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Peter Velits
Peter Velits (born 21 February 1985 in Bratislava) is a Slovakian former professional road racing cyclist. His career highlights included third place overall and a stage win at the 2010 Vuelta a España, the 2007 World Under-23 Road Race Championships gold and the 2012 Tour of Oman overall victory. Velits was also known as strong time-trialist, winning three consecutive team time trials as a part of in 2012 and 2013 and riding on the in 2014 UCI Road World Championships. His twin brother, Martin Velits also competed professionally, having raced on the same teams every year until the end of the 2013 season. After two seasons with the team, Velits left at the end of the 2013 season to join the . He remained with the team until he retired at the end of the 2016 season. Major results ;2003 : National Junior Road Championships ::1st Road race ::1st Time trial ;2004 : 7th Overall Tour d'Egypte : 10th Overall UAE Emirates Post Tour : 10th Grand Prix Bradlo ;2005 : 1st Time ...
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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 Belgian road bicycle racer 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 .... He first raced in the professional peloton in 1946, and was naturalized a Belgian in 1956. Winners External links Official Website {{in lang, fr UCI Europe Tour races Recurring sporting events established in 1964 1964 establishments in Belgium Cycle races in Belgium Sport in Hainaut (province) ...
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2007 UCI Road World Championships – Men's Under-23 Road Race
The 2007 UCI Road World Championships - Men's Under-23 Road Race took place on September 29, 2007 in the German city of Stuttgart. The race was won by Peter Velits of Slovakia who won in a bunch sprint of around 40 riders. Wesley Sulzberger took second with Jonathan Bellis of Great Britain taking the bronze medal. Pre-race favorite Edvald Boasson Hagen Edvald Boasson Hagen (born 17 May 1987) is a Norwegian professional road racing cyclist, who rides for UCI ProTeam . He was ranked as no. 3 in the world by UCI as of 31 August 2009, when he was 22 years old. He is known as an all-rounder, havin ... was involved in a crash around ten metres from the finish line, officially finishing 56th 27 seconds back. Results September 29, 2007: Stuttgart, 171.9 km References External linksRace website {{DEFAULTSORT:2007 Uci Road World Championships - Men's Under-23 Road Race Men's Under-23 Road Race UCI Road World Championships – Men's under-23 road race ...
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Tour D'Egypte
Tour d'Egypte is a professional road cycling stage race held annually each February in Egypt. Tour d'Egypte is part of the UCI Africa Tour The UCI Continental Circuits are a series of road bicycle racing competitions which were introduced in 2005 by the Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI) to expand cycling around the world. The five circuits (representing the continents of Africa, th .... Winners References * Cycle races in Egypt UCI Africa Tour races Recurring sporting events established in 1954 1954 establishments in Egypt Winter events in Egypt {{Egypt-sport-stub ...
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Slovak National Road Race Championships
The Slovakia National Road Race Championships take place annually and decide the national champion for the year in various categories. The winner of the championship gains the right to wear a distinctive jersey with a Slovak flag during races. Men Multiple winners Elite This section contains the list of Slovak road race champions. Since the year 2000, the Slovak championships were combined with the national championships of the Czech Republic. The column Overall winner shows the winner of the joint championship U23 Women Elite Junior References National road cycling championships Cycle races in Slovakia ...
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Martin Velits
Martin Velits (born 21 February 1985 in Bratislava) is a Slovakian former road bicycle racer, who rode professionally between 2007 and 2017 for the Wiesenhof, , and teams. His twin brother, Peter Velits, also competed as a professional cyclist. In October 2017, one year after his brother's retirement, Martin Velits announced that he would retire after competing in that year's inaugural Tour of Guangxi. Major results ;2003 : 1st Overall Grand Prix Rüebliland : 9th Overall Internationale Junioren-Rundfahrt Niedersachsen ::1st Stage 3 ;2004 : 1st Road race, National Under-23 Road Championships ;2005 : 1st Road race, National Under-23 Road Championships : 1st Stage 3a Giro del Capo : 7th Overall Okolo Slovenska ::1st Young rider classification ;2006 : 1st Road race, National Under-23 Road Championships : 1st 947 Cycle Challenge : 7th Overall Giro del Capo : 8th Overall Tour of Japan : 9th Trofeo Banca Popolare di Vicenza : 9th Memorial Philippe Van Coningsloo : 10th GP ...
