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1979 Critérium Du Dauphiné Libéré
The 1979 Critérium du Dauphiné Libéré was the 31st edition of the cycle race and was held from 21 May to 28 May 1979. The race started in Mâcon and finished in Annecy. The race was won by Bernard Hinault of the Renault team. Teams Ten teams, containing a total of 100 riders, participated in the race: * * * * * * * * * * Route General classification References 1979 Events January * January 1 ** United Nations Secretary-General Kurt Waldheim heralds the start of the ''International Year of the Child''. Many musicians donate to the ''Music for UNICEF Concert'' fund, among them ABBA, who write the song ... 1979 in French sport May 1979 sports events in Europe 1979 Super Prestige Pernod {{France-cycling-race-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bernard Hinault
Bernard Hinault (; born 14 November 1954) is a French former professional road cyclist. With 147 professional victories, including five times the Tour de France, he is often named among the greatest cyclists of all time. In his career, Hinault entered a total of thirteen Grand Tours. He abandoned one of them while in the lead, finished in 2nd place on two occasions and won the other ten, putting him one behind Merckx for the all time record. No rider since Hinault has achieved more than seven. Hinault started cycling as an amateur in his native Brittany. After a successful amateur career, he signed with the Gitane–Campagnolo team to turn professional in 1975. He took breakthrough victories at both the Liège–Bastogne–Liège classic and the Critérium du Dauphiné Libéré stage race in 1977. In 1978, he won his first two Grand Tours: the Vuelta a España and the Tour de France. In the following years, he was the most successful professional cyclist, adding another Tour ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marc Demeyer
Marc Demeyer (19 April 1950 – 20 January 1982) was a professional road racing cyclist from Avelgem, Belgium. 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') in the Tours of 1973 and 1975. He won two stages: the 19th in 1978 from Lausanne to Belfort, and the 14th in 1979 from Belfort to Evian-les-Ba ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Critérium Du Dauphiné
The Critérium du Dauphiné, before 2010 known as the Critérium du Dauphiné Libéré, is an annual cycling road race in the Dauphiné region in the southeast of France. The race is run over eight days during the first half of June. It is part of the UCI World Tour calendar and counts as one of the foremost races in the lead-up to the Tour de France in July, along with the Tour de Suisse in the latter half of June. The race was inaugurated in 1947 by a local newspaper, the ''Le Dauphiné libéré, Dauphiné Libéré'', which served as the event's title sponsor until 2009. Since 2010 Critérium du Dauphiné, 2010 the race has been organized by Amaury Sport Organisation, ASO, which also organizes most other prominent French cycling races, notably the Tour de France, Paris–Nice and Paris–Roubaix. As the Dauphiné is set in the Rhône-Alpes, Rhône-Alpes region, part of the French Alps, the race's protagonists are often climbing specialists. Many well-known climbs from the Tou ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mariano Martínez (cyclist)
Mariano Martínez (born 20 September 1948 in Burgos) is a French former professional road racing cyclist. He won the King of the Mountains competition in 1978 Tour de France. Although he was born in Spain, he became a naturalized French citizen in 1963. He is the father of former racing cyclists Miguel and Yannick Martinez and the grandfather of racing cyclist Lenny Martinez. Major results ;1965 : 1st Road race, National Junior Road Championships ;1971 : 7th Züri-Metzgete : 8th GP du canton d'Argovie : 9th Overall Étoile des Espoirs : 10th Grand Prix des Nations ;1972 : 4th Overall Critérium du Dauphiné Libéré : 4th Overall Tour de Romandie : 6th Overall 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 ... ;1973 : 3rd Overall Grand Prix du Midi Libre : 4th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robert Alban
Robert Alban (9 April 1952) was a French professional road bicycle racer. Alban won the stage 18 in the 1981 Tour de France, and finished third place in that year's overall classification. Alban was born in Saint-André-d'Huiriat. Major results ;1976 :1st GP Plumelec ;1977 :2nd French National Cyclo-cross Championships ;1979 :19th Tour de France ;1980 :1st Quilan :2nd French National Cyclo-cross Championships :3rd Grand Prix de Mauléon-Moulin :3rd Cholet-Pays de Loire ;1981 :1st Beaulac-Bernos :1st Grand Prix de Plumelec-Morbihan :1st Lescouet-Jugon :3rd Overall Tour de France ::1st Stage 18 ;1982 :1st GP des Herbiers :1st Stage 5 Critérium du Dauphiné Libéré :3rd Grand Prix de Plumelec ;1983 :1st Lescouet-Jugon :5th Overall 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 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stefan Mutter
Stefan Mutter (born 3 October 1956) is a former professional road bicycle racer from Switzerland. He was the Swiss National Road Race champion in 1981. Major results ;1977 : 5th Overall Tour de l'Avenir ::1st Prologue : 9th Overall GP Tell ::1st Stage 4b (ITT) ;1978 : 1st Giro del Mendrisiotto : UCI Road World Championships ::3rd Amateur road race ::3rd Team time trial ;1979 : 1st Stages 4 ( TTT) & 8 (TTT) Tour de France : 1st Stage 1b (TTT) Paris–Nice : 4th Overall Tour de Romandie : 8th Overall Critérium du Dauphiné Libéré ;1980 : 2nd Overall Paris–Nice : 3rd Overall A Travers Lausanne : 3rd Züri-Metzgete : 8th Overall Tour of Belgium ::1st Stage 2 (TTT) : 9th GP Eddy Merckx : 10th Overall Tour Méditerranéen ;1981 : 1st Road race, National Road Championships : 1st Overall Tour Méditerranéen ::1st Stage 3a (ITT) : 2nd Liège–Bastogne–Liège : 4th Overall Tirreno–Adriatico : 5th La Flèche Wallonne : 7th Züri-Metzgete : 8th Road race, UCI Road Worl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jean-René Bernaudeau
