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Liquigas-Bianchi
Cannondale Pro Cycling Team (), previously known as Liquigas, was an Italian professional road bicycle racing team in the UCI ProTour. History The team was formed at the start of the UCI ProTour in 2005. the team was co-title sponsored by Italian companies Liquigas and Bianchi, therefore it was named Liquigas–Bianchi. It featured a number of big names including Italian riders Mario Cipollini, Danilo Di Luca and Stefano Garzelli, as well as Magnus Bäckstedt. In 2007, Cannondale replaced Bianchi as the bicycle sponsor. This marked Cannondale's return to the ProTour after discontinuing sponsorship of the Lampre–Caffita team at the end of the 2005 season. Being an American company, their sponsorship led to a small American ridership on the team. On 11 July 2008 the news broke from the French sports paper L'Equipe that Spanish rider Manuel Beltrán had tested positive for EPO after the first stage of the tour. It was blood abnormalities before the start of the tour that led F ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bianchi (bicycle Manufacturer)
F.I.V. Edoardo Bianchi S.p.A., commonly known as Bianchi () is the world's oldest bicycle manufacturing company in existence, having pioneered the use of equal-sized wheels with pneumatic rubber tires. The company was founded in Italy in 1885 and in addition to bicycles it produced motorcycles from 1897 to 1967. In 1955 the joint-venture Autobianchi was created together with Fiat and Pirelli for the manufacturing of cars – Autobianchi was subsequently sold to Fiat in 1969. Throughout its modern era, Bianchi has been associated with the Italian Giro d'Italia and Tour de France winners, Fausto Coppi, Marco Pantani and Felice Gimondi. Bianchi bicycles History Edoardo Bianchi, a 21-year-old medical instrument maker, started his bicycle-manufacturing business in a small shop at 7 Via Nirone, Milan in 1885. Bianchi pioneered the front-wheel caliper brake. One of his first developments was to make the front wheel smaller and use the chain invented by Frenchman Vincent to reduce pedal ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Magnus Bäckstedt
Magnus Bäckstedt (born 30 January 1975)L'Équipe, France, 12 April 2004. is a Swedish former professional road bicycle racer. His most notable achievement in cycling is winning Paris–Roubaix in 2004. Early life Born in Linköping, Östergötland Bäckstedt began as a skier, selected for the national team when he was 14. Career Bäckstedt began his professional career in 1996, riding for Collstrop before moving to Palmans in 1997. In 1998, having switched to , Bäckstedt came seventh in 1998 Paris–Roubaix and won the 19th stage of the 1998 Tour de France between La Chaux-de-Fonds and Autun. In 2002 and 2003 he rode for Team Fakta where he was the strongest rider in 2003. When Fakta closed he went to , where he won the 2004 Paris–Roubaix. The two favourites, Peter van Petegem and Johan Museeuw dropped out after crashes, leaving Bäckstedt to sprint on the track at Roubaix against three others. The manager of Crédit Agricole, Roger Legeay, had predicted that Bäckstedt ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Italy
Italy ( it, Italia ), officially the Italian Republic, ) or the Republic of Italy, is a country in Southern Europe. It is located in the middle of the Mediterranean Sea, and its territory largely coincides with the homonymous geographical region. Italy is also considered part of Western Europe, and shares land borders with France, Switzerland, Austria, Slovenia and the enclaved microstates of Vatican City and San Marino. It has a territorial exclave in Switzerland, Campione. Italy covers an area of , with a population of over 60 million. It is the third-most populous member state of the European Union, the sixth-most populous country in Europe, and the tenth-largest country in the continent by land area. Italy's capital and largest city is Rome. Italy was the native place of many civilizations such as the Italic peoples and the Etruscans, while due to its central geographic location in Southern Europe and the Mediterranean, the country has also historically been home ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Union Cycliste Internationale
