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A directeur sportif (French for sporting director, although the original French term is often used in English-language media; plural directeurs sportifs) is a person directing a cycling team during a road bicycle racing event. At professional level, a directeur sportif follows the team in a car and communicates with riders, personnel and race officials by radio.
The directeur sportif warns of obstacles or challenging terrain, updates the team on the situation in the race, and provides mechanical help. The car carrying the directeur sportif also usually carries a bicycle mechanic with spare bikes, wheels and parts. It also carries spare water bottles, food and medical equipment.
In recent years the role has increased, in keeping with better team cohesion, tactics and communication and telemetry equipment. The directeur sportif can have split times, find where riders from other teams are in the race, and dictate orders to riders. This has made teamwork and tactics more important.
In North America, road racing is motor racing held on a paved closed circuit with both left and right turns. Road racing is therefore distinct from both off-road racing and oval track racing; the latter is common in North America and involves turning in only one direction (usually left, counter-clockwise). Road racing may be on purpose-built race tracks (called road courses) or on temporary circuits, such as closed-off airport runways and public roads, typically street circuits. A "roval" is a road course incorporating parts of an oval track and its infield, such as is used for the 24 Hours of Daytona at Daytona International Speedway.
In British English, the term is usually used for short circuit events held at purpose-built facilities typically of one to three miles in length, often with scenic, landscaped surroundings resembling parkland. Many older facilities were based on disused former-airfields after [World War II]] and have fallen into disrepair and been re-purposed and built-over, and, although some have endured for closed-to-club and British national events, only Silverstone, having benefitted from a massive redevelopment, is of international standard.
Dans le Gers, sur la dernière étape de la Route du Sud, Thomas Voeckler et ses coéquipiers de son team Direct Energy se plaignent auprès leur directeur sportif de la trop grande proximité de la moto caméra avec le peloton.
GCN spent the day with Team Garmin-Sharp's sport's director, Charly Wegelius Follow GCN on YouTube: http://gcn.eu/gcnsubs An experienced former pro, Charly Wegelius is now the DS for Garmin Sharp and he took us along for the day during stage 6 of the Tirreno Adriatico. The day was full of extremely steep climbs, and the weather deteriorated into terrible rain, so not a fun day for the riders. An early break by a group of 16 left teams fighting to catch up, and some of the Garmin riders really struggled in the conditions, and punctures and mechanicals didn't help either! Music: Cagedbaby - Never See More: http://gcn.eu/YadFjC Photos: © Bettiniphoto / http://www.bettiniphoto.net/ & ©Tim De Waele / http://www.tdwsport.com About GCN: The Global Cycling Network puts you in the centre of t...
Portrait de Steve Marlet - Directeur Sportif du Red Star
Directeur Sportifs are the team managers and coaches of professional cycling. Follow GCN on YouTube: http://gcn.eu/gcnsubs Directeur sportifs, or sports directors run the show once a bike race starts. They drive the team car and make tactical calls during the race. Their role isn't limited to management during the race though. They also plan the team's strategy from stage to stage and decide which riders are in form and need the support of the team. This means that DS's often have to make difficult decisions - who would you have backed at the 2012 Tour de France? Chris Froome or Bradley Wiggins? Music: Les Sages - Amis: http://gcn.eu/165ifoy About GCN: The Global Cycling Network puts you in the centre of the action: from the iconic summit of the Stelvio to the epic trails of Fort Willi...
Dan Lloyd explains who is the Directeur Sportif in cycling and what their roll is. Subscribe to GCN: http://gcn.eu/SubscribeToGCN Get exclusive GCN gear in the GCN shop! http://gcn.eu/ce A directeur sportif, otherwise known as a sports director, is the person who is in charge of a team at a race. They will create a tactical plan, which they will discuss with the riders before the start of each race. Once the race starts, they will then drive the team car in the convoy behind the race, and they will be in communication with the riders via the earpieces and radios. But that's not all they do as explained by Ex-Professional Cyclist Dan Lloyd in this excellent video. If you'd like to contribute captions and video info in your language, here's the link 👍 http://gcn.eu/cf Watch more on G...
