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1993 Omloop Het Volk
The 1993 Omloop Het Volk was the 47th edition of the Omloop Het Volk cycle race and was held on 27 February 1993. The race started and finished in Ghent. The race was won by Wilfried Nelissen. General classification References 1993 Omloop Het Nieuwsblad Omloop Het Nieuwsblad Omloop Het Nieuwsblad, previously Omloop Het Volk, is a one-day road cycling race in Belgium, held annually in late February. It is the opening event of the Belgian cycling season, as well as the first race of the year in Northwestern Europe, and ... February 1993 sports events in Europe {{Omloop Het Nieuwsblad-race-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wilfried Nelissen
Wilfried Nelissen (Tongeren, 5 May 1970) is a former Belgian road racing cyclist, who specialised as a sprinter. He was involved in a crash at the end of stage 1 of the 1994 Tour de France, when he collided with a policeman. The incident also involved French rider Laurent Jalabert. Nelissen retired in 1998 due to a knee injury that he suffered in 1996 after falling during the Gent–Wevelgem race. Major results ;1991 : Tour de Picardie: Final classification, stage 2 : Tour de Luxembourg Stage 3 ;1992 : Paris–Bourges: Final classification, stage 2 : Tour de Suisse Stages 3 and 6 : Critérium du Dauphiné Libéré Stages 1 and 3 : Ronde van Nederland Stage 1 : Vuelta a Andalucía Stage 2 ;1993 : Omloop Het Volk : Tour de France Stage 2, wearing the yellow jersey for three days : Ronde van Nederland Stages 1, 2 and 4 ;1994 : Belgian road cycling champion : Omloop Het Volk : Four Days of Dunkirk Stages 1 and 2 : Étoile de Bessèges Stages 1 and 3 : Tour Méditerra ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mario Cipollini
Mario Cipollini (; born 22 March 1967), often abbreviated to "Cipo", is a retired Italian professional road cyclist most noted for his sprinting ability, the longevity of his dominance (his first pro win came in 1988, his last in 2005; 170 professional wins, 192 including criteriums) and his colourful personality. His nicknames include ''Il Re Leone'' (''The Lion King'') and ''Super Mario''. He is regarded as the best sprinter of his generation. Life and career Cipollini was born in San Giusto di Compito, surrounded by the mountains of Capannori south of Lucca, Tuscany. He came from a cycling family – his father, Vivaldo, had been a successful amateur racer in his youth, whilst his brother Cesare had raced as a professional and his sister Tiziana had also competed as a cyclist. Mario was a prolific winner in his youth career, scoring a total of 125 victories in age group and amateur races before joining the professional peloton in 1989. His career highlights include th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1993 In Belgian Sport
File:1993 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: The Oslo I Accord is signed in an attempt to resolve the Israeli–Palestinian conflict; The Russian White House is shelled during the 1993 Russian constitutional crisis; Czechoslovakia is peacefully dissolved into the Czech Republic and Slovakia; In the United States, the ATF besieges a compound belonging to David Koresh and the Branch Davidians in a search for illegal weapons, which ends in the building being set alight and killing most inside; Eritrea gains independence; A major snow storm passes over the United States and Canada, leading to over 300 fatalities; Drug lord and narcoterrorist Pablo Escobar is killed by Colombian special forces; Ramzi Yousef and other Islamic terrorists detonate a truck bomb in the subterranean garage of the North Tower of the World Trade Center in the United States., 300x300px, thumb rect 0 0 200 200 Oslo I Accord rect 200 0 400 200 1993 Russian constitutional crisis rect 400 0 600 2 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Omloop Het Nieuwsblad – Men's Race
Omloop is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: * Geert Omloop (born 1974), Belgian road racing cyclist * Laura Omloop (born 1999), Belgian pop singer * Wim Omloop Wim Omloop (born 5 October 1971) is a Belgian former cyclist. He competed in the individual road race at the 1992 Summer Olympics The 1992 Summer Olympics ( es, Juegos Olímpicos de Verano de 1992, ca, Jocs Olímpics d'estiu de 1992), of ... (born 1971), Belgian cyclist See also * {{surname Surnames of Belgian origin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thierry Gouvenou
Thierry Gouvenou (born 14 May 1969) is a French former professional racing cyclist. He rode in seven editions of the Tour de France and one each of the Vuelta a España and the Giro d'Italia. Since 2014, Gouvenou has worked as a lead course designer of the Tour de France. Career achievements Major results ;1990 : 1st Paris–Roubaix Espoirs ;1991 : 9th Omloop Het Volk ;1992 : 10th Overall Étoile de Bessèges ;1993 : 10th Omloop Het Volk ;1994 : 10th Kuurne–Brussels–Kuurne ;1995 : 3rd GP de Denain ;1997 : 7th Overall Tour de Normandie ;1998 : 3rd Overall Tour de Normandie ::1st Stage 4 ;1999 : 3rd Overall Tour de Normandie : 10th GP de la Ville de Rennes ;2001 : 10th Tro-Bro Léon ;2002 : 3rd Polynormande : 7th Paris–Roubaix : 10th Paris–Camembert Paris–Camembert (also Paris–Camembert Trophée Lepetit or Paris–Camembert Lepetit) is a semi classic held annually in April. Since 2005, the race is organized as a 1.1 event on the UCI Europe Tour. The route of t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Laurent Brochard
Laurent Brochard (born 26 March 1968 in Le Mans, France) is a retired professional road racing cyclist from France. In 1997 he won a stage of the Tour de France and became world road champion in San Sebastián, Spain. Brochard was a runner and started cycling competitively at 19. He started with Castorama and became part of Festina cycling team. His role in Festina was ''super-domestique'', supporting stars such as Richard Virenque but able to ride competitively when given the chance. He was implicated in the Festina scandal in the 1998 Tour de France. After serving his suspension, Brochard joined Ag2r Prévoyance as leader and had successes in races such as Critérium International and Etoile de Béssèges. He then moved to Bouygues Télécom. He is a fan of Belgian comic character Marsupilami, often wearing Marsupilami logo and clothing at races. Major results ;1989 : 1st Stage 4 Tour Poitou-Charentes en Nouvelle-Aquitaine ;1990 : 10th Overall Tour de la Communau ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kai Hundertmarck
Kai Hundertmarck (born 25 April 1969 in Rüsselsheim) is a German former professional road racing cyclist and triathlon, triathlete. Career achievements Major results ;1989 : 1st Overall Bayern Rundfahrt ::1st Stage 2 ;1990 : 1st Overall Grand Prix François Faber ::1st Stages 1 & 3 : 1st Overall Rheinland-Pfalz Rundfahrt ::1st Stage 3 ;1991 : 2nd German National Road Race Championships, Road race, National Road Championships : 5th 1991 UCI Road World Championships – Men's road race, Road race, 1991 UCI Road World Championships, UCI World Road Championships : 7th GP du canton d'Argovie ;1992 : 3rd German National Road Race Championships, Road race, National Road Championships ;1993 : 8th 1993 Omloop Het Volk, Omloop Het Volk : 10th Rund um den Henninger Turm ;1994 : 5th 1994 Milan–San Remo, Milan–San Remo ;1996 : 7th Overall Rheinland-Pfalz Rundfahrt : 7th Tour de Berne ;1997 : 1st Stage 5 Regio-Tour : 2nd Overall 3-Länder-Tour ::1st Stages 2 & 5 : 10th Giro di Romagna ; ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Frankie Andreu
Francisco "Frankie" Andreu (born September 26, 1966) is an American former professional cyclist whose career highlights include riding as team captain of the U.S. Postal Service cycling team in 1998, 1999 and 2000. During his career, he won a number of race stages and finished fourth in the cycling road race at the 1996 Olympics. His testimony played a key part in the United States Anti-Doping Agency's investigation of fellow U.S. Postal cyclist Lance Armstrong's doping practices. Biography Cycling career Andreu was born in Dearborn, Michigan. He began his cycling career in track cycling, with Wolverine Sports Club in Detroit, winning the individual pursuit during the 1984 Junior National Track Cycling Championships in Trexlertown, Pennsylvania. In 1985, he finished first in the Madison during the National Track Cycling Championships in Indianapolis, Indiana and second in the points race and team pursuit. In 1988, he qualified as a member of the United States cycling team for ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Johan Capiot
Johan Capiot (born 12 April 1964 in Rijkhoven, Belgium) is a former professional road racing cyclist. He was a professional rider from 1986 to 2000. Major results ;1986 :1st, Stage 3, Danmark Rundt ;1987 :1st, Veenendaal–Veenendaal :1st, Stage 1, Tour de l'Oise ;1988 :1st, Brabantse Pijl :1st, Stages 1 and 5, Tour de Luxembourg :1st, Stage 1, Tour of Belgium ;1989 :1st, Brabantse Pijl :1st, Grand Prix de la Libération ;1990 :1st, Omloop "Het Volk" ;1991 :1st, Paris–Tours :1st, Stage 8, Four Days of Dunkirk ;1992 :1st, Brabantse Pijl :1st, Omloop "Het Volk" :1st, Le Samyn :1st, Trophée de l'Etna :1st, Nokere Koerse :1st, Overall, Ronde van Midden-Zeeland :1st, Stage 2, Tour de l'Oise ;1993 :1st, Stage 3, Tour de l'Oise :1st, Stage 3, Tour de Luxembourg ;1994 :1st, Le Samyn :1st, Clásica de Almería ;1995 :1st, Le Samyn ;1996 :1st, A Travers le Morbihan :1st, Omloop van het Houtland ;1998 :1st, Stage 5, Vuelta a Murcia The Vuelta Ciclista a Murcia ( en, Tour of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Olaf Ludwig
Olaf Ludwig (born 13 April 1960 in Gera, Bezirk Gera) is a former German racing cyclist. His career began at the SG Dynamo Gera / Sportvereinigung (SV) Dynamo. As an East German, he raced as an amateur until reunification of Germany allowed him to become professional with Panasonic team. As a sprinter, the highlight of his career was winning the points classification in the 1990 Tour de France. Other highlights include the Olympic road race in Seoul in 1988, a record 38 stage victories in the Peace Race, winning the Amstel Gold Race in 1992, and podium placings in the Paris–Roubaix. He also won the 1992 UCI Road World Cup. In 1992 he won the Champs Elysees stage in the Tour de France and won the third Tour stage of his career the following year. His sprinting rivals included Mario Cipollini, Wilfried Nelissen and Djamolidine Abdoujaparov. In 1993 he joined Team Telekom, later T-Mobile Team. On retirement in 1996 he took up public relations for the team. He sub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mario De Clercq
Mario De Clercq (born 5 March 1966) is a Belgian former racing cyclist. He specialized in cyclo-cross racing but also rode on the road and circuit races during his career, he raced as a professional between 1991 and 2004. The majority of his years as a professional were under the sponsorship of and its various co-sponsors. Biography Born in Oudenaarde, Belgium, De Clercq is a three-time world cyclo-cross champion capturing the 1998, 1999 and 2002 UCI Cyclo-cross World Championships. In addition, De Clercq won the 2001 and 2002 Belgian National Cyclo-cross Championships. Accused of being in possession of banned substances, along with Johan Museeuw and nine other riders, investigators visited their houses in 2003, they faced an initial hearing in Kortrijk on 11 October 2005. De Clercq was due to stand trial on drug charges at a Belgian Court in 2006. De Clercq, along with Hans De Clercq (no relation), has been managing the Sunweb - Pro Job Cycling Team since early 2007. In Sep ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ghent
Ghent ( nl, Gent ; french: Gand ; traditional English: Gaunt) is a city and a municipality in the Flemish Region of Belgium. It is the capital and largest city of the East Flanders province, and the third largest in the country, exceeded in size only by Brussels and Antwerp. It is a port and university city. The city originally started as a settlement at the confluence of the Rivers Scheldt and Leie and in the Late Middle Ages became one of the largest and richest cities of northern Europe, with some 50,000 people in 1300. The municipality comprises the city of Ghent proper and the surrounding suburbs of Afsnee, Desteldonk, Drongen, Gentbrugge, Ledeberg, Mariakerke, Mendonk, Oostakker, Sint-Amandsberg, Sint-Denijs-Westrem, Sint-Kruis-Winkel, Wondelgem and Zwijnaarde. With 262,219 inhabitants at the beginning of 2019, Ghent is Belgium's second largest municipality by number of inhabitants. The metropolitan area, including the outer commuter zone, covers a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
