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Rudy Molard
Rudy Molard (born 17 September 1989) is a French road bicycle racer, who currently rides for UCI WorldTeam . Career Molard spent 5 years with before moving to in 2017. During his five year stint with , Molard won a Stage at the 2015 Tour du Limousin. He also rode the Tour de France twice, finishing 73rd in 2013. and 51st in 2014. FDJ (2017–present) 2017 Molard finished 16th overall at Paris–Nice, and 24th at Tour of the Basque Country in his first season with . He had a great form during the spring classics, finishing 8th at La Flèche Wallonne, and 17th at Liège–Bastogne–Liège. He was included in the team at the 100th Giro d'Italia, and the Tour de France. 2018 Molard opened his 2018 season off by finishing 3rd overall at both the Tour La Provence, and the Tour du Haut Var. His next race was Paris–Nice, in which he managed to win Stage 6 from Sisteron to Vence. He attacked inside the final kilometer, and managed to get away from the front group. Molar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2014 Tour Of Belgium
The 2014 Tour of Belgium was the 84th edition of the Tour of Belgium cycling stage race. It took place from 28 May to 1 June 2014 in Belgium, and was a part of the 2014 UCI Europe Tour. Schedule Teams 20 teams were invited to the 2014 Tour of Belgium: 6 UCI ProTeams, 7 UCI Professional Continental Teams and 7 UCI Continental Teams. Stages Stage 1 ;28 May 2014 – Lochristi to Buggenhout, Stage 2 ;29 May 2014 – Lierde to Knokke-Heist, Stage 3 ;30 May 2014 – Diksmuide, , individual time trial (ITT) Diksmuide - Ronde van België, etappe 3, individuele tijdrit, 30 mei 2014 (C05).JPG Diksmuide - Ronde van België, etappe 3, individuele tijdrit, 30 mei 2014 (C19).JPG Diksmuide - Ronde van België, etappe 3, individuele tijdrit, 30 mei 2014 (C26).JPG Diksmuide - Ronde van België, etappe 3, individuele tijdrit, 30 mei 2014 (C30).JPG Diksmuide - Ronde van België, etappe 3, individuele tijdrit, 30 mei 2014 (C37).JPG Stage 4 ;31 May 2014 – Eau ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2017 Giro D'Italia
The 2017 Giro d'Italia was the 100th edition of the Giro d'Italia, one of cycling's Grand Tour races. The race started on 5 May in Alghero on the island of Sardinia, and ended on 28 May in Milan. The race was won by Tom Dumoulin, who became the first Dutch male winner of the Giro. Teams All 18 UCI WorldTeams were automatically invited and were obliged to attend the race. Four wildcard UCI Professional Continental teams were also selected. Each team is expected to start with nine riders apart from , with eight riders, due to the death of 2011 winner Michele Scarponi, who died while training days before the start of the race. The teams entering the race were: Pre-race favorites The main pre-race favorites were Nairo Quintana () and Vincenzo Nibali (). Other general classification contenders were Geraint Thomas and Mikel Landa (), Steven Kruijswijk (), Thibaut Pinot (), Tom Dumoulin (), Adam Yates (), Bauke Mollema (), Ilnur Zakarin (), Tejay van Garderen (), Bob Jungels () ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2018 Clásica De San Sebastián
The 2018 Clásica de San Sebastián was a road cycling one-day race that took place on 4 August in San Sebastián, Spain. It was the 38th edition of the Clásica de San Sebastián and the twenty-seventh event of the 2018 UCI World Tour. It was won by Julian Alaphilippe in the sprint ahead of Bauke Mollema. Teams 22 teams of seven riders have been invited to take part in the race: 18 teams of the UCI WorldTeam category; and four of the Continental Professional category. Forming a peloton of 154 cyclists, the participating teams are: Result References External links * 2018 File:2018 Events Collage.png, From top left, clockwise: The 2018 Winter Olympics opening ceremony in PyeongChang, South Korea; Protests erupt following the Assassination of Jamal Khashoggi; March for Our Lives protests take place across the United ... 2018 UCI World Tour 2018 in Spanish road cycling August 2018 sports events in Spain {{Spain-cycling-race-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
French National Road Race Championships
The French National Road Race Championship is a cycling race where the French cyclists decide who will become the champion for the year to come. The event was established in 1899, a professional championship was established in 1907 and the women's championship was established in 1951. Several additional categories were added later. The record for victories is by one of the best female cyclists, Jeannie Longo, who has so far won 20 road championships. The winners of each event are awarded with a symbolic cycling jersey which is blue, white and red, just like the national flag, these colours can be worn by the rider at other road racing events in the country to show their status as national champion. The champion's stripes can be combined into a sponsored rider's team kit design for this purpose. Men :''In 1941, two titles were awarded: one in the occupied zone of France, another for the un-occupied zone'' :''(*) 1947 : Paul Néri finished first but did not qualify as he wa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2018 Critérium Du Dauphiné
The 2018 Critérium du Dauphiné was a road cycling stage race that took place between 3 and 10 June 2018 in France. It was the 70th edition of the Critérium du Dauphiné and the twenty-third event of the 2018 UCI World Tour. The race was won by a British rider from Team Sky, as Geraint Thomas won his first Dauphiné GC. Teams As the Critérium du Dauphiné was a UCI World Tour event, all eighteen UCI WorldTeams were invited automatically and obliged to enter a team in the race. Four UCI Professional Continental teams competed, completing the 22-team peloton. Route Stages Prologue ;3 June 2018 — Valence, Stage 1 ;4 June 2018 — Valence to Saint-Just-Saint-Rambert, Stage 2 ;5 June 2018 — Montbrison to Belleville, Stage 3 ;6 June 2018 — Pont-de-Vaux to Louhans-Châteaurenaud, ( TTT) Stage 4 ;7 June 2018 — Chazey-sur-Ain to Lans-en-Vercors, Stage 5 ;8 June 2018 — Grenoble to Valmorel, Stage 6 ;9 June 2018 — Frontenex to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2018 Tour De France
The 2018 Tour de France was the 105th edition of the Tour de France, one of cycling's three Grand Tours. The -long race consisted of 21 stages, starting on 7 July in Noirmoutier-en-l'Île, in western France, and concluding on 29 July with the Champs-Élysées stage in Paris. A total of 176 riders from 22 teams participated in the race. The overall general classification was won by Geraint Thomas of . Tom Dumoulin () placed second, with Thomas's teammate and four-time Tour winner Chris Froome coming third. The opening stage was won by Fernando Gaviria of , who became the Tour's first rider to wear the general classification leader's yellow jersey. Peter Sagan () then took the race lead on the following stage. won stage three's team time trial, putting their rider Greg Van Avermaet in yellow. He held the jersey for eight days until the second stage of the three Alpine stages, which Thomas won and took the lead in. He successfully defended it from Dumoulin for the rest of the T ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2018 Liège–Bastogne–Liège
The 2018 Liège–Bastogne–Liège was a road cycling one-day race that took place on 22 April 2018 in Belgium. It was the 104th edition of the Liège–Bastogne–Liège and the eighteenth event of the 2018 UCI World Tour. The race was won by the champion of Luxembourg, Bob Jungels (), who escaped on the Côte de la Roche-aux-Faucons. Canadian rider Michael Woods, riding for the team, won the sprint for second place ahead of 's Romain Bardet for France. Teams As Liège–Bastogne–Liège was a UCI World Tour event, all eighteen UCI WorldTeams were invited automatically and obliged to enter a team in the race. Seven UCI Professional Continental teams competed as wildcards, completing the 25-team peloton. Result References External links * {{DEFAULTSORT:Liege-Bastogne-Liege, 2018 2018 UCI World Tour 2018 in Belgian sport 2018 File:2018 Events Collage.png, From top left, clockwise: The 2018 Winter Olympics opening ceremony in PyeongChang, South Kore ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2018 La Flèche Wallonne
The 2018 La Flèche Wallonne was a road cycling one-day race that took place on 18 April 2018 in Belgium. It was the 82nd edition of the La Flèche Wallonne and the seventeenth event of the 2018 UCI World Tour. During the third and final ascent of the Mur de Huy, rider Julian Alaphilippe accelerated near the summit, overtaking race leader Jelle Vanendert () in the last 100 metres of the race and dropping him. Alejandro Valverde, who had won the last four editions for the , staged a late fight-back and almost caught Alaphilippe, but Alaphilippe was able to kick again in the final metres to increase his lead, to win by four seconds from Valverde. It was the biggest victory of Alaphilippe's career at that point, becoming the first French winner of the race since Laurent Jalabert in 1997. Teams As La Flèche Wallonne was a UCI World Tour event, all eighteen UCI WorldTeams were invited automatically and obliged to enter a team in the race. Seven UCI Professional Continental teams c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2018 Amstel Gold Race
