Tour Of Missouri
The Tour of Missouri was a professional road bicycle racing stage race in Missouri that started on September 11, 2007 with six days of racing. The organizers, who also run the Tour de Georgia and the Amgen Tour of California, billed it as the third highest profile race in the United States. The 2009 Tour of Missouri took place September 7–13, 2009 as part of 2008-2009 UCI America Tour and the 2009 USA Cycling Professional Tour. Missouri state officials intended to support the Tour for three years, with the intention of making it an annual event. However, the 2009 Tour was almost canceled when its funds were provisionally cut from the state's tourism budget. Funds were restored when breach-of-contract fees to teams threatened to total more than the $1.5 million that it would cost the state to finance the race. Jerseys of the Tour of Missouri General classification The current leader and overall winner by time after each stage and at the conclusion of the race is awarded the ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Ivan Dominguez
Ivan () is a Slavic male given name, connected with the variant of the Greek name (English: John) from Hebrew meaning 'God is gracious'. It is associated worldwide with Slavic countries. The earliest person known to bear the name was Bulgarian tsar Ivan Vladislav. It is very popular in Russia, Ukraine, Croatia, Serbia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Slovenia, Bulgaria, Belarus, North Macedonia, and Montenegro and has also become more popular in Romance-speaking countries since the 20th century. Etymology Ivan is the common Slavic Latin spelling, while Cyrillic spelling is two-fold: in Bulgarian, Russian, Macedonian, Serbian and Montenegrin it is Иван, while in Belarusian and Ukrainian it is Іван. The Old Church Slavonic (or Old Cyrillic) spelling is . It is the Slavic relative of the Latin name , corresponding to English ''John''. This Slavic version of the name originates from New Testament Greek (''Iōánnēs'') rather than from the Latin . The Greek name is in tur ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Cycle Races In The United States
Cycle, cycles, or cyclic may refer to: Anthropology and social sciences * Cyclic history, a theory of history * Cyclical theory, a theory of American political history associated with Arthur Schlesinger, Sr. * Social cycle, various cycles in social sciences ** Business cycle, the downward and upward movement of gross domestic product (GDP) around its ostensible, long-term growth trend Arts, entertainment, and media Films * ''Cycle'' (2008 film), a Malayalam film * ''Cycle'' (2017 film), a Marathi film Literature * ''Cycle'' (magazine), an American motorcycling enthusiast magazine * Literary cycle, a group of stories focused on common figures Music Musical terminology * Cycle (music), a set of musical pieces that belong together **Cyclic form, a technique of construction involving multiple sections or movements **Interval cycle, a collection of pitch classes generated from a sequence of the same interval class **Song cycle, individually complete songs designed to be performe ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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UCI America Tour Races
UCI most commonly refers to: * University of California, Irvine, a public university in Irvine, California, United States * Union Cycliste Internationale, the world governing body for the sport of cycling UCI may also refer to: * Uganda Cancer Institute, a cancer treatment and research institution in Kampala, Uganda * ''Unified Configuration Interface'', a set of scripts to unify and simplify the configuration the OpenWrt operating system * Union Correctional Institution, Florida, United States * Unione Cinematografica Italiana, an Italian film company of the silent era * Unit Compliance Inspection, a United States Air Force inspection * UCI Cinemas (United Cinemas International), cinema company in Brazil, Germany, Italy and Portugal * Universal Chess Interface The Universal Chess Interface (UCI) is an open communication protocol that enables chess engines to communicate with user interfaces. History In November 2000, the UCI protocol was released. Designed by Rudolf Huber and S ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Tour Of Missouri
The Tour of Missouri was a professional road bicycle racing stage race in Missouri that started on September 11, 2007 with six days of racing. The organizers, who also run the Tour de Georgia and the Amgen Tour of California, billed it as the third highest profile race in the United States. The 2009 Tour of Missouri took place September 7–13, 2009 as part of 2008-2009 UCI America Tour and the 2009 USA Cycling Professional Tour. Missouri state officials intended to support the Tour for three years, with the intention of making it an annual event. However, the 2009 Tour was almost canceled when its funds were provisionally cut from the state's tourism budget. Funds were restored when breach-of-contract fees to teams threatened to total more than the $1.5 million that it would cost the state to finance the race. Jerseys of the Tour of Missouri General classification The current leader and overall winner by time after each stage and at the conclusion of the race is awarded the ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Michael Barry (cyclist)
Michael Barry (born 18 December 1975) is a Canadian author and former professional road racing cyclist. Barry raced for numerous world-class teams with the role of 'domestique'. His greatest personal successes were placing eighth in the 2008 Beijing Olympics' road race, finishing second in the Canadian National Road Race Championships in 2001 and 2012, and winning a stage of the Tour of Missouri in 2008. He announced his retirement in September 2012, stating that the 2012 Tour of Beijing would be his last race. He is also an author who has written three books. Career He was born and raised in Toronto, Ontario. His father, Michael (Mike) Barry Sr., was a racer himself in England in the 1950s, who until 2006 ran a specialty bike store and manufactured a line of hand-made bicycle frames under his own Mariposa brand. As a result, the younger Barry grew up in a cycling-intense environment, and started racing at a very young age. He has been a professional since 1998. He has spent ma ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Dario Cataldo
