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Kim Kirchen
Kim Kirchen (born 3 July 1978 in Luxembourg City) is a Luxembourgian former road racing cyclist. He is the son of cyclist Erny Kirchen and the great-nephew of cyclist Jeng Kirchen. Career Kirchen signed as a professional cyclist in 2000 with De Nardi-Pasta Montegrappa, and went on to join in 2001. For the 2006 cycling season, he joined the following the demise of the Fassa Bortolo team. His first recorded race was in Dommeldange in 1999, and he had to wait until 2000 for his first professional victory when he won the Piva Col trophy. Kirchen was named the Luxembourgian Sportsman of the Year in 2000, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2007 and 2008, surpassing the achievement of fellow cyclist Charly Gaul and putting him fourth in the all-time stakes. In July 2008 he showed good form during the Tour de France, placing 7th in the general classification and wearing the yellow jersey for a total of four stages. In 2010, Kirchen joined , after he was unable to agree with on a contract exte ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Luxembourg City
Luxembourg ( lb, Lëtzebuerg; french: Luxembourg; german: Luxemburg), also known as Luxembourg City ( lb, Stad Lëtzebuerg, link=no or ; french: Ville de Luxembourg, link=no; german: Stadt Luxemburg, link=no or ), is the capital city of the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg and the country's most populous commune. Standing at the confluence of the Alzette and Pétrusse rivers in southern Luxembourg, the city lies at the heart of Western Europe, situated by road from Brussels, from Paris, and from Cologne. The city contains Luxembourg Castle, established by the Franks in the Early Middle Ages, around which a settlement developed. , Luxembourg City has a population of 128,514 inhabitants, which is more than three times the population of the country's second most populous commune ( Esch-sur-Alzette). The city's population consists of 160 nationalities. Foreigners represent 70% of the city's population, whilst Luxembourgers represent 30% of the population; the number of foreign-born r ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jeng Kirchen
Jeng Kirchen (December 13, 1919 in Hostert – November 30, 2010) was a Luxembourgish road racing cyclist who twice finished 5th in the Tour de France. Kirchen won his native race, the Tour de Luxembourg, in 1952, and took a total of 16 professional wins. He was the uncle and great-uncle of fellow cyclists Erny Kirchen and Kim Kirchen. Major results ;1943 :4th, Overall, Tour de Luxembourg ;1945 :1st, Metz - Luxembourg :11th, Grand Prix des Nations ;1946 National Road Race Champion :1st, Stage 4, Tour de Luxembourg :7th, Overall, Tour de Luxembourg ;1947 :3rd, Overall, Tour de Luxembourg :18th, Overall, Tour de France ;1948 National Cyclo-cross Championships :5th, Overall, Tour de Suisse :5th, Overall, Tour de France ;1949 :13th, Overall, Tour de France ;1950 :3rd, Overall, Tour de Luxembourg :4th, Overall, Tour de Suisse :5th, Overall, Tour de France ;1951 National Road Race Champion :4th, Overall, Deutschland Tour :7th, Overall, Tour de Luxembourg :7th, Overall, Tour de ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2002 Ronde Van Nederland
These are the results for the 42nd edition of the Ronde van Nederland cycling race, which was held from August 20 to August 24, 2002. The race started in Utrecht and finished in Landgraaf Landgraaf (; li, Lankgraaf ) is a municipality in southeastern Limburg, Netherlands, forming part of the Parkstad Limburg agglomeration. ''Snow World'' is the largest indoor ski piste in Europe. Population centres * Nieuwenhagen * Schaesberg .... Stages 20-08-2002: Utrecht-Leeuwarden, 220 km 21-08-2002: Dokkum-Apeldoorn, 176 km 22-08-2002: Apeldoorn-Almelo, 74 km 22-08-2002: Almelo-Almelo, 19 km 23-08-2002: Arnhem-Sittard/Geleen, 198 km 24-08-2002: Sittard/Geleen-Landgraaf, 205 km Final classification External links * Wielersite Results] {{DEFAULTSORT:Ronde Van Nederland, 2002 Ronde van Nederland 2002 in road cycling 2002 in Dutch sport ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jersey Yellow
Jersey ( , ; nrf, Jèrri, label= Jèrriais ), officially the Bailiwick of Jersey (french: Bailliage de Jersey, links=no; Jèrriais: ), is an island country and self-governing Crown Dependency near the coast of north-west France. It is the largest of the Channel Islands and is from the Cotentin Peninsula in Normandy. The Bailiwick consists of the main island of Jersey and some surrounding uninhabited islands and rocks including Les Dirouilles, Les Écréhous, Les Minquiers, and Les Pierres de Lecq. Jersey was part of the Duchy of Normandy, whose dukes became kings of England from 1066. After Normandy was lost by the kings of England in the 13th century, and the ducal title surrendered to France, Jersey remained loyal to the English Crown, though it never became part of the Kingdom of England. Jersey is a self-governing parliamentary democracy under a constitutional monarchy, with its own financial, legal and judicial systems, and the power of self-determination. The ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tour De Luxembourg
The Tour de Luxembourg is an annual stage race in professional road bicycle racing held in Luxembourg. The Tour de Luxembourg is classified as a 2.Pro race, the highest rating below the World Tour, by the Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI), the sport's governing body. In 2006, the Tour became part of the UCI Europe Tour, and became part of the UCI ProSeries in 2020. Primarily held in late May to early June, the event was sometimes used by riders as a preparation race for the Tour de France. In his 2021 autobiography ''Væddeløber'', the 2014 winner Matti Breschel Matti Breschel (born 31 August 1984) is a Danish retired professional road racing cyclist, who competed between 2005 and 2019 for the , , and teams. Career Junior career Born in Ballerup, Breschel got his breakthrough with small Danish Team ... “revealed” that his overall victory was partly facilitated by on the final stage motivating riders of another team by the promise of a 1000 € each gain if succee ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tom Flammang
