was the Oceania road race champion in 1997. He won the 2000 Tour of Southland The Tour of Southland is a road bicycle racing stage race held in the Southland region of New Zealand. From 2005 until 2009, the Tour of Southland has been part of the UCI Oceania Tour however the 2010 event was held as a National Tour. The To .... References External links * 1972 births Living people New Zealand male cyclists Olympic cyclists for New Zealand Cyclists at the 1996 Summer Olympics Cyclists at the 2000 Summer Olympics Cyclists at the 2006 Commonwealth Games Commonwealth Games competitors for New Zealand People from Putāruru Spo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Andrew Roche
Andrew Roche (born 22 November 1971) is a Manx cyclist. He won the Rás Tailteann in 1997, and has competed at seven Commonwealth Games. Early life Roche grew up in Ramsey, Isle of Man. Career Roche began cycling competitively in 1984, aged 12, and began road racing in 1986. He competed in his first major tournament at the 1990 Commonwealth Games; he also appeared at the Games in 1994, 1998, 2002, 2006, 2010 and 2014. His best finish was at the 2006 road time trial, in which he finished 11th. He was second at the Manx International in 1992 and won the Rás Tailteann in 1997. Roche also competed at several Island Games and carried the Manx flag at the 2010 Commonwealth Games opening ceremony The opening ceremony of the 2010 Commonwealth Games was held at the Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium, the main stadium of the event, in New Delhi, India. It began at 7:00 PM (IST) on 3 October 2010 ending at 10:00 PM (IST) displaying India's varied cul .... He currently works as a coach wit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robin Reid (cyclist)
Robin Neil Reid (born 16 December 1975 in Invercargill) is a former road racing cyclist from Blenheim, New Zealand who was a New Zealand time trial champion and Olympian. He won the Tour de Pakistan race in 2007. There he met the German-born former professional female cyclist Britta Martin, who won the female sections of the event and has been together with her ever since. End of 2007 they moved in together in Nelson, New Zealand. Britta Martin competes since 2008 as a professional triathlete mainly at the Ironman distance. Since then Robin Reid is competing at triathlon races too. His fastest ironman distance race was at Challenge Roth Challenge Roth is a triathlon race organised by in and around Roth bei Nürnberg, Bavaria, Germany. It is held annually in July. The Ironman distance (140.6 miles / 226.2 kilometers) version of the race has been held since 1990, and the short di ... in Germany 2014, finishing in a time of 8 h 54 min 14 s for 18th in a field of 3500 competitors ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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