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2015 Dwars Door Vlaanderen
} The 2015 Dwars door Vlaanderen ( en, Across Flanders) was the 70th edition of the Dwars door Vlaanderen cycling one-day classic, which took place on 25 March 2015 and was rated as a 1.HC event as part of the 2015 UCI Europe Tour. The race was in length. It was organised as part of the Flanders Classics organisation. The 2014 winner was Niki Terpstra (), who won the race in a solo breakaway. He was the favourite for the 2015 race and raced as part of a strong team in 2015. The team also included world champion Michał Kwiatkowski, former world champion Mark Cavendish and Iljo Keisse. Other favourites included Lars Boom (), Stijn Devolder, Gert Steegmans (both ) and former winners Matti Breschel () and Oscar Gatto (), as well as a large number of other riders. The race was also notable for the presence of Nairo Quintana (), racing on the cobblestones for the first time in his career as part of his preparation for cobbled stages in the 2015 Tour de France. The first part of the r ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jelle Wallays
Jelle Wallays (born 11 May 1989) is a Belgian road cyclist, who currently rides for UCI WorldTeam . Career Jelle Wallays is the brother and nephew of racing cyclists Jens Wallays and Luc Wallays. He was coached by his uncle in his early racing career and competed in his first race at the age of 14. The start of his first year as a professional in 2011 was marred by a knee injury, however a few weeks after returning to competition he took the best result of his season at the Belgian National Road Race Championships, where he finished third behind Philippe Gilbert and Gianni Meersman. A winner of the Paris–Tours Espoirs in 2010, Wallays won the 2014 Paris–Tours having been in a breakaway that went in the opening kilometres of the race, making him the only rider to win the under-23 and elite men's editions of Paris–Tours. He added a second victory in the race in 2019. In 2015, he won the Dwars door Vlaanderen by attacking a group of three other riders a kilometre away fro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Oscar Gatto
Oscar Gatto (born 1 January 1985) is an Italian former professional racing cyclist, who rode professionally between 2007 and 2020, for seven different teams. His nickname is 'Oscar the Cat' because his surname (Gatto) is the Italian word for "cat", and his first name is Oscar. Career Born in Montebelluna, Gatto left at the end of the 2013 season, and joined for the 2014 season. In 2015, he rode for . In October 2015 it was announced that Gatto would join for the 2016 season, with the team's directeur sportif Steven de Jongh describing his main role as providing support for Peter Sagan in the classics. He was named in the start list for the 2016 Tour de France. Major results ;2004 : 4th Circuito del Porto ;2005 : 1st Giro del Canavese : 1st Stage 6 Giro della Valle d'Aosta ;2006 : 1st Coppa Città di Asti : 1st Stage 6 Giro delle Regioni : 5th Gran Premio della Liberazione : 7th Giro del Canavese : 10th Giro del Belvedere ;2007 : 2nd Overall Paris–Corrèze ;2009 : 1st Stage ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cyril Lemoine
Cyril Lemoine (born 3 March 1983) is a French professional road bicycle racer, who currently rides for UCI ProTeam . Career Born in Tours, Lemoine joined for the 2014 season, after his previous team – – folded at the end of the 2013 season. He remained with the team until the end of the 2020 season, when he signed a one-year contract with , later renamed for the 2021 season. In June 2021, Lemoine was forced to abandon the 2021 Tour de France, after being involved in a crash on the opening stage, suffering broken ribs and a collapsed lung. Major results ;2003 : 3rd Paris–Mantes-en-Yvelines ;2004 : 1st Stage 3 Tour du Tarn-et-Garonne : 2nd Overall Boucles de la Mayenne ;2006 : 8th Overall Tour de Luxembourg ::1st Young rider classification ;2009 : 3rd Overall Four Days of Dunkirk : 3rd Grote Prijs Stad Zottegem : 4th Châteauroux Classic : 5th Overall Critérium International ;2010 : 7th Tro-Bro Léon : 10th Overall Tour of Belgium ;2011 : 9th Grand Prix de ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tiesj Benoot
