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2018 Tour De Wallonie
The 2018 VOO-Tour de Wallonie was a five-stage men's professional road cycling race, held in Belgium as a 2.HC race on the 2018 UCI Europe Tour. It was the forty-fifth running of the Tour de Wallonie, starting on 28 July in La Louvière and finishing on 1 August in Waremme. Schedule Teams Twenty teams entered the race. Each team had a maximum of seven riders: Stages Stage 1 ;28 July 2018 — La Louvière to Les Bons Villers, Stage 2 ;29 July 2018 — Villers-la-Ville to Namur, Stage 3 ;30 July 2018 — Chimay to La Roche-en-Ardenne, Stage 4 ;31 July 2018 — Malmedy to Herstal, Stage 5 ;1 August 2018 — Huy to Waremme, Classification leadership table In the 2018 Tour de Wallonie, five different jerseys were awarded. The general classification was calculated by adding each cyclist's finishing times on each stage, and allowing time bonuses for the first three finishers at intermediate sprints (three seconds to first, two s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2018 UCI Europe Tour
The 2018 UCI Europe Tour was the fourteenth season of the UCI Europe Tour. The 2018 season began on 25 January 2018 with the Vuelta a Mallorca, Trofeo Porreres, Felanitx, Ses Salines, Campos and ended on 16 October 2018 with the Nationale Sluitingsprijs. French rider Nacer Bouhanni (), who scored 1,124 points in the 2017 UCI Europe Tour, 2017 edition, is the defending champion from the 2017 UCI Europe Tour. Throughout the season, points are awarded to the top finishers of stages within stage races and the final general classification standings of each of the stages races and one-day events. The quality and complexity of a race also determines how many points are awarded to the top finishers, the higher the UCI rating of a race, the more points are awarded. The UCI race classifications, UCI ratings from highest to lowest are as follows: * Multi-day events: 2.HC, 2.1 and 2.2 * One-day events: 1.HC, 1.1 and 1.2 Events January February March April May June July August ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Namur
Namur (; ; nl, Namen ; wa, Nameur) is a city and municipality in Wallonia, Belgium. It is both the capital of the province of Namur and of Wallonia, hosting the Parliament of Wallonia, the Government of Wallonia and its administration. Namur stands at the confluence of the rivers Sambre and Meuse and straddles three different regions – Hesbaye to the north, Condroz to the south-east, and Entre-Sambre-et-Meuse to the south-west. The city of Charleroi is located to the west. The language spoken is French. The municipality consists of the following districts: Beez, Belgrade, Boninne, Bouge, Champion, Cognelée, Daussoulx, Dave, Erpent, Flawinne, Gelbressée, Jambes, Lives-sur-Meuse, Loyers, Malonne, Marche-les-Dames, Naninne, Saint-Servais, Saint-Marc, Suarlée, Temploux, Vedrin, Wépion, and Wierde. History Early history The town began as an important trading settlement in Celtic times, straddling east–west and north–south trade routes across the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hugo Hofstetter
Hugo Hofstetter (born 13 February 1994) is a French cyclist, who currently rides for UCI ProTeam . In August 2020, he was named in the startlist for the 2020 Tour de France. He finished in the top 10 of five stages during the race, including the final stage on the Champs-Élysées. Major results ;2014 : 6th Paris–Tours Espoirs ;2015 : 1st Road race, National Under-23 Road Championships : 3rd Paris–Roubaix Espoirs ;2016 : 7th La Roue Tourangelle : 9th Classic Loire Atlantique ;2017 : 3rd Classic Loire-Atlantique : 5th Grand Prix de la Somme : 10th Tro-Bro Léon ;2018 : 1st Overall UCI Europe Tour : 1st Overall French Road Cycling Cup : 1st Stage 1 Tour de l'Ain : 2nd Grand Prix de Denain : 2nd Cholet-Pays de la Loire : 3rd Nokere Koerse : 3rd La Roue Tourangelle : 3rd Elfstedenronde : 4th Clásica de Almería : 4th Tro-Bro Léon : 4th Halle–Ingooigem : 4th Polynormande : 6th Classic Loire-Atlantique : 8th Three Days of Bruges–De Panne : 8th Route Adélie : 8th Grand Prix ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Zico Waeytens
