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David Clinger
David Clinger (born November 22, 1977, in Los Angeles) is a former professional road racing cyclist from the United States. He represented his native country at the 1999 Pan American Games in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. In 2010, the U.S. Anti-Doping Agency banned him for 2 years for use of synthetic testosterone and modafinil. In August 2011, David Clinger was issued a lifetime doping ban by the U.S. Anti-Doping Agency (USADA) after testing positive during a random test while serving a prior doping ban. Clinger accepted responsibility for using clenbuterol for performance-enhancing purposes, USADA said. The second violation prompted USADA to issue the lifetime competition ban. Major results ;1996 :3rd in Prologue Tour of Japan (JPN) ;1997 :3rd in Stage 2 McLane Pacific Classic, Footshill Road Race (USA) ;1998 :1st in Woodland Hills and 1st in Snake Alley Criterium (USA) :3rd in General classification Hotter'N Hell Hundred and 3rd in Nevada City Classic (USA) ;1999 :1st in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mercury Cycling Team
The Mercury Cycling Team was an American professional cycling team. It was founded in 1992 as an amateur team by John Wordin and Thurlow Rogers, with Mrs. Gooch's Natural Foods Markets as the lead sponsor in 1992 and 1994. Before Mercury took over title sponsorship from 1998 to 1999 and 2001–2002 the team raced under various title sponsors including Miller Lite (1993), Nutra Fig (1995–1996), Comptel Data Systems (1997), and Manheim Auctions (2000). The team was named Velo News North American Team of the Year from 1996 to 2002 and won 535 races from 1998 to 2002. The team was disbanded after the 2002 season. Main riders *Léon van Bon (2001) *Baden Cooke (2000–2001) *Tom Danielson (2002) * Julian Dean (1998) *Fabrizio Guidi (2001) *Chris Horner (1993–1996, 1998–2001) * Jans Koerts (2001) *Floyd Landis (1999–2001) *Peter Van Petegem (2001) * Thurlow Rogers (1992–2002) *Pavel Tonkov (2001) *Jonathan Vaughters (1997) * Henk Vogels (2000–2002) * Steve Zampieri (20 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cycling Archives
Cycling, also known as bicycling or biking, is the activity of riding a bicycle or other types of bicycle pedal, pedal-driven human-powered vehicles such as balance bikes, unicycles, tricycles, and quadricycles. Cycling is practised around the world for purposes including transport, recreation, exercise, and competitive sport. History Cycling became popularized in Europe and North America in the latter part and especially the last decade of the 19th century. Today, over 50 percent of the human population knows how to ride a bike. War The bicycle has been used as a method of reconnaissance as well as transporting soldiers and supplies to combat zones. In this it has taken over many of the functions of horses in warfare. In the Second Boer War, both sides used bicycles for scouting. In World War I, France, Germany, Australia and New Zealand used bicycles to move troops. In its 1937 invasion of China, Japan employed some 50,000 bicycle troops, and similar forces were instrume ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chann McRae
William Chann McRae (born October 11, 1971) is an American professional road bicycle racer from Albany, Georgia. He was a professional from 1996 to 2003. He raced in the Tour de France and grew up with Lance Armstrong. Major results ;1990 :3rd in General Classification Ruban Granitiers Bretons (FRA) ;1992 :1st in United States National Road Race Championships, Amateurs ;1994 :3rd in United States National Road Race Championships, Amateurs (USA) ;1997 :1st in Lancaster Classic (USA) :1st in First Union Invitational (USA) :3rd in Stage 5 Regio Tour International (GER) :3rd in Stage 6 Závod Míru, Żywiec (CZE) :2nd in Köln – Schuld – Frechen (GER) ;1998 :2nd in Stage 4 Závod Míru, Jested (CZE) :1st in Stage 1 Niedersachsen Rundfahrt, Wolfsburg (GER) :2nd in General Classification Niedersachsen Rundfahrt (GER) ;1999 :5th. World Championships road race :3rd in Firenze – Pistoia (ITA) ;2000 :1st in Erembodegem-Terjoden (BEL) :3rd in GP Beghelli (ITA) :8th. World Champio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Matt White (cyclist)
