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2024 Paris–Roubaix
The 2024 Paris–Roubaix was a road cycling one-day race that took place on 7 April in France. It was the 121st edition of Paris–Roubaix and the 16th event of the 2024 UCI World Tour. The race was won by Dutch rider Mathieu van der Poel of Alpecin–Deceuninck for the second year in succession, after a solo attack over 60 kilometres. The margin of victory (3 minutes exactly) was the largest since the 2002 edition of the race. For the third year in succession, the race was the fastest on record with an average speed of , beating the record set during the 2023 edition. Route Starting in Compiègne, the race finished on the velodrome in Roubaix Roubaix ( , ; ; ; ) is a city in northern France, located in the Lille metropolitan area on the Belgian border. It is a historically mono-industrial Communes of France, commune in the Nord (French department), Nord Departments of France, depar ... after covering , with of cobblestones (the longest in 30 years), spread out o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2024 UCI World Tour
The 2024 UCI World Tour was a series of races that included thirty-five road bicycle racing, road cycling events throughout the 2024 in men's road cycling, 2024 cycling season. The tour started with the 2024 Tour Down Under, Tour Down Under on 16 January, and concluded with the 2024 Tour of Guangxi, Tour of Guangxi on 20 October. Events Teams The eighteen UCI WorldTeam, WorldTeams were automatically invited to compete in events, with the top two UCI ProTeams listed on the 2023 UCI World Ranking ( and ) also invited automatically. Other teams were invited by the organisers of each race. UCI WorldTeams * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * Notes References External links * {{2024 in road cycling 2024 UCI World Tour, UCI World Tour 2024 in men's road cycling, World Tour ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chicane
A chicane () is a serpentine curve in a road, added by design rather than dictated by geography. Chicanes add extra turns and are used both in motor racing and on roads and streets to slow traffic for safety. For example, one form of chicane is a short, shallow S-shaped turn that requires the driver to turn slightly left and then slightly right to continue on the road, requiring the driver to reduce speed. The word ''chicane'' is derived from the French verb ''chicaner'', which means "to create difficulties" or "to dispute pointlessly", "quibble", which is also the root of the English noun ''chicanery''. The Spanish verb ''chicanear'' also means "to use trickery". Motor racing On modern racing circuits, chicanes are usually located after long straights, making them a prime location for overtaking. They can be placed tactically by circuit designers to prevent vehicles from reaching speeds deemed to be unsafe. A prime example of this is the three chicanes at the Autodromo Nazi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Søren Wærenskjold
Søren Wærenskjold (born 12 March 2000) is a Norwegian cyclist, who rides for UCI ProTeam . Major results Road ;2017 : 1st Overall Internationale Niedersachsen-Rundfahrt ::1st Points classification ::1st Young rider classification : National Junior Championships ::2nd Time trial ::3rd Road race : 4th Overall Grand Prix Rüebliland ::1st Stage 4 : 10th Overall Trofeo Karlsberg ::1st Young rider classification : 10th Overall Trophée Centre Morbihan ;2018 : 1st Time trial, National Junior Championships : 1st Overall Saarland Trofeo ::1st Stage 3a : 2nd Gent–Wevelgem Juniors : 3rd Overall Trophée Centre Morbihan ::1st Stage 2a ( ITT) : 5th Time trial, UCI World Junior Championships ;2019 : 5th Youngster Coast Challenge : 6th Ringerike GP ;2020 : 1st Overall International Tour of Rhodes ::1st Young rider classification ::1st Stages 1 & 3 : 3rd Time trial, National Championships ;2021 : Tour de l'Avenir ::1st Prologue & Stage 1 : 1st Prologue Grand Prix Priessn ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jordi Meeus
Jordi Meeus (born 1 July 1998 in Lommel) is a Belgian cyclist, who currently rides for UCI WorldTeam . A sprinter, his most noteworthy victory was the last stage of the 2023 Tour de France on the Champs-Élysées stage in the Tour de France, Champs-Élysées ahead of Jasper Philipsen. Other notable victories of his include the 2021 Paris–Bourges, the 2022 Primus Classic, and the 2023 Circuit de Wallonie. Career achievements Major results ''Source:'' ;2016 : 2nd Omloop der Vlaamse Gewesten : 4th Guido Reybrouck Classic : 6th Ronde van Vlaanderen Juniores : 9th Kuurne–Brussels–Kuurne Juniors ;2018 (1 pro win) : 1st Gooikse Pijl : 6th Ronde van Midden-Nederland : 7th Dorpenomloop Rucphen : 10th Overall Olympia's Tour ;2019 : 3rd Gylne Gutuer : 4th Belgian National Road Race Championships, Road race, National Under-23 Road Championships : 6th Memorial Van Coningsloo : 10th Slag om Norg ;2020 (2) : 1st Belgian National Road Race Championships, Road race, National Under-23 R ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Laurence Pithie
Laurence Pithie (born 17 July 2002) is a New Zealand professional racing cyclist, who currently rides for UCI WorldTeam . Pithie attended Christchurch Boys' High School from 2016 to 2020. Career As a 17-year-old Pithie won two gold medals at the UCI Junior World Championships in the Madison and Omnium. In 2019 Pithie won the national criterium champs allowing him to wear the national jersey in all criteriums for that year. Pithie started the 2021 season off with top 10's in the sprint stages at the New Zealand Cycle Classic. Then fourth in Slovenia after leading out teammate Marijn van den Berg to victory. He finally nabbed a podium in the Circuit de Wallonie behind winner Christophe Laporte. He held his form to the Tour de la Mirabelle where a second place in the reduced bunch finish of Stage 2 brought him to seventh overall. Pithie's greatest accomplishment came at the Baltic Chain Tour where he finished 2nd in every stage which allowed him to win Overall. Major results ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gianni Vermeersch
