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2014 Grote Prijs Jef Scherens
The 2014 Grote Prijs Jef Scherens was the 48th edition of the Grote Prijs Jef Scherens cycle race and was held on 14 September 2014. The race started and finished in Leuven. The race was won by André Greipel. Teams 20 teams and 150 riders started the race. * * * * * * * * * Netherlands ''(national team)'' * * * * * * * * * * * Results References External links * 2014 File:2014 Events Collage.png, From top left, clockwise: Stocking up supplies and personal protective equipment (PPE) for the Western African Ebola virus epidemic; Citizens examining the ruins after the Chibok schoolgirls kidnapping; Bundles of wat ... 2014 in road cycling 2014 in Belgian sport {{Belgium-cycling-race-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tom Van Asbroeck
Tom Van Asbroeck (born 19 April 1990 in Aalst) is a Belgian cyclist, who currently rides for UCI WorldTeam . He was previously a member of the team, between 2012 and 2014. He was named in the start list for the 2015 Vuelta a España. In May 2018, he was named in the startlist for the Giro d'Italia. In August 2020, he was named in the startlist for the 2020 Tour de France. Major results ;2011 : 1st Omloop Het Nieuwsblad U23 : 3rd Grand Prix de Waregem : 3rd Gilbert Memorial Letêcheur Rochefort : 10th Omloop van het Waasland ;2012 : 1st Beverbeek Classic : 1st Grote Prijs Stad Geel : 3rd Road race, UCI Under-23 Road World Championships : 7th Ronde van Drenthe : 9th Classic Loire Atlantique : 9th Internationale Wielertrofee Jong Maar Moedig : 10th Dwars door Drenthe ;2013 : 4th Châteauroux Classic : 6th Overall Arctic Race of Norway : 8th Druivenkoers Overijse : 9th Overall Tour des Fjords : 9th Halle–Ingooigem ;2014 : 1st Cholet-Pays de Loire : 1st Grote Prijs Beeckman-De ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kenny Van Hummel
Kenny Robert van Hummel (born 30 September 1982) is a retired road bicycle racer from the Netherlands, who specialised in sprint finishes. He competed professionally between 2006 and 2014, with the , and teams. Career Born in Elden, Gelderland, van Hummel started cycling races at the age of seven, and one year later he became a member of cycling club "De Adelaar" in Apeldoorn. He had a successful youth career, and at 1998 joined the Rabobank youth team. He started road races and cyclo-cross races. In 2000, his second year as a junior, he came in fourth in the 2000 UCI Cyclo-cross World Championships for juniors. In 2004, van Hummel changed teams to Van Hemert-Eurogifts. Van Hummel won a sprint in the ZLM Tour, and became second in the national championships for espoirs. One year later, Van Hummel won the Dutch road race championship for cyclists without professional contract, and won five criteriums. In 2006, Van Hummel became a professional cyclist for . In that year he ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mike Teunissen
Mike Teunissen (born 25 August 1992) is a Dutch racing cyclist, who currently rides for UCI WorldTeam . Career He rode at the 2013 UCI Road World Championships, and was the winner of the World Under-23 Cyclo-cross Championships in 2013. He was named in the start list for the 2015 Vuelta a España. In June 2017, he was named in the startlist for the 2017 Tour de France. In 2019, he had a top 10 finish in Paris-Roubaix. He was named to the start list of the 2019 Tour de France, where he was intended to be a leadout man for Dylan Groenewegen. Late in stage one as the sprint trains were coming together there was a crash, which eliminated Groenewegen's chances and ruined the team's plans of getting the stage win and yellow jersey. Teunissen seized the moment, knowing he was already in a good position, and went for the stage win anyways. He just barely edged all-time great Peter Sagan on the line, winning the Yellow Jersey in the process. The following day he was part of another sta ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Coen Vermeltfoort