Zico Waeytens (born 29 September 1991 in Ledegem) is a Belgian former professional cyclist, who rode professionally between 2012 and 2019 for the , , and teams. He was named in the start list for the 2015 Vuelta a España. Waeytens retired from cycling at the end of the 2019 season to pursue a career in boxing. Major results ;2008 : 3rd Road race, National Junior Road Championships ;2009 : 1st Overall Tour d'Istria ::1st Stage 2 : 1st Overall Liège–La Gleize : 4th Remouchamps–Ferrières–Remouchamps : 10th Road race, UEC European Junior Road Championships ;2010 : 3rd Grand Prix de Waregem : 10th Overall Oberösterreich Rundfahrt ;2011 : 1st Flèche Ardennaise : 5th De Vlaamse Pijl : 9th Overall Danmark Rundt ;2012 : 6th Omloop van het Waasland : 7th Schaal Sels ;2013 : 3rd Overall Tour des Fjords : 7th Grand Prix de Wallonie ;2014 : 3rd Grote Prijs Stad Zottegem : 5th Overall Tour de Wallonie ::1st Sprints classification : 9th Le Samyn : 9th Kattekoers : 9th Interna ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nick Van Der Lijke
Nick van der Lijke (born 23 September 1991) is a Dutch racing cyclist, who currently rides for UCI Continental team . Nick van der Lijke is married to Dutch former professional cyclist Nicky Zijlaard. When he didn't get a new contract for 2022, the couple took over the Zijlaard family business. A few months later they handed the Croissanterie back to Nicky's parents, and Nick got back to racing. His amateur successes lead to a new contract with who in 2023 merged with . Major results ;2010 : 10th Rund um den Finanzplatz Eschborn-Frankfurt U23 ;2011 : 7th Grand Prix des Marbriers : 9th Overall Tour of Norway : 10th Ronde van Midden-Nederland ;2012 : 1st Overall Tour de Gironde ::1st Young rider classification ::1st Stage 1 : 1st Mountains classification Boucles de la Mayenne : 4th Omloop der Kempen : 6th Overall Tour de Bretagne : 8th Overall Tour of China I : 9th Overall Ronde de l'Oise ;2013 : 1st Overall Kreiz Breizh Elites ::1st Points classification ::1st Young rider ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Corné Van Kessel
Corné van Kessel (born 7 August 1991) is a Dutch professional cyclo-cross and road cyclist, who currently rides for UCI Cyclo-cross team Team Deschacht–Group Hens–Containers Maes. Career Van Kessel was born in Veldhoven. After spending his first years with the Belgian Lotto Olympia Tienen team, he switched to from September 2009 on, first in the development team and since 2013 as an elite rider. In October 2013, he extended his contract with the Telenet–Fidea team until the end of 2016. Major results Cyclo-cross ;2008–2009 : 2nd UCI World Junior Championships ;2009–2010 : 1st National Under-23 Championships ;2011–2012 : Under-23 Gazet van Antwerpen ::3rd Baal ;2012–2013 : Under-23 Bpost Bank Trofee ::1st Essen ::1st Loenhout ::3rd Baal ::3rd Oostmalle : 2nd UEC European Under-23 Championships : 2nd National Under-23 Championships : UCI Under-23 World Cup ::2nd Tábor ::2nd Heusden-Zolder : Under-23 Superprestige ::3rd Gavere ;2013–2014 : 2nd Nation ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jonas Van Genechten
Jonas van Genechten (born 16 September 1986) is a Belgium, Belgian former professional road bicycle racer, who rode professionally between 2009 and 2021 for the (2009–2010), (2011), (2012–2014), (2015–2016), (2017) and (2018–2021) teams. During his professional career, he took eight victories, including the seventh stage at the 2016 Vuelta a España. Major results Source: ;2007 : 1st Stage 1 Tour du Haut-Anjou ;2008 : 2nd Druivenkoers Overijse : 5th Grand Prix Criquielion : 6th Paris–Mantes-en-Yvelines : 8th Paris–Tours Espoirs ;2009 : 6th Ronde van Noord-Holland : 8th Ghent–Wevelgem U23, Kattekoers : 8th Memorial Van Coningsloo ;2010 : 3rd Egmont Cycling Race, Grote Prijs Stad Zottegem : 4th Dwars door het Hageland : 7th Boucles de l'Aulne : 8th Grote Prijs Stad Geel ;2011 : 1st Ghent–Wevelgem U23, Kattekoers : 2nd Grote Prijs Stad Geel : 5th 2011 Kuurne–Brussels–Kuurne, Kuurne–Brussels–Kuurne : 6th Schaal Sels : 7th De Vlaamse Pijl : 10th Flèche A ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vyacheslav Kuznetsov (cyclist)
Vyacheslav Gennadyevich Kuznetsov (russian: Вячесла́в Генна́дьевич Кузнецо́в; born 24 June 1989 in Togliatti) is a Russian former professional cyclist, who rode professionally between 2013 and 2021 for the and teams. In 2010, he won La Côte Picarde, one of the events of the Nations Cup U23. He was named in the start list for the 2016 Giro d'Italia. In August 2019, he was named in the startlist for the 2019 Vuelta a España. Major results ;2008 : 8th Grand Prix of Moscow ;2010 : 1st La Côte Picarde : 5th Duo Normand (with Anton Vorobyev) : 6th Textielprijs : 10th Road race, UCI Under-23 Road World Championships : 10th Trofeo Banca Popolare di Vicenza ;2011 : 1st Road race, National Under-23 Road Championships : 2nd Coppa della Pace : 4th Overall Vuelta a la Comunidad de Madrid Under-23 : 5th Overall Tour of Yeroskipos : 6th Omloop van het Waasland : 9th Grand Prix de la Ville de Lillers ;2012 : 1st La Roue Tourangelle : 2nd Overall Ronde d ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Michael Van Staeyen
