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1939 Tour Of Flanders
The 23rd edition of the Tour of Flanders cycling classic race was held on Sunday, 2 April 1939. Belgian Karel Kaers won the Monument. Of the 169 starting cyclists, 47 reached the finish. Route The race started in Ghent and covered 230 km on the way to the finish in Wetteren. The course featured 3 categorized climbs: * Kwaremont * Kruisberg The Kruisberg, also known as Oude Kruisberg or Oude Kruisens, is a hill and road in the city of Ronse, in Flanders, Belgium. With its top at 122 m altitude, it is one of many hill formations in the Flemish Ardennes, in the south of East-Fland ... * Edelareberg Race report Karel Kaers, the youngest road world champion in history, won the race unintentionally. For him, the race was intended as training for Paris-Roubaix. He drove to Kwaremont near Kluisbergen, parked his car and rode 40 km with his bicycle to the start in Ghent. His plan was to start the race with his usual training partner, stop the race when he got to his car and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Karel Kaers
Karel Kaers (3 June 1914 – 20 December 1972) was a Belgian professional cyclist with 30 wins. Kaers was born in Vosselaar. In 1934 he became the youngest world road champion, winning in Leipzig at 20. It was the first time he had ridden the race. He also won the Tour of Flanders in 1939, and the Belgian national championship in 1937. His last race was on the track at Ordrup, near Copenhagen, Denmark, on 9 May 1948. He finished fourth in an omnium competition. Youngest world champion Lance Armstrong is frequently described as the youngest world champion. In fact, he was only the third youngest road champion when he took the rainbow jersey in Oslo in 1993. Armstrong was two weeks short of 22; Kaers had just turned 20. Jean-Pierre Monseré was three weeks short of 22 when he became champion in Leicester on 16 August 1970. History Karel Kaers started racing at 14 and won 37 events in his first two years, including the Belgian boys' championship on the road. He became a junio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1939 Paris–Roubaix
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The 1939 Paris–Roubaix was the 40th edition of the Paris–Roubaix, a classic one-day cycle race in France. The single day event was held on 9 April 1939 and stretched from Paris to its end in a velodrome in Roubaix. The winner was Émile Masson Jr. from Belgium. Results References Paris–Roubaix Paris–Roubaix Paris–Roubaix Paris–Roubaix Paris–Roubaix is a one-day professional bicycle road race in northern France, starting north of Paris and finishing in Roubaix, at the border with Belgium. It is one of cycling's oldest races, and is one of the ' Monuments' or classics of th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Albert Hendrickx
Albert Hendrickx (19 July 1916 – 13 May 1990) was a Belgian racing cyclist Cycle sport is competitive physical activity using bicycles. There are several categories of bicycle racing including road bicycle racing, cyclo-cross, mountain bike racing, track cycling, BMX, and cycle speedway. Non-racing cycling s .... He rode in the 1936 Tour de France. References 1916 births 1990 deaths Belgian male cyclists Place of birth missing {{Belgium-cycling-bio-1910s-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Frans Bonduel
Frans Bonduel (26 September 1907 – 25 February 1998) was a Belgian road bicycle racer. Major results ;1929 :Criterium du Midi :Omloop van België :Wilrijk ;1930 :Mere :Paris — Lille :Tour of Flanders :Schaal Sels :Stekene :Wilrijk :Tour de France: ::Winner stage 17 ::7th place overall classification ;1931 :Circuit du Morbihan :Lokeren ;1932 :Tour de France: ::Winner stages 6 and 7 ::6th place overall classification :GP St-Michel :GP Stad Sint-Niklaas ;1934 :Paris–Brussels ;1935 :Landen ;1936 :Lochristi :Mons :Waregem ;1937 :Schaal Sels ;1938 :Ligny :Sint-Gillis-bij-Dendermonde ;1939 :Paris–Tours Paris–Tours is a French one-day classic road cycling race held every October from the outskirts of Paris to the cathedral city of Tours. It is a predominantly flat course through the Chevreuse and Loire valleys; the highest point is 200 m, ... :Paris–Brussels External links *Official Tour de France results for Frans Bonduel 1907 births 1998 deaths Belgia ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Joseph Moerenhout
Joseph Moerenhout (10 March 1910 – 27 March 1966) was a Belgian racing cyclist. He rode in the 1933 Tour de France The 1933 Tour de France was the 27th edition of the Tour de France, taking place from 27 June to 23 July. It consisted of 23 stages over . This race featured the introduction of the mountains competition, in which cyclists were challenged to cl .... References 1910 births 1966 deaths Belgian male cyclists Place of birth missing {{Belgium-cycling-bio-1910s-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sylvain Grysolle
Sylvain Grysolle (12 December 1915 – 19 January 1985) was a Belgian cyclist. He won the 1948 Omloop Het Volk, the 1945 Tour of Flanders, and the 1941 La Flèche Wallonne. Major results ;1935 : 1st Schaal Sels ;1936 : 1st Schaal Sels : 8th Paris–Roubaix ;1937 : 1st Scheldeprijs : 1st Dr. Tistaertprijs Zottegem : 1st Heusden Koers ;1938 : 1st Kampioenschap van Vlaanderen : 1st Omloop der Vlaamse Gewesten :2nd Circuit du Morbihan (fr) : 8th Paris–Roubaix ;1939 : 1st Stage 2 Tour of Belgium : 1st Heusden Koers : 3rd GP Stad Vilvoorde : 3rd Omloop der Vlaamse Gewesten : 6th Paris–Roubaix : 7th Tour of Flanders : 9th Overall Deutschland Tour ::1st Stages 4, 17b, 18 & 19 : 10th Liège–Bastogne–Liège ;1940 : 2nd GP Stad Vilvoorde : 3rd GP Stekene (nl) ;1941 : 1st La Flèche Wallonne : 2nd Grote Prijs Stad Zottegem ;1942 : 3rd Grote 1-MeiPrijs : 3rd Grote Prijs Stad Zottegem : 4th Tour of Flanders ;1943 : 4th Tour of Flanders ;1944 : 1st Grote 1-MeiPrij ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Helyett–Hutchinson
Helyett was a French professional cycling team A cycling team is a group of cycle sport, cyclists who join a team or are acquired and train together to compete in bicycle racing, bicycle races whether amateur or professional – and the supporting personnel. Cycling teams are most important i ... that existed from 1932 to 1961. References External links Cycling teams based in France Defunct cycling teams based in France 1932 establishments in France 1961 disestablishments in France Cycling teams established in 1932 Cycling teams disestablished in 1961 {{france-sport-team-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Frans Spiessens
Frans is an Afrikaans, Danish, Dutch, Finnish, Icelandic, Norwegian, and Swedish given name, sometimes as a short form of ''François''. One cognate of Frans in English is ''Francis''. Given name * Frans van Aarssens (1572–1641), Dutch diplomat and statesman * Frans Ackerman (1330–1387), Flemish statesman * Frans Adelaar (born 1960), Dutch football player and manager * Frans Alphons Maria Alting von Geusau (born 1933), Dutch legal scholar and diplomat * Frans Aerenhouts (born 1937), Belgian cyclist * Frans Ananias (born 1972), Namibian footballer * Frans Andersson (1911–1988), Danish bass-baritone * Frans Andriessen (1929–2019), Dutch politician * Frans Anneessens (1660–1719), Flemish protest leader * Frans van Anraat (born 1942), Dutch businessman and convicted war criminal * Frans Badens (fl. 1571–1618), Flemish painter * Frans Bak (born 1958), Danish composer, choral conductor, saxophonist, and pianist * Frans Decker (1684–1751), 18th-century painter from the Nor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
