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1968 Milan–San Remo
The 1968 Milan–San Remo was the 59th edition of the Milan–San Remo cycle race and was held on 19 March 1968. The race started in Milan and finished in San Remo. The race was won by Rudi Altig of the Salvarani team. General classification References 1968 The year was highlighted by protests and other unrests that occurred worldwide. Events January–February * January 5 – " Prague Spring": Alexander Dubček is chosen as leader of the Communist Party of Czechoslovakia. * Janu ... 1968 in road cycling 1968 in Italian sport 1968 Super Prestige Pernod {{Milan–San Remo-race-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rudi Altig
Rudi Altig (; 18 March 1937 – 11 June 2016) was a German professional track and road racing cyclist who won the 1962 Vuelta a España and the world championship in 1966. After his retirement from sports he worked as a television commentator. Amateur career Rudi Altig was born in Mannheim, Baden, Germany, an area which had produced good track riders.Sporting Cyclist, UK, December 1966 He began racing in 1952, following his older brother, Willi. The brothers teamed for madison and other two-man races, becoming the best in the country. The British promoter, Jim Wallace, booked Altig to ride with Hans Jaroszewicz at a meeting on Herne Hill velodrome in Good Friday in 1956. He said: What a pair they made! They just about slaughtered a top-class field of international riders, with all our best home lads. Only Michel Rousseau, later that year to become world sprint champion, was able to take a points sprint from them. That was in the first sprint, too; thereafter the German pair ga ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Edward Sels
Edward Sels (born 27 August 1941 at Vorselaar, Belgium) is a former Belgian professional road bicycle racer. He was professional from 1963 to 1972, winning 35 races. He was road champion of Belgium in 1961 (Military) and 1964. He won seven stages in the Tour de France and one in the Giro d'Italia. He wore the yellow jersey for two days in the 1964 Tour de France. His sister, Rosa Sels, was a cyclist too. Major results ;1962 :Tour of Flanders, U23 :Sint-Lenaerts ;1963 :Antoing :Bruxelles – Liège for independents (semi-professionals) :Hoogstraten :Machelen :Sint-Lenaerts ;1964 :Auvelais :Braine-le-Comte :Dendermonde :Herentals :Heusden O-Vlaanderen : National road championship :Tour de France: ::Winner stages 1, 11, 14 and 19 ::Wearing yellow jersey for two days :Oostrozebeke :Opwijk :Sint-Lambrechts-Woluwe :Vuelta a España: ::Winner stage 1A :Waregem ;1965 :Ath :Eeklo :Issoire :Lebbeke :Lokeren :Londerzeel :Mol :Paris–Brussels :Saint-Claud :Tour de France: ::Winner stage 7 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1968 In Road Cycling
The year was highlighted by protests and other unrests that occurred worldwide. Events January–February * January 5 – "Prague Spring": Alexander Dubček is chosen as leader of the Communist Party of Czechoslovakia. * January 10 – John Gorton is sworn in as 19th Prime Minister of Australia, taking over from John McEwen after being elected leader of the Liberal Party the previous day, following the disappearance of Harold Holt. Gorton becomes the only Senator to become Prime Minister, though he immediately transfers to the House of Representatives through the 1968 Higgins by-election in Holt's vacant seat. * January 15 – The 1968 Belice earthquake in Sicily kills 380 and injures around 1,000. * January 21 ** Vietnam War: Battle of Khe Sanh – One of the most publicized and controversial battles of the war begins, ending on April 8. ** 1968 Thule Air Base B-52 crash: A U.S. B-52 Stratofortress crashes in Greenland, discharging 4 nuclear bombs. * January 23 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rik Van Looy
