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1999 Clásica De San Sebastián
The 1999 Clásica de San Sebastián was the 19th edition of the Clásica de San Sebastián cycle race and was held on 7 August 1999. The race started and finished in San Sebastián. The race was won by Francesco Casagrande Francesco Casagrande (born 14 September 1970 in Florence) is an Italian former professional road racing cyclist. Casagrande was a professional cyclist between 1992 and 2005. Biography He was a proven performer in the Grand Tours and the major ... of the Vini Caldirola team. General classification References Further reading * * * Clásica de San Sebastián San Clasica De San Sebastian August 1999 sports events in Europe {{Spain-cycling-race-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Francesco Casagrande
Francesco Casagrande (born 14 September 1970 in Florence) is an Italian former professional road racing cyclist. Casagrande was a professional cyclist between 1992 and 2005. Biography He was a proven performer in the Grand Tours and the major one-day races. He wore the leader's jersey into the penultimate stage of the 2000 Giro d'Italia, but faltered badly and wound up 2nd to fellow Italian Stefano Garzelli. Casagrande did, however, win the mountains classification, wearing the corresponding green jersey on the podium. In major one-day races, he has won the Clásica de San Sebastián in 1998 and 1999, followed by the 2000 editions of the La Flèche Wallonne and Subida a Urkiola. Also in 1999, he placed 4th in the World Cycling Championships Road Race behind Óscar Freire, Markus Zberg, and Jean-Cyril Robin. In his early career, Casagrande won the 1996 Tirreno–Adriatico and Tour of the Basque Country — both one-week stage races. In 1998, Casagrande tested posi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Salvatore Commesso
Salvatore Commesso (born March 28, 1975) is an Italian former professional road bicycle racer. He was born in Torre del Greco, Campania, and turned professional in 1998. That year he placed in third in the Grand Prix de Suisse and the Giro del Capo. He won the Italian National Road Race Championships and Stage 13 of the Tour de France in 1999. Commesso won Stage 18 of the 2000 Tour de France and won the points competition in the Volta a Portugal in 2001. In 2002, he again won the Italian Championship, as well as the Trofeo Matteotti and the Criterium d'Abruzzo. He rode for the team from 1998 to 2004. In 2005, the team merged with , with whom he came in second in the Giro del Veneto. He rode for Lampre in the 2006 Tour de France and finished second in Stage 14. Major results ;1996 : 1st Giro del Mendrisiotto : 1st Prologue & Stage 4 Giro Ciclistico d'Italia : 5th Road race, European Under-23 Road Championships : 10th Road race, UCI Road World Under-23 Championships ;1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1999 In Spanish Road Cycling
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 launched by NASA. * January 25 – The 6.2 Colombia earthquake hits western Colombia, killing at least 1,900 people. February * February 7 – Abdullah II inherits the throne of Jordan, following the death of his father King Hussein. * February 11 – Pluto moves along its eccentric orbit further from the Sun than Neptune. It had been nearer than Neptune since 1979, and will become again in 2231. * February 12 – U.S. President Bill Clinton is acquitted in impeachment proceedings in the United States Senate. * February 16 ** In Uzbekistan, an apparent assassination attempt against President Islam Karimov takes place at government headquarters. ** Across Europe, Kurdish protestors take over embassies and hold hostages after ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Massimiliano Mori
Massimiliano Mori (born 8 January 1974, in San Miniato, Tuscany) is an Italian former professional road bicycle racer. Massimiliano Mori is the son of former professional cyclist Primo Mori. In 2003, Mori was involved in a doping incident, when, during the Tirreno Adriatico, he had to give a urine test, and a hidden can of urine was found. Mori and his team leader Gabriele di Francesco were sent home. His urine sample came back negative, but the Italian Olympic Committee continued the investigation into possible fraud. At the end of 2009, when it was not certain if Lampre would renew his contract, Mori decided that he would end his 15-year career if Lampre did not renew his contract. Major Results ;1997 :5th Overall Giro di Sardegna ::1st Stage 5 :6th CoreStates Invitational ;1998 :2nd US Pro Championship :10th Brabantse Pijl ;1999 :5th GP Città di Camaiore :9th Overall Tour Down Under :10th Clásica de San Sebastián :10th Luk-Cup Bühl ;2000 :7th Gran Premio Bruno Beghell ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Michael Boogerd
