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2019 Liège–Bastogne–Liège Femmes
The third edition of Liège–Bastogne–Liège Femmes, a road cycling one-day race in Belgium, was held on 28 April 2019. It was the ninth event of the 2019 UCI Women's World Tour. The race started in Bastogne and finished in Liège, including five categorised climbs, covering a total distance of 138.5 km. It was won by Annemiek van Vleuten. Route The route is changed from previous editions with the finish now in Liège, rather than Ans. At 138.5 km, the race is approximately half the distance of the men's event. It starts in Bastogne, from where it heads north to finish in Liège on the same location as the men's race. The route features five categorised climbs: the Côte de Wanne, Côte de Brume, Côte de la Vecquée, Côte de La Redoute, and Côte de la Roche aux Faucons. Teams Twenty four teams, each with a maximum of six riders, started the race: Result UCI World Tour References {{DEFAULTSORT:Liege-Bastogne-Liege, 2019 2019 UCI Women's World Tour 2 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Côte De La Redoute
The Côte de La Redoute is a climb, often included in the Liège–Bastogne–Liège cycle route. It is located in Wallonia in the municipality of Aywaille and its incline is 1.6 km long with an average of 9.5%. It is named after a redoubt in the battle of Sprimont, which occurred at the village of Fontin, which is located on it, in the municipality of Esneux. It also runs along an access route to autoroute E25 level with the town of Remouchamps. The region is the birthplace of cyclist Philippe Gilbert Philippe Gilbert (born 5 July 1982) is a Belgian former professional road bicycle racer, who is best known for winning the 2012 UCI Road World Championships – Men's road race, World Road Race Championships in 2012, and for being one of two rid .... Liège–Bastogne–Liège Climbs in cycle racing in Belgium Mountains and hills of the Ardennes (Belgium) Mountains and hills of Liège Province Aywaille {{Liège–Bastogne–Liège-race-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2019 In Belgian Sport
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Cecilie Uttrup Ludwig
Cecilie Uttrup Ludwig (born 23 August 1995) is a Danish professional road cyclist, who currently rides for UCI Women's WorldTeam . Career As a junior, she competed at the 2012 UCI Road World Championships and the 2013 UCI Road World Championships. In the 2018 La Course by Le Tour de France, she finished in 4th place, with her teammate Ashleigh Moolman taking the final podium place. She also took the mountains classification in this race. After this race, she gave her first of what would become several excitable interviews, with this one including advice for any cyclist who has bad legs to have their wisdom teeth removed. At the very, end she said was so excited for chocolate and champagne and pizza and vacation. Over the next few years, her results in France would only get better. The next year, she claimed the final podium place, while in 2021, she placed 2nd, and in 2022, she won a stage. She finished on the podium in 3rd in the 2019 Tour of Flanders. Her post race int ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Elisa Longo Borghini
Elisa Longo Borghini (born 10 December 1991) is an Italian professional road bicycle racing, road cyclist, who rides for UCI Women's Team, UCI Women's WorldTeam . During her career, Longo Borghini has won the 2024 Giro d'Italia Women, Giro d'Italia Women in 2024, as well as two bronze medals in the road race at the Summer Olympic Games, taking third-place finishes in Cycling at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Women's individual road race, Rio de Janeiro and Cycling at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Women's individual road race, Tokyo. She has also won two bronze medals in the equivalent event at the UCI Road World Championships, doing so in 2012 UCI Road World Championships – Women's road race, 2012 and 2020 UCI Road World Championships – Women's road race, 2020. She has won several races often considered Classic cycle races#Women's events, classics of women's cycling, including: Trofeo Alfredo Binda-Comune di Cittiglio, Trofeo Alfredo Binda in 2013 Trofeo Alfredo Binda-Comune di ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alena Amialiusik
Alena Vasileŭna Amialiusik (; born 6 February 1989) is a Belarusian road bicycle racer, who rides for UCI Women's WorldTeam . She competed at the 2012 Summer Olympics in the Women's road race, finishing 15th. She was announced as a member of the squad for the 2015 season. She also competed in the 2015 European Games for Belarus, in cycling, more specifically, the women's road race and earned a gold medal. At the World Championships in Richmond, she also won a gold medal on the team time trial with her team . In November 2015 she was announced as part of the team's inaugural squad for the 2016 season. At the 2016 Olympics, she competed in both the road race and the time trial. Amialiusik spent seven seasons with the team, before signing a two-year contract to ride for from the 2023 season. Major results Source: ;2006 : 7th Road race, UCI Junior World Championships ;2007 : UEC European Junior Road Championships ::3rd Time trial ::9th Road race : National Road Champion ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lizzie Deignan
Elizabeth Mary Deignan (née Armitstead; born 18 December 1988) is an English professional world champion track and road racing cyclist, who rides for UCI Women's WorldTeam . She was the 2015 World road race champion. Deignan is also the 2014 Commonwealth Games road race champion and a twice winner of the season-long UCI Women's Road World Cup, winning the overall competition in 2014 and the final edition in 2015. At the 2012 Summer Olympics, Deignan won the silver medal in the road race. She has won the British National Road Race Championships four times, in 2011, 2013, 2015 and 2017. In 2021, Deignan won the first ever Paris–Roubaix Femmes to add to victories in the women's versions of Tour of Flanders and Liège–Bastogne–Liège, becoming the first woman to win a 'triple crown' of all women's Monument classics. Twice winner of The Women's Tour, the most important stage race for women in the UK, she has also won Strade Bianche Donne, La Course by Le Tour de Fran ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Katarzyna Niewiadoma
Katarzyna "Kasia" Niewiadoma Phinney (; born 29 September 1994) is a Polish bicycle racing, racing cyclist who rides for UCI Women's Team, UCI Women's WorldTeam . Among her eighteen professional wins are the Tour de France Femmes in 2024 Tour de France Femmes, 2024, La Flèche Wallonne Féminine, La Flèche Wallonne in 2024 La Flèche Wallonne Féminine, 2024, the Amstel Gold Race (women's race), Amstel Gold Race in 2019 Amstel Gold Race (women's race), 2019, the Trofeo Alfredo Binda-Comune di Cittiglio in 2018, and the Women's Tour in 2017 The Women's Tour, 2017. She twice finished third overall in the Tour de France Femmes, in 2022 and 2023, taking the Queen of the Mountains jersey in 2023. In 2023, she became 2023 UCI Gravel World Championships, UCI Gravel World Champion. Early years Born in Limanowa, Niewiadoma started racing bikes with local club WLKS Krakus BBC Czaja and soon emerged as one of the most promising women riders in Poland with TKK Pacific Toruń. In 2013, she ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lucinda Brand
Lucinda Brand (born 2 July 1989) is a Dutch Cycle sport, racing cyclist, who rides for UCI Women's Team, 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. In 2023, Brand collaborated with fellow professional cyclist Maghalie Rochette to create the cycling-focused podcast ''Dirty Talks''. Major results Source: Road ;2010 : 5th Holland Hills Classic : 10th Overall Ster Zeeuwsche Eilanden : 10th Omloop van Borsele : 10th Grand Prix Elsy Jacobs ;2011 AA Drink–leontien.nl season, 2011 : 2nd 2011 Open de Suède Vårgårda TTT, Open de Suède Vårgårda TTT : 2011 European Road Championships, UEC European Under-23 Championships ::3rd Road race ::9th Time trial : 7th Overall 2011 Holland Ladies Tour, Holland Ladies Tour : 9th Grand Prix Elsy Jacobs : 10th Trofeo Alfr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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 Gran Premio della Liberazione : 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 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jersey Violet
Jersey ( ; ), officially the Bailiwick of Jersey, is an autonomous and self-governing island territory of the British Islands. Although as a British Crown Dependency it is not a sovereign state, it has its own distinguishing civil and government institutions, so qualifies as a small nation or island country. Located in Northwestern Europe, off the coast of north-west France, it is the largest of the Channel Islands and is from Normandy's Cotentin Peninsula. The Bailiwick consists of the main island of Jersey and some surrounding uninhabited islands and rocks including Les Dirouilles, Les Écréhous, Les Minquiers, and Les Pierres de Lecq. Jersey was part of the Duchy of Normandy, whose dukes became kings of England from 1066. After Normandy was lost by the kings of England in the 13th century, and the ducal title surrendered to France, Jersey remained loyal to the English Crown, though it never became part of the Kingdom of England. At the end of the Napoleonic Wars, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ans, Belgium
Ans (; ) is a Municipalities of Belgium, municipality and City status in Belgium, city of Wallonia located in the Liège Province, province of Liège, Belgium. On January 1, 2006, Ans had a total population of 27,322. The total area is 23.35 km2 which gives a population density of 1,170 inhabitants per km2. Its postal code is 4430. Ans is the finish location of the road bicycle racing, road bicycle race Liège–Bastogne–Liège, the oldest of the classic cycle races held every April. Ans is bounded with Liège, Seraing, Herstal, Saint-Nicolas, Liège, Saint-Nicolas and Flémalle, the agglomeration of Liège with 600,000 people. Settlements The municipality consists of the following deelgemeente, districts: *Ans *Alleur () *Loncin, Wallonia, Loncin (, other: ''Loncègn'') *Xhendremael (, other: ''Hin.n'mâle'') Population Notable residents * Léon Jeck (1947–2007), footballer, born in Ans * Michel Daerden (1949–2012), politician, mayor of Ans 1993–2011 * Vict ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
