Tour DuPont

Race details
Date	April–May
Region	Mid-Atlantic States, United States
English name	Tour DuPont
Discipline	Road race
Type	Stage race
History
First edition	1991 (1991)
Editions	6
Final edition	1996
First winner	Erik Breukink
Most wins	Lance Armstrong (2 wins)
Final winner	Lance Armstrong

The Tour DuPont was a cycling stage race in the United States held between 1991 and 1996. It was intended to become a North American cycling event similar in format and prestige to the Tour de France. The tour's name came from its sponsor, DuPont. The race was held in the Mid-Atlantic States, including areas near DuPont's Wilmington, Delaware headquarters.

The event attracted high-level competitors, including Lance Armstrong and Greg LeMond, and was attended by high profile European based cycling teams. After the sixth running in 1996, however, DuPont dropped its sponsorship and the race has not been run since.

Before the creation of the Tour DuPont, a similar race sponsored by Donald Trump and known as the Tour de Trump was run in 1989 and 1990.

Results and notable moments[link]

The initial race, in 1991, witnessed an exciting finish, as the Netherlands' Erik Breukink of team PDM came from 50 seconds behind despite a flat tire to defeat Atle Kvalsvoll on the streets of Wilmington, Delaware. That year also saw the first occasion in which an American held the overall lead in the nation's premier race, when Greg Oravetz of the Coors Light team took the yellow jersey on a breakaway in Arlington, Virginia.

The next year saw the first American winner of the tour in Tour de France champion Greg LeMond; his teammate Kvalsvoll finished second for the second year running, supporting LeMond over the final three days even though only one second separated the two riders.

1993's tour witnessed the first stirrings of a future cycling star, as Lance Armstrong, riding for team Motorola, challenged team WordPerfect's Raúl Alcalá for the victory; Alcala triumphed after outperforming Armstrong in a 36-mile (59 km) time trial, but the young American finished second.

Another WordPerfect rider, Viatcheslav Ekimov, captured the overall victory in 1994, with Armstrong placing second for a second year running. The American finally broke through to the winner's spot on the podium the next year, outcompeting Ekimov and Andrea Peron. Armstrong also won the final tour in 1996; France's Pascal Hervé finished second.^[1]

Past winners[link]

		Rider	Team
1991	NED !	Breukink, ErikErik Breukink (NED)	PDM-Concorde
1992	USA !	Lemond, GregGreg LeMond (USA)	Z
1993	MEX !	Alcala, RaulRaúl Alcalá (MEX)	WordPerfect
1994	RUS !	Ekimov, ViatcheslavViatcheslav Ekimov (RUS)	WordPerfect
1995	USA !	Armstrong, LanceLance Armstrong (USA)	Motorola
1996	USA !	Armstrong, LanceLance Armstrong (USA)	Motorola

References[link]

Andy Bishop

Bishop pictured in 2008.
Personal information
Full name	Andrew Jamie Bishop[1]
Date of birth	(1982-10-19) 19 October 1982 (age 29)[1]
Place of birth	Cannock, England
Height	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)
Playing position	Striker
Club information
Current club	Bury
Number	10
Youth career
000?–2002	Walsall
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps†	(Gls)†
2002–2004	Walsall	0	(0)
2002–2003	→ Kidderminster Harriers (loan)	30	(7)
2003	→ Kidderminster Harriers (loan)	9	(1)
2003–2004	→ Rochdale (loan)	10	(1)
2004	→ Yeovil Town (loan)	4	(2)
2004–2006	York City	72	(33)
2006–	Bury	214	(65)
National team‡
2004–2006	England C	4	(2)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 21:39, 6 May 2012 (UTC). † Appearances (Goals). ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 27 May 2010

Andrew Jamie "Andy" Bishop (born 19 October 1982) is an English footballer who plays for Bury as a striker.

