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1963 Gent–Wevelgem
The 1963 Gent–Wevelgem was the 25th edition of the Gent–Wevelgem cycle race and was held on 24 March 1963. The race started in Ghent and finished in Wevelgem. The race was won by Benoni Beheyt Benoni Beheyt (born 27 September 1940) is a Belgian former professional road bicycle racer who raced from 1962 to 1968. Beheyt won 22 races and is most famous for winning the 1963 UCI Road World Championships – Men's road race, World Cycling ... of the Groene Leeuw team. General classification References Gent–Wevelgem 1963 in road cycling 1963 in Belgian sport March 1963 sports events in Europe {{Gent–Wevelgem-race-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Benoni Beheyt
Benoni Beheyt (born 27 September 1940) is a Belgian former professional road bicycle racer who raced from 1962 to 1968. Beheyt won 22 races and is most famous for winning the 1963 UCI Road World Championships – Men's road race, World Cycling Championships Road Race and stage win of the 1964 Tour de France. He also competed in the Cycling at the 1960 Summer Olympics – Men's individual road race, individual road race and Cycling at the 1960 Summer Olympics – Men's team time trial, team time trial events at the 1960 Summer Olympics. Major results ;1962 – Wiel's-Groene Leeuw : 1st Halle–Ingooigem, Brussel–Ingooigem : 2nd Overall Tour du Nord :: 1st stage 1 : 1st stage 2 Tour de Picardie : 1st Melle : 2nd Omloop van Oost-Vlaanderen : 3rd Paris–Tours : 3rd Nationale Sluitingsprijs ;1963 – Wiel's-Groene Leeuw : 1st 1963 UCI Road World Championships – Men's road race, Road race, 1963 UCI Road World Championships, UCI Road World Championships : 1st Gent–Wevelgem : ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
André Noyelle
André Noyelle (29 November 1931 – 4 February 2003) was a road racing cyclist from Belgium. He won the gold medal in the men's individual road race at the 1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki, Finland. At the same tournament he also claimed the title in the men's team road race, alongside Robert Grondelaers and Lucien Victor. He was a professional rider from 1953 to 1966. Major results ;1952 : 1st Road race, Olympic Games : 1st Team road race, Olympic Games (with Robert Grondelaers and Lucien Victor) : 1st National military road race championships : 2nd Amateur road race, World Road Championships ;1953 : 3rd Omloop van het Houtland ;1955 : 1st Stage 1A Trois Jours d'Anvers : 1st Stage 4 Tour de l'Ouest : 2nd Kampioenschap van Vlaanderen : 4th Gent–Wevelgem ;1957 : 1st Elfstedenronde : 2nd Gent–Wevelgem : 3rd Dwars door Vlaanderen ;1958 : 3rd Brussels–Ingooigem : 4th Kuurne–Brussels–Kuurne : 10th Gent–Wevelgem ;1959 : 1st Grand Prix de Fourmies : 2nd Kampioen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1963 In Road Cycling
Events January * January 1 – Bogle–Chandler case: Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation scientist Dr. Gilbert Bogle and Mrs. Margaret Chandler are found dead (presumed poisoned), in bushland near the Lane Cove River, Sydney, Australia. * January 2 – Vietnam War – Battle of Ap Bac: The Viet Cong win their first major victory. * January 9 – A total penumbral lunar eclipse is visible in the Americas, Europe, Africa, and Asia, and is the 56th lunar eclipse of Lunar Saros 114. Gamma has a value of −1.01282. It occurs on the night between Wednesday, January 9 and Thursday, January 10, 1963. * January 13 – 1963 Togolese coup d'état: A military coup in Togo results in the installation of coup leader Emmanuel Bodjollé as president. * January 17 – A last quarter moon occurs between the penumbral lunar eclipse and the annular solar eclipse, only 12 hours, 29 minutes after apogee. * January 19 – Soviet spy Gheorgh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jaak De Boever
Jaak De Boever (born 29 August 1937) is a Belgian former professional racing cyclist. He won the 1968 E3 Harelbeke. Major results ;1961 : 1st Tielt–Antwerpen–Tielt : 1st Omloop der Zuid-West-Vlaamse Bergen ;1962 : 1st Tielt–Antwerpen–Tielt : 1st Stadsprijs Geraardsbergen ;1963 : 2nd Omloop van het Leiedal : 2nd Ronde van Oost-Vlaanderen : 2nd Antwerpen - Ougrée ;1964 : 1st Tielt–Antwerpen–Tielt : 1st Omloop van Midden-Vlaanderen : 1st Stage 2b Dwars door Vlaanderen : 3rd Circuit des Frontières ;1965 : 1st Stadsprijs Geraardsbergen :1st : 1st Stage 2b Tour du Nord : 2nd Tielt–Antwerpen–Tielt : 2nd Omloop van het Houtland ;1966 :1st : 1st Tielt–Antwerpen–Tielt : 1st Nokere Koerse : 3rd Overall Tour du Nord : 3rd Omloop Mandel-Leie-Schelde : 3rd Grote Prijs Marcel Kint : 6th Grand Prix Cerami ;1967 : 1st GP Stad Vilvoorde : 2nd Nokere Koerse : 3rd Ronde van Oost-Vlaanderen : 5th Overall Paris–Nice : 8th Gent–Wevelgem ;1968 : 1st 1968 E3 Harelbeke ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Joseph Wouters
Joseph Wouters, also known as Jos, (born 21 February 1942 in Keerbergen) is a Belgian former road cyclist. Professional from 1961 to 1965, he won the classics Paris–Tours, Paris–Brussels and the Brabantse Pijl. Major results ;1961 : 1st Paris–Tours : 1st Ronde van Brabant ;1962 : 1st Paris–Brussels : 1st Ronde van Brabant : 1st Stage 7 Vuelta a Levante : 2nd Ronde van Limburg : 4th Liège–Bastogne–Liège : 6th Paris–Roubaix : 10th Tour of Flanders ;1963 : 1st Ronde van Limburg : 1st Brabantse Pijl : 1st Stages 2 & 4 Tour of Belgium : 1st Stage 3 Paris–Nice : 4th Paris–Brussels : 5th Tour of Flanders : 9th Gent–Wevelgem ;1964 : 8th Gent–Wevelgem Gent–Wevelgem, officially Gent–Wevelgem – In Flanders Fields, is a road bicycle racing, road cycling race in Belgium, held annually since 1934. It is one of the classic cycle races, classic races part of the Flemish Cycling Week, run in late ... References External links * 1942 births Living people ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rik Van Looy
Henri "Rik" Van Looy (born 20 December 1933 in Grobbendonk) is a Belgian former professional cycle sport, cyclist of the post-World War II, war period, nicknamed the ''King of the Classics'' or ''Emperor of Herentals'' (after the small Belgian city where he lived). He was twice World Cycling Championship, world professional road race champion, and was the first cyclist to win all five 'Monuments': the most prestigious one-day Classic cycle races, classics – a feat since achieved by just two others (both also Belgians: Roger De Vlaeminck and Eddy Merckx). With 379 road victories he's second to Merckx only. He is ninth on the Grand Tour (cycling)#Grand Tour stage wins, all-time list of Grand Tour (cycling), Grand Tour stage winners with thirty-seven victories. Career Van Looy rose to prominence when he won the Belgian amateur road championship in 1952. He repeated the victory the following year, adding third place in the world title race the same year, before turning profe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Willy Vannitsen
Willy Vannitsen (8 February 1935 – 19 August 2001) was a Belgian professional road bicycle racer. In 1962, Vannitsen won two stages in the 1962 Tour de France. Major results ;1951 : National Road Race Novice Championship ;1954 :Heist-op-den-Berg :Hoegaarden :Momalle :Zele ;1955 :Brussegem :Geel :Heusden Limburg :Tessenderlo :Omloop van de Gete :Drie Zustersteden :Grote Bevrijdingsprijs :Itegem ;1956 :Beerse :Herent :Jeuk :Wellen :Omloop van de Fruitstreek Alken :Beersel ;1957 :Beerse :Brazzaville :Six Days of Brussels (with Rik Van Looy) :Houthalen-Helchteren :Lommel :Londerzeel :Loverval :Oviedo :Putte-Mechelen :Ronde van Limburg :Omloop van de Fruitstreek Alken :Overpelt ;1958 :Fontanelas : Giro d'Italia: ::Winner stage 1 :Melsele :Paal :Sint-Truiden :Wavre :Giro di Toscana :Vijfbergenomloop : Omloop van Limburg :Heusden Limburg :Florenville :Hoepertingen :Zele ;1959 :Berlare :Beverlo :Puurs :Rummen :Wingene :Nazareth :Tienen ;1960 :Averbode :Sint-Truiden :Ronde van Limburg ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
René Van Meenen
