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Leonardo Piepoli
Leonardo Piepoli (born 29 September 1971 in La Chaux-de-Fonds, Switzerland) is a former Italian professional road racing cyclist. He most recently rode for on the UCI ProTour, but had his contract suspended in July 2008 during the Tour de France amid allegations of the use of the blood boosting drug EPO in the team. He was later suspended for two years, which effectively ended his career. Career He is a record four-time winner (1995, 1999, 2003, 2004) of the Subida a Urkiola. Piepoli is a specialist climber, and this was shown in the 2006 Giro d'Italia, where he was one of the strongest riders in the mountains and won two stages. In the 2007 Giro d'Italia, Piepoli won the mountains classification. He has won stages in the Giro and the Vuelta a España. He also made himself famous by 'gifting' two stage victories to his team-mates Gilberto Simoni and Riccardo Riccò. During the Vuelta, Piepoli lead the mountains classification, but was forced to leave the race, citing 'family p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
La Chaux-de-Fonds
La Chaux-de-Fonds () is a Swiss city in the canton of Neuchâtel. It is located in the Jura mountains at an altitude of 1000 m, a few kilometers south of the French border. After Geneva, Lausanne and Fribourg, it is the fourth largest city located in the Romandie, the French-speaking part of the country, with a population () of . The city was founded in 1656. Its growth and prosperity is mainly bound up with the watch-making industry. It is the most important centre of the watch-making industry in the area known as the Watch Valley. Partially destroyed by a fire in 1794, La Chaux-de-Fonds was rebuilt following a grid street plan, which was and is still original among Swiss cities, the only exception being the easternmost section of the city, which was spared by the fire. This creates an interesting and obvious transition from the old section to the newer section. The roads in the original section are very narrow and winding, which then open up to the grid pattern near the tow ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Grand Tour (cycling)
In road bicycle racing, a Grand Tour is one of the three major European professional cycling stage races: Giro d'Italia, Tour de France, and Vuelta a España. Collectively they are termed the ''Grand Tours'', and all three races are similar in format, being three-week races with daily stages. They have a special status in the UCI regulations: more points for the UCI World Tour are distributed in Grand Tours than in other races, and they are the only stage races allowed to last longer than 14 days. All three races have a substantial history, with the Tour de France first held in 1903, Giro d'Italia first held in 1909 and the Vuelta a España first held in 1935. The Giro is generally run in May, the Tour in July, and the Vuelta in late August and September. The Vuelta was originally held in the spring, usually late April, with a few editions held in June in the 1940s. In 1995, however, the race moved to September to avoid direct competition with the Giro d'Italia. The Tour de Fra ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jersey Green
Jersey ( , ; nrf, Jèrri, label=Jèrriais ), officially the Bailiwick of Jersey (french: Bailliage de Jersey, links=no; Jèrriais: ), is an island country and self-governing Crown Dependency near the coast of north-west France. It is the largest of the Channel Islands and is from the Cotentin Peninsula in Normandy. 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. Jersey is a self-governing parliamentary democracy under a constitutional monarchy, with its own financial, legal and judicial systems, and the power of self-determination. The ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2006 Critérium Du Dauphiné Libéré
The 2006 Critérium du Dauphiné Libéré was the 58th edition of the Critérium du Dauphiné Libéré cycle race and was held from 4 June to 11 June 2006. The race consisted of a Prologue and seven stages covering a total of , starting in Annecy and finishing in Grenoble. American Levi Leipheimer of Team Gerolsteiner initially captured the overall title and the ''maillot jaune et bleu'' ahead of France's Christophe Moreau and Germany's Bernhard Kohl (). Christophe Moreau (AG2R Prévoyance) secured the ''King of the Mountains'' competition and the ''combined classification'' (winner of the ''maillot bleu''). The points classification for sprinters went to Spaniard Francisco Mancebo. French team AG2R Prévoyance captured the team title. Leipheimer was disqualified from the result in 2012, following a USADA investigation. After admitting that he had been doping from 1999 to 2007, Levi Leipheimer lost all his results, and no overall winner is recognised by the race organisation. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2005 Tour De Suisse
The 2005 Tour de Suisse was the 69th edition of the Tour de Suisse road cycling stage race and was held from 11 June to 19 June 2005. The race started in Schaffhausen and finished in Ulrichen. Australian Michael Rogers was not able to defend his lead on the last day against Aitor González's attack. Teams Twenty teams of eight riders started the race: * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * Route Stages Stage 1 11 June 2005 - Schaffhausen to Weinfelden, Stage 2 12 June 2005 - Weinfelden, (ITT) Stage 3 13 June 2005 - Abtwil/Säntiskpark to St Anton am Arlberg, Stage 4 14 June 2005 - Vaduz to Bad Zurzach, Stage 5 15 June 2005 - Bad Zurzach to Altdorf, Stage 6 16 June 2005 - Bürglen to Arosa, Stage 7 17 June 2005 - Einsiedeln to Lenk, Stage 8 18 June 2005 - Lenk to Verbier, Stage 9 19 June 2005 - Ulrichen, Final standings General classification Points classification Mountains classification Sprint ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2005 Volta A Catalunya
