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1937 La Flèche Wallonne
The 1937 La Flèche Wallonne was the second edition of La Flèche Wallonne cycle race and was held on 2 May 1937. The race started in Tournai and finished in Ans. The race was won by Adolph Braeckeveldt. General classification References 1937 in road cycling 1937 Events January * January 1 – Anastasio Somoza García becomes President of Nicaragua. * January 5 – Water levels begin to rise in the Ohio River in the United States, leading to the Ohio River flood of 1937, which continues into Feb ... 1937 in Belgian sport {{La Flèche Wallonne-race-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Adolph Braeckeveldt
Adolph Braeckeveldt (Sint-Denijs-Westrem, 6 October 1912 — Lovendegem, 4 August 1985) was a Belgian professional road bicycle racer. In 1937, he won one stage of the 1937 Tour de France, in a joint victory with Heinz Wengler. Major results ;1935 :Charleroi :GP van Noord-Vlaanderen :Kruishoutem ;1936 :GP de Wallonie ;1937 :Drie Zustersteden :Tour of Belgium :La Flèche Wallonne :1937 Tour de France The 1937 Tour de France was the 31st edition of the Tour de France, taking place from 30 June to 25 July. It consisted of 20 stages with a total length of . Charles Holland and Bill Burl became the first British cyclists to ride the Tour. Burl ...: ::Winner stage 17B (ex aequo with Heinz Wengler) ;1938 :Aalst :GP de Wallonie :GP van Noord-Vlaanderen ;1939 :GP de Wallonie :Zwijndrecht ;1944 :Sint-Eloois Winkel External links *Official Tour de France results for Adolph Braeckeveldt Belgian male cyclists 1912 births 1985 deaths Belgian Tour de France stage winners Cyc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marcel Kint
Marcel Kint (20 September 1914 – 23 March 2002) was a Belgians, Belgian professional road bicycle racer who won 31 races between 1935 and 1951. His finest year was 1938 when he won the 1938 UCI Road World Championships – Men's road race, World Cycling Championship, three stages of the 1938 Tour de France, Tour de France and the season-long competition equivalent to today's UCI ProTour. He specialized in one-day classic cycle races and won 1943 Paris–Roubaix, Paris–Roubaix, 1949 Gent–Wevelgem, Gent–Wevelgem, Paris–Brussels. He was the only three-time consecutive winner of La Flèche Wallonne until 2016 La Flèche Wallonne, 2016 when Alejandro Valverde won his third consecutive race and fourth overall. Kints honours would have been much bigger but at his sporting peak, his career was halted for a few years by World War II. The outbreak of the war would make Marcel Kint the longest reigning world champion in the history of cycling. Kint would hold the rainbow jer ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Albert Perikel
Albert Perikel (3 May 1913 – 9 August 1989) was a Belgian racing cyclist. He rode in the 1939 Tour de France The 1939 Tour de France was the 33rd edition of the Tour de France, taking place from 10 to 30 July. The total distance was . Taking place on the eve of World War II, there was already much animosity in Europe. Italy, Germany and Spain all decli .... References 1913 births 1989 deaths Belgian male cyclists Place of birth missing 20th-century Belgian sportsmen {{Belgium-cycling-bio-1910s-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1936 La Flèche Wallonne
The 1936 La Flèche Wallonne was the inaugural edition of La Flèche Wallonne cycle race and was held on 13 April 1936. The race started in Tournai and finished in Liège. The race was won by Philémon De Meersman. General classification References 1936 in road cycling La Flèche Wallonne, 1936 1936 in Belgian sport {{La Flèche Wallonne-race-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1938 La Flèche Wallonne
The 1938 La Flèche Wallonne was the third edition of La Flèche Wallonne cycle race and was held on 1 May 1938. The race started in Tournai and finished in Rocourt. The race was won by Émile Masson. General classification References 1938 in road cycling 1938 Events January * January 1 – state-owned enterprise, State-owned railway networks are created by merger, in France (SNCF) and the Netherlands (Nederlandse Spoorwegen – NS). * January 20 – King Farouk of Egypt marries Saf ... 1938 in Belgian sport {{La Flèche Wallonne-race-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
La Flèche Wallonne
La Flèche Wallonne (, French for "The Walloon Arrow") is a men's professional cycle road race held in April each year in Wallonia, Belgium. It is part of the UCI World Tour. The first of two Belgian Ardennes classics, La Flèche Wallonne is today normally held mid-week between the Amstel Gold Race and Liège–Bastogne–Liège. At one time, La Flèche Wallonne and Liège–Bastogne–Liège were run on successive days as "Le Weekend Ardennais" (both races are organised by Amaury Sport Organisation). Only eight riders have achieved the "Ardennes double" by winning both races in the same year: Alejandro Valverde three times (in 2006, 2015 and 2017), Ferdi Kübler twice (in 1951 and 1952), Stan Ockers (1955), Eddy Merckx (1972), Moreno Argentin (1991), Davide Rebellin (2004), Philippe Gilbert (2011), and Tadej Pogačar (2025). Since 1998, a women's event has been held on the same day, part of the UCI Women's World Tour. History La Flèche Wallonne was created to bo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tournai
