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Santiago Botero
Santiago Botero Echeverry (born October 27, 1972) is a Colombian former professional road bicycle racer. He was a pro from 1996 to 2010, during which time he raced in three editions of the Tour de France and four editions of the Vuelta a España (the Tour of Spain). He was best known for winning the mountains classification in the Tour de France, and the World Championship Time Trial. Biography Beginnings Since childhood, he was very fond of bicycles, especially after his father, Alberto Botero, gave him a mountain bike, with which he practiced and began to compete in mountain bike races in Medellín. Although he was not a good academic student, he became one of the most important cyclists in Colombia. Juan Darío Uribe, the sports doctor who discovered him and was his mentor in road cycling, says that he gave him the same effort test given to his other runners (some of them were Óscar de Jesús Vargas, Carlos Mario Jaramillo and Juan Diego Ramírez) on a stationary bik ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Botero
Botero is a surname of Italian origin, common in Colombia and along with other similar variants (Boter, Boteri, Botter, Botteri, Bottero), it originated in the Piedmont region of Italy, more specifically, in the town of Bene Vagienna, province of Cuneo. In the present time, Colombia is the country with the largest number of people holding this surname. The founder of this family in Colombia was Giovanni Andrea Botero Bernavi, born in the Republic of Genoa, region of Liguria, Italy. Origin and etymology It is an occupational surname that originated in the Middle Ages, around year 500 CE, during which time people made barrels for the storage and transportation of liquids and solids such as wine, water, honey, gunpowder, grains, salt and sugar. At that time, when the Piedmont region was part of the Roman Empire, Boterus was the name given to the people who made the barrels in the town of Bene Vagienna. Giovanni Botero, an important character born in Bene In the town of Bene V ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2002 UCI Road World Championships – Men's Time Trial
The Men's Individual Time Trial at the 2002 UCI Road World Championships was the 9th edition of the event. The race took place on 11 October 2002 in Zolder, Belgium. The race was won by Santiago Botero Santiago Botero Echeverry (born October 27, 1972) is a Colombian former professional road bicycle racer. He was a pro from 1996 to 2010, during which time he raced in three editions of the Tour de France and four editions of the Vuelta a Españ ... of Colombia. Final classification References Men's Time Trial UCI Road World Championships – Men's time trial {{cycling-race-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Víctor Hugo Peña
Víctor Hugo Peña Grisales (born July 10, 1974 in Bogotá) is a Colombian professional retired road racing cyclist. He last rode for the professional cycling team. In 2003, Peña became the first Colombian to wear the yellow jersey at the Tour de France. He held the yellow jersey for three days following the 4th, 5th and 6th stages of that year's tour. Peña's 2003 Tour de France, where he served as domestique for Lance Armstrong, is described in detail in Matt Rendell's book ''A Significant Other''. The book also describes the rider's amateur and early professional career. He is named after both his father Hugo and the author Victor Hugo. He earned his nickname "''El Tiburon''" ("the shark") due to his looks and the other sport he excelled at besides cycling – swimming. Peña finished 7th in the 100 meter freestyle Pan American swimming championships for juniors in 1991. At the end of the season in 2012, Peña retired. Later, Pena was implicated in the 2012 USADA Reasone ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Miguel Ángel Martín Perdiguero
Miguel Ángel Martín Perdiguero (born 14 October 1972 in Madrid) is a Spanish former professional road racing cyclist. He finished his career riding on the UCI ProTour for the Phonak Hearing Systems cycling team, with whom he had ridden since 2005. His career highlights include winning the Clásica de San Sebastián and capturing the overall, points, and mountains competitions along with three stages at the Volta a Catalunya in 2004. Major results ;1998 : 1st Stage 1 Grand Prix International Mitsubishi MR Cortez : Vuelta a Mallorca ::2nd Trofeo Manacor ::3rd Trofeo Alcúdia ;1999 : 1st Clásica a los Puertos de Guadarrama : 1st Stage 1 Vuelta a Burgos : 2nd Clásica de Alcobendas : 2nd Subida al Naranco : 3rd Escalada a Montjuïc ;2000 : 1st Overall Vuelta a La Rioja ::1st Points Classification ::1st Stage 4 : 1st GP Llodio : 1st GP Miguel Indurain : 9th Clásica de San Sebastián ;2001 : 1st Stage 1 Vuelta a Asturias : 1st Stage 1 Clásica Internacional de Alcobendas ;2 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kelme (cycling Team)
Kelme was a professional cycling team based in Spain. History In 1979, Kelme sponsored the mountains classification in the Vuelta a España. The owners of Kelme were not satisfied with the publicity that this produced, so they decided to sponsor a cycling team instead. The Kelme team was formed from another Spanish cycling team, Transmallorca, in 1980. From the 2004 cycling season, the Valencian government took the main sponsorship, Kelme becoming co-sponsor, finally dropping from the team at the end of the year. Despite this, the team kept on running, but its days were numbered when on 20 August 2006, because of doping allegations on Operación Puerto, the Valencian government dropped its sponsorship. This was to become the last year for the oldest team in the peloton. The last couple of years, it was managed by Vicente Belda, a former cyclist who rode for the team from 1980 to 1988. Famous former riders included Alejandro Valverde, Roberto Heras, Aitor González, Oscar Sevil ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Europe
