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2018 UCI Road World Championships – Women's Road Race
The Women's road race of the 2018 UCI Road World Championships was a cycling event that took place on 29 September 2018 in Innsbruck, Austria. It was the 58th edition of the event, for which Dutch rider Chantal Blaak was the defending champion, having won in 2017 UCI Road World Championships – Women's road race, 2017. 149 riders from 48 nations entered the competition. Blaak surrendered the title to her teammate Anna van der Breggen, the reigning Olympic champion, after attacking on the penultimate ascent of the Aldrans–Lans, Tyrol, Lans–Igls climb. Having caught the erstwhile leaders a few kilometres later, van der Breggen soloed away from them not long after. Van der Breggen extended her advantage over the remaining and continued on to her first world championship title with a winning margin of three minutes and forty-two seconds. Australia's Amanda Spratt managed to remain clear from the breakaway to take Australia's second consecutive silver medal, while Italy's T ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2018 UCI Road World Championships
The 2018 UCI Road World Championships were held in Innsbruck, Austria. It was the 91st UCI Road World Championships and the third to be held in Austria. The World Championships consisted of a total of twelve competitions, one road race, one team time trial and one individual time trial for men and women, as well as one road race and one individual time trial for U23 riders and juniors. The Tour de Suisse organisers were responsible for the operational organisation of the races. The competitions were very demanding: the 265-kilometre men's road race had nine climbs with around 5000 metres of altitude difference. Because of the many climbs, some sprinters did not participate in the World Championships because they saw no prospect of success for themselves. It was the last edition to feature a team time trial for UCI trade teams. From 2019 onwards it will be replaced by a mixed team time trial for national teams. Schedule All times are in Central European Summer Time, CEST (UTC+2 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kufstein
Kufstein (; ) is a town in the Austrian state of Tyrol, the administrative seat of Kufstein District. With a population of about 20,000 it is the second largest Tyrolean town after the state capital Innsbruck. The greatest landmark is Kufstein Fortress, first mentioned in the 13th century. The town was the place of origin of the Austrian noble family Kuefstein. Geography It is located in the Tyrolean Unterland region on the river Inn, at the confluence with its Weißache and Kaiserbach tributaries, near the border with Bavaria, Germany. The municipal area stretches along the Lower Inn Valley between the Brandenberg Alps in the northwest and the Kaiser Mountains in the southeast. The remote Kaisertal until recently was the last settled valley in Austria without transport connections, prior to the completion of a tunnel road from Kufstein to neighbouring Ebbs in 2008. North of the town, the Inn river leaves the Northern Limestone Alps and enters the Bavarian Alpine Forelan ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nikola Nosková
Nikola Nosková (born 1 July 1997) is a Czech road cyclist and cyclo-cross racer, who rides for UCI Women's Team, UCI Women's ProTeam . During her career, Nosková has won the Czech National Time Trial Championships three times and the Czech National Road Race Championships once. Career As a junior, she competed on the road in the junior events at the 2014 UCI Road World Championships and 2015 UCI Road World Championships. She won the silver medal in the 2016 UCI Cyclo-cross World Championships – Women's under-23 race, women's under-23 event at the 2016 UCI Cyclo-cross World Championships in Heusden-Zolder and took the bronze in the under-23 race on home soil at the 2017 UEC European Cyclo-cross Championships in Tábor. In 2017 she also won both the Czech National Road Race Championships and the Czech National Time Trial Championships. At the 2018 European Road Cycling Championships in Brno, Czech Republic, Nosková won two medals on home soil, taking the bronze in the under-23 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marta Bastianelli
Marta Bastianelli (born 30 April 1987) is an Italian former professional racing cyclist, who competed as a professional from 2006 to 2023. Bastianelli won the women's road race at the 2007 UCI Road World Championships ahead of Marianne Vos and Giorgia Bronzini, and also won the equivalent race at the 2018 European Road Cycling Championships, again beating Vos. Professional career Born in Velletri, near Rome, Bastianelli rode for the team from 2006 to 2008. On 5 July 2008, Bastianelli tested positive for a banned substance, the stimulant fenfluramine which can be found in dietary aids. It was found in her urine A sample during a routine doping control at the under 23 European championships held in Verbania, Italy. She was subsequently dropped from the Italian team for the 2008 Summer Olympics and handed a one-year ban by the Italian National Olympic Committee. Bastianelli appealed to the Court of Arbitration for Sport to overturn the ban, however the CAS instead extended her ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Liu Zixin
Liu (; or ) is an East Asian surname. pinyin: in Mandarin Chinese, in Cantonese. It is the family name of the Han dynasty emperors. The character originally meant 'battle axe', but is now used only as a surname. It is listed 252nd in the classic text Hundred Family Surnames. Today, it is the 4th most common surname in mainland China as well as one of the most common surnames in the world. Distribution In 2019 劉 was the fourth most common surname in mainland China. Additionally, it was the most common surname in Jiangxi province. In 2013 it was found to be the 5th most common surname, shared by 67,700,000 people or 5.1% of the population, with the province with the most people being Shandong.中国四百大姓, 袁义达, 邱家儒, Beijing Book Co. Inc., 1 January 2013 Origin One source is that they descend from the Qí (祁) clan of Emperor Yao. For example, the founding emperor of the Han dynasty (one of China's golden ages), Liu Bang (Emperor Gaozu of Han) was a descend ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Arlenis Sierra
Arlenis Sierra Cañadilla (born 7 December 1992) is a Cuban professional Bicycle racing, racing cyclist, who rides for UCI Women's Team, UCI Women's WorldTeam . Major results Road ;2011 : 1st Cycling at the 2011 Pan American Games – Women's road race, Road race, Cycling at the 2011 Pan American Games, Pan American Games ;2012 : 2nd Road race, Cuban National Road Championships, National Road Championships : 2nd Grand Prix GSB : 5th Overall Vuelta a El Salvador : 7th Grand Prix el Salvador ;2013 : 1st Road race, 2013 Pan American Road Cycling Championships, Pan American Road Championships ;2014 : 1st Road race, 2014 Pan American Road Cycling Championships, Pan American Road Championships : Cuban National Road Championships, National Road Championships ::1st Road race ::2nd Time trial : 4th Road race, Cycling at the 2014 Central American and Caribbean Games, Central American and Caribbean Games : 8th Overall 2014 Tour Femenino de San Luis, Tour de San Luis ::1st Stage 5 ;2015 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nguyễn Thị Thật
Nguyễn Thị Thật (born 6 March 1993) is a Vietnamese road and track cyclist, who currently rides for UCI Women's WorldTeam . Major results ;2010 : 1st Stage 6 An Giang Television Cup : 2nd Road race, Asian Junior Road Championships ;2011 : 1st Stage 2 An Giang Television Cup : 2nd Road race, Asian Junior Road Championships ;2012 : 1st Overall An Giang Television Cup ::1st Stages 2, 4 & 6 : 8th Overall Tour of Thailand ;2013 : 3rd Road race, Southeast Asian Games : 5th Road race, Asian Road Championships ;2014 : 1st Overall Biwase Cup ::1st Stages 1, 3 & 7 : 2nd Road race, Asian Games : 5th Road race, Asian Road Championships ;2015 : Southeast Asian Games ::1st Road race ::2nd Criterium : 3rd Overall The Princess Maha Chackri Sirindhon's Cup ::1st Stage 1 : 5th Road race, Asian Road Championships : 8th Overall Biwase Cup ::1st Stages 3 & 4 ;2016 : 3rd Overall Biwase Cup ::1st Stages 1, 5 & 8 : 7th L'Enfer du Chablais : 9th Thun-West Time Trial ;2017 : Southeast ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
UCI World Ranking
The UCI men's road racing world rankings are a points system used to rank men's road cycling riders. Points are awarded based on results in UCI sanctioned races, with points varying widely based on the importance and prestige of the race. The Tour de France grants the most points, with 1300 points going to the general classification winner. The rankings are updated weekly, with points accrued over a rolling 52 weeks for three categories: Individual, Nations, and Teams. The Nations UCI World Ranking is based on the total points of that country's top eight-ranked riders, and the Teams UCI World Ranking is based on that team's top ten-ranked riders. These rankings are used to determine the number of riders per country at the UCI World Championships, and which teams are allowed access to UCI WorldTour events. The UCI also published year-end rankings for the Individual and Nations categories. Current ranking system UCI World Ranking On 10 January 2016, a complete new 52-week ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tyrolean State Theatre
The Tyrolean State Theatre in Innsbruck () is the state theatre in Innsbruck, Austria, located near the historic Altstadt (Old Town) section of the city. The theatre is surrounded by the Imperial Hofburg, the Hofgarten, and SOWI Faculty of the University of Innsbruck. The main theatre has about 800 seats and the studio theatre in the basement has around 250. Plays, operas, operettas, musicals and dance theatre are performed at the theatre. History In 1629, architect Christopher Gump the Younger converted one of the houses along a raceway from the Imperial Hofburg into a Comedihaus, the great theater of the Archduke Leopold. In 1654, a new theatre was built by Christopher Gump which opened on the other side of the raceway where the Landestheater stands today. This court theater was renovated in 1765. Following the Bavarian occupation in 1805, the theatre was called the Royal Bavarian Court National Theatre. In 1844, the theatre was closed due to disrepair. In the 1840s, a theater ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Union Cycliste Internationale
The Union Cycliste Internationale (; UCI; ) is the world governing body for sports cycling and oversees international competitive cycling events. The UCI is based in Aigle, Switzerland. The UCI issues racing licenses to riders and enforces disciplinary rules, such as in matters of doping. The UCI also manages the classification of races and the points ranking system in various cycling disciplines including road and track cycling, mountain biking, cyclo-cross, Gravel, and BMX, for both men and women, amateur and professional. It also oversees the World Championships. After the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine, the UCI said that Russian and Belarusian teams were forbidden from competing in international events. It also stripped both Russia and Belarus of scheduled events. History The UCI was founded on 14 April 1900 in Paris by the national cycling sports organisations of Belgium, the United States, France, Italy, and Switzerland. It replaced the International Cycl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Quincy Media
Quincy Media, Inc., formerly known as Quincy Newspapers, Inc., was a family-owned media company that originated in the newspapers of Quincy, Illinois. The company's history can be traced back to 1835, when the ''Bounty Land Register'' was one of four newspapers in Illinois. Over the next century, a number of mergers followed. The company moved into radio in 1947 and began television broadcasts in 1953. The company was owned by the Oakley and Lindsay families of Quincy. History The corporation was formed in Quincy on June 1, 1926, as Quincy Newspapers after the merger of the ''Quincy Herald'', direct descendant of the ''Illinois Bounty Land Register'' first published in Quincy in 1835, and the ''Quincy Whig-Journal'', descendant of the ''Quincy Whig'' founded in 1838. The two papers were combined to form a single daily paper, the ''Quincy Herald-Whig.'' The ''Herald'' was purchased in September 1891 by three men from Rockford, Charles L. Miller, Hedley John Eaton and Edmund Bot ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
