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Roc D'Azur
Roc d'Azur is an annual mountain biking event held in Fréjus and Roquebrune-sur-Argens, France during October. It consists of a trade show A trade fair, also known as trade show, trade exhibition, or trade exposition, is an exhibition organized so that companies in a specific industry can showcase and demonstrate their latest products and services, meet with industry partners and cu ... and a few dozen races, attracting riders from various countries. The inaugural edition of the Roc d'Azur was run in 1984 and featured seven competitors, including event founder Stéphane Hauvette. The Roc d'Azur has since grown to become the biggest mountain biking event in the world."Roc d'Azur 2013", ''Bike'', issue no. 129, December 2013, pp. 136-142 List of winners References Mountain biking events in France Exhibitions in France Sport in Var (department) {{cycling-race-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fréjus
Fréjus (; ) is a commune in the Var department in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region in Southeastern France. In 2019, it had a population of 54,458. It neighbours Saint-Raphaël, effectively forming one urban agglomeration. The north of the commune forms part of the Massif de l'Esterel. On 2 December 1959, the Malpasset Dam, on the Reyran River above the city of Fréjus, ruptured, killing over 400 people. History The origins of Frejus probably lie with the Celto- Ligurian people who settled around the natural harbour of Aegytna. The remains of a defensive wall are still visible on Mont Auriasque and Cap Capelin. The Phocaeans of Marseille later established an outpost on the site. Foundation Frejus was strategically situated at an important crossroads formed by the Via Julia Augusta (which ran between Italy and the Rhône) and the Via Domitia. Although there are only few traces of a settlement at that time, it is known that the poet Cornelius Gallus was born there in 6 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anna Szafraniec
Anna Szafraniec (born 16 February 1981) is a Polish mountain biker. She was born in Myślenice. She competed at the 2004 Summer Olympics The 2004 Summer Olympics ( el, Θερινοί Ολυμπιακοί Αγώνες 2004, ), officially the Games of the XXVIII Olympiad ( el, Αγώνες της 28ης Ολυμπιάδας, ) and also known as Athens 2004 ( el, Αθήνα 2004), ..., in women's cross-country cycling. References External links * 1981 births Living people Sportspeople from Lesser Poland Voivodeship Polish female cyclists Olympic cyclists for Poland Cyclists at the 2004 Summer Olympics People from Myślenice 21st-century Polish sportswomen {{Poland-cycling-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thomas Dietsch
Thomas Dietsch (born 8 August 1974) is a French former professional cross-country mountain biker Cross-country (XC) cycling is a discipline of mountain biking. Cross-country cycling became an Olympic sport in 1996 and is the only form of mountain biking practiced at the Olympics. Terrain Cross-country cycling is defined by the terrain on wh .... He retired after the 2014 season. Major results ;2000 : 1st National Cross-country Championships : 1st Roc d'Azur ;2001 : 1st Roc d'Azur ;2002 : 2nd European XCM Championships ;2003 : 1st European XCM Championships ;2004 : 1st European XCM Championships : 2nd UCI World XCM Championships ;2006 : 1st National XCM Championships ;2007 : 1st Overall UCI XCM World Cup : 3rd UCI World XCM Championships ;2008 : 1st National XCM Championships ;2009 : 1st National XCM Championships ;2011 : 1st National XCM Championships ;2012 : 1st National XCM Championships ;2013 : 1st National XCM Championships ;2014 : 1st National ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Laurence Leboucher
Laurence Leboucher (born 22 February 1972 in Alençon, Orne) is a French professional cross-country mountain bike A mountain bike (MTB) or mountain bicycle is a bicycle designed for off-road cycling. Mountain bikes share some similarities with other bicycles, but incorporate features designed to enhance durability and performance in rough terrain, which ... and cyclo-cross racer. She is a three-time Olympian and two-time world cyclo-cross champion. Major achievements Important results for Laurence Leboucher are: ;1998 * 1st (Gold Medal), World Mountain Bike Championships, Cross Country * 1st, European Cyclo-cross Championships ;2000 * 1st, European Cyclo-cross Championships * 3rd, Round 2, Tissot-UCI Mountain Bike World Cup ;2001 * 1st, European Cyclo-cross Championships ;2002 * 1st (Gold Medal), World Cyclo-cross Championships ;2003 * 3rd (Bronze Medal), World Cyclo-cross Championships ;2004 * 1st (Gold Medal), World Cyclo-cross Championships ;2005 * 2nd, French ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Peter Pouly
