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1984 Tour Of Flanders
The 68th running of the Tour of Flanders cycling classic was held on Sunday, 1 April 1984. Dutch rider Johan Lammerts won the ''monument'' race in his first attempt, following a late escape from a six-man group. Ireland's Sean Kelly won the sprint for second place at 25 seconds.Vanwalleghem, Rik (1991), De Ronde van Vlaanderen, Pinguin, Belgium, , p 188 40 of 181 riders finished. Route The race started in Sint Niklaas and finished in Meerbeke Meerbeke is a village in the Denderstreek in the province of East Flanders in Belgium. Administratively it is part of the municipality of Ninove. This rural community is located along the Dender River on the western border of what is known as "Pajo ... ( Ninove) – covering 268 km. There were 12 categorized climbs: Results References External links Video of the 1984 Tour of Flanders on Sporza (in Dutch) Tour of Flanders 1984 in road cycling 1984 in Belgian sport 1984 Super Prestige Pernod International { ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Johan Lammerts
Johan Lammerts (born 2 October 1960 in Bergen-op-Zoom, North Brabant) is a retired road bicycle racer from the Netherlands, who was a professional rider from 1982 to 1992. His biggest success came in 1984, when he won the Tour of Flanders and the Ronde van Nederland. Lammerts also won the 20th stage in the 1985 Tour de France. Teams *1982: TI–Raleigh(Netherlands) *1983: TI–Raleigh(Netherlands) *1984: Panasonic (Netherlands) *1985: Panasonic (Netherlands) *1986: Vini Ricordi (Italy) *1987: Toshiba (France) *1988: Toshiba (France) *1989: AD Renting-Coors Light (Belgium) *1990: Z (France) *1991: Z (France) *1992: Z (France) Tour de France *1983 – 72nd *1985 – 75th *1988 – 130th *1989 File:1989 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: The Cypress Street Viaduct, Cypress structure collapses as a result of the 1989 Loma Prieta earthquake, killing motorists below; The proposal document for the World Wide Web is submitted; The Exxo ... – 123rd References * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Leberg
The Leberg is a hill and uphill street in Elst, part of the municipality of Brakel, in the Belgian province of East Flanders. Its top is at 99 m altitude, making it one of the highest hills of the Zwalm region, just north of the Flemish Ardennes. The road has an asphalt surface and links the valley town of Elst to the hilltop town of Zegelsem. Cycling The climb is best known from road bicycle racing, where it regularly features in the Flemish races in spring, most notably the Tour of Flanders. The Leberg is 700 m high, and has an average gradient of 6.1% with its steepest point, 14%, in a right-hand curve at the bottom of the climb. The upper half of the climb is less steep, but runs exposed through fields and acres, causing wind to have a significant influence sometimes. The climb is also regularly included in Omloop Het Nieuwsblad, Dwars door Vlaanderen, the Three Days of De Panne, the Eneco Tour and the Tour of Flanders for Women The Tour of Flanders ( nl, Rond ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tour Of Flanders
The Tour of Flanders ( nl, Ronde van Vlaanderen), also known as ''De Ronde'' (''"The Tour"''), is an annual road cycling race held in Belgium every spring. The most important cycling race in Flanders, it is part of the UCI World Tour and organized by Flanders Classics. Its nickname is ''Vlaanderens Mooiste'' (Dutch for "Flanders' Finest"). First held in 1913, the Tour of Flanders had its 100th edition in 2016. Today it is one of the five ''monuments'' of cycling, together with Milan–San Remo, Paris–Roubaix, Liège–Bastogne–Liège and the Giro di Lombardia. It is one of the two major Cobbled classics, anticipating Paris–Roubaix, which is on the calendar one week after the Tour of Flanders. The event had its only interruptions during World War I and has been organized without hiatus since 1919, the longest uninterrupted streak of any cycling classic. Six men hold the record of most victories, making the Tour of Flanders unique among the major classics. Belgians Achiel ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sporza