Jean-René Bernaudeau (born 8 July 1956) is a French former road bicycle racer, who competed professionally from 1978 to 1988. Bernaudeau currently works as the general manager for UCI ProTeam . In 1982, he said that dope controls in cycling were a breach of the freedom of work. Before turning professional he represented France competing in the individual road race event at the 1976 Summer Olympics. Career highlights include four wins in the Grand Prix du Midi Libre between 1980 and 1983, winning a Bronze medal at the 1979 World Championship road race, as well as wearing the yellow jersey as leader of the general classification for one day after the first stage in the 1979 Tour de France. He would also win the best young rider classification in the 1979 Tour and would go on to finish in 5th place overall. As the high mountains and the third week began in the 1980 Tour de France Bernaudeau rose through the standings getting as high as 5th behind leading GC riders Zoetemelk, Ku ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Joaquim Agostinho
Joaquim Fernandes Agostinho, OIH (7 April 1943 – 10 May 1984) was a Portuguese professional bicycle racer. He was champion of Portugal in six successive years. He rode the Tour de France 13 times and finished all but once,''International Cycle Sport'', UK, 1984 winning on Alpe d'Huez in 1979, and finishing third twice. All total he finished in the top 10 of a Grand Tour eleven times, made three podiums and won a total of seven stages between the Vuelta and Tour. Youth Agostinho was born in a small village, near Torres Vedras. He lived for several years in Casalinhos de Alfaiata. Out for a ride as a youth, he encountered Sporting Clube de Portugal's cycling team on a road near Casalinhos de Alfaiata – Torres Vedras. He began an impromptu race; the team could not catch him, even though Agostinho was riding a standard steel bicycle. Agostinho fought for three years with the Portuguese army in Angola and Mozambique during the Portuguese Colonial War of 1961–1974. Jean-Pierr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jo Maas
Jo Maas (Eijsden, 6 October 1954) is a retired Dutch professional road bicycle racer. In the 1979 Tour de France, Maas won stage 10 and finished 7th place in the overall classification. Major results ;1978 :Romsée-Stavelot-Romsée :Tour du Hainaut Occidental ;1979 :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 10 ::7th place overall classification External links * *Official Tour de France results foJo Maas 1954 births Living people Dutch male cyclists Dutch Tour de France stage winners People from Eijsden-Margraten Cyclists from Limburg (Netherlands) {{Netherlands-cycling-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gianbattista Baronchelli
Gianbattista Baronchelli (born 6 September 1953) is an Italian retired professional road racing cyclist (1974–1989). He obtained a total of 94 victories. Baronchelli was born in Ceresara, in the Province of Mantua. In 1973, as an amateur, he won the Tour de l'Avenir and the Baby Giro, and he was thought destined to win the Giro d'Italia. Although he knew the director of the Molteni team, they did not sign him, as they already had Eddy Merckx as their team captain, so Baronchelli signed a contract at the SCIC team. He was overall second at the Giro d'Italia in 1974 and 1978, and third in 1977. His other main accomplishments were a silver medal at the 1980 World Championships and two victories at the Giro di Lombardia (1977 and 1986). Baronchelli started in the Tour de France twice, in 1976 and 1979, but both times did not finish the race. He won the Giro dell'Appenino six times in succession from 1977 to 1982. Major victories Amongst Baronchelli's victories are: *2 x Giro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wilfried Wesemael
Wilfried Wesemael (born 31 January 1950) is a Belgian former professional racing cyclist. He won the 1979 Tour de Suisse. He also competed in the individual and team pursuit events at the 1972 Summer Olympics. Major results ;1974 : 1st Kuurne–Brussels–Kuurne : 2nd Elfstedenronde : 2nd Omloop van het Leiedal : 2nd Brussels–Meulebeke : 5th Rund um den Henninger Turm : 6th Grand Prix Cerami : 10th Tour of Flanders ;1975 : 1st Stage 1 Vuelta a España : 10th Nokere Koerse ;1976 : 5th Grand Prix de Fourmies : 7th Overall Paris–Nice : 10th Milan–San Remo : 10th Omloop Het Volk ;1977 : 1st Prologue ( TTT) Three Days of De Panne : 2nd Overall Tour Méditerranéen : 2nd Grote Prijs Jef Scherens : 3rd Milan–San Remo : 5th E3 Prijs Vlaanderen : 10th Omloop Het Volk ;1978 : 1st Grand Prix de Cannes : 1st Stage 4 ( TTT) Tour de France : 2nd Overall Tour de Luxembourg : 3rd Grand Prix Cerami : 4th GP Monaco : 7th Overall Three Days of De Panne : 7th Overall Tour Méditerran ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chambéry
Chambéry (, , ; Arpitan: ''Chambèri'') is the prefecture of the Savoie department in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region of eastern France. The population of the commune of Chambéry was 58,917 as of 2019, while the population of the Chambéry metropolitan area was 253,430. It has been the historical capital of the Savoy region since the 13th century, when Amadeus V, Count of Savoy, made the city his seat of power. Together with other alpine towns Chambéry engages in the Alpine Town of the Year Association for the implementation of the Alpine Convention to achieve sustainable development in the Alpine Arc. Chambéry was awarded Alpine Town of the Year 2006. Geography Chambéry was founded at a crossroads of ancient routes through the Dauphiné (''Dôfenâ'') region of France, Switzerland, and Italy, in a wide valley between the Bauges and the Chartreuse Mountains on the Leysse River. The metropolitan area has more than 125,000 residents, extending from the vineyard slopes of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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