|
1980 Giro Di Lombardia
The 1980 Giro di Lombardia was the 74th edition of the Giro di Lombardia cycle race and was held on 18 October 1980. The race started in Milan and finished in Como. The race was won by Alfons De Wolf of the Boule d'Or team. General classification References 1980 Events January * January 4 – U.S. President Jimmy Carter proclaims a grain embargo against the USSR with the support of the European Commission. * January 6 – Global Positioning System time epoch begins at 00:00 UTC. * January 9 – ... Giro di Lombardia Giro di Lombardia 1980 Super Prestige Pernod {{Giro di Lombardia-race-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alfons De Wolf
Alfons ("Fons") De Wolf (born 22 June 1956 in Willebroek) is a retired Belgian road race cyclist, a professional from 1979 to 1990. He represented his country at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. He was forecast, with Daniel Willems, to be the successor to Eddy Merckx. De Wolf seemed to fulfill that promise by having an absolutely dominant 1979 Vuelta a Espana winning 5 stages including an individual time trial as well as the Points Classification, securing a top 10 place in the General Classification and then following it up by winning the 1980 Giro di Lombardia and the 1981 Milan–San Remo, the last and first classic of the season. He almost won the 1982 Liège–Bastogne–Liège, beaten by Italian Silvano Contini in the final sprint. After winning a stage in the 1984 Tour de France, his career faded, however the stage win he claimed was an impressive individual effort in which he was able to beat the group of favorites including Bernard Hinault and even ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hennie Kuiper
Hendrikus Andreas "Hennie" Kuiper (born 3 February 1949) is a Dutch former professional road racing cyclist. His career includes a gold medal in the Olympic road race at Munich in 1972, becoming world professional road race champion in 1975, as well as winning four of the five "Monument" classics. He rode the Tour de France 12 times, finishing second twice and winning the stage to Alpe d'Huez on two occasions. Kuiper, Ercole Baldini and Paolo Bettini are the only riders to have won both the Olympic road race and the world professional road race. Biography Kuiper was born in Denekamp, in Overijssel province. His serious introduction to the bicycle was to and from school in Enschede. He started participating in junior races from 14 and from 19 to 23 he won 39 times as an amateur. The climax of his amateur career was gold in the Olympic road race in Munich in 1972, riding the final 40 km alone. He also won the Tour of Britain (Milk Race) that year. Professional career Kui ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1980 In Road Cycling
__NOTOC__ Year 198 (CXCVIII) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Sergius and Gallus (or, less frequently, year 951 ''Ab urbe condita''). The denomination 198 for this year has been used since the early medieval period, when the Anno Domini calendar era became the prevalent method in Europe for naming years. Events By place Roman Empire *January 28 **Publius Septimius Geta, son of Septimius Severus, receives the title of Caesar. **Caracalla, son of Septimius Severus, is given the title of Augustus. China *Winter – Battle of Xiapi: The allied armies led by Cao Cao and Liu Bei defeat Lü Bu; afterward Cao Cao has him executed. By topic Religion * Marcus I succeeds Olympianus as Patriarch of Constantinople (until 211). Births * Lu Kai (or Jingfeng), Chinese official and general (d. 269) * Quan Cong, Chinese general and advisor (d. 24 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mario Beccia
Mario Beccia (born August 16, 1955, in Troia, Apulia) is an Italian former professional road bicycle racer, active between 1977 and 1988. During his career, Beccia won a total of fifteen races, including four stages of the Giro d'Italia, the Tour de Suisse of 1980 and the La Flèche Wallonne of 1982. Major results ;1977 :1st Giro dell'Emilia :2nd GP Industria & Commercio di Prato :2nd Giro dell'Appennino :9th Overall