John-Lee Augustyn
Encyclopedia
John-Lee Augustyn is a South Africa
n professional road bicycle racer for UCI ProTour
team .
in first place before shortly and spectacularly overshooting a hairpin bend on the descent. He was thrown from his bike, sliding 30 metres down the shale
mountainside before recovering to complete the stage.
2006
2007
South Africa
The Republic of South Africa is a country in southern Africa. Located at the southern tip of Africa, it is divided into nine provinces, with of coastline on the Atlantic and Indian oceans...
n professional road bicycle racer for UCI ProTour
UCI ProTour
The UCI ProTour was a series of road bicycle races in Europe, Australia and Canada organised by the UCI . Created by Hein Verbruggen, former president of the UCI, it comprises a number of 'ProTour' cycling teams, each of whom are required to compete in every round of the series...
team .
Tour de France 2008
During Stage 16 of the 2008 Tour in his second professional year, John-Lee crested Col de la BonetteCol de la Bonette
Col de la Bonette is a high mountain pass in the French Alps, near the border with Italy. It is situated within the Mercantour National Park on the border of the departments of Alpes-Maritimes and Alpes-de-Haute-Provence...
in first place before shortly and spectacularly overshooting a hairpin bend on the descent. He was thrown from his bike, sliding 30 metres down the shale
Shale
Shale is a fine-grained, clastic sedimentary rock composed of mud that is a mix of flakes of clay minerals and tiny fragments of other minerals, especially quartz and calcite. The ratio of clay to other minerals is variable. Shale is characterized by breaks along thin laminae or parallel layering...
mountainside before recovering to complete the stage.
Palmarès
2005- 1st, Belgotex Classic Hill climb time trial
- 2nd, National Road Championship, Criterium
- 1st, KarooKarooThe Karoo is a semi-desert region of South Africa. It has two main sub-regions - the Great Karoo in the north and the Little Karoo in the south. The 'High' Karoo is one of the distinct physiographic provinces of the larger South African Platform division.-Great Karoo:The Great Karoo has an area of...
2006
- 1st, Tshwabec Classic
- 1st, Stage 1 Tour de Lesotho
- 2nd, Overall, Tour of JapanTour of JapanTour of Japan is a cycling competition in Japan and part of the UCI Asia Tour and sponsored by Asahi Shimbun.- Past winners :- External links :* from the Cycling Website...
- 1st, Stage 4
- 1st, National Road Championship, U23 Road race
2007
- Mountains classification, Volta ao AlentejoVolta ao AlentejoThe Volta ao Alentejo is a road bicycle racing stage race held annually in the Alentejo, Portugal. Since 2005, it has been organised as a 2.1 event on the UCI Europe Tour.-Palmarès:-External links:**...