The ''Union Cycliste Internationale'' (UCI; ; en, International Cycling Union) is the world governing body for sports cycling and oversees international competitive cycling events. The UCI is based in Aigle, Switzerland. The UCI issues racing licenses to riders and enforces disciplinary rules, such as in matters of doping. The UCI also manages the classification of races and the points ranking system in various cycling disciplines including road and track cycling, mountain biking and BMX, for both men and women, amateur and professional. It also oversees the World Championships. After the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine, the UCI said that Russian and Belarusian teams are forbidden from competing in international events. It also stripped both Russia and Belarus of scheduled events. History UCI was founded in 1900 in Paris by the national cycling sports organisations of Belgium, the United States, France, Italy, and Switzerland. It replaced the International Cycling Associ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kristijan Koren
Kristijan Koren (born 25 November 1986) is a Slovenian professional road racing cyclist. He currently rides for UCI Continental Circuits, UCI Continental team where he won 2022 Slovenian National Road Race Championships, Slovenian National Road Race.He was previously banned from the cycling in 2011-2012 () and in 2018 () Biography Born on 25 November 1986, in Postojna, Slovenia, Koren currently resides in Budanje, Slovenia. Koren turned professional with , a UCI ProTeam, in 2010. He remained with for the 2011, 2012, 2013, and 2014 seasons. Koren signed with , a UCI ProTeam, for the 2015 season. He was named in the start list for the 2017 Giro d'Italia. In 2019, Koren was banned for two years after it was found that he had doped. The discovery was part of Operation Aderlass. Major results ;2006 : National Under-23 Road Championships ::1st Slovenian National Time Trial Championships#Men, Time trial ::3rd Slovenian National Road Race Championships#Men, Road race : 5th Time tr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Michel Koch
Michel Koch (born 15 October 1991) is a German former track and road racing cyclist. Both his grandfather, Wolfgang Koch as well as his parents Christian Koch and Petra Koch, born Stegherr (Mettmann), were successful cyclists. Major results ;2009 : 1st Time trial, National Junior Road Championships : 1st Team pursuit, National Junior Track Championships : 1st Stage 2 La Coupe du Président de la Ville de Grudziadz : 5th Overall Internationale Niedersachsen-Rundfahrt : 6th Overall Driedaagse van Axel : 7th Time trial, UCI Juniors World Championships : 9th Road race, UEC European Junior Road Championships ;2010 : National Under-23 Road Championships ::2nd Road race ::2nd Time trial : 5th Overall Thüringen Rundfahrt der U23 : 10th Overall Troféu Joaquim Agostinho ;2011 : 6th Time trial, UEC European Under-23 Road Championships : 7th Overall Ronde de l'Isard ;2012 : National Track Championships ::1st Team pursuit ::3rd Individual pursuit : 1st Overall Bundesliga : 2nd Ingolst ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ted King (cyclist)
Edward Carrington King (born January 31, 1983) is a retired American professional road racing cyclist who last rode for UCI ProTeam . King turned professional in 2006 and raced for ten years, retiring from contemporary road racing in 2015. He quickly segued to the burgeoning world of gravel cycling, where he has been a pioneer in the world of competitive gravel racing. Personal Born in Exeter, New Hampshire, King spent his adolescence in Brentwood, New Hampshire, United States. In 2005, he graduated from Middlebury College in Middlebury, Vermont, United States where he studied economics and mathematics. During his career King resided in both Girona, Catalonia, Spain and Lucca, Italy. Though he shares a surname with several other professional cyclists, in the pro peloton Ted only shares family relation to his older brother Robert "Robbie" King, who was a professional cyclist from 2006-2008. King's father, also Ted King, was an orthopaedic surgeon practicing in Exeter for 25 years ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Oscar Gatto
Oscar Gatto (born 1 January 1985) is an Italian former professional racing cyclist, who rode professionally between 2007 and 2020, for seven different teams. His nickname is 'Oscar the Cat' because his surname (Gatto) is the Italian word for "cat", and his first name is Oscar. Career Born in Montebelluna, Gatto left at the end of the 2013 season, and joined for the 2014 season. In 2015, he rode for . In October 2015 it was announced that Gatto would join for the 2016 season, with the team's directeur sportif Steven de Jongh describing his main role as providing support for Peter Sagan in the classics. He was named in the start list for the 2016 Tour de France. Major results ;2004 : 4th Circuito del Porto ;2005 : 1st Giro del Canavese : 1st Stage 6 Giro della Valle d'Aosta ;2006 : 1st Coppa Città di Asti : 1st Stage 6 Giro delle Regioni : 5th Gran Premio della Liberazione : 7th Giro del Canavese : 10th Giro del Belvedere ;2007 : 2nd Overall Paris–Corrèze ;2009 : 1st Stage ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Davide Formolo
