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2013 Paris–Roubaix
The 2013 Paris–Roubaix was the 111th edition of the Paris–Roubaix race that took place on 7 April and was the tenth race of the 2013 UCI World Tour. The race stretched from start to finish and was won by Swiss rider Fabian Cancellara. Second and third were Belgian Sep Vanmarcke and Dutchman Niki Terpstra, respectively. Teams As the Paris–Roubaix was a UCI World Tour event, all 19 UCI ProTeams were invited automatically and obligated to send a squad and the organizers invited six wild card teams to participate. The 19 UCI ProTeams were: The wild cards invited were: Race overview 's Fabian Cancellara won the breathtaking sprint ahead of Sep Vanmarcke of . 's Niki Terpstra sealed the final place on the podium by winning the sprint amongst the chasing group. Results See also * 2013 in road cycling World Championships The World Road Championships was held in Florence Florence ( ; it, Firenze ) is a city in Central Italy and the capital city of the Tuscany ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2013 UCI World Tour
The 2013 UCI World Tour is the fifth edition of the ranking system launched by the Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI) in 2009. The series started with the Tour Down Under on 22 January. __TOC__ Teams The UCI ProTeams compete in the World Tour, with UCI Professional Continental teams, or national squads, able to enter at the discretion of the organisers of each event. Events All events from the 2012 UCI World Tour are included. For the second successive year, the Tour of Hangzhou was scheduled originally as part of the tour, but later withdrawn. ;Notes Final standings Individual Source: Riders tied with the same number of points were classified by number of victories, then number of second places, third places, and so on, in World Tour events and stages. * 228 riders scored points. 30 other riders finished in positions that would have earned them points, but they were ineligible as members of non-ProTour teams. Team Source: Team rankings are calculated by adding ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Amaury Sport Organisation
The Amaury Sport Organisation (ASO) is part of the French media group Éditions Philippe Amaury. It organises the Tour de France and other cycling races, as well as golf, running, sailing and off-road motorsport events. The president of ASO is Jean-Etienne Amaury, son of EPA founder Philippe Amaury. Cycling The Tour de France was instituted by the newspaper '' L'Auto'' in 1903. The paper was closed after World War II because of its links with the occupying Germans and a new paper, ''L'Équipe'', took over. ''L'Équipe'' (now part of EPA) organised the Tour until the race was taken over by its parent company, ASO. Current ASO organises the following cycling events: ; UCI World Tour * Critérium du Dauphiné * Eschborn–Frankfurt * La Flèche Wallonne * Liège–Bastogne–Liège * Paris–Nice * Paris–Roubaix * Tour de France * Volta a Catalunya * Vuelta a España (alongside Unipublic) ; UCI Continental Circuits * Arctic Race of Norway * Paris–Tours * Tour du Fas ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2013 In Road Cycling
World Championships The World Road Championships was held in Florence Florence ( ; it, Firenze ) is a city in Central Italy and the capital city of the Tuscany region. It is the most populated city in Tuscany, with 383,083 inhabitants in 2016, and over 1,520,000 in its metropolitan area.Bilancio demografico ..., Italy. Grand Tours UCI World Tour 2.HC Category Races 1.HC Category Races UCI tours Continental Championships African Championships Asian Championships European Championships (under-23) Oceania Championships Pan American Championships International Games Games of the Small States of Europe Island Games Mediterranean Games East Asian Games Southeast Asian Games National Championships UCI Teams UCI ProTeams UCI Professional Continental and Continental teams References See also * 2013 in women's road cycling {{DEFAULTSORT:2013 In Road Cycling * Men's road cycling by year ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sébastien Turgot
Sébastien Turgot (born 11 April 1984) is a French former professional road bicycle racer, who rode professionally between 2008 and 2016 for the and teams. His biggest result came when he came in third in the 2008 Paris–Tours after leading in the last 100 metres, but was beaten by Philippe Gilbert of and Jan Kuyckx of . His third place was not expected by anybody but was a confirmation of his abilities, as demonstrated by his multiple French national track championship titles. In 2012, Turgot was runner-up in one of the most prestigious races of the cycling calendar, Paris–Roubaix. Major results ;2006 : 6th La Côte Picarde ;2007 : 1st Overall Les 3 Jours de Vaucluse ::1st Young rider classification : 8th Overall Tour de Bretagne ::1st Stage 4 : 9th Overall Le Triptyque des Monts et Châteaux ;2008 : 2nd Overall Tour Ivoirien de la Paix ::1st Stage 2 : 3rd Paris–Tours : 3rd Grand Prix de la Somme : 6th Overall Tour du Poitou-Charentes ;2010 : 7th Kuurne–Brussels– ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alexander Kristoff
Alexander Kristoff (born 5 July 1987) is a Norwegian professional road bicycle racer, who currently rides for UCI WorldTeam . He won the Norwegian National Road Race Championships in 2007 and 2011. His biggest victories have been the 2014 Milan–San Remo and the 2015 Tour of Flanders among many other successes. Career Early career At six, he moved from Oslo to Stavanger. His stepfather got him interested in cycling rather than football. He started riding for Stavanger SK. At 16 he won the Norwegian National Road Race Championships in the youth category, and finished fourth at the European Youth Summer Olympic Festival. He turned professional in 2006 for . In 2007, he won the Norwegian National Road Race Championships at 19, beating Thor Hushovd in a sprint of four riders. Katusha (2012–2017) He won a bronze medal in the road race at the 2012 London Olympic Games. 2014 season In 2014 Kristoff won Milan–San Remo beating Fabian Cancellara in the sprint. Later the same y ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Juan Antonio Flecha
Juan Antonio Flecha Giannoni (born 17 September 1977) is an Argentine-born Spanish former professional road bicycle racer, who competed as a professional between 2000 and 2013. Flecha had a reputation of being a Classics specialist and to ride with an aggressive style as he was keen on participating in breakaways. His major victories include winning a stage of the 2003 Tour de France, successes at the two defunct classics Züri-Metzgete and Giro del Lazio in 2004, and the Omloop Het Nieuwsblad in 2010. He was also known for his numerous high placings in important one-day races, most notably Paris–Roubaix, where he finished in the top ten eight times without registering the victory. In the Grand Tours, he was often assigned to a role of domestique. Early life Flecha spent his early years in Argentina. His father died in a car accident when he was four years of age. He moved to Spain with his mother when he was eleven, where they lived in Sitges, near Barcelona. Professional Cy ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sebastian Langeveld
Sebastian Langeveld (born 17 January 1985) is a Dutch professional road racing cyclist, who currently rides for UCI WorldTeam . Career His biggest win to date was the 2011 Omloop Het Nieuwsblad with where he beat Juan Antonio Flecha in a photofinish. On 17 August 2011, it was announced that Langeveld was joining Australian team for its début season in 2012. On 19 September 2013, Langeveld signed with for the 2014 and 2015 seasons. Major results ;2003 : 10th Road race, UCI Junior Road World Championships ;2004 : 8th Overall Flèche du Sud ::1st Stage 2 ;2005 : 1st Road race, National Under-23 Road Championships : 1st Stage 7 Olympia's Tour : 2nd Ronde van Vlaanderen U23 : 2nd Omloop der Kempen : 7th Paris–Roubaix Espoirs ;2006 : 1st Grand Prix Pino Cerami : 2nd Road race, National Road Championships : 7th GP Herning : 9th Overall Four Days of Dunkirk ;2007 : 1st Overall Ster Elektrotoer : 2nd Road race, National Road Championships : 9th Overall Tour de Luxembou ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Zdeněk Štybar
Zdeněk Štybar (; born 11 December 1985) is a Czech professional cyclist, who currently rides for UCI WorldTeam . While best known as a cyclo-cross racer, in 2011 Štybar began his professional road career while continuing to race cyclo-cross. Career Early life and cyclo-cross career Štybar was born in Planá u Mariánských Lázní. Following consecutive second places in 2008 and 2009, Štybar won the 2010 UCI Cyclo-cross World Championships in his home nation. In 2011, he won the World championships for a second time. Quick-Step (2011–2022) In March 2011, Stybar joined the UCI World Tour team to combine his cyclo-cross career with a career in road cycling. In 2012 he pulled off a victory on the road by winning a stage in the Four Days of Dunkirk. In 2013, Štybar came in sixth in Paris–Roubaix. He was in contention for the victory as he was part of the leading trio with Sep Vanmarcke and Fabian Cancellara when he hit a spectator, causing him to slow down to clip ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Damien Gaudin
