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De Nardi
De Nardi was a professional cycling team based in Italy. Founded under a Slovak license, they helped nurture talented young riders. In 2003, the merged with Team Colpack-Astro, and took on Colpack as a co-sponsor. In 2005, Italian hotel group Domina Vacanze sponsored the team, having formerly sponsored a different team. For the 2005 season the team competed in the 2005 UCI ProTour. However, they didn't have the budget of the other teams and produced very few wins. For the 2006 season, the team merged with Team Wiesenhof to create Team Milram. In 2009 an amateur team sponsored by De Nardi and Colpack emerged, now known as Team Colpack. Notable riders : 2005 : 2005 : 2004–2005 : 2003–2005 : 2003 : 2005 : 2005 : 2005 : 2005 : 2005 : 2004–2005 : 2003 : 2005 : 2005 : 2005 : 2004–2005 : 2005 : 2005 : 2004 : 2005 : 2003–2005 : 2003 : 2003–2004 : 2005 : 2004–2005 : 2003–2005 Major wins ;2003 :Stage 2 Giro della Liguria, Giuseppe Palumbo :Stage 4 Giro del Trentino, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Slovakia
Slovakia (; sk, Slovensko ), officially the Slovak Republic ( sk, Slovenská republika, links=no ), is a landlocked country in Central Europe. It is bordered by Poland to the north, Ukraine to the east, Hungary to the south, Austria to the southwest, and the Czech Republic to the northwest. Slovakia's mostly mountainous territory spans about , with a population of over 5.4 million. The capital and largest city is Bratislava, while the second largest city is Košice. The Slavs arrived in the territory of present-day Slovakia in the fifth and sixth centuries. In the seventh century, they played a significant role in the creation of Samo's Empire. In the ninth century, they established the Principality of Nitra, which was later conquered by the Principality of Moravia to establish Great Moravia. In the 10th century, after the dissolution of Great Moravia, the territory was integrated into the Principality of Hungary, which then became the Kingdom of Hungary in 1000. In 1241 a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marco Fertonani
Marco Fertonani (born 8 July 1976 in Genoa) is an Italian professional road bicycle racer. In 2007, he tested positive for using testosterone. Professional career Fertonani tested positive for using testosterone during the 2007 Tour Méditerranéen and was immediately suspended by the team, although Fertonani has decided to fight the case, citing errors in the testing procedure at the laboratory. Major results ;2004 :1st Stage 6 Tour of Qinghai Lake :6th Coppa Placci ;2005 :5th Overall Tour de Romandie ;2006 :1st Stage 4 Vuelta a Castilla y León ;2007 :4th Overall Tour Méditerranéen See also * List of doping cases in cycling *List of doping cases in sport The following is an incomplete list of sportspeople who have been involved in doping offences. It contains those who have been found to have, or have admitted to having, taken Doping (sport), illegal performance-enhancing drugs, prohibited recrea ... References External links * * Italian male cyclists 1976 bir ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Serhiy Honchar
Serhiy Gonchar ( uk, Сергій Гончар; born 3 July 1970) is a Ukrainian former professional road racing cyclist. He won the World Time Trial Championship in 2000. Due to a temporary spelling error in his passport, he is often incorrectly called Honchar. Career Gonchar failed a blood health check in the 1999 Tour de Suisse, and was removed from the race. Even though it was only a health check, and not a doping offence, the Tour de France organisation still decided to ban his team from the 1999 Tour de France. In the 2006 Tour de France, Gonchar lead the general classification after a time-trial win in stage 7. In time trialing, Gonchar rocks the top of his body to get the most out of a big gear. He beat Landis, Zabriskie, Lang, Rogers, Kloden, Evans and various others in the individual time trials in the 2006 Tour de France. On 11 May 2007, Gonchar was suspended for 30 days by his T-Mobile team, following blood tests taken at Liège–Bastogne–Liège and the To ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Andriy Hrivko
