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2019 UCI Road World Championships – Men's Road Race
The Men's road race of the 2019 UCI Road World Championships was a cycling event that took place on 29 September 2019 in Yorkshire, England. The race was initially scheduled to be contested over , but due to flooding on the course, the race was reduced to . The wet weather also meant there was a limited broadcast coverage of the race. For the first time in the race's history, a Danish rider won the world title as Mads Pedersen out-sprinted two other riders at the finish in Harrogate to take the rainbow jersey. The silver medal went to Italy's Matteo Trentin, while the bronze medal went to Stefan Küng of Switzerland. Qualification Qualification was based mainly on the 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 ... by nations as of 11 August 2019. UCI World ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Leeds
Leeds is a city in West Yorkshire, England. It is the largest settlement in Yorkshire and the administrative centre of the City of Leeds Metropolitan Borough, which is the second most populous district in the United Kingdom. It is built around the River Aire and is in the eastern foothills of the Pennines. The city was a small manorial borough in the 13th century and a market town in the 16th century. It expanded by becoming a major production and trading centre (mainly with wool) in the 17th and 18th centuries. Leeds developed as a mill town during the Industrial Revolution alongside other surrounding villages and towns in the West Riding of Yorkshire. It was also known for its flax industry, iron foundries, engineering and printing, as well as shopping, with several surviving Victorian era arcades, such as Kirkgate Market. City status was awarded in 1893, and a populous urban centre formed in the following century which absorbed surrounding villages and overtook t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mekseb Debesay
Mekseb Debesay Abrha (born 16 June 1991) is an Eritrean racing cyclist, who last rode for UCI Continental team . He rode at the 2014 UCI Road World Championships, as well as the 2015 UCI Road World Championships, where he was the only rider from Eritrea to compete in the men's elite road race. He won the 2014 Tour d'Algérie. He is the brother of fellow racing cyclists Mossana Debesai, Ferekalsi Debesay, Yakob Debesay and . Major results ;2011 : 1st Stage 5 Tour of Eritrea ;2012 : 1st Stage 5 Tour of Eritrea ;2013 : 1st Overall Tour of Eritrea ::1st Young rider classification : 3rd Overall Fenkel Northern Redsea ::1st Stage 1 ;2014 : 1st Overall Tour d'Algérie ::1st Points classification ::1st Stage 4 : 1st Overall Grand Prix Chantal Biya ::1st Young rider classification ::1st African rider classification ::1st Stage 4 : Tour of Rwanda ::1st Mountains classification ::1st Stages 1 & 6 : 2nd Time trial, National Road Championships : 2nd Critérium International ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rui Costa (cyclist)
Rui Alberto Faria da Costa (born 5 October 1986) is a Portuguese professional road bicycle racer, who rides for UCI WorldTeam . He is best known for winning the 2013 UCI Road World Championships in Tuscany, Italy (the first Portuguese rider to do so), three stages of the Tour de France in 2011 and 2013, one stage in the Vuelta a España in 2023, and the 2012, 2013 and 2014 editions of the Tour de Suisse, becoming the first cyclist to win the event for three consecutive years. Early life and amateur career Born in Aguçadoura, Póvoa de Varzim, Costa started his career at Guilhabreu, a civil parish of Vila do Conde, then went to Santa Maria da Feira. Professional career 2007–10: Early years Costa became a professional cyclist at Benfica in 2007, and switched to in 2009. In 2009, Costa won the Four Days of Dunkirk followed by a win on stage 8 of the 2010 Tour de Suisse. In 2010, Costa was involved with an altercation with Carlos Barredo at the end of Stage 6 of the Tour ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gorka Izagirre
