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Thomas Danielson
Thomas Danielson (born March 13, 1978) is an American retired professional road racing cyclist who competed professionally between 2002 and 2015 for the Mercury Cycling Team (2002), the Saturn Cycling Team (2003), (2004), (2005–2007) and (2008–2015). He had been suspended twice for doping in his career. Career Early years Danielson holds the record for the fastest ascent of Mount Washington, New Hampshire, in the Mount Washington Auto Road Bicycle Hillclimb. The previous record holder was professional cyclist Tyler Hamilton. He also holds the record for the Mount Evans Hill Climb in Colorado, which traverses the highest paved road in North America. The previous record holder was Jonathan Vaughters, who was Danielson's manager on his last professional team. In 2004, Danielson had an uneventful stint on the Italian UCI ProTeam , missing the early spring campaign because of visa problems. Subsequently, he raced for the American UCI ProTour team , with which he won the 2005 To ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2014 Tour Of Alberta
The 2014 Tour of Alberta was the second edition of the Tour of Alberta stage race, a 2.1 race included on the UCI America Tour. As such, the race was only open to teams on the UCI Pro Tour, UCI Professional Continental and UCI Continental circuits. The race took place between September 2–7, 2014, as a six-day, six-stage race, traversing the province of Alberta. The race commenced in Calgary and finished in Edmonton. Participating teams Stages Prologue September 2, 2014 — Calgary to Calgary, Stage 1 September 3, 2014 — Lethbridge to Lethbridge, Stage 2 September 4, 2014 — Innisfail to Red Deer, Stage 3 September 5, 2014 — Wetaskiwin to Edmonton, Stage 4 September 6, 2014 — Edmonton to Strathcona County, Stage 5 September 7, 2014 — Edmonton to Edmonton, Classification leadership Classification standings General classification Points classification Mountains classification Young r ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2005 Tour De Georgia
The 2005 Tour de Georgia was the third annual bicycle road racing event held in the state of Georgia, United States. The six-day, six stage 550 mile (1033.4 km) race was held April 19 through April 24, 2005 with the overall title and yellow jersey won by Tom Danielson of the . However, Danielson in 2012, was disqualified due to doping. New Zealander Greg Henderson (Health Net Pro Cycling Team Presented by Maxxis) claimed the points jersey for sprinters, while Discovery Channel's José Luis Rubiera won the King of the Mountains competition for climbers. Trent Lowe (Jittery Joe's–Kalahari) won the Best Young Rider (blue jersey) competition. Stage Winners Progress ImageSize = width:1000 height:70 PlotArea = width:750 height:50 left:10 bottom:20 DateFormat = yyyy Period = from:0 till:6 TimeAxis = orientation:horizontal ScaleMajor = unit:year increment:1 start:0 Define $dx = 25 # shift text to right side of bar PlotData= bar:Leaders color:blue width:15 mark ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vuelta A Mallorca
The Challenge Vuelta Ciclista a Mallorca ( en, Tour of Majorca, ca, Challenge Volta Ciclista a Mallorca) is a series of four (five until 2012) professional one day road bicycle races held on the Spanish island of Mallorca in late January or early February. The event is used as an early season preparatory event by many of the top teams in readiness for the bigger races later in the season. The five races are ranked 1.1 on the UCI Europe Tour. Although the race styles itself as the "Tour of Majorca" it has never been allowed to be classed as a multi day stage race by the sports governing body the Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI) because the race rules allows riders not to participate on certain days if they don't want to. However, there is an unofficial overall classification winner taken on total time over five days. This laid back attitude by the race organisers makes the race popular with team managers who can bring a large squad (sometimes as many as 20 riders) and interchan ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2010 Giro Dell'Emilia
The 2010 Giro dell'Emilia was the 93rd edition of this single day road bicycle racing. The number 1 jersey was worn by Robert Gesink who won the previous edition. Teams Twenty four teams were invited to the 2010 Giro dell'Emilia. Teams from the UCI Pro Tour UCI Professional Continental and Continental teams invited here Results giro Dell'Emilia The Giro dell'Emilia is a late season road bicycle race held annually in Bologna, Emilia-Romagna, Italy. Since 2005, the race has been organised as a 1.HC event on the UCI Europe Tour, and since 2020 it's part of the UCI ProSeries calendar. The ... Giro dell Giro dell'Emilia {{Italy-cycling-race-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2010 Vuelta A España
The 2010 Vuelta a España was held from 28 August to 19 September and was won by Vincenzo Nibali. The race began in Seville and ended, as is tradition, in Madrid. The race covered . There was critical analysis that this Vuelta, which commemorates the 75th anniversary of the first edition of the race, was an especially difficult one and that stage 16 was the queen stage. The stage 1 team time trial was held at night. Vuelta runner-up Ezequiel Mosquera and teammate David García Dapena were announced on September 30 to have given positive tests for hydroxyethyl starch during the race, a substance which is known as a masking agent for erythropoietin (EPO). All results from Mosquera after 12 September (stage 15) were annulled, which caused him to lose his second place. García later was announced to have tested positive for EPO during the race as well. Teams Sixteen teams were automatically selected due to previous agreements and there were six wildcard places. Three of these w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Trofeo Melinda
Trofeo Melinda was a single-day road bicycle race held annually in Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol, Italy. After 2005, the race was organised as a 1.1 event on the UCI Europe Tour. It was created after the disappearance of Giro dell'Umbria, held between 1910 and 1991. In 2013 and 2014, the Trofeo Melinda was run as the Italian National Road Race Championships. After 2014, the race was merged with the nearby early-season stage-race Giro del Trentino. Winners *''Held as Italian National Road Race Championship The Italian National Road Race Championships are held annually. They are a road cycling race which decides the Italian cycling champion in the road racing discipline, across several categories of rider. The event was first held in 1906 and ...'' References External links * UCI Europe Tour races Cycle races in Italy Classic cycle races Recurring sporting events established in 1992 1992 establishments in Italy 2014 disestablishments in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2010 Tour De Pologne
The 2010 Tour de Pologne was the 67th running of the Tour de Pologne, in the 82nd year since the first edition. The event was part of both the 2010 UCI ProTour and the World Calendar. It ran from 1 to 7 August and commenced in Sochaczew and finished in Kraków. Teams Twenty three teams have been invited to the 2010 Tour de Pologne. Teams from the UCI Pro Tour Teams awarded a wildcard invitation Stages Aside from entering the Czech Republic (to the city of Český Těšín on the border with Poland) during the fourth stage, the race stages started and ended in Polish locations. Stage 1 1 August 2010 – Sochaczew to Warsaw, Stage 2 2 August 2010 – Rawa Mazowiecka to Dąbrowa Górnicza, Stage 3 3 August 2010 – Sosnowiec to Katowice, Stage 4 4 August 2010 – Tychy to Cieszyn, Stage 5 5 August 2010 – Jastrzębie-Zdrój to Ustroń, Stage 6 6 August 2010 – Oświęcim to Bukowina Tatrzańska, Stage 7 7 August 2010 – Nowy Targ to Kraków, C ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2010 Tour De Suisse
The 2010 Tour de Suisse was the 74th edition of the Tour de Suisse stage race. It took place from 12 June to 20 June and was part of both the 2010 UCI ProTour and the World Calendar. It began with a short individual time trial in Lugano and ended with another time trial, in Liestal. The race was won by Fränk Schleck. Stages Stage 1 12 June 2010 – Lugano, 7.6 km (Individual time trial) Stage and General classification after Stage 1 Stage 2 13 June 2010 – Ascona to Sierre, 167.5 km Stage 3 14 June 2010 – Sierre to Schwarzenburg, 196.6 km Stage 4 15 June 2010 – Schwarzenburg to Wettingen, 192.2 km Stage 5 16 June 2010 – Wettingen to Frutigen, 172.5 km Stage 6 17 June 2010 – Meiringen to La Punt, 213.3 km Stage 7 18 June 2010 – Savognin to Wetzikon, 204.1 km Stage 8 19 June 2010 – Wetzikon to Liestal, 172.4 km Stage 9 20 June 2010 – Liestal, 26.9 km (Individual time trial) Leadership classificati ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2010 Tour Of California
