BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 X-WR-CALNAME:2006 Pro Cycling Tour PRODID:-//Apple Computer\, Inc//iCal 2.0//EN X-WR-RELCALID:93A71FBE-1CC9-499E-921B-0C65A9D0A93A X-WR-TIMEZONE:US/Pacific CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:US/Pacific LAST-MODIFIED:20070531T035314Z BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:20051030T090000 TZOFFSETTO:-0800 TZOFFSETFROM:+0000 TZNAME:PST END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20060402T010000 TZOFFSETTO:-0700 TZOFFSETFROM:-0800 TZNAME:PDT END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:20061029T020000 TZOFFSETTO:-0800 TZOFFSETFROM:-0700 TZNAME:PST END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20060904 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20060911 SUMMARY:Tour de Pologne UID:DE0158F6-6E3D-4F56-B83F-C37717C78732-894DBEA3-2CBC-4F24-A956-78CB365 421EB SEQUENCE:4 DTSTAMP:20060726T200923Z END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20060604 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20060612 SUMMARY:Critérium du Dauphiné Libéré UID:F58293C9-D28A-4D83-B037-1DD0D5DD3756-894DBEA3-2CBC-4F24-A956-78CB365 421EB SEQUENCE:4 DTSTAMP:20060306T000309Z END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20060506 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20060529 SUMMARY:Giro d'Italia UID:7A2B4674-6CFD-4ADE-8966-80D9320435A6-894DBEA3-2CBC-4F24-A956-78CB365 421EB SEQUENCE:4 DTSTAMP:20060306T000202Z END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=US/Pacific:20051210T080000 SUMMARY:2 h UID:0528E3E7-DC48-4720-ADBA-BEBA81ABDBAB-894DBEA3-2CBC-4F24-A956-78CB365 421EB SEQUENCE:2 DTSTAMP:20051205T155712Z DURATION:PT1H END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20060924 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20060925 SUMMARY:UCI Road Race World Championships UID:1CCE8BC3-CBED-46B4-A690-2741C33BEF65-894DBEA3-2CBC-4F24-A956-78CB365 421EB SEQUENCE:4 DTSTAMP:20060726T201124Z END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=US/Pacific:20051207T080000 SUMMARY:1 h UID:042EF1A5-6ACB-4432-87CB-7CFBC3A6D666-894DBEA3-2CBC-4F24-A956-78CB365 421EB SEQUENCE:3 DTSTAMP:20051205T155748Z DURATION:PT1H END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20060405 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20060406 SUMMARY:Gent - Wevelgem UID:3851E291-CF97-4EF2-8C90-7721DA4B0AA6-894DBEA3-2CBC-4F24-A956-78CB365 421EB SEQUENCE:3 DTSTAMP:20060306T000637Z END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20060610 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20060619 SUMMARY:Tour de Suisse UID:A2C7C416-BAD7-4DF0-9937-4BC8D6DE4195-894DBEA3-2CBC-4F24-A956-78CB365 421EB SEQUENCE:4 DTSTAMP:20060306T000329Z END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20060515 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20060522 SUMMARY:Volta Ciclista a Catalunya UID:0113FE0F-ADC6-486D-93FD-121A7B2EE314-894DBEA3-2CBC-4F24-A956-78CB365 421EB SEQUENCE:4 DTSTAMP:20060306T000240Z END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=US/Pacific:20051206T080000 SUMMARY:1 h UID:BA9EA052-F9B1-4E3A-B317-98AD2F232C4C-894DBEA3-2CBC-4F24-A956-78CB365 421EB SEQUENCE:2 DTSTAMP:20051205T155705Z DURATION:PT1H END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT LOCATION:France DTSTAMP:20060306T001718Z UID:527C0D92-B725-4CA4-85AA-5E8448E18FC9-894DBEA3-2CBC-4F24-A956-78CB365 421EB SEQUENCE:6 URL;VALUE=URI:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paris_-_Roubaix DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20060409 SUMMARY:Paris - Roubaix DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20060410 DESCRIPTION:Begun in 1896\, Paris-Roubaix\, formerly third of the ten UC I World Cup races and currently part of the UCI ProTour\, has become the most famous single-day professional bicycle road race. Paris-Roubaix is regarded as one of the 'Monuments' or Classics of the European professi onal cycling calendar and carries the nickname Queen of Classics or La P ascale: the Easter race. END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20060826 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20060918 SUMMARY:Vuelta a España UID:1AC86760-1DAB-4F55-A961-E4F06A2892E1-894DBEA3-2CBC-4F24-A956-78CB365 