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TVM (cycling Team)
TVM was a Dutch road bicycle racing team. It folded in 2000, two years after suffering a doping scandal. Farm Frites continued as a sponsor in 2001 with the new team, . Major wins ;1988 :Brabantse Pijl, Johan Capiot ;1989 :Brabantse Pijl, Johan Capiot :Stage 17 Giro d'Italia, Phil Anderson ;1990 : Omloop Het Volk, Johan Capiot :Stage 4b Giro d'Italia, Phil Anderson ;1992 : Omloop Het Volk, Johan Capiot :Nokere Koerse, Johan Capiot :Brabantse Pijl, Johan Capiot :Stage 3 Tour de France, Rob Harmeling, ;1993 :Stage 15 Vuelta a España, Dag Otto Lauritzen :Stage 5 Tour de France, Jesper Skibby ;1994 :Clásica de Almería, Johan Capiot :Stage 4 Tirreno–Adriatico, Jesper Skibby :Stage 17 Vuelta a España, Bart Voskamp :Stage 8 Tour de France, Bo Hamburger ;1995 :Stage 6 Tour de France, Jeroen Blijlevens :Stage 9 Vuelta a España, Jesper Skibby :Stage 10 Vuelta a España, Jeroen Blijlevens ;1996 :Dwars Door Vlaanderen, Tristan Hoffman :Stage 6 Tour de France, Jeroen Blijlevens : ...
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Robert Millar
Philippa York (born Robert Millar on 13 September 1958) is a Scottish journalist and former professional road racing cyclist. York, who competed when known as Robert Millar, is one of Britain's most successful cyclists. York won the "King of the Mountains" competition in the 1984 Tour de France and finished fourth overall. This success was the first time a British rider won a major Tour classification, and was unsurpassed as the highest Tour finish for a Briton for over 20 years until Bradley Wiggins was retrospectively placed third in the 2009 Tour de France. York started the Tour de France eleven times, finishing eight times. York finished second in the 1987 Giro d'Italia and also won the King of the Mountains classification. This was the highest finish by a Briton in the Giro d'Italia until Chris Froome won the 2018 race. As well as the Giro second-place finish, York finished second in two other Grand Tours: the 1985 and 1986 Vuelta a España. The second place at the 19 ...
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Bart Voskamp
Bertus ("Bart") Voskamp (born 6 June 1968 in Wageningen, Gelderland) is a retired road bicycle racer from the Netherlands, who was a professional rider from 1993 to 2005. He competed in five Tours de France. He also competed in the team time trial at the 1992 Summer Olympics. In the 1997 Tour de France, on stage 19, Bart Voskamp crossed the finish line first, just before Jens Heppner. However, both cyclists were disqualified for touching each other during the sprint, so the victory went to former third place Mario Traversoni. Tour de France results *1995 – 113th * 1996 – 99th *1997 – 98th * 1998 – retired *2000 – 115th Major results ;1991 : National Time Trial Championship ;1992 :Grote Rivierenprijs ;1994 :Vuelta a España: ::Winner stage 17 :Tiel ;1995 :Wingene ;1996 :Profronde van Surhuisterveen :Tour de France ::Winner stage 18 :Boxmeer :Noordwijk-aan-zee ;1997 :Mijl van Mares :Vuelta a España: ::Winner stage 8 ;1998 :Profronde van Stiphout ;1 ...
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Giro D´Italia
Giro or GIRO may refer to: Banking and Investments * Giro (banking), a direct payment from one bank account to another instigated by the payer * Girobank, a state owned and later privatised financial institution in the UK * GiroBank, a Danish bank (1991–1995) which through several mergers is now part of Danske Bank * name of a bank account with the Dutch Postgiro, later Postbank, now ING People * Ivelin Giro, Cuban American actress * Jaume Giró (born 1964), Catalan corporate executive * Giro (singer) stage name of salsa singer Jorge López * Anna Girò, 18th-century Italian contralto * Stefan Giro, Australian footballer Places * Giro, Indiana, a small town in the United States * Giro District, Afghanistan Other uses * Girò, an Italian wine grape * Giró blanc, a Spanish wine grape * Giro d'Italia, a bicycling Grand Tour in Italy * Giro d'Italia Femminile, a bicycling Grand Tour in Italy - Women's * Giro d'Italia automobilistico, automobile race in Italy * Giro (company), ...
