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2016 Tour La Provence
The 2016 Tour La Provence was a road cycling stage race that took place between 23 and 25 February 2016. The race was rated as a 2.1 event as part of the 2016 UCI Europe Tour, and was the first edition of the Tour La Provence. Teams Eighteen teams of up to eight riders started the race: Route Final ranking References External links * {{DEFAULTSORT:Tour La Provence, 2016 2016 2016 was designated as: * International Year of Pulses by the sixty-eighth session of the United Nations General Assembly. * International Year of Global Understanding (IYGU) by the International Council for Science (ICSU), the Internationa ... 2016 UCI Europe Tour February 2016 sports events in France ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2016 UCI Europe Tour
The 2016 UCI Europe Tour was the twelfth season of the UCI Europe Tour. The 2016 season began on 28 January 2016 with the Vuelta a Mallorca, Trofeo Santanyí-Ses Salines-Campos and ended on 23 October 2016 with the Chrono des Nations. French rider Nacer Bouhanni (), who scored 721 points in the 2015 UCI Europe Tour, 2015 edition, was the defending champion of the 2015 UCI Europe Tour. Throughout the season, points were awarded to the top finishers of stages within stage races and the final general classification standings of each of the stages races and one-day events. The quality and complexity of a race also determined how many points were awarded to the top finishers; the higher the UCI rating of a race, the more points were awarded. The UCI race classifications, UCI ratings from highest to lowest were as follows: * Multi-day events: 2.HC, 2.1 and 2.2 * One-day events: 1.HC, 1.1 and 1.2 Events January February March April May June July August September Oc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Davide Martinelli
Davide Martinelli (born 31 May 1993) is an Italian professional road bicycle racer, who currently rides for UCI WorldTeam . Career Martinelli made his debut in an jersey in the 2016 Tour Down Under. On 24 February 2016, he scored a surprise first professional win in stage 2 of the Tour La Provence. He was the lead out man for Fernando Gaviria in the finale, but a crash split the peloton which allowed a chance for him to cross the line ahead of Gaviria. His maiden UCI World Tour win came on 12 July 2016 in the first stage of the Tour de Pologne. He attacked within the final kilometre, taking the victory ahead of Gaviria. He was named in the start list for the 2017 Giro d'Italia. Personal life Davide Martinelli is the son of former Italian cyclist and director sportif Giuseppe Martinelli. Major results ;2011 : 1st Individual pursuit, National Track Championships : 1st Time trial, National Junior Road Championships : 1st Trofeo Emilio Paganessi : 1st Memorial Davide Fardelli ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anthony Roux
Anthony Roux (born 18 April 1987) is a French former road bicycle racer, who competed as a professional from 2008 to 2022 for UCI WorldTeam . Major results ;2005 : 1st Overall Tour de Lorraine Juniors : 8th Overall GP Général Patton ::1st Stage 1 ;2007 : 2nd Liège–Bastogne–Liège Espoirs : 3rd Time trial, National Under-23 Road Championships ;2008 : 2nd Overall Grand Prix du Portugal : 4th Overall Tour du Poitou-Charentes : 5th Overall La Tropicale Amissa Bongo : 10th Trophée des Grimpeurs ;2009 : 1st Stage 17 Vuelta a España : 1st Stage 4 Circuit de la Sarthe : 2nd Boucles de l'Aulne : 3rd Road race, National Road Championships : 4th GP Ouest–France : 7th Overall Circuit de Lorraine : 10th Overall La Tropicale Amissa Bongo ;2010 : 1st Stage 5 Circuit de Lorraine : 1st Stage 1 Tour du Poitou-Charentes : 2nd Duo Normand (with Jérémy Roy) : 4th Overall Circuit de la Sarthe : 4th Paris–Camembert ;2011 : 1st Overall Circuit de la Sarthe ::1st Young rider ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Francesco Gavazzi
