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2000 Paris–Tours
The 2000 Paris–Tours was the 94th edition of the Paris–Tours cycle race and was held on 8 October 2000. The race started in Saint-Arnoult-en-Yvelines and finished in Tours. The race was won by Andrea Tafi of the Mapei team. General classification References Further reading * * October 2000 sports events in France 2000 2000 was designated as the International Year for the Culture of Peace and the World Mathematics, Mathematical Year. Popular culture holds the year 2000 as the first year of the 21st century and the 3rd millennium, because of a tende ... Paris-Tours 2000 in road cycling October 2000 sports events in Europe {{Paris–Tours-race-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Andrea Tafi (cyclist)
Andrea Tafi (born 7 May 1966, in Fucecchio) is an Italian former road bicycle racer who retired from his professional career in 2005. Tafi's propensity to perform best in the harder races earned him the nickname "Il Gladiatore" (English: "The Gladiator"). Tafi specialized in the cobbled Spring Classics such as Paris–Roubaix which he won in 1999, and Tour of Flanders which he won in 2002. He won the Giro di Lombardia in 1996 and the Italian National Championship in 1998. Career The most successful part of Tafi's career was spent with the Italian super-squad . In the 1996 edition of Paris–Roubaix the team put four of their riders in a breakaway at the front of the race: Johan Museeuw, Gianluca Bortolami, previous year's winner Franco Ballerini, and Tafi. Ballerini had a flat and was out of the lead group, but the other three powered their way to the finish. In 1996 Tafi won the "race of the falling leaves" Giro di Lombardia, using his strength to overcome the climbs o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gorazd Štangelj
Gorazd Štangelj (born 27 January 1973 in Novo Mesto) is a Slovenian former professional road bicycle racer, who raced as a professional between 1997 and 2011. He currently works as a ''directeur sportif'' for UCI WorldTeam . Major results ;1991 : 1st Overall Tour de l'Abitibi ;1993 : 3rd Overall Tour de Slovénie ::1st Stage 1 ( ITT) ;1994 : 1st GP Kranj : 1st Stage 2 Giro delle Regioni ;1995 : 3rd Overall Tour de Normandie ;1996 : 1st Giro del Belvedere : 2nd Trofeo Banca Popolare di Vicenza ;1997 : 3rd Road race, National Road Championships : 5th GP Kranj ;1998 : 1st Overall GP Kranj ::1st Stage 2 : 1st Stage 5 Niedersachsen-Rundfahrt : 2nd Road race, National Road Championships : 2nd Overall Tour de Slovénie : 3rd Overall Course Cycliste de Solidarnosc et des Champions Olympiques ::1st Stage 2 : 3rd Grand Prix Herning : 5th GP Aarhus : 8th Gran Premio Bruno Beghelli ;1999 : 1st Overall Commonwealth Bank Classic : 3rd GP du canton d'Argovie ;2000 : 1st Roa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2000 UCI Road World Cup
The 2000 UCI Road World Cup was the twelfth edition of the UCI Road World Cup. It was won by Erik Zabel Erik Zabel (; born 7 July 1970) is a German former professional road bicycle racer who raced for most of his career with Team Telekom. With 152 professional wins and 211 wins in his career, he is considered by some to be one of the greatest Germ .... Zabel led the classification after all the single races, the only time this feat happened in World Cup history. Races Single races details ''In the race results the leader jersey identify the rider who wore the jersey in the race (the leader at the start of the race).'' ''In the general classification table the jersey identify the leader after the race.'' Final standings Source: Individual Points are awarded to the top 25 classified riders. Riders must start at least 6 races to be classified. The points are awarded for every race using the following system: Teams Points are awarded to the top 10 teams. Team ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
October 2000 Sports Events In France
October is the tenth month of the year in the Julian and Gregorian calendars. Its length is 31 days. The eighth month in the old calendar of Romulus , October retained its name (from Latin and Greek ''ôctō'' meaning "eight") after January and February were inserted into the calendar that had originally been created by the Romans. In Ancient Rome, one of three Mundus patet would take place on October 5, Meditrinalia October 11, Augustalia on October 12, October Horse on October 15, and Armilustrium on October 19. These dates do not correspond to the modern Gregorian calendar. Among the Anglo-Saxons, it was known as Winterfylleth (Ƿinterfylleþ), because at this full moon, winter was supposed to begin. October is commonly associated with the season of autumn in parts of the Northern Hemisphere, and spring in parts of the Southern Hemisphere, where it is the seasonal equivalent to April in the Northern Hemisphere and vice versa. Symbols October's birthstones are th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alessandro Petacchi
Alessandro Petacchi (born 3 January 1974) is an Italian former professional road racing cyclist, who rode professionally between 1996 and 2015. A specialist Cycling sprinter, sprinter, Petacchi has won 48 Grand Tour (cycling), grand tour stages with wins of the points jersey in the Giro d'Italia in 2004 Giro d'Italia, 2004, the Vuelta a España in 2005 Vuelta a España, 2005 and the Tour de France in 2010 Tour de France, 2010. He also won the classics 2005 Milan–San Remo, Milan – San Remo in 2005 and 2007 Paris–Tours, Paris–Tours in 2007. His career spanned over 18 years during which he earned 183 victories. In 2007, Petacchi was banned from cycling and had his results achieved disqualified for doping. The court later said that he had not cheated on purpose but had not taken enough care when consuming his legal asthma drug. He announced his retirement as a lead sprinter on 23 April 2013, and terminated his contract at ,. He rejoined the professional peloton in August ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jaan Kirsipuu
Jaan Kirsipuu (born 17 July 1969) is an Estonian former road bicycle racer, who currently works as a directeur sportif for UCI Continental team . He spent the majority of his career riding under the management of Vincent Lavenu, initially joining Lavenu's team as a '' stagiaire'' and staying with the squad in its various incarnations for 12 years, taking a total of 124 race wins for the team. Kirsipuu initially retired at the end of the 2006, but participated in the 2007 Estonian championship, becoming time trial champion for the sixth time. In 2008 he was the manager of Latvian UCI Continental cycling team . In 2009 he joined . During his career, Kirsipuu got 115 professional wins and another 62 wins from criteriums and other non-professional races. He retired again in 2012, and became a sporting director with the team. At his peak he was one of Estonia's top athletes and the first Estonian rider to win a stage in the Tour de France. He dropped out of the Tour de France 12 ti ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rolf Sørensen
Rolf Sørensen (born 20 April 1965) is a former Danish professional road bicycle racer. He is currently working as a cycling commentator and agent. Born in Helsinge in Denmark, Sørensen moved to Italy at the age of 17, where he has lived since. He goes under the name ''Il Biondo'' due to his blonde hair. Accomplishments Sørensen won such classic one-day races as the Tour of Flanders, Liège–Bastogne–Liège, Paris–Brussels, Paris–Tours and Milano–Torino, as well as slightly smaller races like the Coppa Bernocchi (twice), and the Rund um den Henninger Turm or Grand Prix Frankfurt. He has led the UCI Road World Cup on several occasions, finishing third in 1989 and 1991 and second in 1997 after a broken foot kept him from scoring points in the last two World Cup races of the season. Sørensen also won individual stages in the 1994 and 1996 Tour de France, and wore the yellow jersey as the leader of the race after the team time trial in 1991, won by his Italian tea ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Zbigniew Spruch
Zbigniew Spruch (born 13 December 1965) is a Polish former professional road bicycle racer. He won the 1995 Tour de Pologne, Tour de Pologne in 1995 and placed second at the 2000 UCI Road World Championships. Spruch had was a professional cyclist for 12 year's, starting at the team in 1992 with a two year stint at for 1997 & 1998. He then finished his career back at the newly founded squad. Spruch only achieved three professional wins in his career but amassed over 120 amateur victories. Career Spurch won the Overall at the 1995 Tour de Pologne, however at the time the race was for amateurs unlike in the 2020's where it is a UCI WorldTour event. At the 1999 Tirreno–Adriatico Spruch came close to his third professional win when favorites for the stage Nicola Minali and Mario Cipollini crashed in the final 75 metres. Unfortunately Spruch was edged out by Steven de Jongh. The Biggest non-victory of Spurch's career was finishing second at the 2000 UCI Road World Championships ... [...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] |
Paolo Bettini
Paolo Bettini (born 1 April 1974) is an Italian former champion road racing cyclist, and the former coach of the Italian national cycling team. Considered the best classic cycle races, classics specialist of his generation, and probably one of the strongest of all times, he won gold medals in the 2004 Athens Olympics road race and in the 2006 UCI Road World Championships, 2006 and 2007 UCI Road World Championships – Men's road race, 2007 World Road Race Championships. He is nicknamed ''Il Grillo'' ("the cricket") for his repeated sudden attacks and his Sprinting specialist (cycling), sprinting style. He gained prominence by winning Liège–Bastogne–Liège in 2000 and 2002. He set the record for World Cup wins in a season in 2003, winning the Milan–San Remo, HEW Cyclassics and Clásica de San Sebastián. He won the Giro di Lombardia in 2005 and 2006, the Züri-Metzgete in 2001 and 2005 and Tirreno–Adriatico in 2004. Career Early career Paolo Bettini lived with his family ... [...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] |
Mapei (cycling Team)
Mapei was an Italian-based road bicycle racing team active from 1993 to 2002, named after sponsoring firm Mapei. Mapei was one of the strongest teams during the late 1990s, and ranked as the strongest Union Cycliste Internationale, UCI team in 1994–2000 and 2002. History While started in 1993 (taking the Eldor-Viner team midseason), the Mapei team already became an international top team one year later when it merged with the Spanish Clas-Cajastur for the 1994 season. Clas had been a cycling sponsor since the 1988 Clas-Razesa team, led by José Manuel Fuente Lavandera. Among the Clas-riders who joined the Italian Mapei team were Fernando Escartín, Abraham Olano and, most prominently, Swiss top rider Tony Rominger. Other newly signed riders included Franco Ballerini, Gianluca Bortolami, Andrea Tafi (cyclist), Andrea Tafi and Mauro Gianetti, forming a Spanish-Italian top team with two strong Swiss riders as well. Already in 1995, Clas stopped sponsoring, being replaced by GB. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
