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Tour De Maurice
The Tour de Maurice is a multi-day road cycling race annually held in Mauritius. Since 2023 it has been held as a 2.2 category event on the UCI Africa Tour 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 .... Chris Froome notably won the 2006 edition of the race, while still riding under Kenyan nationality. Winners References Cycle races in Mauritius Recurring sporting events established in 1980 UCI Africa Tour races {{cycling-race-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mauritius
Mauritius ( ; french: Maurice, link=no ; mfe, label=Mauritian Creole, Moris ), officially the Republic of Mauritius, is an island nation in the Indian Ocean about off the southeast coast of the African continent, east of Madagascar. It includes the main island (also called Mauritius), as well as Rodrigues, Agaléga and St. Brandon. The islands of Mauritius and Rodrigues, along with nearby Réunion (a French overseas department), are part of the Mascarene Islands. The main island of Mauritius, where most of the population is concentrated, hosts the capital and largest city, Port Louis. The country spans and has an exclusive economic zone covering . Arab sailors were the first to discover the uninhabited island, around 975, and they called it ''Dina Arobi''. The earliest discovery was in 1507 by Portuguese sailors, who otherwise took little interest in the islands. The Dutch took possession in 1598, establishing a succession of short-lived settlements over a period of about ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gustav Basson
Gustav Basson (born 23 February 1996) is a South African cyclist, who currently rides for South African team Team DMS Pro Cycling. Major results ;2014 : 1st Time trial, National Junior Road Championships ;2015 : African Games ::1st Team time trial ::2nd Time trial : 3rd Time trial, National Under-23 Road Championships : KZN Autumn Series ::6th PMB Road Classic ::6th Hibiscus Cycle Classic ;2018 : 1st Overall Tour de Limpopo ::1st Young rider classification ::1st Stages 1 & 3 ( TTT) : 3rd Road race, National Under-23 Road Championships : 5th 100 Cycle Challenge : African Road Championships ::10th Road race ::10th Time trial ;2019 : 1st Overall Challenge International du Sahara Marocain ::1st Points classification ::1st Stage 3 : Les Challenges de la Marche Verte ::1st GP Al Massira ::4th GP Oued Eddahab : 1st Stage 2 Tour of Good Hope : 1st Stage 1 Tour de Limpopo : 9th 100 Cycle Challenge ;2021 : African Road Championships ::1st Mixed team relay ::1st Team time t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Guillaume Gaboriaud
Guillaume may refer to: People * Guillaume (given name), the French equivalent of William * Guillaume (surname) Other uses * Guillaume (crater) See also * '' Chanson de Guillaume'', an 11th or 12th century poem * Guillaume affair, a Cold War espionage scandal that led to the resignation of West German Chancellor Willi Brandt * Saint-Guillaume (other) * Guillaumes, a French commune {{disambig ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Olivier Le Court De Billot '', a 1992 drama film
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Olivier is the French form of the given name Oliver. It may refer to: * Olivier (given name), a list of people and fictional characters * Olivier (surname), a list of people * Château Olivier, a Bordeaux winery *Olivier, Louisiana, a rural populated place in the United States * Olivier (crater), on the Moon * Olivier salad, a popular dish of Russian cuisine * ''Olivier'' (novel), the first published novel by French author Claire de Duras * The Olivier Theatre (named after the actor Laurence Olivier), one of three auditoria at the Royal National Theatre * The Laurence Olivier Awards, a theatrical award * Olivier (comics), a foe of The Punisher See also * ''Olivier, Olivier ''Olivier, Olivier'' is a 1992 drama film directed by Agnieszka Holland. It entered the competition at the 49th Venice International Film Festival and won an award at the 1992 Valladolid International Film Festival. The plot involves a nine-year-o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yousif Mirza
Yousif Mohamed Ahmed Mirza Al-Hammadi ( ar, يوسف محمد احمد ميرزا الحمادي) (born 8 October 1988) is an Emirati former racing cyclist, who competed as a professional for UCI WorldTeam from 2017 to 2022. Mirza has won multiple Emirati national titles as well as winning the silver medal in the road race at the 2015 Asian Cycling Championships, qualifying him for the 2016 Summer Olympics in Brazil. He was the first Emirati cyclist to compete in the Olympic road race. After his team disbanded at the end of the 2016 season, he joined the team for 2017, becoming the first Emirati to ride for a UCI WorldTeam. His older brother, Badr, also competed as a professional road cyclist. Major results Road ;2008 : 2nd Overall UAE International Emirates Post Tour : 3rd Time trial, Arab Gulf Cycling Championships : National Road Championships ::3rd Road race ::3rd Time trial : 3rd President's Cup Ras al Khaima ;2009 : 1st Team time trial, Arab Gulf Cycling Champio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Christopher Lagane
Christopher Rougier-Lagane (born 24 September 1998) is a Mauritian cyclist, who rides for Mauritian club team Team MCB. He has won the Mauritian national time trial championships five times, and has competed at the 2018 and 2022 Commonwealth Games. Career In 2015 Rougier-Lagane went to France for the third consecutive year as a junior to race as part of a development squad. At the national hill climb championships Rougier-Lagane won the overall posting a quicker time than everyone in every category. While riding the Tour Antenne Réunion, in 2022, he fell sick and went from first overall to seven minutes down in stage three. he eventually abandoned before Stage 6. In 2022 Rougier-Lagane won the Tour de Maurice for the second time. His first UCI podium other than the national championships came in 2023 where he placed third overall in La Tropicale Amissa Bongo. In 2024, he finished third overall and won the final stage of the Tour d'Algérie. Major results ;2015 : National Jun ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
James Tennent
James M'William Tennent (7 September 1888 – 20 March 1955) was a Scottish international rugby and cricket player.Bath, p104 Tennent was capped twice for between 1909 and 1910. His most successful match in his international career was against at Inverleith on 22 January 1910, in which he scored three tries.Bath, p72 He also played for West of Scotland RFC West of Scotland Football Club is a rugby union club based in Milngavie, Scotland. Founded in 1865, West of Scotland are one of the oldest rugby clubs in the world, and one of the founding members of the Scottish Rugby Union. West have enjoy .... Tennent also played for the Scotland national cricket team. References ;Sources * Bath, Richard (ed.) ''The Scotland Rugby Miscellany'' (Vision Sports Publishing Ltd, 2007 ) * Massie, Allan ''A Portrait of Scottish Rugby'' (Polygon, Edinburgh; ) See also * List of Scottish cricket and rugby union players 1888 births 1955 deaths Cricketers from Glasgow Rugb ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Le Mauricien
''Le Mauricien'' is a French-language newspaper, based and distributed in Mauritius. The newspaper, founded in 1908, is released daily and is one of the most read in Mauritius. The publishers, Le Mauricien Ltd., also publish ''Week-End'', ''Week-End Scope'' and ''Turf Magazine''. It is an independent newspaper. History ''Le Mauricien'' was founded in 1908 and celebrated its hundredth anniversary in 2008. Some former editors include Raoul Rivet, André Masson, Lindsay Rivière among others. The editor and director was Raoul Rivet from 1922 to 1957.''Le Mauricien'' adopted the offset press in 1978 and subsequently experienced changes namely by growing from four pages to the current forty-eight page daily edition. Its price has evolved as well. In 1978, the newspaper's office was set on fire which and was later deemed as a criminal act. ''Le Mauricien'' adopted a "midi" format known as the Berliner format in 2010. The pages increased to 48 and this becomes similar to leading paper ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Willie Smit
Willem Jakobus Smit (born 29 December 1992 in Lydenburg) is a South African cyclist, who currently rides for UCI Continental team . In August 2019, he was named in the startlist for the 2019 Vuelta a España. Major results ;2013 : 1st Time trial, African Under–23 Road Championships : 2nd Time trial, African Road Championships ;2015 : 5th Time trial, African Road Championships ;2017 : African Road Championships ::1st Road race ::4th Time trial : 1st Overall Tour Meles Zenawi ::1st Points classification ::1st Stage 5 :1st Overall Vuelta Ciclista a León : National Road Championships ::3rd Road race ::3rd Time trial ;2018 : 8th Vuelta a Murcia ;2020 : Combativity award Stage 3 Vuelta a España ;2021 : National Road Championships ::2nd Road race ::4th Time trial : 10th Trofeo Calvia ;2022 : National Road Championships ::2nd Road race ::4th Time trial ;2023 : 1st Alanya Cup : 5th Overall Tour of Qinghai Lake The Tour of Qinghai Lake is an annual professional road bicycl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Emmanuel Chamand
Immanuel ( he, עִמָּנוּאֵל, 'Īmmānū'ēl, meaning, "God is with us"; also romanized: , ; and or in Koine Greek of the New Testament) is a Hebrew name that appears in the Book of Isaiah (7:14) as a sign that God will protect the House of David. The Gospel of Matthew ( Matthew 1:22 –23) interprets this as a prophecy of the birth of the Messiah and the fulfillment of Scripture in the person of Jesus. ''Immanuel'' "God ( El) with us" is one of the "symbolic names" used by Isaiah, alongside Shearjashub, Maher-shalal-hash-baz, or Pele-joez-el-gibbor-abi-ad-sar-shalom. It has no particular meaning in Jewish messianism. By contrast, the name based on its use in Isaiah 7:14 has come to be read as a prophecy of the Christ in Christian theology following Matthew 1:23, where ''Immanuel'' () is translated as (KJV: "God with us"). Isaiah 7–8 Summary The setting is the Syro-Ephraimite War, 735-734 BCE, which saw the Kingdom of Judah pitted against two northern ne ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gabriel Combrinck
In Abrahamic religions (Judaism, Christianity and Islam), Gabriel (); Greek: grc, Γαβριήλ, translit=Gabriḗl, label=none; Latin: ''Gabriel''; Coptic: cop, Ⲅⲁⲃⲣⲓⲏⲗ, translit=Gabriêl, label=none; Amharic: am, ገብርኤል, translit=Gabrəʾel, label=none; arc, ܓ݁ܰܒ݂ܪܺܝܐܝܶܠ, translit=Gaḇrīʾēl; ar, جِبْرِيل, Jibrīl, also ar, جبرائيل, Jibrāʾīl or ''Jabrāʾīl'', group="N" is an archangel with power to announce God's will to men. He is mentioned in the Hebrew Bible, the New Testament, and the Quran. Many Christian traditions — including Anglicanism, Eastern Orthodoxy, and Roman Catholicism — revere Gabriel as a saint. In the Hebrew Bible, Gabriel appears to the prophet Daniel to explain his visions (Daniel 8:15–26, 9:21–27). The archangel also appears in the Book of Enoch and other ancient Jewish writings not preserved in Hebrew. Alongside the archangel Michael, Gabriel is described as the guardian ang ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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