René Van Meenen (born 14 January 1931) is a Belgian professional racing cyclist. He won the Omloop Het Nieuwsblad Omloop Het Nieuwsblad, previously Omloop Het Volk, is a one-day road cycling race in Belgium, held annually in late February. It is the opening event of the Belgian cycling season, as well as the first race of the year in Northwestern Europe, and ... in 1963. References External links * * 1931 births Living people Belgian male cyclists Cyclists from Ghent {{Belgium-cycling-bio-1930s-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Martin Van Geneugden
Martin Van Geneugden (21 January 1932 – 8 July 2014) was a Belgian professional road bicycle racer from 1953 to 1963. He won 6 stages in the Tour de France. Major results ;1950 : national amateur road race champion ;1953 :Jemeppe :Velaines :Winterslag :Paris - Valenciennes :Tour de France: ::Winner stage 6 ;1954 :Houthalen-Helchteren ;1955 :Houthalen-Helchteren :Tongeren ;1956 :Borgerhout :Denderleeuw :Zutendaal ;1957 :Hoegaarden - Antwerpen - Hoegaarden :Hanret :Tienen ;1958 :Eijsden :GP Fichtel & Sachs :Hasselt :Tour de France ::Winner stages 5 and 12 : Omloop van Midden-België ;1959 :Hoepertingen ;1960 :Tour de France ::Winner stages 9 and 14 :Omloop van de fruitstreek Alken :Omloop van Limburg ;1961 :Tour de France ::Winner stage 18 :Omloop van de fruitstreek Alken :Omloop van Limburg ;1962 :Dwars door Vlaanderen Dwars door Vlaanderen ''( en, Across Flanders)'' is a semi-classic road bicycle race in Belgium, held annually since 1945. The race starts in Roeselare and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tom Simpson
Thomas Simpson (30 November 1937 – 13 July 1967) was one of Britain's most successful professional cyclists. He was born in Haswell, County Durham, and later moved to Harworth, Nottinghamshire. Simpson began road cycling as a teenager before taking up track cycling, specialising in pursuit races. He won a bronze medal for track cycling at the 1956 Summer Olympics and a silver at the 1958 British Empire and Commonwealth Games. In 1959, at age 21, Simpson was signed by the French professional road-racing team . He advanced to their first team () the following year, and won the 1961 Tour of Flanders. Simpson then joined ; in the 1962 Tour de France he became the first British rider to wear the yellow jersey, finishing sixth overall. In 1963 Simpson moved to , winning Bordeaux–Paris that year and the 1964 Milan–San Remo. In 1965 he became Britain's first professional world road race champion and won the Giro di Lombardia; this made him the BBC Sports Personality ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Groene Leeuw (cycling Team) second.
Groene Leeuw (English: Green Lion) was a Belgian professional cycling team that existed from 1945 to 1969. Its main sponsor was Belgian bicycle manufacturer Groene Leeuw. Among the various co-sponsors was the Belgian beer Wiel's. In the 1960 Vuelta a España, the team finished with the top two placings in the general classification of the 1960 Vuelta a España, with Frans De Mulder first and Armand Desmet Armand Desmet (23 January 1931 – 17 November 2012) nieuwsblad.be Details of death ... References External links Cycling teams based in Belgium[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wevelgem
Wevelgem () is a municipality located in the Belgian province of West Flanders. The municipality comprises the towns of Gullegem, Moorsele and Wevelgem proper. On January 1, 2006, Wevelgem had a total population of 31,020. The total area is 38.76 km² which gives a population density of 800 inhabitants per km². You can reach Wevelgem by road (E403 – A19 – R8), by boat ( De Leie), by air (Kortrijk-Wevelgem International Airport) or by train at Wevelgem railway station. Wevelgem is known for the annual Gent–Wevelgem bicycle road race which finishes in the town. History The earliest known mention dates from 1197. Wevelgem was home to the Cistercian Guldenberg Abbey in the 13th–14th centuries, which owned grain mills in various locations. From c. 1278 to 1310, abbess Ida was in charge, though Marc Brion lists it as an abbey for men. In the old days, the river De Leie was important for Wevelgem. The people used the river to soak flax, before they processed it in one ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
