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Grand Prix De La Libération
The Grand Prix de la Libération was an annual road cycling race in the Netherlands that took place in the form of a team time trial from 1988 until 1991. It was on the calendar of the UCI Road World Cup The UCI Road World Cup was a season-long Road bicycle racing, road cycling competition held from 1989 until 2004 and comprising ten one-day events. History The competition was inaugurated in 1989, and replaced the Super Prestige Pernod Internati ... for all three editions. Winners References UCI Road World Cup races Cycle races in the Netherlands Recurring sporting events established in 1988 1988 establishments in the Netherlands Recurring sporting events disestablished in 1991 Defunct cycling races in the Netherlands 1991 disestablishments in the Netherlands Cycling in Eindhoven {{Netherlands-sport-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eindhoven
Eindhoven () is a city and municipality in the Netherlands, located in the southern province of North Brabant of which it is its largest. With a population of 238,326 on 1 January 2022,Statistieken gemeente Eindhoven AlleCijfers.nl it is the fifth-largest city of the Netherlands and the largest outside the conurbation. Eindhoven was originally located at the confluence of the |
Jesper Skibby
Jesper Skibby (born 21 March 1964 in Silkeborg, Denmark) is a retired professional road racing cyclist. He won at least one stage at each of the major tours. He was one of the most popular in Denmark, not only because of his talent, but also because of his wit and his constant banter. He rode for the Dutch TVM from 1989 to 1997, but switched to the Danish team Team home - Jack & Jones in 1998, where he ended his active career in 2000. Professional career He participated in Tour de France 11 times, completed it 8 times, and won stage 5 between Avranches and Évreux in 1993. He is one of the relatively few riders to have won stages in all three major tours (Tour de France, Giro d'Italia and Vuelta a España), and the only Dane. In March 1993 Skibby suffered a double fracture of the skull during a crash in the bunch sprint of stage 5 of Tirreno–Adriatico, however he made a remarkable recovery and was back racing later that year. Skibby won the Tour of Holland stage race i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Peter Pieters
Peter Pieters (born 2 February 1962) is a retired Dutch cyclist who was active between 1980 and 1998. On track, he competed at the 1996 Summer Olympics in the individual 4 km pursuit and points race, and won a bronze medal in the points race at the 1991 world championships. On the road, he won the Delta Profronde (1988), Paris–Tours (1988), Profronde van Almelo (1990) and Ronde van de Haarlemmermeer (1996), as well as individual stages of the Olympia's Tour (1983), Vuelta a Burgos (1984), Driedaagse van West-Vlaanderen (1984), Vuelta a Murcia (1985), Tour of Belgium (1988) and Tour of Sweden (1992). After retiring from competition he worked as a cycling coach, in particular he was successful with the Belgian national team: in 2017 the Belgium national team brought home the highest number of medals in 50 years. Pieters's brother Sjaak and daughter Amy are also Olympic cyclists. See also * List of Dutch Olympic cyclists This is a list of all Dutch cyclists who comp ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Martin Schalkers
Martin Schalkers (born 5 April 1962) is a Dutch former racing cyclist. He rode the 1990 Tour de France as well as four editions of the Giro d'Italia. Major results ;1987 : 4th Grand Prix de Fourmies : 7th Grote Prijs Jef Scherens ;1988 : 5th Dwars door België : 6th Grand Prix Impanis-Van Petegem ;1989 : 1st Grand Prix de la Libération ( TTT) : 5th Kuurne–Brussels–Kuurne ;1991 : 2nd Grand Prix de Denain Grand Prix de Denain is a professional cycle road race held in Denain, France. For 10 years from 2005 the race was organized as a 1.1 event on the UCI Europe Tour The UCI Continental Circuits are a series of road bicycle racing competitions whi ... : 5th Veenendaal–Veenendaal References External links * 1962 births Living people Dutch male cyclists Sportspeople from Katwijk Cyclists from South Holland {{Netherlands-cycling-bio-1960s-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eddy Schurer
