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Kees Koolen
Kees Koolen (born 19 August 1965 in Bergeijk, North Brabant) is a Dutch rally raid racer and businessman. Koolen participated in various rally raid competitions in a variety of vehicles. Koolen also was the CEO of Booking.com. Currently he is the Chairman/CEO of Koolen Industries: a Dutch clean energy conglomerate. Business career Koolen studied technical business administration at the Twente University. Despite not graduating the university, started his own business as an advisor to different companies. During this time Koolen was an angel investor to different internet startups. Koolen was one of the founders of Booking.com, a price comparison website for hotels. He sold the company in 2005 to Booking Holdings for 110 million Euros. Koolen remained Booking.com's CEO until 2011. In 2013 his wealth was estimated at 115 million euro, making him 232nd wealthiest person in the Netherlands. When Uber placed its headquarters in Amsterdam, Koolen was named by Travis Kalanick as COO. Si ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dutch People
The Dutch (Dutch: ) are an ethnic group and nation native to the Netherlands. They share a common history and culture and speak the Dutch language. Dutch people and their descendants are found in migrant communities worldwide, notably in Aruba, Suriname, Guyana, Curaçao, Argentina, Brazil, Canada,Based on Statistics Canada, Canada 2001 Censusbr>Linkto Canadian statistics. Australia, South Africa, New Zealand and the United States.According tFactfinder.census.gov The Low Countries were situated around the border of France and the Holy Roman Empire, forming a part of their respective peripheries and the various territories of which they consisted had become virtually autonomous by the 13th century. Under the Habsburgs, the Netherlands were organised into a single administrative unit, and in the 16th and 17th centuries the Northern Netherlands gained independence from Spain as the Dutch Republic. The high degree of urbanization characteristic of Dutch society was attained at a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Uber
Uber Technologies, Inc. (Uber), based in San Francisco, provides mobility as a service, ride-hailing (allowing users to book a car and driver to transport them in a way similar to a taxi), food delivery (Uber Eats and Postmates), package delivery, couriers, and freight transportation. Via partnerships with other operators such as Thames Clippers (boats) and Lime (electric bicycles and motorized scooters), users are also able to book other modes of transport through the Uber platform in some locations. Uber sets fares, which vary using a dynamic pricing model based on local supply and demand at the time of the booking and are quoted to the customer in advance, and receives a commission from each booking. It had operations in approximately 72 countries and 10,500 cities as of December 31, 2021. Uber offers many different types of ride options. UberX is the most popular and the standard service of the company. UberXL, Uber Comfort, and Uber Black are other options offered ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Barren Racing
Barren primarily refers to a state of barrenness (infertility) Barren may also refer to: Places * Barren, Missouri *Barren County, Kentucky * Barren Island (Andaman Islands) *Barren Island, Brooklyn *Barren River Lake Other uses * ''Barren County'' (album) *'' Barren County Progress'' (newspaper) * Barren Realms Elite (game) * Barren strawberry, various meanings *Barren vegetation *Cape Barren goose See also * Baron Baron is a rank of nobility or title of honour, often hereditary, in various European countries, either current or historical. The female equivalent is baroness. Typically, the title denotes an aristocrat who ranks higher than a lord or knig ... * Barren Ground (other) * Barrens (other) {{disambig ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Matteo Cassucio
Matteo is the Italian form of the given name Matthew. Another form is Mattia. The Hebrew meaning of Matteo is "gift of god". Matteo can also be used as a patronymic surname, often in the forms of de Matteo, De Matteo or DeMatteo, meaning " escendantof Matteo". Given name Matteo * Matteo Bandello, Italian novelist * Matteo Berrettini (born 1996), Italian tennis player * Matteo Bisiani, Italian archer * Matteo Maria Boiardo, Italian Renaissance poet * Matteo Carcassi, famous guitarist and composer * Matteo Fedele (born 1992), Swiss footballer * Matteo Ferrari, Italian football player who currently plays for Montreal Impact * Matteo Goffriller, renowned 18th-century Italian cello maker * Matteo Guendouzi, French football player * Matteo Guidicelli (born 1990), Filipino actor, model, and singer * Mateo Kovačić, professional footballer * Matteo Lane (born 1986), American comedian * Matteo Mantero (born 1974), Italian politician * Matteo Messina Denaro, Italian criminal. Is on the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Atacama Desert
The Atacama Desert ( es, Desierto de Atacama) is a desert plateau in South America covering a 1,600 km (990 mi) strip of land on the Pacific coast, west of the Andes Mountains. The Atacama Desert is the driest nonpolar desert in the world, and the second driest overall, just behind some very specific spots within the McMurdo Dry Valleys as well as the only hot true desert to receive less precipitation than the polar deserts, and the largest fog desert in the world. Both regions have been used as experimentation sites on Earth for Mars expedition simulations. The Atacama Desert occupies , or if the barren lower slopes of the Andes are included. Most of the desert is composed of stony terrain, salt lakes (''salares''), sand, and felsic lava that flows towards the Andes. The desert owes its extreme aridity to a constant temperature inversion due to the cool north-flowing Humboldt ocean current and to the presence of the strong Pacific anticyclone. The most arid re ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ginaf
GINAF (legally GINAF Trucks Nederland BV) is a Dutch truck manufacturer which produces trucks mainly for heavy duty off-road transport, construction and agricultural work. About 250 trucks are made each year in the company's factory in Veenendaal in the Netherlands. The company also has a service center for their trucks in the small Dutch town Ederveen. History The company was founded in 1948 by Wuf and Adrie van Ginkel and started out as a truck dealer. Modifications to trucks left over from the US Army such as the GMC Diamond were also done and these trucks were then sold. In the early 1960s the company became a true truck manufacturer and changed name to ''Van Ginkels Automobiel Fabriek'', or GINAF for short. The company started producing their own trucks using mainly DAF components. Because of this GINAF trucks often look similar to DAF trucks as the cabin used is usually the same as the ones used by DAF. Since 1986 GINAF uses a hydropneumatic suspension system for many o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2012 Dakar Rally