Michael Van Staeyen (born 13 August 1988 in Ekeren) is a Belgian former professional road racing cyclist, who competed as a professional from 2008 until 2022. In March 2022, Van Staeyen announced that he would retire from professional cycling after the following month's Scheldeprijs. Major results ;2008 : 2nd Antwerpse Havenpijl : 3rd Omloop der Kempen : 4th Ronde van Overijssel : 5th Münsterland Giro ;2009 : 1st Stage 4 Istrian Spring Trophy : 1st Stage 3 Vuelta Ciclista a León : 3rd Ronde van Noord-Holland : 4th Arno Wallaard Memorial : 4th Omloop der Kempen : 4th Antwerpse Havenpijl : 8th Schaal Sels ;2010 : 1st Stadsprijs Geraardsbergen : 1st Memorial Rik Van Steenbergen : 1st Stage 2 Danmark Rundt : 5th Overall Tour de Picardie : 5th Schaal Sels : 7th Omloop van het Houtland ;2011 : 3rd Schaal Sels : 3rd Kampioenschap van Vlaanderen : 5th Dutch Food Valley Classic : 5th Grote Prijs Jef Scherens : 8th Memorial Rik Van Steenbergen : 9th Omloop van het Waasland : 9th Pari ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jens Debusschere
Jens Debusschere (born 28 August 1989) is a Belgian professional road bicycle racer, who most recently rode for UCI ProTeam . He was named in the start list for the 2015 Tour de France. In May 2018, he was named in the startlist for the 2018 Giro d'Italia. Major results ;2007 : 1st Road race, National Junior Road Championships : 2nd Paris–Roubaix Juniors ;2008 : 8th Grand Prix de Waregem ;2009 : 9th Grote 1-MeiPrijs ;2010 : 2nd De Vlaamse Pijl : 2nd Paris–Roubaix Espoirs : 3rd Kattekoers : 6th Overall Le Triptyque des Monts et Châteaux ;2011 : 5th Overall Herald Sun Tour ;2012 : 8th Omloop van het Houtland ;2013 (4 pro wins) : 1st Overall Tour de l'Eurométropole ::1st Points classification ::1st Young rider classification ::1st Stage 1 : 1st Kampioenschap van Vlaanderen : 1st Nationale Sluitingsprijs : 3rd Omloop van het Houtland : 5th Binche–Chimay–Binche ;2014 (3) : 1st Road race, National Road Championships : 1st Nationale Sluitingsprijs : 1st Stage 1 T ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Herstal
Herstal (; wa, Hesta), formerly known as Heristal, or Héristal, is a city and municipality of Wallonia located in the province of Liège, Belgium. It lies along the Meuse river. Herstal is included in the "Greater Liège" agglomeration, which counts about 600,000 inhabitants. The municipality consists of the following districts: Herstal, Liers, Milmort, and Vottem. A large armaments factory, the ''Fabrique Nationale'' or FN, and the biggest industrial zone of Wallonia (Haut-Sart) provide employment locally. History Merovingian and Carolingian golden age The proximity of the river Meuse and the abundance of local resources attracted settlers in this area since the fifth millennium BC. Around the end of the Roman era and at the beginning of the Merovingian period, the hamlet had become a fortified stronghold. The major road that linked Tongeren to Aachen crossed the Meuse here, where a ferry likely carried travelers to Jupille. The name Herstal is of Franconian origin, co ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Malmedy
Malmedy (; german: Malmünd, ; wa, Måmdiy) is a city and municipality of Wallonia located in the province of Liège, Belgium. On January 1, 2018, Malmedy had a total population of 12,654. The total area is 99.96 km2 which gives a population density of 127 inhabitants per km2. The municipality consists of the following districts: Bellevaux-Ligneuville, Bévercé (including the hamlets of Baugnez and Xhoffraix), and Malmedy. Under the complex administrative structures of Belgium, which has separate structures for territorial administration and for language community rights, Malmedy is part of Wallonia and of the French Community of Belgium. But since it has a German speaking minority, it is one of Belgium's municipalities with language facilities (or "municipalities with facilities"). Malmedy and Waimes are the two municipalities in the French-speaking part of Wallonia with facilities for German speakers. The population of Malmedy is approximately 95% French speakers and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
