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List Of 2012 UCI Women's Teams
Listed below are the UCI Women's Teams that competed in road bicycle racing events organized by the International Cycling Union (Union Cycliste Internationale, UCI), including the UCI Women's Road World Cup in 2012. Teams overview The ranking in the table below is decided by the points accumulated by each team's best four riders in the previous season. The organisers of Women's World Cup events are obliged to invite the top 15 teams, and the organisers of Women's UCI race classifications, UCI class 1 events must invite the top 10 teams. The country designation of each team is determined by the country of registration of the largest number of its riders, and is not necessarily the country where the team is registered or based. Riders AA Drink–leontien.nl Cycling Team The 2012 women's road bicycle racing, road racing team included six riders who were formerly members of the disbanded Garmin–Cervélo (women), Garmin–Cervélo women's team: British cyclists Emma Pooley, Lizz ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Road Bicycle Racing
Road bicycle racing is the cycle sport discipline of road cycling, held primarily on Road surface, paved roads. Road racing is the most popular professional form of bicycle racing, in terms of numbers of competitors, events and spectators. The two most common competition formats are mass start events, where riders start simultaneously (though sometimes with a Handicapping, handicap) and race to a set finish point; and time trials, where individual time trial, individual riders or team time trial, teams race a course alone against the clock. Stage races or "tours" take multiple days, and consist of several mass-start or time-trial stages ridden consecutively. Professional racing originated in Western Europe, centred in France, Spain, Italy and the Low Countries. Since the mid-1980s, the sport has diversified, with races held at the professional, semi-professional and amateur levels, worldwide. The sport is governed by the (UCI). As well as the UCI's annual UCI Road World Champio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |