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Team DSM (women's Team)
Team Picnic PostNL is a professional cycling team based in the Netherlands, which competes in elite road bicycle racing events such as the UCI Women's World Tour. The team is managed by Iwan Spekenbrink. The title sponsors of the team are online supermarket and the Dutch mail, parcel and e-commerce company PostNL. History 2011 2012 2013 The team's first overall General classification victory came in the Ladies Tour of Qatar, where Kirsten Wild won the overall classification, points classification and three stages. Wild went on to win the women's edition of Gent–Wevelgem, four stages of the Energiewacht Tour. 2014 2014 proved to be the team's standout seasons since its creation; Kirsten Wild successfully defended her Tour of Qatar title, taking 3 stage wins in the process, as well as teammate Amy Pieters taking a stage and the young rider classification. Pieters continued her good form winning the women's Omloop Het Nieuwsblad. The team's next GC victory came courtesy ... [...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] |
Amy Pieters
Amy Pieters (born 1 June 1991) is a Dutch professional road and track cyclist, who is contracted to ride for UCI Women's WorldTeam . She was a member of the Dutch team that finished sixth at the 2012 Summer Olympics in the team pursuit (together with Ellen van Dijk, Kirsten Wild and Vera Koedooder). On 23 December 2021, Pieters was placed in an induced coma and underwent emergency surgery to relieve pressure on her brain caused by a fall that day during a training ride near Alicante with the Dutch national track team. After being repatriated to the Netherlands the following month, Pieters had regained consciousness in April but, due to the brain injury sustained, doctors were unsure of her "residual symptoms and remaining abilities". In October 2022, Pieters was able to take her first steps since the fall, at a neuro-rehabilitation centre in Woerden. Personal life Pieters is the daughter of former professional Peter Pieters, the niece of Sjaak Pieters and the sister of Roy ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marta Cavalli
Marta Cavalli (born 18 March 1998) is an Italian racing cyclist, who currently rides for UCI Women's WorldTeam . In 2018, she won the Italian National Road Race Championships. She competed at the 2020 Summer Olympics, in the road race – finishing 8th overall. In 2022, Cavalli won two of the Ardennes classics – Amstel Gold Race and La Flèche Wallonne Féminine. She then finished second at Giro Donne. In July 2022, she was named as one of the pre-race favourites for the first edition of the Tour de France Femmes, however Cavalli crashed heavily on stage 2 and had to abandon the race. This impacted her, with Cavalli not immediately returning to the same form as previously. Two further injuries in 2024 disrupted her full return to racing, with Cavalli announcing that she would leave the FDJ–Suez team at the end of the season to join Team Picnic PostNL. Major results Road ;2015 : 3rd Time trial, National Juniors Road Championships ;2018 : 1st Road race, National Road ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rachele Barbieri
Rachele Barbieri (born 21 February 1997) is an Italian professional road and track cyclist, who rides for UCI Women's WorldTeam . She won the women's scratch race at the 2017 UCI Track Cycling World Championships. Barbieri is an athlete of the Gruppo Sportivo Fiamme Oro. Major results Track ;2015 : UEC Junior European Track Championships ::1st Team Pursuit ::1st Points Race :2nd Road Race, UEC Junior European Road Championships :2nd Points Race, 6 Giorni delle Rose - Fiorenzuola (Under-23) ;2016 :1st Scratch Race, UEC Under-23 European Track Championships :2nd Overall 6 Giorni delle Rose - Fiorenzuola ::1st Points Race ::1st Scratch Race ::2nd Omnium :2nd Scratch Race, UEC European Track Championships :National Track Championships ::2nd Scratch Race ::2nd Team Sprint ::3rd Team Pursuit :3rd Scratch race, 3 Jours d'Aigle ;2017 :1st Scratch race, UCI Track Cycling World Championships : UEC Under-23 European Track Championships ::1st Scratch Race ::2nd Madison : ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Francesca Barale
