2014 Critérium International
The 2014 Critérium International, was the 83rd edition of the Critérium International cycling race stage, stage race. It took place on the island of Corsica, around the city of Porto Vecchio. As the previous two editions, the race consisted of three stages, with the first two held on the same day. The second stage was a short individual time trial. The race was won by Jean-Christophe Péraud of , who won the overall classification without winning any stage. Mathias Frank () was second in the overall classification and won both the Points and the King of the Mountains classifications, while 's Rafał Majka finished ahead of the Young Rider classification. Suisse team won the Teams classification. Schedule Teams A total of 15 teams took part in the race: ;UCI ProTeam, ProTeams * * * * * * * * ;UCI Professional Continental, Professional Continental Teams * * * * * ;UCI Continental, Continental Teams * * Stages Stage 1 ;29 March 2014 — Porto-Vecchio ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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2014 UCI Europe Tour
The 2014 UCI Europe Tour was the tenth season of the UCI Europe Tour. The 2014 season began on 2 February 2014 with the Grand Prix d'Ouverture La Marseillaise, Grand Prix Cycliste la Marseillaise and ended on 19 October 2014 with the Chrono des Nations. The points leader, based on the cumulative results of previous races, wears the UCI Europe Tour cycling jersey. Riccardo Zoidl of Austria was the defending champion of the 2013 UCI Europe Tour. The 2014 Europe Tour was won by Tom Van Asbroeck. Throughout the season, points are awarded to the top finishers of stages within stage races and the final general classification standings of each of the stages races and one-day events. The quality and complexity of a race also determines how many points are awarded to the top finishers, the higher the UCI rating of a race, the more points are awarded. The UCI race classifications, UCI ratings from highest to lowest are as follows: * Multi-day events: 2.HC, 2.1 and 2.2 * One-day events: 1.H ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Time Trial
In many racing sports, an sportsperson, athlete (or occasionally a team of athletes) will compete in a time trial (TT) against the clock to secure the fastest time. The format of a time trial can vary, but usually follow a format where each athlete or team sets off at a predetermined interval to set the fastest time on a course. Cycling In cycle sport, cycling, for example, a time trial can be a single track cycling event, or an individual time trial, individual or team time trial on the road, and either or both of the latter may form components of multi-day stage races. In contrast to other types of races, athletes race alone since they are sent out in intervals (interval starts), as opposed to a mass start. Time trialist will often seek to maintain marginal aerodynamic gains as the races are often won or lost by a couple of seconds. Skiing In cross-country skiing (sport), cross-country skiing and biathlon competitions, skiers are sent out in 30 to 60 second intervals. ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Matthias Brändle
Matthias Brändle (born 7 December 1989) is an Austrian professional road bicycle racer. Brändle is a seven-time winner of the Austrian National Time Trial Championships (2009, 2013, 2014, 2016, 2019, 2020 and 2021), and also won the Austrian National Road Race Championships in 2016. Career In 2012, he rode for . In 2014, Brändle won two consecutive stages of the Tour of Britain. In October 2014, he followed in the footsteps of his agent Tony Rominger by setting a new hour record, breaking the month-old record set by 43-year-old Jens Voigt under new regulations introduced by the UCI in June 2014 allowing the use of modern track pursuit racing bicycles. The record stood until 8 February 2015 when it was broken by Australian rider Rohan Dennis. He was named in the start list for the 2015 Tour de France. He won the Austrian National Road Race Championships in 2016. Major results ;2007 : 1st Overall Trofeo Karlsberg ::1st Stage 1 : 1st Overall Tour de Haute-Autriche ::1st ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Julien Simon
Julien Simon (born 4 October 1985) is a French former road bicycle racer, who competed as a professional from 2008 to 2024. In his career, Simon competed for (2008), (2009–2013), (2014–2019), and (2020–2024). He took thirteen professional victories, including a record three victories at both the Grand Prix du Morbihan and the Tour du Finistère, and two stage victories at the 2012 Volta a Catalunya. Major results Source: ;2007 : 8th Overall Tour du Haut-Anjou ;2008 : 9th Tour du Doubs ;2009 : 2nd Overall Tour du Gévaudan Languedoc-Roussillon : 5th Overall Circuit de la Sarthe : 7th Overall Tour du Haut Var : 7th Paris–Camembert : 10th Tour du Finistère ;2010 : 3rd Overall Circuit de la Sarthe : 4th Overall Tour de Wallonie : 4th Grand Prix de Wallonie : 5th Overall Boucles de la Mayenne : 5th Les Boucles du Sud Ardèche : 5th Route Adélie de Vitré ;2011 : 1st Prueba Villafranca de Ordizia : 2nd Grand Prix de Wallonie : 3rd Overall Circuit de Lorraine ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Tony Hurel
