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1983 Dwars Door België
The 1983 Dwars door België was the 38th edition of the Dwars door Vlaanderen cycle race and was held on 24 March 1983. The race started and finished in Waregem. The race was won by Etienne De Wilde. Gerrie Knetemann hit a parked car during the race, and was sent to hospital with serious injuries, that took him out of race for a good part of the rest of the season. archive General classification References 1983
1983 saw both the official beginning of the Internet and the first mobile cellular telephone call.
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Hans Langerijs
Hans Langerijs (born 14 January 1953) is a Dutch former racing cyclist. He rode in the 1980 Tour de France. Major results ;1975 : 1st Overall Olympia's Tour ;1977 : 1st Overall Niedersachsen Rundfahrt ;1978 : 9th Overall Setmana Catalana de Ciclisme ;1979 : 5th Overall Circuit Cycliste Sarthe ::1st Stage 4b ;1980 : 5th Overall Driedaagse van De Panne-Koksijde ;1982 : 6th La Flèche Wallonne : 9th Dwars door België ;1983 : 5th Dwars door België ;1984 : 7th Kuurne–Brussels–Kuurne Kuurne–Brussels–Kuurne is an annual single-day road bicycle racing, road cycling race in Belgium. It is held one day after Omloop Het Nieuwsblad, on the last Sunday of February or the first of March, and completes the opening weekend of the Be ... : 9th Brabantse Pijl References External links * 1953 births Living people Dutch male cyclists People from Drechterland Cyclists from North Holland 20th-century Dutch sportsmen {{Netherlands-cycling-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1983 In Road Cycling
1983 saw both the official beginning of the Internet and the first mobile cellular telephone call. Events January * January 1 – The migration of the ARPANET to TCP/IP is officially completed (this is considered to be the beginning of the true Internet). * January 6 – Pope John Paul II appoints a bishop over the Czechoslovak exile community, which the ''Rudé právo'' newspaper calls a "provocation." This begins a year-long disagreement between the Czechoslovak Socialist Republic and the Vatican, leading to the eventual restoration of diplomatic relations between the two states. * January 14 – The head of Bangladesh's military dictatorship, Hussain Muhammad Ershad, announces his intentions to "turn Bangladesh into an Islamic state." * January 18 – U.S. Secretary of the Interior James G. Watt makes controversial remarks blaming poor living conditions on Native American reservations on "the failures of socialism." Watt will eventually resign in September after a series o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Johan Lammerts
Johan Lammerts (born 2 October 1960) is a retired road bicycle racer from the Netherlands, who was a professional rider from 1982 to 1992. His biggest success came in 1984, when he won the Tour of Flanders and the Ronde van Nederland. Lammerts also won the 20th stage of the 1985 Tour de France. Career Lammerts won Stage 20 of the 1985 Tour de France. He attacked with six miles to go and managed a gap of 21 seconds by the finish. In 1987 while riding the Züri-Metzgete the conditions were atrocious such that only 20 riders finished, Lammerts was one of the last finishers. Post cycling After retiring as a rider he became the coach of the Dutch National Women's and Cyclocross teams. In 2012 Lammerts became coach of the Dutch national cycling team. Major results Sources: ;1982 : 1st Ronde van Limburg : 1st Stage 1 Peace Race : 1st Stage 6a Grand Prix Guillaume Tell ;1983 : 5th Paris–Brussels : 10th Dwars door België ;1984 : 1st Overall Ronde van Nederland : 1st Tour of Flan ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rudy Rogiers
Rudy Rogiers (born 17 February 1961) is a Belgian former professional racing cyclist. He rode in four editions of the Tour de France, one edition of the Giro d'Italia and one edition of the Vuelta a España The Vuelta a España (; ) is an annual stage race, multi-stage bicycle racing, bicycle race primarily held in Spain, while also occasionally making passes through nearby countries. Inspired by the success of the Tour de France and the Giro d'Ital .... References External links * 1961 births Living people Belgian male cyclists Sportspeople from Wetteren Cyclists from East Flanders 20th-century Belgian sportsmen {{Belgium-cycling-bio-1960s-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Noël Segers
Noël Segers (born 21 December 1959) is a former Belgian racing cyclist. He rode in four editions of the Tour de France between 1983 and 1992 and the 1987 Vuelta a España The 42nd Edition ''Vuelta a España'' (Tour of Spain), a long-distance bicycle stage race and one of the 3 grand tours, was held from 23 April to 15 May 1987. It consisted of 22 stages covering a total of 3,921 km, and was won by Luis Herre .... References External links * 1959 births Living people Belgian male cyclists Cyclists from Ninove 20th-century Belgian sportsmen {{Belgium-cycling-bio-1950s-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rudy Matthijs
Rudy Matthijs (born 3 March 1959, in Eeklo) is a Belgian retired professional road bicycle racer. He won 4 stages in the Tour de France, 3 of which came during the 1985 Tour de France on stages 1 and 2, and then on the final stage of the tour with one of the biggest sprinter's stages in all of cycling on the Champs Elysees. Major results ;1981 : 1st Omloop Schelde-Durme : 1st Stage 5 Vuelta a Aragón : 2nd Omloop van de Vlaamse Scheldeboorden : 3rd Polder–Kempen ;1982 : 1st Grand Prix de Fourmies : 1st Grote Prijs Jef Scherens : 2nd Omloop van het Leiedal : 3rd Nokere Koerse ;1983 : 1st Ronde van Limburg : 1st Leeuwse Pijl : 1st Stage 3 Tour de France : 1st Stage 2 Tour de Luxembourg : 2nd Brabantse Pijl : 7th Overall Three Days of De Panne : 7th Dwars door België : 9th Omloop Het Volk ;1984 : 1st Kampioenschap van Vlaanderen : 1st Stages 2 & 4 Tour de Luxembourg : 1st Stage 5a (ITT) Four Days of Dunkirk : 2nd Dwars door België : 5th Tour of Flanders : 9th GP Stad Zottege ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Adri Van Houwelingen
Adriaan ("Adri") van Houwelingen (born 27 October 1953 in Heesselt, Gelderland) is a retired road bicycle racer from the Netherlands, who was a professional rider from 1978 to 1987. He won the 18th stage at the 1982 Tour de France and the 1983 Ronde van Nederland. He also competed in the team time trial event at the 1976 Summer Olympics. His younger brother Jan was also a professional cyclist. He is now a directeur sportif with Team Rabobank. See also * List of Dutch Olympic cyclists This is a list of all Dutch cyclists who competed at the Summer Olympics. As of 2012 events in four cycling disciplines (BMX, mountain biking, road cycling, and track cycling) have been contested at the Summer Olympics. Dutch cyclist did not co ... References External links * * ''This article incorporates information from the revision as of 5 May 2007 of the article Adri van Houwelingen on the Dutch Wikipedia.'' 1953 births Living people People from Neerijnen Dutch male cycli ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ferdi Van Den Haute
Ferdi Van Den Haute (born 5 July 1952) is a Belgian former professional road bicycle racer competing from 1976 to 1987. Major results ;1974 : National Amateur Track Pursuit Championship : National Amateur Track Madison Championship (with Raphael Constant) ;1975 : National Amateur Track Pursuit Championship : National Amateur Track Madison Championship (with Marc Meernhout) :Circuit du Hainaut :Tour de Liège :Tour de Namur ;1976 :Essen :Izegem :Mere : National Amateur Track Omnium Championship :Omloop van Oost-Vlaanderen :Vinkt :Vuelta a España: ::Winner stage 7 :Kruishoutem : National Track Omnium Championship (with Patrick Sercu) ;1977 :Nederbrakel : Stadsprijs Geraardsbergen :Woesten : National Track Madison Championship (with Patrick Sercu) :Geraardsbergen ;1978 :GP Franco-Belge :Innsbrück :Stadsprijs Geraardsbergen :Vuelta a España The Vuelta a España (; ) is an annual stage race, multi-stage bicycle racing, bicycle race primarily held in Spain, while also occas ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jan Raas
Jan Raas (born 8 November 1952) is a Dutch former professional cyclist whose 115 wins include the 1979 World Road Race Championship in Valkenburg, the Tour of Flanders in 1979 and 1983, Paris–Roubaix in 1982 and Milan–San Remo in 1977. He won ten stages in the Tour de France. In six starts, Raas won the Amstel Gold Race five times. In his entire career he competed in 23 of the highly contested "Monument" Races and he finished on the podium in almost half of them: 1st place four times and 3rd place six times. Raas was a tactician and clever sprinter. He struggled on long steep climbs, but excelled on the short climbs which were characteristic of the northern classics. Career Born in Heinkenszand, near Goes in Zeeland, Raas was the son of a farmer and one of 10 children. He showed no interest in cycling until leaving school at 16 when he acquired his first racing bike and started competing as a junior category, taking his first victory in Damme in Belgium on the 21 July 1969 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gerrie Knetemann
Gerard Friedrich Knetemann (6 March 1951 – 2 November 2004) was a Dutch road bicycle racer who won the 1978 World Championship. He wore the Yellow Jersey early in each Tour de France for four consecutive years between 1977 and 1980. A four-time winner of the Ronde van Nederland, he also rode the Tour de France 11 times between 1974 and 1987, winning 10 stages, a Dutch record equalled only by Jan Raas and Joop Zoetemelk. Knetemann won 127 races as a professional. Knetemann maintained an Amsterdam accent and a sharp sense of humour that made him a favourite with reporters and earned him television and radio appearances. His best year in the Tour de France was 1978, when he led from the sixth stage. Although he lost the leader's yellow jersey two days later, he won the stage into Lausanne and then the final stage on the Champs Elysées in Paris. Together with Raas and his TI-Raleigh teammates Knetemann played a pivotal role in the victory of Zoetemelk in the 1980 Tour de Fr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Waregem
Waregem (; ), spelled Waereghem before, is a municipality and city located in the Belgian province of West Flanders. The municipality lies in the valley of the river Lys, between Kortrijk and Ghent. It is part of the administrative district of Kortrijk and comprises the towns of Beveren, Desselgem, Sint-Eloois-Vijve and Waregem proper. On January 1, 2024, Waregem had a total population of 39,970. The total area is 44.34 km² which gives a population density of 901 inhabitants per km². History Origins The first inhabitants of this forested region settled along the Leie well before Roman times. Bronze coins and artifacts associated with the Gallo-Roman culture show extensive activity in this area in the first centuries of our era. This is not surprising given the fact that Sint-Eloois-Vijve stood at the intersection of two important Roman roads: Cassel-Tongeren and Bavai- Oudenburg. The name of the current municipality refers to a certain “Waro” clan or tribe, po ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
