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UEC European Track Championships – Men's Team Pursuit
The Men's team pursuit at the European Track Championships was first competed in 2010 in Poland. It has formed a part of each championship since. Great Britain, the double Olympic champions, dominated the event in its early years, winning all of the first five occasions the entered. Thereafter, as other nations caught up, Russia (2), Denmark (3), France (3) and latterly Italy shared the other titles. Andy Tennant was ever present in each success of the British team, and as a result is the most successful individual rider in the event, with five gold medals.Thomas Denis of France is the most successful non-British rider, with three gold medals. Format Until 2014, the team pursuit The team pursuit is a track cycling event similar to the individual pursuit, except that two teams, each of up to four riders, compete, starting on opposite sides of the velodrome. Race format Both men's and women's events are competed over ... consisted of two rounds; a qualifying round, follow ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
UEC Champion Jersey
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Evgeny Kovalev
Evgeny Kovalev (born 6 March 1989 in Moscow) is a Russian professional cyclist, who last competed with the Russian Helicopters squad. At the 2012 Summer Olympics, he competed in the Men's team pursuit for the national team. His brother Ivan Kovalev is also a racing cyclist. Palmarès ;2009 :1st Stage 2 Bałtyk–Karkonosze Tour :8th Tour of Vojvodina II :10th Trofeo Banca Popolare di Vicenza ;2010 :1st Stage 3 Grand Prix of Adygeya ;2013 :1st Stage 1 Vuelta Ciclista a Costa Rica The Vuelta Ciclista a Costa Rica (''English'': Tour of Costa Rica) is a bicycle racing stage race held annually since 1965 in Costa Rica. The men's Vuelta carries a UCI rating of 2.2 and is part of the UCI America Tour, which is one of six UCI ... ;2014 :1st Stage 5 Grand Prix Udmurtskaya Pravda References External links * Russian male cyclists 1989 births Living people Olympic cyclists for Russia Cyclists at the 2008 Summer Olympics Cyclists at the 2012 Summer Olympics Russian tra ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rasmus Quaade
Rasmus Christian Quaade (born 7 January 1990) is a Danish former road and track bicycle racer. He also competed professionally from 2009 to 2021 for the Blue Water Cycling (two spells), , , , , , and squads. Quaade was also the subject for a documentary film, following him in the leadup to the 2011 UCI World Under-23 Road Race Championships, called ''Moon Rider''. Major results Road ;2009 : 2nd Time trial, National Under-23 Road Championships : 3rd Time trial, UEC European Under-23 Road Championships : 4th Chrono Champenois : 9th Time trial, UCI Under-23 Road World Championships ;2010 : 1st Time trial, National Under-23 Road Championships : 1st Chrono Champenois ;2011 : 1st Time trial, National Road Championships : 1st Time trial, National Under-23 Road Championships : 2nd Time trial, UCI Under-23 Road World Championships : 2nd Chrono Champenois ;2012 : 1st Time trial, UEC European Under-23 Road Championships : 1st Time trial, National Under-23 Road Championsh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lasse Norman Hansen
Lasse Norman Hansen (born 11 February 1992) is a Danish professional road and track racing cyclist, who currently rides for UCI ProTeam . During his track cycling career, he has won five medals (including two golds) at the Summer Olympic Games, ten medals (including three golds) at the UCI Track Cycling World Championships and six medals (including two golds) at the UEC European Track Championships. Biography He won the gold medal in the men's omnium at the 2012 Summer Olympics. After two seasons with Blue Water Cycling, He signed with the squad for the 2014 and 2015 seasons. He was named in the startlist for the 2017 Vuelta a España. After the collapse of the team, in September 2018 he revealed that he would join the team on a two-year deal from the start of 2019, in part because they were willing to give him the freedom to compete on the track in the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo. In December 2020, he signed a one-year contract with , for the 2021 season. In August 20 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Casper Folsach
