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1997 Vuelta A Asturias
The 1997 Vuelta a Asturias was the 41st edition of the Vuelta a Asturias road cycling stage race, which was held from 13 May to 18 May 1997. The race started in Avilés and finished in Oviedo. The race was won by Manuel Fernández Ginés Manuel Fernández Ginés (born 25 February 1971 in La Zubia) is a retired Spanish cyclist. He was professional from 1993 to 2000 and won the Spanish National Road Race Championships in 1996. Palmarès ;1992 :2nd overall Vuelta a Navarra ;1993 ... of the team. General classification References {{DEFAULTSORT:1997 Vuelta a Asturias Vuelta Asturias 1997 in road cycling 1997 in Spanish sport ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Manuel Fernández Ginés
Manuel Fernández Ginés (born 25 February 1971 in La Zubia) is a retired Spanish cyclist. He was professional from 1993 to 2000 and won the Spanish National Road Race Championships in 1996. Palmarès ;1992 :2nd overall Vuelta a Navarra ;1993 :2nd overall Clásica de Sabiñánigo :3rd overall Vuelta a Mallorca ;1995 :2nd overall Circuito de Getxo :3rd overall Clásica a los Puertos de Guadarrama :3rd overall Tour of Galicia ;1996 :Spanish National Road Race Championships :Trofeo Zumaquero ;1997 :Vuelta a Asturias ::General classification ::5th stage Results on the major tours Tour de France *1996: 16th *1999: 49th Giro d'Italia *1996: 21st Vuelta a España *1994: 44th *1995: DNF *1998: 69th *1999 1999 was designated as the International Year of Older Persons. Events January * January 1 – The euro currency is established and the European Central Bank assumes its full powers. * January 3 – The Mars Polar Lander is launc ...: DNF References 1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Luis Pérez Rodríguez
Luis Pérez Rodríguez (born 16 June 1974 in Torrelaguna, Spain) is retired road racing cyclist. He competed professionally between 1995 and 2007, and last rode for the Andalucía–CajaSur team. During his career, Pérez scored two stage wins in Grand Tour events, both in the Vuelta a España. During his last season with Andalucía–CajaSur, he scored a 1st Overall in the Clásica Internacional de Alcobendas, a three-day stage race. In November 2007, before retiring from Andalucía–CajaSur, Pérez won the first annual Criterium Ciudad de Jaén race, an unofficial two-day competition held during the off-season of the UCI World Tour circuit. Major results ;1994 :8th, Overall, Vuelta a España ;2001 :10th, Overall, Vuelta Ciclista de Chile ;2003 :10th, Overall, Vuelta a España ::1st, Stage 2 ;2004 :9th, Overall, Vuelta a España ;2006 :10th, Overall, Vuelta a España ;2007 :1st, Overall, Clásica Internacional de Alcobendas ::1st, Stage 1 :1st, Stage 18, Vuelta a Españ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vuelta Asturias
Vuelta Asturias is a professional cycle road race held in Spain in early May each year. The event was first run in 1925 but has not been held consistently until 1968 to present. Since 2005, the race has been organised as a 2.1 event on the UCI Europe Tour. On 25 April 2014, the Vuelta Asturias was suspended one week before its start due to the lack of funds and sponsors. The race returned in 2015, when a two-stage edition was won by Igor Antón (). Winners Notes References External links * {{DEFAULTSORT:Vuelta Asturias UCI Europe Tour races Asturias Asturias (; ; ) officially the Principality of Asturias, is an autonomous communities of Spain, autonomous community in northwest Spain. It is coextensive with the provinces of Spain, province of Asturias and contains some of the territory t ... Sport in Asturias Recurring sporting events established in 1925 1925 establishments in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dirk Müller (cyclist)
Dirk Müller (born 4 August 1973) is a German former cyclist. He won the German National Road Race Championships in 2006. Major results ;1993 : 1st Stage 2 Bayern-Rundfahrt ;1994 : 3rd Overall Cinturón a Mallorca ;1995 : 1st Overall Sachsen Tour : 5th Overall Regio-Tour ;1996 : 1st Rund um den Sachsenring : 1st Stage 5 Giro delle Regioni : 1st Prologue Niedersachsen-Rundfahrt : 3rd Overall Sachsen Tour ;1997 : 1st Prologue Bayern Rundfahrt : 1st Rund um die Hainleite ;1998 : 1st Prologue & Stage 2 Bayern Rundfahrt : 1st Stage 7 Sachsen Tour : 3rd Overall Tour de Luxembourg ;1999 : 2nd Sparkassen Giro Bochum : 3rd German National Time Trial Championships, National Time Trial Championships ;2000 : 2nd Hel van het Mergelland : 7th Overall Regio-Tour ;2006 : 1st German National Road Race Championships, National Road Race Championships : 1st Rund um die Sparkasse : 2nd Grote Prijs Jef Scherens : 9th Overall Sachsen-Tour ;2007 : 1st Köln-Schuld-Frechen : 1st Berlin-Bad Freienwald- ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
César Solaun
César Solaun Solana (born December 29, 1970, in Bilbao) is a Spanish former professional cyclist. Major results ;1995 : 1st Stage 2 Vuelta a los Valles Mineros ;1996 : 4th Road race, National Road Championships : 5th Overall Volta ao Alentejo : 5th Subida al Naranco ;1997 : 2nd Road race, National Road Championships : 3rd Clásica de Sabiñánigo : 5th Overall Vuelta a los Valles Mineros : 5th GP Villafranca de Ordizia : 8th Overall Volta a Catalunya : 9th Overall Vuelta a Asturias : 10th Overall Vuelta a La Rioja ;1998 : 3rd Overall Volta ao Alentejo ::1st Stage 3 : 8th Overall Tour of Galicia ;2001 : 1st Overall Vuelta a La Rioja ::1st Stage 2 : 4th La Flèche Wallonne : 8th GP Llodio Gran Premio Internacional de Llodio (also known as Clásica de Álava) is a Spanish professional cycle road race that was held in Llodio, Basque Country, between 1949 and 2011. From 2005 to 2011, the race was organised as a 1.1 event on the UCI ... ;2002 : 4th Clásica a los Puertos Gra ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
José Manuel Uría
José Manuel Uría González (born 1 December 1969) is a Spanish former cyclist. Major results ;1994 : 1st Subida al Naranco ;1995 : 3rd Subida al Naranco ;1997 : 1st Overall Vuelta a los Valles Mineros ::1st Stage 1 : 2nd Clásica a los Puertos de Guadarrama : 10th Overall Escalada a Montjuich ''Escalada'' is a Brazilian telenovela produced and broadcast by TV Globo. It premiered on 6 January 1975 and ended on 23 August 1975, with a total of 197 episodes in Black and white. It's the fifteenth "novela das oito" to be aired on the timeslo ... Grand Tour general classification results timeline References 1969 births Living people Spanish male cyclists Sportspeople from Gijón Cyclists from Asturias 20th-century Spanish sportsmen {{Spain-cycling-bio-1960s-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
José María Jiménez
Jose María Jiménez Sastre (6 February 1971 – 6 December 2003) was a Spanish professional road bicycle racer. During his career he excelled as a climbing specialist, climber, winning numerous mountain stages. His nickname was ''El Chava''. Career After a four month spell as a stagiaire (trainee), Jiménez turned professional at the beginning of the 1993 season with the Spanish team Movistar Team (men's team), Banesto which he would be a part of for the rest of his career. In his first year, his teammates included Tour de France champions Pedro Delgado and Miguel Induráin. Even at an early point in his career, Jiménez was considered a potential successor of Induráin. Vuelta a España Jiménez was particularly successful in the Vuelta a España, winning nine stages in total, the Points classification in the Vuelta a España, points classification in 2001 Vuelta a España, 2001 and the Mountains classification in the Vuelta a España, mountains classification in 1997 Vu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Abraham Olano
Abraham Olano Manzano (born 22 January 1970) is a Spanish retired professional road racing cyclist, who raced as a professional from 1992 to 2002. He won the UCI Road World Championships – Men's road race, World Road Championship in 1995 UCI Road World Championships, 1995, and the UCI Road World Championships – Men's time trial, World Time Trial Championship in 1998 UCI Road World Championships – Men's time trial, 1998, becoming the first male cyclist to win both. He won Vuelta a España in 1998 Vuelta a España, 1998, was second in 1995 Vuelta a España, 1995, made it twice to the final podium at Giro d'Italia (third in 1996 Giro d'Italia, 1996 and second in 2001 Giro d'Italia, 2001), and placed three times in the top-ten at Tour de France, with the fourth place in 1997 Tour de France, 1997 as his personal best. In total he won six stages in the Vuelta and one in the Tour, all of them Individual time trial, time trials. Olano was also double Spanish Champion in both Spa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Daniel Clavero
Daniel Clavero (born 9 August 1968) is a Spanish former professional racing cyclist. He rode in seven editions of the Giro d'Italia and six editions of the Vuelta a España. Major results ;1995 : 8th Overall Vuelta a España ;1996 : 3rd Escalada a Montjuïc ;1997 : 2nd Overall GP Jornal de Noticias ::1st Stage 5 : 3rd Overall Euskal Bizikleta : 3rd Subida al Naranco : 3rd Escalada a Montjuïc : 4th Overall Volta a Catalunya : 6th Overall Vuelta a España ;1998 : 2nd Overall Vuelta a Aragón : 3rd Klasika Primavera : 5th Overall Giro d'Italia ;1999 : 9th Overall Giro d'Italia The Giro d'Italia (; ), also known simply as the Giro, is an annual stage race, multiple-stage bicycle racing, bicycle race primarily held in Italy, while also starting in, or passing through, other countries. The first race was organized in 19 ... Grand Tour general classification results timeline References External links * 1968 births Living people Spanish male cyclists Cyclists from M ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Oviedo
Oviedo () or Uviéu (Asturian language, Asturian: ) is the capital city of the Principality of Asturias in northern Spain and the administrative and commercial centre of the region. It is also the name of the municipality that contains the city. Oviedo is located approximately southwest of Gijón and southeast of Avilés, both of which lie on the shoreline of the Bay of Biscay. Oviedo's proximity to the ocean of less than in combination with its elevated position with areas of the city more than 300 metres above sea level causes the city to have a maritime climate, in spite of its not being located on the shoreline itself. History The Kingdom of Asturias began in 720, with the Visigothic aristocrat Pelagius of Asturias, Pelagius's (685–737) revolt against the Muslims who at the time were occupying most of the Iberian Peninsula. The Umayyad conquest of Hispania, Moorish invasion that began in 711 had taken control of most of the peninsula, until the revolt in the nort ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
