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Refin–Mobilvetta
Refin–Mobilvetta (UCI code: REF), previously known as ''Brescialat-Ceramiche Refin'' and ''Refin-Cantina Tollo'', was an Italian-based road bicycle racing team active from 1995 to 1997. From 1995 to 1997 the main sponsor was Ceramiche Refin, a ceramics company headquartered in Salvaterra (Casalgrande). History Refin–Cantina Tollo The team began life in 1995 under the name of Refin–Cantina Tollo, set up by the manager Primo Franchini, who left the ''Brescialat–Ceramiche Refin'' team to found a new team, taking with him four cyclists from ''Brescialat'' (Felice Puttini, Fabio Roscioli, Roberto Pelliconi and Heinz Imboden). In its first year, the team took part in the 1995 Giro d'Italia, Giro d'Italia, where Heinz Imboden came 8th in the overall ranking. Refin–Mobilvetta In 1996, Refin–Mobilvetta signed up Djamolidine Abdoujaparov in the hope of winning a significant number of races thanks to his skills as a Cycling sprinter, sprint cyclist, together with the talents o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1996 Tour De France
The 1996 Tour de France was the 83rd edition of the Tour de France, starting on 29 June and ending on 21 July, featuring 19 regular stages, 2 individual time trials, a prologue and a rest day (10 July). It was won by Danish rider Bjarne Riis. This Tour was noted by the "fall" of favourite Miguel Induráin, ending his record run of five consecutive victories. The course included a stage through his home town Villava, however he suffered a bronchitis because of the poor weather in the first week, and was fined and penalised for accepting drinks illegally. Indurain started to lose time in stage 7, and finally ended 11th failing to win a single stage or spend one day in the yellow jersey. Stage 9 was scheduled to be a 176 kilometre ride from Val-d'Isère to Sestriere. However, due to appalling weather conditions, including snow, the organisers cut the stage to just 46 km. Bjarne Riis won the stage and opened a crucial 44 second gap over Telekom teammate Jan Ullrich. Ullrich, o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jo Planckaert
Jo Planckaert (born 16 December 1970) is a Belgian former professional road bicycle racer. He is the son of former professional road bicycle racer Willy Planckaert, brother of famous road bicycle racers Eddy Planckaert, Eddy and Walter Planckaert. Major victories ;1993 : 1st, Stage 3, Vuelta a Andalucía : 1st, Stage 4, Vuelta a Murcia : 1st, Ronde van Midden-Zeeland ;1995 : 1st, Nokere Koerse : 1st, Grand Prix de Denain : 1st, Stage 4b, Tour of Sweden : 2nd, Clásica de Almería ;1997 : 2nd, Paris–Roubaix : 2nd, Le Samyn ;1998 : 1st, GP Briek Schotte : 1st, Grote Prijs Jef Scherens : Étoile de Bessèges :: 1st, Overall and Stage 3 ;1999 : 1st, Kuurne–Brussels–Kuurne : 1st, Stage 2, Étoile de Bessèges ;2000 : 1st, Tro-Bro Léon : 1st, Étoile de Bessèges : 1st, Stage 5, Vuelta a Andalucía : 1st, Stage 1, Tour de Wallonie : 1st, Stage 1, Tour du Limousin ;2001 : 1st, Grand Prix Zottegem ;2003 : 1st, Stage 2, Étoile de Bessèges ;2004 : 2nd, Grand Prix d'Ouverture La ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Roberto Pelliconi
Roberto Pelliconi (born 14 November 1962) is a former Italian racing cyclist. He rode at the 1988 Summer Olympics and participated in eight Grand Tours. Palmares ;1984 : 1st Coppa Collecchio ;1988 :7th Olympic Road Race ;1989 :1st Trofeo Matteotti :3rd New Jersey National Bank Classic ;1990 :2nd Gran Premio Città di Camaiore :2nd National Road Race Championships ;1992 :1st First Union Invitational :3rd Milano-Vignola ;1993 :2nd Coca-Cola Trophy :3rd Grand Prix du Midi Libre The Grand Prix du Midi Libre (referred to as just Midi Libre) was a multiple-stage road cycling course in the south of France. The race, named after the newspaper that organized it, was first organized in 1949 and was an important preparation co ... References 1962 births Living people Italian male cyclists Cyclists at the 1988 Summer Olympics Olympic cyclists for Italy Sportspeople from Imola Cyclists from the Metropolitan City of Bologna 20th-century Italian sportsmen {{Italy- ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1995 Giro D'Italia
