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Arnaud Gérard
Arnaud Gérard (born 6 October 1984) is a French former professional road bicycle racer, who rode professionally between 2005 and 2018 for the and teams. The cousin of former professional cyclist Cédric Hervé, Gérard won the junior road race at the 2002 UCI Road World Championships, but competed largely as a domestique as a professional – taking two victories, at the 2008 Polynormande one-day race and a stage of the 2015 Tour Poitou-Charentes en Nouvelle-Aquitaine, Tour du Poitou-Charentes. Following his retirement from racing, Gérard now works as a directeur sportif for the team. Major results Source: ;2002 : 1st Road race, 2002 UCI Road World Championships, UCI Junior Road World Championships : 1st Road race, National Junior Road Championships ;2003 : 1st Stage 1 Bidasoa Itzulia ;2004 : 3rd La Roue Tourangelle ;2006 : 9th Polynormande ;2007 : 8th Overall Paris–Corrèze : 9th Grand Prix de la Somme : 10th 2007 GP Ouest-France, GP Ouest-France ;2008 : 1st Polynorm ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Four Days Of Dunkirk
The Four Days of Dunkirk () is road bicycle race around the Nord-Pas de Calais region of northern France. Despite the name of the race, since the addition of an individual time trial in 1963, the race has been held over a 5 or 6 day period for most of its history. Since 2005, the race has been organised as a 2.HC event on the UCI Europe Tour. The race became part of the UCI ProSeries in 2020. Irish cyclist Sam Bennett (cyclist), Sam Bennett won the most recent edition of the race. List of overall winners Multiple winners ''Riders in italics are still active'' Wins per country External links Wielersite* References {{Expand French, topic=sport, Quatre jours de Dunkerque, date=May 2012 Four Days of Dunkirk, Cycle races in France Recurring sporting events established in 1955 1955 establishments in France Sport in Dunkirk UCI Europe Tour races UCI ProSeries races Super Prestige Pernod races ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jersey Rainbow
Jersey ( ; ), officially the Bailiwick of Jersey, is an autonomous and self-governing island territory of the British Islands. Although as a British Crown Dependency it is not a sovereign state, it has its own distinguishing civil and government institutions, so qualifies as a microstate, small nation or island country. Located in Northwestern Europe, off the coast of north-west France, it is the largest of the Channel Islands and is from Normandy's Cotentin Peninsula. The Bailiwick consists of the main island of Jersey and some surrounding uninhabited islands and rocks including Les Dirouilles, Les Écréhous, Les Minquiers, and Les Pierres de Lecq. Jersey was part of the Duchy of Normandy, whose Duke of Normandy, dukes became kings of England from 1066. After Normandy was lost by the kings of England in the 13th century, and the ducal title surrendered to France, Jersey remained loyal to the English Crown, though it never became part of the Kingdom of England. At the end ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2011 GP Ouest-France
The 2011 GP Ouest-France was the 75th edition of the GP Ouest-France, a single-day cycling race. It was held on 28 August 2011, over a distance of , starting and finishing in Plouay, France. It was the 23rd event of the 2011 UCI World Tour season. Grega Bole, the Slovenian road race champion riding for the team, took the victory after an attack within the final of the race and managed to hold on to his advantage, as the rest of the field closed on him in the closing metres. Bole had been part of an eight-man breakaway, and held off Simon Gerrans – the winner of the race in 2009 – who took second place for , while another previous race winner, Thomas Voeckler – the winner in 2007 – completed the podium for . Results References External links * 2011 2011 UCI World Tour GP Ouest-France The Bretagne Classic, also called Bretagne Classic Ouest-France, is an elite cycling classic held annually in late summer around the Breton village of Plouay in western France. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Étoile De Bessèges
The Étoile de Bessèges () is an early-season five-day road bicycle racing stage race held annually around Bessèges, in the Gard department of the Languedoc-Roussillon region of France. First organized in 1971 as a one-day race, it became a stage race run over five days in 1974. Since 2005, it is on the calendar of the UCI Europe Tour as a 2.1 event and features as the earliest stage races of the European season. The Étoile de Bessèges is the first of several stage races held in the hilly South of France Southern France, also known as the south of France or colloquially in French as , is a geographical area consisting of the regions of France that border the Atlantic Ocean south of the Marais Poitevin,Louis Papy, ''Le midi atlantique'', Atlas e ... in February, preceding La Méditerranéenne, the Tour du Haut Var and the Tour La Provence. These early-season races are competed mainly by French teams and are considered preparations for Paris–Nice, the first Europ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Grand Prix Du Morbihan
Grand Prix du Morbihan is a single-day men's road bicycle race held annually in May around Plumelec, in the region of Brittany, France. Since 2020, the race is organised as a 1.Pro event on the UCI ProSeries, also being part of the French Road Cycling Cup The French Road Cycling Cup (English language, English for Coupe de France de cyclisme sur route) is a road bicycle racing competition under the Fédération Francaise de Cyclisme (French Cycling Federation) each year since 1992. It consists of se .... A women's race, the Grand Prix du Morbihan Féminin, has been held the same day since 2011. Name of the race *1988–2000: ''A Travers le Morbihan'' *1988–2000: ''A Travers le Morbihan'' *2001–2019: ''Grand Prix de Plumelec-Morbihan'' Winners Wins per country References External links * {{DEFAULTSORT:Grand Prix du Morbihan UCI Europe Tour races Recurring sporting events established in 1974 1974 establis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2008 Tour De France