Gorka Izagirre Insausti (born 7 October 1987) is a Spanish former cyclist, who competed as a professional from 2009 to 2024. He is the brother of fellow racing cyclist Ion Izagirre. Career Both Izagirre brothers were signed by the for the 2014 season, with Ion leaving for at the beginning of 2017. Movistar Team (2014–17) Izagirre won the Prueba Villafranca de Ordizia for the third time in his career in 2014. His first top 10 in a World Tour stage race came in 2015, when he placed 9th in 2015 Paris–Nice, Paris–Nice. In 2017, Izagirre finished fourth overall at 2017 Paris–Nice, Paris–Nice, and won stage 8 in the 100th edition of the 2017 Giro d'Italia, Giro d'Italia. Bahrain–Merida (2018) Izagirre signed with the team for the 2018 season. He started off the season with 7th overall at 2018 Tour Down Under, Tour Down Under, and then took 3rd place overall at the 2018 Tour of Oman, Tour of Oman. He was captain of the team together with his brother Ion Izagirre at ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Greg Van Avermaet
Greg Van Avermaet (born 17 May 1985) is a retired Belgian professional cyclist. Considered one of the most versatile riders of modern cycling, Van Avermaet was a specialist of the classic cycle races, but has also won stages and the general classification in stage races, particularly when run on a hilly terrain, such as the 2016 Tirreno–Adriatico, and the 2018 Tour de Yorkshire. His strong sprint finish enabled him to win sprints of small lead groups, but he has also won races after solo breakaways. He won the men's individual road race event at the 2016 Summer Olympics, and has won other one-day races such as Paris–Roubaix, Gent–Wevelgem and E3 Harelbeke in 2017, the 2016 GP de Montréal and in 2016 and 2017. In the Grand Tours, Van Avermaet has taken two individual stage wins in the Tour de France, and worn the Yellow Jersey for eleven days during the 2016 and 2018 Tours and won the points classification in the Vuelta a España, with one stage win in the Vuelta a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alexander Kristoff
Alexander Kristoff (born 5 July 1987) is a Norwegian professional road bicycle racer, who rides for UCI ProSeries, UCI ProTeam . A sprinter and classics rider, Kristoff is the most successful Norwegian cyclist by number of wins, having taken almost 100 victories during his professional career. He has won four Tour de France stages, the 2014 Milan–San Remo and 2015 Tour of Flanders one-day races – as a result, becoming the only Norwegian rider, as of , to win a cycling monument – and has won medals in the road race at the Road race at the Olympics#Men, Olympic Games (Cycling at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Men's individual road race, 2012; bronze), the UCI Road World Championships (2017 UCI Road World Championships – Men's road race, 2017; silver), and the European Road Cycling Championships (2017; gold). He also holds the record for most wins at the one-day races Eschborn–Frankfurt (four) and the Grand Prix of Aargau Canton (three), and most stage wins at the Tour of Oma ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Michael Valgren
Michael Valgren Hundahl (né Andersen; born 7 February 1992) is a Danish professional road racing cyclist, who currently rides for UCI WorldTeam . In 2018, Valgren won 2018 Omloop Het Nieuwsblad, Omloop Het Nieuwsblad and the 2018 Amstel Gold Race, Amstel Gold Race. Career He became a professional in 2011 at the age of just 19 riding for the Danish continental team , where he won two editions of the U23 Liège–Bastogne–Liège and several other noticeable wins. He worked in the same fish factory as Jonas Vingegaard while pursuing a career as a pro cyclist. In 2014 he entered the WorldTour, when he joined . He made an immediate impact, as he won the Danish National Road Race Championships and the 2014 Danmark Rundt, Danmark Rundt. He has ridden the Tour de France 6 times (2015 to 2020) as well as the 2014 Vuelta a Espana. 2018 served as a breakout year seeing him win the classics 2018 Omloop Het Nieuwsblad, Omloop Het Nieuwsblad and the 2018 Amstel Gold Race, Amstel Gold Race. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Peter Sagan
