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2003 Grote Prijs Jef Scherens
The 2003 Grote Prijs Jef Scherens was the 37th edition of the Grote Prijs Jef Scherens cycle race and was held on 7 September 2003. The race started and finished in Leuven. The race was won by Thor Hushovd. 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 {{Belgium-cycling-race-stub ... [...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] |
Roger Hammond (cyclist)
Roger Hammond (born 30 January 1974) is a male English retired bicycle racer, specialising in cyclo-cross and road cycling. Education Hammond grew up in Chalfont St Peter in Buckinghamshire and attended Dr Challoner's Grammar School as a teenager. While still at school he won the 1992 world junior cyclo-cross championship in Leeds, but elected to concentrate on his university studies before pursuing a cycling career. Cycling career Hammond represented England in the road race event, at the 1998 Commonwealth Games in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. He repeated this achievement four years later at the 2002 Commonwealth Games. He was the British road champion in 2003 and 2004. He rode for in 2005–2006, for in 2007–2008, for in 2009–2010, and in 2011. Hammond rode for the Great Britain team in the 2005 and 2006 Tour of Britain. Post cycling In July 2012 Roger Hammond was announced as the Team Manager of the newly formed Madison-Genesis team. In November 2015 he announced that h ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Niko Eeckhout
Niko Eeckhout (born 16 December 1970) is a Belgian former professional road racing cyclist, who rode professionally between 1992 and 2013. He was the 2005–2006 UCI Europe Tour series and the 2006 Belgian National Cycling Championship Road Race champion, and currently works for the Team as a coach. Career Born in Izegem, Eeckhout started his career in 1993 riding for the small Collstrop-team. He immediately started winning minor Belgian races like the Championship of Flanders and the Omloop Mandel-Leie-Schelde. In 1997 and 1998 he rode for , and then rode two years for Palmans. Eeckhout had a breakthrough season when he transferred to Lotto-Adecco in 2001, winning 11 races, including Dwars door Vlaanderen and the GP van Steenbergen. Eeckhout struggled through the next two seasons and at the end of 2004 his contract with Lotto-Adecco ended and he needed to find a new team. He signed with the Belgian squad Chocolade Jacques and found his second youth. He started the 2005 s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2002 Grote Prijs Jef Scherens
The 2002 Grote Prijs Jef Scherens was the 36th edition of the Grote Prijs Jef Scherens cycle race and was held on 1 September 2002. The race started and finished in Leuven. The race was won by Andreas Klier. General classification References 2002 File:2002 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: The 2002 Winter Olympics are held in Salt Lake City; Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother and her daughter Princess Margaret, Countess of Snowdon die; East Timor gains East Timor independence, indepe ... 2002 in road cycling 2002 in Belgian sport {{Belgium-cycling-race-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2004 Grote Prijs Jef Scherens
The 2004 Grote Prijs Jef Scherens was the 38th edition of the Grote Prijs Jef Scherens cycle race and was held on 5 September 2004. The race started and finished in Leuven. The race was won by Allan Johansen. General classification References 2004 2004 was designated as an International Year of Rice by the United Nations, and the International Year to Commemorate the Struggle Against Slavery and its Abolition (by UNESCO). Events January * January 3 – Flash Airlines Flight 6 ... 2004 in road cycling 2004 in Belgian sport {{Belgium-cycling-race-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Grote Prijs Jef Scherens
Grote Prijs Jef Scherens is a single-day road bicycle race held annually in September in Leuven, Belgium. Since 2005, the race is organized as a 1.1 event on the UCI Europe Tour. The race is named after the seven-time professional sprint world champion Jef Scherens. The local city circuit from the 2021 UCI Road World Championships The 2021 UCI Road World Championships was the 94th edition of the UCI Road World Championships, the annual world championships for road bicycle racing. It was held between 19 and 26 September 2021 in the Flanders region of Belgium. The region w ..., hosted in Leuven, was largely based on the circuit that is ridden during the Grote Prijs Jef Scherens. Winners External links Official Website {{Belgian Road Cycling Cup UCI Europe Tour races Recurring sporting events established in 1963 1963 establishments in Belgium Cycle races in Belgium Sport in Leuven ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Leuven
Leuven (, ) or Louvain (, , ; german: link=no, Löwen ) is the capital and largest city of the province of Flemish Brabant in the Flemish Region of Belgium. It is located about east of Brussels. The municipality itself comprises the historic city and the former neighbouring municipalities of Heverlee, Kessel-Lo, a part of Korbeek-Lo, Wilsele and Wijgmaal. It is the eighth largest city in Belgium, with more than 100,244 inhabitants. KU Leuven, Belgium's largest university, has its flagship campus in Leuven, which has been a university city since 1425. This makes it the oldest university city in the Low Countries. The city is home of the headquarters of Anheuser-Busch InBev, the world's largest beer brewer and sixth-largest fast-moving consumer goods company. History Middle Ages The earliest mention of Leuven (''Loven'') dates from 891, when a Viking army was defeated by the Frankish king Arnulf of Carinthia (see: Battle of Leuven). According to a legend, the city's red ... [...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] |
Michael Skelde
Michael Skelde (born 13 August 1973) is a Danish former professional road cyclist and current manager of . Major results ;1997 : 7th GP Herning : 9th GP Aarhus ;1999 : 1st Stage 2 Tour of Rhodes : 4th Rund um Düren : 6th Ronde van Drenthe : 8th Ronde van Noord-Holland ;2000 : 2nd Poreč Trophy 3 : 7th Grand Prix Midtbank : 9th GP Aarhus ;2001 : 4th Groningen–Münster : 9th Rund um die Hainleite-Erfurt : 10th Paris–Bourges ;2002 : 5th GP Aarhus : 6th Tour de Berne : 8th Groningen–Münster : 9th Rund um Köln : 10th Hel van het Mergelland ;2003 : 2nd Overall Étoile de Bessèges : 4th GP du canton d'Argovie : 5th Overall Uniqa Classic : 5th Grote Prijs Jef Scherens : 5th Boucles de l'Aulne : 6th Overall Danmark Rundt : 9th Luk-Cup Bühl ;2005 : 8th GP Aarhus Colliers Classic (also known as ''Grand Prix Aarhus'') is a semi classic European bicycle race held in Aarhus, Denmark. Since 2005, the race has been organised as a 1.1 event on the UCI Europe Tour The UCI Continental ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Frank Høj
Frank Høj (born 4 January 1973) is a retired Danish professional road bicycle racer. Høj started as a stagiaire for the Zetelhallen–Vosschemie team in 1994, and became professional in 1995 for . His first win as a professional came the year after. In a live interview with Danish media station TV2 during the coverage of Tour de France 2015, Høj admitted to have used EPO in the early periods of his career, namely 1995-1998. He also competed at the 2000 Summer Olympics and the 2004 Summer Olympics. Career achievements Major results ;1993 : 1st Stage 1 Milk Race ;1994 : 1st Zellik–Galmaarden : 1st Omloop van de Westhoek : 1st Stage 3 Circuit Franco-Belge : 5th Kampioenschap van Vlaanderen ;1995 : 1st Stage 5 Tour de l'Avenir : 1st Stage 3 Tour de Slovénie : 2nd Driedaagse van West-Vlaanderen : 5th Overall Danmark Rundt : 5th GP Stad Zottegem ;1996 : 1st Metas Volantes Competition, Vuelta a Andalucía : 3rd Overall Circuit Franco-Belge : 6th Le Samyn : 10th Kampioenschap van V ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mark Renshaw
Mark Renshaw (born 22 October 1982) is a retired Australian racing cyclist, who rode professionally between 2004 and 2019 for the , , , , and teams. His most notable wins are the general classification of the 2011 Tour of Qatar, and the one-day race Clásica de Almería in 2013. From 2009 to 2011 and from 2014 until his retirement, Renshaw was known as the main lead-out man for fellow sprinter Mark Cavendish at , and . Early life and amateur career Renshaw, who was born in Bathurst, New South Wales, began his career as a track cyclist riding for the Bathurst Cycle Club. Being coached at club level by Mark Windsor, he showed early promise, and went on to be selected for thWestern Region Academy of Sport(where Windsor remained his coach). At the Under 17s level, in the 1998 Australian Track Championships, he won gold in the Teams Pursuit (Australian Record), Scratch Race, Time Trial, and Individual Pursuit (Australian Record), and silver in the Flying 200m Time Trial. As a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jimmy Casper
Jimmy Casper (born 28 May 1978 in Montdidier, Somme) is a French retired road bicycle racer, who competed as a professional between 1998 and 2012. He is best known for winning stage 1 of 2006 Tour de France. Career He has on two occasions finished in last place in the General classification of the Tour de France, thereby 'winning' the red lantern. Casper was suspended from his team, Agritubel because he tested positive for corticosteroid, an asthma drug that is banned unless the user has a medical exemption for its use, during the 2008 Tour de France by the Agence Française de Lutte contre le Dopage. The exemption had been renewed but with a previous asthma medication than the one prescribed and used during the Tour de France. He has been cleared of any charges during the hearing held by the Fédération Française de Cyclisme. For 2009 he signed with the team, with whom he enjoyed success, winning two stages at the Étoile de Bessèges, a stage of the Critérium Internationa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
