1999 Brabantse Pijl
The 1999 Brabantse Pijl was the 39th edition of the Brabantse Pijl cycle race and was held on 28 March 1999. The race started and finished in Alsemberg. The race was won by Michele Bartoli. General classification References 1999 Brabantse Pijl The Brabantse Pijl ( en, Brabant Arrow, french: italic=yes, Flèche Brabançonne or ''Flèche Branconne'') is a Flanders Classics road bicycle race held annually in Flemish Brabant and in Walloon Brabant, Belgium. Since 2005, the race has been or ...

Michele Bartoli
Michele Bartoli (born 27 May 1970, in Pisa) is a retired Italian road racing cyclist. Bartoli was a professional from 1992 until 2004 and was one of the most successful single-day classics specialists of his generation, especially in the Italian and Belgian races. On his palmarès are three of the five monuments of cycling—five in total: the 1996 Tour of Flanders, the 1997 and 1998 Liège–Bastogne–Liège and the 2002 and 2003 Giro di Lombardia. He won the UCI Road World Cup in 1997 and 1998. From 10 October 1998 until 6 June 1999, Bartoli was number one on the UCI Road World Rankings. Considered one of the most versatile riders of his generation, Bartoli won a variety of classics. He won most of the major Italian one-day races—apart from Milan–San Remo—and was Italian national champion in 2000. In Belgium, he excelled in both the cobbled classics of Flanders and the hilly races in the Ardennes, which earned him the nickname ''Il Leoncino delle Fiandre'' ("The Litt ...
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Michael Boogerd
Michael Boogerd (born 28 May 1972) is a Dutch former professional road bicycle racer. He was one of the leaders of a generation of Dutch cyclists in the late 1990s and early 2000s, together with teammate Erik Dekker and female cyclist Leontien van Moorsel. Career Boogerd was born in The Hague, and began his professional career in 1994, joining ''WordPerfect''. In 1995 the team changed name to ''Novell'', before Rabobank in 1996 became main sponsor and name for the team. Boogerd stayed with the team his entire career. His speciality were hilly classics like Liège–Bastogne–Liège, La Flèche Wallonne and the Amstel Gold Race in the Ardennes week and the Lombardian races in the Fall, as well as mountain-stages. He has won two stages in Tour de France (1996, 2002) as well as the Amstel Gold Race and Paris–Nice. He has been Dutch Champion three times, in 1997, 1998 and in 2006. In addition to these major victories, Boogerd scored a large number of podium finishes in his favori ...
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Daniele Nardello
Daniele Nardello (born 2 August 1972 in Varese) is a retired Italian professional road racing cyclist. His career ran from 1994 to 2009, with highlights including winning the 2001 Italian national road race championship, the 2003 Züri-Metzgete, and three straight top-10 finishes and one stage win at the Tour de France. Career achievements Major results ;1990 : 1st Road race, National Junior Road Championships : 4th Road race, UCI Road World Championships ;1994 : 2nd Overall Herald Sun Tour ;1995 : 1st Paris–Bourges : 2nd Giro di Lombardia : 5th Overall Tour DuPont : 7th GP Rik Van Steenbergen ;1996 : 1st Milano–Torino : 1st Grand Prix d'Europe (with Fabio Roscioli) : 1st Stage 12 Vuelta a España : 4th Time trial, UCI Road World Championships : 4th Giro di Lombardia : 5th Overall Circuit de la Sarthe ::1st Stage 1 : 5th Trofeo Melinda : 6th Japan Cup : 7th Tre Valli Varesine : 9th Giro del Piemonte ;1997 : 1st Overall Tour of Austria ::1st Stages 1 & 7 : 2nd Trofeo Mat ...
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1998 Brabantse Pijl
The 1998 Brabantse Pijl was the 38th edition of the Brabantse Pijl cycle race and was held on 29 March 1998. The race started and finished in Alsemberg. The race was won by Johan Museeuw. General classification References 1998 Brabantse Pijl The Brabantse Pijl ( en, Brabant Arrow, french: italic=yes, Flèche Brabançonne or ''Flèche Branconne'') is a Flanders Classics road bicycle race held annually in Flemish Brabant and in Walloon Brabant, Belgium. Since 2005, the race has been or ...