Peter Pouly (born 29 June 1977 in Saint-Étienne) is a French former professional cyclist, who competed professionally in road racing and mountain biking for and the . He now works as a directeur sportif for UCI Continental team . Doping ban Pouly served a suspension of one year from 12 December 2002 to 12 December 2003 for doping. Major results ;1995 : 1st Cross-country, National Junior Mountain Bike Championships : 1st Roc Laissagais : 4th Cross-country, UCI Junior Mountain Bike World Championships ;1998 : 1st Cross-country, National Under-23 Mountain Bike Championships ;1999 : 1st Cross-country, National Under-23 Mountain Bike Championships ;2001 : 3rd Roc d'Azur ;2002 : 1st Roc d'Azur : 1st GP Meyruels ;2004 : 1st Marathon cross-country, National Mountain Bike Championships ;2005 : 1st Marathon cross-country, National Mountain Bike Championships : 2nd Roc d'Azur ;2011 : 1st Overall Haute Route ;2012 : 1st Overall Haute Route : 1st Doi Inthanon : 2nd Taiwan KOM Challeng ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Maryline Salvetat
Maryline Salvetat (born 12 February 1974) is a French cyclist born in Castres. She participates in road cycling as well as in cyclo-cross and mountain biking. In 2002, 2004, and 2005 she became French national champion in cyclo-cross. In 2004, she also won the silver medal at the cyclo-cross European and World Championships. Honours Road cycling ;1991 : U19 Road Race Champion ;1992 : U19 Road Race Champion ;1994 :2nd, Grand Prix de France :3rd, Chrono des Herbiers ;1995 :2nd, Grand Prix de France ;1996 :1st, Grand Prix de France :2nd, Chrono des Herbiers ;1997 :2nd, Chrono des Herbiers ;1998 :3rd, Grand Prix de France ;2003 :2nd, French National Championship ;2006 :1st, Trophée des Grimpeurs :2nd, Overall, Grande Boucle Féminine Internationale :3rd, French Time Trial Championship ;2007 : French Time Trial Champion :3rd, Overall, Route de France Féminine Cyclo-cross ;2001 :2nd, French National Championship :2nd, Liévin ;2002 : Cyclo-Cross Champion :2nd, Lapalisse :2nd, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alison Sydor
Alison Jane Sydor (born September 9, 1966) is a Canadian retired professional cross-country mountain cyclist. She began cycling at age 20 and is a graduate of the University of Victoria. She won a silver medal at the 1996 Summer Olympics in mountain bike, and has won three world mountain bike championships gold medals (1994 in Vail, Colorado; 1995 in Kirchzarten, Germany; and 1996 in Cairns, Australia) and the 2002 relay race in Kaprun, Austria. Sydor has also won five silver medals (1992, 1999, 2000, 2001 and 2003) and three bronze (1998, 1999 (relay race), 2004) at mountain bike world championships, and one bronze at the road world championships (1991). In addition, Sydor has won 17 World Cup (cross-country) races in her career, and for 13 consecutive years (1992–2004) never finished outside of the top-5 at the world championships. In 1995 and 1996, Sydor was awarded the Velma Springstead Trophy as Canada's top female athlete. In September 2007 Sydor was inducted into th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Christoph Sauser
Christoph Sauser (born 13 April 1976 in Sigriswil, Switzerland) is a cross-country mountain biker who won the bronze medal at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia. He currently races on the Specialized Cross Country Team. He was the overall winner of the UCI World Cup in 2004 and 2005, along with taking 2nd in 2002 and 2003, with a 3rd place in 2001. He has won a total of 10 World Cups. In 2006 Sauser won his first Absa Cape Epic with partner Silvio Bundi. He then partnered up with Burry Stander winning back to back in 2011 and 2012. Sauser partnered up with Jaroslav Kulhavý
Jaroslav Kulhavý (; born 8 January 1985 in Ústí nad Orlicí), is a Czech mountain biker
