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Thor Hushovd
Thor Hushovd (born 18 January 1978) is a Norwegian former professional road bicycle racer. He is known for sprinting and time trialing; Hushovd is a three-time Norwegian national road race champion (2004, 2010, 2013), and was the winner of the 2010 World Road Race Championships. He was the first Norwegian to lead the Tour de France, and first Scandinavian to win the road race in cycling world road championship. He is also the Scandinavian with the most stage wins in Grand Tours. He is widely considered the greatest Norwegian cyclist of all time. He retired in September 2014. Career Born in Grimstad, Aust-Agder, Norway, Thor won the under-23 time trial world championship and the under-23 versions of Paris–Roubaix and Paris–Tours before turning professional in 1998. He was Norwegian time trial champion in 2004 and 2005 and road race champion in 2004 and 2010. In 2006, he won seven UCI ProTour races and two stages of the Tour de France. He won the prologue in Strasbourg ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2011 Tour Of California
The 2011 Amgen Tour of California was the sixth running of the Tour of California cycling stage race. It was held from May 15–22, and was rated as a 2.HC event on the UCI America Tour. Originally scheduled for eight stages, the race was due to begin in South Lake Tahoe, but snow around the Lake Tahoe area led to stage 1 being delayed, shortened and ultimately cancelled. The race concluded in Thousand Oaks as planned. The race was won by rider Chris Horner, who claimed the leader's yellow jersey with a victory on the event's fourth stage, and held his advantage to the end of the race. Horner's winning margin over teammate and runner-up Levi Leipheimer was 38 seconds, and 's Tom Danielson completed the podium, 2 minutes and 7 seconds behind Leipheimer and 2 minutes and 45 seconds behind Horner. The comfortable margin that Horner and Leipheimer had over the field was due in part from a 1–2 performance on the event's queen stage where they finished over 40 seconds clear of the nex ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2006 Vuelta A España
The 2006 Vuelta a España was held from 26 August to 17 September 2006, and was the 61st edition of the race. It consisted of 21 stages covering a total of , and was won by Alexander Vinokourov of the cycling team. The Points classification in the Vuelta a España, points classification was won by Thor Hushovd of , and the Mountains classification in the Vuelta a España, mountains classification by Egoi Martínez of . Teams and riders In addition to the 20 UCI ProTour teams, Relax-GAM have received a wild card. List of stages * Mountain stages with asterisk end on the top of the climb. Stage recaps *Vuelta a España 2006, Stage 1 to Stage 11 *Vuelta a España 2006, Stage 12 to Stage 21 Jersey progress Jersey wearers when same rider is holding multiple jerseys: * Lars Bak wore the points jersey in stage 2 * Paolo Bettini wore the points jersey in stages 4–5 * Janez Brajkovič wore the ''white'' combination jersey in stages 6–7 * José Miguel Elías wore the ''orange ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
