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1968 Amstel Gold Race
The 1968 Amstel Gold Race was the third edition of the annual road bicycle race "Amstel Gold Race", held on Sunday September 21, 1968, in the Dutch provinces of North Brabant and Limburg Limburg or Limbourg may refer to: Regions * Limburg (Belgium), a province since 1839 in the Flanders region of Belgium * Limburg (Netherlands), a province since 1839 in the south of the Netherlands * Diocese of Limburg, Roman Catholic Diocese in .... The race stretched 245 kilometres, with the start in Helmond and the finish in Elsloo. There were a total of 152 competitors, and 34 cyclists finished the race. Result External linksResults {{DEFAULTSORT:Amstel Gold Race, 1968 Amstel Gold Race 1968 in road cycling 1968 in Dutch sport ...
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Road Bicycle Race
Road bicycle racing is the cycle sport discipline of road cycling, held primarily on paved roads. Road racing is the most popular professional form of bicycle racing, in terms of numbers of competitors, events and spectators. The two most common competition formats are mass start events, where riders start simultaneously (though sometimes with a handicap) and race to a set finish point; and time trials, where individual riders or teams race a course alone against the clock. Stage races or "tours" take multiple days, and consist of several mass-start or time-trial stages ridden consecutively. Professional racing originated in Western Europe, centred in France, Spain, Italy and the Low Countries. Since the mid-1980s, the sport has diversified, with races held at the professional, semi-professional and amateur levels, worldwide. The sport is governed by the Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI). As well as the UCI's annual World Championships for men and women, the biggest event is t ...
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Jo De Roo
Johan De Roo (born 5 July 1937) is a Dutch former professional road racing cyclist between 1958 and 1968. During 11 seasons as a professional he had six victories in single-day classics, three stages of the Tour de France and one stage of the Vuelta a España. He had 46 wins as a professional. He was the most successful rider from Zeeland until the emergence of Jan Raas. Career details De Roo caught the eye in 1957 as a 20-year-old amateur when he took two stages in the Olympia’s Tour as well as winning the Omloop van de Kempen. The following year he turned professional with the Dutch Magneet-Vredestein team, with which he stayed for two seasons. In 1960 he moved to the Helyett, which had Jacques Anquetil as leader. He rode for five years with Anquetil at Helyett and then at St-Raphaël. In 1960 he rode his first Tour de France, abandoning after stage 14 and saying the Tour was not for him. 1962 was De Roo’s best year as a professional. He won the Gerrit Schulte Trophy as ...
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Bernard Van De Kerckhove
Bernard Van de Kerckhove (8 July 1941 – 15 September 2015) was a Belgian professional road bicycle racer from 1962 to 1971. The highlights of his career were stage win in the 1964 Tour de France, which resulted in him wearing the yellow jersey for two stages. Then again in the 1965 Tour de France he won stage two and wore the jersey for one day. He would reclaim the jersey in this Tour, and wear it for two more days at the beginning of the 2nd week. Major results ;1962 :Roeselare ;1963 :Houthulst :Omloop der Zennevalei :Koksijde ;1964 :Assebroek :Tour de France: ::Winner stage 3A ::Wearing yellow jersey for two days :Roeselare :Wingene ;1965 :Adinkerke :Meerbeke :Omloop der Vlaamse Ardennen :Tour de France: ::Winner stage 2 ::Wearing yellow jersey for three days :Merelbeke ;1966 :Adinkerke :Stadsprijs Geraardsbergen The Stadsprijs Geraardsbergen is a single-day road bicycle race held annually in August or September in Geraardsbergen, Belgium Belgium, ; french: Belgiq ...
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Eddy Beugels
Eddy Beugels (19 March 1944 – 12 January 2018) was a Dutch cyclist who won a silver medal in the team time trial at the 1966 UCI Road World Championships. He also won the Ronde van Noord-Holland (1966), Grand Prix de Wallonie (1968), Eschborn-Frankfurt City Loop, and one stage of the Olympia's Tour (1965). During his career that spanned seven years between 1964 and 1970 he competed three times in the Tour de France The Tour de France () is an annual men's multiple-stage bicycle race primarily held in France, while also occasionally passing through nearby countries. Like the other Grand Tours (the Giro d'Italia and the Vuelta a España), it consists ..., in 1968, 1969 and 1970. References 1944 births 2018 deaths Dutch male cyclists People from Schinnen UCI Road World Championships cyclists for the Netherlands Cyclists from Limburg (Netherlands) Deaths from Alzheimer's disease Tour de Suisse stage winners 20th-century Dutch people {{Netherlands-cycl ...
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Cees Zoontjes
Cees () is a Dutch masculine given name, a short form of Cornelis. Since, as in English, the letter "c" before "e" is normally pronounced in Dutch, the alternative spelling Kees is more common. Notable people named Cees include: * Cees Andriesse (born 1939), Dutch physicist and historian of science * Cees Bal (born 1951), Dutch cyclist * Cees Berkhouwer (1919–1992), Dutch VVD politician * Cees van Bladel (born 1962), Dutch sports sailor * Cees Bol (born 1995), Dutch cyclist * Cees van Bruchem (born 1950), Dutch politician * Cees Dekker (born 1959), Dutch biophysicist * Cees Doorakkers (born 1963), Dutch motorcycle road racer * Cees van Dongen (1932–2011), Dutch motorcycle road racer * Cees van Espen (born 1938), Dutch road cyclist * Cees Geel (born 1965), Dutch television, radio and film actor * Cees Gravesteijn (born 1928), Dutch canoer * Cees Groot (1932–1988), Dutch footballer * Cees Haast (born 1938), Dutch cyclist * Cees Hamelink (born 1940), Dutch communication ...
