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Luis León Sánchez
Luis León Sánchez Gil (born 24 November 1983) is a Spanish road bicycle racer, who currently rides for UCI WorldTeam . Sánchez's major achievements include winning the overall classifications of the 2009 Paris–Nice and the 2005 Tour Down Under, as well as the one-day race Clásica de San Sebastián in 2010 and 2012. He also has four Tour de France stage victories and is a four-time winner of the Spanish National Time Trial Championships. He is a time trial specialist and has improved his climbing skills over the course of his career. Personal life Born in Mula, he is also known as Lulu Sánchez. León is not his surname but he carries it as a middle name as a mark of respect to his grandfather originally, but since late 2006 also as a tribute to his eldest brother, León Sánchez, who died in a motorbike accident. His younger brother, Pedro León, is a professional footballer, playing for Spanish team CF Fuenlabrada. His other brother, Antonio León Sánchez, plays ind ...
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2015 Vuelta A España
The 2015 Vuelta a España was a three-week Grand Tour cycling race. The race was the 70th edition of the Vuelta a España and took place principally in Spain, although two stages took place partly or wholly in Andorra, and was the 22nd race in the 2015 UCI World Tour. The race included 21 stages, beginning in Marbella on 22 August 2015 and finishing in Madrid on 13 September. It was won by Fabio Aru (Astana Pro Team), with Joaquim Rodríguez () second and Rafał Majka () third. The early leaders of the race were Esteban Chaves () and Tom Dumoulin (), who exchanged the leader's red jersey several times during the first ten days of racing, with both riders winning summit finishes in the first week. Aru took over the race lead following the mountainous Stage 11, which took place entirely within Andorra. He kept his lead for five stages as the race entered the mountains of northern Spain, but lost it to Rodríguez on Stage 16. Dumoulin took the lead back on Stage 17 – th ...
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2005 Tour Down Under
The 2005 Tour Down Under was the seventh edition of the Tour Down Under stage race. It took place from 18 January to 23 January in and around Adelaide, South Australia. This particular edition was won by Luis León Sánchez, who rode for the Liberty Seguros–Würth Stages Stage 1 18 January 2005 – Adelaide – Adelaide, 50 km Stage and General Classification after Stage 1 Stage 2 19 January 2005 – Salisbury to Tanunda, 150 km Stage 2 result Stage 3 20 January 2005 – Glenelg to Victor Harbor, 139 km Stage 3 result Stage 4 21 January 2005 – Unley to Hahndorf, 152 km Stage 4 result Stage 5 22 January 2005 – Willunga to Willunga, 147 km Stage 5 result Stage 6 23 January 2005 – Adelaide to Adelaide, 81 km Stage 6 result Final standings General classification Points Classification King of the Mountains classification Young Riders' classification References {{Tour Down Under Tour Down Under Tou ...
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European Games
The European Games is a continental multi-sport event in the Olympic tradition contested by athletes from European nations and several transcontinental countries. The Games were envisioned and are governed by the European Olympic Committees (EOC), which announced their launch at its 41st General Assembly in Rome, on 8 December 2012. History The 2015 European Games, the first edition of the event, took place in Baku, Azerbaijan in June 2015, and further editions are planned every four years thereafter. The 2019 edition was held in Minsk, Belarus from 21 to 30 June. The 2023 edition will be held in Kraków, Poland. The European Games are the 5th continental Games in the Olympic tradition to be initiated, after the Asian Games, Pan American Games, Pacific Games and African Games. As of 2015, every sporting continent has a continental games. The European Games are not related to the European Championships, a separate multi-sport event organised by individual European spor ...
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Road Bicycle Racing
Road bicycle racing is the cycle sport discipline of road cycling, held primarily on paved roads. Road racing is the most popular professional form of bicycle racing, in terms of numbers of competitors, events and spectators. The two most common competition formats are mass start events, where riders start simultaneously (though sometimes with a handicap) and race to a set finish point; and time trials, where individual riders or teams race a course alone against the clock. Stage races or "tours" take multiple days, and consist of several mass-start or time-trial stages ridden consecutively. Professional racing originated in Western Europe, centred in France, Spain, Italy and the Low Countries. Since the mid- 1980s, the sport has diversified, with races held at the professional, semi-professional and amateur levels, worldwide. The sport is governed by the Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI). As well as the UCI's annual World Championships for men and women, the biggest even ...
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Gran Premio Bruno Beghelli
The Gran Premio Bruno Beghelli (also known as GP Beghelli) is a late season men's road bicycle race held annually in Monteveglio, near the city of Bologna, Italy. From 2005 to 2013, the race has been organised as a 1.1 event on the UCI Europe Tour, while in 2014 it was upgraded to 1.HC. It was first held in 1996, after the disappearance of the Milano–Vignola. A women's race, the Gran Premio Bruno Beghelli Internazionale Donne Elite The Gran Premio Bruno Beghelli Internazionale Donne Elite is a women's one-day cycle race Cycle sport is competitive physical activity using bicycles. There are several categories of bicycle racing including road bicycle racing, cyclo- ..., has been held since 2016. Winners References External links * UCI Europe Tour races Cycle races in Italy Recurring sporting events established in 1997 1997 establishments in Italy {{Italy-cycling-race-stub ...