, birth_date = , birth_place = Negrar, Italy , death_date = , death_place = , height = , weight = , currentteam = , discipline = Road , role = Rider , ridertype = Climber , amateuryears1 = 2011–2013 , amateurteam1 = Petroli–Firenze , proyears1 = 2014 , proteam1 = , proyears2 = 2015–2017 , proteam2 = , proyears3 = 2018–2019 , proteam3 = , proyears4 = 2020– , proteam4 = , majorwins = Grand Tours : Giro d'Italia ::1 individual stage (2015) One-day races and Classics : , medaltemplates = , show-medals = Davide Formolo (born 25 October 1992) is an Italian professional road racing cyclist, who currently rides for UCI WorldTeam . Formolo turned professional in 2014. Biography Born on 25 October 1992, in Negrar, Italy, Formolo resides in Marano di Valpolicella, Veneto, Italy. He signed with , a UCI ProTeam, for the 2014 season. Formolo sign ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alessandro De Marchi (cyclist)
Alessandro De Marchi (born 19 May 1986) is an Italian professional road and track bicycle racer who currently rides for UCI WorldTeam . Career Born in San Daniele del Friuli, De Marchi has competed as a professional since the start of the 2011 season, joining the squad after a stagiaire spell with the team at the end of the 2010 season. In the 2012 Giro d'Italia, De Marchi twice featured in a breakaway, during the fifth and fourteenth stages. In the latter stage, De Marchi made it to the end of the stage with the breakaway and finished third, behind Andrey Amador and Jan Bárta; the result came on his 26th birthday. In the 2014 Tour de France, De Marchi was twice declared the 'most combative' rider of a stage, and earned the Tour's overall combativity award. De Marchi claimed his first Grand Tour stage win on Stage 7 of the 2014 Vuelta a España via an early breakaway and he finished solo. announced that De Marchi would be joining them for the 2015 season. In September 2 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Damiano Caruso
Damiano Caruso (born 12 October 1987) is an Italian professional road bicycle racer, who currently rides for UCI WorldTeam . Caruso was also the 2008 under-23 Italian national champion for the road race. He competed at the 2020 Summer Olympics, in the road race. Career Born in Ragusa, Sicily, Caruso has competed as a professional since the second half of the 2009 season, competing for the , and teams, before joining for the 2011 season. In October 2011, the Italian National Olympic Committee (CONI) requested for Caruso to be suspended from competition for two years, although backdated from December 2010, in relation to a doping offence in 2007. He was given a backdated one-year ban in February 2012, allowing for him to return to competition without being banned, but all his 2011 results were voided. Caruso held the lead of the young rider classification at the 2012 Giro d'Italia, after 's Peter Stetina lost time on the eighth stage. In August 2014, Caruso signed a multi-yea ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Guillaume Boivin
Guillaume Boivin (born 25 May 1989) is a Canadian professional road racing cyclist, who currently rides for UCI WorldTeam . Career Boivin's greatest cycling accomplishment was finishing in a dead heat for the bronze at the World Under-23 Road Race Championships in 2010. He finished 3rd in the 2012 Tro Bro Leon, getting on the podium with his teammate Ryan Roth, who won the race. In October 2014, it was announced that Boivin would leave Cannondale and ride with in 2015. On 29 April 2015, on the first stage of the Tour of the Gila, Boivin was the last man remaining of a breakaway that was caught by eventual solo winner, Rafael Montiel. Boivin took the second place of the mountaintop finish. In May 2018, he was named in the startlist for the Giro d'Italia. 2020 Olympics In July 2021, Boivin was named to Canada's 2020 Olympic team. Major results Source: ;2006 : 3rd Overall Tour de l'Abitibi ;2007 : 4th Overall Tour de l'Abitibi ::1st Points classification ::1st Stages 2 & ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
