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Duo Normand
The Duo Normand is a two-man team time trial (against the clock) for elite racing cyclists. Held annually at Marigny-le-Lozon in Normandy Normandy (; french: link=no, Normandie ; nrf, Normaundie, Nouormandie ; from Old French , plural of ''Normant'', originally from the word for "northman" in several Scandinavian languages) is a geographical and cultural region in Northwestern ..., France, it was instituted in 1982. Launched by a local cycling association, the Duo Normand takes place on a road circuit of more than every September. History The first three editions were for amateurs only; professionals were admitted from the fourth edition, in 1985. In 2016 a British rider died following a collision with a support car, 200m before the finish. Winners References External links * *{{Cycling archives race, 145 Cycle races in France Recurring sporting events established in 1982 1982 establishments in France Sport in Manche UCI Europe Tour races ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Normandy
Normandy (; french: link=no, Normandie ; nrf, Normaundie, Nouormandie ; from Old French , plural of ''Normant'', originally from the word for "northman" in several Scandinavian languages) is a geographical and cultural region in Northwestern Europe, roughly coextensive with the historical Duchy of Normandy. Normandy comprises mainland Normandy (a part of France) and the Channel Islands (mostly the British Crown Dependencies). It covers . Its population is 3,499,280. The inhabitants of Normandy are known as Normans, and the region is the historic homeland of the Norman language. Large settlements include Rouen, Caen, Le Havre and Cherbourg. The cultural region of Normandy is roughly similar to the historical Duchy of Normandy, which includes small areas now part of the departments of Mayenne and Sarthe. The Channel Islands (French: ''Îles Anglo-Normandes'') are also historically part of Normandy; they cover and comprise two bailiwicks: Guernsey and Jersey, which are B ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Christophe Bachelot
Christophe may refer to: People * Christophe (given name), list of people with this name * Christophe (singer) (1945–2020), French singer * Cristophe (hairstylist) (born 1958), Belgian hairstylist * Georges Colomb (1856–1945), French comic strip artist and botanist who published under the pseudonym Christophe People with the surname Christophe * Didier Christophe (born 1956), retired professional French footballer, managing Pau FC * Henri Christophe (1767–1820), Haitian Revolution leader Other uses * Christophe (Amsterdam), restaurant in Amsterdam, The Netherlands * 1698 Christophe Events January–March * January 1 – The Abenaki tribe and Province of Massachusetts Bay, Massachusetts colonists sign a treaty, ending the conflict in New England. * January 4 – The Palace of Whitehall in London, Kingdom of England ..., asteroid {{Disambiguation, human name, surname Surnames from given names ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Olaf Lurvik
Olaf Lurvik (born 23 September 1963) is a Norwegian former professional road bicycle racer. He was professional between 1988 and 1991, and represented the teams Peugeot and Toshiba. In 1991, he was one of four Norwegians that entered the Tour de France, alongside Dag Otto Lauritzen, Atle Kvålsvoll and Atle Pedersen. As of 2013, this is the only year that four Norwegians was in the Tour, but Lurvik was the only of the four the completed the 1991 Tour de France The 1991 Tour de France was the 78th edition of the Tour de France, taking place from 6 to 28 July. The total race distance was 22 stages over . The race was won by Miguel Indurain, whose Banesto team also won the team classification. The points .... References External links * 1963 births Living people Norwegian male cyclists Sportspeople from Trondheim {{Norway-cycling-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Atle Kvålsvoll
Atle Sturla Kvålsvoll (born 10 April 1962) is a Norwegian former professional road cyclist. He rode the Tour de France six times between 1988 and 1994, finishing four times. His best performance was in 1990, when he finished 26th and contributed to Greg LeMond's winning the yellow jersey. He competed in the individual road race event at the 1984 Summer Olympics. Kvålsvoll finished second in the American Tour DuPont in 1990, 1991 and 1992 and then finished 3rd in 1993. He also won a stage in 1991 and 1992. Kvålsvoll is employed by the Norwegian sports organisation Olympiatoppen and was Thor Hushovd's coach. In 2011 he has also accepted a role as directeur sportif for UCI Continental Team Plussbank Cervélo. Major results ;1984 : 2nd Overall Tour of Norway ;1985 : 3rd Overall Tour of Sweden : 4th Overall Tour of Norway ::1st Stage 6 ;1987 : 9th Overall Tour of Sweden ;1988 : 3rd Duo Normand (with Olaf Lurvik) : 5th Overall Tour du Limousin ;1989 : 1st Overall Tour of Sweden ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bart Leysen
Bart Leysen (born 10 February 1969) is a Belgian retired road racing cyclist. He competed at the 1998 and 1999 Tour de France. He is the father of Senne Leysen. Results at the Grand Tours Tour de France * 1998 : 92º * 1999 : 133º * 2001 : Did not finished Vuelta a España * 1995 : 78º * 1996 File:1996 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: A Centennial Olympic Park bombing, bomb explodes at Centennial Olympic Park in Atlanta, set off by a radical Anti-abortion violence, anti-abortionist; The center fuel tank explodes on TWA Flight 8 ... : 77º References 1969 births Living people People from Herentals Belgian male cyclists Cyclists from Antwerp Province {{Belgium-cycling-bio-1960s-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Peter Verbeken
Peter Verbeken (born 15 April 1966 in Deinze) is a Belgian former professional road cyclist, who competed between 1989 and 1998. He had 17 wins in his career, and competed in three editions of the Vuelta a España. Major results ;1990 : 6th Overall Vuelta a Aragón ;1992 : 8th Circuit des Frontières ;1993 : 1st Overall Grand Prix Guillaume Tell : 1st La Côte Picarde ;1994 : 1st Stage 4 Tour DuPont : 1st Stage 6 Regio-Tour : 3rd Road race, National Road Championships ;1995 : 1st Overall Grand Prix Guillaume Tell ::1st Stage 6 ;1996 : 3rd Kampioenschap van Vlaanderen : 6th Route Adélie : 10th Cholet-Pays de Loire ;1997 : 1st Flèche Hesbignonne : 3rd De Kustpijl ;1998 : 1st Flèche Hesbignonne The Flèche Hesbignonne-Cras Avernas was a one-day road cycling race held annually in Belgium. Created in 1952, it first took place between Niel and Sint-Truiden. It was then held between Cras-Avernas and Remouchamps. It was on the UCI Europe ... References External links * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Roland Leclercq
Roland (; frk, *Hrōþiland; lat-med, Hruodlandus or ''Rotholandus''; it, Orlando or ''Rolando''; died 15 August 778) was a Frankish military leader under Charlemagne who became one of the principal figures in the literary cycle known as the Matter of France. The historical Roland was military governor of the Breton March, responsible for defending Francia's frontier against the Bretons. His only historical attestation is in Einhard's ''Vita Karoli Magni'', which notes he was part of the Frankish rearguard killed in retribution by the Basques in Iberia at the Battle of Roncevaux Pass. The story of Roland's death at Roncevaux Pass was embellished in later medieval and Renaissance literature. The first and most famous of these epic treatments was the Old French ''Chanson de Roland'' of the 11th century. Two masterpieces of Italian Renaissance poetry, the ''Orlando Innamorato'' and ''Orlando Furioso'' (by Matteo Maria Boiardo and Ludovico Ariosto respectively), are even further ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bernard Richard (cyclist)
Bernard Richard (born 30 August 1957) is a former French racing cyclist. He rode in 1988 and 1989 editions of both the Tour de France and the Vuelta a España The Vuelta a España (; en, Tour of Spain) is an annual multi-stage bicycle race primarily held in Spain, while also occasionally making passes through nearby countries. Inspired by the success of the Tour de France and the Giro d'Italia, the .... References External links * 1957 births Living people French male cyclists Sportspeople from Mayenne Cyclists from Pays de la Loire {{France-cycling-bio-1950s-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Laurent Bezault
