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1986 Vuelta A España
The 41st Edition ''Vuelta a España'' (Tour of Spain), a long-distance Bicycle racing, bicycle Stage (bicycle race), stage race and one of the three Grand Tour (cycling), grand tours, was held from 22 April to 13 May 1986. It consisted of 21 stages covering a total of , and was won by Álvaro Pino of the cycling team. Teams and riders Route General classification (final) References {{DEFAULTSORT:Vuelta A Espana, 1986 1986 Vuelta a España, 1986 in road cycling Vuelta a España by year, 1986 1986 in Spanish sport 1986 Super Prestige Pernod International ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Álvaro Pino
Álvaro Pino Couñago (born 17 August 1956) is a former professional road bicycle racing, road racing cyclist from Galicia (Spain), Galicia who raced between 1981 through 1991 and is most famous for winning the General classification, overall title at the 1986 Vuelta a España over favorites Robert Millar from Great Britain, Laurent Fignon from France and Sean Kelly (cyclist), Sean Kelly from Ireland. The following year, Pino captured the 1987 Volta a Catalunya and at the 1988 Vuelta, Pino won two stages and the King of the Mountains jersey. In all, he won five stages over his career at the Vuelta a España. From 2007 through 2010, Pino worked as a ''directeur sportif'' for Spanish professional continental team Xacobeo–Galicia. Major results ;1981 : 1st Stage 19 1981 Vuelta a España, Vuelta a España ;1982 : 1st Subida al Naranco : 1st Stage 2b (Individual time trial, ITT) Setmana Catalana de Ciclisme : 3rd Overall Vuelta Asturias : 5th Overall 1982 Tour of the Basque Count ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thierry Marie
Thierry Marie (born 25 June 1963) is a French former cyclist. Marie often performed well in prologue stages: he won the Tour de France prologue three times in his career, and because of that he wore the yellow jersey in those three years, for seven days in total. He also competed in the team time trial event at the 1984 Summer Olympics. On stage six of the 1991 Tour de France Marie rode alone for six hours and 234 km to win the stage and set the record for the longest post-war successful breakaway. Marie along with Greg LeMond was one of the first cyclists to experiment with aerodynamic improvements. Major results ;1984 : 1st Paris–Roubaix Espoirs : 5th Tour de Normandie ;1985 : 1st Overall Tour du Limousin : 1st Duo Normand (with Charly Mottet) : 1st Stage 3 Grand Prix du Midi Libre : 1st Prologue Tour de l'Avenir : 2nd Grand Prix des Nations : 5th GP Ouest–France : 6th Overall Circuit de la Sarthe : 7th Grand Prix de Rennes : 9th Paris–Tours : 9th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cangas De Onís
Cangas de Onís ( Asturian: ''Cangues d'Onís'' "valleys of Onís"'' Canga'' (plural ''cangues'') is an Asturian word for "valley, canyon".) is a municipality in the eastern part of the province and autonomous community of Asturias in the northwest of Spain. The capital of the municipality is also Cangas de Onís. More than seventy square kilometres of the ''conceyu'' form part of the Parque nacional de los Picos de Europa. History Within the park is the village of Covadonga, where the battle of Covadonga (about 722), the first major victory by a Christian military force in Iberia after the Islamic conquest, marks the starting-point of the Reconquista. Cangas de Onís is the site of the first church constructed in post-conquest Iberia, Santa Cruz de Cangas de Onís (737), built on an ancient dolmen. Cangas de Onís is also very known for being the first capital of the Kingdom of Asturias. A parish named Cangas de Onís is attested for the 14th century. The stone bridge ac ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lakes Of Covadonga
The Lakes of Covadonga (el. 1134 m.) () are two Glacial lake, 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 Santa Cueva de Covadonga, 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 Eutrophication#Lakes and rivers, eutrophic lake cov ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jesús Blanco Villar
Jesús Blanco Villar (born 26 March 1963) is a Spanish former professional racing cyclist. He rode in three editions of the Tour de France, one edition of the Giro d'Italia and ten editions of the Vuelta a España. Major results ;1983 : 3rd Circuito de Getxo : 5th Overall Vuelta a Andalucía ;1984 : 1st Prologue Volta a Catalunya : 3rd Overall Vuelta a los Valles Mineros : 3rd Overall Vuelta a La Rioja : 3rd Overall Vuelta a Andalucía : 7th Trofeo Masferrer ;1985 : 1st Overall Volta a la Comunitat Valenciana ::1st Prologue & Stage 4 : 1st Overall Vuelta a Castilla y Leon ::1st Stage 3 : 1st Overall Vuelta a Asturias ::1st Stages 1a & 1b : 1st Overall Tour of Galicia ::1st Prologue & Stage 3 : 2nd Overall Vuelta a Murcia ::1st Stage 2 : 3rd Overall Vuelta a La Rioja : 3rd Overall Vuelta a Andalucía ::1st Prologue : 3rd Overall Vuelta a Cantabria : 4th Overall Setmana Catalana de Ciclisme : 7th Trofeo Masferrer ;1986 : 1st Stages 5 & 19 Vuelta a España : 1st Prologue Vuelta ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Santander, Spain
Santander ( , ; ) is the capital of the Autonomous communities of Spain, autonomous community of Cantabria, Spain. It has a population of 172,000 (2017). It is a port city located in the northern coast of the Iberian Peninsula, facing the Cantabrian Sea. It is believed to have been a port since ancient times, due to its favourable location, and is documented as far back as the 11th century. Much of the old city was lost in the 1941 Santander fire, Great Fire of 1941. The city was then rebuilt realizing Francoist ideals of social segregation. Today, its remaining old town, beach and other attractions are popular with tourists and other visitors and its economy is mainly service based. The port is still very active and a regular ferry service operates to the United Kingdom. Fish and seafood dominate the local cuisine. Santander notably houses the headquarters of multinational bank Banco Santander, which was founded there. The city has a Santander, Spain#Climate, mild climate typic ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Haro, La Rioja
Haro () is a town and municipality in the northwest of La Rioja province in Northern Spain. It hosts the annual Haro Wine Festival, as it produces red wine. Its architectural heritage includes the plateresque main entrance of the Church of Santo Tomás, the work of Felipe Vigarny, numerous palaces, and the old town, which was declared a Historic-Artistic Site in 1975. Haro was the first town in Spain to have electric street lighting. History There are several theories about the founding of Haro, though the most realistic theory is that of Domingo Hergueta, who argued that before the town, there was a lighthouse () near the village of Cerro de la Mota which illuminated the mouth of the Ebro river. The town was named for the lighthouse, and ''Faro'' later evolved into ''Haro''. During the Roman rule of Hispania, a fort called Castrum Bibilium was built in the cliffs of Bibilio. The first mention of Haro dates back to the year 1040, in a document of king García Sánchez III of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alfonso Gutiérrez
Alfonso Gutiérrez (born 17 November 1961) is a Spanish former professional racing cyclist. He rode in three editions of the Tour de France, one edition of the Giro d'Italia and seven editions of the Vuelta a España. Major results ;1983 : 1st GP Pascuas : 1st Stage 3 Vuelta a Castilla y León : 1st Stage 5 Vuelta a Asturias : 1st Stage 2a Vuelta a Cantabria : 2nd Road race, National Road Championships ;1984 : 1st Clásica de Sabiñánigo : Tour of Galicia ::1st Stages 1 & 5 : Vuelta a La Rioja ::1st Stages 2 & 3a : 1st Stage 2 Volta a Catalunya : 1st Stage 1 Vuelta a Aragón : 1st Stage 3 Setmana Catalana de Ciclisme : 1st Stage 2 Vuelta a Burgos : 1st Stage 2 Vuelta a los Valles Mineros : 2nd Circuito de Getxo ;1985 : 1st Stage 1 Volta a Catalunya : 1st Stage 3a Vuelta a La Rioja : 2nd Trofeo Masferrer ;1986 : 1st Road race, National Road Championships : 1st Overall Vuelta a Castilla y León ::1st Stages 3, 4, 5 & 6 : 1st Stage 4 Vuelta a España : 1st Stage 7a Paris–N ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Logroño
