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2000 Grand Prix De Denain
The 2000 Grand Prix de Denain was the 42nd edition of the Grand Prix de Denain cycle race and was held on 20 April 2000. The race was won by Endrio Leoni. General classification References 2000 File:2000 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: Protests against Bush v. Gore after the 2000 United States presidential election; Heads of state meet for the Millennium Summit; The International Space Station in its infant form as seen from ... 2000 in road cycling April 2000 sports events in France {{France-cycling-race-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Endrio Leoni
Endrio Leoni (born 22 August 1968 in Dolo) is a retired road bicycle racer from Italy, who was a professional rider from 1990 to 2002. He only served teams from his native country. Leoni twice won the Scheldeprijs (2000 and 2001). Major results Sources: ;1987 : 1st GP Città di Venezia ;1989 : 1st Vicenza–Bionde : 7th Gran Premio della Liberazione ;1990 : 1st Stage 3 Ruota d'Oro : 3rd GP Bruno Beghelli ;1991 : 9th Overall Giro di Puglia ;1992 : 1st Stages 1 & 11 Giro d'Italia : 1st Stage 5 Settimana Internazionale di Coppi e Bartali : 1st Stage 3 Settimana Lombarda ;1993 : 1st Stage 5 Tirreno–Adriatico : 1st Stage 1 Giro di Puglia ;1994 : 1st Stages 1a & 5 Giro d'Italia : 1st Stage 4 Vuelta a España : 1st Stage 1 Ruta Mexico ;1996 : 3rd Road race, National Road Championships ;1997 : 1st Giro del Lago Maggiore : 1st Stage 1 Tirreno–Adriatico : 1st Stage 1 Ronde van Nederland : 2nd Trofeo Luis Puig ;1998 : 1st Stage 1 Giro della Provincia di Reggio Calabri : 2nd Gir ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thor Hushovd
Thor Hushovd (born 18 January 1978) is a Norwegian former professional road bicycle racer. He is known for sprinting and time trialing; Hushovd is a three-time Norwegian national road race champion (2004, 2010, 2013), and was the winner of the 2010 World Road Race Championships. He was the first Norwegian to lead the Tour de France, and first Scandinavian to win the road race in cycling world road championship. He is also the Scandinavian with the most stage wins in Grand Tours. He is widely considered the greatest Norwegian cyclist of all time. He retired in September 2014. Career Born in Grimstad, Aust-Agder, Norway, Thor won the under-23 time trial world championship and the under-23 versions of Paris–Roubaix and Paris–Tours before turning professional in 1998. He was Norwegian time trial champion in 2004 and 2005 and road race champion in 2004 and 2010. In 2006, he won seven UCI ProTour races and two stages of the Tour de France. He won the prologue in Strasbourg ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Leonardo Guidi
Leonardo Guidi (born 20 March 1974) is an Italian racing cyclist. He rode in the 1998 Tour de France The 1998 Tour de France was the 85th edition of the Tour de France, one of cycling's Grand Tours. The race was composed of 21 stages and a prologue. It started on 11 July in Ireland before taking an anti-clockwise route through France to finis .... References External links * 1974 births Living people Italian male cyclists Place of birth missing (living people) Sportspeople from Pontedera Cyclists from Tuscany {{Italy-cycling-bio-1970s-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1999 Grand Prix De Denain
The 1999 Grand Prix de Denain was the 41st edition of the Grand Prix de Denain cycle race and was held on 22 April 1999. The race started and finished in Denain. The race was won by Jeroen Blijlevens. General classification References 1999 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 shootin ... 1999 in road cycling April 1999 sports events in France {{France-cycling-race-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2001 Grand Prix De Denain
The 2001 Grand Prix de Denain was the 43rd edition of the Grand Prix de Denain cycle race and was held on 26 April 2001. The race was won by Jaan Kirsipuu. General classification References 2001 The September 11 attacks against the United States by Al-Qaeda, which Casualties of the September 11 attacks, killed 2,977 people and instigated the global war on terror, were a defining event of 2001. The United States led a Participants in ... 2001 in road cycling April 2001 sports events in France {{France-cycling-race-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Grand Prix De Denain
Grand Prix de Denain is a professional cycle road race held in Denain, France. For 10 years from 2005 the race was organized as a 1.1 event on the UCI Europe Tour The UCI Continental Circuits are a series of road bicycle racing competitions which were introduced in 2005 by the Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI) to expand cycling around the world. The five circuits (representing the continents of Africa, the ..., before becoming a 1.HC event for the 2016 season. It is also part of the French Road Cycling Cup. Winners External links Official site {{DEFAULTSORT:Grand Prix De Denain UCI Europe Tour races Cycle races in France Recurring sporting events established in 1959 1959 establishments in France ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jo Planckaert
