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Alejandro Valverde
Alejandro Valverde Belmonte (born 25 April 1980) is a Spanish cyclist, who competed as a professional in road bicycle racing from 2002 to 2010 and from 2012 to 2022, and now competes in gravel cycling for the Movistar Team Gravel Squad. During his road racing career, Valverde took 133 professional victories, with some of his biggest wins having been the Vuelta a España in 2009 Vuelta a España, 2009, the Critérium du Dauphiné in 2008 Critérium du Dauphiné Libéré, 2008 and 2009 Critérium du Dauphiné Libéré, 2009, the Tour of the Basque Country in 2017 Tour of the Basque Country, 2017, the Volta a Catalunya in 2009 Volta a Catalunya, 2009, 2017 Volta a Catalunya, 2017 and 2018 Volta a Catalunya, 2018, Liège–Bastogne–Liège in 2006 Liège–Bastogne–Liège, 2006, 2008 Liège–Bastogne–Liège, 2008, 2015 Liège–Bastogne–Liège, 2015 and 2017 Liège–Bastogne–Liège, 2017, La Flèche Wallonne in 2006 La Flèche Wallonne, 2006, 2014 La Flèche Wallonne, 201 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2018 UCI Road World Championships
The 2018 UCI Road World Championships were held in Innsbruck, Austria. It was the 91st UCI Road World Championships and the third to be held in Austria. The World Championships consisted of a total of twelve competitions, one road race, one team time trial and one individual time trial for men and women, as well as one road race and one individual time trial for U23 riders and juniors. The Tour de Suisse organisers were responsible for the operational organisation of the races. The competitions were very demanding: the 265-kilometre men's road race had nine climbs with around 5000 metres of altitude difference. Because of the many climbs, some sprinters did not participate in the World Championships because they saw no prospect of success for themselves. It was the last edition to feature a team time trial for UCI trade teams. From 2019 onwards it will be replaced by a mixed team time trial for national teams. Schedule All times are in Central European Summer Time, CEST (UTC+2 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2015 Vuelta A España
The 2015 Vuelta a España was a three-week Grand Tour (cycling), Grand Tour cycling stage race, cycling race. The race was the 70th edition of the Vuelta a España and took place principally in Spain, although two race stage, stages took place partly or wholly in Andorra, and was the 22nd race in the 2015 UCI World Tour. The race included 21 stages, beginning in Marbella on 22 August 2015 and finishing in Madrid on 13 September. It was won by Fabio Aru (Astana Pro Team), with Joaquim Rodríguez () second and Rafał Majka () third. The early leaders of the race were Esteban Chaves () and Tom Dumoulin (), who exchanged the leader's General classification in the Vuelta a España, red jersey several times during the first ten days of racing, with both riders winning glossary of cycling#summit finish, summit finishes in the first week. Aru took over the race lead following the mountainous Stage 11, which took place entirely within Andorra. He kept his lead for five stages as the rac ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