The 2018 Amstel Gold Race was a road cycling one-day race that took place on 15 April 2018 in the Netherlands. It was the 53rd edition of the Amstel Gold Race and the sixteenth event of the 2018 UCI World Tour. The race started in Maastricht and finished in Berg en Terblijt, containing 35 categorised climbs, covering a total distance of . The race was won by Michael Valgren () in a two-up sprint with 's Roman Kreuziger. 's Enrico Gasparotto finished third, two seconds behind the front pair. Route The race started on Maastricht's ''Markt'', the city's central market square, and finished in Berg en Terblijt, totaling . The route, similar to the 2017 edition, was made up of four sinuous loops centering around Valkenburg in the south of Limburg. Only the final loop, long, was modified in order to search for more narrow roads. Organisers intended to make the race finale harder for a peloton to control. Maastricht and Valkenburg have been the start and finish locations of the Ams ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vence
Vence (; oc, Vença) is a commune set in the hills of the Alpes Maritimes department in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region in southeastern France, north of Nice and Antibes. Ecclesiastical history The first known Bishop of Vence is Severus, bishop in 439 and perhaps as early as 419. Among others are: Veranus, son of St. Eucherius, Archbishop of Lyon and a monk of Lérins, bishop before 451 and at least until 465; St. Lambert, first a Benedictine monk (died 1154); Cardinal Alessandro Farnese (1505–11). Antoine Godeau, Bishop of Grasse, was named Bishop of Vence in 1638; the Holy See wished to unite the two dioceses. Meeting with opposition from the chapter and the clergy of Vence Godeau left Grasse in 1653, to remain Bishop of Vence, which see he held until 1672. The diocese of Nice now unites the three former Dioceses of Nice, Grasse and Vence. Population Sights Within the historic village, a medieval walled village, there are numerous interesting sights and mo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sisteron
Sisteron (; , oc, label=Mistralian norm, Sisteroun; from oc, label=Old Occitan, Sestaron) is a commune in the Alpes-de-Haute-Provence department, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, southeastern France. Sisteron is situated on the banks of the river Durance just after the confluence of the rivers Buëch and Sasse. It is sometimes called the "Gateway to Provence" because it is in a narrow gap between two long mountain ridges. It is from Marseille, also from Grenoble, from Nice and from Forcalquier. There are of forest and wood within the commune.Roger Brunet, ÂCanton de Sisteron», ''Le Trésor des régions'', read 9 June 2013. History Sisteron has been inhabited for 4000 years. The Romans used the route through Sisteron as can be shown by a Latin inscription in the rocks near the road to Authon. It escaped the barbarian invasions after the fall of Rome, but was ravaged by the Saracens. It was first fortified by the Counts of Forcalquier in the 11th century and later was th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2018 Paris–Nice
The 2018 Paris–Nice was a road cycling stage race that took place between 4 and 11 March 2018 in France. It was the 76th edition of the Paris–Nice and the sixth event of the 2018 UCI World Tour. The race was won on the final day by the 's Marc Soler from Spain. Having started the final stage 37 seconds down on race leader Simon Yates () in sixth place overall, Soler attacked around halfway into the stage along with compatriot David de la Cruz (); the duo joined Omar Fraile () at the head of the race, and the trio managed to stay clear of the rest of the field by the time they reached Nice. As de la Cruz and Fraile contested stage honours, Soler finished third – acquiring four bonus seconds on the finish in addition to three gained at an earlier intermediate sprint – and with a 35-second gap to Yates and the remaining general classification contenders, it was enough to give Soler victory over Yates by four seconds. The podium was completed by 's Gorka Izagirre, moving a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
