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1985 Milan–San Remo
The 1985 Milan–San Remo was the 76th edition of the Milan–San Remo cycle race and was held on 16 March 1985. The race started in Milan and finished in San Remo. The race was won by Hennie Kuiper of the Verandalux–Dries team. General classification References 1985 The year 1985 was designated as the International Youth Year by the United Nations. Events January * January 1 ** The Internet's Domain Name System is created. ** Greenland withdraws from the European Economic Community as a result of a ... March 1985 sports events in Europe 1985 in road cycling 1985 in Italian sport 1985 Super Prestige Pernod International {{Milan–San Remo-race-stub ... [...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] |
Giovanni Mantovani
Giovanni Mantovani (born 5 February 1955) is a former Italian racing cyclist. Major results ;1977 :1st Stage 3 Giro di Puglia :4th Tre Valli Varesine :8th Milano–Torino ;1979 :1st Stage 1 Tour of the Basque Country :4th G.P. Camaiore :6th Tre Valli Varesine :9th Milan–San Remo ;1980 : Giro d'Italia ::1st Stages 9 & 10 ;1981 :1st Giro del Veneto :2nd Coppa Bernocchi :2nd Giro di Campania :2nd G.P. Camaiore :3rd Overall Giro del Trentino ::1st Stages 1 & 3a :3rd Overall Giro di Puglia ;1982 :1st Milano-Vignola :3rd Giro dell'Umbria :3rd GP Alghero :5th Milano–Torino :7th Overall Route du Sud ::1st Stages 2b & 3 ;1983 :1st Stage 2 Giro di Puglia :1st Giro dell'Etna :2nd GP Alghero :3rd Trofeo Pantalica :5th Milano–Torino ;1984 :1st Overall Giro di Puglia ::1st Stages 1 & 2 :2nd Giro del Lazio :2nd Giro di Romagna :8th Giro dell'Emilia ;1985 :1st Stage 4 Giro di Puglia :1st Tre Valli Varesine :2nd Giro di Toscana :3rd Coppa Bernocchi :5th Milan–San Remo ;1986 :1st St ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1985 In Road Cycling
The year 1985 was designated as the International Youth Year by the United Nations. Events January * January 1 ** The Internet's Domain Name System is created. ** Greenland withdraws from the European Economic Community as a result of a new agreement on fishing rights. * January 7 – Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency launches ''Sakigake'', Japan's first interplanetary spacecraft and the first deep space probe to be launched by any country other than the United States space exploration programs, United States or the Soviet space program, Soviet Union. * January 15 – Tancredo Neves is Brazilian presidential election, 1985, elected president of Brazil by the National Congress of Brazil, Congress, ending the Military dictatorship in Brazil, 21-year military rule. * January 20 – Ronald Reagan is Second inauguration of Ronald Reagan, privately sworn in for a second term as Presidency of Ronald Reagan, President of the United States. * January 27 – The Eco ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
March 1985 Sports Events In Europe
March is the third month of the year in both the Julian and Gregorian calendars. It is the second of seven months to have a length of 31 days. In the Northern Hemisphere, the meteorological beginning of spring occurs on the first day of March. The March equinox on the 20 or 21 marks the astronomical beginning of spring in the Northern Hemisphere and the beginning of autumn in the Southern Hemisphere, where September is the seasonal equivalent of the Northern Hemisphere's March. Origin The name of March comes from '' Martius'', the first month of the earliest Roman calendar. It was named after Mars, the Roman god of war, and an ancestor of the Roman people through his sons Romulus and Remus. His month ''Martius'' was the beginning of the season for warfare, and the festivals held in his honor during the month were mirrored by others in October, when the season for these activities came to a close. ''Martius'' remained the first month of the Roman calendar year perhaps as la ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Etienne De Wilde
Etienne De Wilde (born 23 March 1958 in Wetteren, East Flanders) is a Belgian former professional road bicycle racer. De Wilde won races on the road and on the track. He won a silver medal in the madison at the 2000 Summer Olympics. Major results ;1979 : 3rd National Amateur Road Race Championships ;1980 : 1st Stage 12 Vuelta a España : 1st Grand Prix d'Isbergues : 1st Berlare & Nevele : 5th Blois-Chaville ;1981 : 1st Omloop van West-Brabant : 1st Stage 1a Three Days of De Panne : 1st Velaines sur Sambre & Wetteren ;1982 : 1st Flèche Picarde : 1st Stage 2 Four Days of Dunkirk : 1st Stage 3 Tour de l'Oise : 1st Mouscron, Wetteren & Zele ;1983 : 1st Dwars door Vlaanderen : 1st Flèche Picarde : 1st Stage 3 Tour de l'Oise : 1st Destelbergen, Laarne & Sint-Niklaas : 5th Gent–Wevelgem ;1984 : 1st Omloop van de Fruitstreken ;1985 : 1st Stage 1 Setmana Catalana de Ciclisme : 1st Temse ;1986 : 1st Omnium, National Track Championships : 1st Stage 2 Tour de l'Aude : 1st Merelbeke : ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Steve Bauer
Steven Todd Bauer, MSM (born June 12, 1959) is a retired professional road bicycle racer from Canada. He won the first Olympic medal in road cycling for Canada and until 2022 he was the only Canadian to win an individual stage of the Tour de France (both Ryder Hesjedal and Svein Tuft and Alex Stieda had been part of winning team time trial squads). Cycling career Bauer joined the Canadian national cycling team in 1977, competing in team pursuit. He would remain on the national team for seven years, winning the national road race championship in 1981, 1982, and 1983, competing in the Commonwealth Games (1978, 1982), the Pan American Games (1979). He capped his amateur career with a silver medal in the men's cycling road race at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles. This was the first medal in road cycling for Canada at the Olympics. Bauer turned professional following the Olympics, and in his second professional race, won the bronze medal at the world cycling championship ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Urs Freuler
