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Zimbabwe

Zimbabwe is a landlocked country located in the southern part of the African continent, between the Zambezi and Limpopo rivers. It is bordered by South Africa to the south, Botswana to the southwest, Zambia and a tip of Namibia to the northwest and Mozambique to the east. Zimbabwe has three...

an professional road racing cyclist. He has raced in Europe for ten years, for Amore E Vita, Mobilvetta, Mercury, Domina Vacanze

Domina Vacanze

Domina Vacanze is a hotel group based in Italy. They are best known for the professional cycling team they sponsored. For the 2005 season the team competed in the 2005 UCI ProTour however they didn't have the budget of the other teams and produced very few wins...

 and Tenax professional cycling teams.

His most notable victories are stage 3 of the 2003 Settimana Ciclista Lombarda, Tour of Slovenia

Tour of Slovenia

Tour of Slovenia is a stage race cycling race held in Slovenia. Since 2005, the race has been organised as a 2.1 race on the UCI Europe Tour.- Winners :...

 (1999), Giro Del Capo (1998) in South Africa

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...

 and the 2001 Trofeo dell 'Etna in Italy where he beat Davide Rebellin

Davide Rebellin

Davide Rebellin is an Italian road bicycle racer, currently riding for the Italian Miche-Guerciotti team. He served a 2-year suspension for testing positive for Mircera at the 2008 Olympic Games...

 and Ivan Basso

Ivan Basso

Ivan Basso is an Italian professional road bicycle racer who is currently racing with UCI ProTeam . Basso, nicknamed Ivan the Terrible, is among the best mountain riders in the professional field in the 21st century, and is considered one of the strongest stage race riders...

. He is the first Zimbabwean to compete in a Grand Tour, finishing 73rd in the 2001

2001 Giro d'Italia

The 2001 Giro d'Italia of cycling, the 84th running of the race, was held from 19 May to 10 June 2001. It consisted of a prologue plus 21 stages with one rest days, for a total of 3,356 km, ridden at an average speed of 40.170 km/h. It was won by Gilberto Simoni.- Stages :-Jersey Progress:- General...

 Giro d'Italia

Giro d'Italia

The Giro d'Italia , also simply known as The Giro, is a long distance road bicycle racing stage race for professional cyclists held over three weeks in May/early June in and around Italy. The Giro is one of the three Grand Tours , and is part of the UCI World Ranking calendar...

. Jones is brother-in-law of Italian cyclists Antonio and Ivan Fanelli.

In the late 1990s Jones tested positive for elevated levels of hematocrit.

Major achievements

1998

1º in National Championship, Road, ITT, Elite (ZIM)

1º in Stage 4 Giro del Capo (RSA)

1º in General Classification Giro del Capo (RSA)

1999

1º in Stage 5 Tour de Slovénie, Vrsic (SLO)

1º in General Classification Tour de Slovénie (SLO)

2001

1º in Trofeo dell'Etna (ITA)

2007

1° Maratona dles Dolomites

Maratona dles Dolomites

The Maratona dles Dolomites , is an annual single-day road bicycle race covering seven spectacular mountain passes in the Dolomites. Open to amateurs cyclists, the Maratona—with 9,000 riders from over 40 nations—is one of the biggest Italian Granfondo bicycle races...

External links

• http://autobus.cyclingnews.com/road/?id=2003/apr03/settlombarda03/settlombarda033
• http://autobus.cyclingnews.com/road/?id=2003/may03/slovenia03/slovenia036
• http://www.posloveniji.si/si/
• http://autobus.cyclingnews.com/results/2001/mar01/etna01.shtml

References

• Zimbabwe Cycling Federation
  Zimbabwe Cycling Federation
  Zimbabwe Cycling Federation Zimbabwe reformed as Cycling Zimbabwe is the national governing body of cycle racing in Zimbabwe.One of Zimbabwe's most famous racers is Timothy Jones, who raced as a professional in Europe throughout the 90's...
  
  
• Cyclingnews.com