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2021 Paris–Roubaix (women's Race)
The 2021 Paris–Roubaix was a road bicycle racing, road cycling one-day race that took place on 3 October 2021 in France. It was the 118th edition of Paris–Roubaix and the 28th event of the 2021 UCI World Tour. The race was won by Italian Sonny Colbrelli in a sprint finish. Teams All nineteen UCI WorldTeams and six UCI Professional Continental, UCI ProTeams participated to the race. Of the twenty-five teams, only did not compete with the maximum allowed seven riders. 96 of the 174 riders to start the race finished. UCI WorldTeams * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * UCI ProTeams * * * * * * Summary Originally scheduled to take place on 11 April 2021, the race was postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic in France. The planned race in 2020 was also cancelled due to the pandemic. For the first time, Paris–Roubaix Femmes was held, taking place the day before the men's race. Italy's Sonny Colbrelli won the race in a three-man sprint ahead of F ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2021 UCI World Tour
The 2021 UCI World Tour was a series of races that included twenty-nine road bicycle racing, road cycling events throughout the 2021 in men's road cycling, 2021 cycling season. The tour started with the opening stage of the 2021 UAE Tour, UAE Tour on 21 February, and concluded with 2021 Il Lombardia, Il Lombardia on 9 October. Events The 2021 calendar was announced in the autumn of 2020. Cancelled events Due to COVID-19 pandemic, COVID-19-related logistical concerns raised by teams regarding travel to Australia (including strict quarantine requirements), the Tour Down Under (19–24 January) and the Cadel Evans Great Ocean Road Race (31 January) were cancelled. The organisers of the Tour Down Under held a "domestic cycling festival" known as the Santos Festival of Cycling in its place, which featured races in various disciplines (including a National Road Series event). In June, the Grand Prix Cycliste de Québec (10 September) and the Grand Prix Cycliste de Montréal (12 Sep ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Future Plc
Future plc is a British publishing company. It was started in 1985 by Chris Anderson (entrepreneur), Chris Anderson. It is listed on the London Stock Exchange and is a constituent of the FTSE 250 Index. History 1985–2012 The company was founded by Chris Anderson (entrepreneur), Chris Anderson as Future Publishing in Somerton, Somerset, England, with the sole magazine ''Amstrad Action'' in 1985. An early innovation was the inclusion of free software on magazine covers. It acquired GP Publications and established what would become Future US in 1994. Anderson sold the company to Pearson plc for £52.7m in 1994, but bought it back in 1998, for £142 million. The company was Initial public offering, floated on the London Stock Exchange in 1999. Anderson left the company in 2001. In 2004, the company was accused of corruption when it published positive reviews for the video game ''Driver 3'' in two of its owned magazines, ''Xbox World'' and ''PSM3, PSM2''. 2012–2015 Futu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Heinrich Haussler
Heinrich Haussler (born 25 February 1984) is an Australian former road racing cyclist of German heritage, who competed as a professional from 2004 to April 2023. He won 2 stages in Grand Tours during his career, one at the 2005 Vuelta a España and another at the 2009 Tour de France. He was also a good Classics specialist, registering top results in notable classic races, and was the 2015 Australian national road race champion. He was the winner of the 2022 UAE Al Salam championship. Biography Early life Haussler was born to a German father and Australian mother and raised in the town of Inverell, New South Wales, Australia, before leaving for Germany in 1998 at age 14 to pursue a dream of being a professional cyclist. Professional career Haussler turned professional in 2005 and shot to prominence with a stage win in the 2005 Vuelta a España. Haussler took out five wins in 2006 and has had strong classics campaigns since then. He looked set to be a rider of the future in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Guillaume Boivin
Guillaume Boivin (born 25 May 1989) is a Canadian professional road racing cyclist, who currently rides for UCI ProTeam . Career Boivin's greatest cycling accomplishment was finishing in a dead heat for the bronze at the World Under-23 Road Race Championships in 2010. He finished 3rd in the 2012 Tro Bro Leon, getting on the podium with his teammate Ryan Roth, who won the race. In October 2014, it was announced that Boivin would leave Cannondale and ride with in 2015. On 29 April 2015, on the first stage of the Tour of the Gila, Boivin was the last man remaining of a breakaway that was caught by eventual solo winner, Rafael Montiel. Boivin took the second place of the mountaintop finish. In May 2018, he was named in the startlist for the Giro d'Italia. 2020 Olympics In July 2021, Boivin was named to Canada's 2020 Olympic team. Major results Source: ;2006 : 3rd Overall Tour de l'Abitibi ;2007 : 4th Overall Tour de l'Abitibi ::1st Points classification ::1st Stages 2 & 7 ; ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tom Van Asbroeck
Tom Van Asbroeck (born 19 April 1990) is a Belgian cyclist, who currently rides for UCI ProTeam . He was previously a member of the team, between 2012 and 2014. He was named in the start list for the 2015 Vuelta a España. In May 2018, he was named in the startlist for the Giro d'Italia. In August 2020, he was named in the startlist for the 2020 Tour de France. Major results ;2011 : 1st Omloop Het Nieuwsblad U23 : 3rd Grand Prix de Waregem : 3rd Gilbert Memorial Letêcheur Rochefort : 10th Omloop van het Waasland ;2012 : 1st Beverbeek Classic : 1st Grote Prijs Stad Geel : 3rd Road race, UCI Road World Under-23 Championships : 7th Ronde van Drenthe : 9th Classic Loire Atlantique : 9th Internationale Wielertrofee Jong Maar Moedig : 10th Dwars door Drenthe ;2013 : 1st Grote Prijs Jean-Pierre Monseré : 4th Châteauroux Classic : 6th Overall Arctic Race of Norway : 8th Druivenkoers Overijse : 9th Overall Tour des Fjords : 9th Halle–Ingooigem ;2014 (2 pro wins) : ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wout Van Aert
