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Just as there used to be track and field events such as the standing high jump or throwing the javelin with both hands, cyclists, too, used to compete for medals in events which today have been forgotten; for example in Athens in 1896, they attempted a 12-hour race, and in London, in 1908, one of the events was a sprint for 603.49 metres (659. ...
In 2014, Pauline Ferrand-Prévot won the World Championship road race and followed this in 2015 with the world championships in cyclocross and cross-country mountain biking, which meant she held world titles in three cycling disciplines simultaneously. [4] She subsequently won the gravel world championship as well.
The Elfstedenronde is a one-day road cycling race held annually in Belgium. [1] It was held originally from 1943 until 1989, and returned in 2017 as the Bruges Cycling Classic.
Team sprint [15] China Lu Minying Luo Shuyan Shi Yi Wang Rongrong: 49.848 G New Zealand Jodie Blackwood Riley Faulkner Caitlin Kelly: 50.851 G Italy Matilde Cenci Chantal Pegolo Siria Trevisan: 50.166 B: 500 m time trial [16] Stefany Cuadrado Colombia: 34.312 Makaira Wallace Trinidad and Tobago: 34.376 Luo Shuyan China: 34.407 Keirin [17 ...
The UCI Road World Championships Elite Men'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 Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI), the world's governing body in the sport of bicycle racing, classifies races according to a rating scale.. The rating is represented by a code made of two or three parts and indicates both the type or style of race (the first part), and its importance or difficulty (the second and third parts, lower being harder).
Frank Vandenbroucke (6 November 1974 – 12 October 2009) was a Belgian professional road racing cyclist.After showing promise in track and field in his adolescence, Vandenbroucke took to cycle racing in the late 1980s and developed into one of the great hopes for Belgian cycling in the 1990s, with a string of victories that included Liège–Bastogne–Liège, Grand Tour stages and Omloop Het ...
The 115th edition of Milan–San Remo in 2024 saw a slight change in its starting point, now beginning from Pavia, just outside Milan.However, the renowned route leading to San Remo remained largely intact, featuring iconic landmarks such as the Passo del Turchino, the three Capi, the Cipressa, and the pivotal Poggio.