|
Étoile Des Espoirs
The Étoile des Espoirs was an end of the season French cycling stage race A race stage, leg, or heat is a unit of a race that has been divided in several parts for the reason such as length of the distance to be covered, as in a multi-day event. Usually, such a race consists of "ordinary" stages, but sometimes stages .... It was created by Jean Leulliot, and was open to young professional cyclists. Winners ''Source'' References External links * Cycle races in France Defunct cycling races in France {{France-cycling-race-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Road Bicycle Racing
Road bicycle racing is the cycle sport discipline of road cycling, held primarily on Road surface, paved roads. Road racing is the most popular professional sport, professional form of bicycle racing, in terms of numbers of competitors, events and spectators. The two most common competition formats are mass start events, where riders start simultaneously (though sometimes with a Handicapping, handicap) and race to a set finish point; and time trials, where individual time trial, individual riders or team time trial, teams race a course alone against the clock. Stage races or "tours" take multiple days, and consist of several mass-start or time-trial stages ridden consecutively. Professional racing originated in Western Europe, centred in France, Spain, Italy and the Low Countries. Since the mid-1980s, the sport has diversified, with races held at the professional, semi-professional and amateur levels, worldwide. The sport is governed by the Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI). As w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aat Van Den Hoek
AAT or Aat may refer to: Aviation * Asia Airfreight Terminal, Hong Kong International Airport * Altay Airport, Xinjiang, China * Location identifier for Alturas Municipal Airport, California, United States Biochemistry * Alpha 1-antitrypsin, also α1-antitrypsin (A1AT), a glycoprotein * Aspartate transaminase, or Aspartate Aminotransferase, an enzyme * AAT, a codon for the amino acid Asparagine Places * Achanalt railway station * Ath, Belgium (Dutch: ) * Australian Antarctic Territory * AutoAlliance Thailand, a joint venture automobile manufacturing plant Science * Anglo-Australian Telescope * Animal-assisted therapy * Aquatic Ape Theory, a theory in human evolution * Ancient Astronauts; or Ancient Astronaut Theory Technology * Apple Advanced Typography, a font rendering technology Other uses * Aat (queen), an ancient Egyptian queen consort of the 12th dynasty * Administrative Appeals Tribunal, in Australia * And Another Thing (other) * Art & Architecture Thesaurus, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marino Lejarreta
Marino Lejarreta Arrizabalaga (born 14 May 1957) is a retired Basque professional road racing cyclist. His biggest victory was capturing the 1982 Vuelta a España, a Grand Tour stage race, and he is the inaugural and record three-time winner of the Clásica de San Sebastián (1981, 1982, 1987), which is now considered a one-day classic. In 1989, Lejarreta captured the Volta a Catalunya repeating one of his first professional wins in 1980 at the same event. Career Lejarreta rode very well in the 1982 Vuelta, but initially finished 2nd to Ángel Arroyo while coming in just eighteen seconds ahead of Michel Pollentier. Following the race however, Arroyo and several other riders failed doping controls in one of the biggest scandals in Vuelta history making the young Basque rider the de facto winner of the race. It was a bittersweet victory as he was not actually the victor riding into Madrid. For the 1983 Vuelta a España he would be up against Bernard Hinault, who had his teammates L ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Phil Anderson (cyclist)
Philip Grant Anderson (born 20 March 1958) is a British-born Australian former professional racing cyclist who was the first non-European to wear the yellow jersey of the Tour de France. Origins Phil Anderson was born in London but moved to Melbourne, Australia, when he was young. He grew up in the suburb of Kew and graduated from Trinity Grammar School in 1975. He first raced with Hawthorn Cycling Club, where Allan Peiper, another future professional, was also a member.Cycling Weekly, UK, 21 November 1992 Peiper said: "Phil went to a private school and joined the club with his mate, Peter Darbyshire. My best friend was Tom Sawyer, later a six-day racer in Europe, and we were the two rough nuts, while Phil and Darbs were the two upper-class boys". Amateur career Anderson won the 1977 Dulux Tour of the North Island in New Zealand and the Australian team time-trial championship at Brisbane in 1978. In that year he also won the Commonwealth Games road race in Edmonton, Alberta, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gilbert Duclos-Lassalle
Gilbert Duclos-Lassalle (born 25 August 1954) is a former France, French professional road bicycle racing, road racing cyclist who was a specialist at one-day Classic cycle races, classic cycling races. He raced from 1977 to 1995, one of the best French riders of a generation that included Bernard Hinault and Laurent Fignon. Born in Lembeye, Duclos-Lassalle was a specialist of Paris–Roubaix, but it took "Duclos", as the public called him, a long time to win. After finishing second to Francesco Moser in 1980 and Hennie Kuiper in 83, he won in 1992, finishing on Roubaix Velodrome 20 seconds ahead the German Olaf Ludwig. Duclos-Lassalle was 37 years old. But the next year he won again, beating the Italian Franco Ballerini on the line. Ballerini, who thought he won, lifted his arms in triumph after the line but had been beaten by Duclos-Lassalle in a very close finish. Not a climber, Duclos-Lassalle was never a contender for the Tour de France but he rode well in one-week races suc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eulalio Garcia (born 1953), spree killer who murdered three people in Maryland
{{given name ...
Eulalio is a given name. Notable people with the given name include: *Eulalio Avila (born 1941), Mexican basketball player *Eulalio Ferrer (1921–2009), Spanish-Mexican entrepreneur *Eulalio García (born 1951), Spanish cyclist *Eulalio González (1921–2003), Mexican actor, humorist, singer-songwriter, screenwriter, announcer, film director, and film producer *Eulalio Gutiérrez (1881–1939), Mexican general *Eulalio Tordil On May 5 and 6, 2016, a shooting spree occurred across several locations in Maryland. Eulalio Tordil, a Homeland Security officer, traveled across the Washington metropolitan area, where he shot and killed three people and wounded three others i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jo Maas
Jo Maas (Eijsden, 6 October 1954) is a retired Dutch professional road bicycle racer. In the 1979 Tour de France, Maas won stage 10 and finished 7th place in the overall classification. Major results ;1978 :Romsée-Stavelot-Romsée :Tour du Hainaut Occidental ;1979 :Tour de France The Tour de France () is an annual men's multiple-stage bicycle race primarily held in France, while also occasionally passing through nearby countries. Like the other Grand Tours (the Giro d'Italia and the Vuelta a España), it consists ...: ::Winner stage 10 ::7th place overall classification External links * *Official Tour de France results foJo Maas 1954 births Living people Dutch male cyclists Dutch Tour de France stage winners People from Eijsden-Margraten Cyclists from Limburg (Netherlands) {{Netherlands-cycling-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sven-Åke Nilsson
Sven-Åke Nilsson (born 13 September 1951) is a Swedish retired road racing cyclist. His sporting career began with CK Ringen Malmö. He was a professional cyclist from 1977 until his retirement in 1984. For half a decade early in his career he was among the strongest GC Contenders and often among the top 10 overall during the Tour de France while riding for the very strong Miko-Mercier squads, who also included riders like Christian Seznec, Raymond Martin and Joop Zoetemelk. In the 1978 Tour de France he finished 11th, in 1979 12th, 1980 7th and in 1981 he finished 8th. He had a stage win and 3rd place overall in the 1982 Vuelta, and a few months later he rode the Tour for the final time in the 1982 Tour de France, and finished 14th. Other career highlights include two stage wins in Paris–Nice and competing at the 1972 Summer Olympics and 1976 Summer Olympics. Major results ;1972 : 1st Road race, National Amateur Road Championships ;1974 : 1st Team time trial, UCI ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gery Verlinden
Gery Verlinden (born 1 May 1954) is a Belgian former racing cyclist. He won the Belgian national road race title in 1979. Major results ;1977 :2nd Kampioenschap van Vlaanderen :2nd Petegem-aan-de-Leie :4th GP de Fourmies ;1978 :1st Stage 1 Tour de Suisse :1st GP Stad Vilvoorde :1st GP Union Dortmund :1st Hyon-Mons :2nd Kampioenschap van Vlaanderen :3rd Overall Etoile des Espoirs :7th Paris–Brussels :8th Overall Ronde van Nederland :9th Paris-Tours :9th Grote Prijs Jef Scherens :10th Overall Etoile de Bessèges ;1979 :1st Road race, National Road Championships :2nd De Kustpijl :3rd Omloop Schelde-Durme ;1980 :1st Le Samyn :1st Zuri-Metzgete :2nd GP de Fourmies :2nd Leeuwse Pijl :3rd Overall Ronde van Nederland :4th Overall 4 Jours de Dunkerque ;1981 :1st GP Stad Zottegem :1st De Kustpijl :2nd Road race, National Road Championships :3rd Overall Tour of Belgium :4th Overall Deutschland Tour ::1st Stage 6b ( ITT) :6th Overall 4 Jours de Dunkerque ;1982 :1st Kampioenscha ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fedor Den Hertog
Fedor Iwan den Hertog (20 April 194612 February 2011) was a Dutch racing cyclist. His sporting career began with De Ijsselstreek Wezep. He won the Olympic 100 km team time trial in 1968 with Joop Zoetemelk, René Pijnen and Jan Krekels. He also won the national road championship in 1977.Fedor den Hertog Sports-reference.com. Retrieved on 25 November 2013. Biography Hertog was born to a Dutch father and Russian mother. As an amateur, he won the British in 1969 and 1971. His most outstanding performance was the Rheinland-Pfalz tour in Germany in 1969, when he won nine of 11 stages and overal ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Daniel Gisiger
Daniel Gisiger (born 9 October 1954, in Baccarat) is a retired Swiss road and track cyclist. He grew up in Bienne, in RC Olympia Biel-Bienne. One of his strongest disciplines was the road time trial where he twice won the prestigious Grand Prix des Nations time trial in 1981 and 1983, generally regarded at the time as the unofficial world time trial championship as well as the Trofeo Baracchi a two-man team time trial on three occasions, once each with Serge Demierre, Roberto Visentini and Silvano Contini. He was one of the first world-class riders to use a special aerodynamic bike with concealed cables and aerodynamic components and also placed emphasis on aerodynamic clothing by wearing a one-piece Lycra skinsuit. In his earlier pre-professional years he broke the World Hour Record for amateur riders with 46.745 km, just 1,686 metres short of Eddy Merckx's professional record set at a higher altitude in 1972 in Mexico City. Major Results * 2 stages of the Giro d'Ital ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gregor Braun
Gregor Braun (; born 31 December 1955) is a retired track cyclist and road bicycle racer from Germany, who was a professional rider from 1977 to 1989 and who became a multiple Olympic Gold medaillist and track world champion. his profession was a locksmith. He represented West Germany at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, where he won the gold medal in both the men's individual pursuit and in the team pursuit with Peter Vonhof, Hans Lutz and Günther Schumacher, corroborating their win a year before, also as amateurs, with capturing the gold in the men's team pursuit in the 1975 world championships in Montreal. The West German Olympic track team for 1976 was managed by former track champion Gustav Kilian. In 1977 Braun turned professional, riding mostly on the road and proving himself a capable rider on the road by winning, ''inter alia'', the Giro di Sardegna (1983, 1980), the 14th stage of the 1983 Giro d'Italia, Kuurne-Brussel-Kuurne (1982), the Tre Valli ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
.jpg "Click for more on -> Phil Anderson (cyclist)")
