2016 Tre Valli Varesine
The 2016 Tre Valli Varesine was the 96th edition of the Tre Valli Varesine road cycling one day race. It was held on 27 September 2016 as part of the 2016 UCI Europe Tour in category 1.HC, over a distance of 192.9 km, starting in Saronno and ending in Varese. The race was won by Sonny Colbrelli of . Teams Twenty-seven teams were invited to take part in the race. These included ten UCI WorldTeams, thirteen UCI Professional Continental teams, three UCI Continental teams and the Italian national team. National team * Italy Italy ( it, Italia ), officially the Italian Republic, ) or the Republic of Italy, is a country in Southern Europe. It is located in the middle of the Mediterranean Sea, and its territory largely coincides with the homonymous geographical re ... Results References Tre Valli Varesine Tre Valli Varesine Tre Valli Varesine {{Italy-cycling-race-stub ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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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 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 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 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 October Final standings Individual classification Team ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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UCI Continental
The UCI Continental Circuits are a series of road bicycle racing competitions which were introduced in 2005 by the Union Cycliste Internationale The ''Union Cycliste Internationale'' (UCI; ; en, International Cycling Union) is the world governing body for sports cycling and oversees international competitive cycling events. The UCI is based in Aigle, Switzerland. The UCI issues rac ... (UCI) to expand cycling around the world. The five circuits (representing the continents of Africa, the Americas, Asia, Europe and Oceania) are ranked below the UCI World Tour and, as of 2020, the UCI ProSeries. UCI Africa Tour Winners There is a rolling ranking for individuals and countries (the total of the top 8 ranked riders of the nation), for which points can be won in all UCI road events, regardless of where the races take place. Prior to 2019 there was also a team ranking, and in all three categories points were earned in continental races of category HC or below (1.1 and 2.1 o ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Fabio Aru
, birth_date = , birth_place = San Gavino Monreale, Sardinia, Italy , height = , weight = , currentteam = Retired , discipline = Road , role = Rider , ridertype = Climber , amateuryears1 = 2009–2012 , amateurteam1 = Palazzago , amateurteam2 = , amateuryears2 = , proyears1 = 2012–2017 , proteam1 = , proyears2 = 2018–2020 , proteam2 = , proyears3 = 2021 , proteam3 = , majorwins = Grand Tours : Tour de France ::1 individual stage (2017) : Giro d'Italia :: Young rider classification (2015) ::3 individual stages (2014 Giro d'Italia, 2014, 2015) :Vuelta a España ::General classification in the Vuelta a España, General classification (2015 Vuelta a España, 2015) ::2 individual stages (2014 Vuelta a España, 2014) Classic cycle races, One-day races and Classics : , image_size = , death_date = , death_place = , medaltemplates = , show-medals = Fabio Aru (born 3 July 1990) is an Italian former professional road bicycle racer, who rode profes ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Gianluca Brambilla
Gianluca Brambilla (born 22 August 1987) is an Italian professional road bicycle racer, who currently rides for UCI ProTeam . He started his professional career in 2010 with . Career Born in Bellano, Brambilla began his professional career in 2010 with the team, moving to in 2013. He was also a member of the Ormesani Panni and Zalf Desirèe Fior teams as an amateur, winning numerous domestic races. At the 2011 Giro d'Italia, Brambilla finished fourth in the mountains classification as well as taking a fourth place stage finish during Stage 18 to San Pellegrino Terme. Brambilla took two further top-ten places at the 2012 edition of the race, placing tenth on the seventh stage, and seventh on the eighth stage. In September 2014, Brambilla was ejected from the Vuelta a España during the 16th stage after trading blows with Russian cyclist Ivan Rovny. In 2016, he won Stage 8 of the Giro d'Italia, which netted him the Pink Jersey. He did so from an early breakaway. In June ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Jens Keukeleire
Jens Keukeleire (born 23 November 1988) is a Belgian professional road racing cyclist, who currently rides for UCI WorldTeam . Major results ;2009 : 3rd Circuit de Wallonie : 4th Road race, UEC European Road Championships : 6th Kattekoers : 7th Memorial Van Coningsloo ;2010 : 1st Overall Driedaagse van West-Vlaanderen ::1st Points classification ::1st Young rider classification ::1st Stage 1 : 1st Le Samyn : 1st Nokere Koerse : 5th Trofeo Magalluf–Palmanova : 5th Paris–Brussels : 6th Trofeo Cala Millor ;2011 : 1st Stage 3 Tour of Austria : 4th Nokere Koerse : 9th Overall Tour of Belgium ;2012 : 1st Stage 2 ( TTT) Eneco Tour : 9th Paris–Tours : 10th Dwars door Vlaanderen : 10th Binche–Tournai–Binche ;2013 : Vuelta a Burgos ::1st Stages 2 & 3 : 7th Dwars door Vlaanderen ;2014 : 6th Overall Tour de l'Eurométropole : 7th Gran Premio Città di Camaiore : 8th Overall Eneco Tour : 9th Dwars door Vlaanderen ;2015 : 6th Paris–Roubaix : 9th E3 Harelbeke ;2016 : ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Philippe Gilbert
Philippe Gilbert (born 5 July 1982) is a Belgian former professional road bicycle racer, who is best known for winning the World Road Race Championships in 2012, and for being one of two riders, along with Davide Rebellin, to have won the three Ardennes classics – the Amstel Gold Race, La Flèche Wallonne and Liège–Bastogne–Liège – in a single season, which he accomplished in 2011. Gilbert also finished the 2011 season as the overall winner of the UCI World Tour. A Classics specialist, Gilbert has won several classic cycle races, including Paris–Tours twice (2008, 2009), the Giro di Lombardia twice ( 2009, 2010), the Amstel Gold Race four times ( 2010, 2011, 2014, 2017), La Flèche Wallonne ( 2011), Liège–Bastogne–Liège ( 2011), the Clásica de San Sebastián ( 2011), the Tour of Flanders ( 2017), and Paris–Roubaix (2019). He is the second person (and first Belgian) in history to win all three Ardennes classics in a single year. In ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Giovanni Visconti (cyclist)