Laurent Bezault (born 8 March 1966) is a French former racing cyclist. He competed in two events at the 1988 Summer Olympics. He also rode in the 1989 Tour de France. Major results ;1986 : 2nd Chrono des Herbiers ;1987 : 2nd Overall Tour de la Communauté Européenne ::1st Stage 7 ( ITT) : 9th Overall Circuit Cycliste Sarthe ;1988 : 1st Overall Boucles de la Mayenne : 1st Paris–Troyes : 1st Paris–Roubaix Espoirs : 2nd Coppa Sabatini : 4th GP Ouest–France ;1989 : 1st Tour de Vendée : 2nd Overall Tour de la Communauté Européenne : 5th Overall Critérium du Dauphiné Libéré : 5th Overall La Méditerranéenne : 5th Overall Critérium International ;1991 : 1st Overall Cronostaffetta ( TTT) ;1992 : 2nd Overall Tour du Poitou Charentes et de la Vienne : 3rd Overall Ronde van Nederland : 3rd Overall Vuelta a Aragon : 3rd Tour de Vendée : 4th Milano–Torino : 8th GP Eddy Merckx ;1993 : 1st Stage 4 Tour du Limousin : 2nd Overall Paris–Nice : 2nd Overall Circuit Cy ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Richard Vivien
Richard is a male given name. It originates, via Old French, from Old Frankish and is a compound of the words descending from Proto-Germanic ''*rīk-'' 'ruler, leader, king' and ''*hardu-'' 'strong, brave, hardy', and it therefore means 'strong in rule'. Nicknames include "Richie", "Dick", "Dickon", " Dickie", "Rich", "Rick", "Rico", "Ricky", and more. Richard is a common English, German and French male name. It's also used in many more languages, particularly Germanic, such as Norwegian, Danish, Swedish, Icelandic, and Dutch, as well as other languages including Irish, Scottish, Welsh and Finnish. Richard is cognate with variants of the name in other European languages, such as the Swedish "Rickard", the Catalan "Ricard" and the Italian "Riccardo", among others (see comprehensive variant list below). People named Richard Multiple people with the same name * Richard Andersen (other) * Richard Anderson (other) * Richard Cartwright (other) * R ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gérard Rué
Gérard Rué (born 7 July 1965 in Romillé) is a French former road cyclist. He was a professional from 1987 to 1996. Career Rué began his professional career in 1987 with the Système U-Gitane team. In 1993, he transferred to the Banesto team to support Miguel Indurain and Pedro Delgado. Known for being one of the most important teammates of Miguel Indurain in the Banesto team, he also won several races and some places of honor in the classics. Major results ;1987 : 1st Duo Normand (with Thierry Marie Thierry Marie (born 25 June 1963) is a French former cyclist. Marie often performed well in prologue stages: he won the Tour de France prologue three times in his career, and because of that he wore the yellow jersey in those three years, for sev ...) : 1st Prologue Tour de la Communauté Européenne ( TTT) : 2nd Points race, National Track Championships : 2nd Grand Prix d'Isbergues : 6th Overall Circuit Cycliste Sarthe ;1988 : 1st Stage 7 Grand Prix du Midi Libre : 2nd G ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Peter Gilling
Peter may refer to: People * List of people named Peter, a list of people and fictional characters with the given name * Peter (given name) ** Saint Peter (died 60s), apostle of Jesus, leader of the early Christian Church * Peter (surname), a surname (including a list of people with the name) Culture * Peter (actor) (born 1952), stage name Shinnosuke Ikehata, Japanese dancer and actor * ''Peter'' (album), a 1993 EP by Canadian band Eric's Trip * ''Peter'' (1934 film), a 1934 film directed by Henry Koster * ''Peter'' (2021 film), Marathi language film * "Peter" (''Fringe'' episode), an episode of the television series ''Fringe'' * ''Peter'' (novel), a 1908 book by Francis Hopkinson Smith * "Peter" (short story), an 1892 short story by Willa Cather Animals * Peter, the Lord's cat, cat at Lord's Cricket Ground in London * Peter (chief mouser), Chief Mouser between 1929 and 1946 * Peter II (cat), Chief Mouser between 1946 and 1947 * Peter III (cat), Chief Mouser between 1947 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