Francesca Barale (born 29 April 2003) is an Italian professional racing cyclist, who currently rides for UCI Women's WorldTeam . Major results ;2019 : 2nd Road race, European Youth Summer Olympic Festival ;2020 : National Junior Road Championships ::1st Time trial ::3rd Road race ;2021 : 1st Time trial, National Junior Road Championships : 2nd Overall Tour du Gévaudan Occitanie ::1st Mountains classification : 4th Road race, European Junior Road Championships : 4th Piccolo Trofeo Alfredo Binda ;2022 : 8th Time trial, European Under-23 Road Championships ;2023 : 4th Tre Valli Varesine The Tre Valli Varesine is a semi classic European bicycle race held in Varese, Italy. From 2005 to 2019, the race was organised as a 1.HC event on the UCI Europe Tour. In 2021 it joined the UCI ProSeries calendar after being cancelled in 2020. A ... ;2024 : 3rd Geelong Classic : 6th Deakin University Elite Women’s Road Race References External links * 2003 births Living pe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Silje Bader
Silje is a Norwegian given female name. It is a short form of the Latin female name Caecilia / Cecilie from the family name Caecilius which is formed from the Latin adjective Caecus, "blind". Notable people with the name include: * Silje Bolset, Norwegian handball player * Silje Ekroll Jahren (born 1988), Norwegian orienteering competitor and junior world champion * Silje Jørgensen (born 1975), former Norwegian footballer and Olympic champion * Silje Lundberg (born 1988), Norwegian environmentalist and leader of Nature and Youth * Silje Nergaard Silje Nergaard (born 19 June 1966) is a Norwegian jazz vocalist and songwriter. She is one of the best-selling jazz artists on the official sales chart in Norway. She became known worldwide after the release of the international bestseller ''Tel ... (born 1966), Norwegian jazz vocalist and songwriter * Silje Nes (born 1980), Norwegian multi-instrumentalist and singer-songwriter * Silje Norendal (born 1993), Norwegian snowboarder * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tour De France Femmes
The Tour de France Femmes () is an annual women's road bicycle racing, cycle stage race around France. It is organised by Amaury Sport Organization (ASO), which also runs the Tour de France. It is part of the UCI Women's WorldTour, UCI Women's World Tour. Some teams and media have referred to the race as a Grand Tour (cycling), 'Grand Tour', as it is one of the biggest events on the women's calendar. However, the race does not meet the UCI definition of such an event. After a one off event in 1955, Grande Boucle Féminine Internationale, an equivalent race to the Tour de France for women was held under different names between 1984 and 2009. Over the years, these races struggled with financial difficulties, limited media coverage, sexism, and trademark issues with the organisers of the Tour de France. Following criticism by Le Tour Entier, campaigners and the professional women's peloton, a one/two day race (La Course by Le Tour de France) was held between 2014 and 2021, and Tour ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Charlotte Kool
Charlotte Kool (born 6 May 1999) is a Dutch professional racing cyclist, who currently rides for UCI Women's World Tour Team . In October 2020, she rode in the 2020 Three Days of Bruges–De Panne race in Belgium. Major results ;2016 : 2nd Road race, National Junior Road Championships ;2019 : 2nd MerXem Classic ;2020 : 2nd Grote Prijs Euromat : 6th Omloop van het Hageland ;2021 : 1st Grand Prix d'Isbergues : 1st Stage 2a Baloise Ladies Tour : 2nd Grand Prix du Morbihan Féminin : 2nd Drentse Acht van Westerveld : 10th Scheldeprijs ;2022 : 1st GP Eco-Struct : 1st Stage 3 Holland Ladies Tour : 6th Drentse Acht van Westerveld : 10th Scheldeprijs ;2023 : 1st Overall RideLondon Classique ::1st Points classification ::1st Stages 1 & 3 : 1st Omloop der Kempen : UAE Tour ::1st Points classification ::1st Stage 1 & 4 : 1st Stage 2 La Vuelta Femenina : 2nd Scheldeprijs : 3rd Dwars door de Westhoek ;2024 : Tour de France ::1st Stages 1 & 2 ::Held after Stages 1–2 ::Held after ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Romain Bardet
