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Tour Du Limousin
Tour du Limousin is a 4-day road bicycle race held annually in Limousin, France. It was first held in 1968 and since 2005 it has been organised as a 2.1 event on the UCI Europe Tour. In 2011 it was upgraded to an 2.HC The UCI 1.HC and UCI 2.HC are the second tier classification of road cycling races by the UCI, after the UCI World Tour (or its predecessor, the UCI ProTour). The races are part of the various UCI Continental Circuits. The 1.HC events are one-day ... event, and downgraded to 2.1 since 2013. Between 1968 and 1974 it was an amateur race. Winners External links * English section of the official site UCI Europe Tour races Recurring sporting events established in 1968 1968 establishments in France Cycle races in France {{France-cycling-race-stub ... [...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] |
Gitane–Campagnolo
Gitane–Campagnolo was a French professional cycling team that existed from 1969 to 1977. Its main sponsor was the French bicycle manufacturer Gitane. History The Sonolor team was created for the 1969 season after the Pelforth–Sauvage–Lejeune team ended in 1968. In 1974, the Gitane–Frigécrème team of directeur sportif Andre Desvrages was merged into the team creating Sonolor–Gitane. The team was called Gitane–Campagnolo from 1975–1977 and in 1975 signed 1971 French amateur champion Bernard Hinault. During this time the team was directed by Stablinski, but Cyrille Guimard was becoming involved as well as Maurice Champion. Guimard took over as main directeur sportif in 1976 and directed Van Impe to success in the 1976 Tour de France. Van Impe left at the end of 1976 and Hinault was designated captain for stage races. Even though Hinault won the Critérium du Dauphiné Libéré in 1977 in front of Bernard Thévenet and Lucien Van Impe, he did not start the Tour de ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Recurring Sporting Events Established In 1968
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UCI Europe Tour Races
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Jean Delatour
R.A.G.T. Semences was a French professional cycling team which existed from 2000 to 2005. It was created in 2000 as Jean Delatour, and started four times in the Tour de France(2001 to 2004), with two stage wins. The team was dissolved by the end of the 2005 season. Major wins 2000 :Prologue Paris–Nice, Laurent Brochard :GP Ostenfester, Cyril Dessel :Stage 2b Critérium International, Laurent Brochard :Route Adélie, Laurent Brochard :Trophée des Grimpeurs, Patrice Halgand :A travers le Morbihan, Patrice Halgand :Stage 3 Route du Sud, Patrice Halgand : Time Trial Championships, Francisque Teyssier :Stage 2 Tour de l'Ain, Samuel Plouhinec :Stage 5 Regio-Tour, Patrice Halgand :Overall Tour du Limousin, Patrice Halgand ::Stage 2, Patrice Halgand :Paris–Bourges, Laurent Brochard :2nd Overall Paris–Nice, Laurent Brochard 2001 :Stage 2 Tour de Normandie, Lénaïc Olivier :Stage 2 Critérium International, Patrice Halgand :Stage 1 Circuit de la Sarthe, Laurent Brochard :Pa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Novemail–Histor–Laser Computer
Novemail–Histor–Laser Computer () was a French professional cycling team that existed in 1993 and 1994. The team participated in the 1993 and 1994 editions of the Tour de France. 1994 Team roster Major wins Sources: ;1993 : Vuelta a Andalucía ::Stage 2, Wilfried Nelissen ::Stage 3, Jo Planckaert : Overall Tour Méditerranéen Cycliste Professionnel, Charly Mottet ::Stage 3, Charly Mottet : Omloop Het Volk, Wilfried Nelissen : Memorial Samyn, Wilfried Nelissen : Clásica de Almería, Viatcheslav Ekimov : Vuelta a Murcia ::Stage 2, Viatcheslav Ekimov ::Stage 4, Marcel Wüst : Grand Prix de Denain, Marcel Wüst : Tour de Vendée, Dimitri Zhdanov : Stage 2 4 Jours de Dunkerque, Viatcheslav Ekimov : Stage 5 Vuelta Asturias, Viatcheslav Ekimov : Classique des Alpes, Eddy Bouwmans : A Travers le Morbihan, Marcel Wüst : Stage 4 Critérium du Dauphiné Libéré, Eddy Bouwmans : Stage 5 Tour de Suisse, Viatcheslav Ekimov : Stage 2 Tour de France, Wilf ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Système U (cycling Team)
Système U () was a French professional cycling team that existed from 1986 to 1988 and which cycled on and promoted Gitane racing bikes. In 1989 the team was renamed Super U–Raleigh–Fiat and rode Raleigh bicycles. Super U being a chain of supermarkets owned by the Système U group. History A Système U team existed during the 1984 season (see Wolber–Spidel) with Marcel Boishardy as manager which was a continuation of the Wolber–Spidel team of the 1983 season. This team included riders such as Jean-René Bernaudeau and Colombian Martín Ramírez Ramírez. The sponsor Système U decided to take over the sponsorship of the highly successful Renault–Elf–Gitane team when Renault decided to retire from the peloton. Renault–Elf–Gitane which was directed by former French cycling champion Cyrille Guimard had dominated the Tour de France between 1978 and 1984. The 1986 season started well with Laurent Fignon winning the spring semi-classic La Flèche Wallonne and Thier ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Renault (cycling Team)
Renault () was a French professional cycling team that existed from 1978 to 1985. The team cycled on and promoted Gitane racing bikes. History The team was created in 1978 after the Renault auto group purchased the Gitane bicycle manufacturer and became the main sponsor of the Gitane–Campagnolo cycling team that was directed by former French cycling champion Cyrille Guimard and featured the promising young cyclist Bernard Hinault. From 1978-80, the team was known as Renault-Gitane but, from 1981–85, the team was Renault-Elf. Elf being an oil company that was owned by the Renault auto group. During this time the team with Bernard Hinault dominated the sport from 1978 to 1983 with four wins in the Tour de France, two wins in the Vuelta a España and two wins in the Giro d'Italia. Hinault won several smaller stage races as well as one day races which included Liège–Bastogne–Liège, Paris–Roubaix, Giro di Lombardia, the Amstel Gold Race and the 1980 World Cycling Champi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mercier (cycling Team)
Mercier was a French professional cycling team that promoted and raced on Mercier racing bikes. Together with the Peugeot team, the Mercier team had a long presence in the cycling sport and in the Tour de France from 1935 until 1984. History Cycles Mercier was the main sponsor of the team from at least 1935 on until 1969. From 1946 on, the team wore a purple jersey which in 1950 became the characteristic purple jersey with yellow neck and cuff lining which was to stay with the team until Mercier was no longer the main sponsor of the team in 1969. From 1935 to 1955 the team had as second sponsor Hutchinson and was the Mercier-Hutchinson team. From 1956 the team was known as Mercier-BP-Hutchinson which it would continue as until 1969 after which the sponsor Mercier became the second sponsor of the team. Two-time Tour de France champion and 1936 World Champion Antonin Magne finished his career with the Mercier-Hutchinson team in 1941. Around ten years later in 1953, Magne was ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
La Redoute (cycling Team)
La Redoute was a French professional cycling team that existed from 1979 to 1985. Its main sponsor was French mail order company La Redoute, with French bicycle manufacturer Motobécane Motobécane was a French manufacturer of bicycles, mopeds, motorcycles, and other small vehicles, established in 1923. "Motobécane" is a compound of "moto", short for motorcycle; "bécane" is slang for "bike." Motobécane is a different co ... a co-sponsor between 1979 and 1983. References External links Cycling teams based in France Defunct cycling teams based in France 1979 establishments in France 1985 disestablishments in France Cycling teams established in 1979 Cycling teams disestablished in 1985 {{France-sport-team-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
France
France (), officially the French Republic ( ), is a country primarily located in Western Europe. It also comprises of Overseas France, overseas regions and territories in the Americas and the Atlantic Ocean, Atlantic, Pacific Ocean, Pacific and Indian Oceans. Its Metropolitan France, metropolitan area extends from the Rhine to the Atlantic Ocean and from the Mediterranean Sea to the English Channel and the North Sea; overseas territories include French Guiana in South America, Saint Pierre and Miquelon in the North Atlantic, the French West Indies, and many islands in Oceania and the Indian Ocean. Due to its several coastal territories, France has the largest exclusive economic zone in the world. France borders Belgium, Luxembourg, Germany, Switzerland, Monaco, Italy, Andorra, and Spain in continental Europe, as well as the Kingdom of the Netherlands, Netherlands, Suriname, and Brazil in the Americas via its overseas territories in French Guiana and Saint Martin (island), ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
UCI Europe 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, the Americas, Asia, Europe and Oceania) are ranked below the UCI World Tour and, as of 2020, the UCI ProSeries The UCI ProSeries is the second tier men's elite road cycling tour. It was inaugurated in 2020. The series is placed below the UCI World Tour, but above the various regional UCI Continental Circuits. Development In December 2018, the UCI ann .... UCI Africa Tour Winners There is a rolling ranking for individuals and countries (the total of the top 8 ranked riders of the nation), for which points can be won in all UCI road events, regardless of where the races take place. Prior to 2019 there was also a team ranking, and in all three categories points were earned in continental races of category HC or below (1.1 and 2.1 or ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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