2019 La Course By Le Tour De France
The sixth edition of La Course by Le Tour de France, a women's cycling race held in France, took place on 19 July 2019. Route and organisation The race started and finished in Pau, taking in five laps of a hilly circuit covering 121 km. It was held before stage 13 of the men's 2019 Tour de France, which used one lap of the circuit as an individual time trial. The event was organised by ASO, which also organises the Tour de France. It was the 15th race of the 2019 UCI Women's World Tour. Results See also * 2019 in women's road cycling References External links * {{DEFAULTSORT:La Course by Le Tour de France, 2019 2019 UCI Women's World Tour 2019 File:2019 collage v1.png, From top left, clockwise: Hong Kong protests turn to widespread riots and civil disobedience; House of Representatives votes to adopt articles of impeachment against Donald Trump; CRISPR gene editing first used to experim ... 2019 in French sport La Course ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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2019 UCI Women's World Tour
The 2019 UCI Women's World Tour was a competition that included twenty-three road cycling events throughout the 2019 women's cycling season. It was the fourth edition of the ranking system launched by the Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI) in 2016. The competition began with the Strade Bianche on 9 March and concluded with the Tour of Guangxi on 22 October. After just missing out in 2018, Marianne Vos () clinched her first UCI Women's World Tour title after a third-place finish in the final event of the season, the Tour of Guangxi. Vos, who finished with 1592 points, took three overall victories during the season at Trofeo Alfredo Binda-Comune di Cittiglio, La Course by Le Tour de France and the Ladies Tour of Norway and podiumed at three further events. 2018 winner Annemiek van Vleuten of the team led the standings for the majority of the season, but was surpassed by Vos at the final event; van Vleuten's tally of 1467.67 points included a trio of victories at Strade Bianche, L ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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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]   |
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2019 In Women's Road Cycling
2019 in women's road cycling is about the 2019 women's bicycle races ruled by the UCI and the 2019 UCI Women's Teams. UCI Women's WorldTour Single day races (1.1 and 1.2) † The clock symbol denotes a race which takes the form of a one-day time trial. Events not returning from 2018 *100 Cycle Challenge *Brabantse Pijl Dames Gooik *Durango-Durango Emakumeen Saria * Horizon Park Women Challenge *VR Women ITT * Winston-Salem Cycling Classic * GP della Liberazione * Veenendaal-Veenendaal Classic Stage races (2.1 and 2.2) Events not returning from 2018 * Gran Premio Comite Olimpico Nacional Femenino * Panorama Guizhou International Women's Road Cycling Race * Tour of Dongting Lake International Women's Road Cycling Race * Tour of Eftalia Hotels & Velo Alanya *Tour of Zhoushan Island *Vuelta Internacional Femenina a Costa Rica The Vuelta Internacional Femenina a Costa Rica is a multi-day bicycle racing stage race held annually in Costa Rica. The race is categorised a ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Anna Van Der Breggen
Anna van der Breggen (born 18 April 1990) is a Dutch former professional road bicycle racer, who rode professionally between 2009 and 2021 for Team Flexpoint, , and . She won the gold medal in the women's road race at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, and has won the Giro d'Italia Femminile on four occasions. In 2018 and 2020, she won the women's road race at the UCI Road World Championships. Considered one of the most versatile riders of her generation, van der Breggen excelled in both the one-day classics and stage races, particularly when run on a hilly terrain. Apart from the Olympic road race title and three Giro Rosa titles, other notable wins include La Flèche Wallonne on seven consecutive occasions, Liège–Bastogne–Liège two times, the Tour of Flanders, Amstel Gold Race, Strade Bianche, Omloop Het Nieuwsblad and the European Road Race Championships. In addition, she has won the general classification and numerous stages in smaller stage races. In ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Ane Santesteban
Ane Santesteban González (born 12 December 1990) is a Spanish racing cyclist, who rides for UCI Women's WorldTeam . She has competed in the women's road race at the UCI Road World Championships on ten occasions between 2009 and 2022, and the road race at the Olympics in 2016 and 2020. Major results Source: ;2012 : 3rd Road race, National Road Championships ;2013 : 1st Road race, National Road Championships ;2015 : 2nd Road race, National Road Championships : 6th Overall Tour Cycliste Féminin International de l'Ardèche : 6th Overall Giro della Toscana Int. Femminile – Memorial Michela Fanini ;2016 : 5th Grand Prix de Plumelec-Morbihan Dames : 9th Overall Gracia–Orlová : 9th Durango-Durango Emakumeen Saria : 10th Overall Tour Femenino de San Luis ;2017 : 3rd Road race, National Road Championships : 4th La Classique Morbihan : 6th Durango-Durango Emakumeen Saria ;2018 : 1st Basque rider classification, Emakumeen Euskal Bira : 2nd Road race, Mediterranean ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Soraya Paladin
Soraya Paladin (born 4 May 1993) is an Italian professional racing cyclist, who currently rides for UCI Women's WorldTeam . She rode in the 2014 Tour de Bretagne Féminin. Her sister Asja Paladin also competed professionally as a cyclist. She competed at the 2020 Summer Olympics, in Road race. Major results ;2016 : 3rd Overall Giro del Trentino Alto Adige - Südtirol : National Road Championships ::5th Road race ::8th Time trial : 6th Overall Giro della Toscana : 7th Overall Tour de Pologne : 9th Overall Trophée d'Or Féminin ;2017 : 3rd Road race, National Road Championships : 3rd Gran Premio della Liberazione : 5th Giro del Trentino Alto Adige-Südtirol ;2018 : 1st Overall Giro della Toscana ::1st Stage 2 : 4th Le Samyn : 6th Grand Prix de Dottignies ;2019 : 1st Overall Giro delle Marche in Rosa ::1st Mountains classification ::1st Sprints classification ::1st Stage 3 : 1st Mountains classification, Tour of Norway : 2nd Overall Vuelta a Burgos ::1st Points classi ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Annemiek Van Vleuten
Annemiek van Vleuten (born 8 October 1982) is a Dutch professional road racing cyclist, who rides for UCI Women's WorldTeam . Van Vleuten is a two-time winner of both the road race (2019 and 2022) and the time trial (2017 and 2018) at the UCI Road World Championships. In the Olympic Games, she crashed out of the lead of the road race in 2016, before winning the gold medal at the time trial event and a silver in the road race at the COVID-19 pandemic-delayed 2020 Olympics. She won the Dutch National Road Race Championships in 2012, and won the Dutch National Time Trial Championships four times between 2014 and 2019. Van Vleuten has won both of women's cycling Grand Tours – winning the Giro d'Italia Donne three times in 2018, 2019 and 2022, and winning the inaugural Tour de France Femmes in 2022. She became the first woman to complete a Giro–Tour double in the same year. In winning the UCI Women's Road World Cup in 2011, and the UCI Women's World Tour in 2018, 2021 and ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Elisa Longo Borghini
Elisa Longo Borghini (born 10 December 1991) is an Italian professional road cyclist, who rides for UCI Women's WorldTeam . During her career, Longo Borghini has won two bronze medals in the road race at the Summer Olympic Games, taking third-place finishes in Rio de Janeiro and Tokyo. She has also won two bronze medals in the equivalent event at the UCI Road World Championships, doing so in 2012 and 2020. Career She won the bronze medal at the 2012 UCI Road World Championships in the Women's road race event. On 30 September 2014 it was announced she would ride for in the 2015 season. In August 2018 Longo Borghini confirmed that she would be joining the new for 2019, after the Wiggle team had announced their demise. In July 2021, she competed in the -long women's Olympic road race in Tokyo, and won the bronze medal. She followed an attack by Annemiek van Vleuten with to go, with Van Vleuten securing second place and Longo Borghini securing third place. In July 2022, sh ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Ashleigh Moolman-Pasio
Ashleigh Moolman Pasio (née Moolman; born 9 December 1985) is a South African professional road bicycle racer, who rides for UCI Women's Continental Team . She competed at the 2012 Summer Olympics in the Women's road race, finishing 16th and in the Women's time trial finishing 24th. On 9 December 2020, she won the first edition of the UCI Cycling Esports World Championships, organised on the online cycling platform Zwift. Career She tried to start a career in triathlon but after discovering her talent in cycling, and a series of injuries, dedicated herself fully to professional road cycling. At the 2014 Commonwealth Games, she won the bronze medal in the women's road race and finished 15th in the women's individual time trial. Bigla Pro Cycling Team (2015–2018) After spending one season riding for , in September 2014 it was announced that Moolman had signed an initial two-year deal with the from 2015. In 2018, she finished second overall in the Giro Rosa, and La Flè ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Lucinda Brand
Lucinda Brand (born 2 July 1989) is a Dutch racing cyclist, who rides for UCI Women's WorldTeam in road racing, and UCI Cyclo-cross Pro Team in cyclo-cross. After four years with , in August 2016 announced that Brand had signed a two-year deal with the team, with a role as a team leader, road captain and as part of the team's sprint train. Major results Source: Road ;2010 : 5th Holland Hills Classic : 10th Overall Ster Zeeuwsche Eilanden : 10th Omloop van Borsele : 10th Grand Prix Elsy Jacobs ;2011 : 2nd Open de Suède Vårgårda TTT : UEC European Under-23 Road Championships ::3rd Road race ::9th Time trial : 7th Overall Holland Ladies Tour : 9th Grand Prix Elsy Jacobs : 10th Trofeo Alfredo Binda-Comune di Cittiglio ;2012 : 3rd Team time trial, UCI Road World Championships : 3rd Road race, National Road Championships : 4th Overall Tour Féminin en Limousin ::1st Stage 3 : 4th La Flèche Wallonne Féminine : 5th Overall La Route de France ::1st Stage 3 : 6th Overall Emak ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Tour De France
The Tour de France () is an annual men's multiple-stage bicycle race primarily held in France, while also occasionally passing through nearby countries. Like the other Grand Tours (the Giro d'Italia and the Vuelta a España), it consists of 21 stages, each a day long, over the course of 23 days, coinciding with the Bastille Day holiday. It is the oldest of the Grand Tours and generally considered the most prestigious. The race was first organized in 1903 to increase sales for the newspaper '' L'Auto'' and is currently run by the Amaury Sport Organisation. The race has been held annually since its first edition in 1903 except when it was stopped for the two World Wars. As the Tour gained prominence and popularity, the race was lengthened and its reach began to extend around the globe. Participation expanded from a primarily French field as more riders from all over the world began to participate in the race each year. The Tour is a UCI World Tour event, which means th ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Individual Time Trial
An individual time trial (ITT) is a road bicycle race in which cyclists race alone against the clock (in French: ''contre la montre'' – literally "against the watch", in Italian: ''tappa a cronometro'' " stopwatch stage"). There are also track-based time trials where riders compete in velodromes, and team time trials (TTT). ITTs are also referred to as "the race of truth", as winning depends only on each rider's strength and endurance, and not on help provided by teammates and others riding ahead and creating a slipstream. Individual time trial are usually held on flat or rolling terrain, although sometimes they are held up a mountain road (in Italian: ''cronoscalata'' "chrono climbing"). Sometimes the opening stage of a stage race is a very short individual time trial called a prologue (8 km or less for men, 4 km or less for women and juniors). Starting times are at equal intervals, usually one or two minutes apart. The starting sequence is usually based on the finishing ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |