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2003 Tro-Bro Léon
The 2003 Tro-Bro Léon was the 20th edition of the Tro-Bro Léon cycle race and was held on 1 June 2003. The race was won by Samuel Dumoulin. General classification References Tro-Bro Léon, 2003 2003 in road cycling June 2003 sports events in France {{France-cycling-race-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Samuel Dumoulin
Samuel Dumoulin (born 20 August 1980) is a French former professional road bicycle racer, who rode professionally between 2002 and 2019 for the , and teams. He now works as a directeur sportif for UCI ProTeam . Career Dumoulin rode as an amateur for the TCCT (Tonic cyclo club of Ternay). He won the national youth championship in 1996, then the ''espoir'' (young professional) Paris–Tours and Paris-Auxerre in 2001. He dropped out of the 2004 Tour de France when he crashed after hitting a dog. Recovery took him four months and he did not race for the rest of the season. In 2008 he won the third stage after a breakaway of nearly , beating Will Frischkorn and Romain Feillu. Major results ;2001 : 1st Stage 1 Tour de l'Ain : 8th Road race, UEC European Under-23 Road Championships ;2002 : 1st Stage 4 Tour de l'Avenir ;2003 : 1st Overall Tour de Normandie : 1st Tro-Bro Léon : 2nd Overall Tour de l'Ain : 3rd Overall Tour de l'Avenir ::1st Stages 4 & 10 ;2004 : 1st Tro-Bro Léon ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Philippe Gilbert
Philippe Gilbert (born 5 July 1982) is a Belgian former professional road bicycle racer, who is best known for winning the 2012 UCI Road World Championships – Men's road race, World Road Race Championships in 2012, and for being one of two riders, along with Davide Rebellin, to have won the three Ardennes classics – the Amstel Gold Race (men's race), Amstel Gold Race, La Flèche Wallonne and Liège–Bastogne–Liège – in a single season, which he accomplished in 2011 UCI World Tour, 2011. Gilbert also finished the 2011 season as the overall winner of the UCI World Tour. A Classics specialist, Gilbert has won several classic cycle races, including Paris–Tours twice (2008, 2009 Paris–Tours, 2009), the Giro di Lombardia twice (2009 Giro di Lombardia, 2009, 2010 Giro di Lombardia, 2010), the Amstel Gold Race four times (2010 Amstel Gold Race, 2010, 2011 Amstel Gold Race, 2011, 2014 Amstel Gold Race, 2014, 2017 Amstel Gold Race, 2017), La Flèche Wallonne (2011 L ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Didier Rous
Didier Rous (born 18 September 1970 in Montauban, France) is a French former professional road bicycle racer. He competed in the Cycling at the 1996 Summer Olympics – Men's individual road race, men's individual road race at the 1996 Summer Olympics. Biography He started his professional career with Gan in 1993 before leaving for Festina in 1997, the year in which he won a stage of the Tour de France. In 1998 the Tour and in particular the Festina team were struck by a doping scandal which led to revelations that the team had organised a doping fund under the management of Bruno Roussel, the directeur sportif, and the Team physician, team's doctor, Erik Rykaert. Rous said he had taken the blood enhancer, EPO. In 2000 he joined a new team, Bonjour, sponsored by a newspaper chain and managed by the former rider Jean-René Bernaudeau. He stayed with Bernaudeau as the team's sponsors changed and ride under its new sponsor, Brioches La Boulangère (2003–2004) and then Bouygues Te ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2002 Tro-Bro Léon
The 2002 Tro-Bro Léon was the 19th edition of the Tro-Bro Léon cycle race and was held on 2 June 2002. The race was won by Baden Cooke. General classification References 2002 The effects of the September 11 attacks of the previous year had a significant impact on the affairs of 2002. The war on terror was a major political focus. Without settled international law, several nations engaged in anti-terror operation ... 2002 in road cycling June 2002 sports events in France {{France-cycling-race-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2004 Tro-Bro Léon
The 2004 Tro-Bro Léon was the 21st edition of the Tro-Bro Léon cycle race and was held on 25 April 2004. The race was won by Samuel Dumoulin. General classification References 2004 2004 was designated as an International Year of Rice by the United Nations, and the International Year to Commemorate the Struggle Against Slavery and Its Abolition (by UNESCO). Events January * January 3 – Flash Airlines Flight 60 ... 2004 in road cycling April 2004 sports events in France {{France-cycling-race-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tro-Bro Léon
Tro-Bro Léon ( or ''The'' ''Hipsters’ Paris—Roubaix''; ) is a professional cycle road race held in Finistère, Brittany. The event was first run in 1984 as an amateur race before becoming a professional race since 2000. The race was established in 2005 as a 1.1 event on the UCI Europe Tour. In 2020, the event joined the UCI ProSeries in its inaugural edition, although the cancellation of the 2020 edition meant that the inaugural event was held in 2021. ''Ribinoù'' Tro-Bro Léon is often called ''Le Petit Paris–Roubaix,'' ''The Hell of the West'' or ''The Hipsters’ Paris—Roubaix'' due to its similarities with Paris–Roubaix Paris–Roubaix is a one-day professional bicycle road race in northern France, starting north of Paris and finishing in Roubaix, at the border with Belgium. It is one of cycling's oldest races, and is one of the 'Cycling monument, Monuments' ..., because Tro-Bro Léon includes around two dozen sections of ''ribinoù'', which longtime ra ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stuart O'Grady
Stuart O'Grady (born 6 August 1973) is a retired Australian road bicycle racer, who rode as a professional between 1995 and 2013. A former track cyclist, O'Grady and Graeme Brown won a gold medal in the Cycling at the 2004 Summer Olympics – Men's Madison, Men's Madison at the 2004 Summer Olympics. O'Grady also won Paris–Roubaix in 2007 Paris–Roubaix, 2007. O'Grady competed in the Tour de France from 1997 and contended for the points classification in the Tour de France known as the green jersey, finishing second in the 1998 Tour de France, 1998, 1999 Tour de France, 1999, 2001 Tour de France, 2001 and 2005 Tour de France, 2005 races. He wore the yellow jersey of general classification in the Tour de France, general classification leader in 1998 and 2001. With his participation in the 2013 Tour de France, he tied George Hincapie's record of 17 participations in the Tour de France. However, Hincapie was removed from three of his 17 starts for his part in the Lance Armstrong ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nico Mattan
Nico Mattan (born 17 July 1971) is a Belgian former road racing cyclist. His greatest achievement in cycling was winning the Gent–Wevelgem classic in 2005. In 2005 Mattan won the Gent–Wevelgem in a controversial way, as there were claims that he used Publicity cars to sprint past Juan Antonio Flecha. He also won 2 prologues of Paris–Nice, in 2001 and 2003. He is known to be very superstitious, for instance his lucky number is 17 (the date of his birthdate), if his race number is 17 or if the ciphers add up to 17, he will look very happy and believes he will win. Once he got number 13 and wore it upside down to avoid bad luck because he heard on a 13th that he wouldn't be able to race anymore because of heart problems and lost the leader's jersey in Paris–Nice on a 13th. Major results ;1996 : 1st Stage 1 Tour de Wallonie The Tour de Wallonie is a stage race cycling race on the UCI Europe Tour. It runs in Wallonia, the French-speaking part of Belgium in the end of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Frédéric Finot
Frédéric Finot (born 20 March 1977 in Nevers) is a French former road cyclist. He was professional 1999 to 2008. Career achievements Major results ;1993 : 1st Time trial, National Novice Road Championships ;1995 : 3rd Time trial, National Junior Road Championships ;1996 : 2nd Road race, National Under-23 Road Championships ;1998 : 1st Stage 3 Le Triptyque des Monts et Châteaux : UCI Under-23 World Road Championships ::2nd Time trial ::9th Road race ;1999 : 3rd Time trial, National Road Championships ;2000 : 1st Prologue Tour de Normandie ( TTT) : 1st Stage 5 Tour de Wallonie : 1st Stage 5 Tour de l'Avenir : 3rd Duo Normand (with Anthony Langella) : 4th Chrono des Herbiers : 6th Grand Prix de Wallonie : 7th Grand Prix des Nations : 7th Tro-Bro Léon ;2001 : 8th Grand Prix de Denain ;2002 : 1st Tour du Doubs : 2nd Grand Prix de Denain ;2003 : 1st Stage 1 Four Days of Dunkirk : 6th Tro-Bro Léon ;2004 : 1st Boucles de l'Aulne : 1st Duo Normand (with Eddy Seigneur) : 3rd ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chris Peers
Chris Peers (born 3 March 1970 in Deinze) is a Belgian former professional cyclist. Major results ;1988 : 1st Junior National Road Race Championships ;1991 : 1st Stages 2 & 6 Tour de Wallonie : 2nd Vlaamse Pijl ;1994 : 3rd Nokere Koerse ;1996 : 1st Grote Prijs Stad Zottegem ;1998 : 2nd Grote Prijs Stad Zottegem : 3rd Nokere Koerse ;1999 : 2nd Grand Prix de la Ville de Lillers : 2nd Veenendaal–Veenendaal : 3rd Dwars door Vlaanderen ;2000 : 2nd Grand Prix d'Isbergues : 2nd Paris–Bourges : 3rd Kampioenschap van Vlaanderen : 3rd E3 Harelbeke : 3rd Étoile de Bessèges : 5th Gent–Wevelgem ;2001 : 1st Overall Circuit Franco-Belge ::1st Stage 1 : 2nd Grand Prix d'Isbergues : 6th Tour of Flanders : 7th Gent–Wevelgem : 9th Paris–Roubaix : 10th Amstel Gold Race ;2002 : 3rd Brabantse Pijl ;2003 : 1st Omloop van de Vlaamse Scheldeboorden Omloop van de Vlaamse Scheldeboorden is a single-day road bicycle race held annually in September in the municipality of Kruibeke, Belgium. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yoann Le Boulanger
Yoann Le Boulanger (born 4 November 1975 in Guingamp, Côtes-d'Armor) is a French former professional road bicycle racer. His sporting career began with Roue d`Or Begarroise. Major results * Tour du Doubs (2006) * 2007 Tour de Pologne - Mountains Classification * Tour de la Somme - 1 stage (2003) * Tour de l'Avenir Tour de l'Avenir () is a French road bicycle racing stage race, which started in 1961 as a race similar to the Tour de France and over much of the same course but for amateurs and for semi-professionals known as independents. Felice Gimondi, Joo ... - 1 stage (1999) External links Profile at Bouygues Télécom official website* References 1975 births Living people People from Guingamp French male cyclists Cyclists from Côtes-d'Armor {{France-cycling-bio-1970s-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sylvain Chavanel
Sylvain Chavanel'' Procycling'', UK, November 2008 (born 30 June 1979) is a French former professional road bicycle racer, who rode professionally between 2000 and 2018 for the , , and two spells with the / team. His brother Sébastien Chavanel also rode as a professional cyclist. Sylvain Chavanel was noted as a strong all-rounder who won both sprints and time-trials, and was a good northern classics rider, taking 45 wins during his professional career. Background Chavanel was born in Châtellerault, France, although his family roots are in Spain. His great-grandparents were from Huesca, in the Aragon region. His grandfather was born in Barcelona and moved to Châtellerault during the Spanish Civil War. Other members of the family still live in Aragon. He said: "Last year 007 when the Vuelta was in Zaragoza, I got to know the cousin of mine using a journalist as the translator and she gave me a picture of my grandfather when he was young. Despite my origins, I hardly know a wor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
