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1973 Gent–Wevelgem
The 1973 Gent–Wevelgem was the 35th edition of the Gent–Wevelgem cycle race and was held on 3 April 1973. The race started in Ghent and finished in Wevelgem. The race was won by Eddy Merckx of the Molteni team. General classification References Further reading * Gent–Wevelgem 1973 in road cycling 1973 in Belgian sport April 1973 sports events in Europe {{Gent–Wevelgem-race-stub ... [...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] |
Freddy Maertens
Freddy Maertens (born 13 February 1952) is a Belgian former professional racing cyclist who was twice world road race champion. His career coincided with the best years of another Belgian rider, Eddy Merckx, and supporters and reporters were split over who was better.Van Walleghem, Rik; Zwart-Wit (B) 2012 Maertens' career swung between winning more than 50 races in a season to winning almost none and then back again. His life has been marked by debt and alcoholism. It took him more than two decades to pay a tax debt. At one point early in his career, between the 1976 Tour and 1977 Giro, Maertens won 28 out of 60 Grand Tour stages that he entered before abandoning the Giro due to injury on stage 8b. Eight Tour stage wins, thirteen Vuelta stage wins and seven Giro stage wins in less than one calendar year. Personal life Maertens was the son of what his wife, Carine, described as a hard-working middle-class couple:Maertens, Carine, in introduction to Van Walleghem, Rik; Zwart-Wit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1973 In Road Cycling
Events January * January 1 - The United Kingdom, the Republic of Ireland and Denmark 1973 enlargement of the European Communities, enter the European Economic Community, which later becomes the European Union. * January 15 – Vietnam War: Citing progress in peace negotiations, U.S. President Richard Nixon announces the suspension of offensive action in North Vietnam. * January 17 – Ferdinand Marcos becomes President for Life of the Philippines. * January 20 – Richard Nixon is Second inauguration of Richard Nixon, sworn in for a second term as President of the United States. Nixon is the only person to have been sworn in twice as President (First inauguration of Richard Nixon, 1969, Second inauguration of Richard Nixon, 1973) and Vice President of the United States (First inauguration of Dwight D. Eisenhower, 1953, Second inauguration of Dwight D. Eisenhower, 1957). * January 22 ** George Foreman defeats Joe Frazier to win the heavyweight world boxing championship. ** A ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
International Cycle Sport
''International Cycle Sport'' was a British cycling magazine that covered British and European road racing. It had 199 issues between May 1968 and December 1984. History ''International Cycle Sport'' was the idea of Kennedy Brothers Publishing, a printing company in Keighley, Yorkshire, owned by three brothers. With help from cycle parts importer and advertiser Ron Kitching, they brought in Jock Wadley as editor, who was head of the newly defunct '' Sporting Cyclist''. By 1972, the magazine was selling around the world, with a special issue for the United States that had different centre pages for local stories. See also * ''Cycling Weekly'' * ''VeloNews ''VeloNews'' is an American cycling magazine headquartered in Boulder, CO. It is published by Outside and is devoted to the sport of cycling. History The magazine was first published as ''Northeast Cycling News'' in March 1972 by Barbara and R ...'' * '' Winning Bicycle Racing Illustrated'' References {{DEFAULTSORT:Int ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eddy Peelman
Eddy Peelman (born 8 August 1947, in Baasrode) is a Belgian former cyclist. During his career, he won nine stages of the Vuelta a España. Major results ;1968 :2nd Grand Prix d'Isbergues ;1969 :1st Stage 2 Tour de l'Oise ;1970 :1st Stages 1 & 6 Vuelta a España ;1971 :1st Stages 2, 6 & 13 Vuelta a España :1st Stage 3 Tour d'Indre-et-Loire ;1972 :1st Stage 7 Paris–Nice :8th Paris–Roubaix ;1973 :1st Stages 15 & 17 Vuelta a España :1st Prologue Tour of Belgium (TTT) :1st Stages 4 & 5 Volta a la Comunitat Valenciana :1st Stages 4 & 6 Setmana Catalana de Ciclisme ;1974 :1st Stages 1 & 6 Vuelta a España :1st Stage 4 Tour Méditerranéen :1st Stages 1, 4 & 6 Volta a la Comunitat Valenciana :1st Grand Prix de Valence :1st Stage 2 Tour de l'Aude ;1975 :1st Stage 4 Vuelta a Andalucía :1st Grand Prix de Valence :1st Stages 3 & 5 Volta a Catalunya :1st Stage 2 Vuelta a La Rioja ;1976 :1st Stage 5 Vuelta a Aragón Vuelta a Aragón is a professional bicycle road race held in Spain ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eric Leman
