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2021 Vuelta A España
The 2021 Vuelta a España was a three-week cycling race which took place in Spain between 14 August and 5 September 2021. It was the 76th edition of the Vuelta a España and the third and final Grand Tour (cycling), grand tour of the 2021 in men's road cycling, 2021 men's road cycling season. The race departed from Burgos and finished in Santiago de Compostela. The race was won by Primož Roglič of , his third consecutive victory in the race. He became only the third rider to win the race in three successive years. He won by 4' 42", the largest margin of victory since Alex Zülle won by 5' 07" in 1997 Vuelta a España, 1997. He first took the red jersey on the 2021 Vuelta a España, Stage 1 to Stage 11#Stage 1, first stage time trial before relinquishing the jersey to breakaway riders on two occasions. Roglič proceeded to win three more stages, 2021 Vuelta a España, Stage 1 to Stage 11#Stage 11, stage 11 to Valdepeñas de Jaén, 2021 Vuelta a España, Stage 12 to Stage 21#Stage ... [...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] |
1997 Vuelta A España
The 52nd edition of the ''Vuelta a España'' (Tour of Spain), a long-distance bicycle stage race and one of the three grand tours, was held from 6 September to 28 September 1997. It consisted of 22 stages covering a total of , and was won by Alex Zülle of the ONCE cycling team. Route Final General Classification Standings References External linksLa Vuelta (Official site in Spanish, English, and French) {{DEFAULTSORT:Vuelta a Espana, 1997 1997 in road cycling 1997
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COVID-19 Pandemic
The COVID-19 pandemic (also known as the coronavirus pandemic and COVID pandemic), caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), began with an disease outbreak, outbreak of COVID-19 in Wuhan, China, in December 2019. Soon after, it spread to other areas of Asia, and COVID-19 pandemic by country and territory, then worldwide in early 2020. The World Health Organization (WHO) declared the outbreak a public health emergency of international concern (PHEIC) on 30 January 2020, and assessed the outbreak as having become a pandemic on 11 March. COVID-19 symptoms range from asymptomatic to deadly, but most commonly include fever, sore throat, nocturnal cough, and fatigue. Transmission of COVID-19, Transmission of the virus is often airborne transmission, through airborne particles. Mutations have variants of SARS-CoV-2, produced many strains (variants) with varying degrees of infectivity and virulence. COVID-19 vaccines were developed rapidly and deplo ... [...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] |
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] |
List Of 2021 UCI ProTeams And Continental Teams
The Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI) – the governing body of cycling – categorizes teams into three divisions. The first division, consisting of the top 19 teams, were classified as UCI WorldTeams, and competed in the UCI World Tour. The second and third divisions, respectively, were the ProTeams (formerly Professional Continental teams) and the Continental teams. 2021 UCI ProTeams According to the UCI Rulebook, "A ProTeam is an organisation created to take part in road events open to ProTeams. It is known by a unique name and registered with the UCI in accordance with the provisions below. * The ProTeam comprises all the riders registered with the UCI as members of the team. This includes the paying agent, the sponsors and all other persons contracted by the paying agent and/or the sponsors to provide for the continuing operation of the team (manager, team manager, coach, paramedical assistant, mechanic, etc.). * Each ProTeam must employ at least 20 riders, 3 team manager ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of 2021 UCI WorldTeams And Riders
This page is a list of 2021 UCI WorldTeams. These 19 teams are competing in the 2021 UCI World Tour. Teams overview Riders AG2R Citroën Team Astana–Premier Tech Bora–Hansgrohe Cofidis Deceuninck–Quick-Step EF Education–Nippo Groupama–FDJ Ineos Grenadiers Intermarché–Wanty–Gobert Matériaux Israel Start-Up Nation Lotto–Soudal Movistar Team Team Bahrain Victorious Team BikeExchange Team DSM Team Jumbo–V ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Egan Bernal
Egan Arley Bernal Gómez (born 13 January 1997) is a Colombian professional cyclist who rides for UCI WorldTeam . In 2019 he won the Tour de France, becoming the first Latin American rider to do so, and the youngest winner since 1909. At the 2021 Giro d'Italia, Bernal took his second Grand Tour win. Early life Bernal was born in Bogotá, Colombia, and raised in Zipaquirá. He is the oldest child of Germán, an employee at the Salt Cathedral, and Flor, a flower factory worker. His father had been a keen amateur cyclist, and he started riding on a second hand bicycle at age five. At nine, against his father's wishes, he entered and easily won a race in his home town, the prize for which included a training scholarship. He studied one semester at Universidad de la Sabana in Chia, Colombia. He initially focused on and excelled at mountain biking, winning races in Brazil, Costa Rica, and the United States, and getting both silver (2014) and bronze (2015) in the UCI Mountain Bike Worl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Adam Yates
Adam Richard Yates (born 7 August 1992) is a British professional road and track racing cyclist who rides for UCI WorldTeam . Yates placed fourth overall at the 2016 Tour de France and became the first British rider to win the Young rider classification in the Tour de France, young rider classification, one year ahead of his twin brother Simon Yates (cyclist), Simon Yates. Yates has taken more than twenty wins during his professional career, including overall victories at the 2021 Volta a Catalunya, the 2023 Tour de Romandie and the 2024 Tour de Suisse. He has also won a stage at the Tour de France, in 2023 Tour de France, 2023, and the one-day races Clásica de San Sebastián (2015 Clásica de San Sebastián, 2015) and the Grand Prix Cycliste de Montréal (2023 Grand Prix Cycliste de Montréal, 2023). Early life and amateur career Yates grew up in Bury, Greater Manchester, Bury in Greater Manchester and attended Derby High School, Bury, Derby High School. Adam and Simon Yate ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Miguel Ángel López (cyclist)
Miguel Ángel López Moreno (born February 4, 1994) is a Colombian cyclist, who last rode for UCI Continental team . In 2016, López won his first UCI World Tour, World Tour stage race at the 2016 Tour de Suisse, Tour de Suisse and achieved his maiden Grand Tour (cycling), grand tour stage victory the following season on Stage 11 of the 2017 Vuelta a España, Vuelta a España, followed by another victory on Stage 15. He was the overall winner of the Tour Colombia and the Volta a Catalunya in 2019. In 2020, he won stage 17 of the 2020 Tour de France, Tour de France to Col de la Loze, considered the Glossary of cycling#Queen stage, Queen stage. In 2023, López was suspended by the UCI for an anti-doping rule violation, and in 2024 was found guilty for use and possession of Menotropin, a prohibited substance. He is currently suspended from competition until 24 July 2027. Career López was born in Pesca. López celebrated success in 2014, winning multiple stage races while still an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mikel Landa
Mikel Landa Meana (born 13 December 1989) is a Spanish Basques, Basque professional road bicycle racing, road cyclist who rides for UCI WorldTeam . His career breakthrough came at the 2015 Giro d'Italia where he won two stages and finished third overall. Career Early career Landa was born in Murgia (Álava), in the Basque Country (autonomous community), Basque Country in northern Spain. Like many Basque cyclists he began his career at the development team, in 2009, before graduating to the professional team in 2011. After three years with the squad, Landa left the team at the end of the 2013 season – due to its disestablishment – to join . In 2018, as president of the Euskadi Cycling Foundation, a new UCI Continental squad was established, with expectations of returning to the top races. Astana (2014–2015) Landa won a stage of the 2014 Giro del Trentino before riding the 2014 Giro d'Italia, Giro d'Italia as one of Fabio Aru's mountain domestiques. He hel ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lagos De Covadonga
The Lakes of Covadonga (el. 1134 m.) () are two glacial lakes located on the region of Asturias, Spain. These lakes, often also called Lakes of Enol or simply Los Lagos, are Lake Enol and Lake Ercina located in the Picos de Europa range and they are the original center of the Picos de Europa National Park, created in 1918. They are near the Covadonga Sanctuary. Lake Enol is situated approximately 10 km from Covadonga and 25 km from Cangas de Onís. A curving road is available from Arriondas to the lake. Measuring , it is one of the biggest lakes in the area. Lake Enol is situated above sea level. A submerged image of the Virgin Mary is elevated every year on 8 September and then taken out for a procession. Regional dancing occurs at Lake Enol during the Fiesta del Pastor on 25 July. Lake Ercina is situated at an altitude of and its maximum depth is just over . The eutrophic lake covers approximately . Vuelta a España The road ascending from Covadong ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
