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Giant–Australian Institute Of Sport
The Giant–Australian Institute of Sport Cycling Team () was an Australian professional cycling team sponsored by the Australian Institute of Sport (AIS) and bicycle manufacturer Giant. Heiko Salzwedel and Brian Stephens were early directeur sportifs. The fusion of the Giant-AIS and the Czech Husquarna team in 1997 extended its International profile, allowing to include foreign riders, such as Jens Voigt, Jan Hruška, Tomáš Konečný. Consequently, the name of the team was changed to ZVVZ-Giant-AIS Cycling Team. Sponsors Australian Institute of Sport The Australian Institute of Sport is the high-performance arm of the Government founded Australian Sports Commission. In 1990, the AIS extended their commitment to Cycling and started the AIS Road Cycling programme in Canberra under AIS Head Coach and Australian National Road Coach Heiko Salzwedel. Initially, 12 cyclists have been offered scholarships, amongst them Patrick Jonker, Grant Rice, Darren Smith, Robert M ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Australia
Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a Sovereign state, sovereign country comprising the mainland of the Australia (continent), Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous List of islands of Australia, smaller islands. With an area of , Australia is the largest country by area in Oceania and the world's List of countries and dependencies by area, sixth-largest country. Australia is the oldest, flattest, and driest inhabited continent, with the least fertile soils. It is a Megadiverse countries, megadiverse country, and its size gives it a wide variety of landscapes and climates, with Deserts of Australia, deserts in the centre, tropical Forests of Australia, rainforests in the north-east, and List of mountains in Australia, mountain ranges in the south-east. The ancestors of Aboriginal Australians began arriving from south east Asia approximately Early human migrations#Nearby Oceania, 65,000 years ago, during the Last Glacial Period, last i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robert Crowe (cyclist)
Robert Colville Crowe, Order of Australia, OAM (born 19 November 1968) is an Australian Champion Cyclist who competed in the 1992 Summer Olympics, 1992 Barcelona Olympics and as Kieran Modra's pilot in the 2004 Summer Paralympics, 2004 Athens Paralympics. He also directs the popular indoor cycling engine-training school at Ridewiser in Melbourne, Australia. Cycling career highlights Highlights of Crowe's career include dual Australian Road Race Championship wins in the 1991 Australian Men's Road Race and 1991 Australian Men's Individual Time Trial, his participation in the Cycling at the 1992 Summer Olympics – Men's team time trial, men's team time trial at the 1992 Summer Olympics, 1992 Barcelona Olympics, and also his participation as an Australian Paralympic tandem bicycle, tandem cycling pilot. He piloted Kieran Modra in endurance events, most notably at the 2004 Summer Paralympics, 2004 Athens Games. At the games, he won a gold medal in the Men's Individual Pursuit Tan ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
