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1999 GP Ouest–France
The 1999 GP Ouest-France was the 63rd edition of the GP Ouest-France cycle race and was held on 29 August 1999. The race started and finished in Plouay. The race was won by Christophe Mengin of the FDJ (cycling team), Française des Jeux team. General classification References Bretagne Classic, 1999 1999 in road cycling 1999 in French sport August 1999 sports events in France {{France-cycling-race-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Christophe Mengin
Christophe Mengin (born 3 September 1968 in Cornimont) is a retired French racing cyclist and a former cyclo-cross racer. He became professional in 1995, signing to the Chazal team, and retired after the 2008 season. His height is 1.73 m, and weight is 68 kg. Major results Sources: ;1988 : U23 National cyclo-cross champion ;1990 : 1st Grand Prix Adrie van der Poel ;1991 : 1st Manx International GP ;1993 : 6th Overall Course de la Paix ::1st Stage 8 : 8th Mediterranean Games RR ;1994 : 1st Overall Circuit de Lorraine : 3rd World Amateur Road race : 3rd Overall Rothaus Regio Tour : 4th Overall Österreich-Rundfahrt ::1st Stage 3 ;1995 : 2nd GP de la Ville de Rennes : 4th Paris–Camembert : 9th Grand Prix de Plumelec-Morbihan ;1996 : 6th Overall Tour de Picardie ;1997 : National cyclo-cross champion : 1st Stage 16 Tour de France : 1st Stage 1 Driedaagse van De Panne-Koksijde : 5th Overall 4 Jours de Dunkerque : 5th Overall Circuit de Lorraine : 7th Omloop Het Volk : ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Andrei Tchmil
Andrei Tchmil (born 22 January 1963) is a retired Soviet (until 1991), Moldovan (1992–1995), Ukrainian (1995–1998) and Belgian (since 1998) professional road bicycle racer. He competed in the men's individual road race at the 1996 Summer Olympics. Cycling career Tchmil was born in Khabarovsk, Russia. His family moved to Ukraine during the days of the Soviet Union. He started cycling and showed enough talent to be moved to a cycling school in Moldova. The glasnost in the Soviet Union allowed him to try a professional career with the Italian Alfa Lum team in 1989. After the collapse of the Soviet Union he became a Ukrainian citizen, although he eventually moved to Belgium early in his professional career. ''"People are cynical when I talk about Belgium. They think I'm only Belgian on paper. That is not true. Yes, I was a Russian, even a proud one.... Now I am proud to be Belgian. The first thing I did was learn French. Now there are some books in my suitcase to learn Flemis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1999 In Road Cycling
File:1999 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: The funeral procession of King Hussein of Jordan in Amman; the 1999 İzmit earthquake kills over 17,000 people in Turkey; the Columbine High School massacre, one of the first major school shootings in the United States; the Year 2000 problem ("Y2K"), perceived as a major concern in the lead-up to the year 2000; the Millennium Dome opens in London; online music downloading platform Napster is launched, soon a source of online piracy; NASA loses both the Mars Climate Orbiter and the Mars Polar Lander; a destroyed T-55 tank near Prizren during the Kosovo War., 300x300px, thumb rect 0 0 200 200 Death and state funeral of King Hussein rect 200 0 400 200 1999 İzmit earthquake rect 400 0 600 200 Columbine High School massacre rect 0 200 300 400 Kosovo War rect 300 200 600 400 Year 2000 problem rect 0 400 200 600 Mars Climate Orbiter rect 200 400 400 600 Napster rect 400 400 600 600 Millennium Dome 1999 was designated as the Interna ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bretagne Classic
The Bretagne Classic, also called Bretagne Classic Ouest–France, is an elite cycling classic held annually in late summer around the Breton village of Plouay in western France. The race was originally named Grand–Prix de Plouay and, from 1989 to 2015, GP Ouest–France. It was included in the inaugural UCI ProTour in 2005 and in 2011 in its successor, the UCI World Tour. Since 2016 it is called Bretagne Classic Ouest–France. Since 2002, a women's event, the GP Plouay–Bretagne is organized on Saturday, the day before the men's race. Supporting events have grown over the years and now include BMX races, track racing and a mass-participation ride, as part of a four–day festival in the last summer weekend in Brittany. History The Bretagne Classic, originally named ''Circuit de Plouay'' and later the ''Grand-Prix de Plouay'', was created in 1931 by former Tour de France doctor Berty, who used his influence to attract some of the biggest names of French cycling to the ina ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Geert Verheyen
Geert Verheyen (; born 10 March 1973) is a former Belgian professional road racing cyclist who competed as a professional between 1994 and 2011. He was born in Diest, and is the cousin of cyclist David Verheyen. He turned professional in 1994, racing for Vlaanderen 2002-Eddy Merckx. In 1998 he went on to race for the UCI Professional Continental team, Lotto, and later Rabobank, Marlux, Chocolade Jacques and Colnago. He competed in the 1998 Tour de France and the 2006 Volta a Catalunya. Major results ;1993 : 3rd Circuit de Wallonie ;1994 : 3rd Seraing-Aachen-Seraing : 5th Nationale Sluitingprijs : 7th Ronde van Limburg ;1996 : 6th Overall Tour of Austria : 7th Omloop van de Westhoek : 10th Grand Prix Cerami : 10th Omloop van het Waasland ;1998 : 1st Grand Prix de la Ville de Lillers : 5th Route Adélie ;1999 : 2nd Grand Prix d'Isbergues : 4th Overall Route du Sud ::1st Stage 2 : 5th Clásica de Almería : 7th Kampioenschap van Vlaanderen : 10th Overall Paris–Nice : 10th G ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Frank Vandenbroucke (cyclist)
Frank Vandenbroucke (6 November 1974 – 12 October 2009) was a Belgium, Belgian professional road racing cyclist. After showing promise in track and field in his adolescence, Vandenbroucke took to cycle racing in the late 1980s and developed into one of the great hopes for Belgian cycling in the 1990s, with a string of victories that included Liege-Baston-Liege, Grand Tour stages and Omloop Het Nieuwsblad, Omloop Het Volk. This early success dissipated however in a series of drug abuse, drug problems, rows with teams and suicide attempts. Despite repeated attempts to continue his career with a string of different teams from 2000 to 2008, Vandenbroucke's drug use and unpredictability eventually led to his estrangement from the cycling world. Although Vandenbroucke claimed in an interview in 2009 to have recovered his mental health, he died of a pulmonary embolism in October 2009 at the age of 34. Background Frank Vandenbroucke was born in Mouscron and grew up in Ploegsteert, a vil ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cédric Vasseur
Cédric Vasseur (born 18 August 1970) is a French former professional road racing cyclist, and current general manager of UCI WorldTeam . As a rider, Vasseur competed between 1993 and 2007 for the Novemail–Histor, , , and squads. Vasseur was considered an all-rounder who could do well in a variety of races. He raced in all of the spring classics such as Tour of Flanders and Paris–Roubaix, and won a stage of the Dauphiné Libéré stage race as well as two at the Tour de France. Career Professional rider Born in Hazebrouck, Nord, Vasseur turned professional with the team Novemail in 1993, and switched to the team in 1995 which then became Crédit Agricole in 1998. His first professional victory is also his most famous: it was his solo 147-kilometre breakaway by which he won stage 5 of the 1997 Tour de France. He then wore the yellow jersey as the race leader for five days. In the 2000 and 2001 seasons, he rode for the team and participated in the 2000 Tour de France. Ho ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paolo Bettini
Paolo Bettini (born 1 April 1974 in Cecina, Tuscany, Cecina, Province of Livorno, Livorno, Tuscany) is an Italian former champion road racing cyclist, and the former coach of the Italian national cycling team. Considered the best classic cycle races, classics specialist of his generation, and probably one of the strongest of all times, he won gold medals in the 2004 Athens Olympics road race and in the 2006 UCI Road World Championships, 2006 and 2007 UCI Road World Championships – Men's road race, 2007 World Road Race Championships. He is nicknamed ''Il Grillo'' ("the cricket") for his repeated sudden attacks and his Sprinting specialist (cycling), sprinting style. He gained prominence by winning Liège–Bastogne–Liège in 2000 and 2002. He set the record for World Cup wins in a season in 2003, winning the Milan–San Remo, HEW Cyclassics and Clásica de San Sebastián. He won the Giro di Lombardia in 2005 and 2006, the Züri-Metzgete in 2001 and 2005 and Tirreno–Adriatico ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lauri Aus
Lauri Aus (4 November 1970 – 20 July 2003) was an Estonian professional cyclist who represented his native country at three consecutive Summer Olympics, starting in 1992. He was born in Tartu, became a professional in 1995, and rode for several French teams. He was the first Estonian rider to finish the Tour de France in 1997. He also finished in the top 10 of the World Championship in 1997. Lauri Aus died, aged thirty-two, of injuries sustained after being struck by a drunk driver, while training between Aovere and Kallaste in Tartu County. He was married, with two children. Major results ;1992 : National Road Race Champion :5th Olympics Road Race ;1994 : National time trial Champion ;1997 :1st Tour de Limousin, stage 3 :1st Tour de Limousin, General Classification :1st Tour de Pologne, stage 1 ;1998 :1st Classic Haribo :1st Tour de l'Oise, stage 1 :2nd Tour de l'Oise, General Classification :1st Tour du Poitou-Charentes, stage 1 :1st Tour du Poitou-Charentes, Ge ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Markus Zberg
Markus Zberg (born June 27, 1974 in Altdorf, Uri) is a retired Swiss professional road bicycle racer; he is the younger brother of Beat Zberg. Zberg retired after a severe fall in the Tour de l'Ain. He was the Swiss National Road Race champion in 2000 and 2008. Major results ;1996 : 1st Stage 5 Grand Prix Guillaume Tell ;1997 : 1st Stage 7 Tour de Pologne ;1998 : Vuelta a España ::1st Stages 1 & 22 : 1st Stausee-Rundfahrt Klingnau : 1st Stage 3 Tour de Suisse : 1st Stage 6 Settimana Ciclistica Lombarda ;1999 : 1st Milano–Torino : 2nd Road race, UCI Road World Championships : 2nd Overall Paris–Nice : 2nd GP Ouest–France ;2000 : 1st Road race, National Road Championships : 3rd Amstel Gold Race ;2001 : 1st Rund um den Henninger Turm : 1st Stage 3 Tirreno–Adriatico : 4th Amstel Gold Race ;2002 : 3rd Milan–San Remo ;2003 : 3rd Tre Valli Varesine ;2004 : 2nd Grand Prix of Aargau Canton ;2005 : 3rd Rund um den Henninger Turm Rund is a surname. Notable people with t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alberto Elli
Alberto Elli (born 9 March 1964) is an Italian former road racing cyclist, who wore the yellow jersey for 4 days in the 2000 Tour de France. Elli was called up late for the 2000 Tour de France, and after a group of 12 cyclists stayed away from the others, Elli became a surprise leader, being the second oldest cyclist in the peloton. He kept the yellow jersey until the Pyrenées mountains, where he lost it to Lance Armstrong. After retiring, he worked as a directeur sportif for several professional teams. During the 2001 Giro d'Italia, the police found banned substances in Elli's hotel room. In October 2005, he received a six-month suspended sentence by San Remo Judge Paolo Luppi. Major results Source: ;1986 : 1st Piccolo Giro di Lombardia ;1987 : 2nd Road race, National Road Championships : 2nd Coppa Ugo Agostoni : 9th Overall Giro del Trentino ;1988 : 5th GP Industria & Artigianato ;1989 : 1st Stage 3 ( TTT) Giro d'Italia ;1990 : 3rd Tour du Haut Var : 3rd Giro della Provin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
FDJ (cycling Team) (German: '), a German socialist youth movement
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FDJ may refer to: * FDJ (cycling team) * Djiboutian franc * '' Faculty Dental Journal'', a scholarly jo Yhj Vnvxx urnal * Française des Jeux (lottery), the operator of the French national lottery * Free German Youth The Free German Youth (german: Freie Deutsche Jugend; FDJ) is a youth movement in Germany. Formerly, it was the official youth movement of the German Democratic Republic (GDR) and the Socialist Unity Party of Germany. The organization was meant ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