Career[link]

Walsall[link]

Born in Cannock, Staffordshire, Bishop started his career at Walsall's youth system as a trainee, signing a professional contract on 9 August 2002.^[2] He joined Kidderminster Harriers on a one-month loan on 18 November 2002.^[3] Kidderminster extended this loan in December.^[4] He joined Kidderminster for a second spell, joining on loan at the start of the 2003–04 season.^[5] His loan at Kidderminster was extended for a second month in September 2003.^[5]

He was signed by Rochdale on a one-month loan on 20 November 2003.^[6] This loan was extended for a second month in December 2003.^[7] He returned to Walsall in January 2004, after Rochdale opted not to extend his loan.^[8]

He joined Yeovil Town on a one-month loan on 5 February.^[2] Yeovil decided not to sign Bishop on a permanent deal, because of niggling injury problems.^[9]

York City[link]

Bishop was signed by Conference National team York City in July 2004 after rejecting a new deal at Walsall.^[10] He was named the Conference player of the month for February 2006.^[11] He scored 23 goals for York in the Conference during the 2005–06 season, which made him the league's top scorer.^[12]

Bury[link]

Bishop was signed by Bury on a free transfer on 8 May 2006, signing a two-year contract.^[13] He marked his first season back in the Football League by scoring 21 goals in all competitions,^[14] becoming the first Bury player to score 20 or more goals in a season for 13 seasons.^[15] He signed a new deal with Bury, which would expire in June 2010, in September 2007.^[16] Bury offered Bishop a new contract in January 2009,^[17] but he rejected it to weigh up his options.^[18] However, he eventually signed a new two-and-a-half-year contract, which contracted him at the club until June 2012.^[19] Bishop missed a majority of the 2009–10 season due to two surgeries,^[20] and returned to full fitness only in February 2010.^[21] Grimsby Town made an enquiry for Bishop in May 2010, following their relegation to the Conference.^[22] On the 30th November 2011 Bury announced that Bishop had signed a contract extension until the end of the 2013/2014 season. ^[23]

References[link]

External links[link]

Wikimedia Commons has media related to: Andy Bishop

• Andy Bishop profile at the Bury website
• Andy Bishop career stats at Soccerbase

Steve Bauer

Personal information
Full name	Steve Bauer
Born	(1959-06-12) June 12, 1959 (age 53)  Canada
Team information
Current team	SpiderTech-C10
Discipline	Road
Role	Rider (retired) Sporting director
Amateur team(s)
1980 1981–1984	AMF Racing GS Mengoni
Professional team(s)
1985–1987 1988–1989 1990–1995 1996	La Vie Claire La Suisse 7-Eleven Saturn
Managerial team(s)
2008–	Team R.A.C.E. Pro
Major wins
National Road Race Champion (1981–1983) Dauphiné Libéré (1989) Zürich-Metzgete (1989)
Medal record Road bicycle racing Competitor for  Canada Olympic Games Silver 1984 Los Angeles Individual Road Race Commonwealth Games Silver Brisbane 1982 Individual Road Race World Championships Bronze 1984 Barcelona Elite Men's Road Race Disqualified 1988 Ronse Elite Men's Road Race
Infobox last updated on 9 January 2012

Steven Todd Bauer, MSM (born June 12, 1959 in St. Catharines, Ontario) is a former professional road bicycle racer from Canada. He is an Olympic medallist and winner of several professional races.

Cycling career[link]

Bauer joined the Canadian national cycling team in 1977, competing in team pursuit. He would remain on the national team for seven years, winning the national road race championship in 1981, 1982, and 1983, competing in the Commonwealth Games (1978, 1982), the Pan American Games (1979) and capping his amateur career with a silver medal in the men's cycling road race at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles.

Bauer turned professional following the Olympics, and in his second professional race, won the bronze medal at the world cycling championship road race in Barcelona.

Between 1985 and 1995, he competed in 11 Tours de France. He began his professional career in 1985 on the La Vie Claire team of Bernard Hinault and Greg Lemond, where he stayed until leaving for Weinmann / La Suisse in 1988. Bauer finished fourth in the 1988 Tour de France, winning the first stage and wearing the yellow jersey for five days, the second Canadian to wear the jersey. The first was Alex Stieda in 1986, who was also the first North American to wear the yellow jersey.^[1] Riding for 7-Eleven, Bauer wore the jersey for nine days during the 1990 Tour de France, finishing 27th.

