6 résultats pour "cycling"

• Cycling.

  gather to cheer the riders as they pedal by on each lap. Unlike stage racing and time trialing, the emphasis in a criterium is on speed and bike handling rather thanendurance. Track racing is done in a stadium-like arena called a velodrome. A modern velodrome is an oval track with steeply banked corners that facilitate high speed. Velodromes can be enclosed or open-air, and the tracks are constructed of wood or concrete. Popular in Europe and the United States at the beginning of the 20th cent...

• Lance Armstrong Lance Armstrong, born in 1971, American cyclist, a record seven-time winner of the Tour de France, the most prestigious cycling race in the world and one of the most grueling contests in all of sports.

• Mountain Biking World Champions.

  1998 Anne-Caroline Chausson France 1999 Anne-Caroline Chausson France 2000 Anne-Caroline Chausson France 2001 Anne-Caroline Chausson France 2002 Anne-Caroline Chausson France 2003 Anne-Caroline Chausson France 2004 Vanessa Quin New Zealand 2005 Anne-Caroline Chausson France 2006 Sabrina Jonnier France 2007 Sabrina Jonnier France Source: International Cycling Union and USA Cycling.

• Mountain Biking World Champions Mountain Biking World Champions: Men.

  1999 Anne-Caroline Chausson France 2000 Anne-Caroline Chausson France 2001 Anne-Caroline Chausson France 2002 Anne-Caroline Chausson France 2003 Anne-Caroline Chausson France 2004 Vanessa Quin New Zealand 2005 Anne-Caroline Chausson France 2006 Sabrina Jonnier France 2007 Sabrina Jonnier France Source: International Cycling Union and USA Cycling.Microsoft ® Encarta ® 2009. © 1993-2008 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.

• World Class on Wheels or Blades.

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• Bicycle.

  narrow as possible to minimize weight and interference with pedaling. F Specialty Bicycles Many other types of bicycles are designed for special purposes. Although not as common as standard single-rider racing, touring, mountain, or recreational bicycles,they nonetheless have significant niches. Recumbent bicycles are bicycles on which the rider sits upright as if in a chair, with legs and feet stretched out in front. Because they support the rider’s lower back,recumbents allow the rider far mo...