Coen Vermeltfoort (born 11 April 1988) is a Dutch racing cyclist, who currently rides for UCI Continental team . Major results ;2007 : 3rd Grand Prix de Waregem : 6th Overall Olympia's Tour ::1st Stage 5 : 10th Omloop van het Houtland ;2008 : 1st Ronde van Drenthe : 1st Paris–Roubaix Espoirs : Tour de Bretagne ::1st Stages 1 & 2 : 1st Stage 5 Grand Prix Guillaume Tell : 1st Stage 3 Tour de l'Avenir : 4th Profronde van Fryslan : 5th ZLM Tour : 6th Overall Le Triptyque des Monts et Châteaux : 7th Overall Olympia's Tour ::1st Stages 1 & 3 : 10th Beverbeek Classic ;2010 : 1st Zellik–Galmaarden : 2nd Overall Olympia's Tour ::1st Stages 4 & 6 : 2nd Omloop der Kempen : 3rd Dwars door Drenthe : 6th Omloop van het Waasland : 8th Ronde van Drenthe ;2013 : 1st Arno Wallaard Memorial : 1st Grote 1-MeiPrijs : 1st Prologue Olympia's Tour : 1st Prologue ( TTT) Volta a Portugal : 5th Zuid Oost Drenthe Classic II : 7th Ronde van Overijssel : 7th Omloop der Kempen ;2014 : Flèche du S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Laurens De Vreese
Laurens De Vreese (born 29 September 1988) is a Belgian former professional road bicycle racer who last rode for UCI ProTeam . De Vreese was the 2010 Belgian national champion for the road race for riders under 23 years of age, winning the title in Hooglede. Career Born in Ghent, De Vreese has competed as a professional since the start of the 2011 season, riding as a member of the squad. At the 2012 running of Liège–Bastogne–Liège, De Vreese was one of a number of riders to be disqualified from the event as a result of taking a short-cut. De Vreese left at the end of the 2013 season and joined for the 2014 season. Subsequently in August 2014, announced that De Vreese had signed a one year deal with the squad for 2015. He was named in the startlist for the 2017 Vuelta a España. Major results ;2009 : 1st Omloop Het Nieuwsblad U23 : 2nd Flèche Ardennaise ;2010 : 1st Road race, National Under-23 Road Championships : 1st Overall Topcompetitie : 1st Overall Triptyque Ar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Antoine Demoitié
Antoine Demoitié (16 October 1990 – 27 March 2016) was a Belgian cyclist, who rode professionally between 2011 and his death in 2016. Death At the age of 25, Demoitié crashed on 27 March 2016 when he went down in a pile-up of several cyclists and was then hit by a motorcycle in the Gent–Wevelgem road race. He died that evening in the hospital. Major results ;2012 : 1st Stage 2b Le Triptyque des Monts et Châteaux : 3rd Overall Triptyque Ardennais ::1st Stage 3 : 3rd Gooikse Pijl : 5th De Vlaamse Pijl : 6th La Côte Picarde : 7th Overall Carpathian Couriers Race ::1st Stages 2 & 3 : 9th Memorial Van Coningsloo ;2013 : 2nd Grote Prijs Stad Geel : 3rd Ronde Pévéloise : 4th Ronde van Noord-Holland : 9th Zuid Oost Drenthe Classic I : 10th Polynormande : 10th Druivenkoers Overijse ;2014 : 1st Tour du Finistère : 2nd Omloop van het Waasland : 4th Handzame Classic : 6th Grand Prix Pino Cerami : 7th Grote Prijs Jef Scherens : 7th Paris–Bourges ;2015 : 1st Wanzele Koerse : 2nd ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jempy Drucker
Jean-Pierre "Jempy" Drucker (born 3 September 1986) is a retired Luxembourgish professional racing cyclist. Career Fidea (2004–2008) Born in Sandweiler, Drucker signed with in 2004, a team specializing in cyclo-cross, at age 18. He rode with this team for five seasons, winning two elite national cyclo-cross championships. He was selected to represent Luxembourg at the World Road Race Championships in 2008, but failed to finish. Team Differdange (2009–2010) For the 2009 season, Drucker joined . His success in cyclo-cross continued, winning two more national titles. Drucker went to the World Road Race Championships for the second time in 2009, but again did not finish. He won the prologue of the Flèche du Sud, a UCI 2.2 road race in 2010. Drucker also placed second in the Grote Prijs Stad Zottegem that season. Wanty–Groupe Gobert (2011–2014) After spending two seasons with , Drucker joined , a Belgian UCI Professional Continental team. Spending four seasons with the t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kenneth Vanbilsen
Kenneth Vanbilsen (born 1 June 1990 in Herk-de-Stad) is a Belgian former cyclist, who competed as a professional from 2011 to 2022. He was named in the start list for the 2015 Tour de France, winning the combativity award on stage ten. Major results ;2008 : 1st Trofee der Vlaamse Ardennen : 7th Paris–Roubaix Juniors ;2011 : Ronde van Vlaams-Brabant ::1st Stages 2 & 5 : 3rd Flèche Ardennaise : 9th Grote Prijs Jef Scherens ;2012 : 1st Ronde van Vlaanderen Beloften : 2nd Circuit de Wallonie : 2nd Brustem Sint-Truiden : 3rd ZLM Tour : 3rd Jeuk–Gingelom : 7th Memorial Rik Van Steenbergen : 7th Ronde van Limburg : 7th Kattekoers : 8th Road race, UCI Under-23 Road World Championships : 10th Nationale Sluitingsprijs ;2013 : 1st Mountains classification Tour des Fjords : 2nd Internationale Wielertrofee Jong Maar Moedig : 3rd Druivenkoers Overijse : 7th Overall Tour de l'Eurométropole : 8th Gooikse Pijl : 9th Dutch Food Valley Classic ;2014 : 1st Grand Prix d'Ouverture La Marsei ... [...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] |
André Greipel
André Greipel (born 16 July 1982) is a German former professional road bicycle racer, who rode professionally between 2002 and 2021. Since his retirement, Greipel now works as a directeur sportif for UCI Continental team . Born in Rostock, East Germany, Greipel competed as a Cycling sprinter, pure sprinter and took 158 wins during his professional career. His major successes included 22 stage victories at Grand Tour (cycling), Grand Tours: 11 at the Tour de France, 4 at the Vuelta a España, and 7 at the Giro d'Italia. Greipel also won the Points classification in the Vuelta a España, points classification in the 2009 Vuelta a España. He also prevailed in the Classic cycle races, classic Paris–Bourges and won the overall classification of the Australian race Tour Down Under twice, in 2008 Tour Down Under, 2008 and 2010 Tour Down Under, 2010. Professional career T Mobile Team (2006–2010) The 2008 Tour Down Under was to be a revelation for Greipel. He won the overall classi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Royal Dutch Cycling Union
The Royal Dutch Cycling Union or KNWU (in Dutch: ''Koninklijke Nederlandsche Wielren Unie'') is the national governing body of cycle racing in the Netherlands. The aim of the KNWU is to give adequate support for all types of cycling in the Netherlands. The KNWU is a member of the UCI and the UEC. Events organized by the KNWU *Dutch Cycling Championships **Dutch National Road Race Championships **Dutch National Time Trial Championships ** Dutch National Track Championships *UCI Road World Championships for professionals in 1938, 1948, 1959, 1967, 1979, 1998 and 2012 *UCI Track World Championships for professionals in 1938, 1948, 1959, 1967, 1979 and 2011 External links Royal Dutch Cycling Union official website Netherlands Cycle racing organizations Organisations based in the Netherlands with royal patronage Cycling Cycling, also, when on a two-wheeled bicycle, called bicycling or biking, is the use of cycles for transport, recreation, exercise or sport. ... [...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] |
