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1982 Milan–San Remo
The 1982 Milan–San Remo was won by relatively unknown French cyclist Marc Gomez who won after joining the early breakaway. That year was the first year the Cipressa climb was included in the race. Race organiser Vincenzo Torriani had decided the race needed to be harder, requiring another climb in its final stages. The race From the beginning of the race a group of about 20 riders attacked, instigated by Claudio Bortolotto. By the time the race reached the bottom of the Cipressa there were only Gomez, Bortolotto and Alain Bondue left in the breakaway with an advantage of seven minutes. Gomez then attacked on the Cipressa gaining the summit a handful of seconds ahead of the other two, Bondue managed to bridge the gap while Bortolotto tired and was eventually caught by the group containing the race favourites Francesco Moser and Moreno Argentin. Bondue let Gomez lead up the Poggio (the final climb) as he knew that Gomez would have to drop him in order to win. On the technical ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marc Gomez
Marc Gomez (born 19 September 1954) is a French former professional road bicycle racer. Born in Rennes, he has Spanish heritage, as his parents were born in Torrelavega, Spain. He was a professional from 1982 until 1989. Palmarès ; 1979 : 1st, Bordeaux-Saintes ; 1981 : 1st, Bordeaux-Saintes : 3rd, National Road Championships, Amateurs ; 1982 : 1st, Camors : 1st, Langolen : 1st, Milan–San Remo : Vuelta a España :: 1st, Prologue :: 3rd, Stage 2 :: 3rd, Stage 3 ; 1983 : 1st, National Road Championships ; 1984 : 1st, Lanester ; 1985 : 1st, Overall, Postgirot Open :: 1st, Stage 1 :: 3rd, Stage 8 : 1st, Stage 3 Tour de France (team time trial) ; 1986 : Vuelta a España The Vuelta a España (; en, Tour of Spain) is an annual multi-stage bicycle race primarily held in Spain, while also occasionally making passes through nearby countries. Inspired by the success of the Tour de France and the Giro d'Italia, the r ... :: 1st, Stage 2 :: 1st, Stage 20 ; 1988 : 1st, Bordea ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Silvano Contini
Silvano Contini (born 15 January 1958) is an Italian former professional road bicycle racer. Career Professional from 1978 to 1990, his main successes were the 1982 Liège–Bastogne–Liège of 1982, the 1985 Grand Prix du Midi Libre and the 1981 Tour of the Basque Country. He also won the Trofeo Baracchi in 1983 with Daniel Gisiger as well as four stages of the Giro d'Italia. Major results ;1977 : 1st Stage 5 Vuelta Ciclista de Chile : 3rd Overall Giro della Valle d'Aosta ::1st Stages 2, 4 & 6 ;1978 : 6th Giro dell'Emilia ;1979 : 1st Giro del Lazio : 1st Gran Piemonte : 2nd Giro di Lombardia : 2nd Trofeo Matteotti : 3rd Overall Giro di Puglia : 3rd Giro dell'Emilia : 3rd Giro dell'Umbria : 3rd Giro del Veneto : 5th Overall Giro d'Italia ::1st Young rider classification : 6th Overall Tour de Romandie : 6th Giro di Romagna : 7th Coppa Placci ;1980 : 1st GP Industria & Commercio di Prato : 1st Stage 7 Giro d'Italia : 1st Gran Premio Città di Camaiore : 1st Trofeo Matteotti ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
March 1982 Sports Events In Europe
March is the third month of the year in both the Julian and Gregorian calendars. It is the second of seven months to have a length of 31 days. In the Northern Hemisphere, the meteorological beginning of spring occurs on the first day of March. The March equinox on the 20 or 21 marks the astronomical beginning of spring in the Northern Hemisphere and the beginning of autumn in the Southern Hemisphere, where September is the seasonal equivalent of the Northern Hemisphere's March. Origin The name of March comes from '' Martius'', the first month of the earliest Roman calendar. It was named after Mars, the Roman god of war, and an ancestor of the Roman people through his sons Romulus and Remus. His month ''Martius'' was the beginning of the season for warfare, and the festivals held in his honor during the month were mirrored by others in October, when the season for these activities came to a close. ''Martius'' remained the first month of the Roman calendar year perhaps as la ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1982 In Road Cycling
__NOTOC__ Year 198 (CXCVIII) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Sergius and Gallus (or, less frequently, year 951 ''Ab urbe condita''). The denomination 198 for this year has been used since the early medieval period, when the Anno Domini calendar era became the prevalent method in Europe for naming years. Events By place Roman Empire *January 28 **Publius Septimius Geta, son of Septimius Severus, receives the title of Caesar. **Caracalla, son of Septimius Severus, is given the title of Augustus. China *Winter – Battle of Xiapi: The allied armies led by Cao Cao and Liu Bei defeat Lü Bu; afterward Cao Cao has him executed. By topic Religion * Marcus I succeeds Olympianus as Patriarch of Constantinople (until 211). Births * Lu Kai (or Jingfeng), Chinese official and general (d. 269) * Quan Cong, Chinese general and advisor (d. 24 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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) it is the longest professional one-day race in modern cycling. It is the first major classic race of the season, usually held on the third Saturday of March. The first edition was held in 1907. It is traditionally the first of the five ''Monuments'' of the season, considered to be one of the most prestigious one-day events in cycling. It was the opening race of the UCI Road World Cup series until the series was replaced by the UCI ProTour in 2005 and the World Tour in 2011. The most successful rider with seven victories is Belgian Eddy Merckx. Italian Costante Girardengo achieved 11 podium finishes in the interwar period, winning the race six times. In modern times, German Erik Zabel and Spaniard Óscar Freire have recorded four and three win ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Walter Delle Case
Walter may refer to: People * Walter (name), both a surname and a given name * Little Walter, American blues harmonica player Marion Walter Jacobs (1930–1968) * Gunther (wrestler), Austrian professional wrestler and trainer Walter Hahn (born 1987), who previously wrestled as "Walter" * Walter, standard author abbreviation for Thomas Walter (botanist) ( – 1789) Companies * American Chocolate, later called Walter, an American automobile manufactured from 1902 to 1906 * Walter Energy, a metallurgical coal producer for the global steel industry * Walter Aircraft Engines, Czech manufacturer of aero-engines Films and television * ''Walter'' (1982 film), a British television drama film * Walter Vetrivel, a 1993 Tamil crime drama film * ''Walter'' (2014 film), a British television crime drama * ''Walter'' (2015 film), an American comedy-drama film * ''Walter'' (2020 film), an Indian crime drama film * ''W*A*L*T*E*R'', a 1984 pilot for a spin-off of the TV series ''M*A*S*H'' * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Leo Van Vliet
Leonardus Quirinus Machutus ("Leo") van Vliet (born 15 November 1955) was a professional racing cyclist from 1978 to 1986. He came in 40th in the road race at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. sports-reference.com Van Vliet's biggest success was the 1983 . He also won the seventh stage of the 1979 Tour de France. After his career, he became the director of the only Dutch cycling classic, the |
Patrick Versluys
Patrick Versluys (born 5 September 1958) is a Belgian former professional racing cyclist. He rode in two editions of the Tour de France. Major results ;1980 : 4th Circuit des Frontières ;1981 : 1st Kampioenschap van Vlaanderen : 3rd Grand Prix de Wallonie : 3rd Le Samyn : 3rd Omloop van het Leiedal : 5th GP Stad Zottegem : 10th GP de Fourmies : 4th Grote Prijs Jef Scherens ;1982 : 1st Leeuwse Pijl : 7th Tour of Flanders : 8th Milan–San Remo ;1983 : 1st Omloop van het Leiedal : 3rd Grand Prix Impanis-Van Petegem : 6th Brabantse Pijl : 7th Paris–Roubaix : 8th Overall Driedaagse van De Panne-Koksijde : 10th Circuit des Frontières ;1984 : 2nd Nokere Koerse : 3rd Amstel Gold Race : 6th Brussels–Ingooigem : 6th Brabantse Pijl : 8th Paris–Roubaix : 8th Overall Tour de Luxembourg ;1985 : 1st Grand Prix de Denain : 2nd Nokere Koerse : 4th Amstel Gold Race : 8th E3 Harelbeke ;1986 : 1st De Kustpijl : 3rd Grand Prix de Wallonie : 4th E3 Harelbeke : 5th Le Samyn : 6th Binche–T ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tommy Prim
Tommy Prim (born 29 July 1955) is a retired Swedish professional cyclist who rode for the Italian Bianchi team between the years of 1980 and 1986. In 1983 he became the first Scandinavian rider to win a classic race when he was victorious in Paris–Brussels, his other career highlights include winning Tirreno–Adriatico and the Tour de Romandie as well as twice finishing runner up in the Giro d'Italia in 1981 and 1982. Biography Prim rode for the local CK Wano cycling club in Varberg as a youngster and became Swedish Junior champion in 1972, as an amateur he was Swedish champion in 1976 and 1979 as well the Scandinavian amateur champion in 1975 and 1976. He took the under 22 classification of the Tour of Britain in 1976, in what was his first trip abroad with the Swedish national team. He competed in the team time trial event at the 1976 Summer Olympics. In 1978 and 1979 Prim turned in top class performances in the highly rated Italian stage race Settimana Bergamasca, which h ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alain Bondue
Alain Bondue (born 8 April 1959 in Roubaix, France) is a former racing cyclist from France. He competed for France in the 1980 Summer Olympics held in Moscow, Soviet Union The Soviet Union,. officially the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. (USSR),. was a transcontinental country that spanned much of Eurasia from 1922 to 1991. A flagship communist state, it was nominally a federal union of fifteen national ... in the individual pursuit event where he finished in second place. References External links * 1959 births Living people French male cyclists Olympic cyclists of France Olympic silver medalists for France Cyclists at the 1980 Summer Olympics Sportspeople from Roubaix Olympic medalists in cycling UCI Track Cycling World Champions (men) Medalists at the 1980 Summer Olympics French track cyclists French Vuelta a España stage winners Cyclists from Hauts-de-France 21st-century French people 20th-century French people {{France-cycling-bio- ... [...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] |
Francesco Moser
Francesco Moser ( or ; ; born 19 June 1951), nicknamed "Lo sceriffo" (The sheriff), is an Italian former professional road bicycle racer. He finished on the podium of the Giro d'Italia six times including his win in the 1984 edition. Moser was dominant from the mid-1970s to the early 1980s. He turned professional in 1973, showing a cultured pedaling style. But his powerful build meant he was not a gifted climber. He entered one edition of the Tour de France, in 1975, where he won two stages, held the Maillot Jaune for six days and finished 7th overall. He also won the 1977 world road racing championship in addition to collecting silver medals in 1976 and 1978. He won six times in three of the five monuments. Three editions of Paris-Roubaix, two victories in the Giro di Lombardia and one win in Milan-San Remo. His 273 road victories puts him behind Eddy Merckx (525) and Rik Van Looy (379), but ahead of Rik Van Steenbergen (270) and Roger De Vlaeminck (255). He was also a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