The 2012 Dakar Rally was the 34th running of the event. It was held in South America for the fourth successive time. Summary By 17 March 2011, Argentine president Cristina Fernández de Kirchner announced that the start would be in Mar del Plata, Argentina, the first stage would end in Bahía Blanca. The course would later cross the provinces of La Pampa, Mendoza, San Juan, La Rioja and Catamarca before crossing to Chile and finally ending in Peru. On 9 January 2011, Peruvian press announced that Peru would host the three final stages of the 2012 Dakar Rally, with Lima, the Peruvian capital, hosting the awards ceremony. The official announcement took place on 18 February in Paris. A map displaying these final stages was also published. Fatal accidents Near the end of the first stage, motorcycle rider Jorge Andrés Boero died following a crash. It was the 21st death of a competitor in the history of the rally. During stage 2, the ultralight aircraft of a father son duo watching ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jurgen Van Den Goorbergh
Jurgen van den Goorbergh (born 29 December 1969) is a Dutch former professional motorcycle road racer also known as ''The Flying Dutchman''. His son, Zonta van den Goorbergh, is also a motorcycle racer and currently competes in Moto2. Career Born in Breda, Netherlands, Van den Goorbergh won the Dutch 250cc road racing national championship in 1991. He began his Grand Prix career in 1991 in the 250cc class. In 1997 he moved up to the 500cc class racing a privately sponsored Honda. MuZ hired him to race for them in the 1999 season. in this season he surprised by taking 2 pole positions. one at the circuit of Catalonia (Barcelona) and one in Brno. he raced with Mollenaar racing in 2000 and in 2001 raced with the team of Kenny Roberts- Proton team. The 2002 season did not start off well for van den Goorbergh, scoring only 21 points in first 10 races. At the end of season he made his best result in Australian Grand Prix, finished on 5th place only three hundredth of a second b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2011 Dakar Rally
The 2011 Dakar Rally was the 33rd running of the event. It was held in Argentina and Chile for the third successive time, and ran from 1 to 16 January. The Amaury Sport Organisation and the governments of Argentina and Chile agreed to a return to South America for the event on 23 March 2010. The rally concluded in Buenos Aires, with Vladimir Chagin of Russia achieving a record seventh victory in the truck division, at the wheel of his Kamaz, thus becoming the most successful driver in a single category in the history of the event. Nasser Al-Attiyah of Qatar and Timo Gottschalk of Germany won in the car division, giving Volkswagen their third successive victory in the car class. Marc Coma from Spain won his third Dakar in the motorcycle category, and Alejandro Patronelli of Argentina repeated the feat of his brother—Marcos Patronelli in 2010—to win the class for quad-bikes. Entrants 407 Teams started the race with 200 motorcycles and all-terrain vehicles, 140 cars, and 67 tr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
McRae Enduro
McRae is a Scottish Gaelic surname. It may refer to: People * Alister McRae (born 1970), British rally champion * Alexander Duncan McRae (1874–1946), Canadian businessman, Army general, and politician * Brian McRae (born 1967), Major League Baseball player * Bruce McRae (1867–1927), American early actor * Chann McRae (born 1971), American road bicycle racer * Charles McRae (born 1968), American football player and business executive * Chuck McRae (born c. 1939), associate justice of the Supreme Court of Mississippi * Diana McRae, American novelist * Donald McRae (other), various people * Carmen McRae (1920–1994), American jazz singer * Colin McRae (1968–2007), 1995 world rally champion * Conrad McRae (1971–2000), American basketball player * Dandridge McRae (1829–1899), American Civil War general * Emma Montgomery McRae (1848–1919), American professor of literature * Graham McRae (1940–2021), New Zealand racing driver * Hal McRae (born 1945), Major League ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2010 Dakar Rally
The 2010 Dakar Rally was the 32nd running of the event. It was held in South America for the second successive time, and ran from 1 to 16 January. The Amaury Sport Organisation and the governments of Argentina and Chile agreed to a return to South America for the event in February 2009. Cyril Despres, riding a KTM, won the motorcycle class for the third time, winning two stages en route to victory by over an hour from any of his rivals. Second place went to another KTM rider, as Pål Anders Ullevålseter finished on the Dakar podium for the first time in his career, taking a stage win on the penultimate day. Aprilia rider Francisco López Contardo finished in third position, just under seven minutes behind Ullevålseter, taking three stage victories. Other stage wins were taken by Sherco's David Casteu, Yamaha's David Frétigné, as well as the KTMs of Rubén Faria and defending class winner Marc Coma; Coma won the most stages in the event, taking four wins. The ATV class was held ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Honda CRF Series
The Honda CRF series is a line of four-stroke motocross, trail, and dual sport motorcycles manufactured and marketed by Honda. The CRF line was launched in 2000 as a successor to the Honda CR series. The full sized motocross bikes are equipped with liquid-cooled, single cylinder four-stroke engines that are available from to . They now have dual-sport motorcycles. The more trail friendly CRF's have simple air-cooled engines, and are available from to . The Honda CRF450R was the first in the series, followed by the CRF250R in 2004. Further down the line, the CRF450X and CRF250X bikes emerged, both designed for mostly off-road use. They are considered among the best motorcross bikes of their class, and have been a leading seller since their introduction. The CRF450R was CycleWorld's Best Motocrosser for a record eight consecutive years from 2002-2009. Engine technology The engines in these bikes use an over-square design, which means that the diameter of the cylinder is l ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