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Tour Of Flanders
The Tour of Flanders ( nl, Ronde van Vlaanderen), also known as ''De Ronde'' (''"The Tour"''), is an annual road cycling race held in Belgium every spring. The most important cycling race in Flanders, it is part of the UCI World Tour and organized by Flanders Classics. Its nickname is ''Vlaanderens Mooiste'' (Dutch for "Flanders' Finest"). First held in 1913, the Tour of Flanders had its 100th edition in 2016. Today it is one of the five ''monuments'' of cycling, together with Milan–San Remo, Paris–Roubaix, Liège–Bastogne–Liège and the Giro di Lombardia. It is one of the two major Cobbled classics, anticipating Paris–Roubaix, which is on the calendar one week after the Tour of Flanders. The event had its only interruptions during World War I and has been organized without hiatus since 1919, the longest uninterrupted streak of any cycling classic. Six men hold the record of most victories, making the Tour of Flanders unique among the major classics. Belgians Achiel ...
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E3 Prijs Vlaanderen
E3 Saxo Bank Classic, previously known as E3 BinckBank Classic, E3 Harelbeke, Harelbeke–Antwerp–Harelbeke and E3-Prijs Vlaanderen, is an annual road cycling race in Flanders, Belgium. The race starts and finishes in Harelbeke, covering 203 kilometres, mainly in the Flemish Ardennes. First raced in 1958, it is one of the more recently founded one-day classics, but has developed into a prestigious and desirable event. It is on the UCI World Tour calendar, as part of a series of cobbled classics in Belgium and Northern France in March and April. Belgian Tom Boonen holds the record of victories with five wins, trailed by cycling icon Rik Van Looy who won four times. Cobbled Classic E3 Harelbeke is held on the last Friday of March and marks the start of the Flemish Cycling Week, starting a fortnight of WorldTour racing on the cobbles and bergs of Flanders. It is the second in the series of cobbled races in Belgium and northern France that take place over a two-week period from t ...
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Steven De Jongh
Steven de Jongh (born 25 November 1973 in Alkmaar) is a Dutch former road bicycle racer. Biography De Jongh made his professional debut in 1995 at TVM team where he stayed until 1999. From 2000 to 2005 he was part of , while he made the move to in 2006. De Jongh retired as a rider after the 2009 season. He was a Directeur sportif at Team Sky for three years, leaving in October 2012 after admitting he had taken illegal substances earlier in his career. In January 2013 he joined Team Saxo-Tinkoff as a sports director. After the Tinkoff team announced their disbanding at the conclusion of the 2016 season, in September 2016 confirmed that de Jongh would join them from 2017, along with Tinkoff riders Alberto Contador and Jesús Hernández. Major results ;1992 : 3rd Dorpenomloop Rucphen ;1994 : 1st Ronde van Zuid-Holland : 1st Dokkum Woudenomloop : 1st Stage 11 Commonwealth Bank Classic : 1st Stage 2 Tour du Poitou-Charentes : 1st Stage 6 Olympia's Tour : 1st Stage 1 OZ Wielerwe ...
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Laurent Roux
Laurent Roux (born 3 December 1972 in Cahors) is a French former road bicycle racer. Doping In 1999, he was found guilty of using amphetamines and was suspended for six months. In 2002, he was tested non-negative for amphetamines after an out of competition control. In 2006 he also confessed at a doping trial in Bordeaux that he used EPO, human growth hormone, cortisone and testosterone and sold " Pot Belge" to other riders. Major results ;1996 :1st, Stage 2b, Route du Sud ;1997 :1st, Classique des Alpes :1st, Paris–Bourges :1st, Stage 3, Route du Sud :1st, Overall, Tour de l'Avenir ;1998 :1st, Stage 13, Giro d'Italia ;1999 :1st, Trophée des Grimpeurs :1st, Stage 4, Paris–Nice ;2001 :1st, Stage 2, Critérium du Dauphiné Libéré :1st, Stage 3, Route du Sud Goujounac His father, Jacques Roux (1948-2021), was mayor of Goujounac. See also * List of doping cases in cycling The following is an incomplete list of doping cases and recurring accusations of doping in p ...
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Servais Knaven
Henricus Theodorus Josephus (Servais) Knaven (born 6 March 1971) is a Dutch professional road bicycle racer, currently a directeur sportif for Team Ineos. He rode at the 1992 Summer Olympics and the 2004 Summer Olympics. As a rider, Knaven won Paris–Roubaix in 2001 in wet and muddy conditions that soaked the cobblestones. With a strong representation of Domo–Farm Frites riders in the lead group, he launched an attack with to cover and crossed the line solo. His teammates Johan Museeuw and Romans Vainsteins followed, completing a rare 1-2-3. He is the second rider in history to start and finish the ''Hell of the North'' race 16 times. In 2003, while riding for , Knaven won Stage 17 in the Tour de France. He escaped from a 10 men breakaway to take the win in a mostly flat stage concluding in Bordeaux. Major results ;1991 : 1st National Track Pursuit Amateur Championships : 1st Grote Rivierenprijs ;1992 : 1st National Track Pursuit Amateur Championships : 1st National Tra ...
