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Luis Fernández (cyclist)
Luis Fernández Oliveira (born 19 January 1980) is a Spanish former road cyclist Road cycling is the most widespread form of cycling in which cyclists ride on paved roadways. It includes Recreational cycling, recreational, Road bicycle racing, racing, Bicycle commuting, commuting, and utility cycling. As users of the road, .... He rode professionally from 2006 to 2009, and competed in the 2006 Vuelta a España. Major results ;2004 : 1st Overall Tour of Galicia : 1st Overall Vuelta al Goierri : 1st Stage 2 Bizkaiko Bira ;2005 : 1st Overall Volta a Coruña References External links * 1980 births Living people Spanish male cyclists Sportspeople from O Porriño Cyclists from the Province of Pontevedra 21st-century Spanish sportsmen {{Spain-cycling-bio-1980s-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
O Porriño
O Porriño is a municipality in the province of Pontevedra, in the autonomous community of Galicia, Spain. It belongs to the comarca of Vigo. As an industrial town in the Vigo metropolitan area, it has an important economic significance. One of its main industries is granite production; the variety of granite produced in O Porriño is known as ("Porriño Pink"), and is exported from the Port of Vigo mainly to Italy, Japan and China. On 9 September 2016, a Portuguese train travelling from Vigo to Porto derailed near O Porriño railway station, killing the driver and at least three other people on board. Parroquias The municipality is formed of eight '' parroquias'' (parishes) * Atios (Santa Baia) * Budiño, O Porriño (San Salvador) * Cans (Santo Estevo) * Chenlo (San Xoán) * Mosende (San Diego) * Pontellas (Santiago) * O Porriño (Santa María) * Torneiros (San Salvador) Notable people * Antonio Palacios - Architect known for his use of granite on his works, suc ... [...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] |
2006 Vuelta A España
The 2006 Vuelta a España was held from 26 August to 17 September 2006, and was the 61st edition of the race. It consisted of 21 stages covering a total of , and was won by Alexander Vinokourov of the cycling team. The Points classification in the Vuelta a España, points classification was won by Thor Hushovd of , and the Mountains classification in the Vuelta a España, mountains classification by Egoi Martínez of . Teams and riders In addition to the 20 UCI ProTour teams, Relax–GAM have received a wild card. List of stages * Mountain stages with asterisk end on the top of the climb. Stage recaps *Vuelta a España 2006, Stage 1 to Stage 11 *Vuelta a España 2006, Stage 12 to Stage 21 Jersey progress Jersey wearers when same rider is holding multiple jerseys: * Lars Bak wore the points jersey in stage 2 * Paolo Bettini wore the points jersey in stages 4–5 * Janez Brajkovič wore the ''white'' combination jersey in stages 6–7 * José Miguel Elías wore the ''oran ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |