2003 Dwars Door Vlaanderen
The 2003 Dwars door Vlaanderen was the 58th edition of the Dwars door Vlaanderen cycle race and was held on 26 March 2003. The race started in Kortrijk and finished in Waregem. The race was won by Robbie McEwen. General classification References 2003 File:2003 Events Collage.png, From top left, clockwise: The crew of STS-107 perished when the Space Shuttle Columbia disintegrated during reentry into Earth's atmosphere; SARS became an epidemic in China, and was a precursor to SARS-CoV-2; A des ... 2003 in road cycling 2003 in Belgian sport March 2003 sports events in Europe {{Belgium-cycling-race-stub ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Robbie McEwen
Robbie McEwen (born 24 June 1972) is an Australian former professional road cyclist. McEwen is a three-time winner of the Tour de France points classification and, at the peak of his career, was considered the world's fastest sprinter. He last rode for on the UCI World Tour. A former Australian BMX champion, McEwen switched to road cycling in 1990 at 18 years of age. He raced as a professional from 1996 until 2012. McEwen retired from the World Tour after riding the 2012 Tour of California and is now a cycling broadcast commentator on the Tour Down Under and the Tour de France. Career McEwen was born in Brisbane. After four years of moving through the regional, state and national levels of cycling, he started at the Australian Institute of Sport in Canberra under road cycling coach Heiko Salzwedel. The first signs of his sprinting prowess on the international stage were at the Peace Race, winning three stages for the Australian national team. McEwen competed in the roa ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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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]   |
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2003 In Road Cycling
3 (three) is a number, numeral and digit. It is the natural number following 2 and preceding 4, and is the smallest odd prime number and the only prime preceding a square number. It has religious or cultural significance in many societies. Evolution of the Arabic digit The use of three lines to denote the number 3 occurred in many writing systems, including some (like Roman and Chinese numerals) that are still in use. That was also the original representation of 3 in the Brahmic (Indian) numerical notation, its earliest forms aligned vertically. However, during the Gupta Empire the sign was modified by the addition of a curve on each line. The Nāgarī script rotated the lines clockwise, so they appeared horizontally, and ended each line with a short downward stroke on the right. In cursive script, the three strokes were eventually connected to form a glyph resembling a with an additional stroke at the bottom: ३. The Indian digits spread to the Caliphate in the 9th ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Emmanuel Magnien
Emmanuel Magnien (born 7 May 1971) is a French former cyclist, who was professional from 1993 to 2003. Before he turned professional, he took part in the 1992 Olympics in Barcelona. Some of his notable victories are the Tour de l'Avenir (1995), Tour Méditerranéen (1997), Grand Prix d'Ouverture La Marseillaise (2000), and Paris–Brussels (2001). Major results Road ;1993 : 1st Overall Tour de l'Ain ::1st Stage 1 : 1st Prologue Tour de l'Avenir : 1st Stage 3 Tour du Vaucluse : 5th Overall Four Days of Dunkirk : 7th Overall Tour de l'Oise : 9th Giro dell'Emilia : 9th Trophée des Grimpeurs ;1994 : 1st Stages 2 & 4 Critérium du Dauphiné Libéré : 1st Overall Tour d'Armorique : 1st Stages 1 & 2 : 1st Stage 11 (ITT) Tour de l'Avenir : 3rd Overall Tour de l'Oise ::1st Stages 1 & 3 : 3rd Rund um den Henninger Turm : 5th Overall Four Days of Dunkirk ::1st Stage 6 ;1995 : 1st Overall Tour de l'Avenir ::1st Prologue & Stages 2, 9 & 11 : 1st Duo Normand (with Stéphane Pétilleau) ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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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]   |
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Alberto Vinale
Alberto Vinale (born 5 June 1978 in San Donà di Piave) is an Italian former road cyclist. He was professional from 2000 to 2003 with the Italian team . He won the 2002 Grand Prix de Denain, which was his only professional victory. Major results ;2002 : 1st 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 whi ... ;2003 : 8th Dwars door Vlaanderen Grand Tour general classification results timeline References External links * Italian male cyclists 1978 births Living people People from San Donà di Piave Cyclists from the Metropolitan City of Venice {{Italy-cycling-bio-1970s-stub ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Damien Nazon