Romain Bardet (; born 9 November 1990) is a former French professional bicycle racing, racing cyclist who rode for UCI WorldTeam . Bardet is known for his climbing and descending abilities, which make him one of the top general classification contenders in Grand Tour (cycling), Grand Tours. So far in his career, his best results have primarily come on home soil. He has won a total of four stages in the Tour de France in four separate years, running from 2015 to 2017 and then in 2024; he placed in the top ten overall for five consecutive years (from 2014 Tour de France, 2014 to 2018 Tour de France, 2018) and finished on the podium twice: second overall in 2016 and third overall in 2017. He has also worn the Young rider classification in the Tour de France, Young rider classification jersey, and won the Mountains classification in the Tour de France, Mountains classification jersey in 2019 as well as the overall Combativity award in the Tour de France, Combativity Award in 2015. Outs ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tour De France
The Tour de France () is an annual men's multiple-stage cycle sport, bicycle race held primarily in France. It is the oldest and most prestigious of the three Grand Tour (cycling), Grand Tours, which include the Giro d'Italia and the Vuelta a España. The race was first organized in 1903 Tour de France, 1903 to increase sales for the newspaper ''L'Auto'' (which was an ancestor of ''L'Équipe'') and has been held annually since, except when it was not held from 1915 to 1918 and 1940 to 1946 due to the two World war, World Wars. As the Tour gained prominence and popularity, the race was lengthened and gained more international participation. The Tour is a UCI World Tour event, which means that the teams that compete in the race are mostly UCI WorldTeams, with the exception of the teams that the organizers invite. Traditionally, the bulk of the race is held in July. While the route changes each year, the format of the race stays the same and includes time trials, passage through ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2017 UCI Road World Championships – Women's Team Time Trial
The Women's team time trial of the 2017 UCI Road World Championships was a cycling event that took place on 17 September 2017 in Bergen, Norway. Nine teams and a total of fifty-four riders contested the event, the opening race of the Road World Championships. from the Netherlands won the world title for the first time, completing the race at an average speed of , 12.43 seconds faster than another Dutch team , the defending world champions. The bronze medal went to from Germany, 28 seconds behind . Amongst the winning riders for , Ellen van Dijk won her fourth team time trial world championships, having won in 2012 UCI Road World Championships – Women's team time trial, 2012 and 2013 UCI Road World Championships – Women's team time trial, 2013 for and 2016 UCI Road World Championships – Women's team time trial, 2016 for . The five remaining riders won their first world title, in a result described as an "upset", as it was the squad's first team time trial ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sabrina Stultiens
Sabrina Stultiens (born 8 July 1993) is a Dutch road and cyclo-cross racing cyclist, who currently rides for UCI Women's Continental Team . Stultiens won the women's under-23 road race at the 2014 European Road Championships. This qualified her to compete in the women's road race at the 2014 Road World Championships, in which she finished in 56th place out of 134 entrants. In cyclo-cross, Stultiens finished eighth in the 2013 World Championships. Major results Cyclo-cross ;2011–2012 : 3rd Cyclo-cross Zonhoven, Superprestige : 7th Women's race, UEC European Cyclo-cross Championships ;2012–2013 : 2nd Sluitingsprijs Oostmalle, bpost bank trophy : 2nd Caubergcross : 3rd Women's race, National Cyclo-cross Championships : 3rd Overall Superprestige ::3rd Cyclo-cross Zonhoven ::3rd Vlaamse Aardbeiencross : 8th Women's race, UCI Cyclo-cross World Championships ;2013–2014 : 3rd Women's race, National Cyclo-cross Championships : 3rd Superprestige Gieten, Superprestige : 3r ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