Giro d'Italia ::1st Young rider classification ::1st Stage 5 ;1978 :3rd Trofeo Matteotti :3rd Giro dell'Umbria :9th Giro dell'Emilia ;1979 :2nd Giro dell'Appennino :4th Milano–Torino :4th Giro dell'Emilia :6th Overall Giro d'Italia ::1st Stage 1 :7th Trofeo Laigueglia :10th Milan–San Remo ;1980 :1st Overall Tour de Suisse ::1st Stage 9 :2nd Giro dell'Appennino :3rd Tour du Nord-Ouest :5th Overall Giro del Trentino :6th Overall Giro d'Italia :10th Giro di Lombardia ;1981 :1st Stage 4 Giro d'Italia :1st Col San Martino :2nd Overall Tour of the Basque C ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wladimiro Panizza
Wladimiro Panizza (5 June 1945 – 21 May 2002) was an Italian professional road bicycle racer. Panizza came from a Communist family and was named after Lenin. During his long career (1967–1985), he helped Felice Gimondi and Franco Bitossi. His best grand tour was the 1980 Giro d'Italia, where he placed second in the overall classification. He holds the record for participation in the Giro, completing the race 16 times out of 18 starts. Major results ;1967 : 1st GP Montelupo : 1st GP Hiussano : 1st GP Valsassina : 1st GP Robbiano : 4th Giro di Lombardia ;1968 : 2nd Coppa Sabatini : 3rd Gran Premio Industria e Commercio di Prato ;1969 : 3rd Giro di Campania ;1970 : 1st GP Monaco : 2nd Tour du Haut Var : 9th Overall Tour de Romandie ;1971 : 3rd Trofeo Laigueglia : 5th Overall Tour de Romandie : 9th Overall Giro d'Italia ;1972 : 3rd GP Montelupo : 3rd Giro del Piemonte : 3rd Gran Premio Città di Camaiore : 5th Overall Giro d'Italia ;1973 : 1st Giro della Provincia di Reggio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Silvano Contini
Silvano Contini (born 15 January 1958) is an Italian former professional road bicycle racer. Career Professional from 1978 to 1990, his main successes were the 1982 Liège–Bastogne–Liège of 1982, the 1985 Grand Prix du Midi Libre and the 1981 Tour of the Basque Country. He also won the Trofeo Baracchi in 1983 with Daniel Gisiger as well as four stages of the Giro d'Italia. Major results ;1977 : 1st Stage 5 Vuelta Ciclista de Chile : 3rd Overall Giro della Valle d'Aosta ::1st Stages 2, 4 & 6 ;1978 : 6th Giro dell'Emilia ;1979 : 1st Giro del Lazio : 1st Gran Piemonte : 2nd Giro di Lombardia : 2nd Trofeo Matteotti : 3rd Overall Giro di Puglia : 3rd Giro dell'Emilia : 3rd Giro dell'Umbria : 3rd Giro del Veneto : 5th Overall Giro d'Italia ::1st Young rider classification : 6th Overall Tour de Romandie : 6th Giro di Romagna : 7th Coppa Placci ;1980 : 1st GP Industria & Commercio di Prato : 1st Stage 7 Giro d'Italia : 1st Gran Premio Città di Camaiore : 1st Trofeo Matteotti ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jean-Luc Vandenbroucke
Jean-Luc Vandenbroucke (born 31 May 1955 in Mouscron) is a Belgian former road bicycle racer, track cyclist and directeur sportif. He is an uncle of Frank Vandenbroucke Frank Vandenbroucke is the name of: *Frank Vandenbroucke (politician) (born 1955), Belgian politician *Frank Vandenbroucke (cyclist) Frank Vandenbroucke (6 November 1974 – 12 October 2009) was a Belgian professional road racing cyclist. After .... He was a prologue specialist, winning 19 prologues throughout his career. Cycling career He won the one-day classic Blois-Chaville (a reconfigured version of Paris-Tours) in 1982. However, certain victory in the race was snatched from Laurent Fignon, who broke a pedal crank while in the lead near the finish. External links * 1955 births Living people People from Mouscron Belgian male cyclists Belgian Vuelta a España stage winners Cyclists from Hainaut (province) {{Belgium-cycling-bio-1950s-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Roberto Ceruti
Roberto Ceruti (born 10 November 1953) is an Italian former cyclist. He competed in the individual road race event at the 1976 Summer Olympics. Major results ;1975 :1st Circuito del Porto :3rd Piccolo Giro di Lombardia ;1976 :1st Overall GP Tell ::1st Stage 6b ( ITT) :2nd Overall Giro Ciclistico d'Italia ;1977 :1st Giro di Romagna :3rd Nokere Koerse :4th Giro della Provincia di reggio Calabria :4th Coppa Placci :5th Overall Giro di Puglia ;1978 :2nd Coppa Placci :5th Giro dell'Emilia :7th Milano–Torino :8th Giro di Lombardia :8th GP Lugano :10th GP Alghero ;1979 :1st Stage 16 Giro d'Italia :5th Giro dell'Emilia :6th Giro di Campania :6th Coppa Bernocchi :7th Giro di Toscana ;1980 :1st Giro dell'Umbria :3rd GP Industria & Commercio di Prato :3rd Milano–Torino :3rd GP Union Dortmund :4th Grand Prix of Aargau Canton :4th Coppa Sabatini :5th Trofeo Laigueglia :6th Giro di Lombardia :6th G.P. Camaiore :8th Giro di Romagna :9th Coppa Placci ;1981 :2nd GP Montelupo :4th Giro de ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Theo De Rooij
Theo de Rooij (born 25 April 1957 in Harmelen) is a retired Dutch former bicycle racer and former manager of the Rabobank cycling team - a position from which he resigned after the 2007 Tour de France. De Rooij was a professional rider from 1980 to 1990. He started his career in Belgian teams and the last eight years of his careers he served teams managed by Peter Post. He currently lives in Holten. Biography De Rooij won several stages in the Tour de Suisse, the Tour of Germany and the Ronde van Nederland. He took part in nine editions of the Tour de France. He was known for his strategic intelligence. After his professional career he became a team manager, joining Peter Post's Panasonic team. Later he would become manager of Jan Raas at Rabobank. In those days this was a remarkable switch due to the rivalry between Post and Raas. In 2003 he became the team director of the Rabobank team and Erik Breukink took over his position as a manager of the team. De Rooij partially swit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alfredo Chinetti
Alfredo Chinetti (born 11 July 1949) is an Italian former professional racing cyclist. He rode in two editions of the Tour de France, nine editions of the Giro d'Italia and one edition of the Vuelta a España The Vuelta a España (; en, Tour of Spain) is an annual multi-stage bicycle race primarily held in Spain, while also occasionally making passes through nearby countries. Inspired by the success of the Tour de France and the Giro d'Italia, the .... References External links * 1949 births Living people Italian male cyclists Cyclists from the Province of Varese {{Italy-cycling-bio-1940s-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Boule D'Or (cycling Team)
Boule d'Or was a Belgian professional cycling team that existed from 1979 to 1983. Its main sponsor was cigarette A cigarette is a narrow cylinder containing a combustible material, typically tobacco, that is rolled into thin paper for smoking. The cigarette is ignited at one end, causing it to smolder; the resulting smoke is orally inhaled via the opp ... brand Boule d'Or. References Cycling teams based in Belgium Defunct cycling teams based in Belgium 1979 establishments in Belgium 1983 disestablishments in Belgium Cycling teams established in 1979 Cycling teams disestablished in 1983 {{Belgium-sport-team-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Como
Como (, ; lmo, Còmm, label=Comasco dialect, Comasco , or ; lat, Novum Comum; rm, Com; french: Côme) is a city and ''comune'' in Lombardy, Italy. It is the administrative capital of the Province of Como. Its proximity to Lake Como and to the Alps has made Como a tourist destination, and the city contains numerous works of art, churches, gardens, museums, theatres, parks, and palaces: the ''Como Cathedral, Duomo'', seat of the Diocese of Como; the Basilica of Sant'Abbondio; the Villa Olmo; the public gardens with the Tempio Voltiano; the Teatro Sociale; the ''Broletto'' or the city's medieval town hall; and the 20th-century Casa del Fascio (Como), Casa del Fascio. With 215,320 overnight guests in 2013, Como was the fourth-most visited city in Lombardy after Milan, Bergamo, and Brescia. In 2018, Como surpassed Bergamo becoming the third most visited city in Lombardy with 1.4 million arrivals. Como was the birthplace of many historical figures, including the poet Caeciliu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
.jpg "Click for more on -> Hennie Kuiper")
