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1986 Dwars Door België
The 1986 Dwars door België was the 41st edition of the Dwars door Vlaanderen cycle race and was held on 23 March 1986. The race started and finished in Waregem. The race was won by Eric Vanderaerden. General classification References 1986 The year 1986 was designated as the International Year of Peace by the United Nations. Events January * January 1 ** Aruba gains increased autonomy from the Netherlands by separating from the Netherlands Antilles. ** Spain and Portugal en ... 1986 in road cycling 1986 in Belgian sport March 1986 sports events in Europe {{Belgium-cycling-race-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eric Vanderaerden
Eric Vanderaerden (born 11 February 1962) is a Belgian retired road cyclist. 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-Élysées 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 time trial racer, but ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Adri Van Der Poel
Adri van der Poel (born 17 June 1959) is a retired Dutch cyclist. Van der Poel was a professional from 1981 to 2000. His biggest wins included six classics, two stages of the Tour de France and the World Cyclo-Cross Championships in 1996. He also obtained the second place and silver medal in the World Road Championships in 1983 behind Greg LeMond and five second places in the World Cyclo-Cross championships. The Grand Prix Adrie van der Poel is named after him. Career Van der Poel began his career on the road and during his first season as a professional he obtained second place in Paris–Nice behind Stephen Roche and second place in the La Flèche Wallonne. In the Tour de France, he won two stages; his stage win in 1988 set the record for fastest stage (since then only surpassed by three cyclists). Van der Poel also competed in cyclo-cross during the winter and obtained great results – that he turned full-time to cyclo-cross in the latter part of his career where he won the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Peter Stevenhaagen
Peter Stevenhaagen (born April 24, 1965, in Haarlem, North Holland) is a retired road bicycle racer from the Netherlands, who was a professional rider from 1986 to 1992. He rode a total number of five Tours de France during his career. Tour de France *1986 – 29th *1987 – 45th *1988 – 29th *1989 – 50th *1991 It was the final year of the Cold War, which had begun in 1947. During the year, the Soviet Union Dissolution of the Soviet Union, collapsed, leaving Post-soviet states, fifteen sovereign republics and the Commonwealth of Independent State ... – 94th During stage 1 of the 1988 edition he wore the green jersey, as after the prologue he was ranked 2nd. References * 1965 births Living people Dutch male cyclists Cyclists from Haarlem 20th-century Dutch sportsmen {{Netherlands-cycling-bio-1960s-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1985 Dwars Door België
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 or the Soviet Union. * January 15 – Tancredo Neves is elected president of Brazil by the Congress, ending the 21-year military rule. * January 27 – The Economic Cooperation Organization (ECO) is formed, in Tehran. * January 28 – The charity single record "We Are the World" is recorded by USA for Africa. February * February 4 – The border between Gibraltar and Spain reopens for the first time since Francisco Franco closed it in 1969. * February 5 – Australia cancels its involvemen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1987 Dwars Door België
The 1987 Dwars door België was the 42nd edition of the Dwars door Vlaanderen cycle race and was held on 26 March 1987. The race started and finished in Waregem. The race was won by Jelle Nijdam. General classification References 1987 Events January * January 1 – Bolivia reintroduces the Boliviano currency. * January 2 – Chadian–Libyan conflict – Battle of Fada: The Military of Chad, Chadian army destroys a Libyan armoured brigade. * January 3 – Afghan leader ... 1987 in road cycling 1987 in Belgian sport March 1987 sports events in Europe {{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] |
Noël Segers
Noël Segers (born 21 December 1959) is a former Belgian racing cyclist. He rode in four editions of the Tour de France between 1983 and 1992 and the 1987 Vuelta a España The 42nd Edition ''Vuelta a España'' (Tour of Spain), a long-distance bicycle stage race and one of the 3 grand tours, was held from 23 April to 15 May 1987. It consisted of 22 stages covering a total of 3,921 km, and was won by Luis Herre .... References External links * 1959 births Living people Belgian male cyclists Cyclists from Ninove 20th-century Belgian sportsmen {{Belgium-cycling-bio-1950s-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Frits Pirard
Frits Pirard (Breda, 8 December 1954) was a Dutch professional road bicycle racer. Pirard won stage 1 of the 1983 Tour de France. He also competed in the team time trial event at the 1976 Summer Olympics. Major results ;1975 :Ster van Zwolle ;1978 :Ronde van Midden-Nederland ;1979 :GP Ouest-France : National 50 km Track Championship ;1982 :Ulvenhout :Heusden ;1983 : Draai van de Kaai :Zwijndrecht :Tour de France: ::Winner stage 1 :Huijbergen ;1985 :Dongen ;1986 : National Track Points Race Championship ;1987 :GP UC Bessèges See also * List of Dutch Olympic cyclists This is a list of all Dutch cyclists who competed at the Summer Olympics. As of 2012 events in four cycling disciplines (BMX, mountain biking, road cycling, and track cycling) have been contested at the Summer Olympics. Dutch cyclist did not co ... References External links *Official Tour de France results for Frits Pirard Dutch male cyclists 1954 births Living people Dutch Tour de France stage win ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marc Sergeant
Marc Sergeant (born 16 August 1959) is a Belgian former professional road bicycle racer. He competed in the team time trial event at the 1980 Summer Olympics. After Sergeant stopped his cycling career, he became team manager at . He left his management role at the end of the 2021 season. Sergeant finished a total of 6 times in the top 10 of Tour of Flanders. Major results Sources: ;1981 : 1st Road race, National Amateur Road Championships : 2nd Ghent–Wevelgem U23 : 2nd Circuit de Wallonie : 3rd Circuit des Frontières : 5th Ronde van Vlaanderen U23 ;1982 : 1st Overall, Vuelta a Andalucía ::1st Stage 3 : 1st Stage 6, Four Days of Dunkirk : 7th Paris–Roubaix : 9th Tour of Flanders : 9th Overall Tour of the Netherlands ;1983 : 1st Londerzeel : 2nd Road race, National Road Championships : 2nd Leeuwse Pijl : 3rd Tour of Flanders : 6th Grand Prix Eddy Merckx : 8th Polder-Kempen ;1984 : 1st Stage 5, Tour de Suisse : 2nd Overall Tour of Belgium : 3rd Dwars door België : 3rd G ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Willem Wijnant
Willem Wijnant (born 16 July 1961) is a Belgian racing cyclist. He rode in the 1988 Tour de France The 1988 Tour de France was the 75th edition of the Tour de France, taking place from 4 to 24 July. It consisted of 22 stages over . The race was won by Pedro Delgado with the top three positions at the end of the race being occupied by special .... References 1961 births Living people Belgian male cyclists Place of birth missing (living people) 20th-century Belgian sportsmen {{Belgium-cycling-bio-1960s-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jos Lammertink
Jos Lammertink (28 March 1958 – 24 November 2024) was a Dutch road bicycle racer. He won the Dutch title in the Dutch National Road Race Championship, men's road race in 1986. That same year he was involved in a crash during stage four of the Tour de France that forced him to abandon, suffering from a fracture on his left front skull. Lammertink died from respiratory failure on 24 November 2024, at the age of 66. Teams *1980: HB Alarmsystemen (Netherlands) *1981: HB Alarmsystemen (Netherlands) *1982: B&S Wegenbouw-Elro Snacks (Netherlands) *1983: Vivi – Benotto (Italy) *1984: Panasonic (Netherlands) *1985: Panasonic (Netherlands) *1986: Panasonic (Netherlands) *1987: Transvemij-Van Schilt (Netherlands) *1988: TVM-Van Schilt (Netherlands) *1989: TVM-Ragno (Netherlands) References External links * 1958 births 2024 deaths Sportspeople from Wierden Dutch male cyclists Dutch Vuelta a España stage winners Cyclists from Overijssel 20th-century Dutch sportsmen {{ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