Francesco Gavazzi (born 1 August 1984) is an Italian former professional road bicycle racer, who competed as a professional from 2007 to 2023. Career Gavazzi was born in Morbegno. In 2012, Gavazzi participated in the Tour of Beijing and won its queen stage leading to the Great Wall of China. To add to the difficulty of the day, the air quality was deemed as "severely polluted" by the local authorities. Gavazzi closed down an attack by 's Edvald Boasson Hagen and grabbed the victory. His consistent placings in the other stages netted him the second spot in the overall classification behind Tony Martin (). However the win in Beijing was Gavazzi's sole victory during three years at Astana, and in November 2014 it was announced that had signed a one-year deal with for the 2015 season. Major results ;2004 : 10th Trofeo Alcide Degasperi ;2005 : 6th Trofeo Banca Popolare di Vicenza ;2006 : 1st Road race, National Under-23 Road Championships : 1st Overall Giro della Toscana : 1st T ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jan Bakelants
Jan Bakelants (born 14 February 1986) is a Belgian former professional road racing cyclist, who competed as a professional from 2009 to 2022. Career His major wins include the 2008 Tour de l'Avenir and stage 2 of the 2013 Tour de France, claiming the yellow jersey after winning the stage by only a second of an advantage on the peloton after a late attack. He also rode the 2010 Giro d'Italia, in which he finished 36th. Bakelants left at the end of the 2013 season, and joined for the 2014 season. In August 2014, it was announced that he would be leaving after one year and joining on an initial two-year deal. Bakelants was severely injured in a crash at the 2017 Giro di Lombardia when he crashed into a ravine on a fast descent, fracturing seven ribs and the first and third vertebrae. He did not lose consciousness and was transferred to the hospital in Como. The crash left Bakelants shorter. After his crash, Bakelants spoke out about safety standards in cycling. He hoped to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sergey Chernetskiy
Sergey Vitaliyevich Chernetskiy (; born 9 April 1990 in Sertolovo) is a Russian cyclist, who last rode for UCI ProTeam . In August 2019, he was named in the startlist for the 2019 Vuelta a España. Major results ;2010 : 1st Team pursuit, UEC European Under-23 Road Championships : 8th Overall Troféu Joaquim Agostinho : 8th Klasika Primavera ;2011 : UEC European Under-23 Road Championships ::1st Team pursuit ::2nd Individual pursuit : 4th Klasika Primavera : 5th Overall Troféu Joaquim Agostinho : 10th Piccolo Giro di Lombardia ;2012 : 2nd Time trial, National Under-23 Road Championships : 2nd Overall Ronde de l'Isard ::1st Stage 2 : 2nd Overall Giro della Valle d'Aosta ::1st Stage 6 ( ITT) : 2nd Gran Premio Città di Camaiore : 2nd Chrono Champenois : 4th Overall Rhône-Alpes Isère Tour ::1st Young rider classification : 4th Overall Tour de l'Avenir : 4th Duo Normand (with Anton Vorobyev) : 9th Time trial, UCI Under-23 Road World Championships ;2013 : 1st Overall Tour de ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alessandro De Marchi (cyclist)
Alessandro De Marchi (born 19 May 1986) is an Italian professional road and track bicycle racer who currently rides for UCI WorldTeam . Career Born in San Daniele del Friuli, De Marchi has competed as a professional since the start of the 2011 season, joining the squad after a stagiaire spell with the team at the end of the 2010 season. In the 2012 Giro d'Italia, De Marchi twice featured in a breakaway, during the fifth and fourteenth stages. In the latter stage, De Marchi made it to the end of the stage with the breakaway and finished third, behind Andrey Amador and Jan Bárta; the result came on his 26th birthday. In the 2014 Tour de France, De Marchi was twice declared the 'most combative' rider of a stage, and earned the Tour's overall combativity award. De Marchi claimed his first Grand Tour stage win on Stage 7 of the 2014 Vuelta a España via an early breakaway and he finished solo. announced that De Marchi would be joining them for the 2015 season. In Septembe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chris Anker Sørensen
Chris Anker Sørensen (; 5 September 1984 – 18 September 2021) was a Danish road bicycle racer who rode professionally between 2005 and 2018 for the , , , and teams. Sørensen then worked as a directeur sportif (and co-owner) for his final professional team, . Career Born in Hammel, Sørensen had a promising performance in the 2008 Tour of Austria, finishing fourth overall. A few weeks later, he competed for Denmark (along with Nicki Sørensen and Brian Vandborg) in the 2008 Olympic road race, finishing 12th overall. Starting with the 2010 season, Sørensen, who lived in Luxembourg, rode under a Luxembourg license, since the UCI no longer allowed the Danish federation to grant Danish licenses to riders living abroad. During the season, he won Stage 8 of the Giro d'Italia. In the 2012 Tour de France, Sørensen finished 14th overall and was awarded the super-combativity award after an attacking performance in several mountain stages. In September 2015, it was ann ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pieter Serry
