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1995 Dwars Door België
The 1995 Dwars door België was the 50th edition of the Dwars door Vlaanderen cycle race and was held on 22 March 1995. The race started and finished in Waregem. The race was won by Jelle Nijdam. General classification References 1995 File:1995 Events Collage V2.png, From left, clockwise: O.J. Simpson is O. J. Simpson murder case, acquitted of the murders of Nicole Brown Simpson and Ronald Goldman from the 1994, year prior in "The Trial of the Century" in the United States; The ... 1995 in road cycling 1995 in Belgian sport March 1995 sports events in Europe {{Belgium-cycling-race-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jelle Nijdam
Jelle Nijdam (born 16 August 1963) is a Dutch former professional road cyclist. Nijdam turned professional after the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles. He participated in the Tour de France 10 times, winning six stages and wearing the yellow jersey for three days. Nijdam's father, Henk Nijdam, was a professional cyclist from 1962 to 1969, who won the 1962 world amateur track pursuit championship. He also competed in the individual pursuit and team pursuit events at the 1984 Summer Olympics. Career achievements Major results ;1984 : Olympia's Tour ::1st Prologue & Stage 7b ( ITT) ;1985 : 1st Overall Tour de Luxembourg : 1st Grand Prix Impanis : Tour of Sweden ::1st Prologue & Stage 3 : 1st Prologue Tour of Belgium : 3rd GP Stad Vilvoorde : 4th Overall Three Days of De Panne ;1986 : 1st Prologue Ronde van Nederland : 1st Stage 3b ( ITT) Tour de Luxembourg : 3rd Overall Danmark Rundt ::1st Young rider classification ::1st Stage 1 : 3rd Overall Tour of Sweden ::1st Prologue ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tom Steels
Tom Steels (born 2 September 1971) is a Belgian former professional road bicycle racer, specialising in sprint finishes and one-day races. He was one of the top sprinters in the peloton. Steels competed at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, in the Men's 1000 metres Time Trial, finishing 19th. Steels began his professional cycling career in 1994 with the Vlaanderen 2002 team, winning eight times in his first two seasons. His breakthrough was after he signed with Mapei in 1996. That year he won Omloop Het Volk, and Gent–Wevelgem. In 1997, he rode in his first Tour de France, and looked capable of a stage win after coming second on Stage 2. However, during the sprint for the finish for the sixth stage he found himself blocked and boxed in by other sprinters and in frustration threw his water bottle at another rider, an offence for which he was disqualified from that year's Tour. As a result, he earned the nickname "Tom Bidon". His best season was 1998 when he won the natio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Adriano Baffi
Adriano Baffi (born 7 August 1962) is a former Italian bicycle road racer. After his career as a rider, he became a team director. He is the son of Italian bicycle racer Pierino Baffi. Baffi was born in Vailate, Italy. He joined Luxembourg team as a sporting director in 2011.1 "Baffi becomes sport director with Luxembourg Pro Cycling Project" VeloNation, 8 December 2010, Retrieved 17 April 2011 http://www.velonation.com/News/ID/6642/Baffi-becomes-sport-director-with-Luxembourg-Pro-Cycling-Project.aspx Major results ;1980 : 1st National Junior Kilometer Championships : 1st National Junior Team Pursuit Championships ;1985 : 8th Milano–Torino ;1987 : 1st National Points Race Championships : 1st Giro dell'Etna : 1st Stage 1 Tour de Suisse : 3rd Giro del Piemonte : 4th Overall Settimana Internazionale di Coppi e Bartali ;1988 : 1st National Points Race Championships : 1st Overall Settimana internazionale di Coppi e Bartali ::1st Stages 2 & 4 : 1st Milano–Vignola : 1st Gir ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1994 Dwars Door België
The 1994 Dwars door België was the 49th edition of the Dwars door Vlaanderen cycle race and was held on 23 March 1994. The race started and finished in Waregem. The race was won by Carlo Bomans. General classification References 1994 File:1994 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: The 1994 Winter Olympics are held in Lillehammer, Norway; The Kaiser Permanente building after the 1994 Northridge earthquake; A model of the MS Estonia, which Sinking of the MS Estonia, sank in ... 1994 in road cycling 1994 in Belgian sport March 1994 sports events in Europe {{Belgium-cycling-race-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1996 Dwars Door België
The 1996 Dwars door België was the 51st edition of the Dwars door Vlaanderen cycle race and was held on 27 March 1996. The race started and finished in Waregem. The race was won by Tristan Hoffman. General classification References 1996 File:1996 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: A Centennial Olympic Park bombing, bomb explodes at Centennial Olympic Park in Atlanta, set off by a radical Anti-abortion violence, anti-abortionist; The center fuel tank explodes on TWA Flight 8 ... 1996 in road cycling 1996 in Belgian sport March 1996 sports events in Europe {{Belgium-cycling-race-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dwars Door Vlaanderen
Dwars door Vlaanderen ''( en, 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' 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, of approximately 130 kilometres distance. Both events are organized by Flanders Classics. In addition the Grand Prix de Waregem w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Waregem
Waregem (; vls, Woaregem), sometimes known as Waereghem, is a municipality and city located in the Belgian province of West Flanders. The municipality lies in the valley of the river Leie, between Kortrijk and Ghent. It is part of the arrondissement of Kortrijk and comprises the towns of Beveren, Desselgem, Sint-Eloois-Vijve and Waregem proper. On January 1, 2019, Waregem had a total population of 38,260. The total area is 44.34 km² which gives a population density of 863 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 trib ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Erik Zabel
Erik Zabel (; born 7 July 1970) is a German former professional road bicycle racer who raced most of his career with Telekom. With 152 professional wins and 211 wins in his career, he is considered by some to be one of the greatest German cyclists and cycling sprinters of all-time. Zabel won a record nine points classifications in grands tours including the points classification in the Tour de France six consecutive years between 1996 and 2001 and the points classification in the Vuelta a España in 2002, 2003 and 2004. Zabel won the Milan–San Remo four times and numerous six-day track events. He was one of the few road cyclists of recent times who raced all year, including track cycling Track cycling is a bicycle racing sport usually held on specially built banked tracks or velodromes using purpose-designed track bicycles. History Track cycling has been around since at least 1870. When track cycling was in its infancy, it ... in winter. For season 2012 he joined ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wilfried Nelissen
Wilfried Nelissen (Tongeren, 5 May 1970) is a former Belgian road racing cyclist, who specialised as a sprinter. He was involved in a crash at the end of stage 1 of the 1994 Tour de France, when he collided with a policeman. The incident also involved French rider Laurent Jalabert. Nelissen retired in 1998 due to a knee injury that he suffered in 1996 after falling during the Gent–Wevelgem race. Major results ;1991 : Tour de Picardie: Final classification, stage 2 : Tour de Luxembourg Stage 3 ;1992 : Paris–Bourges: Final classification, stage 2 : Tour de Suisse Stages 3 and 6 : Critérium du Dauphiné Libéré Stages 1 and 3 : Ronde van Nederland Stage 1 : Vuelta a Andalucía Stage 2 ;1993 : Omloop Het Volk : Tour de France Stage 2, wearing the yellow jersey for three days : Ronde van Nederland Stages 1, 2 and 4 ;1994 : Belgian road cycling champion : Omloop Het Volk : Four Days of Dunkirk Stages 1 and 2 : Étoile de Bessèges Stages 1 and 3 : Tour Méditerra ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tristan Hoffman
Tristan Henri Christiaan Hoffman (born 1 January 1970 in Groenlo, Oost Gelre) is a Dutch former road racing cyclist. After his racing years he became a directeur sportif for Team CSC, and later for . He also competed in the Cycling at the 1996 Summer Olympics – Men's individual road race, men's individual road race at the 1996 Summer Olympics. Palmarès ;1991 :1st, Overall, Ster Elektrotoer ;1992 :1st, Dutch National Road Race Championships, National Road Race Championships ;1993 :1st, Stage 1, Tour de l'Avenir :1st, Stage 3, Tour de Suisse ;1994 :1st, Stage 1, Herald Sun Tour ;1995 :1st, Stages 2 & 4, Tour of Sweden :1st, Stage, Vuelta a Murcia ;1996 :1st, Dwars door Vlaanderen :1st, Paris–Bourges :4th, Paris–Tours ;1998 :2nd, Dutch National Road Race Championships, National Road Race Championships ;1999 :1st, Veenendaal–Veenendaal :1st, Clásica de Sabiñánigo :1st, Stage 1, Driedaagse van West-Vlaanderen :3rd, Gent–Wevelgem ;2000 :1st, Dwars door Vlaanderen :1st, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fabrizio Bontempi
Fabrizio Bontempi (born 1 November 1966) is an Italian cyclist. He competed in the road race at the 1988 Summer Olympics The 1988 Summer Olympics (), officially known as the Games of the XXIV Olympiad () and commonly known as Seoul 1988 ( ko, 서울 1988, Seoul Cheon gubaek palsip-pal), was an international multi-sport event held from 17 September to 2 October .... References External links * 1966 births Living people Italian male cyclists Olympic cyclists of Italy Cyclists at the 1988 Summer Olympics Cyclists from Brescia {{Italy-cycling-bio-1960s-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hendrik Redant
Hendrik Redant (born 1 November 1962 in Ninove) is a Belgian former professional cyclist. He was a directeur sportif with the Omega Pharma–Lotto cycling team until the end of the 2010 season. For 2011 he left Omega Pharma–Lotto to take up a position with the Australian Pegasus Sports Racing team. The team folded before making its debut. He currently works as a directeur sportif for UCI ProTeam . Major results ;1984 :1st Stage 4 Ronde van Brabant ;1987 :1st Omloop van het Houtland : 2nd Dwars door West-Vlaanderen ;1988 :1st Stage 4 Tour of Belgium :1st Stage 3 Driedaagse van De Panne :1st Kuurne–Brussels–Kuurne :1st Zele-Puivelde : 2nd Ruddervoorde Koerse ;1989 :1st Brussel–Ingooigem :1st GP Fina-Fayt-le-Franc : 2nd Tour de Midi-Pyrénées : 3rd GP de Fourmies : 3rd Tour de la Haute-Sambre : 3rd GP Stad Sint-Niklaas : 3rd GP Frans Melckenbeek ;1990 :1st Overall Tour de l'Oise :1st Kuurne–Brussels–Kuurne :1st GP Fina-Fayt-le-Franc :1st Kampioenschap van Vlaand ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