Wout van Aert (born 15 September 1994) is a Belgian professional road bicycle racing, road and cyclo-cross Cycle sport, racer who rides for UCI WorldTeam . Van Aert won three consecutive men's races at the UCI Cyclo-cross World Championships in 2016 UCI Cyclo-cross World Championships, 2016, 2017 UCI Cyclo-cross World Championships, 2017, and 2018 UCI Cyclo-cross World Championships, 2018. Having initially prioritised competing in cyclo-cross, Van Aert terminated his contract with in 2018 and joined in March 2019, on a three-year deal. Van Aert has since taken more than forty professional road wins, including nine stage victories at the Tour de France between 2019 Tour de France, 2019 and 2022 Tour de France, 2022 (also winning the Points classification in the Tour de France, points classification in 2022), and won Milan–San Remo – one of the five Cycling monuments – in 2020 Milan–San Remo, 2020. Following the 2022 Tour de France, where Van Aert won three stages, sev ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Christophe Laporte
Christophe Laporte (; born 11 December 1992) is a French professional cyclist who rides for UCI WorldTeam . A sprinter and classics rider, Laporte has taken more than 30 victories during his professional career, including wins in 2023 at Gent–Wevelgem, Dwars door Vlaanderen and the road race at the UEC European Road Championships. He has also won a stage at the 2022 Tour de France, a silver medal in the road race at the 2022 UCI Road World Championships and a bronze medal in the road race at the 2024 Paris Olympics. Career Born in La Seyne-sur-Mer, Laporte rode for the VS Hyérois and AVC Aix-en-Provence teams as an amateur. In 2012, he rode for UCI Continental team as a stagiaire, and the following year, he won a silver medal in the road race at the Mediterranean Games. Cofidis (2014–2021) 2014–2017 Laporte turned professional with the team in 2014, with his best result in his first season with the team being a sixth-place finish at La Roue Tourangelle. The following ye ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yves Lampaert
Yves Lampaert (born 10 April 1991) is a Belgian professional road racing cyclist, who rides for UCI WorldTeam . Career Lampaert practiced judo from the age of six, earned a Black belt (martial arts), black belt, but at the age of 17 started training in cycling. He rode at the 2014 UCI Road World Championships, 2014 and 2015 UCI Road World Championships. He was named in the startlist for the 2016 Vuelta a España. Lampaert won the 2017 Dwars door Vlaanderen, a local race for him, after he soloed away to the victory after making the race-defining split along with teammate Philippe Gilbert, Alexey Lutsenko from the team, and 's Luke Durbridge. Lampaert attacked with remaining and ultimately won the race by 39 seconds ahead of Gilbert. Lampaert won Stage 2 of the 2017 Vuelta a España after he broke clear of the peloton in strong winds with three kilometres to go with three Quick Step teammates, Niki Terpstra, Julian Alaphilippe and Matteo Trentin. Lampaert then attacked to take ... [...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] |
Tissot
Tissot SA () is a Swiss luxury watch brand owned by the Swatch Group. The company was founded in Le Locle, Switzerland by Charles-Félicien Tissot and his son, Charles-Émile Tissot, in 1853. Tissot is not associated with Mathey-Tissot, another Swiss watchmaking firm. History Independent company Tissot was founded in 1853 by Charles-Félicien Tissot and his son Charles-Émile Tissot in the Swiss city of Le Locle, in the Neuchâtel canton of the Jura Mountains area. The father and son team worked as a casemaker (Charles-Félicien Tissot) and watchmaker (Charles-Emile). His son having expressed an interest in watchmaking from a young age. The two turned their house at the time into a small 'factory'. Charles-Emile Tissot left for Russia in 1858 and succeeded in selling their savonnette pocket watches across the Russian Empire. Russia became Tissot's greatest market, with the brand gaining popularity even in the Tsar's court; so Charles Tissot, Charles-Émile's son, moved to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1999 Paris–Roubaix
The 1999 Paris–Roubaix was the 97th running of the Paris–Roubaix single-day cycling race, often known as the ''Hell of the North''. It was held on 11 April 1999 over a distance of . These are the results for the 1999 edition of the Paris–Roubaix cycling classic, in which Andrea Tafi won and team took all positions in the podium. Results 11-04-1999: Compiègne–Roubaix, 273 km. References {{DEFAULTSORT:Paris-Roubaix 1999 1999 1999 was designated as the International Year of Older Persons. Events January * January 1 – The euro currency is established and the European Central Bank assumes its full powers. * January 3 – The Mars Polar Lander is launc ... 1999 in road cycling 1999 UCI Road World Cup April 1999 sports events in France ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Andrea Tafi (cyclist)
Andrea Tafi (born 7 May 1966, in Fucecchio) is an Italian former road bicycle racer who retired from his professional career in 2005. Tafi's propensity to perform best in the harder races earned him the nickname "Il Gladiatore" (English: "The Gladiator"). Tafi specialized in the cobbled Spring Classics such as Paris–Roubaix which he won in 1999, and Tour of Flanders which he won in 2002. He won the Giro di Lombardia in 1996 and the Italian National Championship in 1998. Career The most successful part of Tafi's career was spent with the Italian super-squad . In the 1996 edition of Paris–Roubaix the team put four of their riders in a breakaway at the front of the race: Johan Museeuw, Gianluca Bortolami, previous year's winner Franco Ballerini, and Tafi. Ballerini had a flat and was out of the lead group, but the other three powered their way to the finish. In 1996 Tafi won the "race of the falling leaves" Giro di Lombardia, using his strength to overcome the climbs o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