Logroño ( , , ) is the capital of the autonomous community of La Rioja (Spain), La Rioja, Spain. Located in the north of the Iberian Peninsula, primarily in the right (South) bank of the Ebro River, Logroño has historically been a place of passage, such as the Camino de Santiago. Its borders were disputed between the Iberian kingdoms of Crown of Castile, Castille, Kingdom of Navarre, Navarre and Crown of Aragon, Aragon during the Middle Ages. The population of the city in 2021 was 150,808 while the metropolitan area included nearly 200,000 inhabitants. The city is a centre of trade of Rioja wine, for which the area is noted, and manufacturing of wood, metal and textile products. Etymology Origin of the name The origin of this toponym is, as for many other places, unknown. The name ''Lucronio'' was first used in a document from 965 where García Sánchez I of Pamplona donated the place so named to the Monasteries of San Millán de la Cogolla, Monastery of San Millán. In ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eddy Planckaert
Eddy Planckaert (born 22 September 1958) is a Belgian former professional road bicycle racing, road racing cyclist. In 1988, Planckaert enjoyed perhaps his best year by capturing the green jersey (points competition) at the 1988 Tour de France and winning the Tour of Flanders (men's race), Tour of Flanders. In 1990, he won Paris–Roubaix, his second ''classic cycle races, monumental classic'', with the closest finish in the race's history beating Canadian Steve Bauer by less than a cm. A strong sprinter, Planckaert is one of the List of riders with stage wins at all three cycling Grand Tours, riders with stage wins at all three cycling Grand Tours. Eddy Planckaert is the brother of fellow cyclists Willy Planckaert, Willy and Walter Planckaert. Eddy is also the uncle of Jo Planckaert and the father of Francesco Planckaert. More than 10 years after his cycling career, the former racer got back into the public eye with a long running reality TV show about his family life, on VTM (T ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Zaragoza
Zaragoza (), traditionally known in English as Saragossa ( ), is the capital city of the province of Zaragoza and of the autonomous communities of Spain, autonomous community of Aragon, Spain. It lies by the Ebro river and its tributaries, the Huerva and the Gállego (river), Gállego, roughly in the centre of both Aragon and the Ebro basin. On 1 January 2021, the population of the municipality of Zaragoza was 675,301, (as of 2023, the Ranked lists of Spanish municipalities#By population, fourth or fifth most populous in Spain) on a land area of . It is the list of cities in the European Union by population within city limits, 26th most populous municipality in the European Union. The population of the metropolitan area was estimated in 2006 at 783,763 inhabitants. The municipalities of Spain, municipality is home to more than 50 percent of the Aragonese population. The city lies at an elevation of about height above mean sea level, above sea level. Zaragoza hosted Expo 2008 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lleida
Lleida (, ; ; '' see below'') is a city in the west of Catalonia, Spain. It is the capital and largest town in Segrià county, the Ponent region and the province of Lleida. Geographically, it is located in the Catalan Central Depression. It had 140,797 inhabitants . Lleida is one of the oldest towns in Catalonia, with recorded settlements dating back to the Bronze Age period. Until the Roman conquest of the Iberian Peninsula, the area served as a settlement for an Iberian people, the Ilergetes. The town became a municipality, named Ilerda, under the reign of Augustus. It was ruled by Muslims from the 8th century until reconquered in 1149. In 1297, the University of Lleida was founded, becoming the third oldest in the whole of Spain. During the following centuries, the town was damaged by several wars such as the Reapers' War in the 17th century and the Spanish Civil War in the 20th century. Since then, the city has been in constant urban, commercial and demographic gro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