Dario Cataldo (born 17 March 1985) is an Italian professional road bicycle racer, who currently rides for UCI WorldTeam . Career Liquigas (2007–08) After surprisingly winning the Girobio, Baby Giro in 2006, Cataldo signed as a neo-professional for for the 2007 season. In January 2007, Cataldo was hit by a car while training and broke his right wrist. Later that year, Cataldo won two stages in the Tour de l'Avenir. After a disappointing year in 2008, did not renew his contract. Quick Step (2009–12) In 2009, Cataldo switched to the team. For his first two years, Cataldo failed to make a huge impact however in 2012, he began to reach his potential. Cataldo won the 2012 Italian National Time Trial Championships and finished in 12th place at the 2012 Giro d'Italia, Giro d'Italia. Cataldo won the queen stage of the 2012 Vuelta a España, 2012 Vuelta a España, Stage 12 to Stage 21#Stage 16, stage 16 finishing atop a climb which was featured for the first time in the Vuelta, t ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Roman Kreuziger
Roman Kreuziger (; born 6 May 1986) is a Czech former professional road bicycle racer, who last rode for UCI ProTeam . His father, Roman Kreuziger Sr., was also a bicycle racer who won the Tour of Austria in 1991 and the Cyclocross Junior World Championships in 1983. Kreuziger was an all-rounder, with climbing and time trial abilities, becoming a contender for the General classification of stage races. He is also considered one of the biggest talents of the sport after winning the 2004 Junior Road World Championships and the 2008 Tour de Suisse at the age of 22. Next year, he won the 2009 Tour de Romandie and in 2013, he was the victor of the Amstel Gold Race. Career Liquigas (2006–2010) He turned professional in 2006 with Liquigas after a successful amateur career which saw him win the Junior Road World Championships in 2004 and a stage of the Giro delle Regioni in 2005. In 2007 he showed great improvements in his abilities by placing second in the prologues of Paris– ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Steven Cozza
Steven Cozza (born March 3, 1985) is a professional road bicycle racer, who last rode for . Cozza helped his father co-found the Boy Scouts equality advocacy group Scouting for All when he was 12 years old, and was the focus of ''Scout's Honor'', a film that documented his time as a boy scout and his fight against the Boy Scouts of America's discriminatory policy against gays being allowed in the organization. Cozza broke his left collar bone in his first race of 2010 on stage 2 of the Tour of Qatar, requiring surgery as it was the third time he had broken it. Cozza announced that he would be taking a break from professional cycling in February 2012, in order to fully recover from colitis. he is a Realtor for Frank Howard Allen in Petaluma, California. Palmares Amateur ;2003 * USA Junior National Time Trial Championship, 3rd * Le Tour De L'Abitibi, 3rd overall, 1st time trial * Keizer der Juniores, Overall, 3rd * Grand Prix of The Nations Time Trial (Juniors), 4th * Trophee ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Moisés Aldape
Moisés Aldape Chávez (born 14 August 1981 in León, Guanajuato, León) is a Mexican professional road bicycle racer for UCI Continental team . He was part of the Mexican squad for the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, where he finished 47th in the Cycling at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Men's road race, men's road race. Career highlights ;2007 : 1st overall, Vuelta a Guanajuato, Mexico ::Winner Stage 2 ;2008 : Cascade Cycling Classic, United States ::Winner Stage 5 ;2009 : Cascade Cycling Classic, United States ::Winner Stage 4 : 2009 Tour of Missouri, Tour of Missouri Mountains Classification External links * 1981 births Living people Mexican male cyclists Sportspeople from León, Guanajuato Olympic cyclists for Mexico Cyclists at the 2008 Summer Olympics {{Mexico-cycling-bio-stub ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Dominique Rollin
Dominique Rollin (born 29 October 1982) is a Canadian former professional cyclist. Born in Boucherville, Quebec, Rollin began his professional career in 2001 with the team Sympatico High Speed-Jet Fuel Coffee and again the following year, 2002 with Sympatico Edition Haute Vitese. He then spent three years in France racing as an elite amateur under director-sportif Guy Gallopin for the Roubaix team. After having issues with the way he was treated during Roubaix's transition to a professional team, he returned to North America to ride for the Kodakgallery.com - Sierra Nevada Brewing Co. team. For 2008 Rollin joined the Toyota-United team, with whom he won the Rochester Omnium and the fourth stage of the Tour of California. He won the stage with a nearly seven-hour breakaway in a driving rainstorm, just holding off his fellow breakaway companions after attacking near the finish. Thanks to that performance, he grabbed the lead in the sprints classification and would defend the j ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Jeff Louder
Jeff Louder (born December 8, 1977) is an American former professional road racing cyclist, who rode professionally between 2000 and 2014 for the , , and teams. Originally from Salt Lake City, Utah, Louder won the 2008 Tour of Utah, and took part in the 2010 Giro d'Italia. At the 2014 Tour of Utah Louder announced that he would be retiring from the sport at the end of the season. Major results ;2003 : 8th, Grand Prix Pino Cerami ;2004 : 2nd, Overall, Cascade Cycling Classic : 3rd, Overall, Tour of Qinghai Lake :: 1st, Stage 2 ;2005 : 2nd, National Time Trial Championships : 3rd, Overall, Cascade Cycling Classic : 3rd, Overall, Tour de Beauce ::1st, Mountains classification ;2006 : 2nd, Overall, Cascade Cycling Classic : 3rd, Overall, Tour of Utah : 4th, Overall, Tour de Taiwan ;2007 : 1st, Mountains classification, Tour of Missouri : 1st, Stage 5, Cascade Cycling Classic : 7th, Overall, Tour de Georgia ;2008 : 1st, Overall, Tour of Utah ::1st, Stage 4 : 1st, Stage 2, Redla ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |