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Tour De L'Ain
Tour de l'Ain, also known as the Prix de l'Amitié, is an annual professional cycling stage race held in eastern France. G.P. de l'Amitié The first edition of the race was in 1970, as the G.P. de l'Amitié (Friendship G.P.). It was held over four or five days in early September and served as a preparation for the Tour de l'Avenir, thus attracting also international riders, especially the Spanish team. The course ran straight across the French Alpes, starting in Nice Nice ( , ; Niçard: , classical norm, or , nonstandard, ; it, Nizza ; lij, Nissa; grc, Νίκαια; la, Nicaea) is the prefecture of the Alpes-Maritimes department in France. The Nice agglomeration extends far beyond the administrative c ..., on the Côte d'Azur, and finishing in Bourg-en-Bresse, the capital of the Bresse region, north of Lyon, at the base of the Jura Mountains, Jura mountain range. Main difficulty was the mountain finish on Les Orres. In uneven years the course was reversed: from Bourg to ... [...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] |
Valloire
Valloire (; frp, Valouère, ) is a commune in the Savoie department in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region in south-eastern France. The ski resort Valloire-Galibier is located in the commune, at the foot of the Col du Télégraphe and next to the ski resort of Valmeinier, (the alps) France. 70% of the Valloire/Valmeinier ski area is above . It offers over 150 km of slopes, 33 lifts 2 gondolas, 17 chairlift & 14 drag lifts), and 85 slopes, (21 Green, 25 Blue, 31 Red and 6 Black). There is also a considerable amount of backcountry skiing available. Valloire has two main skiing areas which can be accessed by lifts from the village. They are the Sétaz and the Crey du Quart. From the Crey du Quart you can ski across to Valmeinier,http://www.valloire.co.uk which is included in the ski pass. The Crey du Quart also houses a large snowpark (with a dedicated daily ticket only for this park) which is designed to offer something to people of all skill levels. In the Arva Parc on the S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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] |
Besson Chaussures , a controlled harvesting zone (zec) in Quebec, in Canada
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Besson may refer to: People * Besson (surname) Places * Besson, Allier, a commune of the Allier ''département'' in France Other uses * Besson (music company), a manufacturer of brass instruments * Besson (aircraft), a French aircraft manufacturer of the 1920s/1930s (particularly float planes) See also * * * * Bessone (surname) * Zec de la Bessonne The Zec de la Bessonne is a "zone d'exploitation contrôlée" (controlled harvesting area) (ZEC) near La Tuque in administrative region of Mauricie, in Quebec, in Canada. A territory of was assigned in 1978 to the Zec. The Zec is managed by the A ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Amore & Vita-Forzacore
Amore & Vita () is a continental cycling team founded in 1989. It is registered in Ukraine and it participates in UCI Continental Circuits races. Team history The team's origins date to 1948 when Lorenzo Fanini founded an amateur cycling team. The team website states it is "the oldest professional cycling team in the world." In 1984, the team turned professional and was renamed Fanini–Wührer. In 1989, during an audience at the Vatican with Pope John Paul II, the manager, Ivano Fanini, had his riders appearing in jerseys with the slogan "No to Abortion". Subsequently, the team was renamed Amore e Vita, "Love and Life" or "Love for Life". Chad Gerlach rode with the team in 2009 after years of homelessness and addiction preceded by promising career. In 2004, the team bikes featured a crucifix on the handlebars. Doping violations During the Tour de Suisse in 1999, Fanini fired Timothy Jones and Massimo Gimondi after they failed hematocrit tests. Fanini offered David Mill ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mutuelle De Seine-et-Marne
Mutuelle de Seine-et-Marne was a French cycling team that existed from 1995 to 1998. The team participated in the 1997 Tour de France The 1997 Tour de France was the 84th edition of the Tour de France and took place from 5 to 27 July. Jan Ullrich's victory margin of 9:09 was the largest margin of victory since Laurent Fignon won the 1984 Tour de France by 10:32. Since 1997 no ... after being given a wildcard. List of riders References Defunct cycling teams based in France Cycling teams based in France Cycling teams established in 1995 Cycling teams disestablished in 1998 1995 establishments in France 1998 disestablishments in France {{France-sport-team-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Le Groupement (cycling Team)
Le Groupement was a French cycling team that existed from the beginning of the 1995 season until a week before the start of that year's Tour de France in June 1995. Financial difficulties and allegations of a pyramid scheme against its main sponsor led to its folding. The team was spearheaded by then reigning road race World Champion Luc Leblanc. History Founding of the team The set up of the team in July 1994 was done through a holding company called Sport Competition, for the sponsor, '' Le Groupement Européen des Professionnels du Marketing''. Le Groupement was a door-to-door sales organisation, operating exclusively in France. The initial budget was 30 million francs, or $6 million. Their star signing was Luc Leblanc, who had finished fourth at the 1994 Tour de France and won the 1994 UCI Road World Championship Road Race just days after he signed the contract. Other notable riders included former Tour de France mountain classification winner Robert Millar (now known as ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aubervilliers 93-Peugeot
Aubervilliers () is a commune in the Seine-Saint-Denis department, Île-de-France region, northeastern suburbs of Paris, France. The inhabitants of the commune are known as ''Albertivillariens'' or ''Albertivillariennes''. Geography Localisation Aubervilliers is one of three communes in the ''Plaine Saint-Denis'', north-east of the centre of Paris. The Canal Saint-Denis traverses the commune on the western side from north to south. Transport and communications Aubervilliers is a commune close to Paris and has numerous means of transport including: the A86 autoroute from L'Ile-Saint-Denis in the west to Drancy in the east with Exit 9 on the northern border of the commune, Route nationale N301 from Stains in the north and joining the Paris ring road in the south, the D20 from Gennevilliers in the west, the D27 from Bobigny in the east, and the D115 from Pantin in the south-east. The Paris ring road is just outside the southern border of the commune and there are two access ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Castorama (cycling Team)
Castorama was a French professional cycling team that existed from 1990 to 1995 and was sponsored by the French DIY and home improvement retailer Castorama. History The Castorama team traced back to a team that began in 1976 when former French cycling champion Cyrille Guimard retired from the sport and took over as the main directeur sportif of the Gitane-Campagnolo team. The Renault auto group bought out Gitane cycles and also took over sponsorship of the team making the Renault-Elf-Gitane team that dominated the sport from 1978 to 1984. At the end of 1985, Renault decided to retire from the sport so French co-operative Système U took over sponsorship from 1986 to 1989 making the Système U-Gitane cycling team. During 1989 the team was called Super U-Raleigh-Fiat after one of the supermarkets owned by the Système U group and rider Laurent Fignon became the number one ranked rider in the sport with his wins in Milan–San Remo, Grand Prix des Nations, 1989 Giro d'Italia a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
RMO (cycling Team)
RMO (Relation Main d'Oeuvre) was a French professional cycling team that existed from 1986 to 1992. Its main sponsor was French supplier of temporary workers Relation Main d'Oeuvre. Its most notable results were the mountains classification of the 1990 Tour de France with Thierry Claveyrolat and the 1991 Paris–Roubaix with Marc Madiot Marc Madiot (born 16 April 1959) is a French former professional road racing cyclist and double winner of Paris–Roubaix. He also competed in the individual road race event at the 1980 Summer Olympics. Retired from racing in 1994, he is now be .... References External links Cycling teams based in France Defunct cycling teams based in France 1986 establishments in France 1992 disestablishments in France Cycling teams established in 1986 Cycling teams disestablished in 1992 {{France-sport-team-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Système U
Système U is a French symbol group retailers cooperative, comprising about eight hundred independent hypermarkets and supermarkets, headquartered in the Parc Tertiaire SILIC in Rungis, France. It owns the trademarks Hyper U, Super U, Marché U and Utile, which are used by its members. It had a pre-tax turnover of 12.7 billion euros in 2002 and 13.8 billion in 2003, rising to 15.6 billion euros in 2007; this makes the company the sixth largest retail group in France. It is directly descended from the ''Pain Quotidien'' ('daily bread') cooperative which was founded in western France in 1894. It arranged a strategic alliance with the larger E.Leclerc E.Leclerc (informally simply Leclerc, ) is a French cooperative society and hypermarket chain, headquartered in Ivry-sur-Seine. E.Leclerc was established on 1 January 1948 by Édouard Leclerc in Brittany. E.Leclerc currently has more than 720 ... supermarket group in 1999. The sub-brands There are four brands found withi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kas (cycling Team)
Kas was a Spanish-based professional cycling team which was active from 1958 until 1979 and again for three years in the 1980s. Its name was derived from the name of the principal sponsor of the team, the soft drinks manufacturer, Kas. The team was principally based in Vitoria-Gasteiz, Spain. Its riders typically wore a jersey that consisted of yellow and blue. History Kas–Kaskol team The Kas team began operating in 1958, and in that year one of its riders, Fausto Izan, won a stage in the Vuelta a España. In 1959 the team signed the 1958 Spanish champion, Federico Bahamontes, who at that time had won two King of the Mountains classifications in both the Tour de France and the Vuelta a España. The Tour de France was disputed by national teams and Bahamontes won the Tour in 1959. Bahamontes left in 1960 but the team won the King of the Mountains in the 1960, 1961 and 1962 Vuelta a España with Antonio Karmay Mestre. Julio Jiménez again won the King of the Mountains in the 1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