The 2008 Tour de France was the 95th running of Tour de France, the race. The event took place from 5 to 27 July. Starting in the French city of Brest, France, Brest, the tour entered Italy on the 15th stage and returned to France during the 16th, heading for Paris, its regular final destination, which was reached in the 21st stage. The race was won by Carlos Sastre. Unlike previous years, time bonuses were no longer awarded for intermediate sprints and for high placement on each stage. This altered the way the Yellow Jersey, General Classification was awarded in comparison to previous seasons. Teams Long running disputes between the event organisers, the Amaury Sport Organisation, ASO and the Union Cycliste Internationale, UCI reached a head when the race organisers insisted upon the right to invite, or exclude, whichever teams it chose for the event. Under UCI rules, any UCI ProTour, ProTour event must be open to all member teams of the UCI's top level. The ASO made it clear ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Combativity Award In The Tour De France
The combativity award is a prize given in the Tour de France for the most combative rider overall during the race. Historically, it favored constant attackers as it was based on the distance spent in a breakaway, included winning checkpoints and outright stage wins. Today, the winner is chosen by a jury. Besides the overall winner, the jury also awards a combativity award to the most aggressive rider at the end of each stage, with this rider allowed to wear a golden number the following race day. The 1981 Tour de France marked the last time the winner of the general classification also won the combativity award. History Since 1952, after every stage the most combative cyclist was given an award, and an overall competition was recorded. At the end of the 1956 Tour de France, André Darrigade was named the most attacking cyclist. At this point, the award was given the same importance as the award for the cyclist with the most bad luck, Picot in 1956. In 1961, the award was not ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jersey Red Number
Jersey ( ; ), officially the Bailiwick of Jersey, is an autonomous and self-governing island territory of the British Islands. Although as a British Crown Dependency it is not a sovereign state, it has its own distinguishing civil and government institutions, so qualifies as a small nation or island country. Located in Northwestern Europe, off the coast of north-west France, it is the largest of the Channel Islands and is from Normandy's Cotentin Peninsula. The Bailiwick consists of the main island of Jersey and some surrounding uninhabited islands and rocks including Les Dirouilles, Les Écréhous, Les Minquiers, and Les Pierres de Lecq. Jersey was part of the Duchy of Normandy, whose dukes became kings of England from 1066. After Normandy was lost by the kings of England in the 13th century, and the ducal title surrendered to France, Jersey remained loyal to the English Crown, though it never became part of the Kingdom of England. At the end of the Napoleonic Wars, Je ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2008 Omloop Het Volk
The 64th edition of the Omloop Het volk was held on 1 March 2008. It was the last time after the event was named ''Omloop Het Volk'' before it changed to ''Omloop Het Nieuwsblad''. The race was won by Philippe Gilbert after a 50 km solo breakaway. Gilbert broke clear from the splintered peloton on the Eikenberg, with 50 km and two climbs to go, and held off the chasing group on the flat run-in towards the finish in Ghent. Nick Nuyens won the sprint for second place before Thor Hushovd at one minute from Gilbert. Results Gallery File:Knaven en Poulhies - Omloop Het Volk.jpg, Servais Knaven and Stéphane Poulhies on the Lange Munte cobbles File:Vytautas Kaupas.jpg, Vytautas Kaupas on the Lange Munte cobbles File:Omloop Het Volk (Gent).jpg, Finishing straight External links * References {{Omloop Het Nieuwsblad 2008 Omloop Het Nieuwsblad Omloop Het Nieuwsblad Omloop Het Nieuwsblad , previously Omloop Het Volk, is a one-day road cycling race in Belgium, held annually i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2008 GP Ouest-France
The 2008 GP Ouest–France cycling road race took place on August 25, 2008, in France and was won by Pierrick Fédrigo of . Results External links *2008 in Road Cycling 2008 2008 was designated as: *International Year of Languages *International Year of Planet Earth *International Year of the Potato *International Year of Sanitation The Great Recession, a worldwide recession which began in 2007, continued throu ... 2008 UCI ProTour August 2008 sports events in France {{France-cycling-race-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2007 GP Ouest-France
The 2007 edition of the GP Ouest-France was held on September 2 in and around the French village of Plouay in Brittany. Several laps of a circuit were completed for a total of 226 kilometres of racing. Although no significant breakaway was able to last, a late break by Thomas Voeckler proved decisive. Voekler's remarkable drive kept him just ahead of the onrushing pack of sprinters two seconds later. A native son of France and French hero of the 2004 Tour de France, Voeckler's win was very popular with the crowd. General Classification 02-09-2007: Plouay, 226 km. External linksRace website GP Ouest-France GP Ouest-France The Bretagne Classic, also called Bretagne Classic Ouest-France, is an elite cycling classic held annually in late summer around the Breton village of Plouay in western France. The race was originally named Grand-Prix de Plouay and, from 1989 to ... Bretagne Classic {{France-cycling-race-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Grand Prix De La Somme
The Grand Prix de la Somme (formerly the Tour de la Somme) is a single-day road bicycle race held annually during May in the Somme, France France, officially the French Republic, is a country located primarily in Western Europe. Overseas France, Its overseas regions and territories include French Guiana in South America, Saint Pierre and Miquelon in the Atlantic Ocean#North Atlan .... List of winners External links Palmarès by memoire-du-cyclisme.net UCI profile of the race Recurring sporting events established in 1986 1986 establishments in France Cycle races in France UCI Europe Tour races Sport in Somme (department) {{France-cycling-race-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
