2018 La Drôme Classic
The 2018 Royal Bernard Drome Classic was the 6th edition of La Drôme Classic La Drôme Classic ( en, The Drôme Classic) is an elite men's road bicycle racing event held annually in the Drôme region of France, held by the Ruoms Cyclisme Organisation. It is run as part of a weekend of racing in the south Ardèche, known ... road cycling one day race. It was part of UCI Europe Tour in category 1.1. Teams Twenty-two teams were invited to take part in the race. These included five UCI World Tour teams, thirteen UCI Professional Continental teams, three UCI Continental teams and one national team. General classification External links * References 2018 UCI Europe Tour 2018 in French sport La Drôme Classic {{France-cycling-race-stub ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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2018 UCI Europe Tour
The 2018 UCI Europe Tour was the fourteenth season of the UCI Europe Tour. The 2018 season began on 25 January 2018 with the Trofeo Porreres, Felanitx, Ses Salines, Campos and ended on 16 October 2018 with the Nationale Sluitingsprijs. French rider Nacer Bouhanni (), who scored 1,124 points in the 2017 edition, is the defending champion from the 2017 UCI Europe Tour. Throughout the season, points are 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 determines how many points are awarded to the top finishers, the higher the UCI rating of a race, the more points are awarded. The UCI ratings from highest to lowest are 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 For the 2018 season, ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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French Cycling Federation
The Fédération Française de Cyclisme (''FFC'') or French Cycling Federation is the national governing body of cycle racing in France. The FFC is a member of the UCI and the UEC. In February 2009, David Lappartient David Lappartient (born 31 May 1973) is a French politician, sporting administrator and the president of the Union Cycliste Internationale The ''Union Cycliste Internationale'' (UCI; ; en, International Cycling Union) is the world governin ... was elected for a four-year term as president. History The ''Union Vélocipédique Française'' (UVF) was the predecessor of the FFC. It was founded on 6 February 1881 in Paris at the ''Café Le Marengo'' by delegates of ten cycling clubs, who on the same day decided to create a national championship race of 10 km. The first president was Parisian Paul Devilliers, and from the start the UVF admitted professional riders. The UVF was reformed on 20 December 1940, becoming the FFC. Organisation The execut ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Larry Warbasse
Lawrence Warbasse (born June 28, 1990) is an American professional road racing cyclist, who currently rides for UCI WorldTeam . Best known for winning the 2017 United States National Road Race Championships, Warbasse has also competed for UCI WorldTeams and . Career Born in Dearborn, Michigan, Warbasse currently resides in Traverse City, Michigan, United States. Warbasse is a University of Michigan graduate. He was named in the start list for the 2016 Giro d'Italia, but abandoned the race on Stage 6. Warbasse's career took a step forward with in 2017, as he won his first individual race as a professional in stage 4 of the Tour de Suisse, before capturing the pro rider classification at the United States National Road Race Championships in Knoxville, Tennessee. After announced that it was folding in August 2018, Warbasse was able to secure a contract with for the 2019 season. In 2019, Warbasse finished in the top 5 in both the road race and the time trial at the United ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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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 Vuelta ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Romain Bardet
Romain Bardet (born 9 November 1990) is a French professional racing cyclist who currently rides for UCI WorldTeam . Bardet is known for his climbing and descending abilities, which make him one of the top general classification contenders in Grand Tours. So far in his career, his best results have primarily come on home soil. He has won three stages in the Tour de France in three separate years running from 2015 to 2017; he placed in the top ten overall for five consecutive years (from 2014 to 2018 and finished on the podium twice: second overall in 2016 and third overall in 2017. He has also worn the Young rider classification jersey, and won the Mountains classification jersey in 2019 as well as the overall Combativity Award in 2015. Outside of France, he won a stage at the 2021 Vuelta a España, and won the general classification at the 2022 Tour of the Alps. Professional career AG2R La Mondiale (2012–2020) 2012–2014 Bardet turned professional in 2012. He distinguished ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Andrea Pasqualon