Michael Boogerd (born 28 May 1972) is a Dutch former professional road bicycle racer. He was one of the leaders of a generation of Dutch cyclists in the late 1990s and early 2000s, together with teammate Erik Dekker and female cyclist Leontien van Moorsel. Career Boogerd was born and grew up in The Hague. In primary school, he was in the same class as later professional tennis player Richard Krajicek. He began his professional career in 1994, joining ''WordPerfect''. In 1995 the team changed name to ''Novell'', before Rabobank in 1996 became main sponsor and name for the team. Boogerd stayed with the team his entire career. His speciality were hilly classics like Liège–Bastogne–Liège, La Flèche Wallonne and the Amstel Gold Race in the Ardennes week and the Lombardian races in the Fall, as well as mountain-stages. He has won two stages in Tour de France (1996, 2002) as well as the Amstel Gold Race and Paris–Nice. He has been Dutch Champion three times, in 1997, 1998 and i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Max Sciandri
Maximilian Sciandri (born 15 February 1967) is a retired Great Britain, British road racing cyclist of Italy, Italian descent. He competed as an Italian national up to February 1995, then took British citizenship. He won the bronze medal in the men's individual road race at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, United States, USA. He was a professional rider from 1989 to 2004. Sciandri subsequently worked for the as a Directeur sportif from 2011 to 2018, having previously ridden for team manager Jim Ochowicz at the Motorola (cycling team), Motorola team in the 1990s. Prior to joining BMC he worked with British Cycling, helping to establish their base in Quarrata, and developing riders such as Mark Cavendish and Geraint Thomas. In October 2018 it emerged that Sciandri would join the as a directeur sportif from the 2019 season. Major results ;1989 : 1st Giro della Romagna : 2nd Giro del Lazio ;1990 : Vuelta a Aragón ::1st Stages 2, 3a, 4, 5 & 6 : 1st Giro della Romagna : 1st Gr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Erik Dekker
Hendrik "Erik" Dekker (born 21 August 1970) is a retired Netherlands, Dutch professional road racing cyclist active from 1992 until 2006. He was a member of the Rabobank (cycling), Rabobank cycling team from 1992 till 2006. From 2007 to 2015 he was one of Rabobank's team managers. Cycling career Amateur career Dekker rode his first race at eight, and soon became successful. In 1985 he was invited to join the national selection for juniors. As an amateur, his most important results were second places at the youth world championships in Bergamo in 1987 and at the road race in the 1992 Summer Olympics. In that Cycling at the 1992 Summer Olympics – Men's individual road race, Olympic road race, Dekker got away at 30 km before the finish, together with Fabio Casartelli and Dainis Ozols. Dekker was outsprinted by Casartelli, but was so happy that he won a medal that he also finished with his arms in the air. Directly after the Olympic Games, he became professional, and rode h ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Francisco Mancebo
Francisco Mancebo Pérez (born 9 March 1976) is a Spanish professional cyclist, who currently rides for UCI Continental team . He initially rode for team , but moved to in 2006. Mancebo is a stage race specialist, with good climbing and individual time trial performances. He was the winner of the Spanish National Road Race Championships in 2004, and finished third in the Vuelta a España. He finished sixth in the 2004 Tour de France and fourth in the 2005 Tour de France. He also won a stage of the 2005 Vuelta a España and finished fourth in the general classification. Career Born in Madrid, Mancebo won the young rider classification at the 2000 Tour de France. Mancebo was himself implicated in the Operación Puerto doping case and was pulled from that year's Tour de France on the eve of the race. Contrary to reports circulating at the time, Mancebo denies that he ever retired after news of the affair broke. "I never retired. Some journalists said I did, but that never happene ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Andrei Tchmil
Andrei Tchmil (born 22 January 1963) is a retired Soviet (until 1991), Moldovan (1992–1994), Ukrainian (1994–1998) and Belgian (since 1998) professional road bicycle racer. He competed in the Cycling at the 1996 Summer Olympics – Men's individual road race, men's individual road race at the 1996 Summer Olympics. Cycling career Tchmil was born in Khabarovsk, Russia. His family moved to Ukraine during the days of the Soviet Union. He started cycling and showed enough talent to be moved to a cycling school in Moldova. The glasnost in the Soviet Union allowed him to try a professional career with the Italian Alfa Lum team in 1989. After the collapse of the Soviet Union he became a Ukrainian citizen, although he eventually moved to Belgium early in his professional career. ''"People are cynical when I talk about Belgium. They think I'm only Belgian on paper. That is not true. Yes, I was a Russian, even a proud one.... Now I am proud to be Belgian. The first thing I did was le ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rik Verbrugghe
Rik Verbrugghe (born 23 July 1974) is a Belgian former professional road racing cyclist. Verbrugghe was born in Tienen, Flemish Brabant. In 1996, he turned professional, and he has since become a Belgian time trial champion, competed in the 2000 Summer Olympics, won a stage at the Tour de France, three stages at the Giro d'Italia, and the one-day Ardennes classics– La Flèche Wallonne, and the overall and two stages of the Critérium International. In 2008 he announced his retirement, and subsequent role as team director at Quick Step during the 2009 and 2010 seasons. In 2011 he became team director at BMC Racing Team. Teams and major results ;1996 – Lotto-Isoglass ;1997 – Lotto-Mobistar ;1998 – Lotto-Mobistar ;1999 – Lotto-Mobistar : 2nd, Clásica de San Sebastián ;2000 – Lotto-Adecco : 1st Belgian National Time Trial Championships : 2nd, La Flèche Wallonne ;2001 – Lotto-Adecco : La Flèche Wallonne : Overall, Critérium Int ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vini Caldirola
Casa Vini Caldirola (or the Caldirola Wine House) sponsored an Italy, Italian professional road bicycle racing team between 1998 and 2004, with a gap in 2002, where the main sponsor was Tacconi Sport. In 2005 the team was formally disbanded, but many riders continued in the new Liquigas-Bianchi UCI ProTour team. Team name As professional racing teams change name with their sponsors, the name of the team has varied in its lifetime. Notable riders {, class="wikitable sortable" , - !Name !Nationality !Years , - , Francesco Casagrande , , 1999-2000, 2004 , - , Romāns Vainšteins , , 1999–2000, 2003 , - , Stefano Garzelli , , 2003-2004 , - , Pavel Tonkov , , 2004 , - , Serhiy Honchar , , 1999 , - , Guido Trentin , , 1998–2000 , - , Eddy Mazzoleni , , 2001–2003 , - , Matt White (cyclist), Matthew White , , 1999–2000 , - , Andrej Hauptman , , 1999–2003 , - , Gabriele Balducci , , 2001–2003 , - , David George (cyclist), David George , , 2001 , - , Nicola Mi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
San Sebastián
San Sebastián, officially known by the bilingual name Donostia / San Sebastián (, ), is a city and municipality located in the Basque Autonomous Community, Spain. It lies on the coast of the Bay of Biscay, from the France–Spain border. The capital city of the province of Gipuzkoa, the municipality's population is 188,102 as of 2021, with its metropolitan area reaching 436,500 in 2010. Locals call themselves ''donostiarra'' (singular) in Basque, also using this term when speaking in Spanish. It is also a part of Basque Eurocity Bayonne-San Sebastián. The economic activities in the city are dominated by the service sector, with an emphasis on commerce and tourism, as San Sebastián has long been well-known as a tourist destination. Despite the city's relatively small size, events such as the San Sebastián International Film Festival and the San Sebastian Jazz Festival have given it an international dimension. San Sebastián, along with Wrocław, Poland, was the Eur ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
