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Skil–Sem (cycling Team)
Skil-Sem was a French professional cycling team which competed during both the 1984 and 1985 seasons. It was the continuation of the Sem-France Loire team. Skil-Sem was the team with which the team's leader, Sean Kelly, dominated the sport in 1984. Another team member, the French rider Éric Caritoux, also won the Vuelta a España in 1984. The team was directed by Jean de Gribaldy. History In 1984, Skil, a manufacturer of small power tools, became main sponsor of the Sem-France Loire team, directed by Jean de Gribaldy. As a member of Sem-France Loire, Kelly had twice won Paris–Nice and had won the points classification in the Tour de France two times. Kelly also won the Giro di Lombardia for the team in 1983. During the 1984 season the team was called Skil-Sem-Mavic-Reydel and was directed by de Gribaldy and Christian Rumeau. Kelly dominated racing that spring and won 33 times in total. He won, amongst others, Paris–Roubaix, Liège–Bastogne–Liège, Blois–Chaville, t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jean De Gribaldy
Jean de Gribaldy (18 July 1922 – 2 January 1987) was a French road cyclist and directeur sportif. He rode in the Tour de France in 1947 and 1948. Biography Born in Besançon, Doubs ''département'', Gribaldi was a professional racing cyclist from 1945 to 1954. He began a successful career as a directeur sportif in the mid-1960s. Nicknamed ''le Vicomte'' ("the Viscount") due to his aristocratic ancestry, he discovered Sean Kelly, Joaquim Agostinho, and Éric Caritoux Éric Caritoux (born 16 August 1960 in Carpentras, Vaucluse) is a French former professional road racing cyclist who raced between 1983 and 1994. He had 22 victories in his career, the highlights of which were winning the Vuelta a España in 1984 .... He gave a second chance to many riders dropped by other teams. Most saw their career take a new dimension under Jean de Gribaldy. A street in Besançon, where he was a shopkeeper, has been named Montée Jean de Gribaldy since 1994. Each year, a Jean de Griba ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mont Ventoux
Mont Ventoux (; oc, Ventor, label= Provençal ) is a mountain in the Provence region of southern France, located some northeast of Carpentras, Vaucluse. On the north side, the mountain borders the department of Drôme. At , it is the highest mountain in the region and has been nicknamed the "Beast of Provence", the "Giant of Provence", or "The Bald Mountain". It has gained fame through its inclusion in the Tour de France cycling race; in 2009 it was the scene of the first penultimate-day mountain top finish in the Tour de France, with Alberto Contador sealing his yellow jersey. As the name might suggest (''venteux'' means windy in French), it can get windy at the summit, especially with the ''mistral''; wind speeds as high as have been recorded. The wind blows at over for 240 days a year. The road over the mountain is often closed due to high winds, especially the ''col des tempêtes'' ("storm pass") just before the summit, which is known for its strong winds. The real orig ... [...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] |
Jörg Müller (cyclist)
Jörg Müller (born 23 January 1961) is a retired track cyclist and road bicycle racer from Switzerland, who was a professional rider from 1985 to 1994. He represented his native country at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles. He won the Tour de Romandie in 1985. He was the Swiss National Road Race champion in 1987. Career achievements Major results ;1984 : 1st Individual pursuit, National Track Championships : 10th Overall GP Tell ::1st Stage 2 ;1985 : 1st Overall Tour de Romandie : 2nd Grand Prix Cycliste Union Bessègeoise : 6th Critérium des As : 8th Overall Tour of the Basque Country ::1st Stage 5 : 8th La Flèche Wallonne : 8th Paris–Camembert : 8th Grand Prix des Nations : 10th Overall Tour de Suisse ::1st Stage 8 ;1986 : 1st Overall Tour d'Armorique : 1st Prologue Volta a Catalunya : 3rd Overall Volta a la Comunitat Valenciana ::1st Stage 5 : 3rd Overall Vuelta a Aragón : 4th Overall Vuelta a Andalucía : 5th Paris–Tours : 7th Overall Tour de Romandie : ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Frédéric Vichot
