The 2017 Tour of Flanders for Women was the 14th running of the Tour of Flanders for Women , a women's bicycle race in Belgium. It was held on 2 April 2017, as the fifth race of the 2017 UCI Women's World Tour season over a distance of 153.2 kilometres (95.2 miles).
9-488: João Correia may refer to: João Correia (cyclist) (born 1975), Portuguese cyclist João Correia (rugby union) (born 1979), Portuguese rugby union player João Correia (footballer, born 1911) (1911–1984), Portuguese footballer João Correia (footballer, born 1996) , Portuguese footballer for Vitória Guimarães B João António Correia (1822–1896), Portuguese painter and art professor [REDACTED] Topics referred to by
18-460: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Jo%C3%A3o Correia (cyclist) João Miguel Da Silva Correia (born 10 February 1975) is a Portuguese former cyclist who last rode for Cervélo TestTeam . Correia was born in Cernache do Bonjardim , a former civil parish in the municipality of Sertã , central Portugal . Upon emigrating to
27-522: The 2008 Tour de France winner Carlos Sastre . Upon the closure of the Cervélo team, João went back to the business world, working for LinkedIn before returning again to cycling, combining his passion for the sport with his business skills to set up two successful companies: inGamba Tours, a travel company specialising in cycling, and Corso Sports Marketing, in partnership with his friend and business partner Ken Sommer. Their agency represents some of
36-592: The USA with his family, he raced competitively until the age of 21, including three appearances at the UCI Juniors World Championships . Correia raced for Portuguese Continental team Troiamariscos in 1995, after which he turned down the possibility of a professional cycling career in favour of attending Fordham University in New York. After graduating, a career in publishing brought him around
45-641: The most exciting talent in professional cycling, including Coryn Rivera ( Tour of Flanders winner 2017 ), Mads Pedersen (cyclist) , winner of the 2019 Road World Championships , Ineos Grenadiers rider Tao Geoghegan Hart (Winner of the 2020 Giro d'Italia ), and Dutch veteran Laurens ten Dam . Aside from his business interests, Correia is also a supporter of World Bicycle Relief , an international non-profit organization based in Chicago that specializes in large-scale, comprehensive bicycle distribution programs to aid poverty relief in developing countries around
54-533: The race ended in a bunch sprint of 19 riders; for the second time in three World Tour races, it was American rider Coryn Rivera ( Team Sunweb ) that was the victor as the first American to win an edition of the Tour of Flanders, edging out Australia's Gracie Elvin from the Orica–Scott team who was the first Australian to podium at this race, while the podium was completed by Boels–Dolmans rider Chantal Blaak from
63-406: The same term This disambiguation page lists articles about people with the same name. If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=João_Correia&oldid=1006061698 " Category : Human name disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description
72-555: The world, working for titles such as Esquire before becoming associate publisher of Bicycling magazine. Following a conversation with Fausto Pinarello , the owner of the renowned bike brand set up by his father, João decided to return to racing aged 32, losing more than 60 pounds in the process. His unique story and his performances with US Continental Bissell Pro Cycling Team led to much media interest and an eventual contract with Cervélo TestTeam , where he rode alongside high-profile stars like 2010 world champion Thor Hushovd and
81-478: The world. Their programs focus primarily on education , economic development , and health care . To date, his company inGamba Tours has raised more than $ 1 million for the WBR cause. This biographical article relating to Portuguese cycling is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . 2017 Tour of Flanders for Women After a four-rider move was caught with 1.2 kilometres (0.75 miles) remaining,
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