Urs Freuler (born 6 November 1958 in Bilten, Canton of Glarus) is a Swiss cyclist, who raced professionally between 1980 and 1997, during which he won 124 victories. He was named Swiss Sports Personality of the Year in 1982 and 1983. He was born in Bilten. As an amateur, he was the champion of his country in several categories and also achieved fame in international competitions. He was a racer of great speed, who participated both in road races as well as track cycling. In the latter, he was the world champion in the keirin twice and the points race eight times and victor in 21 six-day races. On the road, he was victorious in numerous stages and criteriums. He competed in the team pursuit event at the 1980 Summer Olympics. In 1981, Freuler was riding for a personal sponsor, when the TI–Raleighcycling team had problems to form a team for the 1981 Tour de France. The rules allowed for the Raleigh team to hire cyclists who were not riding for a cycling team, and Freuler was a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sean Kelly (cyclist)
John James 'Sean' Kelly (born 24 May 1956) is an Irish former professional road bicycle racer, one of the most successful road cyclists of the 1980s, and one of the finest Classics riders of all time. From becoming a professional in 1977 until his retirement in 1994, he won 193 professional races, including nine Monument Classics, Paris–Nice a record seven years consecutively and the first UCI Road World Cup in 1989. Kelly won one Grand Tour, the 1988 Vuelta a España, and four green jerseys in the Tour de France. He achieved multiple victories in the Giro di Lombardia, Milan–San Remo, Paris–Roubaix and Liège–Bastogne–Liège, as well as three runners-up placings in the only Monument he failed to win, the Tour of Flanders. Other victories include the Grand Prix des Nations and stage races, the Critérium International, Tour de Suisse, Tour of the Basque Country and Volta a Catalunya. Kelly twice won bronze medals (1982, 1989) in the Road World Championships Elite ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Francis Castaing
Francis Castaing (born 22 April 1959) is a French former professional road bicycle racer. He won one stage in the 1985 Tour de France. He also competed in the individual road race event at the 1980 Summer Olympics. Major results ;1979 :Tour de Gironde ;1980 :Bordeaux - Saintes ;1981 : French National Track Championships :Paris–Bourges ;1982 :GP de Peymeinade :GP Ouest-France : National Track Points race Championship ;1984 :Brest :Quilan ;1985 :Breuillet :Lanester :Rodez :Tour de France: ::Winner stage 6 :Castillon-la-Bataille ;1986 :Ronde d'Aix-en-Provence :Tour de Vendée Tour of Vendée is a single-day road bicycle race held annually in October (Previously May) in the region of Vendée, France, finishing in a circuit inside La Roche-sur-Yon town. From 2005 until 2009, the race was organized as a 1.1 event on the ... ;1987 :Bordeaux References External links *Official Tour de France results for Francis Castaing French male cyclists 1959 births Living people Fr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eric Vanderaerden
Eric Vanderaerden (born 11 February 1962) is a retired road cyclist from the town of Lummen, Belgium. He was a considerable talent, winning the prologue time trial of the Vuelta a España in his debut year of 1983. During the 1983 Tour de France he also won the prologue and held the yellow jersey for two days. During the 1984 Tour de France he won two stages, including the final stage of the race which finished on the Champs Elysees in Paris. His participation in the 1985 edition was a strong one, beating the eventual Tour winner Bernard Hinault in a time trial stage. He held the yellow jersey again during this tour, this time for three days. The following year, he won the green jersey. In subsequent years, he won two monument races: in 1985, at 23, he won the storm ridden edition of the Tour of Flanders, and in 1987 he won Paris–Roubaix. After 1988, his career went in decline and, despite his talent, he failed to win major races. He certainly had considerable talent as a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Teun Van Vliet
Teun van Vliet (born 22 March 1962 in Vlaardingen, South Holland) is a retired road bicycle racer from the Netherlands, who was a professional rider from 1984 to 1990. Van Vliet's best year was 1987, when he won Gent–Wevelgem, Omloop "Het Volk" and the Ronde van Nederland. The next year he wore the yellow jersey for three days in the 1988 Tour de France. Van Vlioet is the brother of the 1977 Dutch woman road champion Nita van Vliet and uncle of racing cyclist Kim de Baat. He is however not related to Leo van Vliet, another famous Dutch road cyclist in the late 1970s, early 1980s. Major results ;1979 :World champion Track points race for juniors ;1980 : track points race amateur championship ;1984 :Circuit des Mines ;1985 :Hansweert ;1986 :Aalsmeer :Grand Prix d'Isbergues :Groot-Ammers :Liedekerkse Pijl ;1987 :Bavel :Ronde van Nederland :Omloop Het Volk :Gent–Wevelgem :Profronde van Wateringen :Sas van Gent ;1988 :Tiel :Tour de France: ::Wearing yellow jersey for three days ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Verandalux–Dries
Verandalux–Dries was a Belgian professional cycling team that existed in 1984 and 1985. The team participated in the 1985 Tour de France The 1985 Tour de France was the 72nd edition of the Tour de France, one of Cycle sport, cycling's Grand Tour (cycling), Grand Tours. It took place between 28 June and 21 July 1985. The course ran over and consisted of a individual time trial, p .... References Cycling teams based in Belgium Defunct cycling teams based in Belgium 1984 establishments in Belgium 1985 disestablishments in Belgium Cycling teams established in 1984 Cycling teams disestablished in 1985 {{Belgium-sport-team-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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