Search results
Results From The WOW.Com Content Network
USA. ) The Dirty Dozen is a one-day road cycling race in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, held annually on the Saturday before the Halloween holiday in October. [2] The event is contested over a 50-mile (80 km) course that features 13 of the steepest hills in the Pittsburgh metropolitan area. [3] [4]
The UCI Women's World Tour is the premier annual female elite road cycling tour. As of 2024, the tour includes 28 events in Europe, Asia and Oceania – with one-day races such as Strade Bianche Donne and Paris–Roubaix Femmes, and stage races such as Women's Tour Down Under, as well as week long stage races (sometimes referred to as Grand Tour) such as Tour de France Femmes.
Main article: Pittsburgh As the home of the MLB's Pittsburgh Pirates baseball team, PNC Park is located in North Shore, in front of the Allegheny River, Roberto Clemente Bridge, and the Pittsburgh city skyline. Sports in Pittsburgh have been played dating back to the American Civil War. Baseball, hockey, and the first professional American football game had been played in the city by 1892 ...
Washington, D.C. The Capital Bicycle Club was an early American cycling club based in Washington, D.C. Interest in cycling spread across the United States in the late 1870s, following the increased importation and marketing of Ordinary -style bicycles. On January 31, 1879, a group of seven cycling enthusiasts founded the club.
The UCI Road World Championships for women made its debut in Reims, France in 1958. Due to the Summer Olympics, the Road World Championships were not held in 1984, 1988 and 1992. Until about 1990, the race varied in length from a low of 46.6 km in 1966 to around 72 km (30 to 50 miles). From 1991, the race length began to gradually increase ...
The UCI women's road rankings is a system of ranking road bicycle racers based upon the results in all women's UCI -sanctioned races over a twelve-month period. The world rankings were first instituted by the UCI in 1994. [ 1] Points are awarded according to finishing positions in each race, with lesser points for each stage of stage races and ...
Canyon–SRAM (stylised as Canyon//SRAM) is a professional women's cycling team that competes in elite women's road bicycle racing events, such as the UCI Women's World Tour. The title sponsors are Canyon Bicycles and SRAM Corporation. The team's clothing is provided by London-based Rapha. Ronny Lauke set the team up after the demise of his ...
Pittsburgh Panthers women's soccer is currently coached by Randy Waldrum and was established in 1996. The team also plays home games at Ambrose Urbanic Field at the Petersen Sports Complex . The team qualified for the NCAA and ACC Tournaments for the first time in 2022, but lost in the Sweet 16 in the NCAA tournament and the second round of the ...