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Gösta Pettersson
Gösta Artur Roland Pettersson (born 23 November 1940) is a retired Swedish cyclist. As an amateur, he competed in the individual and team road events at the 1960, 1964 and 1968 Olympics and won one silver and two bronze medals, in 1964 and 1968. In 1968 he also took part in two track events: individual and team 4000 m pursuit. Pettersson's brothers, Erik, Sture and Tomas, were also Olympic cyclists, and their quartet was known as the Fåglum brothers. They won the World Amateur Cycling Championships in 1967–1969 and a team silver medal at the 1968 Summer Olympics; three of the brothers were also part of the bronze-winning road team at the 1964 Games. In 1967 they were awarded the Svenska Dagbladet Gold Medal. After the 1969 World Championships the Fåglum brothers turned professional. In 1970 Gösta won the Tour de Romandie, Coppa Sabatini and Trofeo Baracchi (with brother Tomas), and finished third at the Tour de France and sixth at the Giro d'Italia. Next year he won th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alingsås Municipality
Alingsås Municipality (''Alingsås kommun'') is a municipalities of Sweden, municipality in Västra Götaland County in western Sweden. Its seat is located in the stad (Sweden), city of Alingsås. The present municipality was formed in 1974 then the former ''City of Alingsås'' (itself a municipality of unitary type since the subdivision reform of 1971) was amalgamated with Bjärke and Hemsjö. Location, population Alingsås is part (together with 12 other municipalities) of the Gothenburg Metropolitan Area with 900 000 inhabitants. As of 31 December 2019 Alingsås municipality had 41,420 inhabitants, most of which lived in Alingsås city (ca 25,000). Politics Result of the 2010 election: * Moderate Party 27,90% * Centre Party (Sweden), Centre Party 6,18% * Liberal People's Party (Sweden), Liberal People's Party 9,99% * Christian Democrats (Sweden), Christian Democrats 8,74% * Swedish Social Democratic Party 25,72% * Left Party (Sweden), Left Party 6,16% * Green Party (Swed ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1967 UCI Road World Championships
The 1967 UCI Road World Championships took place on 3 September 1967 in Heerlen, Netherlands ) , anthem = ( en, "William of Nassau") , image_map = , map_caption = , subdivision_type = Sovereign state , subdivision_name = Kingdom of the Netherlands , established_title = Before independence , established_date = Spanish Netherl .... Results Medal table External links Men's results* {{UCI Road World Championships UCI Road World Championships by year UCI Road World Championships 1967 Uci Road World Championships, 1967 1967 in road cycling Cycling in Heerlen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Giro Dell'Appennino
The Giro dell'Appennino is a semi classic European bicycle race held in the Apennine Mountains, Italy. Since 2005, the race has been organised as a 1.1 event on the UCI Europe Tour. Famous riders like Fausto Coppi, Francesco Moser, Felice Gimondi, Gianni Bugno and Gilberto Simoni Gilberto Simoni (born 25 August 1971 in Palù di Giovo, Trentino) is an Italian former professional road bicycle racer, most recently for . Simoni is twice winner of the Giro d'Italia cycling race (2001 and 2003 editions). Simoni might have wo ... have won the race. Winners References External links * {{DEFAULTSORT:Giro Dell'appennino Recurring sporting events established in 1934 1934 establishments in Italy UCI Europe Tour races Cycle races in Italy Classic cycle races ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1970 Giro D'Italia
The 1970 Giro d'Italia was the 53rd edition of the Giro, one of cycling's Grand Tours. The race consisted of 20 stages, starting in San Pellegrino Terme on 18 May and finishing Bolzano on 7 June. There was one time trial stage and a single rest day. Eddy Merckx of the Faemino team won the overall general classification, his second victory. Italians Felice Gimondi (Salvarani) placed second, 3 min and 14 s slower than Merckx, and Martin Van Den Bossche (Molteni) was third, nearly five minutes behind Merckx. Teams A total of 13 teams were invited to participate in the 1970 Giro d'Italia. Each team sent a squad of ten riders, so the Giro began with a peloton of 130 cyclists. Out of the 130 riders that started this edition of the Giro d'Italia, a total of 97 riders made it to the finish in Bolzano. The teams that took part in the race were: Pre-race favorites The starting peloton did feature the previous year's winner Felice Gimondi (Salvarani). Despite an initial unwillin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1970 Tour De France
The 1970 Tour de France was the 57th edition of the Tour de France, one of cycling's Grand Tours. It took place between 27 June and 19 July, with 23 stages covering a distance of . It was the second victory for Belgian Eddy Merckx, who also won the mountains classification, and nearly won every major jersey for a 2nd year in a row but finished second in the points classification behind Walter Godefroot by five points. The previous year only one rider was able to keep him within 20:00 and in 1970 a mere four other riders were within 20:00, with only debutant Joop Zoetemelk finishing inside 15:00 of Merckx. Teams The Tour de France started with 15 teams, of 10 cyclists each, from five different countries. A few days before the Tour started, it became known that Paul Gutty had failed a doping test when he won the French national road championship. Gutty was removed from his Frimatic team, and replaced by Rene Grelin. The teams entering the race were: * * * * * * * * * * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Trofeo Baracchi
