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1958 Paris–Tours
The 1958 Paris–Tours was the 52nd edition of the Paris–Tours cycle race and was held on 5 October 1958. The race started in Paris and finished in Tours. The race was won by Gilbert Desmet. General classification References 1958 in French sport 1958 Events January * January 1 – The European Economic Community (EEC) comes into being. * January 3 – The West Indies Federation is formed. * January 4 ** Edmund Hillary's Commonwealth Trans-Antarctic Expedition completes the thir ... 1958 Challenge Desgrange-Colombo 1958 in road cycling October 1958 sports events in Europe {{Paris–Tours-race-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gilbert Desmet
Gilbert Desmet (2 February 1931 – 30 June 2024), nicknamed ''Smetje van Lichtervelde'', was a Belgian cyclist who was professional from 1952 to 1967. In the 1956 Tour de France, he wore the yellow jersey for two days, and in the 1963 Tour de France he wore it for nine days. Desmet won 101 professional races, including Paris–Tours, La Flèche Wallonne and Four Days of Dunkirk. His best result in the Tour de France was his 4th place in 1962. He finished second in the 1959 Paris–Roubaix. In total, Desmet won 101 professional races. Throughout his career, he was often confused with Gilbert De Smet, another Belgian cyclist with a similar name. Desmet died on 30 June 2024, at the age of 93. Major results ;1951 : 2nd Kattekoers ;1954 : 1st GP Stad Zottegem : 8th Omloop Het Volk ;1955 : 1st Textielprijs Vichte ;1956 : Tour de France ::Held after Stages 3–4a : 1st Overall Drielandentrofee ::1st Stage 1 : 1st Omloop van Oost-Vlaanderen : 2nd Overall Four Days of Dunkirk : ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
André Darrigade
André Darrigade (born 24 April 1929) is a retired French professional road bicycle racer between 1951 and 1966. Darrigade, a road sprinter won the 1959 World Championship and 22 stages of the Tour de France. Five of those Tour victories were on opening days, a record tied by Fabian Cancellara in 2012 (who won 4 prologues and an individual time trial in 2009).Vélo, France, undated cutting Early life and amateur career André Darrigade was born at Narrosse, near Dax in the forested Landes region. He came to attention at the other end of the country and on the track by beating the future world sprint champion, Antonio Maspes in a meeting at the Vélodrome d'Hiver the night before the Six Days of Paris race there. His name immediately appealed to northern crowds. René de Latour said: "It is a very 'musical' name to orthernFrench ears, especially when pronounced by a southerner who rolls his Rs like a Scotsman to make it sound like ''Darrrrrigade''.Sporting Cyclist, UK, un ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1958 Challenge Desgrange-Colombo
The 1958 Challenge Desgrange-Colombo was the eleventh and final edition of the Challenge Desgrange-Colombo. It included eleven races: all the races form the 1957 edition were retained and the Vuelta a España was included for the first time. Fred De Bruyne won the third of his three individual championships while Belgium retained the nations championship. The Challenge Desgrange-Colombo folded after the 1958 season and the Super Prestige Pernod International, Super Prestige Pernod replaced it as the season-long competition for road bicycle racing. Races Final standings Riders Nations References * {{1958 Challenge Desgrange-Colombo 1958 Challenge Desgrange-Colombo, 1958 in road cycling, Challenge Desgrange-Colombo Challenge Desgrange-Colombo 1958 in European sport ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1958 In French Sport