Casper von Folsach (born 30 March 1993) is a Danish road and track cyclist, who last rode for UCI Continental team . At the 2012 Summer Olympics, he competed in the Men's team pursuit for the national team. Major results ;2011 : 1st Time trial, National Junior Road Championships : 6th Time trial, UCI Junior Road World Championships : 9th Overall Grand Prix Rüebliland ;2013 : 2nd Time trial, National Under-23 Road Championships : 3rd Road race, National Road Championships ;2017 : 1st Stage 5 Okolo Jižních Čech : 4th Kalmar Grand Prix ;2018 : 1st Ronde van Midden-Nederland : 2nd Gylne Gutuer : 2nd Duo Normand (with Emil Vinjebo) : 5th Hafjell GP : 10th Omloop Mandel-Leie-Schelde Omloop Mandel-Leie-Schelde is a cycling race held annually in Belgium. It is part of UCI Europe Tour in category 1.1 1.1 may refer to: * 1.1.1.1, a Domain Name System service * 1.1-inch/75-caliber gun * Falcon 9 v1.1 orbital launch vehicle * Trab ... References External links * * * 19 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Michael Mørkøv
Michael Mørkøv Christensen (; born 30 April 1985) is a Danish professional racing cyclist, who currently rides for UCI WorldTeam . He is the brother of racing cyclists Jacob and Jesper Mørkøv. Career Born in Kokkedal, Mørkøv started as a track cyclist, becoming national champion in the points race in 2004. In the 2008 Olympic games, he won the silver medal in the team pursuit. As a road cyclist, Mørkøv became national time trial champion in 2005. Mørkøv rode the 2010 and 2011 Giro d'Italia, finishing both. Mørkøv rode his first Tour de France in 2012, drawing attention by featuring in the most important escapes of the first three stages, where he gained enough points to lead the mountains classification. He held polka-dot jersey until stage 7, where stage winner Chris Froome took it. In 2013, he won Stage 6 in the Vuelta a España. In August 2015, it was announced that Mørkøv would join for the 2016 season, at the request of Alexander Kristoff, with a view to wor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Peter Kennaugh
Peter Robert Kennaugh MBE (born 15 June 1989) is a Manx former professional racing cyclist, who rode professionally between 2010 and 2019 for and . In 2012 he won the gold medal as part of the Great Britain Team Pursuit team at the 2012 Summer Olympics, becoming the first Manxman in 100 years to win gold. On 5 April 2019, he announced that he was taking an indefinite break from professional cycling to focus on his mental health. Career Early life and career Born in Douglas, Isle of Man, Peter's younger brother Tim, and their father are also cyclists. Peter's mother Jackie also cycled and formerly held the Isle of Man's 10-mile time trial record. He began cycling competitively in BMX at the age of 6. Kennaugh attended school at St Ninian's. He became a member of British Cycling's Olympic Academy in 2008, moving with the rest of the squad to live in Tuscany, Italy. In 2008 he came second in the senior national road race championships thus becoming the British under 23 champi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2011 UEC European Track Championships
The 2011 European Track Championships was the second edition of the elite European Track Championships in track cycling and took place at the Omnisport Arena in Apeldoorn, Netherlands, between 21 and 23 October. All ten Olympic events, ( sprint, team sprint, keirin, team pursuit and omnium all for both men and women) and the non-Olympic men's madison championship and points races for both genders were held as part of the championships. The Championships were a qualification event for the 2012 Olympic Games. The opening night of competition was marred by technical difficulties, specifically the mechanical breakdown of the fixed gates system. as a result of which all releases reverted to hand or manual releases. This mechanical difficulty caused two German false starts in the Women's Team Pursuit final, and may have played some part in the shock failure of Great Britain to make the medal finals in the Men's Team Sprint event. Despite this latter mishap, and the early withdrawal ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sipke Zijlstra
