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1947 Liège–Bastogne–Liège
The 1947 Liège–Bastogne–Liège was the 33rd edition of the Liège–Bastogne–Liège cycle race and was held on 20 April 1947. The race started and finished in Liège. The race was won by Richard Depoorter of the Garin–Wolber team. General classification References 1947 It was the first year of the Cold War, which would last until 1991, ending with the dissolution of the Soviet Union. Events January * January–February – Winter of 1946–47 in the United Kingdom: The worst snowfall in the country in ... 1947 in Belgian sport {{Liège–Bastogne–Liège-race-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Richard Depoorter
Richard Depoorter (29 April 1915 – 16 June 1948) was a Belgian bicycle racing, racing cyclist. He won the 1943 and 1947 editions of the Liège–Bastogne–Liège. He crashed into a tunnel wall on a "descent of the Sustenpas near Bern" during the 1948 Tour of Switzerland and died onsite or shortly thereafter due to his injuries. See also * List of professional cyclists who died during a race References External links * 1915 births 1948 deaths Belgian male cyclists Cyclists from West Flanders Cyclists who died while racing Sport deaths in Switzerland People from Ichtegem {{Belgium-cycling-bio-1910s-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Metropole (cycling Team)
A metropole () is the homeland, central territory or the sovereign state , state exercising Power (social and political) , power over a colonial empire. From the 19th century, the English language , English term ''metropole'' was mainly used in the scope of the British Empire, British, Spanish Empire, Spanish, French colonial empire, French, Dutch colonial empire, Dutch, Portuguese Empire, Portuguese, Japanese colonial empire, Japanese, and Ottoman Empire, Ottoman empires to designate those empires' home territories, as opposed to their colonial or overseas territories. Roman Empire The metropole of the Roman Empire was Roman Italy, Italy. As the original homeland of the Romans, it maintained a special status which made it "not a Roman province, province, but the ''Dominus (title), Domina'' (ruler) of the provinces". Italy was federated by the Romans in the third century BC. Unlike the overseas and ultramontane territories conquered by the Romans, Italy, due to the presence ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Désiré Stadsbaeder
Désiré is a French male given name, which means "desired, wished". The female form is Désirée. Désiré may refer to: * Amable Courtecuisse (1823 - 1873), French baritone known simply as Désiré * Désiré Bastin (1900–1972), Belgian football player * Dési Bouterse (born 1945), Surinamese politician * Désiré Charnay (1828–1915), French archaeologist * Désiré Collen (born 1943), Belgian physician * Désiré Dalloz (1795–1869), French jurist * Désiré Defauw (1885–1960), Belgian conductor * Désiré Dondeyne (1921-2015), French conductor * Désiré Ferry (1886–1940), French politician * Désiré Girouard (1836–1911), Canadian lawyer * Désiré de Haerne (1804 - 1890), Signatory of the Belgian Constitution * Désiré Keteleer (1920–1970), Belgian cyclist * Désiré Koranyi (1914–1981), Hungarian-French football player * Désiré Mbonabucya (born 1977), Rwandan football player * Désiré Mérchez (1882–1968), French swimmer * Désiré Munyaneza (bor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Maurice De Wannemaeker
Maurice may refer to: People * Saint Maurice (died 287), Roman legionary and Christian martyr * Maurice (emperor) or Flavius Mauricius Tiberius Augustus (539–602), Byzantine emperor * Maurice (bishop of London) (died 1107), Lord Chancellor and Lord Keeper of England * Maurice of Carnoet (1117–1191), Breton abbot and saint *Maurice, Count of Oldenburg (fl. 1169–1211) * Maurice of Inchaffray (14th century), Scottish cleric who became a bishop * Maurice, Elector of Saxony (1521–1553), German Saxon nobleman * Maurice, Duke of Saxe-Lauenburg (1551–1612) * Maurice of Nassau, Prince of Orange (1567–1625), stadtholder of the Netherlands * Maurice, Landgrave of Hesse-Kassel or Maurice the Learned (1572–1632) * Maurice of Savoy (1593–1657), prince of Savoy and a cardinal * Maurice, Duke of Saxe-Zeitz (1619–1681) * Maurice of the Palatinate (1620–1652), Count Palatine of the Rhine * Maurice of the Netherlands (1843–1850), prince of Orange-Nassau *Maurice Chevalier (1888 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bertin (cycling Team)
Bertin ( la, Bertinus; 615 – ''c''. 709 AD), also known as Saint Bertin the Great, was the Frankish abbot of a monastery in Saint-Omer later named the Abbey of Saint Bertin after him. He is venerated as a saint by the Catholic and Orthodox Churches. The fame of Bertin's learning and sanctity was so great that in a short time more than 150 monks lived under his rule. Among them were St. Winnoc and his three companions who had come from Brittany to join Bertin's community and assist in the conversions. Nearly the whole Morini region was Christianized. Life Bertin was born near Constance, then in the Frankish Duchy of Alamannia. At an early age, he entered the Abbey of Luxeuil, where, under the austere rule of its abbot, Columbanus, he prepared himself for a future missionary career. About the year 638 he set out, in company with two confrères, Mummolin and Ebertram, for the extreme northern part of France in order to assist his friend and kinsman, Bishop Omer, in t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
René Oreel
René Oreel (19 September 1922 – 2 January 2010) was a Belgian racing cyclist. He rode in the 1947 Tour de France The 1947 Tour de France was the 34th edition of the Tour de France, taking place from 25 June to 20 July. The total race distance was 21 stages over . It was the first Tour since 1939, having been cancelled during World War II, although some Tour .... References External links * 1922 births 2010 deaths Belgian male cyclists Sportspeople from West Flanders Cyclists from Bruges 20th-century Belgian people {{Belgium-cycling-bio-1920s-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Giuseppe Tacca
Giuseppe Tacca (12 August 1917 – 18 October 1984) was an Italian-French professional road bicycle racer. He rode in the 1947, 1948 and 1949 Tour de France. Italian by birth, he was naturalized French the 02 July 1948. Major results ;1946 :Circuit du Maine-Libre ;1947 :Tour de France The Tour de France () is an annual men's multiple-stage bicycle race primarily held in France, while also occasionally passing through nearby countries. Like the other Grand Tours (the Giro d'Italia and the Vuelta a España), it consists ...: ::Winner stage 16 ;1948 :Paris-Nantes ;1950 :Circuit de Morbihan References External links *Official Tour de France results for Giuseppe Tacca 1917 births [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stan Ockers
Constant ("Stan") Ockers (3 February 1920 in Borgerhout – 1 October 1956 in Antwerp) was a Belgian professional racing cyclist. He was runner-up in the Tour de France in 1950 and 1952, and the best sprinter in that race in 1955 and 1956. In 1955 he won the Classic "Ardennes double" by winning La Flèche Wallonne and the Liège–Bastogne–Liège in the same year. At this time the races were run on successive days as "Le Weekend Ardennais". He also won the World Cycling Championship that year. Stan Ockers died after crashing during a track race in Antwerp in 1956. A year later a monument was built in Les Forges, Sprimont, in the south of Belgium. Career achievements Major results ;1941 : 1st Scheldeprijs ;1943 : 3rd Liège–Bastogne–Liège ;1944 : 4th Overall Omloop van België ;1946 : 1st Scheldeprijs : 1st Heist-op-den-Berg : 1st Bruxelles–Saint-Trond : 5th Gent–Wevelgem ;1947 : 3rd Overall Tour de Suisse : 4th La Flèche Wallonne : 5th Liège–Bastogne–L ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Louis Thiétard
Louis Thiétard (31 May 1910 – 21 January 1998) was a French cyclist. He rode in the 1947, 1948 and 1949 Tour de France The 1949 Tour de France was the 36th edition of the Tour de France, taking place from 30 June to 24 July. It consisted of 21 stages over . The Italian team had internal problems, because Gino Bartali and Fausto Coppi could both be the team leade .... He also finished third in the 1943 Paris–Roubaix, the 1944 Paris–Roubaix and the 1947 Paris–Roubaix. References External links * 1910 births 1998 deaths French male cyclists French Vuelta a España stage winners Sportspeople from Nord (French department) Tour de Suisse stage winners Cyclists from Hauts-de-France {{France-cycling-bio-1910s-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Garin (cycling Team)
Garin may refer to: Geography *Garín, Argentina, a town in Buenos Aires, Argentina *Garin, Iran, a village in Kerman Province, Iran *Garin Rural District, an administrative subdivision of Hamadan Province, Iran *Garin, Haute-Garonne *Alternative for the Gorin (river), Khabarovsk Krai, Russia *Garin, former Armenian name given to Erzurum/ Theodosiopolis (Armenia) Names *Garin (given name) *Garin (surname) **Engineer Garin of ''The Garin Death Ray'', 1927 novel by Tolstoy **The Hyperboloid of Engineer Garin ''The Garin Death Ray'', also known as ''The Death Box'' and ''The Hyperboloid of Engineer Garin'' (russian: Гиперболоид инженера Гарина), is a science fiction novel by the noted Russian author Aleksey Nikolayevich Tols ..., Soviet 1965 film based on the book ** Failure of Engineer Garin, Soviet 1973 film based on the book Others * Gar'in, a Hebrew term for groups of immigrants * Garin Tzabar, a program for children of Israelis and Diaspora Jews t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Liège
Liège ( , , ; wa, Lîdje ; nl, Luik ; german: Lüttich ) is a major city and municipality of Wallonia and the capital of the Belgian province of Liège. The city is situated in the valley of the Meuse, in the east of Belgium, not far from borders with the Netherlands (Maastricht is about to the north) and with Germany (Aachen is about north-east). In Liège, the Meuse meets the river Ourthe. The city is part of the '' sillon industriel'', the former industrial backbone of Wallonia. It still is the principal economic and cultural centre of the region. The municipality consists of the following districts: Angleur, , Chênée, , Grivegnée, Jupille-sur-Meuse, Liège, Rocourt, and Wandre. In November 2012, Liège had 198,280 inhabitants. The metropolitan area, including the outer commuter zone, covers an area of 1,879 km2 (725 sq mi) and had a total population of 749,110 on 1 January 2008. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Liège–Bastogne–Liège
Liège–Bastogne–Liège, also known as ''La Doyenne'' ("The Old Lady"), is a one-day classic cycling race in Belgium.Cycling Weekly, UK, 13 March 1993 First run in 1892, it is the oldest of the five ''Monuments'' of the European professional road cycling calendar; usually coming as the last of the spring classics. It is held annually in late April, in the Ardennes region of Belgium, from Liège to Bastogne and back. It is considered one of the most arduous one-day cycling events in the world because of its length and demanding course. The most successful rider with five victories is Belgian rider Eddy Merckx, trailed by Italian Moreno Argentin in the 1980s and Spaniard Alejandro Valverde in the 2000s, who both won the race four times. Liège–Bastogne–Liège is part of the UCI World Tour competition. It is the concluding race of the Ardennes Classics series, which includes La Flèche Wallonne. Both are organised by French owner Amaury Sport Organisation, which also organise ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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