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Alex Close
Alex Close (26 November 1921 in–21 October 2008) was a Belgian road bicycle racer. He finished fourth in the 1953 Tour de France and seventh in the 1952 Tour de France. He also won the Tour of Belgium in 1955 and the Critérium du Dauphiné Libéré in 1956. Major results ;1949 : 4th Overall Volta a Catalunya ;1951 : 1st Stage 1 Tour de Luxembourg : 8th GP Stad Zottegem ;1952 : 7th Overall Tour de France : 8th Overall Tour de Luxembourg ::1st Stage 3 ;1953 : 1st Stage 5 Tour of Belgium : 2nd Overall Tour de Luxembourg : 4th Overall Tour de France ;1954 : 1st Stage 4b Tour of Belgium : 9th Overall Critérium du Dauphiné Libéré ;1955 : 1st Overall Tour of Belgium ::1st Stage 1 : 5th Overall Tour de Luxembourg : 9th Overall Tour de France ;1956 : 1st Overall Critérium du Dauphiné Libéré ::1st Stage 8 : 1st Hoeilaart–Diest–Hoeilaart : 3rd Liège–Bastogne–Liège : 7th Overall Tour of Belgium ;1957 : 8th Overall Tour of Belgium ;1958 : 9th Overall Critérium ...
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1954 Tour De France
The 1954 Tour de France was the 41st edition of the Tour de France, taking place from 8 July to 1 August 1954. It consisted of 23 stages over . The race was won by Louison Bobet, the second of his three consecutive wins. Teams As was the custom since the 1930 Tour de France, the 1954 Tour de France was contested by national and regional teams. Seven national teams were sent, with 10 cyclists each from France, the Netherlands, Belgium, Spain, Switzerland and Luxembourg/Austria (the latter a combined team). France additionally sent five regional teams from 10 cyclists each, divided into North-East/Centre, West, South-East, Île-de-France and South-West. The combined team Luxembourg/Austria consisted of six Luxembourger cyclists, three Austrian cyclists and one from Liechtenstein. In total, 110 cyclists started the race. Notable absents were the Italian cyclists. In Italy, new sponsors had entered the market, named "extra-sportives" because they did not sell a product directly re ...
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1954 Critérium Du Dauphiné Libéré
The 1954 Critérium du Dauphiné Libéré was the 8th edition of the cycle race and was held from 12 June to 20 June 1954. The race started and finished in Grenoble. The race was won by Nello Lauredi. General classification References 1954 Events January * January 1 – The Soviet Union ceases to demand war reparations from West Germany. * January 3 – The Italian broadcaster RAI officially begins transmitting. * January 7 – Georgetown-IBM experiment: The fir ... 1954 in French sport June 1954 sports events in Europe {{France-cycling-race-stub ...
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Cyclists From Namur (province)
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2008 Deaths
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1921 Births
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Belgian Male Cyclists
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Paris–Brussels
The Brussels Cycling Classic (known until June 2013 as Paris–Brussels) is a semi classic European bicycle race, one of the oldest races on the international calendar. History Paris–Brussels was first run on 12 August 1893 as an amateur event over a distance of 397 km, Belgian Andre Henry took the inaugural victory from compatriot Charles Delbecque with France's Fernand Augenault coming in third. The race did not return to the racing calendar until 1906 when it was run as a two-day event on 3 and 4 June. The first stage of this 1906 event was run from the Paris suburb of Villiers-sur-Marne to Reims over 152 km and was won by France's Maurice Bardonneau. Albert Dupont took the more challenging second stage on the following day from Reims to Brussels over 239 km to take the overall race victory from compatriots Jules Patou and Guillaume Coeckelberg. The following year the race reverted to being a one-day race and quickly established itself as one of the Spring ...
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1958 Critérium Du Dauphiné Libéré
The 1958 Critérium du Dauphiné Libéré was the 12th edition of the Critérium du Dauphiné Libéré cycle race and was held from 2 June to 8 June 1958. The race started and finished in Grenoble. The race was won by Louis Rostollan. General classification References 1958 Events January * January 1 – The European Economic Community (EEC) comes into being. * January 3 – The West Indies Federation is formed. * January 4 ** Edmund Hillary's Commonwealth Trans-Antarctic Expedition completes the third ... 1958 in French sport June 1958 sports events in Europe {{France-cycling-race-stub ...
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1956 Liège–Bastogne–Liège
The 1956 Liège–Bastogne–Liège was the 42nd edition of the Liège–Bastogne–Liège cycle race and was held on 6 May 1956. The race started and finished in Liège. The race was won by Fred De Bruyne. General classification References 1956 Events January * January 1 – The Anglo-Egyptian Sudan, Anglo-Egyptian Condominium ends in Sudan. * January 8 – Operation Auca: Five U.S. evangelical Christian Missionary, missionaries, Nate Saint, Roger Youderian, Ed McCully, Jim ... 1956 in Belgian sport 1956 Challenge Desgrange-Colombo {{Liège–Bastogne–Liège-race-stub ...
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1956 Critérium Du Dauphiné Libéré
The 1956 Critérium du Dauphiné Libéré was the 10th edition of the Critérium du Dauphiné Libéré cycle race and was held from 8 June to 17 June 1956. The race started and finished in Grenoble. The race was won by Alex Close. General classification References 1956 Events January * January 1 – The Anglo-Egyptian Sudan, Anglo-Egyptian Condominium ends in Sudan. * January 8 – Operation Auca: Five U.S. evangelical Christian Missionary, missionaries, Nate Saint, Roger Youderian, Ed McCully, Jim ... 1956 in French sport June 1956 sports events in Europe {{France-cycling-race-stub ...
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1955 Tour De France
The 1955 Tour de France was the 42nd edition of the Tour de France, taking place from 7 to 30 July. It consisted of 22 stages over . The race was won by Louison Bobet, the last of his three consecutive wins. Teams As was the custom since the 1930 Tour de France, the 1955 Tour de France was contested by national and regional teams. Eight national teams were sent, with 10 cyclists each from France, Belgium, Spain, Great Britain, the Netherlands, Italy, Switzerland, and a mixed team consisting of Luxembourgian, Austrian, West German and Australian cyclists. France additionally sent five regional teams from 10 cyclists each, divided into Île-de-France, North-East/Centre, West, South-East and South-West. In total, 120 cyclists started the race. The mixed team included cyclists from West-Germany, which was the first time since the Second World War that German cyclists rode the Tour. The Great Britain team was the first British team in Tour history. The teams entering the race were: ...
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GP Stad Zottegem
Egmont Cycling Race is a single-day road bicycle race held annually in August in Zottegem, Belgium. Since 2005, the race is organized as a 1.1 event on the UCI Europe Tour The UCI Continental Circuits are a series of road bicycle racing competitions which were introduced in 2005 by the Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI) to expand cycling around the world. The five circuits (representing the continents of Africa, the .... The race started out as 'Dokter Tistaertprijs' in 1934. Between 1971 and 1998 it was called 'Herinneringsprijs Dokter Tistaert – Prijs Groot-Zottegem'. In 1999 it changed to 'G.P. Zottegem – Tistaertprijs'. In 2002 'Tistaertprijs' disappeared in the name. It was called GP Stad Zottegem until 2020. since 2020 the organization continued under the name 'Egmont Cycling Race'. Winners {{Cycling past winner end External links Official Website Recurring sporting events es ...
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