Gianni Vermeersch (born 19 November 1992) is a Belgian professional cyclist, who rides for UCI WorldTeam in road racing, cyclo-cross and gravel cycling. In 2022, Vermeersch became the inaugural winner of the men's race at the UCI Gravel World Championships. Major results ''Sources'': Major championships timeline Cyclo-cross ;2008–2009 : 1st Junior Eernegem ;2009–2010 : 1st Junior Middelkerke : 2nd Junior Bredene : Junior Gazet van Antwerpen ::3rd Hasselt : 3rd Junior Erpe-Mere : 3rd Junior Tervuren : 5th UCI World Junior Championships ;2011–2012 : 2nd National Under-23 Championships ;2012–2013 : UCI Under-23 World Cup ::2nd Hoogerheide ::3rd Rome : Bpost Bank Trofee ::2nd Baal ::3rd Essen : 2nd National Under-23 Championships : 3rd Overall Under-23 Superprestige ::2nd Hoogstraten ::3rd Ruddervoorde ;2013–2014 : UCI Under-23 World Cup ::2nd Tábor ::3rd Koksijde : Bpost Bank Trofee ::2nd Ronse ::3rd Hasselt : 3rd Overall Under-23 Superprestige ::3rd ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stefan Küng
Stefan Küng (born 16 November 1993) is a Swiss cyclist who currently rides for UCI WorldTeam . He is also a citizen of Liechtenstein. Career Küng won the individual pursuit at the 2015 UCI Track Cycling World Championships, after beating Jack Bobridge in the final. Küng only took the lead in the final . In the 2015 Tour de Romandie, he grabbed the biggest victory of his career at that point in solo fashion. On a cold rainy day, he was part of the early breakaway and dropped his fellow escapees some before the line, resisting to their return while riding toward victory in Fribourg. In June 2017, he was named in the startlist for the 2017 Tour de France. Küng won his first individual Grand Tour stage at the 2024 Vuelta a España on the final stage of the race, beating out race leader Primož Roglič in the time trial by a comfortable 31 seconds. He is scheduled to compete in the time trial at the 2024 UCI Road World Championships in his home country of Switzerland. Ma ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nils Politt
Nils Politt (born 6 March 1994) is a German cyclist, who currently rides for UCI WorldTeam . Career Team Katusha (2016–2020) In September 2015 announced that Politt had signed a two-year contract with the team from 2016, and that he would make his debut for the team as a stagiaire at the Tour de l'Eurométropole later that month. In June 2017, he was named in the startlist for the Tour de France. 2019 was to be a breakthrough season for Politt, beginning with a second place in the individual time trial at Paris–Nice. He then went on to place sixth in the E3 BinckBank Classic, fifth in the Tour of Flanders, and second in Paris–Roubaix. Israel Start-Up Nation (2020) In 2020 Politt joined which bought 's UCI WorldTour license in 2019. Also joining the team was former teammate Rick Zabel, who played an important role in Politt’s second place at the 2019 Paris–Roubaix. Hired by the team to play a leading role in the spring classics, Politt would also have the oppo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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 (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 The UCI WorldTour is the premier men's elite road cycling tour, sitting above the UCI ProSeries and various regional UCI Continental Circuits. It refers to both the tour of 38 events and, until 2019, an annual ranking system based upon perfor .... UCI Africa Tour Winners There is a rolling ranking for individuals and countries (the total of the top eight 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 or below from 2020) that took place ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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 bicycle racing, road cycling, the UCI World Tour or UCI ProTour, 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 The 18 WorldTeams in 2022 are: 2023 The 18 WorldTeams in 2023 are: * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * 2024 The 18 WorldTeams in 2024 are: * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * 2025 The 18 WorldTeams in 2025 are: * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * History of UCI WorldTeams Dark grey indicates that the team was not operating in the year in question. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Trouée D'Arenberg
The Trouée d'Arenberg or Tranchée de Wallers-Arenberg (English: ''Trench of Arenberg'') is a 2.3 km long cobbled road in the municipality of Wallers in Northern France, in the Nord (French department), Département Nord. The road's official name is ''La Drève des Boules d'Hérin'' ''("Bullet Alley of Hérin")'' and crosses the ''Forêt de Raismes-Saint-Amand-Wallers'', outside France better known as the Forest of Arenberg. It is best known from the annual classic cycle races, cycling classic Paris–Roubaix held in April, where it is one of the most difficult passages of the race. Characteristics Officially, the 2,300 meters of cobbles were laid in the time of Napoleon I, in the late 18th century, crossing the large forest of Saint-Amand-Wallers, close to Wallers and just west of Valenciennes. The road is straight and narrow (3 m), dropping slightly when entering the forest from the village of Arenberg, then rising in the second half. The altitude is 25m at the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Roubaix
Roubaix ( , ; ; ; ) is a city in northern France, located in the Lille metropolitan area on the Belgian border. It is a historically mono-industrial Communes of France, commune in the Nord (French department), Nord Departments of France, department, which grew rapidly in the 19th century from its textile industries, with most of the same characteristic features as those of English and American Boomtown, boom towns. This former new town has faced many challenges linked to deindustrialisation such as urban decay, with their related economic and social implications, since its major industries fell into decline by the middle of the 1970s. Located to the northeast of Lille, adjacent to Tourcoing, Roubaix is the of two Cantons of France, cantons and the third largest city in the French Regions of France, region of Hauts-de-France ranked by population with nearly 99,000 inhabitants. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