The Trofeo Baracchi was a major Italian cycling race that ran for 50 years. It was created by Mino Baracchi, in memory of his father Angelo who was a great cycle racing fan. Originally (from 1941) an amateur individual time trial, from 1944 it was open to professionals and became a major event on the European calendar. Initially it took place every two years but from 1949 it became an annual event and adopted the two person team time trial format. It continued with this formula until 1990. The last running of the event in 1991 reverted to a solo time trial and also held as the Grand Prix des Nations The Grand Prix des Nations was an individual time trial (against the clock) for both professional and amateur racing cyclists. Held annually in Cannes, France, it was instituted in 1932 and often regarded as the unofficial time trial championship .... Winners External referencesMémoire du cyclisme [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Coppa Sabatini
The Coppa Sabatini is a late season road bicycle race held annually in Province of Pisa, Italy. From 2005 to 2019, the race was organised as a 1.1 event on the UCI Europe Tour. In 2020, it was added to the UCI ProSeries The UCI ProSeries is the second tier men's elite road cycling tour. It was inaugurated in 2020. The series is placed below the UCI World Tour, but above the various regional UCI Continental Circuits. Development In December 2018, the UCI ann ..., upgrading its classification to 1.Pro. Winners Source: References External linksOfficial site {{in lang, it UCI Europe Tour races Cycle races in Italy Recurring sporting events established in 1952 1952 establishments in Italy Sport in Tuscany ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Svenska Dagbladet Gold Medal
The Svenska Dagbladet Gold Medal ( sv, Svenska Dagbladets guldmedalj, but usually simply called ''Bragdguldet'', "The Feat Gold") is an annual award "for the most significant Swedish sports achievement of the year". It has been awarded by a jury led by the Swedish morning paper '' Svenska Dagbladet'' since 1925. According to its statutes the Medal may be awarded in November or December to either an individual sportsperson or a team. An individual can be awarded the Medal no more than twice, and to receive a second medal, that athlete must be "regarded a class of his own". List of gold medalists 1920s *1925 - Sten Pettersson, athletics *1926 - Arne Borg, swimming, and Edvin Wide, athletics *1927 - Sven Salén, sailing *1928 - Per-Erik Hedlund, cross-country skiing *1929 - Gillis Grafström, figure skating, and Sven Utterström, cross-country skiing 1930s *1930 - Johan Richthoff, wrestling *1931 - Sven Rydell, football *1932 - Ivar Johansson, wrestling *1933 - Sven "Sleven" Sà ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
FÃ¥glum Brothers
The Fåglum brothers were Swedish cyclist Erik, Gösta, Sture Sture () was a name borne by three distinct but interrelated noble families in Sweden in the Late Middle Ages and Early Modern Period. It was originally a nickname, meaning 'haughty, proud' (compare the Swedish word ''stursk'' and the Old Norse ... and Tomas Pettersson. The brothers won the team time trial World Amateur Cycling Championships between 1967–1969 along with a silver medal at the 1968 Summer Olympics. They were all awarded the Svenska Dagbladet Gold Medal in 1967. References External links ''The Pettersson Brothers'' at worldcupvargarda.seDie Fåglum-Brothers at youtube.de {{DEFAULTSORT:Faglum Brothers Fåglum brothers, Sibling quartets Swedish male cyclists Sportspeople from Västra Götaland County ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tomas Pettersson
Tomas Pettersson (born 15 May 1947) is a retired Swedish cyclist. He was part of the road racing team of four Pettersson brothers, known as Fåglum brothers, who won the world title in 1967–1969 and a silver medal at the 1968 Olympics. In 1967 they were awarded the Svenska Dagbladet Gold Medal. Petterson turned professional after the 1969 World Championships, together with the other brothers. He rode the Tour de France in 1970 and 1971, and won the 1970 Trofeo Baracchi (together with brother Gösta). He retired prematurely in 1973, and later regretted that decision.Tomas Fåglum Swedish Olympic CommitteeTomas Fåglum cyclingarchives.com Major results< ...
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Sture Pettersson
Sture Helge Vilhelm Pettersson (30 September 1942 – 26 June 1983) was a Swedish cyclist. He was part of the road racing team of four Pettersson brothers, known as Fåglum brothers, who won the world title in 1967–1969 and a silver medal at the 1968 Olympics; three of the brothers were also part of the bronze-winning road team at the 1964 Games. In 1967 they were awarded the Svenska Dagbladet Gold Medal. Petterson turned professional after the 1969 World Championships, together with the other brothers, but had little success and retired in 1972. He was known for pushing himself to the limits. At a 1964 race in Malmö he fainted 12 km before the finish; his brother Gösta rode nearby and managed to catch him from falling. Sture died aged 40, probably due to a ruptured blood vessel in the brain.Sture Petersson Swedish Olymp ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Erik Pettersson (cyclist)
Erik Håkan Pettersson (born 4 April 1944) is a retired Swedish cyclist. He was part of the road racing team of four Pettersson brothers, known as Fåglum brothers, who won the world title in 1967–1969 and a silver medal at the 1968 Olympics; three of the brothers were also part of the bronze-winning road team at the 1964 Games. In 1967 they were awarded the Svenska Dagbladet Gold Medal. Erik was the fastest sprinter among the Fåglum brothers; he was nicknamed Rödtoppen for his red hair. He turned professional after the 1969 World Championships, together with the other brothers, but had little success and retired in 1971.Erik Fåglum Swedish Olympic CommitteeErik Pettersson ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