Andrea Pasqualon (born 2 January 1988 is an Italian cyclist, who currently rides for UCI WorldTeam . In June 2017, he was named in the startlist for the Tour de France. Major results ;2009 : 2nd Trofeo Città di Brescia : 6th Coppa San Geo : 6th Giro del Medio Brenta : 10th Trofeo Alcide Degasperi ;2010 : 1st Trofeo Banca Popolare di Vicenza : 1st Giro del Casentino : 7th Trofeo Città di Brescia : 8th Trofeo Alcide Degasperi : 9th Trofeo Franco Balestra : 9th Giro del Medio Brenta ;2012 : 4th Trofeo Matteotti ;2013 : 1st Stage 2 Tour du Limousin : 2nd Coppa Sabatini ;2014 : 1st Grand Prix Südkärnten : 1st Stage 7 Vuelta a Colombia : 3rd Gran Premio della Costa Etruschi : 3rd Trofeo Laigueglia : 5th Giro dell'Appennino : 5th Gran Premio Bruno Beghelli : 7th Gran Premio Industria e Commercio di Prato ;2015 : 2nd Overall Boucles de la Mayenne ::1st Points classification ::1st Stage 1 : 2nd Grand Prix de la ville de Nogent-sur-Oise : 2nd Trofeo Matteotti : 3rd Tour de Berne : 6 ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Jonathan Hivert
Jonathan Hivert (born 23 March 1985) is a French professional road bicycle racer, who currently rides for UCI ProTeam . Career In 2013, Chambray-lès-Tours-born Hivert won the general classification of the 2.1 event Étoile de Bessèges. He was 3 seconds in arrears of Jérôme Cousin of before the final time trial, and he finally got the first position after besting Cousin by 7 seconds on the stage. Hivert joined for the 2014 season, after his previous team – – folded at the end of the 2013 season. In October 2020, he was named in the startlist for the 2020 Vuelta a España. In the same month, Hivert signed a two-year contract with the team, later renamed as . Major results ;2003 : 2nd Road race, National Junior Road Championships ;2005 : 2nd Paris–Mantes-en-Yvelines : 6th Liège–Bastogne–Liège U23 ;2007 : 5th Overall Tour de Luxembourg ;2008 : 2nd Overall Circuit de Lorraine ::1st Stage 1 : 6th Grand Prix d'Ouverture La Marseillaise : 6th Tour ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Arthur Vichot
Arthur Vichot (born 26 November 1988) is a French former professional cyclist, who rode professionally between 2010 and 2020, for the and teams. He is the nephew of Frédéric Vichot, who won stages in the Tour de France in 1984 and 1985. Professional career One tradition of the Tour Down Under is that the fans choose an unknown rider and treat him the way they would a star, by mobbing him at hotels and painting his name on the road. The rider must be a non-English speaking domestique who most likely will not get a start at a major race and will simply act as a bottle carrier. For 2010, in his first professional race, Arthur Vichot was chosen. He started the 2011 season by taking fifth position at the Grand Prix d'Ouverture La Marseillaise. The next month, he went on to win the Boucles du Sud Ardèche, and he was selected to ride in Paris–Nice. Bad luck struck in the race as he crashed hard and cracked his clavicle, preventing him from racing the Ardennes classics. He wa ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Samuel Dumoulin
Samuel Dumoulin (born 20 August 1980) is a French former professional road bicycle racer, who rode professionally between 2002 and 2019 for the , and teams. He now works as a directeur sportif for UCI ProTeam . Career Dumoulin rode as an amateur for the TCCT (Tonic cyclo club of Ternay). He won the national youth championship in 1996, then the ''espoir'' (young professional) Paris–Tours and Paris-Auxerre in 2001. He dropped out of the 2004 Tour de France when he crashed after hitting a dog. Recovery took him four months and he did not race for the rest of the season. In 2008 he won the third stage after a breakaway of nearly , beating Will Frischkorn and Romain Feillu. Major results ;2001 : 1st Stage 1 Tour de l'Ain : 8th Road race, UEC European Under-23 Road Championships ;2002 : 1st Stage 4 Tour de l'Avenir ;2003 : 1st Overall Tour de Normandie : 1st Tro-Bro Léon : 2nd Overall Tour de l'Ain : 3rd Overall Tour de l'Avenir ::1st Stages 4 & 10 ;2004 : 1st Tro-Bro L� ... [...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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Lilian Calmejane
Lilian Calmejane (born 6 December 1992) is a French cyclist, who currently rides for UCI WorldTeam . He is best known for winning stages at the Tour de France in 2017 and the Vuelta a España in 2016. Career Born in Albi, Calmejane turned professional in 2016 with , and in August, he won the fourth stage of the Vuelta a España, his first ride in a Grand Tour. In 2017, the second win of his career came at the Étoile de Bessèges where he won stage 3 and the overall race. At the start of March, Calmejane won the Mountains classification at Paris–Nice. His great form continued at the Settimana Internazionale di Coppi e Bartali where he won stage 4 and the overall race. He finished off his strong spring with a stage win and the overall win at the Circuit Cycliste Sarthe – Pays de la Loire. In June, he was named in the startlist for the Tour de France. He achieved his first Tour de France stage victory after making a solo breakaway with to go on Stage 8, despite battling leg ... [...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]   |