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1967 Paris–Nice
The 1967 Paris–Nice was the 25th running of the Paris–Nice cycling stage race, often known as the ''Race to the Sun''. It started on 8 March in Athis-Mons, south of Paris, and ended on 15 March in Nice and consisted of eight stages, including an individual time trial. A total of 96 riders from twelve teams entered the race, which was won by Briton Tom Simpson of the Peugeot-BP-Michelin team. Simpson became the first British rider to win the Paris–Nice general classification. In the other race classifications, Bernard Guyot of Pelforth-Wild-Lejeune won the mountains classification, Jean-Claude Wuillemin of Pelforth-Wild-Lejeune took the points classification green jersey. Pelforth-Wild-Lejeune finished as the winners of the team classification, which ranks each of the twelve teams contesting the race by lowest cumulative time. Teams Twelve teams were invited to participate in the 1967 edition of the Paris–Nice. One of the teams, Beer 33-Gitane, was amateur. Each team sent a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tom Simpson
Thomas Simpson (30 November 1937 – 13 July 1967) was one of Britain's most successful professional cyclists. He was born in Haswell, County Durham, and later moved to Harworth, Nottinghamshire. Simpson began road cycling as a teenager before taking up track cycling, specialising in pursuit races. He won a bronze medal for track cycling at the 1956 Summer Olympics and a silver at the 1958 British Empire and Commonwealth Games. In 1959, at age 21, Simpson was signed by the French professional road-racing team . He advanced to their first team () the following year, and won the 1961 Tour of Flanders. Simpson then joined ; in the 1962 Tour de France he became the first British rider to wear the yellow jersey, finishing sixth overall. In 1963 Simpson moved to , winning Bordeaux–Paris that year and the 1964 Milan–San Remo. In 1965 he became Britain's first professional world road race champion and won the Giro di Lombardia; this made him the BBC Sports Personality ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Guido Reybrouck
Guido Reybrouck (born 25 December 1941 in Bruges) is a Belgian former road bicycle racer. He is an older brother of Wilfried Reybrouck and the cousin of Gustave Danneels. Major results ;1964 : 1st Paris–Tours : 1st Züri-Metzgete : 1st Stage 2 Tour de l'Oise : 2nd Overall Tour du Nord : 2nd Overall Tour du Loir-et-Cher ::1st Stage 1 ;1965 : 1st Kuurne–Brussels–Kuurne : Tour de France ::1st Stages 6 & 10 : 1st Stage 5 Tour of Belgium : 2nd Overall Paris–Luxembourg : 2nd Omloop van het Leiedal : 4th Paris–Tours : 6th Omloop Het Volk : 6th GP de Fourmies : 8th Milan–San Remo : 9th De Kustpijl ;1966 : 1st Road race, National Road Championships : 1st Paris–Tours : 1st Stage 2 Tour de France : 2nd Omloop der Vlaamse Ardennen Ichtegem : 4th Tour of Flanders : 7th Road race, UCI Road World Championships : 7th Paris–Brussels ;1967 : 1st Elfstedenronde : Tour de France ::1st Stages 4 & 9 : 1st Stage 1 Vuelta a España : Paris–Nice ::1st Stages 1 & 3 : 7th To ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lucy-sur-Cure
Lucy-sur-Cure (, literally ''Lucy on Cure'') is a commune in the Yonne department in Bourgogne-Franche-Comté in north-central France. See also *Communes of the Yonne department The following is a list of the 423 communes of the Yonne department of France. The communes cooperate in the following intercommunalities (as of 2020):Communes of Yonne {{Yonne-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Willy Bocklant
Willy Bocklant (26 January 1941 – 6 June 1985) was a Belgian professional road racing cyclist active as a professional between 1962 and 1969. Among his biggest victories are the 1964 edition of Liège–Bastogne–Liège and the overall classification of the Tour de Romandie in 1963. Bocklant was born in Bellegem and died in Mouscron Mouscron (; Dutch and vls, Moeskroen, ; Picard and Walloon: ''Moucron'') is a city and municipality of Wallonia located in the Belgian province of Hainaut, along the border with the French city of Tourcoing, which is part of the Lille metropol .... Palmarès External links * 1941 births 1985 deaths Sportspeople from Kortrijk Cyclists from West Flanders Belgian male cyclists {{Belgium-cycling-bio-1940s-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Raymond Poulidor
Raymond Poulidor (; 15 April 1936 – 13 November 2019), nicknamed "Pou-Pou" (), was a French professional racing cyclist, who rode for his entire career. His distinguished career coincided with two other outstanding riders – Jacques Anquetil and Eddy Merckx. This underdog position may have been the reason Poulidor was a favourite of the public. He was known as "The Eternal Second", because he never won the Tour de France despite finishing in second place three times, and in third place five times (including his final Tour at the age of 40). Despite his consistency, he never wore the yellow jersey as leader of the general classification in 14 Tours (of which he completed 12). He did win one Grand Tour, the 1964 Vuelta a España. Of the eighteen Grand Tours that he entered in his career, he finished in the top 10 fifteen times. Early life and amateur career Raymond Poulidor was the son of Martial and Maria Poulidor, small farmers outside the hamlet of Masbaraud-Mérignat, w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Michel Grain