At the 1988 world championship, Bauer collided with Belgian 1984 world champion, Claude Criquielion, as they were sprinting for a gold medal finish. Bauer was disqualified and Criquielion sued Bauer for assault, asking for $1.5 million in damages in a case that dragged through the courts for more than three years before the judge ruled in Bauer's favour. In 1989 Bauer won the Züri-Metzgete.

In 1990, Bauer took second place in Paris-Roubaix to Belgian Eddy Planckaert. The finish was so close that the officials had to study the photo-finish for more than ten minutes before Planckaert was finally declared the winner. After 266 kilometers of racing, Planckaert had just edged Bauer by less than a centimeter, making it the closest finish of the race's history.^[2]

In 1994, he was awarded the Meritorious Service Medal (civil division) for having "paved the way for Canada's coming generations of cycling enthusiasts".^[3]

With professionals allowed in the Olympics, Bauer became a member of the Canadian team for the 1996 Summer Olympics, finishing 41st in the road race. He announced his retirement later that year at 37. The following year, he co-founded Steve Bauer Bike Tours.

Team management[link]

In 2008 Bauer was the directeur sportif for Team R.A.C.E. Pro. The riders were Mark Batty, Andrew Hunt, Dustin Macburnie, Buck Miller, Keir Plaice, Jöel Dion-Poitras, Mark Pozniak, Eric Robertson, Ryan Roth, Adam Thuss, Daniel Timmerman and Mark Walters.^[4] Team rode Argon 18 bicycles, in races across North America and in Europe.^[5]

In 2009 Bauer is the directeur sportif of Team Planet Energy with riders: Mark Batty, Éric Boily, Jöel Dion-Poitras, Martin Gilbert, Andrew Hunt, Keven Lacombe, Bruno Langlois, Buck Miller, François Parisien, Keir Plaice, Andrew Randell, Ryan Roth, Charly Vives, and Maxime Vives. The Team is riding Argon18 bicycles with Shimano Groupe Set.

Bauer is currently owner/directeur of Team SpiderTech presented by Planet Energy. The team was granted Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI) Pro Continental Status on December 12, 2010 and thus becomes the first Canadian cycling team to earn a Professional Continental license.^[6] The team has plans, in their 2011 season, to race the Amgen Tour of California, TD Bank International Classic Philadelphia, and Tour de Beauce (Quebec, Canada). The Team has been invited, by race organizer Serge Arsenault, to compete in the two UCI World Tour events held in Canada – the Grand Prix Cycliste de Québec and Grand Prix Cycliste de Montréal – alongside the top 18 pro tour teams of the world.

2011 Team SpiderTech presented by Planet Energy Roster:

• Ryan Anderson (CAN),
• Mark Batty (CAN),
• Zach Bell (CAN),
• David Boily (CAN),
• Guillaume Boivin (CAN),
• Flavio De Luna (MEX),
• Lucas Euser (USA),
• Martin Gilbert (CAN),
• Hugo Houle (CAN) – 2010 Canadian under-23 time trial champion
• Keven Lacombe (CAN),
• Bruno Langlois (CAN),
• Pat (Jonathan) McCarty (USA),
• François Parisien (CAN),
• Andrew Randell (CAN),
• Ryan Roth (CAN),
• Will Routley (CAN) – 2010 Canadian road champion

Palmarès[link]

Tour de France[link]

• 1985 — 10th Wore the White Jersey (Best Young Riders Jersey) for most of the Tour.
• 1986 — 23rd
• 1987 — 74th
• 1988 — 4th Stage 1 Victory from Pontchateau to Machecoul and 5 days in Yellow Jersey
• 1989 — 15th
• 1990 — 27th Led the Tour, 9 consecutive days in Yellow Jersey
• 1991 — 97th
• 1993 — 101st
• 1995 — 101st

References[link]

External links[link]

• Steve Bauer Bike Tours
• Team Planet Energy
• Personal biography
• Steve Bauer profile at Cycling Archives
• Official Tour de France results for Steve Bauer