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Tour Of Taihu Lake
The Tour of Taihu Lake is a stage race (cycling), multi-day road bicycle racing, road cycling race held in China annually in November. It has been held since 2010, but the first edition was a one-day race. The 2010 and 2011 editions were rated 1.2 and 2.2, and was upgraded to 2.1 in 2013. Jakub Mareczko holds the record for most stage wins, with 18, as of the end of the 2018 edition of the race. Winners References External linksOfficial website Cycle races in China UCI Asia Tour races Recurring sporting events established in 2010 2010 establishments in China Autumn events in China {{cycling-race-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
China
China, officially the People's Republic of China (PRC), is a country in East Asia. It is the world's most populous country, with a population exceeding 1.4 billion, slightly ahead of India. China spans the equivalent of five time zones and borders fourteen countries by land, the most of any country in the world, tied with Russia. Covering an area of approximately , it is the world's third largest country by total land area. The country consists of 22 provinces, five autonomous regions, four municipalities, and two Special Administrative Regions (Hong Kong and Macau). The national capital is Beijing, and the most populous city and financial center is Shanghai. Modern Chinese trace their origins to a cradle of civilization in the fertile basin of the Yellow River in the North China Plain. The semi-legendary Xia dynasty in the 21st century BCE and the well-attested Shang and Zhou dynasties developed a bureaucratic political system to serve hereditary monarchies, or dyna ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
UCI Asia 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] |
David Kemp (cyclist)
David Kemp (born 10 April 1984) is an Australian former professional road bicycle racer who competed with the Belgian Veranda's Willems-Accent professional team in 2011, his final season. Kemp secured the contract at the last-minute, after the collapse of Chris White's ill-fated Pegasus Racing/Fly V project. During his multi-year tenure with the Fly V Australia team, Kemp worked primarily as a domestique In road bicycle racing, a domestique is a rider who works for the benefit of their team and leader, rather than trying to win the race. In French, ''domestique'' translates as "servant".However, in French, the term used is ''équipier''. In Ita ..., though he won silver at the Australian road championships in January 2010 and finished third overall in the King of the Mountain classification at the Tour Down Under that same year. Major results ;2006 *1st Australian Cycling Grand Prix ;2008 *1st Stage 1 – Tour of the Murray River *1st Stage 2 – Tour of the Murray Rive ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jakub Mareczko
Jakub Mareczko (born 30 April 1994) is an Italian road cyclist of Polish origin, who currently rides for UCI ProTeam . A sprinter, Mareczko is seen by the Italian national cycling coach Davide Cassani as one of the best young hopes for Italian cycling. Career Mareczko was born in Poland on 30 April 1994; he moved with his mother to Brescia, Italy, when he was five years old. Southeast Pro Cycling (2015–18) It was announced that Mareczko had signed his first professional contract with the then in July 2014. Racing as an amateur cyclist in the 2013 and 2014 seasons, he won 16 races and came to the attention of Davide Cassani. He was the most successful under-23 rider in Italy in 2014. Mareczko was seen as one of the major hopes for , which had been in significant trouble on account of repeated doping cases; the team also signed the veteran sprinter Alessandro Petacchi with the hope that he would be able to help Mareczko to develop as a cyclist (in particular to get stronger on ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dylan Kennett
Dylan Kennett (born 8 December 1994) is a New Zealand professional racing cyclist, who currently rides for UCI Continental team . Of Māori descent, Kennett affiliates to the Ngāi Tahu iwi. Kennett rode at the 2015 UCI Track Cycling World Championships, winning gold in the team pursuit. Alongside Pieter Bulling, Aaron Gate, and Regan Gough, he came fourth in the men's team pursuit at the 2016 Rio Olympics, being beaten by Denmark to the bronze medal. Major results ;2013 : 1st Six Days of Fiorenzuola (with Shane Archbold) ;2015 : 1st Team pursuit, UCI Track World Championships : 2nd Time trial, National Road Championships ;2017 : 2nd Team pursuit, UCI Track World Championships ;2018 : Tour de Poyang Lake ::1st Stages 2, 6 & 11 : 3rd Individual pursuit, Commonwealth Games : 6th Overall Tour of Taihu Lake ::1st Prologue & Stage 4 ;2019 : 1st Overall Tour of Taihu Lake ::1st Points classification ::1st Stage 3 ;2020 : New Zealand Cycle Classic ::1st Points classification ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stage Race (cycling)