Frédéric Vichot (born 1 May 1959 in Valay) is a French former professional road bicycle racer, who won one stage in the Vuelta a España and two stages in the Tour de France. He is the uncle of racing cyclist Arthur Vichot. Major results ;1979 : 1st Stage 3b Tour de Liège ;1980 : 1st Overall Circuit des Mines ::1st Stage 3 : 1st Stage 3 Étoile des Espoirs : 1st Stage 4 Route de France : 9th Overall Tour de l'Avenir ;1981 : 1st Stage 12 Vuelta a España ;1982 : 6th Overall Étoile des Espoirs ;1983 : 1st Stage 3 Tour de l'Avenir ;1984 : 1st Stage 15 Tour de France : 2nd GP Ouest–France : 5th Overall Critérium International : 7th Overall Paris–Nice : 7th Amstel Gold Race : 8th Overall Route du Sud ;1985 : 1st Stage 16 Tour de France : 2nd Grand Prix de Cannes : 3rd Overall Paris–Nice : 3rd Overall Route du Sud : 10th Züri-Metzgete : 10th Overall Tour Méditerranéen ;1987 : 2nd Grand Prix de Cannes : 5th Overall Étoile de Bessèges ;1989 : 10th Paris–Brussels ;1990 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gilles Mas
Gilles Mas (born 5 January 1961) is a French former professional racing cyclist. He rode in five editions of the Tour de France and two editions of the Vuelta a España The Vuelta a España (; en, Tour of Spain) is an annual multi-stage bicycle race primarily held in Spain, while also occasionally making passes through nearby countries. Inspired by the success of the Tour de France and the Giro d'Italia, the .... References External links * 1961 births Living people People from Condrieu Cyclists from Rhône (department) French male cyclists {{France-cycling-bio-1960s-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jean-Claude Leclercq
Jean-Claude Leclercq (; born 22 July 1962 in Abbeville) is a French former professional road bicycle racer. Major results ;1984 : 7th Overall Tour du Limousin ::1st Stage 3 ;1985 : 1st Road race, National Road Championships ;1986 : 2nd Road race, National Road Championships : 2nd La Flèche Wallonne : 5th Overall Critérium du Dauphiné Libéré : 9th Overall Tour de Suisse ::1st Stage 5 ;1987 : 1st La Flèche Wallonne : 2nd Overall Tour de Romandie : 10th Liège–Bastogne–Liège ;1988 : 1st Stage 6 Tour de Suisse ;1989 : 6th Clásica de San Sebastián ;1990 : Tirreno–Adriatico ::1st Stages 3 & 6 : 2nd Liège–Bastogne–Liège : 2nd La Flèche Wallonne : 2nd Milano–Torino : 3rd Overall Critérium International : 6th Amstel Gold Race ;1991 : 1st Chur-Arosa : 1st Prologue Tour de Suisse : 1st Stage 1 Tour de Romandie : 1st Stage 1 Critérium International The Critérium International was a two-day bicycle stage race held in France every spring from 1932 until 2016, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
René Bittinger
René Bittinger (born 9 October 1954, in Villé) is a French former professional road bicycle racer. He competed in the individual road race event at the 1976 Summer Olympics. Major results ;1979 :Ambert :Tour de France: ::Winner stage 1 ;1980 :Tour du Limousin Tour du Limousin is a 4-day road bicycle race held annually in Limousin, France. It was first held in 1968 and since 2005 it has been organised as a 2.1 event on the UCI Europe Tour The UCI Continental Circuits are a series of road bicycle raci ... ;1982 :Antibes :Nice-Alassio ;1983 :Montauroux References External links * * 1954 births Living people French male cyclists French Tour de France stage winners Cyclists at the 1976 Summer Olympics Olympic cyclists for France Sportspeople from Bas-Rhin Cyclists from Grand Est 21st-century French people 20th-century French people {{France-cycling-bio-1950s-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mavic (bicycle Parts Company)
Mavic is a France-based bicycle parts manufacturer, its name an acronym for Manufacture d'Articles Vélocipédiques Idoux et Chanel. It was founded by Charles Idoux and Lucien Chanel in Lyon, France in the late 1800s. Mavic produced the first aluminium rim in 1934, and the first disc wheel in 1973. Also in 1973 Mavic introduced "neutral" support for all racing teams during cycle races. Mavic has developed many products over the years, including a Tour de France winning groupset, but is today focused on wheels. In 2019 Mavic was sold by Amer Sports to the equity firm Regent, LP. After some ownership turmoil it was sold to Bourrelier Group in 2020. References External links Mavic official homepage ''Bicycling Magazine ''Bicycling'' is a cycling magazine published by Hearst in Easton, Pennsylvania. __TOC__ History ''Bicycling'' started in 1961 as ''Northern California Cycling Association Newsletter'', a four-page mimeographed newsletter (8 ½ x 14) started b ...'', July 20 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vitus (bicycles)
Vitus is a French bicycle manufacturer best known for its steel cycle frame tubing, and its frames built with aluminium tubes joined to aluminium lugs by bonding - a construction method the company pioneered in the late 1970s. Frames Compared to modern aluminium bicycle frames, early Vitus aluminium frames, such as the 979, offered more comfort because of the small diameter of the tubes.Bicycle Frame Materials Comparison with a Focus on Carbon Fiber Construction Methods, by Craig Calfee and David Kelly. As a result, the frames lacked some degree of lateral stiffness compared to their steel counterparts. The Vitus 992 improved on the 979 design by pinching the aluminum tubes into an ovoid shape at certain critical places, greatly improving stiffness. In the early 1980s, Vitus began producing frames using carbon fiber tubing, but did so in keeping with the company's method of using small diameter tubing and bonding lugs. The company later expanded its product offering with carbo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kas (cycling Team)
Kas was a Spanish-based professional cycling team which was active from 1958 until 1979 and again for three years in the 1980s. Its name was derived from the name of the principal sponsor of the team, the soft drinks manufacturer, Kas. The team was principally based in Vitoria-Gasteiz, Spain. Its riders typically wore a jersey that consisted of yellow and blue. History Kas–Kaskol team The Kas team began operating in 1958, and in that year one of its riders, Fausto Izan, won a stage in the Vuelta a España. In 1959 the team signed the 1958 Spanish champion, Federico Bahamontes, who at that time had won two King of the Mountains classifications in both the Tour de France and the Vuelta a España. The Tour de France was disputed by national teams and Bahamontes won the Tour in 1959. Bahamontes left in 1960 but the team won the King of the Mountains in the 1960, 1961 and 1962 Vuelta a España with Antonio Karmay Mestre. Julio Jiménez again won the King of the Mountains in the 1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Amstel Gold Race
The Amstel Gold Race is an annual one-day classic road cycling race held in the province of Limburg, Netherlands. It traditionally marks the turning point of the spring classics, with the climbers and stage racers replacing the cobbled classics riders as the favourites. Since 1989 the event has been included in season-long competitions at the highest level of UCI, as part of the UCI Road World Cup (1989–2004), the UCI ProTour (2005–2010), UCI World Ranking (2009–2010) and since 2011 of the UCI World Tour. It is the only one-day World Tour race staged in the Netherlands and is considered the most important Dutch road cycling event. Dutchman Jan Raas holds the winning record with five victories. Dutch beer brewer Amstel has served as the race's title sponsor since its creation in 1966. The name does not directly refer to the river Amstel, which runs through and near the city of Amsterdam. It took place without interruption until the COVID-19 pandemic. Since 2017, a ''Women' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