Sipke Zijlstra (born 13 April 1985) is a track cyclist from Netherlands. He participated in the team pursuit at the 2009 and 2010 UCI Track Cycling World Championships. In the under-23 category he won the bronze medal in the team pursuit at the 2007 UEC European Track Championships. In 2010 he won the bronze medal in the team pursuit at the 2010 UEC European Track Championships, together with Levi Heimans Levi Heimans (born 24 July 1985 in Diemen, North Holland) is a Dutch track cyclist. Heimans represented the Netherlands at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens where he took part in the 4 km team pursuit together with Jens Mouris, Peter Sc ..., Arno van der Zwet and Tim Veldt in Pruszków, Poland. References 1985 births Living people Dutch male cyclists People from Tytsjerksteradiel Dutch track cyclists Cyclists from Friesland 20th-century Dutch people 21st-century Dutch people {{Netherlands-cycling-bio-1980s-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tim Veldt
Tim Veldt (born 14 February 1984) is a Dutch former track cyclist, who currently works as a directeur sportif for both the road and track teams of . During his career Veldt won two world cup classics in the team sprint, two European titles (under 23 1 km time trial and omnium) as well as three Dutch national titles (1 km time trial twice and keirin). During the 2005 UCI Track Cycling World Championships he won the silver medal in the team sprint together with Theo Bos and Teun Mulder. Starting August 2017 Veldt became the coach of . In this team the riders are Matthijs Büchli, Theo Bos and Roy van den Berg. Major results ;2003 : National Track Championships ::2nd Kilo ::3rd Sprint ;2004 : 1st Team sprint, 2004–05 UCI Track Cycling World Cup Classics, Los Angeles : National Track Championships ::2nd Kilo ::3rd Keirin ::3rd Sprint ;2005 : National Track Championships ::1st Kilo ::1st Keirin ::2nd Sprint : 2nd Team sprint, UCI Track World Championships : 2nd Kilo, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Arno Van Der Zwet
Arno van der Zwet (born 7 May 1986) is a Dutch former track and road cyclist. In 2010 he won the bronze medal in the team pursuit at the 2010 UEC European Track Championships in Pruszków, Poland. Major results ;2007 : 2nd ZLM Tour ;2010 : 3rd Team pursuit, UEC European Track Championships ;2013 : 3rd Overall Olympia's Tour ::1st Stage 2 : 9th Overall Tour du Loir-et-Cher ;2015 : 4th Skive–Løbet : 6th Arno Wallaard Memorial Arno Wallaard Memorial is a single-day bicycle road race held annually in the Dutch region of Alblasserwaard: prior to 2007, the race was called "Omloop Alblasserwaard". Since 2009, it is organized as a 1.2 event on the UCI Europe Tour The UCI ... References External links * 1986 births Living people Dutch male cyclists People from Heerhugowaard Dutch track cyclists Cyclists from North Holland 20th-century Dutch people 21st-century Dutch people {{Netherlands-cycling-bio-1980s-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Levi Heimans
Levi Heimans (born 24 July 1985 in Diemen, North Holland) is a Dutch track cyclist. Heimans represented the Netherlands at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens where he took part in the 4 km team pursuit together with Jens Mouris, Peter Schep and Jeroen Straathof. They ended up in fifth position. He was also qualified for the individual pursuit but decided to focus totally on the team effort and did not start in that race. He competed in the same event at the 2008 and 2012 Summer Olympics, finishing 5th again and then 7th. Palmarès ;2008 :3rd 2008 Dutch National Track Championships, Individual pursuit ;2009 :1st 2009 Dutch National Track Championships, Individual pursuit ;2010 :3rd 2010 European Track Championships, Team pursuit :1st 2010 Dutch National Track Championships, Individual pursuit ;2011 :2nd 2011 Dutch National Track Championships, Individual pursuit See also * List of Dutch Olympic cyclists This is a list of all Dutch cyclists who competed at the Summer O ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