A race stage, leg, or heat is a unit of a racing, race that has been divided in several parts for the reason such as length of the distance to be covered, as in a multi-day race, multi-day event. Usually, such a race consists of "ordinary" stages, but sometimes stages are held as an individual time trial or a team time trial. Long races such as the Tour de France, Cape Epic, Absa Cape Epic or the Giro d'Italia are known for their stages of one day each, whereas the boat sailing Velux 5 Oceans Race is broken down in usually four stages of several weeks duration each, where the competitors are racing continuously day and night. In bicycling and running events, a race with stages is known as a stage race. Bicycle race stage In an ordinary stage of road bicycle racing, all riders start simultaneously and share the road. Riders are permitted to touch and to shelter behind each other. Riding in each other's slipstreams is crucial to race tactics: a lone rider has little chance of outrac ... [...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] |
Fly V Australia
The Fly V Australia () was an Australian road cycling team. The team was sponsored by Australia airline V Australia, and competed on the UCI Continental Tour. Riders on the team included Jonathan Cantwell, Bernard Sulzberger Bernard Sulzberger (born 5 December 1983) is an Australian former professional racing cyclist, who rode professionally between 2006 and 2016. He is the older brother of fellow professional racing cyclist Wesley Sulzberger. Major results ;200 ..., Henk Vogels, David Kemp and David Tanner. The team found some success in the USA. References Cycling teams based in Australia UCI Continental Teams (Oceania) Cycling teams established in 2009 Cycling teams disestablished in 2011 Defunct cycling teams based in Australia {{cycling-team-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tabriz Petrochemical Team
Tabriz Petrochemical CCN Team (Persian:تیم دوچرخهسواری پتروشیمی تبریز) was an Iranian UCI Continental cycling team managed by Ramin Dadgar and Azim Abdolnezhad and main sponsored by Tabriz Petrochemical Company. The Tabriz Petrochemical Team has achieved first place in both the riders' and teams' overall classifications in the UCI Asia Tour in 2007–2008, 2008–2009 and 2009–2010 History The Tabriz Petrochemical Team was established in 2002 as a club team in Tabriz, Iran. The team started participating in domestic tours and national leagues, as well as some smaller international tours, including the Presidential Cycling Tour of Turkey, Tour of Perlis, Jelajah Malaysia and Tour de Langkawi. After four years the team registered as a UCI Continental team for the 2007–2008 season. The team started the 2007–2008 season with a complete roster of domestic riders. In total, the team amassed 909.64 points participating in 5 foreign and 2 dome ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Team Dukla Praha (men's Team)
Team Dukla Praha is a Czech cycling team founded in 2003. It participates in UCI Continental Circuits races. In 2019, the team downgraded to club status. Doping On 18 September 2015, the Czech Cycling Federation announced that 22 year old track cyclist Ondřej Rybín (Czech Republic) had been handed a 4-year ban from sports after he'd tested positive for EPO in an out-of-competition control in June.Associated PressCzech track rider Ondrej Rybin gets 4-year-ban for doping yahoo.com, 18 september 2015 Rybin had won bronze in the scratch race at the 2015 European Track Championships (under-23 & junior) in July, a race he was set to be disqualified from after the positive from June was revealed. 2016 Roster Major wins ;2011 :Stage 1 Szlakiem Grodów Piastowskich, Jiří Hochmann :Stages 2 & 4 Tour of Taihu Lake, Alois Kaňkovský ;2012 :Stages 2 & 3 Azerbaijan International Cycling Tour, Alois Kaňkovský :Stage 6 Azerbaijan International Cycling Tour, Vojtěch Ha ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Team Budget Forklifts
Team Budget Forklifts was an Australian UCI Continental cycling team established in 2008. The team disbanded in 2015. For the 2015 season the team was able to sign World Hour record holder Jack Bobridge Major wins ;2009 :Stage 8 Tour of Wellington, Jack Anderson :Oceania Time Trial Championships, Jack Anderson :Stage 1 Tour de Singkarak, Malcolm Rudolph ;2013 : National Time Trial Championships, Michael Vink : Memorial Van Coningsloo, Michael Vink :Stage 2 Tour de Singkarak, Jacob Kauffman :Stage 6 Tour of Taihu Lake, Jesse Kerrison ;2014 :Overall New Zealand Cycle Classic, Michael Vink ::Prologue, Michael Vink :Overall Tour de Hokkaido, Joshua Prete :Overall Tour of Taihu Lake, Sam Witmitz ::Stage 1, Jesse Kerrison ::Stages 3, 6 & 7, Sam Witmitz :Tour of Yancheng Coastal Wetlands, Jesse Kerrison ;2015 :Stage 4 New Zealand Cycle Classic, Joshua Prete :Stage 3a ( ITT) Tour de Beauce, Brendan Canty Brendan John Canty (born March 9, 1966, in Teaneck, New Jersey) is an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