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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 ...
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Wim Schepers
Wim Schepers (25 September 1943 – 25 September 1998) was a Dutch professional road cyclist. A professional from 1966 to 1975, he won two stages of the 1970 Critérium du Dauphiné Libéré and finished second in the 1972 Liège–Bastogne–Liège to Eddy Merckx. After the final stage of the 1971 Vuelta a España, Schepers was ranked in second place, 19 seconds behind Ferdinand Bracke, but he was given a ten-minute time penalty for a doping offence, and dropped to 15th. Major results ;1965 : 1st Stages 1 & 6 Tour of Austria ;1966 : 1st Manx Trophy : 4th Overall Tour de Luxembourg ;1967 : 3rd National Road Race Championships : 4th Amstel Gold Race ;1968 : 4th Rund um den Henninger Turm : 5th Amstel Gold Race : 6th Liège–Bastogne–Liège : 9th Overall Tour of Belgium ;1969 : 1st Omloop Mandel-Leie-Schelde : 2nd Overall Tour of Belgium ;1970 : 1st Stages 2a & 2b Critérium du Dauphiné Libéré : 1st Stage 4 Four Days of Dunkirk : 5th Rund um den Henninger Turm : 10th Am ...
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Daniel Van Ryckeghem
Daniel Van Ryckeghem (29 May 1945 – 26 May 2008) was a Belgian professional road bicycle racer. Major results ;1966 :1st GP Briek Schotte : 1st Stage 3 Tour du Nord :2nd Kampioenschap van Vlaanderen :3rd Grand Prix d'Isbergues ;1967 : 1st Ruddervoorde Koerse : Volta a Catalunya ::1st Points classification :: 1st Stages 2, 6 & 10 : Tour de Suisse ::1st Points classification :: 1st Stage 1 : 1st Wortegem : 1st Halle–Ingooigem : 1st Dwars door Vlaanderen : 1st Kuurne–Brussels–Kuurne : 1st Rund um den Henninger-Turm : 1st Omloop der Zuid-West-Vlaamse Bergen : 1st Stage 1 ( TTT) Tour of Belgium : 3rd Overall Tweedaagse van Bertrix : 3rd Omloop van het Houtland : 3rd Brussel-Bever : 3rd Wattrelos-Meulebeke :: 1st Stage 1 : 6th Road race, UCI Road World Championships ;1968 :Tour de France: ::1st stages 3 ( TTT), 8 & 11 : Tour de Suisse ::1st Points classification :: 1st Stage 3 & 10 :1st Omloop van het Zuidwesten :7th Overall Four Days of Dunkirk ::1st Stage 1 :1st Gave ...
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Amstel Gold Race
The Amstel Gold Race is an annual one-day classic road cycling race held in the province of Limburg, Netherlands. It traditionally marks the turning point of the spring classics, with the climbers and stage racers replacing the cobbled classics riders as the favourites. Since 1989 the event has been included in season-long competitions at the highest level of UCI, as part of the UCI Road World Cup (1989–2004), the UCI ProTour (2005–2010), UCI World Ranking (2009–2010) and since 2011 of the UCI World Tour. It is the only one-day World Tour race staged in the Netherlands and is considered the most important Dutch road cycling event. Dutchman Jan Raas holds the winning record with five victories. Dutch beer brewer Amstel has served as the race's title sponsor since its creation in 1966. The name does not directly refer to the river Amstel, which runs through and near the city of Amsterdam. It took place without interruption until the COVID-19 pandemic. Since 2017, a ''Women' ...
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Roger Rosiers
Roger Rosiers (26 November 1946) is a former professional road racing cyclist from Vremde, Belgium. Major achievements ;1965 :1st, Schaal Sels-Merksem ;1967 :1st, Brabantse Pijl ;1968 :1st, GP Flandria ;1969 :1st, Nokere Koerse :1st, Stage 2b, Tour of Belgium ;1970 :1st, Stage 17, Vuelta a España ;1971 :1st, Paris–Roubaix ;1972 :1st, Overall, Tour de Luxembourg ::1st, Stage 1 ;1973 :1st, Grand Prix d'Isbergues ;1977 :1st, Overall, Three Days of De Panne 3 is a number, numeral, and glyph. 3, three, or III may also refer to: * AD 3, the third year of the AD era * 3 BC, the third year before the AD era * March, the third month Books * ''Three of Them'' (Russian: ', literally, "three"), a 1901 n ... External linksProfile by memoire-du-cyclisme.net Living people Belgian male cyclists Belgian Vuelta a España stage winners 1946 births Cyclists from Antwerp Province People from Boechout 20th-century Belgian people {{Belgium-cycling-bio-1940s-stub ...
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Harrie Steevens
Henri "Harry/Harrie" Steevens (born 27 April 1945) is a retired Dutch cyclist who was active between 1960 and 1972. He competed at the 1964 Summer Olympics in the individual road race and finished in 40th place. Two years later he won a silver medal in the team time trial at the 1966 UCI Road World Championships. He also won the Olympia's Tour (1965), Ronde van Limburg (1966) and Amstel Gold Race (1968), as well as individual stages of the Olympia's Tour (1964, 1965, 1966), Vuelta a Andalucía (1968) and Tour de Suisse (1970). His brother Henk Steevens was also a cyclist. References 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 ... 1945 births Living people Olympic cyclists of the Netherlands Cyclists at the 1964 Summer Oly ...
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