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Tour De Romandie Féminin
The Tour de Romandie Féminin is a women's Road bicycle racing, cycle stage race in Switzerland, part of the UCI Women's World Tour. The race runs through the Romandie region, or French-speaking part of Switzerland – using roads in the Jura mountains and Alps, Alpine mountain ranges. History The Tour de Romandie is a longstanding men's stage race, being first held in 1947 to celebrate the 50 year anniversary of Swiss Cycling. In 2022, the organisation behind the race announced that Tour de Romandie Féminin would be held for the first time in 2022 – as part of the celebrations of 75 years of the race. The first event was held in October 2022, over 3 days. The first stage was a circuit race in Lausanne, the second stage was from Sion, Switzerland, Sion to the ski resort of Thyon 2000 and the final stage was from Fribourg to Geneva – where the first men's Tour de Romandie ended in 1947. , all three editions of the race have been won by . Winners External links * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tour De Romandie
The Tour de Romandie is a stage race which is part of the UCI World Tour. It runs through the Romandie region, or French-speaking part of Switzerland. The competition began in 1947, to coincide with the 50-year anniversary of Swiss Cycling. It was held without interruption until the COVID-19 pandemic caused the cancellation of the 2020 edition. The course of the race usually heads northwards towards the Jura mountains and Alpine mountain ranges of western Switzerland. The race traditionally starts with an individual time trial prologue and ends with an individual time-trial in hilly terrains, often in Lausanne. The final time-trial traditionally starts in the stadium north of Lausanne, goes downhill southwards to Lake Léman (Lake Geneva), and makes its way back uphill to the stadium again. The winner and several of the top-ten finishers are usually excellent time trialists. Four winners of the Tour de Romandie have gone on to win the Tour de France in the same year; Stephen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thyon 2000
Thyon (also known as ''Thyon 2000'') is a purpose-built ski resort in the Swiss Alps, located in the canton of Valais. The resort is situated in the central part of the canton, in the region of Sion, Switzerland, Sion, and is associated with the village of Les Collons. It forms part of the "4 Valleys" interlinked ski area, which together includes Thyon, Veysonnaz, Haute-Nendaz, Verbier and La Tzoumaz. The ski pistes from Thyon and Veysonnaz effectively constitute a large, single integrated ski area, and connect with the rest of the "4 Valleys" area. Thyon lies at a height of 2,095 metres above sea level, on the ridge descending from Mont Rouge. The 'Thyon 2000' complex was constructed in the 1970s. Administratively, it lies in the municipality of Vex, Switzerland, Vex. Some of the winter ski pistes descend across what in summertime is still an active "alpage" - an area of high mountain pasture grazed by cattle, including some ''Combat de Reines'' cows. Part of the local alpage cow ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Recurring Sporting Events Established In 2022
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Annual Sporting Events In Switzerland , in biology
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Women's Road Bicycle Races
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Cycle Races In Switzerland
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2024 Tour De Romandie Féminin
The 2024 Tour de Romandie Féminin was the 3rd edition of the Tour de Romandie Féminin road cycling stage race, which was the part of the 2024 UCI Women's World Tour. It began on 6th of September in La Grande Béroche and finished on the 8th of September in Morges. Teams Fifteen UCI Women's WorldTeams, one UCI Women's Continental Team and one national team made up the seventeen teams took part in the race. UCI Women's WorldTeams * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * UCI Continental Teams * National Teams * Switzerland Route Stages Stage 1 6 September — La Grande Béroche to Lausanne, Stage 2 7 September — Chippis to Vercorin, Stage 3 8 September — Morges to Morges, Classification leadership table Classification standings General classification Points classification Mountains classification Young rider classification Team classification References External links * {{DEFAULTSORT:Tour de Ro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Demi Vollering
Adriana Geertruida "Demi" Vollering (; born 15 November 1996) is a Dutch professional bicycle racing, racing cyclist who rides for UCI Women's Team, UCI Women's WorldTeam FDJ–Suez. Considered one of the greatest riders of her generation, she has achieved major successes in both Classic cycle races, one-day classics and Road bicycle racing#Stage races, stage races. In the Cycling monument, monuments, she has won two editions of Liège–Bastogne–Liège Femmes, Liège–Bastogne–Liège, in 2021 and 2023. The latter completed an "Ardennes classics, Ardennes triple" of winning the 2023 Amstel Gold Race (women's race), Amstel Gold Race, 2023 La Flèche Wallonne Féminine, La Flèche Wallonne and 2023 Liège–Bastogne–Liège Femmes, Liège–Bastogne–Liège in the same season, becoming only the second woman in history to achieve this feat. She won the Tour de France Femmes, Tour de France in 2023 Tour de France Femmes, 2023 and has twice won the general classification a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2023 Tour De Romandie Féminin
The 2023 Tour de Romandie Féminin was the 2nd edition of the Tour de Romandie Féminin road cycling stage race, which was part of the 2023 UCI Women's World Tour. It began on 15 September in Yverdon-les-Bains and finished on 17 September in Nyon. Teams Fourteen UCI Women's WorldTeams, two UCI Women's Continental Teams and one national team made up the seventeen teams that took part in the race. UCI Women's WorldTeams * * * * * * * * * * * * * * UCI Women's Continental Teams * * National team * Switzerland Route Stages Stage 1 15 September — Yverdon-les-Bains to Yverdon-les-Bains, Stage 2 16 September — Romont to Torgon, Stage 3 17 September — Vernier to Nyon, Classification leadership table Classification standings General classification Points classification Mountains classification Young rider classification Team classification References ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
SD Worx
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Ashleigh Moolman-Pasio
Ashleigh Moolman Pasio (née Moolman; born 9 December 1985) is a South African professional road bicycle racer, who rides for UCI Women's Team, UCI Women's WorldTeam . She competed at the 2012 Summer Olympics in the Cycling at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Women's road race, Women's road race, finishing 16th and in the Cycling at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Women's road time trial, Women's time trial finishing 24th. On 9 December 2020, she won the first edition of the UCI Cycling Esports World Championships, organised on the online cycling platform Zwift. Career She tried to start a career in triathlon but after discovering her talent in cycling, and a series of injuries, dedicated herself fully to professional road cycling. At the 2014 Commonwealth Games, she won the bronze medal in the women's road race and finished 15th in the women's individual time trial. Bigla Pro Cycling Team (2015–2018) After spending one season riding for , in September 2014 it was announced that Mo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Geneva
Geneva ( , ; ) ; ; . is the List of cities in Switzerland, second-most populous city in Switzerland and the most populous in French-speaking Romandy. Situated in the southwest of the country, where the Rhône exits Lake Geneva, it is the capital of the Canton of Geneva, Republic and Canton of Geneva, and a centre for international diplomacy. Geneva hosts the highest number of International organization, international organizations in the world, and has been referred to as the world's most compact metropolis and the "Peace Capital". Geneva is a global city, an international financial centre, and a worldwide centre for diplomacy hosting the highest number of international organizations in the world, including the headquarters of many agencies of the United Nations and the International Committee of the Red Cross, ICRC and International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies, IFRC of the International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement, Red Cross. In the aftermath ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