Henri "Rik" Van Looy (born 20 December 1933 in Grobbendonk) is a Belgian former professional cycle sport, cyclist of the post-World War II, war period, nicknamed the ''King of the Classics'' or ''Emperor of Herentals'' (after the small Belgian city where he lived). He was twice World Cycling Championship, world professional road race champion, and was the first cyclist to win all five 'Monuments': the most prestigious one-day Classic cycle races, classics – a feat since achieved by just two others (both also Belgians: Roger De Vlaeminck and Eddy Merckx). With 379 road victories he's second to Merckx only. He is ninth on the Grand Tour (cycling)#Grand Tour stage wins, all-time list of Grand Tour (cycling), Grand Tour stage winners with thirty-seven victories. Career Van Looy rose to prominence when he won the Belgian amateur road championship in 1952. He repeated the victory the following year, adding third place in the world title race the same year, before turning profe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Walter Godefroot
Walter Godefroot (born 2 July 1943) is a retired Belgian professional road bicycle racer and former directeur sportif of , later known as T-Mobile Team. As amateur cyclist, he won the bronze medal in the individual road race of the 1964 Summer Olympics after his young compatriot Eddy Merckx was caught in the final. Both men turned professional in 1965 and Walter Godefroot was presented as Merckx's bane in his early days, winning several races ahead of him: the Belgian championship in 1965, Liège–Bastogne–Liège (1967) and Paris–Roubaix (1969). But Godefroot eventually didn't have Merckx's abilities in stage races and concentrated on the separate stages in the grand tours. He won ten stages in the Tour de France, including the stage on the Champs-Élysées in 1975 where the Tour finished for the first time, and the green jersey in the 1970 Tour de France, one stage in the 1970 Tour of Italy and two stages in the 1971 Tour of Spain. Being a specialist in one-day clas ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Edy Schütz
Edy Schütz (born 15 May 1941) was a Luxembourgish professional road bicycle racer. In 1964, Schütz rode in the individual road race at the 1964 Olympic Games. From 1966 to 1971 he was six times the Luxembourgish national road race champion. In 1966, he won a stage in the 1966 Tour de France. Major results ;1964 :Österreich-Rundfahrt ;1966 : national road race champion :Tour de Luxembourg :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 ...: ::Winner stage 18 ;1967 : national road race champion ;1968 : national road race champion :Tour de Luxembourg ;1969 : national road race champion ;1970 : national road race champion :Tour de Luxembourg ;1971 : national road race champion References External links *Official Tour de France results for Edy Schütz 1941 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Roberto Ballini
Roberto Ballini (born 14 March 1944) is an Italian former racing cyclist. He won stage 16 of the 1969 Giro d'Italia. he also won the Coppa Placci the same year. Major results ;1964 : 2nd Gran Premio della Liberazione ;1966 : 3rd Gran Premio Industria e Commercio di Prato ;1967 : 2nd Gran Piemonte : 3rd Gran Premio Città di Camaiore : 6th Milano–Vignola : 9th Overall Tour de Romandie : 9th Trofeo Laigueglia ;1968 : 2nd Giro dell'Appennino : 2nd Gran Premio Città di Camaiore : 3rd Coppa Bernocchi : 6th Overall Tirreno–Adriatico : 7th Milan–San Remo : 8th Giro di Toscana ;1969 : 1st Coppa Placci : 1st Stage 16 Giro d'Italia : 3rd GP Montelupo : 5th Overall Tirreno–Adriatico : 9th Coppa Sabatini ;1971 : 4th Milan–San Remo Milan–San Remo (in Italian ''Milano-Sanremo''), also called "''The Spring classic''" or "''La Classicissima''", is an annual road cycling race between Milan and Sanremo, in Northwest Italy. With a distance of 298 km (~185.2 miles) i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rolf Maurer