Events January * January 1 – The European Economic Community (EEC) comes into being. * January 3 – The West Indies Federation is formed. * January 4 ** Edmund Hillary's Commonwealth Trans-Antarctic Expedition completes the third overland journey to the South Pole, the first to use powered vehicles. ** Sputnik 1 (launched on October 4, 1957) falls towards Earth from its orbit and burns up. * January 13 – Battle of Edchera: The Moroccan Army of Liberation ambushes a Spanish patrol. * January 27 – A Soviet-American executive agreement on cultural, educational and scientific exchanges, also known as the "Lacy-Zarubin Agreement, Lacy–Zarubin Agreement", is signed in Washington, D.C. February * February 1 – Egypt and Syria unite to form the United Arab Republic. * February 2 – The ''Falcons'' aerobatic team of the Pakistan Air Force led by Wg Cdr Zafar Masud (air commodore), Mitty Masud set a World record loop, world record performing a 16 aircraft diamon ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tino Sabbadini
Tino Sabbadini (Monsempron-Libos, 21 August 1928 — Monsempron-Libos, 7 November 2002) was a French professional road bicycle racer. He won the fourth stage of the 1958 Tour de France. Major results ;1950 :Villeneuve sur Lot ;1955 :Nantes :Circuit de la Vienne ;1956 :Circuit de l'Indre :Villeneuve sur Lot ;1957 :Circuit de l'Indre ;1958 :Eymet :GP de Cannes :Gap :1958 Tour de France, Tour de France: ::Winner stage 5 ;1959 :Agen ;1960 :Trédion ;1961 :Bayonne :La Couronne ;1963 :Mazamet External links *Official Tour de France results for Tino Sabbadini French male cyclists 1928 births 2002 deaths French Tour de France stage winners Sportspeople from Lot-et-Garonne Cyclists from Nouvelle-Aquitaine 20th-century French sportsmen {{France-cycling-bio-1920s-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Joseph Groussard
Joseph Groussard (born 2 March 1934 in La Chapelle-Janson, Brittany, France) is a former French professional road bicycle racer. Groussard was professional from 1954 to 1968. He rode 9 editions of the Tour de France where he won one stage in the 1959 Tour de France and wore the yellow jersey as leader of the general classification for one day in 1960 Tour de France. Other victories include two wins in Paris–Camembert, stage wins in Paris–Nice, wins in Critérium International and Four Days of Dunkirk and the 1963 edition of Milan–San Remo. In 1965, Groussard became the Lanterne rouge (last finishing rider) in the 1965 Tour de France. Joseph Groussard is the brother of cyclist Georges Groussard. Major results ;1957 :Locmalo :Paris–Camembert ;1958 :Fougères ;1959 :GP Monaco :Plumeliau :Genoa–Nice :Tour de France: ::Winner stage 22 ;1960 :Circuit de l'Indre :Paris–Camembert :Tour de France: ::Wearing yellow jersey for one day :Pontivy ;1961 :Brignolles :Etoile du Léo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jacques Dupont (cyclist)
Jacques Dupont (19 June 1928 – 4 November 2019) was a French racing cyclist and Olympic champion in track cycling. He won a gold medal in the 1000m time trial at the 1948 Summer Olympics in London."1948 Summer Olympics – London, United Kingdom – Cycling" ''databaseOlympics.com'' (Retrieved on 15 July 2008) He also won a bronze medal in the team road race, together with José Beyaert and Alain Moineau. He won |
Leon Vandaele
Leon Vandaele (24 February 1933 in Ruddervoorde – 30 April 2000 in Oostkamp) was a Belgian professional road bicycle racer. His biggest victory was the 1958 Paris–Roubaix. Major results Source: Road ;1952 :1st :1st ;1953 :1st :1st Omloop Gemeente Melle ;1954 :1st Kuurne–Brussels–Kuurne :5th Gent–Wevelgem ;1956 : 1st Kampioenschap van Vlaanderen : 1st Omloop van het Houtland : 3rd Tour of Flanders ;1957 : 1st Kampioenschap van Vlaanderen : 1st Overall Driedaagse van Antwerpen :: 1st stage 1 : 1st Paris–Brussels : 1st Brussels–Ingooigem : 1st Milano–Mantova : 1st : 1st : 2nd Kuurne–Brussels–Kuurne : 3rd Paris–Roubaix : 3rd Omloop Het Volk : 7th Road race, UCI World Championships ;1958 : 1st Paris–Roubaix : 1st Kampioenschap van Vlaanderen : 1st : 1st Omloop van de Fruitstreek : 1st Vlaamse Pijl : 2nd Brussels–Ingooigem : 9th Overall Volta a la Comunitat Valenciana :: 1st stage 3 ( TTT), 6 & 7 : 10th Milan–San Remo ;1959 : 1st Gent– ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
André Vlayen
André Vlayen (17 March 1931 – 20 February 2017) was a Belgian racing cyclist Cycle sport is competitive physical activity using bicycles. There are several categories of bicycle racing including road bicycle racing, cyclo-cross, mountain bike racing, track cycling, BMX, and cycle speedway. Non-racing cycling spo .... He won the Belgian national road race title in 1956 and 1957. References External links * 1931 births 2017 deaths Belgian male cyclists Cyclists from Antwerp Province People from Herselt 20th-century Belgian sportsmen {{Belgium-cycling-bio-1930s-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fred De Bruyne
Alfred De Bruyne (21 October 1930 – 4 February 1994) was a Belgian champion road cyclist. He won six Tour de France stages early in his career and went on to win many other Monuments and stage races. De Bruyne had a great deal of success early in his career during the Tour de France. 1953 was his first Tour, his best result was making one stage podium, on stage 5 from Dieppe to Caen. In 1954 he finished 2nd on the final stage into Paris and won three stages along the way. In 1955 he didn't win any stages, but ended up with the highest overall classification he would ever have which was 17th. In 1956, De Bruyne won three stages in the first half of the Tour, but slowed a bit in the second half and could not add to this total. Also in 1956 he won Milan–San Remo and Liège–Bastogne–Liège, as well as the stage race Paris–Nice early in the season. In 1957 De Bruyne abandoned the Tour for the first time in his career. He won both Paris–Roubaix and Paris–Tours that year ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rik Van Looy
Henri "Rik" Van Looy (20 December 1933 – 17 December 2024) was a Belgian professional Cycle sport, cyclist of the post-World War II, war period. Nicknamed the ''King of the Classics'' or ''Emperor of Herentals'' (after the small Belgian city where he lived), he dominated the classic cycle races in the late 1950s and early 1960s. Van Looy was twice World Cycling Championship, world professional road race champion, and was the first cyclist to win all five 'Cycling monument, Monuments': the most prestigious one-day Classic cycle races, classics – a feat since achieved by just two others (both also Belgians: Roger De Vlaeminck and Eddy Merckx). With 367 professional road victories, he ranks second all-time behind Eddy Merckx. Van Looy is ninth on the Grand Tour (cycling)#Grand Tour stage wins, all-time list of Grand Tour (cycling), Grand Tour stage winners with thirty-seven victories. These numbers could still have risen had he not been the victim of a significant number ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tours
Tours ( ; ) is the largest city in the region of Centre-Val de Loire, France. It is the Prefectures in France, prefecture of the Departments of France, department of Indre-et-Loire. The Communes of France, commune of Tours had 136,463 inhabitants as of 2018 while the population of the whole functional area (France), metropolitan area was 516,973. Tours sits on the lower reaches of the Loire, between Orléans and the Atlantic Ocean, Atlantic coast. Formerly named Caesarodunum by its founder, Roman Augustus, Emperor Augustus, it possesses one of the largest amphitheaters of the Roman Empire, the Tours Amphitheatre. Known for the Battle of Tours in 732 AD, it is a National Sanctuary with connections to the Merovingian dynasty, Merovingians and the Carolingian dynasty, Carolingians, with the Capetian dynasty, Capetians making the kingdom's currency the Livre tournois. Martin of Tours, Saint Martin and Gregory of Tours were from Tours. Tours was once part of Touraine, a former provi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