Tiesj Benoot (born 11 March 1994) is a Belgian cyclist, who currently rides for UCI WorldTeam . Career Lotto–Soudal (2015–19) Benoot turned professional with the Belgian UCI World Tour team in 2015, after riding for the outfit in 2013 and 2014, and riding some races as a stagiaire in autumn 2014. Benoot made an instant impact in the professional ranks by placing fifth in his first Tour of Flanders. Later in the season he showed his abilities in stage races, finishing second overall behind Greg Van Avermaet at the 2015 Tour of Belgium. He also claimed three top-10 finishes in stages of the Critérium du Dauphiné. Benoot showed climbing ability at the 2017 Critérium du Dauphiné, where he finished 12th overall. In June 2017, he was named in the startlist for the 2017 Tour de France. Benoot finished 20th overall in his first Grand Tour. Benoot won his first professional race in March 2018, soloing to victory in the UCI World Tour's Strade Bianche in torrential rain after ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Guillaume Van Keirsbulck
Guillaume Van Keirsbulck (born 14 February 1991) is a Belgian professional road bicycle racer, who currently rides for UCI ProTeam . Career Born in Roeselare, Van Keirsbulck is the grandson of Benoni Beheyt and got his first major win in 2011 when winning the Omloop van het Houtland. In June 2017, he was named in the startlist for the 2017 Tour de France. Major results ;2008 : 8th Time trial, UEC European Junior Road Championships ;2009 : 1st Paris–Roubaix Juniors : 6th Overall Internationale Junioren-rundfahrt Niedersachsen ::1st Stage 2 ( ITT) ;2010 : 3rd Time trial, National Under-23 Road Championships ;2011 : 1st Omloop van het Houtland : 1st GP Briek Schotte : 3rd Grote Prijs Jef Scherens : 4th Le Samyn : 7th Halle–Ingooigem ;2012 : 4th Overall Tour de l'Eurométropole ::1st Young rider classification ;2013 : 1st Stage 1 ( TTT) Tirreno–Adriatico : 6th Gullegem Koerse : 8th Heistse Pijl : 9th Overall Three Days of De Panne ;2014 : 1st Overall Three Days of De Panne : ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Royal Belgian Cycling League
The Royal Belgian Cycling League or KBWB/RLVB (in Dutch: ''Koninklijke Belgische Wielrijdersbond'', in French: ''Royale Ligue vélocipédique belge'') is the national governing body of cycle racing in Belgium. It was founded on 11 November 1882. The KBWB-RLVB is a member of the UCI and the UEC. See also * Cycle racing in Belgium * Belgian records in track cycling * Belgian Road Cycling Cup * Belgian National Cyclo-cross Championships * Belgian National Road Race Championships * Belgian National Time Trial Championships * Ardennes classics * Flanders Classics References External links Royal Belgian Cycling League official website Belgian Cycle racing organizations Cycling Cycling, also, when on a two-wheeled bicycle, called bicycling or biking, is the use of cycles for transport, recreation, exercise or sport. People engaged in cycling are referred to as "cyclists", "bicyclists", or "bikers". Apart from t ... Cycle racing in Belgium Organisations based ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Valkenberg (Belgium)
Valkenburg means ''falcon castle'' in Dutch and can refer to: * Valkenburg aan de Geul, a town and municipality in the province of Limburg ** Valkenburg Castle, ruined castle near Valkenburg aan de Geul * Valkenburg, South Holland, a village in the municipality of Katwijk in the province of South Holland * Valkenburg Naval Air Base Valkenburg Naval Air Base (Dutch: Vliegkamp Valkenburg) is a former air base located just south of Valkenburg, which is part of Katwijk and close to the city of Leiden, that was used by the Netherlands Naval Aviation Service until 2006, being t ..., a former Royal Netherlands Navy air base * Valkenburg (surname), a Dutch surname {{disambiguation, geo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gert Dockx
Gert Dockx (born 4 July 1988) is a former Belgian professional road bicycle racer who rode for UCI ProTour team . Career achievements Major results ;2010 : 7th Hel van het Mergelland ;2012 : 6th Druivenkoers Overijse ;2013 : 1st Stage 7 La Tropicale Amissa Bongo ;2016 : 7th Grand Prix Pino Cerami : 8th Overall Tour of Turkey The Presidential Cycling Tour of Turkey ( tr, Cumhurbaşkanlığı Bisiklet Turu) is a professional road bicycle racing stage race held annually in Turkey since 1963. In 2005 the race became part of the UCI Europe Tour, rated as a 2.2 even ... Grand Tour general classification results timeline References External links Official Profile * 1988 births [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paterberg