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Petra Henzi
Petra Henzi (born 14 October 1969) is a retired Swiss professional mountain biker. Throughout her sporting career, she has won numerous Swiss national championship titles, and more importantly, a total of four prestigious medals (one gold, one silver, and two bronze) in women's cross-country race at the UCI Mountain Bike World Championships. Henzi later represented her nation Switzerland, as a 38-year-old senior, at the 2008 Summer Olympics, and also rode professionally for more than five seasons on Fischer-BMC Team, before retiring from the sport in early 2010. Racing career As a full-time member of Fischer-BMC team since her professional cycling debut in 2002, Henzi sought sporting headlines on the international scene at the 2005 UCI Mountain Bike World Championships in Livigno, Italy, where she claimed the bronze medal in the women's marathon race, adding the Swiss national championship title to her career resume in that same year. A year later, Henzi continued to flourish he ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jean-Christophe Péraud
Jean-Christophe Péraud (born 22 May 1977) is a retired French cyclist who rode for and during his professional career. He was a member of the French team at the 2008 and 2012 Summer Olympics. Career Péraud was European cross-country champion in 2005 and world team champion in 2008. Competing at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing he won the silver medal in the cross-country race. In June 2009 he became the surprise winner of the French National Time Trial Championships. This led to him being signed by UCI ProTour team for the 2010 season, to increase its time-trialing presence in stage races. In 2011, Péraud achieved 6th place overall at the Critérium International and ninth place overall in the Tour de France. He crashed out in the final week of the 2013 Tour de France during the time trial, falling in a slippery late-apex corner, in the same spot his family had gathered to cheer him on, with less than two kilometers to go, riding with a non-displaced fractured collarb ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marielle Saner-Guinchard
Marielle Franco (; born Marielle Francisco da Silva, 27 July 1979 – 14 March 2018) was a Brazilian politician, Sociology, sociologist, Feminism, feminist, Socialism, socialist and human rights activist. After earning a master's degree in public administration from the Fluminense Federal University, she served as a city councillor of the Municipal Chamber of Rio de Janeiro for the Socialism and Liberty Party (PSOL) from January 2017 until her death. On 14 March 2018, while in a car after delivering a speech in the north of Rio de Janeiro, Franco and her driver were shot multiple times and killed by two murderers travelling in another vehicle. Franco had been an outspoken critic of police brutality and extrajudicial killings, as well as the February 2018 federal intervention by Brazilian president Michel Temer in the state of Rio de Janeiro (state), Rio de Janeiro which resulted in the deployment of the army in police operations. In March 2019, two former police officers were ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Roel Paulissen
Roel Paulissen (born 27 April 1976 in Hasselt) is a Belgian former professional mountain biker. Throughout his sporting career since 1993, he has won more than ten Belgian national championship titles, mounted top-five finishes at both the European and World Cup series, and claimed a total of four medals, including two golds, in men's cross-country race at the UCI Mountain Bike World Championships. Paulissen also represented his nation Belgium in four editions of the Olympic Games (1996, 2000, 2004, and 2008), where he competed in men's mountain biking since it officially became an Olympic sport in 1996. By the start of the 2010 season, Paulissen had been overshadowed by a doping issue after he tested positive for clomiphene that sidelined and effectively ended his mountain biking career. Having lifted a two-year suspension from doping in early 2013, Paulissen came out from his short retirement to join and race professionally for the Italian team Torpado. Racing career Early year ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
