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2024 La Drôme Classic
The 2024 La Drôme Classic, officially the Faun Drôme Classic due to sponsorships, was the 11th edition of the La Drôme Classic, Drôme Classic cycle race. It was held on 25 February 2024 as a category 1.Pro race on the 2024 UCI ProSeries. The race started and finished in Étoile-sur-Rhône and featured several climbs throughout. It formed a pair of races on the same weekend with the 2024 Faun-Ardèche Classic, 2024 Classic Sud-Ardèche, Faun-Ardèche Classic, held on the previous day. Teams Nine of the eighteen UCI WorldTeams, six UCI Professional Continental, UCI ProTeams, and three UCI Continental teams made up the eighteen teams that participated in the race, with a total of 120 riders. UCI WorldTeams * * * * * * * * * UCI ProTeams * * * * * * UCI Continental Teams * * * Result References External links * {{DEFAULTSORT:La Drôme Classic, 2024 2024 UCI ProSeries La Drôme Classic, 2024 February 2024 sports events in Fra ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2024 UCI ProSeries
The 2024 UCI ProSeries was the fifth season of the UCI ProSeries, the second tier road bicycle racing, road cycling tour, below the UCI World Tour, but above the various regional UCI Continental Circuits. The calendar consisted of 55 events, of which 33 are one-day races (1.Pro), and 22 are stage races (2.Pro). There were 49 events in Europe, five in Asia, and one in the United States. Events Notes References {{2024 in road cycling 2024 UCI ProSeries, UCI ProSeries, 2024 2024 in men's road cycling, UCI ProSeries ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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] |
Benoît Cosnefroy
Benoît Cosnefroy (; born 17 October 1995 in Cherbourg) is a French cyclist who currently rides for UCI WorldTeam . Career Junior and amateur years Cosnefroy was born into a family passionate about cycling. His grandfather was the organizer of a race in the English Channel, while his father often took him to see bike races during his youth. He first started competing at the age of 8 with the Union Concorde Bricquebetaise.. In 2011, he joined the Pôle Espoir de Caen, where he stayed for three years. He took his first victory at the age of 16 in the Prix Louis-Cosnefroy, a race held as a tribute to his great-great-grandfather Louis Cosnefroy.. However, during his years in the junior category, Cosnefroy saw little success. In 2014, he moved up to the under-23 category, joining team Bricquebec Cotentin. The following year he joined , the development team of after hitchhiking along the nine-hour drive to apply. This year, he achieved modest success in amateur and under-23 races. In ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Corbin Strong
Corbin Strong (born 30 April 2000) is a New Zealand road and track cyclist, who currently rides for UCI ProTeam . He won the points race and finished second in the team pursuit at the 2020 UCI Track Cycling World Championships. In 2018, Strong crashed into a stationary car while on a training ride, fracturing his T1 vertebra. Career Early career Strong started racing in 2019 with the and achieved early success in Asian races. He won the Under-23 competition in the Tour de Korea and Tour de Kumano plus the sprint jersey in the Tour de Ijen. He then spent two seasons with , where a COVID-19 stricken world saw him only compete at the New Zealand Cycle Classic, finishing on the podium with top 5 results in all stages and walking away with the white youth jersey. The following season Strong won the New Zealand Cycle Classic with the bonus seconds on the final stage pushing him into the lead. It was announced in August 2021 that Strong would ride for UCI WorldTeam for the follo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paul Lapeira
Paul Lapeira (born 28 May 2000) is a French cyclist, who currently rides for UCI WorldTeam . Major results ;2018 : 1st Stage 2a ( TTT) Aubel–Thimister–Stavelot : 2nd Overall Tour des Portes du Pays d'Othe ::1st Stage 2 ( TTT) ;2019 : 1st Stage 1 ( TTT) Giro della Regione Friuli Venezia Giulia ;2021 : 1st Il Piccolo Lombardia : 1st Trofeo Città di San Vendemiano : 10th Overall L'Etoile d'Or ;2022 : 4th Classic Loire Atlantique ;2023 : 4th Polynormande : 10th Grand Prix de Denain : Giro d'Italia ::Held after Stage 2 :: Combativity award Stage 2 ;2024 (5 pro wins) : 1st Road race, National Road Championships : 1st Classic Loire Atlantique : 1st Cholet-Pays de la Loire : 1st Polynormande : 1st Stage 2 Tour of the Basque Country : 3rd Coppa Agostoni : 5th Amstel Gold Race : 7th La Drôme Classic : 9th Trofeo Laigueglia The Trofeo Laigueglia is an early season road bicycle race held annually in Liguria, Italy. It is held about ten days after the opening to the Italian ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bastien Tronchon
Bastien Tronchon (born 29 March 2002) is a French cyclist, who currently rides for UCI WorldTeam . On his third day of riding as a stagiaire for , Tronchon took a surprise victory on stage 3 of the 2022 Vuelta a Burgos after outsprinting Pavel Sivakov after being the only rider able to stick with Sivakov when he attacked 39 kilometers from the finish. Major results ;2019 : 6th Overall Aubel–Thimister–Stavelot ::1st Stage 2a ( TTT) ;2020 : 2nd Road race, National Junior Road Championships : 10th Overall La Philippe Gilbert juniors ;2021 : 6th Overall Circuit des Ardennes ::1st Mountains classification ;2022 (1 pro win) : 1st Stage 3 Vuelta a Burgos : 3th Overall Trois Jours de Cherbourg : 3th Overall Boucle de l'Artois ;2024 : 2nd Clásica Jaén Paraíso Interior : 5th Overall Tour des Alpes-Maritimes ::1st Young rider classification : 6th La Drôme Classic : 7th Classic Var ;2025 (1) : 1st Tro-Bro Léon : 2nd Tour du Finistère : 5th Overall Tour Down Under The ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mattias Skjelmose
Mattias Skjelmose Jensen (born 26 September 2000) is a Danish professional cyclist who rides for UCI WorldTeam . A promising youth rider, Skjelmose finished in top positions in junior categories of major races, and won the Tour du Pays de Vaud in 2018. Shortly after, he had a setback after receiving a ten-month suspension due to a doping test revealing traces of the performance-enhancing drugs originating from dietary supplements. He returned to racing in 2019, and initially joined UCI Continental team Leopard TOGT Pro Cycling before turning professional in 2021 with UCI WorldTeam Trek-Segafredo, after riding for the latter as a stagiare since 2020. He experienced a major breakthrough in 2023, finishing second behind Tadej Pogačar in La Flèche Wallonne, and winning the Tour de Suisse. In 2025, he won the Amstel Gold Race. Career Junior career Skjelmose was born in Copenhagen, Denmark, and grew up on Amager. He started cycling at local club Amager Cykle Ring, where he r ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Warren Barguil
Warren Barguil (; born 28 October 1991) is a French cyclist who rides for UCI WorldTeam . He is best known for winning two mountain stages and the Mountains classification in the Tour de France, mountains classification of the 2017 Tour de France. Career Early career Born in Hennebont, Brittany, Barguil began his professional career in 2011 when he rode for as a ''stagiaire''. He won stage 8 of the Tour de l'Avenir, and finished 5th overall, riding for the French national team. The following year, he rode also as a ''stagiaire'' for . This was a successful season for the cyclist, as he won the Tour de l'Avenir and was second overall in the Tour de Savoie Mont-Blanc, Tour des Pays de Savoie. Argos–Shimano (2013–2017) 2013 For the 2013 season, Barguil joined the team as a regular rider, and booked his largest victories up to that point of his career, when he won stages 13 and 16 of the 2013 Vuelta a España, Vuelta a España. Barguil took no other wins this season, but placed ... [...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] |
Cyclingnews
Cyclingnews.com is a website providing coverage of cycle racing—including road, track, mountain bike, cyclocross and gravel—as well as bike-related reviews and buying advice. Since 2019, the site is owned by British publishing company Future. The site has been called "the world leader in cycling sport coverage" by industry publication ''Bicycle Retailer''. History In 1995 Australian Bill Mitchell, a keen cyclist and professor of economics at the University of Newcastle, created the website titled "Bill’s Cycling Racing Results and News" after finding there was a need for fast-breaking news and race results in English-speaking countries. In 1999 Sydney-based publishing company Knapp Communications purchased the website from Mitchell, and in July 2007 they sold it to British publisher Future plc for £2.2m. In July 2014 it was bought by Immediate Media Company, with sister website BikeRadar and sister magazines '' Cycling Plus'', '' Mountain Biking UK'', and '' Procycling' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
UCI Professional 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] |
Marc Hirschi
Marc Hirschi (born 24 August 1998) is a Swiss cyclist, who currently rides for UCI ProTeam . Hirschi is known for his skills as a puncheur and one-day specialist, with wins in the hilly classics Clásica de San Sebastián and La Flèche Wallonne. He is also a Swiss national champion in the road race. Career Early career Hirschi began competing in cycling at the age of 11, inspired both by his father's passion for the sport and by the success of Fabian Cancellara, who hails from the same region as Hirschi. He initially competed in mountain biking, before also practicing road, track and cyclo-cross as a teenager. He was a two-time national junior road race champion, winning in 2015 and 2016. In 2017, he was recruited by the for his first season in the under-23 category, joining the year after. In September 2018 it was announced that he would join from 2019 on a three-year contract, having been a member of in 2018. In the same month, Hirschi won the under-23 road race at the UCI ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