Peter Sagan (; born 26 January 1990) is a Slovak former professional cyclist who competed in road bicycle racing and mountain bicycle racing. Sagan had a successful junior cyclo-cross and mountain bike racing career, winning the junior cross-country race at the 2008 UCI Mountain Bike & Trials World Championships, before moving to road racing. He ended his cycling career in 2024. Sagan is considered a generational talent, having earned many prestigious victories out of a total of 121 professional wins. His most notable achievements were an unprecedented three consecutive men's road race World Championships from 2015-2017 inclusive, and his record seven Points classifications in the Tour de France. He also won two of cycling's monuments, the Tour of Flanders (2016) and Paris–Roubaix (2018), and was awarded the prestigious Vélo d'Or in 2016, the season when he also topped the UCI World Ranking. Early life and amateur career Born in Žilina, Peter Sagan is the youngest child ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gianni Moscon
Gianni Moscon (born 20 April 1994) is an Italian professional cyclist who rides for UCI WorldTeam . He competed at the 2020 Summer Olympics in the road race. Early life and career Moscon grew up in the apple farms north of Trento in Trentino in the north of Italy. This led to him being given the nickname "Il Trattore", which translates to "The Tractor". Professional career Team Sky (2016–2021) In September 2015, it was announced that he had signed a professional contract with for the 2016 season. This followed a recommendation from Fausto Pinarello, of the company who manufacture the team's bicycles, who had seen Moscon winning amateur races and spoke about him to Sky sport director Dario Cioni. Moscon recorded his first professional victory at the Arctic Race of Norway when he won the queen stage. He later went on to win the general classification, as well as the youth classification. He was named in the startlist for the 2017 Vuelta a España. In July 2018, he was named ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mads Pedersen
Mads Pedersen may refer to: * Mads Pedersen (canoeist) (born 1996), Danish canoeist * Mads Pedersen (cyclist) (born 1995), Danish cyclist * Mads Pedersen (footballer, born 1993), Danish footballer * Mads Valentin Mads Giersing Valentin Pedersen (born 1 September 1996), usually known as Mads Mini or Mads Valentin, is a Danish professional footballer who plays as a left-back or left wing-back for Bundesliga club FC Augsburg. Club career FC Nordsjælland V ..., Danish footballer * Mads Pedersen (badminton) (born 1990), Danish badminton player {{Hndis, Pedersen, Mads ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pan American Road And Track Championships
The Pan American Cycling Championships are the continental cycling championships for road bicycle racing held annually for member nations of the Pan American Cycling Confederation. The events were first held in 1974 in Cali Santiago de Cali (), or Cali, is the capital of the Valle del Cauca department, and the most populous city in southwest Colombia, with 2,280,522 residents estimate by National Administrative Department of Statistics, DANE in 2023. The city span ..., Colombia for the road and track disciplines. The events consist of the: * Pan American Road Championships * Pan American Track Championships * Pan American Cyclo-cross Championships * Pan American Mountain bike Championships {{DEFAULTSORT:Pan American Cycling Championships Road bicycle races Track cycling races Cycling Championships Cycle racing in North America Cycle racing in South America Recurring sporting events established in 1974 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jefferson Alveiro Cepeda
Jefferson Alveiro Cepeda Hernández (born 2 March 1996) is an Ecuadorian cyclist, who currently rides for UCI WorldTeam . In October 2020, he was named in the startlist for the 2020 Vuelta a España, and has competed in two more editions since. He qualified to represent Ecuador at the 2020 Summer Olympics, but did not compete. Major results ;2016 : 1st Stage 5 Volta Ciclística Internacional do Rio Grande do Sul : 7th Overall Vuelta a Guatemala ::1st Mountains classification ;2017 : 1st Road race, National Under-23 Road Championships : Vuelta a Guatemala ::1st Mountains classification ::1st Stage 5 : 1st Mountains classification, Cascade Cycling Classic : 2nd Time trial, National Road Championships ;2018 (3 pro wins) : 1st Road race, South American Games : National Road Championships ::1st Road race ::1st Time trial : 3rd Overall Vuelta a Cantabria ;2019 (1) : 1st Road race, Pan American Road Championships : 1st Vuelta a Navarra ;2020 : 4th Prueba Villafranca de Ordi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