Tony Hurel (born 1 November 1987) is a French professional road and cyclo-cross racer, who currently rides for UCI Continental team . Career Born in Lisieux, Hurel competed as a professional from the start of the 2011 season, joining full-time after two stagiaire contracts with the team, then known as in the second half of 2009 and 2010 respectively. In July 2012, Hurel took his first victory for the team, by winning the Polynormande race in France, in a bunch sprint. He was named in the start list for the 2015 Vuelta a España. He returned to the amateur ranks after the 2017 season, signing a deal with Sojasun espoir–ACNC. Major results ;2005 : 1st Overall Ronde des Vallées : 1st Overall Circuito Cántabro ;2007 : 1st Stage 6 Tour de la Nouvelle-Caledonie ;2008 : 1st Overall Vuelta a la Comunidad de Madrid sub-23 : 2nd Prix Gilbert Bousquet ;2009 : 1st Trophée des Champions : 1st Circuit de la Vallée de la Loire : 2nd Overall Saint Brieuc Agglo-Tour : 2nd Tour du Perigo ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Marko Kump
Marko Kump (born 9 September 1988) is a Slovenian former professional cyclist, who rode professionally between 2007 and 2020 for the , , and teams, as well as four separate spells with the team. During his career, Kump took seventeen professional victories, seven of which were stage victories at the Tour of Qinghai Lake in 2015 and 2016. He now works a directeur sportif for the team, a UCI Continental team. Career In 2011, he signed a one-year contract with for the 2012 season. Kump left at the end of 2012, and joined for the 2013 campaign. He returned to for the 2015 season. Major results Source: ;2005 : 2nd Road race, National Junior Road Championships ;2006 : 6th Road race, UCI Junior World Championships ;2007 : 1st Poreč Trophy ;2008 : 3rd Poreč Trophy ;2009 : 1st Stage 4 Tour of Slovenia : 1st Stage 3 Tour de l'Avenir : 2nd Road race, Mediterranean Games : 2nd Prague–Karlovy Vary–Prague : 4th Overall Coupe des nations Ville Saguenay ::1st Stage 1 : 4 ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Nathan Haas
Nathan Peter Haas (born 12 March 1989) is an Australian cyclist. He competed as a professional road racer until the end of 2021. He started competing full time in gravel events 2022. Career Early career Born in Brisbane, Queensland, Australia, Haas was originally a mountain biker, and represented Australia in two UCI World Championships. However, in 2009, Haas switched to road racing. Praties (2009–2011) In 2011, after dominating Australia's domestic National Road Series with teammate Steele Von Hoff, Haas won the Herald Sun Tour. Haas also won the Japan Cup, a race featuring numerous UCI ProTeams. After his victory, Haas turned professional, signing with . Garmin–Barracuda (2012–2015) During Haas' first professional season, he struggled with severe saddle sores. Following Jonathan Tiernan-Locke's doping ban, Haas was retroactively awarded the 2012 Tour of Britain title; he originally finished second to Tiernan-Locke. During the 2013 season, Haas finished sixth over ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Amaury Sport Organisation
The Amaury Sport Organisation (ASO and also A.S.O.) is a private company, founded in 1992, that is part of the privately-owned French media group Éditions Philippe Amaury (EPA). ASO organises the Tour de France and other cycling races, as well as golf, running, sailing and off-road motorsport events over 250 days of competition per year, with 90 events in 30 countries. The president of ASO is Jean-Etienne Amaury, the son of Philippe Amaury and Marie-Odile Amaury, and grandson of EPA founder, Émilien Amaury. Cycling The Tour de France was instituted by the newspaper '' L'Auto'' in 1903. The paper was closed after World War II because of its links with the occupying Germans and a new paper, ''L'Équipe'', took over. ''L'Équipe'' organised the Tour and in 1965 the newspaper was acquired by Émilien Amaury. ''L'Équipe'' organised the race until it was taken over by its parent company, ASO. , ASO claimed to be the world leader in bicycle race organisation with 132 days of comp ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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UCI Continental
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 The UCI WorldTour is the premier men's elite road cycling tour, sitting above the UCI ProSeries and various regional UCI Continental Circuits. It refers to both the tour of 38 events and, until 2019, an annual ranking system based upon perfor .... UCI Africa Tour Winners There is a rolling ranking for individuals and countries (the total of the top eight 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 below from 2020) that took place ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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UCI ProTeam
UCI most commonly refers to: * University of California, Irvine, a public university in Irvine, California, United States * Union Cycliste Internationale, the world governing body for the sport of cycling UCI may also refer to: * Uganda Cancer Institute, a cancer treatment and research institution in Kampala, Uganda * ''Unified Configuration Interface'', a set of scripts to unify and simplify the configuration the OpenWrt operating system * Union Correctional Institution, Florida, United States * Unione Cinematografica Italiana, an Italian film company of the silent era * Unit Compliance Inspection, a United States Air Force inspection * UCI Cinemas (United Cinemas International), cinema company in Brazil, Germany, Italy and Portugal * Universal Chess Interface, a communications protocol for chess game software * Univision Communications Inc., the former name of the American subsidiary of media company TelevisaUnivision * Unlawful command influence Unlawful command influence (UCI ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |