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The Tour du Lac regatta (also known as the Tour du Léman or the Tour du Lac Léman à l’Aviron) is a rowing regatta on lake Geneva in Switzerland. Since 1972 the regatta has been organized at the end of September every year by the yacht club Société Nautique de Genève. The tour, which starts in Geneva and runs around lake
The Tour du Lac Léman was a professional one-day road cycling race held annually around Lake Geneva, Switzerland. The race has not been held since 2005. [1] Winners
Cycling on NBC is the de facto name for broadcasts of multiple-stage bicycle races produced by NBC Sports, [4] the sports division of the NBC [5] television network. This includes broadcasts of the Tour de France, [6] Vuelta a España, UCI World Tour Championships, Tour of California, USA Pro Cycling Challenge, [7] and Liège–Bastogne–Liège.
Haut Lac (' Upper Lake '), the eastern part from the Rhône estuary to the line of Meillerie–Rivaz; Grand Lac (' Large Lake '), the largest and deepest basin with the lake's largest width; Petit Lac (' Small Lake '), the most south-west, narrower, and less-deep part from Yvoire–Promenthoux next Prangins to the exit in Geneva
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In 1972, Eddy Merckx set a new hour record at 49.431 km (30.715 mi) in Mexico City at an altitude of 2,300 m (7,500 ft) where he proclaimed it to have been "the hardest ride I have ever done". [ 12 ] The record would stand for 12 years until in January 1984, Francesco Moser set a new record at 51.151 km (31.784 mi).
Cyclists could ride individually (French allure libre) and there was a limit of 96 hours. 57 participated, among them two women, a tandem with two men, four mixed tandems and a triplet. The 1931 professional event saw victory by Australian Hubert Opperman with a sprint on the finish velodrome after his long solo breakaway was neutralized just ...
The Compagnie générale de navigation sur le Lac Léman or Lake Geneva General Navigation Company (commonly abbreviated to CGN) is a public Swiss company operating ships on Lake Geneva connecting towns in both France and Switzerland including Geneva, Vevey, Montreux, Évian-les-Bains, and Lausanne.