Damien Nazon (born 26 June 1974) is a former French racing cyclist. He finished in last place in the 1998 Tour de France. Nazon took a total of 33 victories during his career, including stage wins in the Dauphiné Libéré, the Grand Prix du Midi Libre, the Critérium International and the Tour of Belgium. Nazon rode for the Castorama team as a ''stagiaire'' in the autumn of 1995, before turning professional with in 1996. He then rode for for three years, for four and ended his professional career in 2005 after two years with . He is the brother of former racing cyclist Jean-Patrick Nazon. Major results ;1994 :1st Stage 1 Circuit Cycliste Sarthe ;1995 :Peace Race ::1st Stages 6 & 8b :1st Paris–Roubaix Espoirs :10th Overall Tour de l'Avenir ;1997 :Circuit des Mines ::1st Stages 4 & 6 :1st Stage 6 Tour de l'Avenir :2nd Road race, National Road Championships :10th GP de Denain ;1998 :1st Stage 2 Critérium du Dauphiné Libéré :1st Stage 4 GP du Midi-Libre :3rd Overall Cir ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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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]   |
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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]   |
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Baden Cooke
Baden Cooke (born 12 October 1978) is an Australian retired professional racing cyclist, who competed professionally between 2000 and 2013. Early life Born in Benalla, Victoria, Benalla, Victoria, Cooke began competitive cycling at 11. He completed secondary school at Galen College in Wangaratta, Victoria, and was an Australian Institute of Sport scholarship holder. Career His professional career began with the Mercury team in 2000, though he found racing in Europe to be more challenging than initially expected. Nevertheless, he adapted. He was more successful during that debut season in Australia and America, where he won stages of the Herald Sun Tour and the Sea Otter Classic, respectively. Having moved to the French team Française des Jeux (cycling team), Française des Jeux in 2002, Cooke competed in the 2002 Commonwealth Games, Commonwealth Games that year, finishing third behind fellow Australians Stuart O'Grady and Cadel Evans. He also participated in the Tour de France ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Waregem
Waregem (; vls, Woaregem), sometimes known as Waereghem, is a municipality and city located in the Belgian province of West Flanders. The municipality lies in the valley of the river Leie, between Kortrijk and Ghent. It is part of the arrondissement of Kortrijk and comprises the towns of Beveren, Desselgem, Sint-Eloois-Vijve and Waregem proper. On January 1, 2019, Waregem had a total population of 38,260. The total area is 44.34 km² which gives a population density of 863 inhabitants per km². History Origins The first inhabitants of this forested region settled along the Leie well before Roman times. Bronze coins and artifacts associated with the Gallo-Roman culture show extensive activity in this area in the first centuries of our era. This is not surprising given the fact that Sint-Eloois-Vijve stood at the intersection of two important Roman roads: Cassel-Tongeren and Bavai-Oudenburg. The name of the current municipality refers to a certain “Waro” clan or trib ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Kortrijk
Kortrijk ( , ; vls, Kortryk or ''Kortrik''; french: Courtrai ; la, Cortoriacum), sometimes known in English as Courtrai or Courtray ( ), is a Belgian City status in Belgium, city and Municipalities in Belgium, municipality in the Flemish Region, Flemish Provinces of Belgium, province of West Flanders. It is the capital and largest city of the judicial and administrative arrondissement of Kortrijk. The wider municipality comprises the city of Courtrai proper and the villages of Aalbeke, Bellegem, Bissegem, Heule, Kooigem, Marke (Belgium), Marke, and Rollegem. Courtrai is also part of the cross-border Lille-Kortrijk-Tournai metropolitan area. The city is on the river Leie, southwest of Ghent and northeast of Lille. Mouscron in Wallonia is just south of Courtrai. Courtrai originated from a Gallo-Roman town, ''Cortoriacum'', at a crossroads near the Leie river and two Roman roads. In the Middle Ages, Courtrai grew significantly thanks to the flax and wool industry with France ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |