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Axelle Étienne (born 26 March 1998 in Bondy) is a French cyclist who competes in the BMX. Axelle was born in Bondy and grew up in Vaujours, in the department of Seine-Saint-Denis. Her parents are from the island of Guadeloupe. Her brother Patrick also competes in BMX racing with both showing promise at a young age.
Established in 1903 by newspaper L'Auto, the Tour is the best-known and most prestigious of cycling's three "Grand Tours"; the others are the Giro d'Italia and the Vuelta a España. [1] The race usually covers approximately 3,500 kilometres (2,200 mi), passing through France and neighbouring countries such as Belgium. [ 2 ]
List of cyclists at the 2012 Summer Paralympics; List of cyclists at the 2016 UCI Cyclo-cross World Championships; List of cyclists at the 2017 UEC European Cyclo-cross Championships; List of Grand Tour general classification winners; List of Grand Tour mountains classification winners; List of Grand Tour points classification winners
The majority of stage winners across the three tours have come from Europe, however, there have been a few non-European cyclists who have accomplished this feat. Colombian Luis Herrera was the first non-European rider to win a stage in each of the Grand Tours when he completed the triple with his victory in stage 13 at the 1989 Giro d'Italia .
Contador is the youngest, at 25 years, to win every Tour. [4] It is rare for cyclists to ride all Grand Tours in the same year; in 2004, for example, 474 cyclists started in one of the Grand Tours, 68 rode two and only two cyclists started all three. [5] Cyclists are ranked on the basis of their total wins in the three Grand Tours.
The first Tour de France was in 1903, but the first Dutch cyclists started only in 1936. [6] Already in that first year, Theo Middelkamp won a stage, [6] but it would take until 1951 before Wim van Est was the first Dutch cyclists to wear the yellow jersey. [7] Between 1989 and 2019, the yellow jersey has never been worn by a Dutch cyclist. [8]
The Giro d'Italia is one of cycling's three Grand Tours. A stage race that generally lasts for three weeks, it awards a number of jerseys for winners of certain classifications – the current competitions that award a jersey are: General classification, for the fastest rider to complete the race. The winner wears the maglia rosa (pink jersey).
"Combo'" shows the winners of the combination classification, This classification is calculated by adding the numeral ranks of each cyclist in the general, points, and mountains classifications (a rider must have a score in all). The "Most recent" column shows the cyclist of the country that wore the leader's jersey most recently.