The 2005 Volta a Catalunya was the 85th edition of the Volta a Catalunya cycling race, which took place from 16 May to 22 May 2005, in Catalonia, Spain. The race began in Salou with a team time trial and ended in Barcelona. Yaroslav Popovych won the first major win of his career. Teams Twenty-three teams of up to eight riders started the race: * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * Kaiku * * Route Stages Stage 1 16 May 2005 - Salou, ( TTT) Stage 2 17 May 2005 - Cambrils, Stage 3 18 May 2005 - Salou to La Granada, Stage 4 19 May 2005 - Perafort to Pal-Arinsal, Stage 5 20 May 2005 - Sornàs to Ordino-Arcalis, ( ITT) Stage 6 21 May 2005 - Llívia to Pallejà, Stage 7 22 May 2005 - Pallejà to Barcelona, Final standings General classification Mountains classification Points classification Best team References External linksRace website {{DEFAULTSORT:Catalunya 2005 Volta Volta may refer to: Persons * Alessandro Volta ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2004 Tour De Romandie
The 2004 Tour de Romandie (58th Edition) cycling road race started on 27 April and finished on 2 May in Switzerland. It was won by Tyler Hamilton. Stages Prologue ;28 April 2010 – Genève to Genève, ( ITT) Stage 1 ;29 April 2010 – Yverdon-les-Bains to Yverdon-les-Bains, Stage 2 ;30 April 2010 – Romont to Romont, Stage 3 ;1 May 2010 – Romont to Morgins, Stage 4 ;2 May 2010 – Sion to Sion, Stage 5 ;3 May 2010 – Lausanne to Lausanne, ( ITT) Classification Leadership See also * 2004 in road cycling * UCI Pro Tour References {{DEFAULTSORT:2004 Tour De Romandie Tour de Romandie Tour de Romandie The Tour de Romandie is a stage race which is part of the UCI World Tour. It runs through the Romandie region, or French-speaking part of Switzerland. The competition began in 1947, to coincide with the 50-year anniversary of Swiss Cycling. I ... 2004 in Swiss sport ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2004 Vuelta A España
The 59th edition of the ''Vuelta a España'' (Tour of Spain), a long-distance bicycle stage race and one of the three grand tours, was held from 4 September to 26 September 2004. It consisted of 21 stages covering a total of , and was won by Roberto Heras of the Liberty Seguros cycling team. Halfway through the 2004 Vuelta, it appeared it would become an easy win for Heras, but in the last week his fellow countryman Santiago Pérez won two heavy mountain stages, thus becoming an important rival. Eventually Heras won with only 30 seconds advantage on Pérez. Pérez and Phonak hearing systems teammate Tyler Hamilton would later test positive for blood doping from blood samples taken during the race. Francisco Mancebo, also from Spain took third. The first non-Spaniard was Stefano Garzelli from Italy in 11th. The points classification was won by Erik Zabel from Germany, the mountains classification was won by Félix Cárdenas from Colombia and the combination classification was w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Subida Al Naranco
Subida al Naranco is a professional cycle road race held in Spain in early June each year. The event was first run in 1941 but was not held consistently until 1981. Between 2005 and 2010, the race has been organised as a 1.1 event on the UCI Europe Tour. Since 2011, the race has been held as part of the Vuelta a Asturias stage race. The race ends in a climb of Monte Naranco near Oviedo Oviedo (; ast, Uviéu ) is the capital city of the Principality of Asturias in northern Spain and the administrative and commercial centre of the region. It is also the name of the municipality that contains the city. Oviedo is located ap ... Winners External links * UCI Europe Tour races Cycle races in Spain Sport in Asturias Recurring sporting events established in 1941 1941 establishments in Spain {{Spain-cycling-race-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vuelta Asturias
Vuelta Asturias is a professional cycle road race held in Spain in early May each year. The event was first run in 1925 but has not been held consistently until 1968 to present. Since 2005, the race has been organised as a 2.1 event on the UCI Europe Tour. On 25 April 2014, the Vuelta Asturias was suspended one week before its start due to the lack of funds and sponsors. The race returned in 2015, when a two-stage edition was won by Igor Antón (). Winners Notes References External links * {{DEFAULTSORT:Vuelta Asturias UCI Europe Tour races Asturias Asturias (, ; ast, Asturies ), officially the Principality of Asturias ( es, Principado de Asturias; ast, Principáu d'Asturies; Galician-Asturian: ''Principao d'Asturias''), is an autonomous community in northwest Spain. It is coextensi ... Sport in Asturias Recurring sporting events established in 1925 1925 establishments in Spa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2000 Giro D'Italia
The 2000 Giro d'Italia was the 83rd edition of the Giro. It began with a prologue that navigated through the Italian capital Rome. The race came to a close on June 4 with a mass-start stage that ended in the Italian city of Milan. Twenty teams entered the race that was won by the Italian Stefano Garzelli of the team. Second and third were the Italian riders Francesco Casagrande and Gilberto Simoni. In the race's other classifications, rider Francesco Casagrande won the mountains classification, Dimitri Konyshev of the team won the points classification, and rider Fabrizio Guidi won the intergiro classification. finished as the winners of the ''Trofeo Fast Team'' classification, ranking each of the twenty teams contesting the race by lowest cumulative time. The other team classification, the ''Trofeo Super Team'' classification, where the teams' riders are awarded points for placing within the top twenty in each stage and the points are then totaled for each team was won ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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