Damien Gaudin (born 20 August 1986 in Beaupréau) is a French former road bicycle racer, who competed as a professional from 2008 to 2021. He competed for France at the 2008 Summer Olympics. Gaudin left at the end of the 2013 season, and joined for the 2014 season. He was named in the start list for the 2015 Tour de France and won two combativity awards in the 2018 Tour de France. Major results ;2003 : 1st Chrono des Nations Juniors ;2004 : 3rd Chrono des Nations Juniors ;2006 : 1st Madison, National Track Championships (with Thibaut Mace) : National Under-23 Track Championships ::1st Individual pursuit ::1st Points race ;2007 : National Under-23 Track Championships ::1st Individual pursuit ::2nd Team pursuit : 1st Paris–Roubaix Espoirs : 2nd Madison, National Track Championships (with Thibaut Mace) : 2nd Overall Tour du Haut-Anjou : 9th Overall Ronde de l'Oise ;2008 : 1st Madison, National Track Championships (with Sébastien Turgot) ;2009 : National Track Cha ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Greg Van Avermaet
Greg Van Avermaet (born 17 May 1985) is a Belgian professional cyclist, who currently rides for UCI WorldTeam . Considered one of the most versatile riders of modern cycling, Van Avermaet is a specialist of the classic cycle races, but has also won stages and the general classification in stage races, particularly when run on a hilly terrain, such as the 2016 Tirreno–Adriatico, and the 2018 Tour de Yorkshire. His strong sprint finish enables him to win sprints of small lead groups, but he has also won races after solo breakaways. He won the men's individual road race event at the 2016 Summer Olympics, and has won other one-day races such as Paris–Roubaix, Gent–Wevelgem and E3 Harelbeke in 2017, the 2016 GP de Montréal and Omloop Het Nieuwsblad in 2016 and 2017. In the Grand Tours, Van Avermaet has taken two individual stage wins in the Tour de France, and worn the Yellow Jersey for eleven days during the 2016 and 2018 Tours and won the points classification in t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
IPC Media
TI Media (formerly International Publishing Company, IPC Magazines Ltd, IPC Media and Time Inc. UK) was a consumer magazine and digital publisher in the United Kingdom, with a portfolio selling over 350 million copies each year. Most of its titles now belong to Future plc. History Origins The British magazine publishing industry in the mid-1950s was dominated by a handful of companies, principally the Associated Newspapers (founded by Lord Harmsworth in 1890), Odhams Press Ltd, Newnes/ Pearson, and the Hulton Press, which fought each other for market share in a highly competitive marketplace. Fleetway In 1958 Cecil Harmsworth King, chairman of the newspaper group, The Daily Mirror Newspapers Limited which included the ''Daily Mirror'' and the ''Sunday Pictorial'' (now the '' Sunday Mirror''), together with provincial chain West of England Newspapers, made an offer for Amalgamated Press. The offer was accepted, and in January 1959 he was appointed its chairman. With ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fabian Cancellara
Fabian Cancellara (born 18 March 1981), nicknamed "Spartacus", is a Swiss cycling executive, businessman and former professional road racing cyclist who last rode for UCI ProTeam . He was born in Wohlen bei Bern, Switzerland. Cancellara began road cycling after falling in love with an old bike at the age of thirteen. After that, he began to take the sport more seriously and won two consecutive World Junior Time Trial Championships in 1998 and 1999. At age nineteen he turned professional and signed with the team, where he rode as a '' stagiaire''. He is known for being a quality time trialist, a one-day classics specialist, and a workhorse for his teammates who have general classification aspirations. After winning a few stages and small races in his starting years, Cancellara earned his first major victory at the 2004 Tour de France where he won the opening prologue time trial and wore the race leader yellow jersey for one day. The following season saw fewer victories, but ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