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Scheldeprijs
The Scheldeprijs is a cycling race in Flanders and the Netherlands which starts in Terneuzen, crosses the Scheldt River, and finishes in Schoten. Until 2018 it was held entirely in Belgium. The event, ranked as a 1.HC race on the UCI Europe Tour, features mostly sprinters on its roll of honour, as it is held on all-flat roads over roughly 200 kilometres. First held in 1907, it is the oldest still-existing cycling event in Flanders, notably six years older than the Tour of Flanders '' monument race''. The race had its only interruptions during both World Wars and celebrated its 100th edition in 2012. German sprinter Marcel Kittel holds the record with five wins. Since 2021, a women's edition of Scheldeprijs is held on the same day as the men's race, starting and finishing in Schoten, approximately 136 kilometres in distance. Lorena Wiebes won the inaugural edition. History The first Scheldeprijs was organised by the Antwerp branch of the Belgian cycling federation ( BWB) on July ...
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Lars Michaelsen
Lars Michaelsen (born 13 March 1969) is a Danish former professional road bicycle racer who last rode for Team CSC. He got his break through in his second year as a professional, when he won the 1995 edition of Gent–Wevelgem. In the 1997 Vuelta a España he won stage 1 and wore the leader's jersey for three days (stage 2, 3 and 5). In 2002 he finished fifth in Paris–Roubaix, a result he would duplicate in 2005. In the 2006 Paris–Roubaix he was once again in the group of favourites, but he helped teammate Fabian Cancellara win the race and finished 19th himself. In his last race, the 2007 Paris–Roubaix, he finished 11th after a strong race, where only a mechanical failure prevented him from following the favorites. Again a teammate, Stuart O'Grady, won the race. Michaelsen rode at four Olympic Games. After retiring he became a directeur sportif, continuing with his final team until 2011 when he joined . He subsequently returned to Team Saxo Bank in 2013. Following the end o ...
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Peter Van Petegem
Peter van Petegem (born 18 January 1970 in Brakel, Belgium) is a former professional road racing cyclist. Van Petegem last rode for Quick Step-Innergetic, in 2007. He lived in Horebeke. He was a specialist in spring classics, one of ten riders to win the Tour of Flanders and Paris–Roubaix in the same season. He also earned a medal at the World Championship on two occasions; taking the silver in 1998 and winning the bronze in 2003. His last race was the GP Briek Schotte in Desselgem on 11 September 2007. Major results ;1991 : 1st Internationale Wielertrofee Jong Maar Moedig ;1994 : 1st Scheldeprijs ;1996 : 1st Trofeo Luis Puig : 1st Stage 2 Danmark Rundt ;1997 : 1st Omloop Het Volk : 1st Trofeo Alcudia : 1st Trofeo Cala Millor ;1998 : 1st Omnium, National Track Championships : 1st Omloop Het Volk : 1st Grote Prijs Beeckman-De Caluwé : 2nd Road race, UCI Road World Championships : 3rd Road race, National Road Championships ;1999 : 1st Overall Three Days of De Panne : 1 ...
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Tristan Hoffman
Tristan Henri Christiaan Hoffman (born 1 January 1970 in Groenlo, Oost Gelre) is a Dutch former road racing cyclist. After his racing years he became a directeur sportif for Team CSC, and later for . He also competed in the Cycling at the 1996 Summer Olympics – Men's individual road race, men's individual road race at the 1996 Summer Olympics. Palmarès ;1991 :1st, Overall, Ster Elektrotoer ;1992 :1st, Dutch National Road Race Championships, National Road Race Championships ;1993 :1st, Stage 1, Tour de l'Avenir :1st, Stage 3, Tour de Suisse ;1994 :1st, Stage 1, Herald Sun Tour ;1995 :1st, Stages 2 & 4, Tour of Sweden :1st, Stage, Vuelta a Murcia ;1996 :1st, Dwars door Vlaanderen :1st, Paris–Bourges :4th, Paris–Tours ;1998 :2nd, Dutch National Road Race Championships, National Road Race Championships ;1999 :1st, Veenendaal–Veenendaal :1st, Clásica de Sabiñánigo :1st, Stage 1, Driedaagse van West-Vlaanderen :3rd, Gent–Wevelgem ;2000 :1st, Dwars door Vlaanderen :1st, ...
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