The 1995 Giro d'Italia took place in May and June 1995. It was the 78th edition of Giro d'Italia, the event. The Giro began on 13 May with a stage that began in Perugia and ended Terni. The race came to a close on 4 June with a stage that ended in the Italian city of Milan. The race was won by the Swiss Tony Rominger of the team. Second and third were the Russian rider Evgeni Berzin and Latvian rider Piotr Ugrumov. Mario Cipollini won the event's first leg in a bunch sprint, allowing him to be the first rider to don the race leader's ''maglia rosa'' (). The following stage was an individual time trial that was won by Rominger, who also gained enough time on Cipollini to take the race lead. Rominger built upon his lead by winning the remaining two time trial stages, along with the hilly stage 4, and retained the lead for the duration of the race. By winning the Giro he became the third Swiss rider to win the event. In addition to the general classification, Tony Rominger also ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Asiat Saitov
Asyat Mansurovich Saitov (; born 1 January 1965) is a retired Russian cyclist. He missed the 1984 Summer Olympics due to their boycott by the Soviet Union and competed at the Friendship Games instead, winning a silver medal in the team road race. The same year he won the Tour of Greece and Olympia's Tour. He also won the GP Cuprosan in 1991, Vuelta a Castilla y León in 1992, Vuelta a Mallorca in 1993 and Gran Premio de Llodio in 1994. In 1988 he competed at the Summer Olympics in the 100 km team time trial and in the individual road race and finished in seventh and 51st place, respectively. He is married to Svetlana Masterkova, a Russian Olympic middle-distance runner. Major results ;1984 :1st Overall Olympia's Tour ::1st Stage 6 :1st Overall Tour of Greece ;1986 :3rd Overall Peace Race ;1990 :1st Stage 19 Vuelta a España :3rd Trofeo Pantalica ;1992 :1st Overall Vuelta a Castilla y León :1st Road race, National Road Championships :1st Stage 5a Tour of the Basque C ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Johan Capiot
Johan Capiot (born 12 April 1964) is a Belgian former professional road racing cyclist. He was a professional rider from 1986 to 2000. His son Amaury is also a professional cyclist. Major results ;1986 : 1st Stage 3 Danmark Rundt : 2nd Grote Prijs Jef Scherens : 2nd GP de Denain : 3rd Circuit des Frontières : 3rd Paris–Brussels : 3rd Omloop van de Westhoek : 3rd Schaal Sels : 4th Overall Tour de Luxembourg : 4th Scheldeprijs : 8th Brussel–Ingooigem ;1987 : 1st Veenendaal–Veenendaal : 1st Stage 1 Tour de l'Oise : 2nd Brussel–Ingooigem : 5th Le Samyn : 6th GP de Fourmies : 10th Dwars door België ;1988 : 1st Brabantse Pijl : 1st Stages 1 & 5 Tour de Luxembourg : 1st Stage 1 Tour of Belgium : 3rd : 4th Road race, National Road Championships : 5th Circuit des Frontières : 5th GP de Fourmies ;1989 : 1st Brabantse Pijl : 1st Grand Prix de la Libération ( TTT) : 4th Dwars door België : 5th Paris–Brussels : 5th Grote Prijs Raymond Impanis : 5th Ronde va ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tobias Steinhauser
Tobias Steinhauser (born 27 January 1972) is a German former professional cycle sport, cyclist. He is the brother-in-law of Jan Ullrich. Steinhauser lives together with his wife and three children in Scheidegg, Bavaria. After his professional career he became one of the co-developers of Jan Ullrich Bikes. His son Georg_Steinhauser, Georg is also a successful professional cyclist. Major results ;1994 : 1st Overall Tour de Slovénie ;1995 : 1st Overall Giro delle Regioni ::1st Stage 5 : 4th Overall Circuit Cycliste Sarthe : 6th Overall Regio-Tour ;1999 : 3rd Overall Tour de Luxembourg : 6th Trofeo Pantalica ;2000 : 1st Overall Hessen Rundfahrt : 1st Giro del Lago Maggiore : 1st Overall Rapport Toer ::1st Stage 3 (ITT) : 3rd Overall Bayern Rundfahrt : 5th 2000 UCI Road World Championships – Men's road race, Road race, 2000 UCI Road World Championships, UCI Road World Championships ;2001 : 9th Overall 2001 Paris–Nice, Paris–Nice ;2002 : 1st Stage 9 2002 Tour de Suisse, Tour de ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Serguei Uslamine
