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1980 Paris–Roubaix
The 1980 Paris–Roubaix was the 78th edition of the Paris–Roubaix cycle race and was held on 13 April 1980. The race started in Compiègne and finished in Roubaix. The race was won by Francesco Moser Francesco Moser (, ; born 19 June 1951), nicknamed "Lo sceriffo" (The sheriff), is an Italian former professional road bicycle racer. He finished on the podium of the Giro d'Italia six times including his win in the 1984 edition. Moser was dom ... of the Sanson team. General classification References Paris–Roubaix Paris-Roubaix Paris-Roubaix Paris-Roubaix Paris-Roubaix {{Paris–Roubaix-race-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Francesco Moser
Francesco Moser (, ; born 19 June 1951), nicknamed "Lo sceriffo" (The sheriff), is an Italian former professional road bicycle racer. He finished on the podium of the Giro d'Italia six times including his win in the 1984 edition. Moser was dominant from the mid-1970s to the early 1980s. He turned professional in 1973, showing a cultured pedaling style. But his powerful build meant he was not a gifted climber. He entered one edition of the Tour de France, in 1975, where he won two stages, held the maillot jaune for six days and finished 7th overall. He also won the 1977 world road racing championship in addition to collecting silver medals in 1976 and 1978. He won six times in three of the five monuments. Three consecutive editions of Paris–Roubaix, two victories in the Giro di Lombardia and one win in Milan–San Remo. His 273 road victories puts him behind Eddy Merckx (525) and Rik Van Looy (379), but ahead of Rik Van Steenbergen (270) and Roger De Vlaeminck (255). He ... [...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] |
1980 In French Sport
__NOTOC__ Year 198 (CXCVIII) was a common year starting on Sunday 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, Chinese official and general (d. 269) * Quan Cong, Chinese general and advisor (d. 249) Deaths * Li Jue, Chinese warlord and regent * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Piet Van Katwijk
Pieter Gerardus van Katwijk (27 February 1950 – 24 February 2025) was a Dutch cyclist who was active between 1969 and 1983. He competed at the 1972 Summer Olympics and finished in eleventh place in the road race. He won the Milk Race (1973) and Acht van Chaam (1974) as well as several stages of the Olympia's Tour (1970, 1971, 1972), Tour de Suisse (1976), Tour of Belgium (1976), Ronde van Nederland (1977) , and Tour de Luxembourg The Tour de Luxembourg is an annual stage race in professional road bicycle racing held in Luxembourg. The Tour de Luxembourg is classified as a UCI race classifications, 2.Pro race, the highest rating below the UCI World Tour, World Tour, by the ... (1977). Van Katwijk died on 24 February 2025, three days before his 75th birthday. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ludo Peeters
Ludo Peeters (born 9 August 1953) is a former Belgian professional road bicycle racer. He was professional from 1974 to 1990. He rode ten editions of the Tour de France and won 3 stages, one in 1980, one in 1982 and one in 1986. He also wore the yellow jersey as leader of the general classification for one day in 1982 after his stage win and also in 1984. Major results ;1974 : 1st Stage 10 Tour de Pologne ;1975 : 2nd Grand Prix de Fourmies : 3rd Nationale Sluitingsprijs ;1976 : 1st Omloop van de Vlaamse Scheldeboorden : 2nd Overall Tour of the Netherlands ;1977 : 1st Paris–Brussels : 1st Overall Omloop Mandel-Leie-Schelde ::1st Stage 1 : 1st Stage 4 Tour of the Netherlands : 1st Prologue Grand Prix du Midi Libre : 1st Stage 1 Tour de l'Aude : 2nd Scheldeprijs : 3rd Omloop Het Volk ;1978 : 1st Schaal Sels : 1st Overall Tour de Luxembourg : 3rd Brabantse Pijl ;1979 : 1st Paris–Brussels : 1st Druivenkoers Overijse : 1st Omloop Mandel-Leie-Schelde ;1980 : 1s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Tackaert