Eddy Schurer (born 12 September 1964) is a Dutch former racing cyclist. He rode in three editions of the Tour de France. Career achievements Major results ;1985 : 1st Ronde van Overijssel ;1986 : 1st Stage 5b Olympia's Tour ;1987 : 2nd Overall Olympia's Tour ::1st Stages 1, 7b ( ITT) & 9 ;1989 : 1st Grand Prix de la Libération ( TTT) : 2nd Omloop van het Leiedal : 3rd Overall Ronde van Nederland : 3rd Overall Tour de Luxembourg : 4th E3 Harelbeke ;1990 : 4th Overall Tour de Luxembourg ::1st Stage 2 : 4th Kuurne–Brussels–Kuurne : 7th Overall Ronde van Nederland ::1st Stage 6 : 10th Overall Four Days of Dunkirk ;1991 : 1st Stage 4 Tour de Luxembourg : 3rd Overall Ronde van Nederland ::1st Stage 5 : 4th Veenendaal–Veenendaal : 9th E3 Harelbeke ;1992 : 1st Stage 1 Hofbrau Cup : 4th E3 Harelbeke : 9th Overall Driedaagse van De Panne-Koksijde ;1993 : 1st Stage 7 Four Days of Dunkirk : 3rd GP Rik Van Steenbergen : 7th Le Samyn Le Samyn is an annual single-day road bicycle r ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kim Eriksen
Kim Eriksen (born 10 February 1964) is a Danish former cyclist. He competed in the individual road race and the team time trial events at the 1984 Summer Olympics The 1984 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXIII Olympiad and also known as Los Angeles 1984) were an international multi-sport event held from July 28 to August 12, 1984, in Los Angeles, California, United States. It marked the secon .... References External links * 1964 births Living people Danish male cyclists Olympic cyclists of Denmark Cyclists at the 1984 Summer Olympics People from Silkeborg Sportspeople from the Central Denmark Region {{Denmark-cycling-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Histor–Sigma
Histor–Sigma was a Belgian professional cycling team that existed from 1986 to 1991. In media In Japan, in the 1993-1994 TV series ''Gosei Sentai Dairanger is a Japanese ''tokusatsu'' television series. It was the seventeenth production in the long-running Super Sentai metaseries of television tokusatsu dramas produced by Toei Company, following ''Kyōryū Sentai Zyuranger''. It was originally bro ...'', The auxiliary Kiba/White Ranger, a young 10 year old boy known as Kou sports a Histor Sigma cap. It is unknown if the character is even aware who the cycling team are or if he is even interested in cycling References External links Cycling teams based in Belgium Defunct cycling teams based in Belgium 1986 establishments in Belgium 1991 disestablishments in Belgium Cycling teams established in 1986 Cycling teams disestablished in 1991 {{Belgium-sport-team-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gert-Jan Theunisse
Gert-Jan Theunisse (born 14 January 1963) is a Dutch former road bicycle racer. He won the 1988 edition of the Clásica San Sebastián one-day race. In the 1989 Tour de France, he won the King of the Mountains competition. Biography Theunisse turned professional in 1984 with the Panasonic cycling team. That year he finished third in the Ronde van Nederland and had places of honour in races such as the Grand Prix de Fourmies and the Grand Prix d'Isbergues in 1986. However it was not until 1988 that he achieved great success. In the 1988 Tour de France he challenged his former teammate, Pedro Delgado. However he tested positive for testosterone and received a 10-minute penalty which moved him from fourth to 11th overall. Theunisse returned the following year and won the mountains classification and the stage up Alpe d'Huez in the 1989 Tour de France . In 1990 he also tested positive in the Flèche Wallonne and Bicicleta Vasca. He abandoned the second stage of the 1995 Tirreno– ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Peter Stevenhaagen
