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Jesús Hernández (cyclist)
Jesús Hernández Blázquez (born 28 September 1981) is a Spanish former road bicycle racer, who competed professionally between 2004 and 2017, for the , , , and teams. He now works as a directeur sportif for UCI Continental team . Career Born in Ávila, Hernández turned professional in 2004, and has taken part in the Vuelta a España three times, but withdrew on the first two occasions during the third week. He finished 19th in the 2009 event. He is well known as being the long-term friend and domestique of Alberto Contador, accompanying Contador at each of his last four teams as a professional cyclist. During the Astana years Lance Armstrong applied to him the nickname "Sweet baby Jesus". He rode his first Tour de France in 2010 with being part of Contador's winning team, although that title was later stripped. Major results ;2005 : 9th Overall Tour de Langkawi : 10th Prueba Villafranca de Ordizia ;2006 : 5th Prueba Villafranca de Ordizia : 9th Gran Premio de Llodio Gra ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2009 Vuelta A Castilla Y León
The 2009 Vuelta a Castilla y León was the 24th edition of the Vuelta a Castilla y León road cycling stage race, started on 23 March in Paredes de Nava, and concluded on 27 March in Valladolid. The race was won by Levi Leipheimer. Teams Seventeen teams of up to eight riders started the race: * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * Stages Stage 1 23 March 2009 – Paredes de Nava to Baltanás, Stage 2 24 March 2009 – Palencia ( ITT), Stage 3 25 March 2009 – Sahagún to Estación Inv. De San Isiro, Stage 4 26 March 2009 – Santa María Del Páramo to Galende-Laguna De Los Peces, Stage 5 27 March 2009 – Benavente to Valladolid, Final standings Jersey progress Withdrawals References External links * {{DEFAULTSORT:Castilla Y Leon 2009 2009 was designated as the International Year of Astronomy by the United Nations to coincide with the 400th anniversary of Galileo Galilei's first known astronomical studies with a te ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jersey Pink
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, Jer ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2007 Vuelta A España
The 2007 Vuelta a España, the 62nd edition of the cycle race, took place from 1 September until 23 September 2007. For the first time in a decade, the race started in the region of Galicia (Spain), Galicia, at Vigo, home to Óscar Pereiro, with a flat stage. It was also an unusual Vuelta because the first summit finish came already on the fourth day of racing, with a stage ending atop the famed Lagos de Covadonga. The race was won by Denis Menchov, who also won the Mountains competition and the combined classification, and finished second in the points competition. Participating teams * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * Andalucía–CajaSur * Karpin–Galicia * Relax–GAM Route Jersey progress Jersey wearers when same rider is leading more than one classification * Óscar Freire wore granate jersey on stage 2 * Daniele Bennati wore granate jersey on stage 3 * On stage 4, granate jersey should have been worn by Paolo Bettini, because he was 2nd in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2006 Vuelta A España
The 2006 Vuelta a España was held from 26 August to 17 September 2006, and was the 61st edition of the race. It consisted of 21 stages covering a total of , and was won by Alexander Vinokourov of the cycling team. The Points classification in the Vuelta a España, points classification was won by Thor Hushovd of , and the Mountains classification in the Vuelta a España, mountains classification by Egoi Martínez of . Teams and riders In addition to the 20 UCI ProTour teams, Relax–GAM have received a wild card. List of stages * Mountain stages with asterisk end on the top of the climb. Stage recaps *Vuelta a España 2006, Stage 1 to Stage 11 *Vuelta a España 2006, Stage 12 to Stage 21 Jersey progress Jersey wearers when same rider is holding multiple jerseys: * Lars Bak wore the points jersey in stage 2 * Paolo Bettini wore the points jersey in stages 4–5 * Janez Brajkovič wore the ''white'' combination jersey in stages 6–7 * José Miguel Elías wore the ''oran ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