Europe is a large peninsula conventionally considered a continent in its own right because of its great physical size and the weight of its history and traditions. Europe is also considered a Continent#Subcontinents, subcontinent of Eurasia and it is located entirely in the Northern Hemisphere and mostly in the Eastern Hemisphere. Comprising the westernmost peninsulas of Eurasia, it shares the continental landmass of Afro-Eurasia with both Africa and Asia. It is bordered by the Arctic Ocean to the north, the Atlantic Ocean to the west, the Mediterranean Sea to the south and Asia to the east. Europe is commonly considered to be Boundaries between the continents of Earth#Asia and Europe, separated from Asia by the drainage divide, watershed of the Ural Mountains, the Ural (river), Ural River, the Caspian Sea, the Greater Caucasus, the Black Sea and the waterways of the Turkish Straits. "Europe" (pp. 68–69); "Asia" (pp. 90–91): "A commonly accepted division between Asia and E ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Juan Diego Ramírez
Juan Diego Ramírez Calderón (born July 21, 1971 in La Ceja, Antioquia) is a male road cyclist from Colombia. Career ;1994 :1st in General Classification Vuelta a Boyacá (COL) ;1995 :1st in General Classification Clásica Nacional Marco Fidel Suárez (COL) :4th in General Classification Clásico RCN (COL) :2nd in Stage 2 Vuelta a Colombia, Pacho (COL) :2nd in Stage 6 Vuelta a Colombia, Chinchina (COL) :2nd in Stage 11 Vuelta a Colombia, Ibagué (COL) :1st in Stage 13 Vuelta a Colombia, Bogota (COL) :2nd in General Classification Vuelta a Colombia (COL) ;1996 :1st in Stage 8 Vuelta a Colombia, Palestina (COL) ;1997 :5th in General Classification Clásico RCN (COL) :1st in Stage 4 Vuelta a Colombia, Ibagué (COL) :2nd in Stage 10 Vuelta a Colombia, Alto Santa Helena (COL) :1st in General Mountains Classification Vuelta a Colombia (COL) :4th in General Classification Vuelta a Colombia (COL) ;1998 :3rd in Stage 2 Vuelta a Colombia, Cáqueza (COL) :2nd in Stage 8 Vuelta a Colomb ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Óscar Vargas (cyclist)
Óscar de Jesús Vargas Restrepo (born 23 March 1964) is a Colombian former road racing cyclist, who was a professional rider from 1985 to 1995. During the 1992 Vuelta a España, Vargas won stage 20, ahead of eventual overall winner Tony Rominger. However, he failed the subsequent doping test, returning a positive for caffeine, and was stripped of his result, with the stage win awarded to Rominger. He was given a three-month suspension. Major results ;1985 : 5th Overall Clásico RCN : 8th Overall Vuelta a Colombia ;1986 : 1st Subida a Urkiola : 3rd Clasica de Sabiñanigo ;1987 : 5th Overall Vuelta a España : 8th Overall Vuelta a Colombia ;1989 : 1st Stage 7 Vuelta a Colombia : 3rd Overall Vuelta a España ::1st Mountains classification ::1st Combination classification ;1990 : 2nd Road race, National Road Championships : 7th Overall Volta a Catalunya ;1991 : 2nd Overall Vuelta a Colombia : 4th Overall Clásico RCN ;1992 : 1st Stage 20 Vuelta a España : 9th Overall Paris ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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 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 i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2001 UCI Road World Championships – Men's Road Race
The men's road race at the 2001 UCI Road World Championships was the 68th edition of the event. The race took place on Sunday 14 October 2001 in Lisbon, Portugal on a circuit. The race was won by Óscar Freire of Spain , image_flag = Bandera de España.svg , image_coat = Escudo de España (mazonado).svg , national_motto = ''Plus ultra'' (Latin)(English: "Further Beyond") , national_anthem = (English: "Royal March") , i .... Final classification References Men's Road Race UCI Road World Championships – Men's road race {{UCIMen-race-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2001 UCI Road World Championships
The 2001 UCI Road World Championships took place in Lisbon, Portugal Portugal, officially the Portuguese Republic ( pt, República Portuguesa, links=yes ), is a country whose mainland is located on the Iberian Peninsula of Southwestern Europe, and whose territory also includes the Atlantic archipelagos of ..., from 9 to 14 October 2001. The event consisted of a road race and a time trial for men, women, men under 23, junior men and junior women. Events summary External links Course profiles, live coverage, results and history @ cyclingnews.com {{DEFAULTSORT:2001 Uci Road World Championships UCI Road World Championships by year W C C ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2002 UCI Road World Championships
The 2002 UCI Road World Championships took place in the region of Limburg, Belgium, between 8 and 13 October 2002. The event consisted of a road race and a time trial for men, women, men under 23, junior men and junior women. Events summary External links Results and report of cyclingnews.com {{DEFAULTSORT:2002 Uci Road World Championships UCI Road World Championships by year World Championships A world championship is generally an international competition open to elite competitors from around the world, representing their nations, and winning such an event will be considered the highest or near highest achievement in the sport, game, ... Uci Road World Championships, 2002 International cycle races hosted by Belgium Sport in Hasselt Circuit Zolder ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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