Peter Stevenhaagen (born April 24, 1965, in Haarlem, North Holland) is a retired road bicycle racer from the Netherlands, who was a professional rider from 1986 to 1992. He rode a total number of five Tours de France during his career. Tour de France *1986 – 29th *1987 – 45th *1988 – 29th *1989 – 50th *1991 File:1991 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: Boris Yeltsin, elected as Russia's first president, waves the new flag of Russia after the 1991 Soviet coup d'état attempt, orchestrated by Soviet hardliners; Mount Pinatubo erupts in the Phil ... – 94th During stage 1 of the 1988 edition he wore the green jersey, as after the prologue he was ranked 2nd. References * 1965 births Living people Dutch male cyclists Sportspeople from Haarlem Cyclists from North Holland {{Netherlands-cycling-bio-1960s-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stefan Mutter
Stefan Mutter (born 3 October 1956) is a former professional road bicycle racer from Switzerland. He was the Swiss National Road Race champion in 1981. Major results ;1977 : 5th Overall Tour de l'Avenir ::1st Prologue : 9th Overall GP Tell ::1st Stage 4b (ITT) ;1978 : 1st Giro del Mendrisiotto : UCI Road World Championships ::3rd Amateur road race ::3rd Team time trial ;1979 : 1st Stages 4 ( TTT) & 8 (TTT) Tour de France : 1st Stage 1b (TTT) Paris–Nice : 4th Overall Tour de Romandie : 8th Overall Critérium du Dauphiné Libéré ;1980 : 2nd Overall Paris–Nice : 3rd Overall A Travers Lausanne : 3rd Züri-Metzgete : 8th Overall Tour of Belgium ::1st Stage 2 (TTT) : 9th GP Eddy Merckx : 10th Overall Tour Méditerranéen ;1981 : 1st Road race, National Road Championships : 1st Overall Tour Méditerranéen ::1st Stage 3a (ITT) : 2nd Liège–Bastogne–Liège : 4th Overall Tirreno–Adriatico : 5th La Flèche Wallonne : 7th Züri-Metzgete : 8th Road race, UCI Road Worl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jörg Müller (cyclist)
Jörg Müller (born 23 January 1961) is a retired track cyclist and road bicycle racer from Switzerland, who was a professional rider from 1985 to 1994. He represented his native country at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles. He won the Tour de Romandie in 1985. He was the Swiss National Road Race champion in 1987. Career achievements Major results ;1984 : 1st Individual pursuit, National Track Championships : 10th Overall GP Tell ::1st Stage 2 ;1985 : 1st Overall Tour de Romandie : 2nd Grand Prix Cycliste Union Bessègeoise : 6th Critérium des As : 8th Overall Tour of the Basque Country ::1st Stage 5 : 8th La Flèche Wallonne : 8th Paris–Camembert : 8th Grand Prix des Nations : 10th Overall Tour de Suisse ::1st Stage 8 ;1986 : 1st Overall Tour d'Armorique : 1st Prologue Volta a Catalunya : 3rd Overall Volta a la Comunitat Valenciana ::1st Stage 5 : 3rd Overall Vuelta a Aragón : 4th Overall Vuelta a Andalucía : 5th Paris–Tours : 7th Overall Tour de Romandie : ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Greg LeMond
Gregory James LeMond (born June 26, 1961) is an American former professional road racing cyclist, entrepreneur, and anti-doping advocate. A two-time winner of the Road Race World Championship (1983 and 1989) and a three-time winner of the Tour de France (1986, 1989, and 1990). LeMond is the only American male to win the Tour de France and is considered by many to be the greatest American cyclist of all time, one of the great all-round cyclists of the modern era, and an icon of the sport's globalisation. LeMond began his professional cycling career in 1981. In 1983, he became the first American male cyclist to win the Road World Championship. LeMond won the Tour de France in 1986; he is the first non-European professional cyclist to win the men's Tour. He was accidentally shot with pellets and seriously injured while hunting in 1987. Following the shooting, he underwent two surgeries and missed the next two Tours. At the 1989 Tour, he completed an improbable comeback to win in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