Giovanni Visconti (born 13 January 1983) is an Italian professional road racing cyclist, who currently rides for UCI ProTeam . Professional career Early career Born in Turin, Visconti won his first race in 2006 at the Coppa Sabatini. One year later, he won the Italian National Road Race Championships on 1 July 2007, beating Paolo Bossoni () and Davide Rebellin () at the end in a sprint. At to go Rebellin accelerated and left the main field, closely followed by Visconti, Bossoni, and Christian Murro (Tenax–Menikini). The four were able to keep the peloton away until the final meters. In 2010, Visconti won the 2.HC Tour of Turkey overall classification after pocketing two stages along the way. He stood on the podium with Tejay van Garderen of and David Moncoutié of . Racing himself for at the time, he said after the win: "Look at the teams we've beaten: HTC-Columbia and Cofidis, not bad for a team like ours, isn't it?" Movistar Team (2012–16) In April 2012, now ri ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Tom-Jelte Slagter
Tom-Jelte Slagter (born 1 July 1989) is a Dutch former professional road racing cyclist, who rode professionally between 2011 and 2020, for the , , and teams. Career Born in Groningen, Groningen, Netherlands, Slagter currently resides in Leeuwarden, Friesland, Netherlands. Rabobank (2011–2013) While riding for in 2013, Slagter won the Tour Down Under, his greatest career achievement. Slagter won the third stage after attacking on the finial climb, cresting it alone. He was joined by three riders on the descent, and with the peloton on their heels, Slagter out-sprinted the group. On the fifth stage, he gained the orange jersey; finishing atop Old Willunga Hill in second position, behind Australian Simon Gerrans (), the defending champion. On the final stage, Slagter successfully defended his lead, with Spaniard Javier Moreno () earning second place, seventeen seconds in arrears. In August 2013, Slagter signed with the squad, penning a two-year deal. Garmin–Sharp ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Italian Cycling Federation
The Italian Cycling Federation or FCI (in Italian: ''Federazione Ciclistica Italiana'') is the national governing body of cycle racing in Italy. The FCI is a member of the UCI and the UEC. Purpose See also *Italy national cycling team External links * Italy Cycle racing organizations Cycling Cycling, also, when on a two-wheeled bicycle, called bicycling or biking, is the use of cycles for transport, recreation, exercise or sport. People engaged in cycling are referred to as "cyclists", "bicyclists", or "bikers". Apart from tw ... Cycle racing in Italy Sports organizations established in 1894 {{Italy-sport-stub ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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UCI Professional Continental
The UCI Continental Circuits are a series of road bicycle racing competitions which were introduced in 2005 by the Union Cycliste Internationale The ''Union Cycliste Internationale'' (UCI; ; en, International Cycling Union) is the world governing body for sports cycling and oversees international competitive cycling events. The UCI is based in Aigle, Switzerland. The UCI issues rac ... (UCI) to expand cycling around the world. The five circuits (representing the continents of Africa, the Americas, Asia, Europe and Oceania) are ranked below the UCI World Tour and, as of 2020, the UCI ProSeries. UCI Africa Tour Winners There is a rolling ranking for individuals and countries (the total of the top 8 ranked riders of the nation), for which points can be won in all UCI road events, regardless of where the races take place. Prior to 2019 there was also a team ranking, and in all three categories points were earned in continental races of category HC or below (1.1 and 2.1 o ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Sonny Colbrelli
Sonny Colbrelli (born 17 May 1990) is a retired Italian professional road bicycle racer who most recently rode for UCI WorldTeam . Career Born in Desenzano del Garda, Colbrelli has competed as a professional since the start of the 2012 season, joining as a neo-pro, from the amateur squad. Colbrelli had previously competed for the team in two stagiaire spells at the end of the 2010 and 2011 seasons. Colbrelli made his Grand Tour début at the 2012 Giro d'Italia, where he was earmarked as a lead-out man for the team's sprinter, Sacha Modolo; Colbrelli took his first top ten placing on stage 13, when he finished ninth having led out Modolo to a fourth-place finish. Bahrain–Merida (2017–2022) On 12 April 2017, Colbrelli won Brabantse Pijl, riding for . In June 2017, he was named in the startlist for the Tour de France. 2021 season After three top-ten finishes in one-day races during the opening quarter of the year, Colbrelli took stage victories at the Tour de Romandie and t ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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UCI WorldTeam
A UCI WorldTeam (2015–present), previously UCI ProTeam (2005–2014), is the term used by the Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI) to name a cycling team of the highest category in professional road cycling, the UCI World Tour or UCI ProTour The UCI ProTour was a series of road bicycle races in Europe, Australia and Canada organised by the UCI (International Cycling Union). Created by Hein Verbruggen, former president of the UCI, it comprises a number of 'ProTour' cycling teams, e ..., respectively. List of teams 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 The 18 WorldTeams in 2016 were: 2017 The 18 WorldTeams in 2017 were: 2018 The 18 WorldTeams in 2018 are: 2019 The 18 WorldTeams in 2019 are: 2020 The 19 WorldTeams in 2020 are: 2021 The 19 WorldTeams in 2021 are: 2022 History of UCI WorldTeams Dark grey indicates that the team was not operating in the year in question. Light blue indicates that the team was competing at a lower level in the year in ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |