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2008 World University Cycling Championship
The 2008 World University Cycling Championship is the 5th Word University Cycling Championship sponsored by the International University Sports Federation (FISU) and sanctioned by the Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI). The championship took place in Nijmegen, Netherlands, from 21 to 25 May 2008. Prague and Bangkok were also candidate cities to organize the championship. The NOC*NSF chairman Erica Terpstra opened he World Championships at the opening ceremony on 21 May. Athletes from 25 countries competed in the disciplines mountain bike cross-country, mountain bike marathon, individual time trial and road bicycle racing, road race. It was the first time in student sports that there was held a World Championship Mountain Biking. Participation Each country was allowed to enter a maximum of 20 competitors: 4 men and women in the road race events and 6 men and women in the mountain bike events. A person was allowed to participate as a competitor if he/she was born between 1 January 1 ...
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Nijmegen
Nijmegen ( , ; Nijmeegs: ) is the largest city in the Dutch province of Gelderland and the ninth largest of the Netherlands as a whole. Located on the Waal River close to the German border, Nijmegen is one of the oldest cities in the Netherlands and the first to be recognized as such in Roman times. In 2005, it celebrated 2,000 years of existence. Nijmegen became a free imperial city in 1230 and in 1402 a Hanseatic city. Since 1923 it has been a university city with the opening of a Catholic institution now known as the Radboud University Nijmegen. The city is well known for the annual International Four Days Marches Nijmegen event. Its population as of 2024 was 187,011. Population centres The municipality is formed by the city of Nijmegen, incorporating the former villages of Hatert, Hees and Neerbosch, as well as the urban expansion projects in Veur-Lent, Nijmegen-Oosterhout and Nijmegen–Ressen, all situated north of the river Waal. Proximity of border ...
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Evaldas Šiškevičius
Evaldas Šiškevičius (born 30 December 1988) is a Lithuanian former professional road bicycle racer and mountain biker, who competed professionally from 2011 to 2022. He competed at the 2020 Olympic Games and had a top-ten finish at Paris-Roubaix in 2019. Career Born in Vilnius, Šiškevičius has competed as a professional since the start of the 2011 season, as the team he had been a member successfully became a Continental team. Šiškevičius won the Volta ao Alentejo in 2011 – as well as a stage during the event – before winning the Grand Prix de la Somme in September 2012. Šiškevičius left at the end of the 2012 season, and joined for the 2013 season. Šiškevičius returned to for the 2014 season, after folded at the end of 2013. At the 2018 Paris–Roubaix, Šiškevičius finished the race over an hour after the winner, Peter Sagan. He arrived so far outside of the time limit that when he arrived at the finish at the velodrome, the gates had already been cl ...
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2008 In Road Cycling
In 2008, for the first time in ten years, two Grand Tour (cycling), Grand Tours were won by one rider, the Spaniard Alberto Contador. Alessandro Ballan succeeded fellow Italian Paolo Bettini as UCI Road World Championships – Men's road race, World Champion, winning the road race in his home country, where Varese hosted the World Championships for the second time in history. Bettini and German cycling sprinter, sprinter Erik Zabel were among the most prominent riders to quit after this season, while Mario Cipollini made a brief comeback in the early months of the year. Despite even tighter controls and warnings concerning doping, and the introduction of the blood passport by the UCI, several major races, including the Giro d'Italia, Giro and Tour de France, Tour were faced with positive tests. In addition, the ongoing feud between the Union Cycliste Internationale, UCI and the race organizations almost came to a definite break in March, when the UCI threatened to suspend riders ...
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World University Cycling Championships
The World University Cycling Championship is a competition sponsored by the International University Sports Federation (FISU) and sanctioned by the Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI), which was first held in 1978 in Antwerp, Belgium. Before 1978 there were also World University Championships, but these were not sponsored by the International University Sports Federation. The latest edition was held in San Carlos, Costa Rica during 2024. The championship last five days and could contain events in five cycling sports: road cycling (road race and time trial), track cycling, mountainbike (cross-country and marathon), BMX and Cyclo-Cross. Competitions As part of the Student World Championships: ; FISU World University Cycling Championships: See also * Cycling at the Summer Universiade References External links FISU {{FISU World University Championships Cycling University A university () is an institution of tertiary education and research which awards academic degr ...
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Ingrid Bosscha
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Maaris Meier
Maaris Meier (born 22 May 1983) is a Mountain bike rider and road cyclist from Estonia. She represented her nation at the 2004 Summer Olympics in the women's road race. She won the silver medal at the 2008 World University Cycling Championship The 2008 World University Cycling Championship is the 5th Word University Cycling Championship sponsored by the International University Sports Federation (FISU) and sanctioned by the Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI). The championship took plac ... in the Cross-country. References External links Official website Estonian female cyclists Cyclists at the 2004 Summer Olympics Olympic cyclists for Estonia Living people Cyclists from Tallinn 1983 births Cyclists at the 2015 European Games European Games competitors for Estonia Summer World University Games medalists in cycling FISU World University Games silver medalists for Estonia Medalists at the 2011 Summer Universiade {{Estonia-cycling-bio-stub ...
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Caroline Mani
Caroline Mani (born 18 January 1987) is a French cyclo-cross racing cyclist. A five-time French National Champion, she won the silver medal at the 2016 UCI Cyclo-cross World Championships in Zolder, Belgium Belgium, officially the Kingdom of Belgium, is a country in Northwestern Europe. Situated in a coastal lowland region known as the Low Countries, it is bordered by the Netherlands to the north, Germany to the east, Luxembourg to the southeas .... Caroline has been one of the more consistent performers in the world and domestic American cyclocross circuits amassing dozens of podium finishes. She won the 2021 and 2022 USCX Series titles. External links * * 1987 births Living people French female cyclists French cyclo-cross cyclists Sportspeople from Besançon Cyclists from Doubs 21st-century French sportswomen {{France-cycling-bio-1980s-stub ...
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Niels Wubben
Niels Wubben (born 20 February 1988) is a Dutch former professional cyclo-cross cyclist. He represented his nation in the men's elite event at the 2016 UCI Cyclo-cross World Championships in Heusden-Zolder. Major results Cyclo-cross ;2011–2012 : 3rd National Championships A national championship(s) is the top achievement for any sport or competition, contest within a league of a particular nation or nation state. The title is usually awarded by contests, ranking systems, stature, ability, etc. This determines the be ... References External links * 1988 births Living people Dutch cyclo-cross cyclists Dutch male cyclists Sportspeople from Naaldwijk Cyclists from South Holland 20th-century Dutch people 21st-century Dutch sportsmen {{Netherlands-cycling-bio-1980s-stub ...
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Jan Skarnitzl
Jan, JaN or JAN may refer to: Acronyms * Jackson, Mississippi (Amtrak station), US, Amtrak station code JAN * Jackson-Evers International Airport, Mississippi, US, IATA code * Jabhat al-Nusra (JaN), a Syrian militant group * Japanese Article Number, a barcode standard compatible with EAN * Japanese Accepted Name, a Japanese nonproprietary drug name * Job Accommodation Network, US, for people with disabilities * ''Joint Army-Navy'', US standards for electronic color codes, etc. * ''Journal of Advanced Nursing'' Personal name * Jan (name), male variant of ''John'', female shortened form of ''Janet'' and ''Janice'' * Jan (Persian name), Persian word meaning 'life', 'soul', 'dear'; also used as a name * Ran (surname), romanized from Mandarin as Jan in Wade–Giles * Ján, Slovak name Other uses * January, as an abbreviation for the first month of the year in the Gregorian calendar * Jan (cards), a term in some card games when a player loses without taking any tricks or scoring a mini ...
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Till Marx
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Loes Markerink
Loes Markerink (born 14 December 1985 in Delfzijl) is a road cyclist from the Netherlands. She won at the 2003 UCI Road World Championships the junior women's road race and finished second in the women's junior time trial. As a senior, she has won a stage in several stage races: Tour de Bretagne, Damesronde van Drenthe, Grande Boucle Féminine Internationale, Holland Ladies Tour and Gracia–Orlová Gracia–Orlová is a women's staged cycle racing, cycle race which takes place in the Moravian-Silesian Region of the Czech Republic and in the Silesian Voivodeship of Poland. It was created in 1987. Honours Jerseys As of the 2013 edition: .... See also * 2008 Team Flexpoint season References External links * * * * 1985 births Living people Dutch female cyclists UCI Road World Championships cyclists for the Netherlands People from Delfzijl Cyclists from Groningen (province) 21st-century Dutch sportswomen {{Netherlands-cycling-bio-1980s-stub ...
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Iris Slappendel
Iris Slappendel (born 18 February 1985) is a Dutch former road racing cyclist. Career She won the 2012 Open de Suède Vårgårda road race, the penultimate event in the 2012 UCI Women's Road World Cup. Slappendel took a total of five UCI race victories in her career, including the GP Comune di Cornaredo and stages of the Thüringen Rundfahrt der Frauen, the Ster Zeeuwsche Eilanden and La Route de France. In September 2014 Slappendel announced that she would join the for the 2015 season. After one season she moved to , racing mainly in North America. In September 2016 she announced her retirement from professional competition, having won her final race, the Gateway Cup, earlier that month. Personal life Outside of cycling, she works freelance as a designer, and she won a competition to design new jerseys for the leaders of the season-long classifications of the UCI Women's Road World Cup, to be used from the 2014 season. Since retiring, Slappendel has continued her caree ...
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