421EB SEQUENCE:5 DTSTAMP:20060726T200832Z END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=US/Pacific:20060812T140000 SUMMARY:Clasica Ciclista San Sebastian UID:419F473F-BB15-4842-A29C-19FA680F7659-894DBEA3-2CBC-4F24-A956-78CB365 421EB SEQUENCE:2 DTSTAMP:20060726T200654Z DURATION:PT1H END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20060306T001754Z UID:F5422388-C0A4-4321-A8AC-FB9384C42BC1-894DBEA3-2CBC-4F24-A956-78CB365 421EB SEQUENCE:6 URL;VALUE=URI:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vuelta_Ciclista_al_Pais_Vasco DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20060403 SUMMARY:Vuelta Ciclista al Pais Vasco DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20060408 DESCRIPTION:The Tour of Basque Country (Spanish: Vuelta Ciclista al País Vasco\, Basque: Euskal Herriko txirrindulari itzulia) is an annual cycl ing stage race held in Basque Country in April.\n\nThe first edition was held in 1924\, but between 1935 and 1969 the race was not held. However between 1939 and 1945 similar races were organised.\n\nThe first winner was Francis Pelissier from France. The first winner of the 'modern' Tou r of Basque country (1969) was Jacques Anquetil. The most successful rid er in the Tour of Basque country was José Antonio Gonzalez Linares\, who won the race four times in 1972\, 1975\, 1977 and 1978. The most recent edition (2005) was won by Danilo di Luca from Italy.\nBecause Basque Co untry is a mountainous area there are hardly any flat stages\, and the e vent's winners therefore tend to be good climbers. Most climbs in the To ur of Basque Country are not high\, but often they are quite steep. END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20060306T001220Z UID:4320B88D-44CA-4CFC-8694-DF33E1973246-894DBEA3-2CBC-4F24-A956-78CB365 421EB SEQUENCE:8 URL;VALUE=URI:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ronde_van_Vlaanderen DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20060402 SUMMARY:Ronde van Vlaanderen DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20060403 DESCRIPTION:The Tour of Flanders (Dutch: Ronde van Vlaanderen) is a road cycling race held in Flanders\, Belgium. It is held every spring\, exac tly one week before Paris-Roubaix\, and it used to be part of the UCI Wo rld Cup. It is now part of the UCI ProTour and is regarded as one of the 'Monuments' of the European professional cycling calendar. END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20060325 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20060327 SUMMARY:Critérium International* UID:4D1D765F-0579-44EE-B772-9767E5F7E039-894DBEA3-2CBC-4F24-A956-78CB365 421EB SEQUENCE:8 DTSTAMP:20060306T001131Z DESCRIPTION:The Critérium International is a three day bicycle stage rac e held in France every spring. It was formerly known as the Critérium Na tional de la Route\, first run in 1932. For many years it was considered a sort of French national championship and was only opened to non-Frenc h cyclists in 1979. The race has been won by some of the most famous nam es in cycling including Jacques Anquetil\, Bernard Hinault and Miguel In durain. American Bobby Julich won in 2005.\n\n* not a Pro tour race - ad ded because I wanted to add it. END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20061008 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20061009 SUMMARY:Paris - Tours UID:637BAE40-E3C7-4DF8-BF34-E5DAADC51776-894DBEA3-2CBC-4F24-A956-78CB365 421EB SEQUENCE:3 DTSTAMP:20060726T201218Z END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20060701 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20060724 SUMMARY:Tour de France UID:CF79AE15-4272-453E-8C32-5C0A54B3E152-894DBEA3-2CBC-4F24-A956-78CB365 421EB SEQUENCE:4 DTSTAMP:20060306T000422Z END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=US/Pacific:20051211T080000 SUMMARY:2 h UID:9F625998-930A-4BE0-97F2-BE03B1D10FED-894DBEA3-2CBC-4F24-A956-78CB365 421EB SEQUENCE:2 DTSTAMP:20051205T155717Z DURATION:PT1H END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20061014 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20061015 SUMMARY:Giro di Lombardia UID:8A3BF2EA-7FBC-4AF1-9C9F-EC184C7DA8CE-894DBEA3-2CBC-4F24-A956-78CB365 421EB SEQUENCE:3 DTSTAMP:20060726T201241Z END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20060618 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20060619 SUMMARY:Eindhoven Team Time Trial UID:A3325580-C56C-4553-B818-1917F43B80BF-894DBEA3-2CBC-4F24-A956-78CB365 421EB SEQUENCE:3 DTSTAMP:20060306T000356Z END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20060801 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20060810 SUMMARY:Deutschland-Tour UID:6B9EDB5F-1BA1-42E3-BC71-416DA020887D-894DBEA3-2CBC-4F24-A956-78CB365 421EB SEQUENCE:4 DTSTAMP:20060726T200630Z END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT LOCATION:The Netherlands DTSTAMP:20060306T001708Z UID:9588BA9A-550C-4CFE-B32B-AF5A6066B5BF-894DBEA3-2CBC-4F24-A956-78CB365 421EB SEQUENCE:6 URL;VALUE=URI:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amstel_Gold_Race DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20060416 SUMMARY:Amstel Gold Race DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20060417 DESCRIPTION:The Amstel Gold Race is a road bicycle racing race held (mos tly) in the southern part of the province of Limburg\, The Netherlands. It is held every spring. As of 2005\, it is part of the UCI ProTour. Pri or to that it was part of the Road Cycling World Cup. The name does not (directly) refer to the river Amstel\, which is far away from the course \, but to the sponsor\, Heineken-owned beer brand END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT LOCATION:Switzerland DTSTAMP:20060306T001632Z UID:D16646FF-F7FE-4D86-9D91-B7BACB484155-894DBEA3-2CBC-4F24-A956-78CB365 421EB SEQUENCE:7 URL;VALUE=URI:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tour_de_Romandie DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20060425 SUMMARY:Tour de Romandie DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20060501 DESCRIPTION:The Tour de Romandie is a stage race which is part of the UC I ProTour. It runs in the old Romandie region\, in the French-speaking p art of Switzerland. It began in 1947\, to coincide with the 50-year cele bration of the Union Cycliste Suisse.\n\nThe race traditionally starts w ith an individual time trial prologue in Geneva and ends with another in dividual time-trial in the hilly terrains in Lausanne. The final time-tr ial traditionally starts in the stadium north of Lausanne\, goes downhil l southwards to the Lac Le Man (Lake Geneva)\, and makes its way back up hill to the stadium again.\n\nThe parcours of the race usually winds nor thwards towards the Jura mountains and Alpine mountain ranges of western Switzerland. The last winner was Santiago Botero in 2005\, after beatin g then-race leader Damiano Cunego in the last day's time trial in Lausan ne. END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT LOCATION:Belgium DTSTAMP:20060306T001641Z UID:7FEFE4AB-85CD-4390-B04D-D198C3E0F429-894DBEA3-2CBC-4F24-A956-78CB365 421EB SEQUENCE:5 DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20060423 SUMMARY:Liège - Bastogne - Liège DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20060424 DESCRIPTION:Liège-Bastogne-Liège\, often called La Doyenne (\"the oldest woman\")\, is one of the five 'Monuments' of the European professional road cycling calendar\, and the oldest. The first edition was run in 189 0\, but this was just for amateur riders\, the first race for profession als took place in 1894 when Leon Houa (who had won that 1890 race as an amateur) triumphed. It is run in the Ardennes region in Belgium\, from t he city of Liège to Bastogne and back. END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20060730 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20060731 SUMMARY: HEW-Cyclassics-Cup - Hamburg UID:56659DCE-A42A-4FB0-8675-83FD65327A6C-894DBEA3-2CBC-4F24-A956-78CB365 421EB SEQUENCE:4 DTSTAMP:20060726T200633Z END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20061001 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20061002 SUMMARY:Züri-Metzgete UID:C3485285-F175-4115-9F04-1A4231026FAA-894DBEA3-2CBC-4F24-A956-78CB365 421EB SEQUENCE:3 DTSTAMP:20060726T201158Z END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20060827 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20060828 SUMMARY:GP Ouest France - Plouay UID:B06DB1F0-92A0-4166-A61C-E6FB822EF63C-894DBEA3-2CBC-4F24-A956-78CB365 421EB SEQUENCE:3 DTSTAMP:20060826T184113Z END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20060306T000956Z UID:0BBEB790-3273-4DDF-980F-5C2ABB0F7ED6-894DBEA3-2CBC-4F24-A956-78CB365 421EB SEQUENCE:5 URL;VALUE=URI:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Milan_-_San_Remo DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20060318 SUMMARY:Milano - Sanremo DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20060319 DESCRIPTION:Milan-San Remo\, nicknamed la primavera (\"the spring\") is an annual cycling race between Milan and San Remo. Currently it is the l ongest of all professional one-day cycling races (294 km). The first edi tion was held in 1907\, when the Argentinean Frenchman Lucien Petit-Bret on won. Today it is regarded as one of the 'Monuments' of the European p rofessional cycling calendar\, and is part of the UCI ProTour.\n\nMilan - San Remo is often called the sprinters classic while its sister Italia n race the Giro di Lombardia held in the autumn season is often called t he climbers classic. END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT LOCATION:Belgian DTSTAMP:20060306T001652Z UID:276827CB-2EAA-48F2-9A76-20E0B808EFD7-894DBEA3-2CBC-4F24-A956-78CB365 421EB SEQUENCE:6 DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20060419 SUMMARY:La Flèche Wallonne DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20060420 DESCRIPTION:La Flèche Wallonne is a major professional cycle road race h eld in April each year in Belgium.\n\nThe first of two Belgian Ardennes classics\, La Flèche Wallonne (the Walloon Arrow) is today normally held mid-week between the Amstel Gold Race and Liège-Bastogne-Liège. At one time\, La Flèche Wallonne and Liège-Bastogne-Liège were run on successiv e days as \"Le Weekend Ardennais\" (both races are organised by Amaury S port Organisation). Only five riders have achieved the \"Ardennes double \" by winning both races in the same year: Ferdi Kubler twice (in 1951 a nd 1952)\, Stan Ockers (1955)\, Eddy Merckx (1972)\, Moreno Argentin (19 91) and Davide Rebellin (2004). END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20060306T001016Z UID:6E73C01C-02EA-4D0C-BA30-19D5DE630107-894DBEA3-2CBC-4F24-A956-78CB365 421EB SEQUENCE:36 URL;VALUE=URI:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paris-Nice DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20060305 SUMMARY:Paris -Nice DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20060313 DESCRIPTION:Paris-Nice\, nicknamed \"the race to the sun\"\, is an annua l professional cycling stage race held annually each March.\n\nThe first Paris-Nice was held in 1933 when the winner was Alfons Schepers from Be lgium. The most successful cyclist in Paris-Nice was Sean Kelly from Ire land. He won seven consecutive times (1982-1988).\n\nAlthough the name i s Paris-Nice\, the race does not always start in Paris any more. It ofte n starts in towns near or south of Paris. The last stage finishes every year on the Promenade des Anglais in Nice. The last or penultimate stage often passes the Col d'Eze\, a mountain pass close to Nice.\n END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=US/Pacific:20051208T080000 SUMMARY:1 h UID:E1A131BB-2839-4FC7-B5CA-FD7104561265-894DBEA3-2CBC-4F24-A956-78CB365 421EB SEQUENCE:2 DTSTAMP:20051205T155724Z DURATION:PT1H END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20060921 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20060922 SUMMARY:UCI Time Trail World Championships UID:F05BFD47-806D-47BE-8658-9A627D3B6054-894DBEA3-2CBC-4F24-A956-78CB365 421EB SEQUENCE:4 DTSTAMP:20060726T201144Z END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20060816 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20060824 SUMMARY:Eneco Tour UID:74BBCA8F-E456-41AF-B0B3-EF8348317019-894DBEA3-2CBC-4F24-A956-78CB365 421EB SEQUENCE:4 DTSTAMP:20060726T200735Z END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20060308 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20060315 SUMMARY:Tirreno - Adriatico UID:45F32B72-9F4F-4F79-BAC3-59D4DAB82149-894DBEA3-2CBC-4F24-A956-78CB365 421EB SEQUENCE:10 DTSTAMP:20060305T235807Z END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR