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1972 Dwars Door België
The 1972 Dwars door België was the 27th edition of the Dwars door Vlaanderen cycle race and was held on 27 August 1972. The race started and finished in Waregem. The race was won by Marc Demeyer. General classification References Dwars door Vlaanderen, 1972 1972 in road cycling 1972 in Belgian sport {{Belgium-cycling-race-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
KOERS Museum
KOERS. Museum van de wielersport. (until 2018 the Cycling Museum - WieMu) is a museum in the Belgian city of Roeselare. The museum shows the history of the bicycle and cycling. It was officially opened on 27 March 1998 at the ''Polenplein''. History The Cycling Museum was founded in 1985 as part of the earlier Municipal Museum of Roeselare. The city of Roeselare took that decision because the region can be seen as ‘the cradle of the ''flandriens''’. A lot of flandriens and racing cyclists are born in the region. The municipality proper has known a lot of successful racing cyclists for example Odile Defraye, Odiel Defraeye, the first Belgian winner of the Tour de France, Tour of France and several UCI Road World Championships – Men's road race, world-champions: Jean-Pierre Monseré, Benoni Beheyt, Patrick Sercu and Freddy Maertens. In the beginning, the museum only showed a few old bicycles and organized an exhibition in summer. Replacement In 1998, they made the final dec ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marc Demeyer
Marc Demeyer (19 April 1950 – 20 January 1982) was a professional road bicycle racing, road racing cyclist from Avelgem, Belgium. Although known as the "master servant" for Freddy Maertens, the powerful Demeyer was able to win 60 professional road races. He died of a heart attack at the age of 31. Demeyer turned professional in 1972 for the Flandria team managed by Briek Schotte. He signed the contract while resting it on a car beside the start of Dwars door België, which he then won. Shortly afterwards he won the Grand Prix d'Isbergues. Demeyer was one of the so-called "Three Musketeers", riding with and for Freddy Maertens and Michel Pollentier He led out sprints for Maertens in particular but could win them for himself, including stages of the Tour de France. He rode the Tour six times, finishing 72nd in 1973, 41st in 1974, 42nd in 1975, 56th in 1976, 49th in 1978 and 57th in 1979. He won the intermediate sprints competition, known then as Points Chaud ('hot spot sprints' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Noël Vantyghem
Noël Vantyghem (9 October 1947 – 10 June 1994) was a Belgian professional cyclist. Vantyghem's biggest win was the 1972 Paris–Tours. Later, he remarked "Together with Eddy Merckx, I won all classics races that could be won. I won Paris–Tours, he the rest." Major results ;1968 : 1st National Amateur Road Race Championships : 1st Stage 2 Peace Race : 2nd Overall Tour of Greece ::1st Stage 2 ;1969 : 1st Gullegem Koerse : 2nd GP Isbergues : 2nd Kuurne–Brussels–Kuurne ;1970 : 1st Grand Prix de Fourmies : 1st Circuit des Frontières : 2nd Schaal Sels : 2nd De Kustpijl ;1971 : 1st Stage 2 Tour d'Indre-et-Loire : 3rd Omloop Het Volk ;1972 : 1st Paris–Tours : 1st Circuit des Frontières : 1st Schaal Sels : 1st Stage 2 Four Days of Dunkirk : 2nd Dwars door Vlaanderen : 2nd Grote Prijs Stad Zottegem : 3rd De Kustpijl : 3rd Dwars door West–Vlaanderen : 3rd Rund um den Henninger Turm : 3rd Grand Prix de Fourmies : 9th Omloop Het Volk ;1973 : 1st Nokere Koerse Nokere ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eddy Verstraeten
Eddy Verstraeten (15 September 1948, in Leuven – 7 December 2005, in Booischot) was a Belgian professional road bicycle racer. Verstraeten won stage 2B of the 1973 Tour de France. Major results ; Source: ;1970 : 1st Stage 1 Peace Race : 1st Trofee Het Volk : 1st Puurs : 2nd Heistse Pijl : 2nd Flèche Ardennaise amateurs ;1971 : 1st Grote Prijs Raymond Impanis : 1st Omloop van Midden-Brabant : 2nd Elfstedenronde : 3rd Grote Prijs Beeckman-De Caluwé : 4th Ronde van Brabant :5th Omloop van Midden-België ;1972 : 1st Booischot : 1st Omloop van Midden-België : 1st Harelbeke–Poperinge–Harelbeke (fr) : 2nd Brussel–Ingooigem : 2nd Heistse Pijl : 2nd Grand Prix de Hannut (fr) : 3rd Dwars door België :5th Grand Prix de Wallonie ;1973 : 1st Booischot : 1st Circuit du Port de Dunkerque (fr) : 1st Drogenbos : 1st Harelbeke–Poperinge–Harelbeke (fr) :Tour de France: ::1st stage 2a ( TTT) and 2b : 1st Trèfle à Quatre Feuilles :3rd Circuit du Tournaisis :4th Grote ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1970 Dwars Door België
The 1970 Dwars door België was the 26th edition of the Dwars door Vlaanderen cycle race and was held on 22 March 1970. The race started and finished in Waregem. The race was won by Daniel Van Ryckeghem. General classification References 1970 Events January * January 1 – Unix time epoch reached at 00:00:00 UTC. * January 5 – The 7.1 1970 Tonghai earthquake, Tonghai earthquake shakes Tonghai County, Yunnan province, China, with a maximum Mercalli intensity scale, Mercalli ... 1970 in road cycling 1970 in Belgian sport {{Belgium-cycling-race-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1973 Dwars Door België
The 1973 Dwars door België was the 28th edition of the Dwars door Vlaanderen cycle race and was held on 25 March 1973. The race started and finished in Waregem. The race was won by Roger Loysch (cyclist, born 1951), Roger Loysch. General classification References Dwars door Vlaanderen, 1973 1973 in road cycling 1973 in Belgian sport {{Belgium-cycling-race-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dwars Door Vlaanderen
''Dwars door Vlaanderen'' ('Across Flanders') is a semi-classic road bicycle race in Belgium, held annually since 1945. The race starts in Roeselare and finishes in Waregem, both in West Flanders. Since 2017 the event is included in the UCI World Tour. Held in late March, the event is part of the '' Flemish Cycling Week'', which also includes E3 Harelbeke, Gent–Wevelgem and the Tour of Flanders. Traditionally Dwars door Vlaanderen was held four days after Milan–San Remo and a week and a half before the Tour of Flanders. As from 2018, the race moved up one week on the international calendar and is now contested on the Wednesday before the Tour of Flanders, Flanders's foremost cycling classic, held on Sunday. Since 2012, a women's edition of Dwars door Vlaanderen is held on the same day as the men's race, starting and finishing on the same location, over a shorter distance. From 2023, this event joined the UCI Women's ProSeries calendar, the second tier of women's races. B ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Waregem
Waregem (; ), spelled Waereghem before, is a municipality and city located in the Belgian province of West Flanders. The municipality lies in the valley of the river Lys, between Kortrijk and Ghent. It is part of the administrative district of Kortrijk and comprises the towns of Beveren, Desselgem, Sint-Eloois-Vijve and Waregem proper. On January 1, 2024, Waregem had a total population of 39,970. The total area is 44.34 km² which gives a population density of 901 inhabitants per km². History Origins The first inhabitants of this forested region settled along the Leie well before Roman times. Bronze coins and artifacts associated with the Gallo-Roman culture show extensive activity in this area in the first centuries of our era. This is not surprising given the fact that Sint-Eloois-Vijve stood at the intersection of two important Roman roads: Cassel-Tongeren and Bavai- Oudenburg. The name of the current municipality refers to a certain “Waro” clan or tribe, po ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Daniel Verplancke
Daniel Verplancke (born 21 September 1948) is a Belgian racing cyclist. He rode in the 1974 Tour de France The 1974 Tour de France was the 61st edition of the Tour de France, one of cycling's Grand Tours. It took place between 27 June and 21 July, with 22 stages covering a distance of . Eddy Merckx was attempting to win his fifth Tour de France in as .... References External links * 1948 births Living people Belgian male cyclists Place of birth missing (living people) 20th-century Belgian sportsmen {{Belgium-cycling-bio-1940s-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ronny Christiaens
Ronny is a given name, sometimes a short form (hypocorism) of Ronald. It may refer to: * Ronny (footballer, born 1986), Brazilian footballer Ronny Heberson Furtado de Araújo * Ronny (footballer, born 1991), Brazilian footballer Ronieri da Silva Pinto * Ronny Abraham (born 1951), French President of the International Court of Justice * Ronny Ackermann (born 1977), German Nordic combined skier * Ronny Bierman (1938–1984), Dutch film and television actress * Ronny Büchel (born 1982), footballer from Liechtenstein * Ronny Cedeño (born 1983), Venezuelan baseball player, formerly in Major League Baseball * Ronny Chieng, Malaysian comedian and actor, a senior correspondent on ''The Daily Show'' * Ronny Claes (born 1957), Belgian racing cyclist * Daniel Ronald Ronny Cox (born 1938), American actor and singer-songwriter * Ronny Garbuschewski (born 1986), German footballer * Ronny Graham (1919–1999), American actor and theater director, composer, lyricist and writer * Ronny Hafsås ( ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Willy Van Neste
Willy Van Neste (born 10 March 1944) is a retired Belgian professional road bicycle racer who competed as a professional from 1966 to 1976. He participated in seven editions of the Tour de France, where he won a stage in the 1967 Tour de France and wore the yellow jersey as leader of the general classification for the following day. Other career highlights include winning the Four Days of Dunkirk in 1970, the Züri-Metzgete in 1972 and Grand Prix de Fourmies in 1967. He also finished second in the 1968 Gent–Wevelgem and the 1970 Amstel Gold Race. Major results ;1965 :Tour de Namur ;1966 :Flèche Ardennaise :Wavre – Liège ;1967 :Arras :Lokeren Criterium :Wieze :Zwevezele :Tour de France: ::Winner stage 2 ::Wearing yellow jersey The general classification of the Tour de France is the most important classification of the race and determines the winner of the race. Since 1919, the leader of the general classification has worn the yellow jersey ( ). History For the first ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Romain Maes
Romanus Maes (; 10 August 1912 – 22 February 1983) was a Belgian cyclist who won the 1935 Tour de France after wearing the yellow jersey of leadership from beginning to end. Maes was the 13th child in his family. He started racing when he was 17. He turned professional in 1933 and won the Tour de l'Ouest (Tour of the West). The following year he started the Tour de France and twice finished stages in second place. He then crashed on the day from Digne to Nice and left the race in an ambulance. His Tour de France win in 1935 ended a six-year run by French riders. He became a hero in Belgium. He won the 1936 Paris–Roubaix but wasn't given the victory. The judge said he had seen the Frenchman, Georges Speicher, win. In 1938 he was well on the way to winning Paris-Brussels, leading the race by 100m with only 500m to go. He rode into the velodrome on which the race finished, crossed the line and stopped. The chasers, who had remembered that there was a further lap to ride, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