Eric Leman (born 17 July 1946) is a former professional road racing cyclist from West Flanders, Belgium. He won the prestigious Tour of Flanders three times.LaroussTour des Flandres " Les Belges Achille Bruyne, Éric Leman, Johan Museeuw, Tom Boonen et l'Italien Fiorenzo Magni figurent, avec trois victoires chacun, en tête du palmarès de cette classique créée en 1913 et traditionnellement organisé le premier dimanche d'avril. " Major results ;1968 :1st, Kuurne–Brussels–Kuurne :1st, Porto–Lisboa :1st, Stage 2, Four Days of Dunkirk :1st, Stage 21, Tour de France ;1969 :1st, Dwars door Vlaanderen :1st, Stage 3, Paris–Nice :1st, Stages 1, 2, 5 and 7, Vuelta a Andalucía :1st, Stage 3, Tour de France ;1970 :1st, GP Briek Schotte :1st, Tour of Flanders :1st, Stage 4, Paris–Nice :1st, Stage 1 and 3b, Vuelta a Andalucía :1st, Prologue, Tour of Belgium ;1971 :1st, Gullegem Koerse :1st, Kampioenschap van Vlaanderen :1st, Omloop der Vlaamse Ardennen :1st, Omloop Mandel-Le ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Frans Mintjens
Frans Mintjens (born 23 November 1946) is a former Belgian cyclist. He competed in the team time trial at the 1968 Summer Olympics The 1968 Summer Olympics ( es, Juegos Olímpicos de Verano de 1968), officially known as the Games of the XIX Olympiad ( es, Juegos de la XIX Olimpiada) and commonly known as Mexico 1968 ( es, México 1968), were an international multi-sport eve .... References External links * 1946 births Living people Belgian male cyclists Olympic cyclists of Belgium Cyclists at the 1968 Summer Olympics Cyclists from Antwerp {{Belgium-cycling-bio-1940s-stub ... [...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] |
Molteni
Molteni was an Italian professional road bicycle racing team from 1958 until the end of 1976. It won 663 races, many of them earned by its most famous rider, Eddy Merckx. Other riders included Gianni Motta and Marino Basso, who contributed 48 and 34 wins respectively. The Molteni family continues in cycling with sponsorship of Salmilano. The sponsors Molteni were Italian salami manufacturers based in Arcore, near Milan. History The Molteni team began in 1958 with Renato Molteni as team manager. It was started by Pietro Molteni. The team was also managed by his son, Ambrogio Molteni, a former professional rider. The former Italian road champion, Giorgio Albani, finished his career with Molteni in 1959 and came back two years later as directeur sportif. The team had success with Gianni Motta in the 1966 Giro d'Italia and Michele Dancelli in the classics. Merckx joined at the end of 1970, having twice won the Tour de France and two editions of the Giro d'Italia. Molteni becam ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wevelgem
Wevelgem () is a municipality located in the Belgian province of West Flanders. The municipality comprises the towns of Gullegem, Moorsele and Wevelgem proper. On January 1, 2006, Wevelgem had a total population of 31,020. The total area is 38.76 km² which gives a population density of 800 inhabitants per km². You can reach Wevelgem by road (E403 – A19 – R8), by boat ( De Leie), by air (Kortrijk-Wevelgem International Airport) or by train at Wevelgem railway station. Wevelgem is known for the annual Gent–Wevelgem bicycle road race which finishes in the town. History The earliest known mention dates from 1197. Wevelgem was home to the Cistercian Guldenberg Abbey in the 13th–14th centuries, which owned grain mills in various locations. From c. 1278 to 1310, abbess Ida was in charge, though Marc Brion lists it as an abbey for men. In the old days, the river De Leie was important for Wevelgem. The people used the river to soak flax, before they processed it in one ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