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BSkyB
Sky UK Limited is a British broadcaster and telecommunications company that provides television and broadband Internet services, fixed line and mobile telephone services to consumers and businesses in the United Kingdom. It is a subsidiary of Sky Group and from 2018 onwards, part of Comcast. It is the UK's largest pay-TV broadcaster with 12.7 million customers as of the end of 2019 for its digital satellite TV platform. Sky's flagship products are Sky Q and the internet-based Sky Glass, and its flagship channels are Sky Showcase, Sky Sports and Sky Atlantic. Formed as British Sky Broadcasting (BSkyB) in November 1990 through the merger of Sky Television and British Satellite Broadcasting, it grew into a major media company by the end of the decade, notably owning all the television broadcasting rights for the Premier League and almost all the domestic rights of Hollywood films. Following BSkyB's acquisition of Sky Italia and a majority interest in Sky Deutschland in 2014, i ...
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Sky Sports
Sky Sports is a group of British subscription sports channels operated by the satellite pay television company Sky Group (a division of Comcast), and is the dominant subscription television sports brand in the United Kingdom and Ireland. It has played a major role in the increased commercialisation of British sport since 1991, and has sometimes played a large role inducing organisational changes in the sports it broadcasts, most notably when it encouraged the Premier League to break away from the Football League in 1992. Sky Sports Main Event, Premier League, Football, Cricket, Golf, F1, Action and Arena are available as a premium package on top of the basic Sky package. These services are also available as premium channels on nearly every satellite, cable and IPTV broadcasting system in the United Kingdom and Ireland. Sky Sports News, Sky Sports Racing and Sky Sports Mix are all provided as part of basic packages. The Sky Sports network is managed by Jonathan Licht. History ...
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Road Racing Cyclist
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 event is ...
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2014 UCI Road World Championships – Men's Team Time Trial
The Men's team time trial of the 2014 UCI Road World Championships was a cycling event that took place on 21 September 2014 in Ponferrada, Spain. It was the 30th edition of the championship, and the 3rd since its reintroduction in 2012. Belgian team were the defending champions, having won in both 2012 and 2013. The world title was won by , finishing 31 seconds ahead of nearest competitors , with completing the podium in third place. Course The course of the race was long. The team time trial started in the centre of Ponferrada and passed through La Martina, Posada del Bierzo, Carracedelo and Cacabelos before returning to Ponferrada. The men faced a few small climbs during the course with a total of of climbing and a maximum incline of 10%. Qualification It was an obligation for all 2014 UCI ProTeams to participate. As well as this, invitations were sent to the 20 leading teams of the 2014 UCI Europe Tour, the top 5 leading teams of the 2013–14 UCI America Tour and 201 ...
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2014 UCI Road World Championships
The 2014 UCI Road World Championships took place in Ponferrada, Spain, from 21 to 28 September 2014. The cycling championships consisted of 12 events for elite, under-23 and junior cyclists. It was the 81st UCI Road World Championships and the seventh time that Spain had hosted the championships; they were previously held in Lasarte in 1965, Montjuïc in 1973, Barcelona in 1984, Benidorm in 1992, San Sebastián in 1997 and Madrid in 2005. Bidding process The UCI announced on 4 April 2011 that the city of Ponferrada had the best candidature file to host the Championships. The candidature file of Ponferrada had the best score on the important sporting and economic elements. Ponferrada had unsuccessfully bid for the 2013 World Championships, which were awarded to Tuscany. Other candidates for the 2014 Championships were Hooglede-Gits in Belgium, Chihuahua in Mexico and the Vendée region in France. Preparations The original plan was to have two different finish sections, ...
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2013 UCI Road World Championships – Men's Team Time Trial
The Men's team time trial of the 2013 UCI Road World Championships cycling event took place on 22 September 2013 in the region of Tuscany, Italy. The course of the race was from the town of Montecatini Terme to the Nelson Mandela Forum in Florence Florence ( ; it, Firenze ) is a city in Central Italy and the capital city of the Tuscany Regions of Italy, region. It is the most populated city in Tuscany, with 383,083 inhabitants in 2016, and over 1,520,000 in its metropolitan area.Bilan .... were the defending champions, and successfully defended their title by 0.81 seconds over , with completing the podium in third place. Final classification References External links * {{DEFAULTSORT:2013 UCI Road World Championships - Men's team time trial Men's team time trial 2013 UCI World Tour UCI Road World Championships – Men's team time trial 2013 in men's road cycling ...
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