Jo Planckaert (born 16 December 1970 in Deinze) is a former Belgian professional road bicycle racer. He is the son of former professional road bicycle racer Willy Planckaert, brother of famous road bicycle racers Eddy and Walter Planckaert. Major victories ;1993 : 1st, Stage 3, Vuelta a Andalucía : 1st, Stage 4, Vuelta a Murcia : 1st, Ronde van Midden-Zeeland ;1995 : 1st, Nokere Koerse : 1st, Grand Prix de Denain : 1st, Stage 4b, Tour of Sweden : 2nd, Clásica de Almería ;1997 : 2nd, Paris–Roubaix : 2nd, Le Samyn ;1998 : 1st, GP Briek Schotte : 1st, Grote Prijs Jef Scherens : Étoile de Bessèges :: 1st, Overall and Stage 3 ;1999 : 1st, Kuurne–Brussels–Kuurne : 1st, Stage 2, Étoile de Bessèges ;2000 : 1st, Tro-Bro Léon : 1st, Étoile de Bessèges : 1st, Stage 5, Vuelta a Andalucía : 1st, Stage 1, Tour de Wallonie : 1st, Stage 1, Tour du Limousin ;2001 : 1st, Grand Prix Zottegem ;2003 : 1st, Stage 2, Étoile de Bessèges ;2004 : 2nd, Grand Prix d'Ouverture La Mars ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lars Michaelsen
Lars Michaelsen (born 13 March 1969) is a Danish former professional road bicycle racer who last rode for Team CSC. He got his break through in his second year as a professional, when he won the 1995 edition of Gent–Wevelgem. In the 1997 Vuelta a España he won stage 1 and wore the leader's jersey for three days (stage 2, 3 and 5). In 2002 he finished fifth in Paris–Roubaix, a result he would duplicate in 2005. In the 2006 Paris–Roubaix he was once again in the group of favourites, but he helped teammate Fabian Cancellara win the race and finished 19th himself. In his last race, the 2007 Paris–Roubaix, he finished 11th after a strong race, where only a mechanical failure prevented him from following the favorites. Again a teammate, Stuart O'Grady, won the race. Michaelsen rode at four Olympic Games. After retiring he became a directeur sportif, continuing with his final team until 2011 when he joined . He subsequently returned to Team Saxo Bank in 2013. Following the end o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marcel Wüst
Marcel Wüst (born 6 August 1967) is a German former road bicycle racer. He won stages in all of the three Grand Tours; twelve stages in the Vuelta a España, one stage in the Tour de France and a stage in the Giro d'Italia. In 2000, a crash left him without sight in one eye and prematurely ended his professional career. In 2002 and 2003, Wüst worked as a team manager for Team Coast. He also had a career as an analyst in broadcasting until 2008. Early life and family Wüst was born in Cologne. He got his first taste for cycling when his family visited the 1973 Tour de France during vacation in France. He received his first racing bike at the age of ten, in 1977, before joining the local cycling club a year later. In 1984, Wüst won the opening stage of a stage race in Luxembourg. Three years later, he and fellow Cologne-based cyclist Heike Gasel became a couple. They married in January 1990. The two have a son, Alexander, who was born in 1998. Wüst spends three months a year ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ludovic Capelle
Ludovic Capelle (born 27 February 1976 in Namur) is a Belgian former professional road racing cyclist. He was professional from 1998 until 2009, riding for (1998–2000), (2001–2002), (2003–2005), (2007), (2008) and (2009). He rode the 2001 Tour de France and recorded victories at Scheldeprijs Vlaanderen (2003), Dwars door Vlaanderen (2004) and Grand Prix d'Isbergues (2004). Major results ;1995 : 1st Stage 2 Tour de Namur ;1996 : 1st Ronde van Vlaanderen U23 ;1997 : 1st Kampioenschap van Vlaanderen Gits (Amateurs) : 1st Ronde van Vlaanderen U23 : 1st Stage 3 Tour de Liège ;1998 : 1st Stage 2 Tour de Wallonie ;1999 : 1st Stage 4 Tour de la Somme : 1st Stage 3 Tour de Wallonie ;2000 : 1st Tour de la Haute-Sambre ;2001 : 1st Road race, National Road Championships ;2002 : 1st Stage 1 Circuit de la Sarthe ;2003 : 1st Scheldeprijs Vlaanderen ;2004 : 1st Dwars door Vlaanderen : 1st Grand Prix d'Isbergues : 1st Stage 5 Tour du Poitou-Charentes See also * List of doping ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Martin Van Steen
Martin van Steen (born 8 November 1969) is a Dutch former road cyclist, who competed as a professional from 1993 to 2003. Major results ;1990 : 1st Grand Prix de Waregem : 2nd Romsée–Stavelot–Romsée ;1991 : Teleflex Tour ::1st Stages 4 & 6 : 1st Stage 5b Circuit Franco-Belge : 3rd Omloop Houtse Linies ;1992 : 1st Overall Teleflex Tour ::1st Stage 3 : 1st Hel van het Mergelland : 1st Stage 5 Tour de Liège : 2nd Overall Tour du Hainaut ::1st Stage 5 : 3rd Ronde van Noord-Holland : 3rd Seraing-Aachen-Seraing ;1993 : 1st Ronde van Overijssel : 1st Stage 4 Milk Race : 3rd Hasselt–Spa–Hasselt : 7th Paris–Tours ;1994 : 8th Binche–Tournai–Binche : 9th Kuurne–Brussels–Kuurne : 10th Paris–Tours : 10th Classic Haribo ;1995 : 10th Omloop van het Houtland ;1996 : 4th Nationale Sluitingprijs : 5th Omloop van het Waasland : 7th Le Samyn ;1997 : 3rd PWZ Zuidenveld Tour : 4th Kampioenschap van Vlaanderen : 4th Ronde van Overijssel : 8th Overall Circuit Franco-Belge : 8th O ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jaan Kirsipuu
Jaan Kirsipuu (born 17 July 1969 in Tartu) is an Estonian former road bicycle racer, who currently works as a directeur sportif for UCI Continental team . He spent the majority of his career riding under the management of Vincent Lavenu, initially joining Lavenu's team as a ''stagiaire'' and staying with the squad in its various incarnations for 12 years, taking a total of 124 race wins for the team. Kirsipuu initially retired at the end of the 2006, but participated in the 2007 Estonian championship, becoming time trial champion for the sixth time. In 2008 he was the manager of Latvian UCI Continental cycling team . In 2009 he joined . During his career, Kirsipuu got 115 professional wins and another 62 wins from criteriums and other non-professional races. He retired again in 2012, and became a sporting director with the team. At his peak he was one of Estonia's top athletes and the first Estonian rider to win a stage in the Tour de France. He dropped out of the Tour de Franc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
