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NGC Medical–OTC Industria Porte
NGC Medical–OTC Industria Porte () was a professional continental road bicycle racing team based in Italy that competed predominantly in UCI Europe Tour and other UCI Continental Circuits races and, when invited, in UCI ProTour events. The team was formed in 2006 as a UCI Continental team, managed by Pier Giovanni Baldini. For the 2006 season, Daniele Masiani and Alessio Di Basco assisted as directeur sportifs. In 2007, Giuseppe Lanzoni and Gianluigi Barsottelli took over as directeur sportifs. After the 2008 season, NGC became the cosponsor of UCI ProTour team . When no new cosponsor could be found, the team disbanded. Major wins ;2007 : Road Race Championships, Volodymyr Zagorodny :Stage 5 Tour of Slovenia, Enrico Rossi ;2008 :Stage 1 Giro del Trentino, Volodymyr Zagorodny :Memorial Marco Pantani, Enrico Rossi :Tour du Jura The Tour du Jura is a one-day cycling race held annually in Switzerland. It is part of UCI Europe Tour The UCI Continental Circuits are a ser ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Road Bicycle Racing
Road bicycle racing is the cycle sport discipline of road cycling, held primarily on Road surface, paved roads. Road racing is the most popular professional sport, 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 Handicapping, handicap) and race to a set finish point; and time trials, where individual time trial, individual riders or team time trial, 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 w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