Sergius is a male given name of Ancient Roman origin after the name of the Latin ''gens'' Sergia or Sergii of regal and republican ages. It is a common Christian name, in honour of Saint Sergius, or in Kyivan Rus', of Sergius of the Holy Caves (Saint Sergius the Obedient of the Kiev Caves), one of saint Fathers of Kyiv, Saint Sergius of Radonezh, and has been the name of four popes. It has given rise to numerous variants, present today mainly in the Romance (Serge, Sergio, Sergi) and Slavic languages (Serhii, Sergey, Serguei, Srđan). It is not common in English, although the Anglo-French name Sargent is possibly related to it. Etymology The name originates from the Roman ''nomen'' (patrician family name) ''Sergius'', after the name of the Roman ''gens'' of Latin origins Sergia or Sergii from Alba Longa, Old Latium, counted by Theodor Mommsen as one of the oldest Roman families, one of the original 100 ''gentes originaria''. It has been speculated to derive from a more ancien ... [...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] |
1997 Vuelta A España
The 52nd edition of the ''Vuelta a España'' (Tour of Spain), a long-distance bicycle stage race and one of the three grand tours, was held from 6 September to 28 September 1997. It consisted of 22 stages covering a total of , and was won by Alex Zülle of the ONCE cycling team. Route Final General Classification Standings References External linksLa Vuelta (Official site in Spanish, English, and French) {{DEFAULTSORT:Vuelta a Espana, 1997 1997 in road cycling 1997
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Flavio Giupponi
Flavio Giupponi (born 9 May 1964 in Bergamo) is an Italian former professional road racing cyclist. Professional career Giupponi was as professional cyclist from 1985 to 1994. His best Grand Tour result was at the 1989 Giro d'Italia where he won Stage 14 in the high mountains and finished on the podium in 2nd place overall just 1:15 behind Laurent Fignon. He also won the Giro dell'Appennino in 1990. Major results ;1984 : 2nd GP Capodarco ;1985 : 1st Overall Giro delle Regioni ::1st Stage 2b : 1st Overall Giro della Valle d'Aosta : 1st Overall Settimana Ciclistica Lombarda ;1986 : 1st Stage 3 Giro d'Italia ( TTT) : 6th Giro di Lombardia ;1987 : 2nd Milano–Torino : 5th Overall Giro d'Italia : 8th Giro di Lombardia ;1988 : 1st Cronostaffetta ( TTT) : 1st Stage 3 Volta a Catalunya ( TTT) : 4th Overall Giro d'Italia ;1989 : 2nd Overall Giro d'Italia ::1st Stage 14 ;1990 : 1st Giro dell'Appennino : 3rd National Road Race Championships : 3rd Gran Premio Città di Camaiore ;1991 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rodolfo Massi
Rodolfo Massi (; born 17 September 1965) is an Italian former professional road bicycle racer. He won a stage in 1996 Giro d'Italia and 1998 Tour de France, but was expelled from the 1998 Tour de France after illegal doping was found in his hotel room. In the 1990 Tour de France, Massi was the Lanterne rouge. Biography As an amateur, Massi won many races, and when he became a professional cyclist in 1987, much was expected from him. In 1988, he broke a leg, and after the operation, one of his legs was a few centimeters shorter than the other. Massi often complained that he was not able to cycle in a regular way, and became a domestique for many different teams. In 1998, he had his best year. He won the Tour Méditerranéen and the Giro di Calabria. In the Tour de France, he won a mountain stage, and after the 16th stage was in seventh place in the general classification, and leading the mountains classification, when corticoids were found in his hotel room. He was question ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