Sporza is a multimedia brand of Belgian public-service radio and television Television, sometimes shortened to TV, is a telecommunication medium for transmitting moving images and sound. The term can refer to a television set, or the medium of television transmission. Television is a mass medium for advertisin ... network VRT specifically for coverage of sporting events. These broadcasts are organized by the Flemish government and mainly financed with tax money. Current rights Belgium International File:SPORZA-306x225.jpg, Sporza logo used from May 31, 2004 until 2012 External links * Sports divisions of TV channels Dutch-language radio stations in Belgium Radio stations established in 2004 2004 establishments in Belgium {{Europe-radio-station-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eric Vanderaerden
Eric Vanderaerden (born 11 February 1962) is a retired road cyclist from the town of Lummen, Belgium. He was a considerable talent, winning the prologue time trial of the Vuelta a España in his debut year of 1983. During the 1983 Tour de France he also won the prologue and held the yellow jersey for two days. During the 1984 Tour de France he won two stages, including the final stage of the race which finished on the Champs Elysees in Paris. His participation in the 1985 edition was a strong one, beating the eventual Tour winner Bernard Hinault in a time trial stage. He held the yellow jersey again during this tour, this time for three days. The following year, he won the green jersey. In subsequent years, he won two monument races: in 1985, at 23, he won the storm ridden edition of the Tour of Flanders, and in 1987 he won Paris–Roubaix. After 1988, his career went in decline and, despite his talent, he failed to win major races. He certainly had considerable talent as a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rudy Rogiers
Rudy Rogiers (born 17 February 1961) is a Belgian former professional racing cyclist. He rode in four editions of the Tour de France, one edition of the Giro d'Italia and one edition of the 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 .... References External links * 1961 births Living people Belgian male cyclists People from Wetteren Cyclists from East Flanders {{Belgium-cycling-bio-1960s-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Luc Colijn
Luc Colijn (born 2 May 1958) is a Belgian former professional racing cyclist. He rode in the 1981 Tour de France. He currently works as a directeur sportif for . He is the grandson of cyclist Achiel Buysse. Major results Road ;1978 : 1st Road race, National Military Road Championships : 2nd Military Road World Championships : 3rd Brussel–Opwijk ;1979 : 1st Ronde van Vlaanderen Beloften : 5th Kattekoers ;1980 : 1st Stage 1 Tour de Wallonie : 1st Coupe Egide Schoeters : 2nd Kampioenschap van Vlaanderen : 3rd Grand Prix de Waregem ;1981 : 1st Petegem-aan-de-Leie : 2nd Leeuwse Pijl : 3rd Paris–Tours : 3rd Nationale Sluitingprijs : 8th De Brabantse Pijl : 8th Grote Prijs Jef Scherens ;1982 : 1st Nationale Sluitingprijs : 1st Berlare : 1st De Pinte : 1st GP Lanssens : 2nd Omloop van het Zuidwesten : 3rd Flèche Hesbignonne : 8th Kuurne–Brussels–Kuurne ;1983 : 1st Omloop van de Grensstreek : 1st Prix de Mellet : 2nd Le Samyn : 2nd Grand Prix de Peymeinade : 3rd Omloop ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gregor Braun
Gregor Braun (; born 31 December 1955) is a retired track cyclist and road bicycle racer from Germany, who was a professional rider from 1977 to 1989 and who became a multiple Olympic Gold medaillist and track world champion. his profession was a locksmith. He represented West Germany at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, where he won the gold medal in both the men's individual pursuit and in the team pursuit with Peter Vonhof, Hans Lutz and Günther Schumacher, corroborating their win a year before, also as amateurs, with capturing the gold in the men's team pursuit in the 1975 world championships in Montreal. The West German Olympic track team for 1976 was managed by former track champion Gustav Kilian. In 1977 Braun turned professional, riding mostly on the road and proving himself a capable rider on the road by winning, ''inter alia'', the Giro di Sardegna (1983, 1980), the 14th stage of the 1983 Giro d'Italia, Kuurne-Brussel-Kuurne (1982), the Tre Valli ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ludo De Keulenaer
Ludo De Keulenaer (born 16 January 1960) is a Belgian former professional racing cyclist. He rode in four editions of 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 .... References External links * 1960 births Living people Belgian male cyclists People from Brasschaat Cyclists from Antwerp Province {{Belgium-cycling-bio-1960s-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rudy Matthijs
Rudy Matthijs (born 3 March 1959, in Eeklo) is a Belgian retired professional road bicycle racer. He won 4 stages in the Tour de France, 3 of which came during the 1985 Tour de France on stages 1 and 2, and then on the final stage of the tour with one of the biggest sprinter's stages in all of cycling on the Champs Elysees. Major results ;1981 : 1st Omloop Schelde-Durme : 1st Stage 5 Vuelta a Aragón : 2nd Omloop van de Vlaamse Scheldeboorden : 3rd Polder–Kempen ;1982 : 1st Grand Prix de Fourmies : 1st Grote Prijs Jef Scherens : 2nd Omloop van het Leiedal : 3rd Nokere Koerse ;1983 : 1st Ronde van Limburg : 1st Leeuwse Pijl : 1st Stage 3 Tour de France : 1st Stage 2 Tour de Luxembourg : 2nd Brabantse Pijl : 7th Overall Three Days of De Panne : 7th Dwars door België : 9th Omloop Het Volk ;1984 : 1st Kampioenschap van Vlaanderen : 1st Stages 2 & 4 Tour de Luxembourg : 1st Stage 5a ( ITT) Four Days of Dunkirk : 2nd Dwars door België : 5th Tour of Flanders : 9th GP Stad Zottegem ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jean-Philippe Vandenbrande
Jean-Philippe "Flupke" Vandenbrande (born 4 December 1955) is a former Belgian racing cyclist. He rode in 1989 Tour de France. Major results ;1978 :1st Stage 15 Vuelta a España ;1980 :2nd Zuri-Metzgete :3rd Grand Prix de Plumelec-Morbihan :3rd Paris–Brussels :5th Rund um den Henninger Turm :8th Brabantse Pijl :10th Amstel Gold Race ;1981 :1st Stage 5 Deutschland Tour :6th Rund um den Henninger Turm :8th GP de Fourmies ;1982 :10th Grote Prijs Jef Scherens :10th Brussel-Ingooigem ;1983 :10th Paris–Brussels ;1984 :1st Stage 7 Vuelta a Colombia :4th Tour of Flanders :4th Brabantse Pijl :9th Paris–Brussels ;1985 :2nd Paris–Brussels :8th Zuri-Metzgete :10th Gent-Wevelgem :10th Overall Route du Sud ;1986 :3rd Tour of Flanders :5th Zuri-Metzgete :6th Rund um den Henninger Turm :7th Liège-Bastogne-Liège :10th Milan-San Remo ;1987 :4th Paris-Roubaix :4th Zuri-Metzgete :7th Brabantse Pijl ;1988 :2nd Brabantse Pijl :3rd Road race, National Road Championships :3rd Tour du ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bosberg
The Bosberg (English: ''Forest Hill'') is a hill in the Pajottenland in Belgium with its top located on the border of East Flanders and Flemish Brabant. The road leading to the top is surfaced in concrete in the lower parts and cobbled in the steep upper parts of the hill. The hill is almost completely forested with the Raspaillebos natural reserve. Cycling The Bosberg is best known from road bicycle racing. It was the final climb in the Tour of Flanders cycling race from 1973 to 2011. Edwig Van Hooydonck immortalized the climb by making decisive attacks on the Bosberg twice before soloing to the finish in 1989 and 1991. During its inclusion in the Tour of Flanders, it was addressed immediately after the Muur van Geraardsbergen The Muur van Geraardsbergen (English: ''Wall of Geraardsbergen/Grammont'', French: ''Mur de Grammont'') is a steep, narrow road with cobblestones in Geraardsbergen, Belgium. It is also known as Kapelmuur, Muur-Kapelmuur or simply Muur. The hil ..., wi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
