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Lieselot Decroix
Lieselot Decroix (born 12 May 1987 in Poperinge) is a Belgian retired professional road cyclist. She represented her nation Belgium at the 2008 Summer Olympics, and has currently competed under an annual contract for CyclelivePlus-Zannata Women's Team. Decroix qualified for the Belgian squad, as a lone female cyclist, in the Cycling at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Women's road race, women's road race at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing by finishing among the top 24 and receiving a berth from the 2008 UCI Women's Road World Cup, UCI World Cup. She successfully completed a grueling race with a forty-fourth-place finish through a vast field of sixty-six cyclists in 3:36:35, surpassing Mexico's Alessandra Grassi by less than a second. Major results ;2007 : 7th Overall Tour Cycliste Féminin International de l'Ardèche ::1st Young rider classification ;2008 : 8th 2008 European Road Championships – Women's under-23 road race, Road race, 2008 European Road Championships, UEC Euro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Poperinge
Poperinge (; french: Poperinghe, ； vls, Poperienge) is a city and municipality located in the Belgian province of West Flanders, Flemish Region, and has a history going back to medieval times. The municipality comprises the town of Poperinge proper and surrounding villages. The area is famous for its hops and lace. The town Poperinge is situated about 13 km (8 miles) to the west of Ypres (Ieper). The region is famous for growing hops and furnishes 80% of Belgian production. The town is home to the national hop museum and is called "hops city", ''hoppe stad'' in Dutch, a play on ''hoofd stad'', the word for capital. A triennial hop festival and parade is held in the month of September. The local brew is known as Hommel (which means hops in the West Flanders dialect). The carillon in the tower of the town's oldest church, Sint-Bertinuskerk, was noted as one of the most beautiful in Flanders in mediaeval times. It was destroyed during wartime in 1677 and restored in 1781. Poper ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2009 Cervélo TestTeam (women) Season
The 2009 season was the fifth for the Cervélo TestTeam Women (UCI code: CWT), which started in 2005 as the ''Univega Pro Cycling Team''. Roster * Katharina Alberti * Kristin Armstrong * Emilie Aubry * Regina Bruins * Lieselot Decroix * Sandra Dietel * Sarah Düster * Claudia Lichtenberg * Emma Pooley * Carla Ryan * Pascale Schnider * Patricia Schwager * Christiane Soeder * Elodie Touffet * Kirsten Wild Season victories Results in major races Women's World Cup 2009 Kirsten Wild Kirsten Carlijn Wild (born 15 October 1982) is a Dutch former professional racing cyclist, who rode professionally between 2004 and 2021, for eight professional teams. During her track cycling career, Wild rode at the Summer Olympic Games in 2012 ... finished 3rd in the individual and the team finished 1st in the teams overall standing. UCI World Ranking The team finished 1st in the UCI ranking for teams. References {{DEFAULTSORT:2009 Cervelo TestTeam season 2009 UCI Women's ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
People From Poperinge
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Olympic Cyclists For Belgium
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Cyclists At The 2008 Summer Olympics
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Belgian Female Cyclists
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Living People
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1987 Births
File:1987 Events Collage.png, From top left, clockwise: The MS Herald of Free Enterprise capsizes after leaving the Port of Zeebrugge in Belgium, killing 193; Northwest Airlines Flight 255 crashes after takeoff from Detroit Metropolitan Airport, killing everyone except a little girl; The King's Cross fire kills 31 people after a fire under an escalator flashes-over; The MV Doña Paz sinks after colliding with an oil tanker, drowning almost 4,400 passengers and crew; Typhoon Nina strikes the Philippines; LOT Polish Airlines Flight 5055 crashes outside of Warsaw, taking the lives of all aboard; The USS Stark is struck by Iraqi Exocet missiles in the Persian Gulf; U.S. President Ronald Reagan gives a famous speech, demanding that Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev tears down the Berlin Wall., 300x300px, thumb rect 0 0 200 200 Zeebrugge disaster rect 200 0 400 200 Northwest Airlines Flight 255 rect 400 0 600 200 King's Cross fire rect 0 200 300 400 Tear down this wall! rect 300 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ronde Van Gelderland
The Ronde van Gelderland ( en, Tour of Gelderland) was an elite women's road bicycle race held in the Netherlands between 2003 and 2016. It was rated by the UCI as a 1.2 category race, and was primarily centred around Apeldoorn Apeldoorn (; Dutch Low Saxon: ) is a municipality and city in the province of Gelderland in the centre of the Netherlands. It is located about 60 km east of Utrecht, 60 km west of Enschede, 25 km north of Arnhem and 35 km south of Zwolle. The .... The race was originally only for men. In August 1957 the first Ronde van Gelderland was held, with the last men's race being held in 2003. Past winners References External links * Recurring sporting events established in 1957 1957 establishments in the Netherlands Cycle races in the Netherlands Women's road bicycle races Cycling in Gelderland Cycling in Apeldoorn {{cycling-race-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2015 Cholet Pays De Loire Dames
The 2015 Cholet Pays de Loire Dames was the 12th edition of the Cholet Pays de Loire Dames, a one-day women's cycle race held in Cholet, France. The event took place on 22 March 2015 in women's road cycling, 2015 and was classified as a Union Cycliste Internationale, UCI-rated UCI category, 1.2 race. Results See also * 2015 in women's road cycling References 2015 in French sport, Cholet Pays de Loire Dames 2015 in women's road cycling, Cholet Pays de Loire Dames Cholet Pays de Loire Dames {{France-cycling-race-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2015 Belgium Tour
The 2015 Lotto-Belisol Belgium Tour is the third edition of the Lotto-Belisol Belgium Tour, previous called Lotto-Decca Tour, a women's cycle stage race in Belgium. The tour has an UCI rating of 2.2. Stages Stage 1 ;8 September – Quevaucamps to Quevaucamps, Stage 2 ;9 September – Moorslede to Moorslede, Stage 3 ;10 September – Haaltert to Haaltert, Floortje Mackaij (Liv-Plantur) won the third stage in and around Haaltert. She escapes from a front group of nine riders and rode solo to the finish. Emma Johansson from Sweden won behind Mackaij the sprint of the group ahead of the Danish Amalie Dideriksen and is the new leader in the general classification. ''AD.nl'' 10 September 2015 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gracia–Orlová
Gracia–Orlová is a women's staged cycle race which takes place in the Moravian-Silesian Region of the Czech Republic and in the Silesian Voivodeship of Poland. It was created in 1987. Since 2004, it starts in Dětmarovice. A mountain stage is competed in Kuźnia Raciborska. The finish to the final stage is located in Orlová Orlová (; pl, ; german: Orlau) is a town in Karviná District in the Moravian-Silesian Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 28,000 inhabitants. Administrative parts Orlová is made up of four town parts: Lazy, Lutyně, Město and Poru .... Honours Jerseys As of the 2013 edition: : denotes the rider leading the race overall : denotes the rider leading the Points classification : denotes the rider leading the Mountains classification : denotes the rider leading the Sprints classification External links * Honours of Gracia-Orlováat cyclingarchives.com {{DEFAULTSORT:Gracia-Orlova Cycle races in the Czech Republic Cycle races in Pola ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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