|
1951 Giro D'Italia
The 1951 Giro d'Italia was the 34th edition of the Giro d'Italia, one of cycling's Grand Tours. The Giro started off in Milan on 19 May with a flat stage and concluded back in Milan with a relatively flat mass-start stage on 10 June. Fourteen teams entered the race, which was won by Italian Fiorenzo Magni of the Ganna team. Second and third respectively were Belgian Rik Van Steenbergen and Swiss rider Ferdinand Kübler. Teams A total of 14 teams were invited to participate in the 1951 Giro d'Italia. Each team sent a squad of seven riders, so the Giro began with a peloton of 98 cyclists. Italy had the most participants with 80, the foreign participation included Belgium (9), Switzerland (5), and France (4). Out of the 98 riders that started this edition of the Giro d'Italia, a total of 75 riders made it to the finish in Milan. The teams entering the race were: * * * * * Bianchi * * Fréjus * * Ganna * Guerra *Legnano * Stucchi * * Pre-race favorites It was ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fiorenzo Magni
Fiorenzo Magni (; 7 December 1920 – 19 October 2012) was an Italian professional road racing cyclist. Biography Magni was born to Giuseppe Magni and Giulia Caciolli, and had an elder sister Fiorenza.#Bulbarelli, Bulbarelli, pp. 14–15 He started competing in cycling in 1936, in secret from parents. His early successes became known to locals, including his parents, they allowed him to continue. After the death of his father in December 1937, Magni left school to take over his father's business and provide incomes for the family, yet he continued his cycling workouts. Shortly before the war in Italy on 10 June 1940, Magni was recruited to serve as a gunner at the 19th Regiment of Florence, although he had requested to become a bersagliere, while being licensed to dispute a race, its battalion was embarked for Albania, but the ship, where he should have been on board, also sank without leaving survivors. He moved to the Olympic Battalion of Rome where he remained until ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1951 Milano–Torino
Events January * January 4 – Korean War: Third Battle of Seoul – Chinese and North Korean forces capture Seoul for the second time (having lost the Second Battle of Seoul in September 1950). * January 9 – The Government of the United Kingdom announces abandonment of the Tanganyika groundnut scheme for the cultivation of peanuts in the Tanganyika Territory, with the writing off of £36.5M debt. * January 11 – In the U.S., a top secret report is delivered to U.S. President Truman by his National Security Resources Board, urging Truman to expand the Korean War by launching "a global offensive against communism" with sustained bombing of Red China and diplomatic moves to establish "moral justification" for a U.S. nuclear attack on the Soviet Union. The report will not not be declassified until 1978. * January 15 – In a criminal court in West Germany, Ilse Koch, The "Witch of Buchenwald", wife of the commandant of the Buchenwald concentration camp, is sentenced to li ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Briek Schotte
Alberic "Briek" Schotte (7 September 1919 – 4 April 2004) was a Belgium, Belgian professional road racing cyclist, one of the champions of the 1940s and 1950s. His stamina earned him the nickname "Iron Briek" (''IJzeren Briek''). He was World Cycling Championship, world champion in 1948 and 1950, won the last stage of the 1947 Tour de France and finished second in the 1948 Tour de France, 1948 Tour, behind Gino Bartali. He twice won the Tour of Flanders (men's race), Tour of Flanders (1942, 1948), Paris–Tours (1946, 1947) and Paris–Brussels (1946, 1952). He also won the inaugural ''Challenge Desgrange-Colombo'', a season-long competition to identify the world's best road rider, in 1948. He holds the record with twenty consecutive participations in the Tour of Flanders and in addition to his two victories made the podium on six other occasions. Schotte corresponded to the archetype of the ''Flandrien'', the diligent farm boy who competes against better equipped and guided ri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1938 UCI Road World Championships – Men's Road Race
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 Safinaz Zulficar, who becomes Farida of Egypt, Queen Farida, in Cairo. * January 27 – The Honeymoon Bridge (Niagara Falls), Honeymoon Bridge at Niagara Falls, New York, collapses as a result of an ice jam. February * February 4 ** Adolf Hitler abolishes the War Ministry and creates the Oberkommando der Wehrmacht (High Command of the Armed Forces), giving him direct control of the German military. In addition, he dismisses political and military leaders considered unsympathetic to his philosophy or policies. General Werner von Fritsch is forced to resign as Commander of Chief of the German Army following accusations of homosexuality, and replaced by General Walther von Brauchitsch. Foreign Minister Baron Konstantin von Neurath is dismi ... [...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] |
UCI Road World Championships – Men's Road Race
The UCI Road World Championships Elite Men's Road Race is a one-day event for professional cyclists that takes place annually. The winner is considered the ''World Cycling Champion'' (or ''World Road Cycling Champion'') and earns the right to wear the ''Rainbow Jersey'' for a full year in road race or stage events. The event is a single 'mass start' road race with the winner being the first across the line at the completion of the full race distance. The road race is contested by riders organized by national cycling teams as opposed to commercially sponsored or ''trade teams'', which is the standard in professional cycling. History The first professional World Cycling Championship took place in 1927 at the Nürburgring in Germany and was won by Alfredo Binda, of Italy. In recent years, the race is held towards the end of the European season, usually following the Vuelta a España. The elite men's race is usually won by riders on the UCI World Tour or its predecessors. However, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1951 Liège–Bastogne–Liège
The 1951 Liège–Bastogne–Liège was the 37th edition of the Liège–Bastogne–Liège cycle race and was held on 22 April 1951. The race started and finished in Liège. The race was won by Ferdinand Kübler. General classification References 1951 Events January * January 4 – Korean War: Third Battle of Seoul – Chinese and North Korean forces capture Seoul for the second time (having lost the Second Battle of Seoul in September 1950). * January 9 – The Government of the Uni ... 1951 in Belgian sport 1951 Challenge Desgrange-Colombo {{Liège–Bastogne–Liège-race-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1950 Tour De France
The 1950 Tour de France was the 37th edition of the Tour de France, taking place from 13 July to 7 August. It consisted of 22 stages over . Gino Bartali, captain of the Italian team, threatened and assaulted on the Col d'Aspin by some French supporters accusing him to have caused Jean Robic's fall, retired after winning the 12th stage from Pau to Saint-Gaudens and left the race together with all the other Italian riders (including Fiorenzo Magni, who was wearing the yellow jersey). The lead transferred to Swiss cyclist Ferdinand Kübler, who was able to keep the lead until the end of the race. Kübler became the first Swiss winner of the Tour de France. The mountains classification was won by Louison Bobet, while the Belgian team won the team classification. Algerian-French cyclist Abdel-Kader Zaaf became famous in this Tour de France by being so disoriented that he rode in the wrong direction. Innovations and changes The "interest" for the yellow jersey (the prize money for th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fritz Schär
Fritz Schär (13 March 1926 in Kaltenbach, Switzerland, Kaltenbach – 29 September 1997 in Frauenfeld) was a Swiss people, Swiss cycle sport, cyclist who in 1953 won the first points classification in the Tour de France, points classification ever in the 1953 Tour de France, Tour de France. He also finished third in the general classification in the 1954 Tour de France. He was the Swiss National Road Race Championships, Swiss National Road Race champion in 1953. Major results ;1948 : 3rd 1948 Giro di Lombardia, Giro di Lombardia ;1949 : 1st Züri-Metzgete : 1st Stage 8 1949 Tour de Suisse, Tour de Suisse : 4th Overall 1949 Tour de Romandie, Tour de Romandie ;1950 : 1st Züri-Metzgete : 1st Stage 14 1950 Giro d'Italia, Giro d'Italia ;1951 : 3rd Overall 1951 Tour de Romandie, Tour de Romandie : 4th Overall 1951 Tour de Suisse, Tour de Suisse ;1952 : 1st Stage 19 1952 Giro d'Italia, Giro d'Italia : 5th Overall 1952 Tour de Romandie, Tour de Romandie : 7th Overall 1952 Tour de Su ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1951 Milan–San Remo
The 1951 Milan–San Remo was the 42nd edition of the Milan–San Remo cycle race and was held on 19 March 1951. The race started in Milan and finished in San Remo. The race was won by Louison Bobet. General classification References 1951 Events January * January 4 – Korean War: Third Battle of Seoul – Chinese and North Korean forces capture Seoul for the second time (having lost the Second Battle of Seoul in September 1950). * January 9 – The Government of the Uni ... 1951 in road cycling 1951 in Italian sport 1951 Challenge Desgrange-Colombo March 1951 sports events in Europe {{Milan–San Remo-race-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
French National Road Race Championships
The French National Road Race Championship is a cycling race where the French cyclists decide who will become the champion for the year to come. The event was established in 1899, a professional championship was established in 1907 and the women's championship was established in 1951. Several additional categories were added later. The record for victories is by one of the best female cyclists, Jeannie Longo, who has so far won 20 road championships. The winners of each event are awarded with a symbolic cycling jersey which is blue, white and red, just like the national flag A national flag is a flag that represents and national symbol, symbolizes a given nation. It is Fly (flag), flown by the government of that nation, but can also be flown by its citizens. A national flag is typically designed with specific meanin ..., these colours can be worn by the rider at other road racing events in the country to show their status as national champion. The champion's stripes can be co ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1951 Tour Of Flanders
The 35th running of the Tour of Flanders cycling classic was held on Sunday, 1 April 1951. Italian Fiorenzo Magni won the race with a five-and-a-half minute lead over Frenchman Bernard Gauthier. It was Magni's third consecutive victory in the Tour of Flanders; the first and to date only rider to achieve this feat.Vanwalleghem, Rik (1991), De Ronde van Vlaanderen, Pinguin, Belgium, , p 104 30 of 196 riders finished. Route The race started in Ghent and finished in Wetteren – totaling 274 km. The course featured four categorized climbs: * Kwaremont * Kruisberg * Edelareberg * Muur van Geraardsbergen Results Notes References Tour of Flanders Tour of Flanders Tour of Flanders Tour of Flanders Tour of Flanders The Tour of Flanders () may refer to the following cycle races: * Tour of Flanders (men's race) The Tour of Flanders (), also known as ''De Ronde'' (''"The Tour"''), is an annual road bicycle racing, road cycling race held in Belgium every spri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