2000 Brabantse Pijl
The 2000 Brabantse Pijl was the 40th edition of the Brabantse Pijl cycle race and was held on 26 March 2000. The race started in Zaventem and finished in Alsemberg. The race was won by Johan Museeuw. General classification References 2000 Brabantse Pijl The Brabantse Pijl ( en, Brabant Arrow, french: italic=yes, Flèche Brabançonne or ''Flèche Branconne'') is a Flanders Classics road bicycle race held annually in Flemish Brabant and in Walloon Brabant, Belgium. Since 2005, the race has been or ...

Brabantse Pijl
The Brabantse Pijl ( en, Brabant Arrow, french: italic=yes, Flèche Brabançonne or ''Flèche Branconne'') is a Flanders Classics road bicycle race held annually in Flemish Brabant and in Walloon Brabant, Belgium. Since 2005, the race has been organised as a 1.1 event on the UCI Europe Tour. Zaventem used to be the city of start; in 2008 however, Leuven became the place of start. Until 2009, the finish was located in Alsemberg and, in 2010, it moved to Overijse. Also in 2010, the fixed date of the Brabantse Pijl shifted from the Sunday before the Tour of Flanders to the Wednesday before the Amstel Gold Race The Amstel Gold Race is an annual one-day classic road cycling race held in the province of Limburg, Netherlands. It traditionally marks the turning point of the spring classics, with the climbers and stage racers replacing the cobbled classic .... In 2011, the race was upgraded to a 1.HC event. Edwig Van Hooydonck holds the record for most wins in the race with four ...
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Alsemberg
Alsemberg is a rural town with about 5,300 inhabitants in the municipality of Beersel, in the province of Flemish Brabant, Belgium, situated south of Brussels. The official language is Dutch (as everywhere in Flanders). Located close to Brussels, to Wallonia and the municipality with linguistic facilities of Sint-Genesius-Rode Sint-Genesius-Rode (; french: Rhode-Saint-Genèse, ) is a municipality located in Flanders, one of three regions of Belgium, in the province of Flemish Brabant. The municipality comprises the town of Sint-Genesius-Rode only, and lies between Brus ..., Alsemberg is home to a minority of French-speakers. External link Populated places in Flemish Brabant {{FlemishBrabant-geo-stub ...
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Johan Museeuw
Johan Museeuw (born 13 October 1965) is a retired Belgian professional road racing cyclist who was a professional from 1988 until 2004. Nicknamed ''The Lion of Flanders'', he was particularly successful in the cobbled classics of Flanders and Northern France and was considered one of the best classic races specialists of the 1990s. He won both the Tour of Flanders and Paris–Roubaix three times and was road world champion in 1996. Other notable career achievements include two individual stage wins in the Tour de France, two final classifications of the UCI Road World Cup, two national road race championships and several classic cycle races. In 1996 he received the Vélo d'Or, awarded annually to the rider considered to have performed the best over the year. Early life and amateur career Born in Varsenare, Museeuw grew up in Gistel, West Flanders. His father Eddy had been a professional cyclist for two seasons, albeit without much success. As a junior and amateur, Museeuw pra ...
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Guido Trenti
Guido Trenti (born December 27, 1972 in Milan) is an American-Italian former professional road racing cyclist who has ridden in each of the three Grand Tours. Trenti was born to an American mother and Italian father, allowing him to maintain dual citizenship. In 2001, he became the first American to win a stage at the Vuelta a España. In 2002, Trenti represented the United States at the World Cycling Championships, mainly because he was not selected by the Italian team. He lives in Mussolente during the racing season. Major results Sources: ;2000 : 1st Stage 9 Tour de Langkawi ;2001 : 1st Stage 19 Vuelta a España ( Cuenca > Guadalajara) : 2nd Giro del Friuli ;2002 : 3rd Gran Premio della Costa Etruschi The Gran Premio della Costa Etruschi is a one-day professional cycling race between the towns of San Vincenzo and Donoratico on the Tuscany coast in Italy. The 193 kilometre long race takes place at the beginning of February and has now taken ove ... Grand Tour general ...
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Erwin Thijs
Erwin Thijs (born 6 August 1970 in Tongeren) is a former Belgian professional road bicycle racer. He competed in the individual road race at the 1992 Summer Olympics. Palmarès ;1987 : 2nd, National U17 Road Race Championship ;1992 : 1st, Overall, Circuit Franco-Belge ;1993 : 1st, Hel van het Mergelland ;1994 : 1st, Stage, Circuit de la Sarthe ;1996 : 1st, Brussels-Ingooigem ;1997 : 1st, Stage 2, Circuito Montañés ;1998 : 1st, Flèche Ardennaise : 1st, kermesse in Dilsen : 7th, Grand Prix des Nations ;1999 : 1st, kermesses in Jülich & Dortmund ;2000 : 1st, Ronde van Limburg : 1st, Points Competition, Ster der Beloften :: Winner Stages 2 & 3 : 1st, Stage 3, Dekra Open ;2001 : 1st, kermesses in Stekene, Strombeek-Bever & Wingene ;2002 : 1st, Stadsprijs Geraardsbergen : 1st, Stage 4, Tour de Wallonie ;2003 : 1st, Flèche Hesbignonne ;2004 :1st Grote Prijs Beeckman-De Caluwé ;2005 : 1st, Stage 4, Ster Elektrotoer : 13th, Paris–Roubaix ;2006 : 1st, Colliers Classic ...
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Matteo Tosatto
Matteo Tosatto (born 14 May 1974 in Castelfranco Veneto) is an Italian former road racing cyclist. He rode as a professional between 1997 and 2016, with his biggest personal victories coming in stages of the Giro d'Italia and the Tour de France. He contested 34 Grand Tours during his career, finishing 28 of them. Following his retirement, Tosatto became a ''directeur sportif'' with , beginning midway through the 2017 cycling season. Major results ;1996 : 1st Stage 9 Girobio ;1997 : 7th Rund um Köln ;1998 : 1st Giro del Medio Brenta : 3rd Overall Tour of Austria : 5th Veenendaal–Veenendaal : 5th GP Rik Van Steenbergen ;1999 : 4th Grand Prix Pino Cerami : 7th Brabantse Pijl : 9th Clásica de Almería ;2000 : 1st Stage 4 Paris–Nice : 2nd Rund um den Henninger Turm : 3rd Giro della Romagna : 6th Gran Premio della Costa Etruschi ;2001 : 1st Stage 12 Giro d'Italia ;2002 : 1st Coppa Placci : 3rd Trofeo Matteotti : 3rd Coppa Bernocchi : 4th Criterium d'Abruzzo : 5th Gran Premio ...
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Ludo Dierckxsens
Ludo Dierckxsens (born 14 October 1964 in Geel, Flanders) is a former Belgian racing cyclist. He is best known for winning the 11th stage of the 1999 Tour de France, while competing for . 1999 Tour de France Ludo Dierckxsens won the 11th stage of the 1999 Tour de France. After this stage victory, Dierckxens went to take the obligatory doping tests. When the doctors asked him the routine question if he had taken any products which might cause a positive test result, Dierckxens replied that he had taken tetracosactide (Synacthen) in the Tour of Germany. He claimed to have a prescription for them, but his team did not know about this, and sent him home a few days later. The doping tests returned negative. Major results ;1989 :1st Brussel-Zepperen ;1994 :1st Izegem ;1995 :1st Geetbets :1st Mechelen :1st Wanzele ;1996 :1st GP Stad Vilvoorde :1st Ruddervoorde :7th Omloop Het Volk ;1997 :1st Hasselt-Spa-Hasselt :1st Zellik-Galmaarden :1st Grand Prix de Denain :1st Belsele-Puivelde ...
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