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2012 Clásica De San Sebastián
The 2012 Clásica de San Sebastián was the 32nd edition of the Clásica de San Sebastián, a single-day cycling race. It was held on 14 August 2012, over a distance of , starting and finishing in San Sebastián, in the Basque Country, Spain. It was the twenty-first event of the 2012 UCI World Tour season. The race was won for the second time in three years by rider Luis León Sánchez after making a late-race attack on the descent from the Alto de Arkale. Second place went to 's Simon Gerrans, while Gianni Meersman rounded out the podium placings for . Teams As the Clásica de San Sebastián was a UCI World Tour event, all 18 UCI ProTeam UCI most commonly refers to: * University of California, Irvine, a public university in Irvine, California, United States * Union Cycliste Internationale, the world governing body for the sport of cycling UCI may also refer to: * Uganda Cancer In ...s were invited automatically and obligated to send a squad. Two other squads – and – ...
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2010 Clásica De San Sebastián
The 2010 Clásica de San Sebastián was the 30th edition of the Clásica de San Sebastián road cycling race. It took place on 31 July 2010, and will be the tenth event of the 2010 UCI ProTour, and the eighteenth event in the inaugural UCI World Ranking series. It started and finished in San Sebastián, in the Basque Country, Spain. The race covered , mainly to the south and east of the city, and entirely within the province of Guipúzcoa. Teams and riders As the race is under the auspices of the UCI ProTour, all eighteen ProTour teams are invited automatically. Three additional wildcard invitations were given to form the event's 21-team peloton. The 21 teams invited to the race were: Teams consisted of up to eight riders, and 168 riders started the event. The event took place less than a week after the conclusion of the 2010 Tour de France, and many of the riders who took part in that event, are scheduled for this race. Route The route is an anticlockwise loop, heading sou ...
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Clásica De San Sebastián
The Donostia-Donostia Klasikoa — Clásica San Sebastián-San Sebastián (San Sebastián Classic) is a one-day professional men's bicycle road race in northern Spain that has been held every summer since 1981 in San Sebastián. It is the most important one-day race in Spain, is considered a one-day race of great prestige, just behind the ' Monuments', and contributes points towards the UCI World Ranking. It was most recently held on 31 July 2021. Clásica de San Sebastián is known for its winding, undulating terrain which favours aggressive riding, favouring climbers. It includes the tough Alto de Jaizkibel climb, usually the decisive point of the race. It is one of the three summer classics that form part of the UCI World Tour calendar, along with the Laurentian Classics. Usually the protagonists of the Clásica de San Sebastián are those who, until a few days before the race have been competing on the roads of the Tour de France, given the proximity of dates of the ...
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Cycling At The 2015 European Games – Men's Road Race
The men's road race cycling event at the 2015 European Games in Baku Baku (, ; az, Bakı ) is the capital and largest city of Azerbaijan, as well as the largest city on the Caspian Sea and of the Caucasus region. Baku is located below sea level, which makes it the lowest lying national capital in the world an ... took place on 21 June. Results References Men's road race 2015 in men's road cycling {{cycling-race-stub ...
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Cycling At The 2015 European Games
Three disciplines of cycling were contested at the 2015 European Games: road cycling, mountain biking, and bicycle motocross (BMX). A total of eight medal events were held. Qualification Medal summary Road cycling Mountain biking BMX Medal table Courses References {{DEFAULTSORT:Cycling At The 2015 European Games Sports at the 2015 European Games 2015 File:2015 Events Collage new.png, From top left, clockwise: Civil service in remembrance of November 2015 Paris attacks; Germanwings Flight 9525 was purposely crashed into the French Alps; the rubble of residences in Kathmandu following the April ... European Games Cycle races in Azerbaijan European Games European Games European Games ...
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Spanish National Time Trial Championships
The Spanish National Time Trial Championship ( es, Campeonato de España de Ciclismo Contrarreloj) is a time trial race that takes place inside the Spanish National Cycling Championship, and decides the best cyclist in this type of race. The time trial championships in Spain have not been held for as long as the Spanish National Road Race Championships, which first took place in 1897. The first race winner of the time trial championship was Abraham Olano in 1994. Jonathan Castroviejo holds the record for the most wins in the men's championship with five titles, followed by Iván Gutiérrez and Luis León Sánchez, with both riders winning four titles. The women's record is held by Teodora Ruano with 7 wins. The current champions are Raúl García Pierna and Margarita Victoria García. Multiple winners Men Women Men Elite U23 Women Elite See also *Spanish National Road Race Championships *National road cycling championships References External linksPast winners ...
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Spanish National Road Race Championships
The Spanish National Road Race Championships are held annually to decide the Spanish cycling champions in the road race discipline, across various categories. The event was first held in 1897 and was won by a Portuguese rider, José Bento Pessoa. Men Elite U23 Women See also *Spanish National Time Trial Championships *National Road Cycling Championships National road cycling championships are held annually by host nations in each cycle racing discipline. The annual events can take place at any time of the year. European nations usually holds their annual events in June, during a designed break ... External linksList of winners by memoire-du-cyclisme.net {{National Road Race Championships National road cycling championships Cycle races in Spain Recurring sporting events established in 1897 1897 establishments in Spain Road Race ...
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