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Race radios are a contentious topic, so we spent the day with Orica-GreenEDGE's Directeur Sportif Matt Wilson to find out how the team use them during the Vuelta. Follow GCN on YouTube: http://gcn.eu/gcnsubs There are three radios in the team cars - one as the race feed from the organisers to let everyone know if something has happened, one to communicate between the two team cars on the rad and the one at the feed station and finally one for communicating to the riders. The riders and the DS speak fairly regularly, however it is very, very hard to hear what the riders say with Matt saying he hears roughly 50% of what the riders say. This being the case, it is much easier for a rider to come back to the car to talk to the Directeur Sportif - and to pick up more drinks. We were also amaz...
L'équipe de Tant qu'il y aura des Gones s'est penché sur le cas du futur directeur sportif. Juninho serait intéressé par un retour à l'OL à ce poste.
Jonatan MacHardy est revenu ce samedi soir dans l’After Foot sur le nouveau rôle du directeur sportif. Un rôle qui selon lui commence à changer, notamment avec le nouveau contexte du marché des transferts qui se dessine depuis quelques années maintenant. En effet, aujourd’hui la puissance financière accrue des clubs leur permet plus facilement d’aligner les zéros afin d’attirer les joueurs désirés. Et c’est donc dans ce nouveau contexte que, pour Jonatan MacHardy, le directeur sportif joue un rôle encore plus important qu’auparavant. Notamment en ce qui concerne les clubs « intermédiaires ».
Dans le Gers, sur la dernière étape de la Route du Sud, Thomas Voeckler et ses coéquipiers de son team Direct Energy se plaignent auprès leur directeur sportif de la trop grande proximité de la moto caméra avec le peloton.
GCN spent the day with Team Garmin-Sharp's sport's director, Charly Wegelius Follow GCN on YouTube: http://gcn.eu/gcnsubs An experienced former pro, Charly Wegelius is now the DS for Garmin Sharp and he took us along for the day during stage 6 of the Tirreno Adriatico. The day was full of extremely steep climbs, and the weather deteriorated into terrible rain, so not a fun day for the riders. An early break by a group of 16 left teams fighting to catch up, and some of the Garmin riders really struggled in the conditions, and punctures and mechanicals didn't help either! Music: Cagedbaby - Never See More: http://gcn.eu/YadFjC Photos: © Bettiniphoto / http://www.bettiniphoto.net/ & ©Tim De Waele / http://www.tdwsport.com About GCN: The Global Cycling Network puts you in the centre of t...
Portrait de Steve Marlet - Directeur Sportif du Red Star
Directeur Sportifs are the team managers and coaches of professional cycling. Follow GCN on YouTube: http://gcn.eu/gcnsubs Directeur sportifs, or sports directors run the show once a bike race starts. They drive the team car and make tactical calls during the race. Their role isn't limited to management during the race though. They also plan the team's strategy from stage to stage and decide which riders are in form and need the support of the team. This means that DS's often have to make difficult decisions - who would you have backed at the 2012 Tour de France? Chris Froome or Bradley Wiggins? Music: Les Sages - Amis: http://gcn.eu/165ifoy About GCN: The Global Cycling Network puts you in the centre of the action: from the iconic summit of the Stelvio to the epic trails of Fort Willi...
Dan Lloyd explains who is the Directeur Sportif in cycling and what their roll is. Subscribe to GCN: http://gcn.eu/SubscribeToGCN Get exclusive GCN gear in the GCN shop! http://gcn.eu/ce A directeur sportif, otherwise known as a sports director, is the person who is in charge of a team at a race. They will create a tactical plan, which they will discuss with the riders before the start of each race. Once the race starts, they will then drive the team car in the convoy behind the race, and they will be in communication with the riders via the earpieces and radios. But that's not all they do as explained by Ex-Professional Cyclist Dan Lloyd in this excellent video. If you'd like to contribute captions and video info in your language, here's the link 👍 http://gcn.eu/cf Watch more on G...
https://www.twitch.tv/eclypsiatv
Race radios are a contentious topic, so we spent the day with Orica-GreenEDGE's Directeur Sportif Matt Wilson to find out how the team use them during the Vuelta. Follow GCN on YouTube: http://gcn.eu/gcnsubs There are three radios in the team cars - one as the race feed from the organisers to let everyone know if something has happened, one to communicate between the two team cars on the rad and the one at the feed station and finally one for communicating to the riders. The riders and the DS speak fairly regularly, however it is very, very hard to hear what the riders say with Matt saying he hears roughly 50% of what the riders say. This being the case, it is much easier for a rider to come back to the car to talk to the Directeur Sportif - and to pick up more drinks. We were also amaz...
L'équipe de Tant qu'il y aura des Gones s'est penché sur le cas du futur directeur sportif. Juninho serait intéressé par un retour à l'OL à ce poste.
Jonatan MacHardy est revenu ce samedi soir dans l’After Foot sur le nouveau rôle du directeur sportif. Un rôle qui selon lui commence à changer, notamment avec le nouveau contexte du marché des transferts qui se dessine depuis quelques années maintenant. En effet, aujourd’hui la puissance financière accrue des clubs leur permet plus facilement d’aligner les zéros afin d’attirer les joueurs désirés. Et c’est donc dans ce nouveau contexte que, pour Jonatan MacHardy, le directeur sportif joue un rôle encore plus important qu’auparavant. Notamment en ce qui concerne les clubs « intermédiaires ».
https://www.twitch.tv/eclypsiatv
L'OM Champions Project cher à Frank McCourt commence à prendre forme. Comme attendu, le président Jacques-Henri Eyraud a présenté le nouveau directeur sportif marseillais ce jeudi, Andoni Zubizarreta (55 ans), une semaine après l'arrivée du nouvel entraîneur Rudi Garcia. Au fil des rencontres, l'état-major marseillais a été séduit par le profil de l'ancien gardien du FC Barcelone et de la sélection espagnole, ex-directeur sportif de l'Athletic Bilbao (2001-2004) et du Barça (juillet 2010-janvier 2015).
Charly Wegelius is Directeur Sportif at Team Garmin-SHARP and took half an hour out of his day to speak to us ahead of the 2013 Giro d'Italia. Follow GCN on youTube: http://gcn.eu/gcnsubs The mastermind of Ryder Hesjedal's victory in the 2012 Giro, Charly is acting as DS again for Garmin-SHARP at this year's Giro too. He spoke to us about the team, answered questions from the audience and talked about his career too. We're also looking forward to reading Charly's book "Domestique: The Real-life Ups and Downs of a Tour Pro" which is available ot pre-order now at: http://gcn.eu/12JAZtL About GCN: The Global Cycling Network puts you in the centre of the action: from the iconic summit of the Stelvio to the epic trails of Fort William, Scotland, everywhere there is pavé or dirt, world-class...
Bonjour, voici une nouvelle série que je lance sur ma chaine. Si sa vous a intéresser hésiter pas a partager la vidéo et proposez moi d'autre club avec qui faire ce genre de vidéo. Bonne vidéo :)
A l'occasion du Tour de Normandie 2017, suis-moi à bord de la voiture du VC Rouen 76 durant tout une étape pour découvrir l'envers de la course avec le directeur sportif ! De l'arrivée au podium, vivez tout de l'intérieur ! Bonne vidéo ! Encore merci au VC ROUEN 76 et à JP Yon pour m'avoir fait monter dans sa voiture ! Site internet du VC ROUEN 76 : http://www.vcrouen76.com/ ●▬▬▬▬▬♦▬▬▬▬▬● LE SITE INTERNET : normandiecycling.fr Facebook : http://www.facebook.com/normandiecycling Youtube : https://www.youtube.com/c/NormandieCyclingFR Instagram : https://www.instagram.com/normandiecycling/ Twitter : https://twitter.com/NCT_Fr ●▬▬▬▬▬♦▬▬▬▬▬●
Terrain de Jeu vous propose un documentaire exclusif sur l’arbitrage français via l’oeil de Benoit Bastien, arbitre international ! Il ne fallait pas moins de 26 minutes pour suivre le parcours de cet ambassadeur vosgien dans les plus hautes sphères du football français. Entre les interventions à l’UNSS, les cours donnés à la classe football d’Epinal, ou encore un match de coupe de la ligue en pleine immersion, cet épisode vous plongera au coeur de l’arbitrage et de ses problématiques.
Voici la conférence de presse de présentation de Steve Mandanda, en présence du président de l'OM Jacques-Henri Eyraud et du directeur sportif Andoni Zubizarreta, en intégralité.