Tournai ( , ; ; ; , sometimes Anglicisation (linguistics), anglicised in older sources as "Tournay") is a city and Municipalities in Belgium, municipality of Wallonia located in the Hainaut Province, Province of Hainaut, Belgium. It lies by road southwest of the centre of Brussels on the river Scheldt, and is part of Eurometropolis Lille–Kortrijk–Tournai, In 2022, the municipality of Tournai had an estimated population of 68,518 people. Tournai is one of the oldest cities in Belgium and has played an important role in the country's cultural history. It was the first capital of the Francia, Frankish Empire, with Clovis I being born here. Geography Tournai lies by road southwest of the centre of Brussels on the river Scheldt. Administratively, the town and municipality is part of the Hainaut Province, Province of Hainaut, in the Wallonia region of southwest Belgium. The municipality has an area of . Tournai has its own Arrondissements of Belgium, arrondissements, both ad ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ans, Belgium
Ans (; ) is a Municipalities of Belgium, municipality and City status in Belgium, city of Wallonia located in the Liège Province, province of Liège, Belgium. On January 1, 2006, Ans had a total population of 27,322. The total area is 23.35 km2 which gives a population density of 1,170 inhabitants per km2. Its postal code is 4430. Ans is the finish location of the road bicycle racing, road bicycle race Liège–Bastogne–Liège, the oldest of the classic cycle races held every April. Ans is bounded with Liège, Seraing, Herstal, Saint-Nicolas, Liège, Saint-Nicolas and Flémalle, the agglomeration of Liège with 600,000 people. Settlements The municipality consists of the following deelgemeente, districts: *Ans *Alleur () *Loncin, Wallonia, Loncin (, other: ''Loncègn'') *Xhendremael (, other: ''Hin.n'mâle'') Population Notable residents * Léon Jeck (1947–2007), footballer, born in Ans * Michel Daerden (1949–2012), politician, mayor of Ans 1993–2011 * Vict ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
René Walschot
René Walschot (21 April 1916 – 16 June 2003) was a Belgian racing cyclist. He rode in the 1938 Tour de France The 1938 Tour de France was the 32nd edition of the Tour de France, taking place from 5 to 31 July. It was composed of 21 stages over .The race was won by Italian cyclist Gino Bartali, who also won the mountains classification. Innovations and .... References 1916 births 2003 deaths Belgian male cyclists Place of birth missing 20th-century Belgian sportsmen {{Belgium-cycling-bio-1910s-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Frans Bonduel
Frans Bonduel (26 September 1907 – 25 February 1998) was a Belgian road bicycle racer. Major results ;1929 :Criterium du Midi :Omloop van België :Wilrijk ;1930 :Mere :Paris — Lille :Tour of Flanders :Schaal Sels :Stekene :Wilrijk :Tour de France: ::Winner stage 17 ::7th place overall classification ;1931 :Circuit du Morbihan :Lokeren ;1932 :Tour de France: ::Winner stages 6 and 7 ::6th place overall classification :GP St-Michel :GP Stad Sint-Niklaas ;1934 :Paris–Brussels ;1935 :Landen ;1936 :Lochristi :Mons :Waregem ;1937 :Schaal Sels ;1938 :Ligny :Sint-Gillis-bij-Dendermonde ;1939 :Paris–Tours Paris–Tours is a French one-day classic road cycling race held every October from the outskirts of Paris to the cathedral city of Tours. It is a predominantly flat course through the Chevreuse and Loire valleys; the highest point is 200 m ... :Paris–Brussels External links *Official Tour de France results for Frans Bonduel 1907 births 1998 deaths Belgi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Henri Garnier
Henri Garnier (19 September 1908 – 4 January 2003) was a Belgian professional road cyclist. He won the 1936 Tour de Suisse. Major results ;1934 : 7th Overall Tour de Suisse ;1935 : 2nd Overall Tour of Belgium : 3rd Overall Tour de Suisse : 3rd GP de la Famenne ;1936 : 1st Overall Tour de Suisse ::1st Mountains classification ::1st Stage 1 : 4th Overall Tour of Belgium ;1937 : 8th La Flèche Wallonne : 10th Liège–Bastogne–Liège Liège–Bastogne–Liège , also known as ''La Doyenne'' ("The Old Lady"), is a one-day classic cycling race in Belgium.Cycling Weekly, UK, 13 March 1993 First run in 1892, it is the oldest of the five ''Cycling monument, Monuments'' of the Eur ... References External links * 1908 births 2003 deaths Belgian male cyclists Tour de Suisse stage winners People from Beauraing Cyclists from Namur (province) 20th-century Belgian sportsmen {{Belgium-cycling-bio-1900s-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jef Moerenhout
Joseph Moerenhout (10 March 1910 – 27 March 1966) was a Belgian racing cyclist. He rode in the 1933 Tour de France The 1933 Tour de France was the 27th edition of the Tour de France, taking place from 27 June to 23 July. It consisted of 23 stages over . This race featured the introduction of the mountains classification in the Tour de France, mountains compe .... References 1910 births 1966 deaths Belgian male cyclists Place of birth missing 20th-century Belgian sportsmen {{Belgium-cycling-bio-1910s-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
