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Chantal Blaak
Chantal van den Broek-Blaak (née Blaak; born 22 October 1989) is a Dutch road racing cyclist, who last rode for UCI Women's WorldTeam . In 2017 she became world road race champion in Bergen, Norway. Van den Broek-Blaak also won several classic one-day races including Tour of Flanders, Amstel Gold Race and Strade Bianche. She retired in January 2025. Career Junior career Van den Broek-Blaak was the Dutch national junior time trial champion in 2006 and 2007. She was European under-23 road race champion in 2009 and was also third in the Ronde van Drenthe race of the UCI Women's Road World Cup in that year. Professional career Van den Broek-Blaak began her professional career in 2008 with the Dutch and remained with them until they disbanded at the end of 2012, after which she raced for the US team for a year. In 2014, she joined and won her first UCI Women's Road World Cup race, the Open de Suède Vårgårda. She transferred to the team for 2015, along with sponsors ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2018 European Road Cycling Championships
The 2018 European Road Cycling Championships was the 24th running of the European Road Cycling Championships, and took place from 12 to 15 July 2018 in Brno, Czech Republic for the under-23 and junior events, and from 5 to 9 August 2018 in Glasgow, United Kingdom for the elite events. The event consisted of a total of 6 road races and 6 time trials, regulated by the Union Européenne de Cyclisme (UEC). The elite portion of the Championships in Glasgow formed a section of both a first unified UEC European Cycling Championships, and the first multi-sport European Championships. Elite Medal table Under 23 Junior Overall medal table References External links ''Official Glasgow website''''Brno technical guide'' {{European championships in 2018 European Road Championships by year European Road Championships, 2018 European Road European Road Road International cycle races hosted by England International cycle races hosted by the Czech Republic Sport in Brno ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
UCI Road World Championships – Women's Road Race
The UCI Road World Championships Elite Women's Road Race is a one-day event for professional cyclists that takes place annually. The winner is considered the ''World Cycling Champion'' (or ''World Road Cycling Champion'') and earns the right to wear the ''Rainbow Jersey'' for a full year in road race or stage events. The event is a single 'mass start' road race with the winner being the first across the line at the completion of the full race distance. The road race is contested by riders organized by national Cycling team, cycling teams as opposed to commercially sponsored or ''trade teams'', which is the standard in professional cycling. History The UCI Road World Championships for women made its debut in Reims, France in 1958 in sports, 1958. Due to the Summer Olympics, the Road World Championships were not held in 1984, 1988 and 1992. Until about 1990, the race varied in length from a low of 46.6 km in 1966 to around 72 km (30 to 50 miles). From 1991, the race lengt ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cycling At The 2019 European Games – Women's Road Time Trial
The women's road time trial cycling event at the 2019 European Games in Minsk Minsk (, ; , ) is the capital and largest city of Belarus, located on the Svislach (Berezina), Svislach and the now subterranean Nyamiha, Niamiha rivers. As the capital, Minsk has a special administrative status in Belarus and is the administra ... took place over a distance of 28.6 km on 25 June. Results References {{reflist Women's road time trial ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cycling At The 2019 European Games ...
The cycling competitions of the 2019 European Games in Minsk were held at two venues, twenty-four events between 22 June and 30 June. The venues were Minsk city centre for the road cycling road race and Minsk Arena Velodrome for the track cycling events. Cycling competitions have been contested in both of the European Games since the first in 2015. Venues Qualification Participation Participating nations Medal table Medal summary Road cycling Track cycling Men Women References External linksCycling − Track − Results book {{DEFAULTSORT:Cycling At The 2019 European Games Sports at the 2019 European Games 2019 European Games Cycle races in Belarus European Games European Games The European Games is a continental multi-sport event in the Olympic tradition contested by athletes from countries served by national Olympic committees within the European Olympic Committees (EOC), the regional association for such committ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
European Games
The European Games is a continental multi-sport event in the Olympic tradition contested by athletes from countries served by national Olympic committees within the European Olympic Committees (EOC), the regional association for such committees. The EOC represents European nations and several transcontinental countries. An EOC Refugee team is also included. The Games were envisioned and are governed by the EOC which announced their launch at its 41st General Assembly in Rome, on 8 December 2012. The European Games are the 5th continental Games in the Olympic tradition to be initiated, after the Asian Games, Pan American Games, Pacific Games and African Games. Therefore, as of 2015, every sporting continent has continental games in the Olympic tradition. The European Games are not related to the European Championships, a separate multi-sport event organised by individual European sports federations, bringing together the individual European Championships of sports such ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2017 UCI Road World Championships – Women's Road Race
