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Jo De Haan
Jo de Haan (25 December 1936 – 19 April 2006) was a Dutch cyclist who was active between 1956 and 1966. After winning four local road races as amateur in 1956 and 1958, he turned professional. His best achievements came in 1960 when he won the Paris–Tours and Tour de Picardie. In 1963 he finished third at the 1963 UCI Road World Championships. In total, he won 36 races during his career. He died of cancer. Major results ;1958 :1st Stage 3b Olympia's Tour ;1959 :1st GP Flandria :1st Circuit du Cher :1st Stage 7 Tour de l'Ouest :2nd Overall Tour de Champagne ::1st Stages 2 & 3 :3rd Nationale Sluitingprijs - Putte - Kapellen :7th Overall GP du Midi-Libre ;1960 :1st Overall Tour de Picardie ::1st Stage 1 :1st Paris–Tours :1st Paris-Valenciennes :6th Overall Deutschland Tour ;1961 :1st Stage 2b Roma-Napoli-Roma :1st Stage 5b Ronde van Nederland :3rd Tour of Flanders :4th Bordeaux-Paris :10th Overall Tour du Nord ::1st Stage 4 :10th Milan-San Remo ;1962 :1st Stage 2 Volta a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Klaaswaal
Klaaswaal is a village and former municipality in the Dutch province of South Holland. It is centrally located on one of the island Hoeksche Waard. Klaaswaal was a separate municipality until 1984, when it was merged with Numansdorp to form the municipality Cromstrijen. History The village was first mentioned in 1555 as "Claes Wael", and means "pool after dike breach belonging to Claes (person)". In 1539 embankment of the polder ''Het Westmaas Nieuwland'' was started. The lords reserved a part of the new land for the new to found village ''Claeswaal''. The first buildings were built along the Voorstraat. At the end of this street, a church was built in 1566. Originally, it was built as a Catholic church, but the pastor of Strijen didn't want to come to the village as he considered the distance as too far. The community found a minister who was willing to hold the services, and therefore the services were of a Protestant nature. The Dutch Reformed church is a single aisled chur ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