Andriy Askoldovich Hrivko ( uk, Андрій Аскольдович Грівко, also transliterated Hryvko or Grivko, born 7 August 1983) is a Ukrainian former racing cyclist, who rode professionally between 2005 and 2018. Since retiring from racing, Hrivko currently serves as the president of the Ukrainian Cycling Federation. Career Born in Zuya, Bilohirsk Raion, Hrivko competed at the 2008 Beijing Olympics in the road race, in which he did not finish, and the individual time trial, where he finished 31st. At the 2012 Summer Olympics, he only competed in the road race, finishing in 17th place. He also competed in the 2015 European Games for Ukraine in cycling. He earned a silver medal in men's road race. He competed for Ukraine in the 2016 Summer Olympics. In 2017 Hrivko was removed from the Tour of Dubai for punching Marcel Kittel in the head during the third stage of that race, prompting a query into whether or not he should be suspended and sanctioned by the UCI. Afte ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Igor Pugaci
Igor Pugaci (born 5 January 1975 in Dubăsari) is a retired a Moldovan road bicycle racer. Major results ;1998 : 1st, Overall, Giro della Valle d'Aosta (U23) ;1999 :National Road Championships ::1st Moldovan National Time Trial Championships, Time trial ::1st Moldovan National Road Race Championships, Road race ;2000 : 1st Moldovan National Time Trial Championships, Time trial, National Road Championships ;2001 : 1st Moldovan National Time Trial Championships, Time trial, National Road Championships ;2006 :1st, Stage 3, Tour of Turkey External links * Moldovan male cyclists 1975 births Living people Olympic cyclists of Moldova Cyclists at the 1996 Summer Olympics Cyclists at the 2004 Summer Olympics People from Dubăsari {{Moldova-cycling-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ruslan Ivanov
Ruslan Ivanov (born 18 December 1973 in Chişinău) is a former Moldovan road bicycle racer. Palmares ;1997 :National Road Championships ::1st Time trial ::1st Road race : 2nd, Overall, Baby Giro ;1998 :National Road Championships ::1st Time trial ::1st Road race : 1st, GP d'Europe (with Massimo Cigana) ;2000 : 1st Road race, National Road Championships : 1st, Giro di Toscana ;2001 : 1st, Overall, Settimana Internazionale di Coppi e Bartali :: Winner Stages 2 & 3 : 1st, Stage 2, Giro del Trentino : 2nd, Overall, Regio-Tour :: Winner Stage 2b :National Road Championships ::2nd Time trial ::3rd Road race : 10th, Tirreno–Adriatico ;2002 : 1st, GP Lugano : 1st, Stage 5, Settimana Internazionale di Coppi e Bartali : 1st, Stage 4, Settimana Lombarda : 5th, Tirreno–Adriatico ;2003 : 1st, Stage 5, Vuelta a Andalucía : 1st, Stage 5, Settimana Internazionale di Coppi e Bartali : 1st, Stage 2, Giro d'Abruzzo : 1st, Stage 3, Brixia Tour ;2008 : 1st, Tour de Langkawi The ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Giovanni Visconti (cyclist)
Giovanni Visconti (born 13 January 1983) is an Italian professional road racing cyclist, who currently rides for UCI ProTeam . Professional career Early career Born in Turin, Visconti won his first race in 2006 at the Coppa Sabatini. One year later, he won the Italian National Road Race Championships on 1 July 2007, beating Paolo Bossoni () and Davide Rebellin () at the end in a sprint. At to go Rebellin accelerated and left the main field, closely followed by Visconti, Bossoni, and Christian Murro (Tenax–Menikini). The four were able to keep the peloton away until the final meters. In 2010, Visconti won the 2.HC Tour of Turkey overall classification after pocketing two stages along the way. He stood on the podium with Tejay van Garderen of and David Moncoutié of . Racing himself for at the time, he said after the win: "Look at the teams we've beaten: HTC-Columbia and Cofidis, not bad for a team like ours, isn't it?" Movistar Team (2012–16) In April 2012, now riding f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alessandro Vanotti