The 2010 Tour of California was the fifth running of the Tour of California cycling stage race. It was held from May 16–23, and was the first edition of the race held in the month of May, after the first four occurred in February. It was rated as a 2.HC event on the UCI America Tour. It began in Nevada City and concluded in the Agoura Hills. The event's move to later in the year has made it so the route was different from previous editions of the race, and also provided for a different makeup of ridership, as it conflicted with the 2010 Giro d'Italia. The race was won by rider Michael Rogers, who held off ' David Zabriskie and Levi Leipheimer of . In other classifications, 's Peter Sagan won both the points and young rider classifications, Thomas Rabou of won the mountains classification and Garmin-Transitions won the teams classification. Participating teams Sixteen teams participated in the Tour of California. These included seven UCI ProTour teams, two UCI Professional ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Levi Leipheimer
Levi Leipheimer (born October 24, 1973) is an American former professional road racing cyclist. He was twice US national champion, winning the time trial title in 1999 and the road race in 2007, and is an Olympic medalist. Leipheimer was born and raised in Butte, Montana and resides in Santa Rosa, California. He is the patron of the widely attended King Ridge GranFondo, a mass participation ride in Sonoma County. Leipheimer's major career accomplishments include winning the 2007, 2008 and 2009 editions of the Tour of California, the 2011 Tour de Suisse and the 2011 USA Pro Cycling Challenge. His Grand Tour results include 2nd in the 2008 Vuelta a España, and 4th in the 2009 Giro d'Italia. Leipheimer won the bronze medal in the time trial at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing. The United States Anti-Doping Agency (USADA) announced in October 2012 that Leipheimer would be suspended for his involvement in doping while riding for Saturn, U.S. Postal Service, Rabobank, Gerols ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tour Of The Gila
The Tour of the Gila is a cycling stage race for both men and women located in New Mexico, United States. It is sponsored by the component maker SRAM. The "Gila" began in 1987. Beginning in 2012, the men's Gila has been added to the UCI America Tour as a UCI classification 2.2 stage race, which permits UCI ProTeams to enter if they so choose; beginning in 2015, the women's Gila has also been added to the women's UCI international tour as a UCI classification 2.2 stage race. Beginning in Silver City, New Mexico, the men's course covers around over five days, while the women's course covers about less. It consists of three road races (stages 1, 2 and 5, nicknamed the "Gila Monster"), an Individual Time Trial (stage 3) and a Criterium (stage 4). Through 2011, the Tour of the Gila was classified as a national race, which prohibits both UCI ProTour and UCI ProContinental teams from competing in it. In 2009 and 2010, through a special agreement with the UCI, individuals from th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2010 Paris–Nice
The 2010 Paris–Nice was the 68th running of the Paris–Nice cycling stage race, often known as the ''Race to the Sun''. It started on 7 March and ended on 14 March in Nice and consisted of a prologue time-trial and seven stages. Alberto Contador of Spain won the race, regaining the title he had won in 2007. Alejandro Valverde finished second, but his results during 2010 were expunged as part of the terms of his suspension for involvement in the 2006 Operación Puerto doping case, Teams competing 22 teams were invited to the 2010 Paris–Nice, including 16 of the 18 ProTour teams, and both teams that had lost that status at the end of the preceding season. The teams were: * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * Stages Prologue ;7 March 2010 - Montfort-l'Amaury, , individual time trial (ITT) The course for the prologue time trial was a relatively simple out-and-back ride through Montfort-l'Amaury. It was almost entirely flat, with one small catego ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
