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1971 Paris–Roubaix
The 1971 Paris–Roubaix was the 69th edition of the Paris–Roubaix cycle race and was held on 18 April 1971. The race started in Compiègne and finished in Roubaix. The race was won by Roger Rosiers Roger Rosiers (26 November 1946) is a former professional road racing cyclist from Vremde, Belgium. Major achievements ;1965 :1st, Schaal Sels-Merksem ;1967 :1st, Brabantse Pijl ;1968 :1st, GP Flandria ;1969 :1st, Nokere Koerse :1st, Stag ... of the Bic team. General classification References Paris–Roubaix Paris-Roubaix Paris-Roubaix Paris-Roubaix Paris-Roubaix {{Paris–Roubaix-race-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Roger Rosiers
Roger Rosiers (26 November 1946) is a former professional road racing cyclist from Vremde, Belgium. Major achievements ;1965 :1st, Schaal Sels-Merksem ;1967 :1st, Brabantse Pijl ;1968 :1st, GP Flandria ;1969 :1st, Nokere Koerse :1st, Stage 2b, Tour of Belgium ;1970 :1st, Stage 17, Vuelta a España ;1971 :1st, Paris–Roubaix ;1972 :1st, Overall, Tour de Luxembourg ::1st, Stage 1 ;1973 :1st, Grand Prix d'Isbergues ;1977 :1st, Overall, Three Days of De Panne 3 (three) is a number, numeral and digit. It is the natural number following 2 and preceding 4, and is the smallest odd prime number and the only prime preceding a square number. It has religious and cultural significance in many societies ... External linksProfile by memoire-du-cyclisme.net Living people Belgian male cyclists Belgian Vuelta a España stage winners 1946 births Cyclists from Antwerp Province People from Boechout 20th-century Belgian sportsmen {{Belgium-cycling-bio-1940s-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eric Leman
Eric Leman (born 17 July 1946) is a former professional road racing cyclist from West Flanders, Belgium. He won the prestigious Tour of Flanders three times.LaroussTour des Flandres " Les Belges Achille Bruyne, Éric Leman, Johan Museeuw, Tom Boonen et l'Italien Fiorenzo Magni figurent, avec trois victoires chacun, en tête du palmarès de cette classique créée en 1913 et traditionnellement organisé le premier dimanche d'avril. " Major results ;1968 :1st, Kuurne–Brussels–Kuurne :1st, Porto–Lisboa :1st, Stage 2, Four Days of Dunkirk :1st, Stage 21, Tour de France ;1969 :1st, Dwars door Vlaanderen :1st, Stage 3, Paris–Nice :1st, Stages 1, 2, 5 and 7, Vuelta a Andalucía :1st, Stage 3, Tour de France ;1970 :1st, GP Briek Schotte :1st, Tour of Flanders :1st, Stage 4, Paris–Nice :1st, Stage 1 and 3b, Vuelta a Andalucía :1st, Prologue, Tour of Belgium ;1971 :1st, Gullegem Koerse :1st, Kampioenschap van Vlaanderen :1st, Omloop der Vlaamse Ardennen :1st, Omloop Mandel- ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1971 In French Sport
* The year 1971 had three partial solar eclipses (Solar eclipse of February 25, 1971, February 25, Solar eclipse of July 22, 1971, July 22 and Solar eclipse of August 20, 1971, August 20) and two total lunar eclipses (February 1971 lunar eclipse, February 10, and August 1971 lunar eclipse, August 6). The world population increased by 2.1% this year, the highest increase in history. Events January * January 2 – 1971 Ibrox disaster: During a crush, 66 people are killed and over 200 injured in Glasgow, Scotland. * January 5 – The first ever One Day International cricket match is played between Australia and England at the Melbourne Cricket Ground. * January 8 – Tupamaros kidnap Geoffrey Jackson, British ambassador to Uruguay, in Montevideo, keeping him captive until September. * January 9 – Uruguayan president Jorge Pacheco Areco demands emergency powers for 90 days due to kidnappings, and receives them the next day. * January 12 – The landmark United States televis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hertekamp (cycling Team)
Hertekamp was a Belgian professional cycling team that existed from 1970 to 1973. The team participated in the Giro d'Italia in 1970 and 1971 and the 1971 Vuelta a España. Jean Ronsmans won the 4th stage of the latter. The road team folded after 1973, and converted to a cyclo-cross Cyclo-cross (cyclocross, CX, cyclo-X or cross) is a form of bicycle racing. Races typically take place in the autumn and winter (the international or "World Cup" season is October–February), and consist of many laps of a short (2.5–3.5&nb ... team, which existed until 1988. References Cycling teams based in Belgium Defunct cycling teams based in Belgium 1970 establishments in Belgium 1973 disestablishments in Belgium Cycling teams established in 1970 Cycling teams disestablished in 1973 {{Belgium-sport-team-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Georges Pintens
Georges Pintens (born 15 October 1946 in Antwerp) is a former professional road bicycle racer from Belgium who excelled at one-day classic races during the 1960s and 1970s. Pintens most successful year was in 1971 when he captured the Belgian classic, Gent–Wevelgem, and the General classification, overall title at the Tour de Suisse but finished second to Eddy Merckx at Liège–Bastogne–Liège. In 1974, Pintens returned to win Liège–Bastogne–Liège. Major results ;1969 – Mann-Grundig * 1st, Rund um den Henninger Turm ;1970 – Mann-Grundig * 1st, 1970 Amstel Gold Race, Amstel Gold Race ;1971 – Hertekamp-Magniflex * 1st, Gent–Wevelgem * 1st overall, Tour de Suisse * 2nd, Liège–Bastogne–Liège ;1972 – Van Cauter-Magniflex-de Gribaldy * 1st, GP Kanton Aargau ;1973 – Rokado * 1st, Rund um den Henninger Turm * 1st, Ruta del Sol * 1st, Prologue, Tour of Belgium ;1974 – MIC-Ludo-de Gribaldy * 1st, Liège–Bastogne–Liège ;1975 &nda ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Felice Gimondi
Felice Gimondi (; 29 September 1942 – 16 August 2019) was an Italian professional racing cyclist. With his 1968 Vuelta a España, 1968 victory at the Vuelta a España, only three years after becoming a professional cyclist, Gimondi, nicknamed "The Phoenix", was the second cyclist (after Jacques Anquetil) to win all three ''Grand Tour (cycling), Grand Tours'' of road cycling: Tour de France (1965, his first year as a pro), Giro d'Italia (1967, 1969 and 1976), and Vuelta a España (1968). He is one of only Grand Tour (cycling)#Winners of all three Grand Tours, seven cyclists to have done so. Gimondi also won three of the five Cycling monuments, winning the Giro di Lombardia twice, and finished on the podium of a grand tour twelve times. He accomplished all of these major victories despite his career coinciding with that of Eddy Merckx. Biography Gimondi was born on 29 September 1942 in Sedrina in the Province of Bergamo. He was the son of a transport manager and a post mistres ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eddy Merckx
Édouard Louis Joseph, Baron Merckx (born 17 June 1945), known as Eddy Merckx (, ), is a Belgian former professional road and track cyclist racer who is the most successful rider in the history of competitive cycling. His victories include an unequalled eleven Grand Tour (cycling), Grand Tours (five Tour de France, Tours de France, five Giro d'Italia, Giros d'Italia, and a Vuelta a España), all five Cycling monument, Monuments, setting the hour record, three UCI Road World Championships, World Championships, every major one-day race other than Paris–Tours, and extensive victories on the track. Born in Meensel-Kiezegem, Province of Brabant, Brabant, Belgium, he grew up in Woluwe-Saint-Pierre where his parents ran a grocery store. He played several sports, but found his true passion in cycling. Merckx got his first bicycle at the age of three or four and competed in his first race in 1961. His first victory came at Petit-Enghien in October 1961. After winning eighty races as ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Herman Van Springel
Herman Vanspringel (14 August 1943 – 25 August 2022), also spelled Herman Van Springel, was a Belgian road racing cyclist, from Grobbendonk, in the Flemish Campine or Kempen region. He achieved podium finishes in all three of the grand tours with second place in the 1968 Tour de France and 1971 Giro d'Italia, and third place in the 1970 Vuelta a España. He wore the maillot jaune during four stages of the 1968 Tour de France and for three stages in 1973. Career Vanspringel was an accomplished time-trial rider, almost winning the Tour de France in 1968. He was beaten in the last stage by Dutch rider Jan Janssen in a time-trial. This remains as one of the closest races in Tour de France history. In the autumn that year, he won the classic Giro di Lombardia. He won a record seven editions of the marathon Bordeaux–Paris. He also won the Green Jersey in the 1973 Tour de France without winning a single stage. He finished in 6th place overall that year, the third time in his care ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jan Janssen
Johannes Adrianus "Jan" Janssen (born 19 May 1940) is a Dutch former professional cyclist. He was UCI Road World Championships – Men's road race, world champion and winner of the Tour de France and the Vuelta a España, the first Dutch rider to win either. He rode the Tour de France eight times and finished all but the first time. He won seven stages and wore the yellow jersey for two days (after stage 16 in 1966 Tour de France, 1966 and after stage 22B in 1968 Tour de France, 1968). He was easily spotted in the peloton because of his blond hair and his glasses. As of the death of Federico Bahamontes in August 2023, he is the oldest surviving winner of the Tour de France, but not the most ancient winner: Lucien Aimar won in 1966. Early life Janssen was born at Nootdorp, a small town near The Hague and Delft, just five days after the Netherlands surrendered to the Nazis. He later moved to Putte (Netherlands), Putte, a village on the Belgium, Belgian border between Roosendaal an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