The Paterberg is a hill in the municipality of Kluisbergen, in the Belgian province of East Flanders. With its top at 80 m, it is one of many hill formations in the Flemish Ardennes, close to Wallonia. The slopes of the hill were unpaved until 1986, when a local farmer paved the road in cobbles because he wanted the Tour of Flanders cycling race to pass by his house. The cobbled climb became one of the iconic sites of Belgian cycling, and in 1993 the road of the Paterberg was classified as a protected monument. Cycling The hill is best known from road bicycle racing, where it is a regular climb in the Flemish races in spring, most notably the Tour of Flanders. Together with the Koppenberg and Oude Kwaremont it is one of the most arduous climbs in the region, because of its steep slopes and narrow cobbled road. Its average gradient is 12,5% with its steepest point, 20%, stretching for more than 100 m. The Paterberg was included in the Tour of Flanders every time since ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Oude Kwaremont
The Oude Kwaremont (English: ''Old Kwaremont'') is a road in Kluisbergen, a municipality in the Belgian province of East Flanders. The Oude Kwaremont, contrary to popular belief, is not the name of a hill, but the name of one of the cobbled roads leading up the Kluisberg hill. The Kluisberg is one of several hill formations in the Flemish Ardennes in the south of East-Flanders, close to the border with Wallonia. The climbing road is best known for its presence in many Flemish professional cycling races, such as the Tour of Flanders, E3 Harelbeke and Dwars door Vlaanderen. Characteristics The lower 600 m of the climb consist of a narrow asphalt road, the upper 1600 m are paved with cobblestones. The first 500 m of cobbled section are particularly difficult, it is the steepest and narrowest part of the climb with a bad, very uneven cobbled surface. Halfway up the climb, near the church of Kwaremont village, the gradient gradually levels out from 11% to just 2%, but with still a cobb ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2015 Tour Of Flanders
The 2015 Tour of Flanders ( nl, 2015 Ronde van Vlaanderen) was the 99th edition of the Tour of Flanders one-day cycling race. It took place on 5 April and was the eighth race of the 2015 UCI World Tour. The race was one of the cobbled classics and was the second of the cycling monuments on the 2015 calendar. The 2014 champion was Fabian Cancellara; he was not able to defend his title after breaking two vertebrae in a crash at E3 Harelbeke. The race was initially dominated by a breakaway group of up to seven riders before the favourites in the chasing group started to attack on the climb of the Taaienberg, from the finish. Eventually, Alexander Kristoff and Niki Terpstra broke free and contested the victory in a two-man sprint, won by Kristoff, who became the first Norwegian to win the race. Greg Van Avermaet finished third. Route The route of the 2015 edition of the race was only slightly adjusted from that of the 2014 edition, with two climbs added to the route in the first ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pavé
A sett, also known as a block or Belgian block, is a broadly rectangular quarry, quarried Rock (geology), stone used in Road surface, paving roads and walkways. Formerly in widespread use, particularly on steeper streets because setts provided horses' hooves with better grip than a smooth surface, they are now encountered rather as decorative stone paving in landscape architecture. Setts are often referred to as "cobblestones", although a sett is distinct from a cobblestone in that it is quarried or worked to a regular shape, whereas the latter is generally a small, naturally-rounded rock. Setts are usually made of granite. Places Europe Places paved with setts include many streets in Rome and elsewhere in Italy (where blocks are called ''sampietrini'' or ''bolognini''), since the technique was first used by Ancient Rome, Romans. In Aberdeen (Scotland), and much of Edinburgh's Old Town, Edinburgh, Old Town and New Town, Edinburgh, New Town, a large number of streets retain th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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