The Women's road race of the 2017 UCI Road World Championships is a cycling event that took place on 23 September 2017 in Bergen, Norway. It was won by Chantal Blaak of the Netherlands, ahead of Australian Katrin Garfoot and the defending champion, Amalie Dideriksen of Denmark. Course The race started and finished on the Festplassen in Bergen, with the riders completing eight laps of a circuit in length. The main feature of the circuit was the climb of Salmon Hill, about into the lap; the climb was long at an average gradient of 6.4%. At , the 2017 women's road race was the longest in the championships' history, surpassing the previous record of in 2013. Qualification Qualification was based mainly on the UCI World Ranking by nations as of 15 August 2017. The first five nations in this classification qualified seven riders to start, the next ten nations qualified six riders to start and the next five nations qualified five riders to start. All other nations had the possibil ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2017 UCI Road World Championships
The 2017 UCI Road World Championships were held in 2017 in Bergen, Norway. It was the 90th UCI Road World Championships and the second to be held in Norway, after the 1993 UCI Road World Championships, 1993 world championships in Oslo. Chantal Blaak of the Netherlands won the 2017 UCI Road World Championships – Women's road race, women's road race and Peter Sagan of Slovakia won the 2017 UCI Road World Championships – Men's road race, men's road race. Sagan became the first man to win three successive world road race championships. Bidding process It was announced on 25 September 2014 following a two-day meeting held in conjunction with the 2014 UCI Road World Championships in Ponferrada, Spain, that Bergen was elected to host the Championships in 2017. The city was chosen over Innsbruck (Austria), Melbourne (Australia) and Bogotá (Colombia). Bergen sent in their application by 1 January 2014. By that time they had put eighteen months of planning into the event. The total bu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Road Bicycle Racing
Road bicycle racing is the cycle sport discipline of road cycling, held primarily on Road surface, paved roads. Road racing is the most popular professional form of bicycle racing, in terms of numbers of competitors, events and spectators. The two most common competition formats are mass start events, where riders start simultaneously (though sometimes with a Handicapping, handicap) and race to a set finish point; and time trials, where individual time trial, individual riders or team time trial, teams race a course alone against the clock. Stage races or "tours" take multiple days, and consist of several mass-start or time-trial stages ridden consecutively. Professional racing originated in Western Europe, centred in France, Spain, Italy and the Low Countries. Since the mid-1980s, the sport has diversified, with races held at the professional, semi-professional and amateur levels, worldwide. The sport is governed by the (UCI). As well as the UCI's annual UCI Road World Champio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Le Samyn Des Dames
Le Samyn is an annual single-day road bicycle race in Belgium, held usually in late February or early March. The event was created in 1968 as ''Grand Prix de Fayt-le-Franc'', named after the former municipality where it started and finished. In 1970 it was renamed ''Grand Prix José Samyn'' as a tribute to José Samyn, the race's first winner who died in a race accident in 1969. Johan Capiot holds the record with three wins. History Since 2005, the race is included in the UCI Europe Tour as a UCI race classifications, 1.1 event. It is the first race of the season in Wallonia, held on the Tuesday after its Flemish counterpart, Omloop Het Nieuwsblad. The race is run entirely in the province of Hainaut (province), Hainaut, starting in Quaregnon and finishing in Dour, Belgium, Dour. During the course, 16 sectors of cobbled roads are traversed, prompting Belgian media to call it ''The Little Paris–Roubaix''. The 2005 edition was cancelled because snow had made the roads too dangerou ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2014 Drentse 8 Van Dwingeloo
The 2014 Drentse 8 van Dwingeloo was the 8th running of the women's Drentse 8 van Dwingeloo, a women's bicycle race in the Netherlands. It was held on 13 March 2014 over a distance of , starting and finishing in Dwingeloo. It was rated by the UCI as a 1.2 category race. Procyclingstats.com Results References External links * {{2014 in road cycling Ronde van Drenthe (women's race)Drentse 8 van Dwingeloo
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Drentse 8
Ronde van Drenthe () was an elite men's and women's professional road bicycle racing event held annually in the Drenthe, Netherlands and sanctioned by the Royal Dutch Cycling Union. The women's event was part of the UCI Women's World Tour, and the men's event was part of the UCI Europe Tour. In 2024, organisers announced that the race had been cancelled, owing to increasing costs, regulations and lack of support from the police. History Men's event The race was first held in 1960 as an amateur event. Since 2005, the men's event has been part of the UCI Europe Tour. It became a 1.HC race in 2017. Between 2010 and 2015, Dwars door Drenthe was held on the same weekend as the Ronde van Drenthe. In 2011, Ronde van Drenthe and Dwars door Drenthe were held as a combined stage race, with each day retaining its own branding. The events reverted to being separate events in 2012. In November 2023, organisers announced that the men's race would not be held from 2024 onwards. The wome ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2018 Amstel Gold Race (women's Race)
The fifth edition of the Amstel Gold Race (women's race), Amstel Gold Race for Women was a road bicycle racing, road cycling one-day race held on 15 April 2018 in the Netherlands. It was the seventh event of the 2018 UCI Women's World Tour. The race started in Maastricht and finished in Berg en Terblijt, containing 17 categorized climbs and covering a total distance of 116.9 km. Dutch rider Chantal Blaak, wearing the rainbow jersey, won the race in a three-up sprint with Lucinda Brand and Amanda Spratt. Route The race started on Maastricht's ''Markt'', the city's central market square, and finished in Berg en Terblijt, covering 116.9 km. The route was made up of one bigger loop in the south of Limburg (Netherlands), Limburg, followed by three 18 km loops centering around Valkenburg aan de Geul, Valkenburg which featured the Geulhemmerberg, Bemelerberg and Cauberg climbs. In total, the route contained 17 categorized hills, usually short but with a varying gradient a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