Matthew "Matt" White (born 22 February 1974 in Sydney, New South Wales) is an Australian former professional road racing cyclist. Most recently White worked as a sporting director for , leaving the team unexpectedly just before the 2025 Giro d'Italia. White also worked as a sporting director for but was let go because of doping offenses during his racing career. His most notable results are winning a stage of the 1999 Tour de Suisse and another stage victory at the 2005 Tour Down Under. He mainly worked as a domestique throughout his career, sacrificing personal ambitions to help his leader. Biography White started competitive cycling at age 14. Like so many other Australian professional riders he started his career on the track under Charlie Walsh, competing in the Junior World Championship in Athens. In 1994, he attended the Commonwealth Games in Victoria Canada, his fourth spot in the Team Time Trial was taken by soon to be retired Phil Anderson but he did compete in & f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Michael Barry (cyclist)
Michael Barry (born 18 December 1975) is a Canadian author and former professional road racing cyclist. Barry raced for numerous world-class teams with the role of 'domestique'. His greatest personal successes were placing eighth in the 2008 Beijing Olympics' road race, finishing second in the Canadian National Road Race Championships in 2001 and 2012, and winning a stage of the Tour of Missouri in 2008. He announced his retirement in September 2012, stating that the 2012 Tour of Beijing would be his last race. He is also an author who has written three books. Career He was born and raised in Toronto, Ontario. His father, Michael (Mike) Barry Sr., was a racer himself in England in the 1950s, who until 2006 ran a specialty bike store and manufactured a line of hand-made bicycle frames under his own Mariposa brand. As a result, the younger Barry grew up in a cycling-intense environment, and started racing at a very young age. He has been a professional since 1998. He has spent m ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Christian Vande Velde
Christian Vande Velde (born May 22, 1976) is a retired American professional road racing cyclist of Belgian descent, who rode professionally between 1998 and 2013. Vande Velde competed for the , , and squads. He has been a cycling analyst for NBC Sports since 2014. He is the son of cyclist John Vande Velde. Career 1998–2006 Vande Velde started his Grand Tour (cycling), Grand Tour career by participating in the 1998 Vuelta a España, where he assisted Lance Armstrong to a fourth-place finish. Vande Velde twice rode on the Tour de France team that brought Lance Armstrong to victory, in 1999 Tour de France, 1999, and 2001 Tour de France, 2001. In the 1999 Tour de France, Vande Velde was for a time the leader of the Young rider classification in the Tour de France, young rider classification; he did not compete, however, in the 2000 Tour de France. Vande Velde moved to in 2004, and switched to in 2005. During this time, he worked as a cycling domestique, domestique, riding in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Roberto Heras
Roberto Heras Hernández (born 1 February 1974) is a Spanish former professional road bicycle racer who won the Vuelta a España a record four times. Between 1997 Vuelta a España, 1997 and 2005 Vuelta a España, 2005 he finished in the top 5 of the Vuelta every year except 1998 Vuelta a España, 1998 when he finished 6th. He won a record-tying three times, and then broke the record with a fourth win in 2005, but he was eventually disqualified after being accused of taking erythropoietin, EPO. Heras chose to fight the accusations and this resulted in a lengthy court case and appeal process. In June 2011, Heras successfully appealed the disqualification in the civil court of Castilla y León, and this decision was upheld in the Spanish supreme court in December 2012. The Spanish cycling federation subsequently reinstated Heras as 2005 Vuelta champion. Early career Heras turned professional in 1995 for the Spanish cycling team Kelme (cycling team), Kelme. His first win as a pro c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
George Hincapie
George Anthony Hincapie (born June 29, 1973) is an American former racing cycle sport, cyclist, who competed professionally between 1994 and 2012. Hincapie was a key domestique of Lance Armstrong. Hincapie was also a domestique for Alberto Contador in 2007 Tour de France, 2007 and for Cadel Evans in 2011 Tour de France, 2011, when both men won the Tour de France. He was the owner and general manager of UCI Professional Continental team until it folded at the end of the 2020 season. On October 10, 2012, Hincapie released a statement on his website acknowledging the use of performance-enhancing drugs and confirming that he had been approached by US federal investigators and USADA about his experiences with doping. Later that day a statement was released confirming his acceptance of a six-month ban from September 1, 2012, ending on March 1, 2013, along with a stripping of all race results between May 31, 2004, and July 31, 2006.http://d3epuodzu3wuis.cloudfront.net/2012-10-09+WB+to+A ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tom Boonen
Tom Boonen (; born 15 October 1980) is a Belgian former road bicycle racer, who competed as a professional between 2002 and 2017 for the and teams and a professional racing driver who currently competes in Belcar, having previously competed in the NASCAR Whelen Euro Series. Boonen won the 2005 UCI World Road Race Championships, and was a single-day road specialist with a strong finishing sprint. He won the cycling monuments Paris–Roubaix four times and the Tour of Flanders three times, among many other prestigious victories, such as prevailing five times in the E3 Harelbeke, winning six stages of the Tour de France and winning the Overall title of the Tour of Qatar four times. Career Early years At the start of 2002 Boonen rode for , finishing third in Paris–Roubaix after an early breakaway. Fellow Belgian Johan Museeuw had escaped to a solo victory. Team captain George Hincapie crashed in a slippery section of the course leaving Boonen to ride for himself. Boonen's ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Prueba Villafranca De Ordizia
Prueba Villafranca de Ordizia – Clásica de Ordizia is a Spanish professional cycle road race held in Ordizia, Basque Country. The first edition was held in 1922. Since 2005, the race has been organized as a 1.1 event on the UCI Europe Tour The UCI Continental Circuits are a series of road bicycle racing competitions which were introduced in 2005 by the Union Cycliste Internationale The Union Cycliste Internationale (; UCI; ) is the world governing body for sports cycling and ove .... Winners References External links * {{DEFAULTSORT:Prueba Villafranca De Ordizia Cycle races in the Basque Country Recurring sporting events established in 1922 1922 establishments in Spain UCI Europe Tour races Sport in Gipuzkoa Goierri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cycling At The 1999 Pan American Games
The cycle sport, cycling competition at the 1999 Pan American Games was held in Winnipeg, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. Men's competition Men's Individual Road Race * Held on August 4 over 203.3 kilometres Men's Road Time Trial * Held on July 25 over 55.2 kilometres Men's 1000 m Track Time Trial * Held on July 28 Men's 4000 m Individual Pursuit * Held on July 29 Men's Match Sprint * Held on July 30 Men's Points Race * Held on July 30 Men's 4000 m Team Pursuit * Held on July 30 Men's Madison * Held on July 31 Men's Keirin * Held on July 31 Men's Olympic Sprint * Held on July 31 Men's Mountain Bike Race * Held on August 2 (Started 19, Finished 14) Women's competition Women's Individual Road Race * Held on August 4 over 81.3 kilometres Women's Road Time Trial * Held on July 25 over 27.5 kilometres Women's 500 m Time Trial * Held on July 28 Women's Match Sprint * Held on July 30 Women's 3000 m Individual Pursuit * Held on July 30 Women's 25 km Points Rac ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tour De Toona
The International Tour de Toona was a stage bicycle race held in Central Pennsylvania in July from 1987 until 2011. The event became the largest pro-am cycling event in North America and had stages spanning Blair, Cambria, Bedford, and Somerset Counties in Pennsylvania. The name was changed to The International for the 2002 edition of the race and then to the International Tour de Toona for the 2004 edition. In 2008, tour organizers scaled back the event to a one-day criterium race in downtown Altoona. On May 22, 2009, it was announced that the 2009 Tour de Toona would be canceled due to a lack of sponsorship. The 2010 event was again a single day criterium race in downtown Altoona In 2011 the event returned to being a 4-day 4 stage race for both men and women. In 2012, the event was cancelled due to financial mismanagement and the USAC announced the event would not be held again. Results Overall winners {, class="wikitable sortable" , - , - !Year !Female Winner !Country !Te ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