Alessandro Vanotti (born 16 September 1980 in Bergamo) is an Italian former professional road bicycle racer. Vanotti rode the Tour de France twice, in 2006 and 2009. He left at the end of the 2012 season and joined on a two-year contract from the 2013 season onwards. Major results ;2003 : 3rd Trofeo Franco Balestra : 5th Gran Premio Industria e Commercio Artigianato Carnaghese ;2005 : 9th GP Triberg-Schwarzwald ;2007 : Settimana Ciclistica Lombarda ::1st Prologue (TTT) & 4 : 1st Stage 1 (TTT) Giro d'Italia ;2008 : 1st Stage 1b (TTT) Settimana Internazionale di Coppi e Bartali : 1st Stage 1 (TTT) Vuelta a España ;2010 : 1st Stage 1b (TTT) Settimana Internazionale di Coppi e Bartali : 1st Stage 4 (TTT) Giro d'Italia ;2013 : 1st Stage 1 (TTT) Vuelta a España ;2015 : 1st Stage 2 ( TTT) Vuelta a Burgos ;2016 : 1st Mountains classification Tour of Austria : 1st Stage 2 ( TTT) Vuelta a Burgos Vuelta Ciclista a Burgos is an elite professional road bicycle racing event held annu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Luca Solari
Luca Solari (born 2 October 1979 in Castel San Giovanni) is an Italian racing cyclist, who last rode for UCI Professional Continental team . Palmarès ;2003 :1st, Stage 4, Ster Elektrotoer ;2007 :1st, Grand Prix Pino Cerami Grand Prix Pino Cerami is a single-day road bicycle race held annually in April in Hainaut, Belgium. Since 2005, the race is organized as a 1.1 event on the UCI Europe Tour. Giuseppe 'Pino' Cerami, after whom the race is named, is a former Belg ... External links * Italian male cyclists 1979 births Living people Sportspeople from the Province of Piacenza Cyclists from Emilia-Romagna {{Italy-cycling-bio-1970s-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Elia Rigotto
Elia Rigotto (born 4 March 1982 in Vicenza) is an Italian former professional road bicycle racer. During his career, he rode with Domina Vacanze, Team Milram and Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli. Major results ;2003 : 1st Stage 5 Vuelta a la Comunidad de Madrid ;2004 : 1st Trofeo Zsšdi : 1st Menton-Savona : 1st Prologue, Stages 4 & 6 Giro delle Regioni : 2nd Trofeo Alcide Degasperi : 3rd Ronde van Vlaanderen U23 : 4th GP Palio del Recioto ;2006 : 1st Stage 6 Tour Méditerranéen : 5th GP du canton d'Argovie : 9th Rund um die Hainleite ;2007 : 5th Dutch Food Valley Classic ;2008 : 1st Schaal Sels-Merksem : 4th Tour de Rijke : 5th Ronde van het Groene Hart : 6th Memorial Rik Van Steenbergen Memorial Rik Van Steenbergen (previously GP Rik Van Steenbergen) is a single-day road bicycle race held annually in September in Arendonk, Belgium. The race, paying respect to the famous Belgian rider of the 1940s and 1950s, quickly gained importa ... External links * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ivan Quaranta
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Giuseppe Palumbo
Giuseppe Palumbo (born 10 September 1975 in Syracuse) is an Italian racing cyclist. Palumbo became Junior World Champion in the road race twice, in 1992 and 1993. Palumbo rode the Giro d'Italia in 1998, 1999, 2000, 2003, 2007 and 2009, but never won a stage. Palmarès * Tour de Wallonie - 1 stage (2007) * Giro della Liguria - 1 stage (2003) * Grand Prix of Aargau Canton Grand Prix of Aargau Canton (german: Grosser Preis des Kantons Aargau) is a semi classic European bicycle race held in Aargau canton, one of the more northerly cantons of Switzerland. The race consists of fifteen laps around the Swiss town of G ... (2002) * World U19 Road Championship (1992–1993) * Italian U17 Road Championship (1991) Notes and references Italian male cyclists 1975 births Living people People from Syracuse, Sicily Sportspeople from the Province of Syracuse Cyclists from Sicily {{Italy-cycling-bio-1970s-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
