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Tour Des Pyrénées
The Tour des Pyrénées was a road bicycle race held annually from 1995 to 2010 across the Pyrenees mountains in southwestern France and northeastern Spain. In 2006 it became a 2.2 event on the UCI Europe Tour. Winners References

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France
France, officially the French Republic, is a country located primarily in Western Europe. Overseas France, Its overseas regions and territories include French Guiana in South America, Saint Pierre and Miquelon in the Atlantic Ocean#North Atlantic, North Atlantic, the French West Indies, and List of islands of France, many islands in Oceania and the Indian Ocean, giving it Exclusive economic zone of France, one of the largest discontiguous exclusive economic zones in the world. Metropolitan France shares borders with Belgium and Luxembourg to the north; Germany to the northeast; Switzerland to the east; Italy and Monaco to the southeast; Andorra and Spain to the south; and a maritime border with the United Kingdom to the northwest. Its metropolitan area extends from the Rhine to the Atlantic Ocean and from the Mediterranean Sea to the English Channel and the North Sea. Its Regions of France, eighteen integral regions—five of which are overseas—span a combined area of and hav ...
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Spain
Spain, or the Kingdom of Spain, is a country in Southern Europe, Southern and Western Europe with territories in North Africa. Featuring the Punta de Tarifa, southernmost point of continental Europe, it is the largest country in Southern Europe and the fourth-most populous European Union member state. Spanning across the majority of the Iberian Peninsula, its territory also includes the Canary Islands, in the Eastern Atlantic Ocean, the Balearic Islands, in the Western Mediterranean Sea, and the Autonomous communities of Spain#Autonomous cities, autonomous cities of Ceuta and Melilla, in mainland Africa. Peninsular Spain is bordered to the north by France, Andorra, and the Bay of Biscay; to the east and south by the Mediterranean Sea and Gibraltar; and to the west by Portugal and the Atlantic Ocean. Spain's capital and List of largest cities in Spain, largest city is Madrid, and other major List of metropolitan areas in Spain, urban areas include Barcelona, Valencia, Seville, ...
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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 ...
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UCI Europe Tour
The UCI Continental Circuits are a series of road bicycle racing competitions which were introduced in 2005 by the Union Cycliste Internationale The Union Cycliste Internationale (; UCI; ) is the world governing body for sports cycling and oversees international competitive cycling events. The UCI is based in Aigle, Switzerland. The UCI issues racing licenses to riders and enforces di ... (UCI) to expand cycling around the world. The five circuits (representing the continents of Africa, the Americas, Asia, Europe and Oceania) are ranked below the UCI World Tour. UCI Africa Tour Winners There is a rolling ranking for individuals and countries (the total of the top eight ranked riders of the nation), for which points can be won in all UCI road events, regardless of where the races take place. Prior to 2019 there was also a team ranking, and in all three categories points were earned in continental races of category HC or below (1.1 and 2.1 or below from 2020) that took plac ...
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Hugues Ané
Hugues is a masculine given name most often found in francophone countries, a variant of the originally Germanic name " Hugo" or " Hugh". The final ''s'' marks the nominative case in Old French, but is not retained by modern pronunciation (such as in English: Charles, Giles (given name), Giles, James (name), James, etc.). The old oblique case ''Hugon'' (''Huon (other), Huon'', ''Yon (other), Yon'') disappeared. Notable people bearing this name include: * Crusader kings of Cyprus: ** Hugues I de Lusignan (1194/1195–1218) ** Hugues II de Lusignan (1252/1253–1267) * Hugues, Bishop of Dié, (c. 1040–1106) * Hugues Absil (born 1961), French painter * Hugues Aubriot (13??-1382/1391), French administrator and heretic * Hugues Aufray (born 1929), French singer * Hugues Le Bars (1950–2014), French film music composer * Hugues IV de Berzé (1150/1155–1220), French knight, crusader and poet * Hugues Bousiges (born 1948), French civil servant * Hugues Briatte ...
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Denis Leproux
Denis Leproux (born 16 December 1964) is a French former racing cyclist. He rode in the 1998 Tour de France, where he finished 39th overall. Major results ;1986 : 3rd Overall Tour du Limousin ::1st Stage 1 ;1987 : 3rd Polymultipliée : 4th Overall Circuit Cycliste Sarthe ;1988 : 7th GP de la Ville de Rennes ;1992 : 1st Overall Tour de l'Ain ;1997 : 1st Overall Ronde de l'Isard : 2nd Overall Circuit des Mines ;1999 : 6th Tour du Doubs : 9th Overall Tour de Pologne ;2000 : 1st Stage 4 Tour de l'Ain Tour de l'Ain, also known as the Prix de l'Amitié, is an annual professional cycling stage race held in eastern France. G.P. de l'Amitié The first edition of the race was in 1970, as the G.P. de l'Amitié (Friendship G.P.). It was held over f ... References 1964 births Living people French male cyclists 20th-century French sportsmen {{France-cycling-bio-1960s-stub ...