William Tackaert (born 9 August 1956) is a Belgian former racing cyclist. He rode in five editions of the Tour de France between 1979 and 1983. He most notably won the 1983 E3 Harelbeke and the 1985 Kuurne–Brussels–Kuurne. Major results ;1979 : 1st Stage 1 Driedaagse van De Panne-Koksijde : 2nd Nokere Koerse ;1980 : 1st Stage 2a Étoile des Espoirs : 2nd Omloop Mandel-Leie-Schelde : 4th Ronde van Limburg : 5th GP Stad Zottegem : 8th Paris–Roubaix : 8th Scheldeprijs ;1981 : 1st Stage 3a Critérium du Dauphiné Libéré : 2nd Nationale Sluitingprijs : 3rd Stadsprijs Geraardsbergen : 7th Druivenkoers-Overijse : 8th Overall Tour of Belgium : 10th 1981 Omloop Het Volk, Omloop Het Volk ;1982 : 1st Nokere Koerse : 3rd Omloop van de Westhoek : 6th Overall Tour de Luxembourg : 8th Grand Prix Cerami ;1983 : 1st 1983 E3 Harelbeke, E3 Harelbeke : 1st Omloop Mandel-Leie-Schelde : 2nd Grand Prix de Denain : 3rd Overall Four Days of Dunkirk : 3rd Ronde van Limburg : 4th Overall D ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Daniel Willems
Daniel Willems (16 August 1956 – 2 September 2016) ''Het Laatste Nieuws'', 3 September 2016 was a Belgian road bicycle racer. Health problems ended his career in 1986. He competed in the Cycling at the 1976 Summer Olympics – Men's team time trial, team time trial event at the 1976 Summer Olympics. Major results ;1976 : 5th Overall Tour de Bretagne, Ruban Granitier Breton ;1977 : 1st Belgian National Road Race Championships, Road race, National Amateur Road Championships : 1st[...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, 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 España 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, but he finally lost it to the Italian Silvano Contini in the final sprint due to a shifting error. 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 fav ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bernard Hinault
Bernard Hinault (; born 14 November 1954) is a French former professional road bicycle racing, 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 Tour (cycling), 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 Eddy Merckx, 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 (administrative region), 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 1977 Liège–Bastogne–Liège, Liège–Bastogne–Liège classic and the 1977 Critérium du Dauphiné Libéré, Critérium du Dauphiné Libéré stage race in 1977. In 1978, he won his fi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gilbert Duclos-Lassalle
Gilbert Duclos-Lassalle (born 25 August 1954) is a former French professional road racing cyclist who was a specialist at one-day classic cycling races. He raced from 1977 to 1995, one of the best French riders of a generation that included Bernard Hinault and Laurent Fignon. Born in Lembeye, Duclos-Lassalle was a specialist of Paris–Roubaix, but it took "Duclos", as the public called him, a long time to win. After finishing second to Francesco Moser in 1980 and Hennie Kuiper in 1983, he won in 1992, finishing on Roubaix Velodrome 20 seconds ahead the German Olaf Ludwig. Duclos-Lassalle was 37 years old. But the next year he won again, beating the Italian Franco Ballerini on the line. Ballerini, who thought he won, lifted his arms in triumph after the line but had been beaten by Duclos-Lassalle in a very close finish. Not a climber, Duclos-Lassalle was never a contender for the Tour de France but he rode well in one-week races such as Paris–Nice or the Critérium du Midi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Filotex (cycling Team)
Filotex was an Italian professional cycling team that existed from 1963 to 1980. The team's main sponsor from 1976 to 1980 was Italian food producer Sanson. History Throughout the 1960s and 1970s, Filotex riders such as Italo Zilioli, Ugo Colombo, and Franco Bitossi consistently placed in the top 10 at the Giro d'Italia. At the 1969 Giro, Zilioli, Colombo, and Bitossi placed in the top 10 of the general classification, with Bitossi winning the points classification The points classification is a secondary award category in road bicycle racing. Points are given for high finishes and, in some cases, for winning sprints at certain places along the route, most often called ''intermediate sprints''. The points c .... References External links Cycling teams based in Italy Defunct cycling teams based in Italy 1963 establishments in Italy 1980 disestablishments in Italy Cycling teams established in 1963 Cycling teams disestablished in 1980 {{Italy-cycling-team-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