Pieter Serry (born 21 November 1988) is a professional Belgian road cyclist, who currently rides for UCI WorldTeam . Major results ;2010 : 4th Overall Cinturó de l'Empordà : 5th Overall Tour des Pyrénées ;2011 : 2nd De Vlaamse Pijl : 9th Overall Bayern–Rundfahrt ::1st Mountains classification : 9th Kattekoers ;2012 : 1st Young rider classification, Tour of Belgium : 3rd Brabantse Pijl : 4th Volta Limburg Classic : 6th Overall Tour of Norway : 7th Grand Prix de la Somme : 9th Grand Prix d'Ouverture La Marseillaise ;2013 : 7th Giro di Lombardia : 8th Clásica de San Sebastián ;2014 : 3rd Team time trial, UCI Road World Championships : 3rd Time trial, National Road Championships : 6th Trofeo Serra de Tramuntana : 10th Classic Sud-Ardèche ;2015 : 4th Overall Czech Cycling Tour ::1st Stage 1 ( TTT) : 7th Classic Sud-Ardèche ;2016 : 4th Overall Tour La Provence : 4th Classic Sud-Ardèche : 5th La Drôme Classic ;2017 : 9th Bruges Cycling Classic : 10th Overall Vu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fernando Gaviria
Fernando Gaviria Rendón (born 19 August 1994) is a Colombian professional road and track racing cyclist, who currently rides for UCI WorldTeam . He is well known as a sprinter (cycling), sprinter. Riding for the Colombian national cycling team, Gaviria came to international attention at the 2015 Tour de San Luis, where he beat former world champion Mark Cavendish in two sprint finishes. His first major Grand Tour (cycling), Grand Tour wins came at the 2017 Giro d'Italia. He is the brother of track cyclist Juliana Gaviria. His nickname is "Quetzal splendente", from the brightful and colourful South American bird Quetzal. Its colours recall his world championship titles, his Colombia and "la maglia Ciclamino" won at Giro d'Italia. Career Early career Before his road career, Gaviria won the omnium and madison (cycling), madison events at the 2012 UCI Juniors Track World Championships. In 2014, he won the under-23 Pan-American road race. He also competed in the 2014 Tour de l'Aveni ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marseille
Marseille (; ; see #Name, below) is a city in southern France, the Prefectures in France, prefecture of the Departments of France, department of Bouches-du-Rhône and of the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur Regions of France, region. Situated in the Provence region, it is located on the coast of the Mediterranean Sea, near the mouth of the Rhône river. Marseille is the List of communes in France with over 20,000 inhabitants, second-most populous city proper in France, after Paris, with 873,076 inhabitants in 2021. Marseille with its suburbs and exurbs create the Aix-Marseille-Provence Metropolis, with a population of 1,911,311 at the 2021 census. Founded by Greek settlers from Phocaea, Marseille is the oldest city in France, as well as one of Europe's List of oldest continuously inhabited cities, oldest continuously inhabited settlements. It was known to the ancient Greeks as ''Massalia'' and to ancient Romans, Romans as ''Massilia''. Marseille has been a trading port since ancient ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
La Ciotat
La Ciotat (; ; in Mistralian spelling ''La Ciéutat''; 'the City') is a Communes of France, commune in the Bouches-du-Rhône Departments of France, department in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur Regions of France, region in Southern France. It is the southeasternmost commune of the Aix-Marseille-Provence Metropolis. La Ciotat is located at about 25 km (15.5 mi) to the east of Marseille, at an equal distance from Toulon. History The name ''La Ciutat'', meaning 'the City' in Occitan language, Occitan (Provençal dialect, Provençal) and Catalan language, Catalan, became prominent in the 15th century. In 1429, La Ciotat was granted a charter recognizing it as an independent commune. Over the next century, it became a refuge for Genoa, Genoese aristocrats escaping the conflicts between France and Spain in their homeland. These immigrants likely played a key role in establishing a shipyard, which specialized in constructing vessels to export local products such as olive oil ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