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Igor Pavlov (cyclist)
Igor Pavlov may refer to: * Igor Pavlov (athlete) (born 1979), Russian pole vaulter * Igor Pavlov (programmer), Russian freelance programmer, creator of 7-Zip * Igors Pavlovs Igors Pavlovs (born 1 January 1965 in Lipetsk, Russian SFSR, USSR) is a retired professional Latvian ice hockey player. During his career he played for Dinamo Riga and later for various hockey teams in Germany. He also represented Latvia at an ...
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Florent Barle
Florent Barle (born 17 January 1986 in Cavaillon) is a French former road cyclist. He rode in the 2012 Vuelta a España and finished in 129th place. Major results ;2004 : 5th Overall Tour du Pays de Vaud ::1st Points classification ;2008 : 2nd Overall Grand Prix Chantal Biya : 8th Paris–Mantes-en-Yvelines ;2009 : 6th Overall Tour de Gironde ::1st Stage 3 : 6th Overall Tour Alsace ;2010 : 1st Overall Tour des Pyrénées : 7th Overall Tour Alsace The Tour Alsace (or Tour d'Alsace) is a five-day road bicycle race held annually in Alsace, France. It was first held in 2004 and it is a 2.2 rated event on the UCI Europe Tour The UCI Continental Circuits are a series of road bicycle racing co ... References 1986 births Living people French male cyclists People from Cavaillon Sportspeople from Vaucluse Cyclists from Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur 21st-century French sportsmen {{France-cycling-bio-1980s-stub ...
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Road Bicycle Race
Road bicycle racing is the cycle sport discipline of road cycling, held primarily on 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 handicap) and race to a set finish point; and time trials, where individual riders or 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 World Championships for men and women, the biggest event is the Tour de France, a ...
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Pyrenees
The Pyrenees are a mountain range straddling the border of France and Spain. They extend nearly from their union with the Cantabrian Mountains to Cap de Creus on the Mediterranean coast, reaching a maximum elevation of at the peak of Aneto. For the most part, the main crest forms a divide between Spain and France, with the microstate of Andorra sandwiched in between. Historically, the Crown of Aragon and the Kingdom of Navarre extended on both sides of the mountain range. Etymology In Greek mythology, Pyrene is a princess who gave her name to the Pyrenees. The Greek historian Herodotus says Pyrene is the name of a town in Celtic Europe. According to Silius Italicus, she was the virgin daughter of Bebryx, a king in Mediterranean Gaul by whom the hero Hercules was given hospitality during his quest to steal the cattle of Geryon during his famous Labours. Hercules, characteristically drunk and lustful, violates the sacred code of hospitality and rapes his host's ...
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UCI Europe Tour Races
UCI most commonly refers to: * University of California, Irvine, a public university in Irvine, California, United States * Union Cycliste Internationale, the world governing body for the sport of cycling UCI may also refer to: * Uganda Cancer Institute, a cancer treatment and research institution in Kampala, Uganda * ''Unified Configuration Interface'', a set of scripts to unify and simplify the configuration the OpenWrt operating system * Union Correctional Institution, Florida, United States * Unione Cinematografica Italiana, an Italian film company of the silent era * Unit Compliance Inspection, a United States Air Force inspection * UCI Cinemas (United Cinemas International), cinema company in Brazil, Germany, Italy and Portugal * Universal Chess Interface, a communications protocol for chess game software * Univision Communications Inc., the former name of the American subsidiary of media company TelevisaUnivision * Unlawful command influence Unlawful command influence (UC ...
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Cycle Races In France
Cycle, cycles, or cyclic may refer to: Anthropology and social sciences * Cyclic history, a theory of history * Cyclical theory, a theory of American political history associated with Arthur Schlesinger, Sr. * Social cycle, various cycles in social sciences ** Business cycle, the downward and upward movement of gross domestic product (GDP) around its ostensible, long-term growth trend Arts, entertainment, and media Films * ''Cycle'' (2008 film), a Malayalam film * ''Cycle'' (2017 film), a Marathi film Literature * ''Cycle'' (magazine), an American motorcycling enthusiast magazine * Literary cycle, a group of stories focused on common figures Music Musical terminology * Cycle (music), a set of musical pieces that belong together ** Cyclic form, a technique of construction involving multiple sections or movements ** Interval cycle, a collection of pitch classes generated from a sequence of the same interval class ** Song cycle, individually complete songs ...
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