Rolf Maurer (16 April 1938 – 6 June 2019) was a Swiss road racing cyclist who competed professionally between 1960 and 1969. In 1964, he won Tour de Suisse and Tour de Romandie. Major results ;1960 : 5th Tour du Nord-Ouest ;1961 : 1st Züri-Metzgete ;1962 : 2nd Tour du Nord-Ouest : 10th Overall 1962 Tour de Suisse, Tour de Suisse ;1963 : 1st Stage 4 1963 Tour de Romandie, Tour de Romandie : 2nd Overall 1963 Tour de Suisse, Tour de Suisse : 2nd Overall Tour de l'Avenir ::1st Stage 12 : 3rd Tour du Nord-Ouest ;1964 : 1st Overall 1964 Tour de Suisse, Tour de Suisse ::1st Stages 2 & 3 (ITT) : 1st Overall 1964 Tour de Romandie, Tour de Romandie : 9th Overall 1964 Giro d'Italia, Giro d'Italia ::1st Stage 10 : 10th Züri-Metzgete ;1965 : 2nd Overall 1965 Tour de Romandie, Tour de Romandie : 3rd Tour des Quatre-Cantons ;1966 : 3rd Overall 1966 Tirreno–Adriatico, Tirreno–Adriatico ::1st Stage 1 : 3rd Overall 1966 Tour de Romandie, Tour de Romandie : 5th Gran Piemonte : 6th Overall ... [...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] |
Salvarani (cycling Team)
Salvarani was an Italian professional cycling team that existed from 1963 to 1972. The team was sponsored by the Italian kitchen components maker Salvarani. Major wins ;1965 : Overall Giro d'Italia, Vittorio Adorni :Overall Tour de Romandie, Vittorio Adorni : Overall Tour de France, Felice Gimondi ;1966 :Paris–Roubaix, Felice Gimondi :Overall Tour de l'Avenir, Mino Denti :Giro di Lombardia, Felice Gimondi ;1967 : Overall Giro d'Italia, Felice Gimondi :: Points classification, Dino Zandegù :Grand Prix des Nations, Felice Gimondi ;1968 :Milan–San Remo, Rudi Altig : Overall Vuelta a España, Felice Gimondi :Critérium des As, Felice Gimondi :Grand Prix des Nations, Felice Gimondi ;1969 : Overall Giro d'Italia, Felice Gimondi ;1970 : Points classification Tour de France, Walter Godefroot :Overall Tour de Suisse, Roberto Poggiali Roberto Poggiali (born 16 April 1941) is a retired Italian road racing cyclist. As an amateur he won the national road championship and one s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Charly Grosskost
Charly Grosskost (5 March 1944 – 19 June 2004) was a French racing cyclist who in 1968 won the prologue time-trial of both the Giro d'Italia and the Tour de France. He won stages of the Tour de France and of the Giro d'Italia and on the track was French pursuit champion nine times. His sporting career began with A.C.B.B. Paris. Early career Grosskost came to notice when he was 19, when he won a stage of the Route de France – amateur counterpart of the Tour de France – and then won Strasbourg-Campagne by nearly 10 minutes after riding ahead of the race for more than 50 km. In 1965, he won the Route de France and five of its seven stages and became favourite for the still bigger race, the Tour de l'Avenir. There, however, he dropped out in the Pyrenees. A drug test that followed his retirement – it has entered cycling legend that other riders pushed him off his bike for his own safety as he began foaming at the mouth and riding erratically – led to his being suspen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sanremo
Sanremo (; lij, Sanrémmo(ro) or , ) or San Remo is a city and comune on the Mediterranean coast of Liguria, in northwestern Italy. Founded in Roman times, it has a population of 55,000, and is known as a tourist destination on the Italian Riviera. It hosts numerous cultural events, such as the Sanremo Music Festival and the Milan–San Remo cycling classic. Name The name of the city is a phonetic contraction of ''Sant'Eremo di San Romolo'', which refers to Romulus of Genoa, the successor to Syrus of Genoa. It is often stated in modern folk stories that Sanremo is a translation of Saint Remus. In Ligurian language (Romance), Ligurian, his name is ''San Rœmu''. The spelling ''San Remo'' is on all ancient maps of Liguria, the ancient Republic of Genoa, Italy in the Middle Ages, the Kingdom of Sardinia, and the Kingdom of Italy. It was used in 1924 in official documents under Benito Mussolini, Mussolini. This form of the name appears still on some road signs and, more rarely, in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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