Michel Grain (born 6 October 1942) is a French racing cyclist. He rode in the 1970 Tour de France The 1970 Tour de France was the 57th edition of the Tour de France, one of cycling's Grand Tours. It took place between 27 June and 19 July, with 23 stages covering a distance of . It was the second victory for Belgian Eddy Merckx, who also won t .... References External links * 1942 births Living people French male cyclists Place of birth missing (living people) {{France-cycling-bio-1940s-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jos Huysmans
Jos Huysmans (18 December 1941 – 10 October 2012) was a Belgian professional road bicycle racer. Major results ; 1963 : 1st, Rummen ; 1964 : 1st, Bruxelles-Liège : 1st, Stage 5a, Four Days of Dunkirk : 1st, Stage 4a, Tour of Belgium : 1st, Machelen ; 1965 : 1st, Brugg : 1st, Bulle : 2nd, Overall, Tour de Suisse : 1st, Stage 1, Tour de Suisse : 1st, Tienen : 1st, Wetteren ; 1966 : 1st, Berlare : 1st, De Panne, Criterium : 1st, Heusden O-Vlaanderen : 1st, Kessel–Lier : 1st, Stage 1, Four Days of Dunkirk : 3rd, National Road Championships : 1st, Itegem ; 1967 : 1st, Stage 2b, Tour of Belgium (Team time trial) : 1st, Ath : 1st, Koksijde : 8th, Overall, Tour de France : 1st, Ronse : 1st, Rijmenam : 1st, Heusden O-Vlaanderen ; 1968 : 1st, GP Briek Schotte : 1st, Kampioenschap van Vlaanderen : 1st, Mandel-Leie-Schelde : 1st, Nandrin : 1st, Berlaar : 1st, Tour du Condroz :Tour de France: ::Winner stage 20 ; 1969 : 1st, Stage 6a, Critérium du Dauphiné Libéré (FRA) : 1s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paul Gutty
Paul Gutty (4 November 1942 – 27 August 2006) was a French racing cyclist Cycle sport is Competition, competitive physical activity using bicycles. There are several categories of bicycle racing including road bicycle racing, cyclo-cross, mountain bike racing, track cycling, BMX, and cycle speedway. Non-racing .... He won the French national road race title in 1970. References External links * 1942 births 2006 deaths French male cyclists Cyclists from Lyon {{France-cycling-bio-1940s-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jaak De Boever
Jaak De Boever (born 29 August 1937) is a Belgian former professional racing cyclist. He won the 1968 E3 Harelbeke. Major results ;1961 : 1st Tielt–Antwerpen–Tielt : 1st Omloop der Zuid-West-Vlaamse Bergen ;1962 : 1st Tielt–Antwerpen–Tielt : 1st Stadsprijs Geraardsbergen ;1963 : 2nd Omloop van het Leiedal : 2nd Ronde van Oost-Vlaanderen : 2nd Antwerpen - Ougrée ;1964 : 1st Tielt–Antwerpen–Tielt : 1st Omloop van Midden-Vlaanderen : 1st Stage 2b Dwars door Vlaanderen : 3rd Circuit des Frontières ;1965 : 1st Stadsprijs Geraardsbergen :1st : 1st Stage 2b Tour du Nord : 2nd Tielt–Antwerpen–Tielt : 2nd Omloop van het Houtland ;1966 :1st : 1st Tielt–Antwerpen–Tielt : 1st Nokere Koerse : 3rd Overall Tour du Nord : 3rd Omloop Mandel-Leie-Schelde : 3rd Grote Prijs Marcel Kint : 6th Grand Prix Cerami ;1967 : 1st GP Stad Vilvoorde : 2nd Nokere Koerse : 3rd Ronde van Oost-Vlaanderen : 5th Overall Paris–Nice : 8th Gent–Wevelgem ;1968 : 1st 1968 E3 Harelbeke ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Georges Chappe
Georges Chappe (born 5 March 1944) is a retired cyclist from France, who was nicknamed ''Jojo'' during his professional career. He was a professional from 1965 to 1975. In 1970 he won the Critérium International. In 1968, Chappe won a stage in the Tour de France, but in 1971 he was the lanterne rouge. He also competed in the team time trial at the 1964 Summer Olympics. Major results ;1963 :World amateur championship team time trial (100km) (with Michel Bechet, Marcel-Ernest Bidault and Dominique Motte) ;1965 :Promotion Pernod :Sanvignes :Plonéour-Lavern ;1967 :Paris–Camembert ;1968 :Tour de France: ::Winner stage 4 ;1969 :Grand-Bourg ;1970 :Critérium International :GP Petit Varois :Paris–Camembert Paris–Camembert (also Paris–Camembert Trophée Lepetit or Paris–Camembert Lepetit) is a semi classic held annually in April. Since 2005, the race is organized as a 1.1 event on the UCI Europe Tour. The route of the race has varied over t ... ;1972 :Lamballe :Vai ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eddy Merckx
Édouard Louis Joseph, Baron Merckx (, ; born 17 June 1945), better known as Eddy Merckx, is a Belgian former professional road and track bicycle racer who is among the most successful riders in the history of competitive cycling. His victories include an unequalled eleven Grand Tours (five Tours de France, five Giros d'Italia, and a Vuelta a España), all five Monuments, setting the hour record, three World Championships, every major one-day race other than Paris–Tours, and extensive victories on the track. Born in Meensel-Kiezegem, Brabant, Belgium, he grew up in Sint-Pieters-Woluwe where his parents ran a grocery store. He played several sports, but found his true passion in cycling. Merckx got his first bicycle at the age of three or four and competed in his first race in 1961. His first victory came at Petit-Enghien in October 1961. After winning eighty races as an amateur racer, he turned professional on 29 April 1965 when he signed with . His first major victory ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Château-Chinon
Château-Chinon is the name of two communes of the Nièvre ''département'', in France: * Château-Chinon (Ville) * Château-Chinon (Campagne) The two towns are neighboring each other. They were separated during the French Revolution The French Revolution ( ) was a period of radical political and societal change in France that began with the Estates General of 1789 and ended with the formation of the French Consulate in coup of 18 Brumaire, November 1799. Many of its .... See also * Chinon (other) {{DEFAULTSORT:Chateau-Chinon Geography of Nièvre ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