Tom Flammang (born 12 January 1978) is a Luxembourgish former cyclist, who competed as a professional from 2000 to 2003 and in 2006. He also worked as a directeur sportif for the UCI Continental team from 2014 to 2018. Major results ;1998 : 1st Road race, National Road Championships ;1999 : 3rd Overall Arden Challenge ::1st Stage 2 ;2000 : 5th Grand Prix de la Ville de Lillers ;2001 : 8th Kampioenschap van Vlaanderen : 10th Overall Guldensporentweedaagse ;2005 : 1st Stage 4 Flèche du Sud : 2nd Road race, Games of the Small States of Europe ;2006 : 6th Overall Flèche du Sud ::1st Stage 1 ;2008 : 1st Stage 3 Flèche du Sud Cyclo-cross ;1995–1996 : 2nd National Junior Championships ;1998–1999 : 3rd National Under-23 Championships ;2003–2004 : 1st National Championships ;2004–2005 : 1st Cyclo-cross de Cessange : 2nd National Championships ;2008–2009 : 3rd National Championships ;2013–2014 : 2nd National Championships A national championship(s) is the top achiev ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cofidis (cycling Team)
Cofidis Solutions Crédits () is a French professional road bicycle racing team sponsored by a money-lending company, Cofidis. It was started in 1996 by Cyrille Guimard, the former manager of Bernard Hinault, Greg LeMond and Laurent Fignon of the Renault-Elf-Gitane team of the 1980s. The team's sponsor has supported the team despite repeated problems such as doping scandals. After it was part of the UCI ProTour for the ProTour's first five seasons, from 2010 the team competed as a UCI Professional Continental team. The team joined the UCI World Tour for the 2020 season. History Cyrille Guimard started the team in 1996 with backing from François Migraine, the chief executive of Cofidis. An early acquisition was Lance Armstrong, formerly of Motorola Cycling Team. Armstrong was dropped because of his cancer and another American, Bobby Julich, became leader for stage races. Julich's place in the top three of the 1998 Tour de France brought the team to the spotlight, and Frank ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
RTL Télé Lëtzebuerg
RTL Télé Lëtzebuerg is the main television channel in Luxembourg, broadcasting in Luxembourgish. It is part of RTL Group. History The small television market in Luxembourg led to a unique system in Europe: Luxembourg was the only country in the world in which television stations were operated in both the PAL and SECAM formats. Originally, both channels carried the same signal, Tele Luxembourg. Later, the signals were split in the two independent stations RTL-TVI (PAL, system G, on channel 27, the "i" stand for independent), targeting the French-speaking part of Belgium and RTL Télévision (SECAM, system L, on channel 21), targeting France. Both stations initially continued to carry a lot of the same programming, with regards to foreign series and movies, but produced news and game shows for their target audience. As restrictions on operating commercial television stations in Europe were relaxed in the mid-1980s, RTL-TVI moved entirely to Brussels, while the popularity of RTL ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2010 Tour De Suisse
The 2010 Tour de Suisse was the 74th edition of the Tour de Suisse stage race. It took place from 12 June to 20 June and was part of both the 2010 UCI ProTour and the World Calendar. It began with a short individual time trial in Lugano and ended with another time trial, in Liestal. The race was won by Fränk Schleck. Stages Stage 1 12 June 2010 – Lugano, 7.6 km (Individual time trial) Stage and General classification after Stage 1 Stage 2 13 June 2010 – Ascona to Sierre, 167.5 km Stage 3 14 June 2010 – Sierre to Schwarzenburg, 196.6 km Stage 4 15 June 2010 – Schwarzenburg to Wettingen, 192.2 km Stage 5 16 June 2010 – Wettingen to Frutigen, 172.5 km Stage 6 17 June 2010 – Meiringen to La Punt, 213.3 km Stage 7 18 June 2010 – Savognin to Wetzikon, 204.1 km Stage 8 19 June 2010 – Wetzikon to Liestal, 172.4 km Stage 9 20 June 2010 – Liestal, 26.9 km (Individual time trial) Leadership classific ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yellow Jersey
The general classification is the most important classification, the one by which the winner of the Tour de France is determined. Since 1919, the leader of the general classification wears the yellow jersey (french: maillot jaune ). History The winner of the first Tour de France wore a green armband, not a yellow jersey. After the second Tour de France, the rules were changed, and the general classification was no longer calculated by time, but by points. This points system was kept until 1912, after which it changed back into the time classification. At that time, the leader still did not wear a yellow jersey. There is doubt over when the yellow jersey began. The Belgian rider Philippe Thys, who won the Tour in 1913, 1914 and 1920, recalled in the Belgian magazine ''Champions et Vedettes'' when he was 67 that he was awarded a yellow jersey in 1913 when the organiser, Henri Desgrange, asked him to wear a coloured jersey. Thys declined, saying making himself more visible in ye ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
General Classification
The general classification (or the GC) in road bicycle racing is the category that tracks overall times for riders in multi-stage races. Each stage will have a stage winner, but the overall winner in the GC is the rider who has the fastest cumulative time across all stages.BBC Sport http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sport/tour_de_france/378101.stm Hence, whoever wins the GC is generally regarded as the winner of the race. Riders who finish in the same group are awarded the same time, with possible subtractions due to time bonuses. Two riders are said to have finished in the same group if the gap between them is less than three seconds. A crash or mechanical incident in the final 3 kilometres of a stage that finishes without a categorised climb usually means that riders thus affected are considered to have finished as part of the group they were with at the 3 km mark, so long as they finish the stage. It is possible to win the GC without winning a stage. It is also possible to win the GC ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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