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1992 Grand Prix Téléglobe
The 1992 Grand Prix Téléglobe was the 5th and final edition of the Grand Prix des Amériques cycle race and was held on 4 October 1992. The race started and finished in Montreal. The race was won by Federico Echave Federico Echave Musatadi (born 20 July 1960 in Kortezubi) is a Spanish former professional road bicycle racer. He won the prestigious stage up to Alpe d'Huez in 1987 Tour de France. Echave holds the record for most Vueltas finished, 14, all ... of the team. General classification References Grand Prix Téléglobe Grand Prix Téléglobe 1992 UCI Road World Cup Recurring sporting events established in 1988 Recurring sporting events disestablished in 1992 {{Canada-sport-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1992 UCI Road World Cup
The 1992 UCI Road World Cup was the fourth edition of the UCI Road World Cup. From the 1991 UCI Road World Cup, 1991 edition, the Grand Prix de la Libération was dropped and no longer ran and the Grand Prix des Amériques (road race), Grand Prix des Amériques became the Grand Prix Téléglobe. The final individual time trial event, held in 1991 around Bergamo and counting as both the Grand Prix des Nations and the Trofeo Baracchi, was chosen to be the Grand Prix des Nations proper, although held in Palma de Mallorca rather than in France. The competition was won by Germany, German rider Olaf Ludwig of . Races Single races details ''In the race results the leader jersey identify the rider who wore the jersey in the race (the leader at the start of the race).'' ''In the general classification table the jersey identify the leader after the race.'' Final standings Individual For the first ten races, points are awarded to the top 12 classified riders. It is uncle ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Laurent Jalabert
Laurent Jalabert (born 30 November 1968) is a French former professional road racing cyclist, from 1989 to 2002. Affectionately known as ''"Jaja"'' (slang for a glass of wine; when he continued drinking wine as a professional, the nickname stuck because of the similarity to his name), he won many one-day and stage races and was ranked number 1 in the world in 1995, 1996, 1997 and 1999. Although he never won the Tour de France, where he suffered altitude sickness, he won the Vuelta a España in 1995; as well as the leader's jersey, he won the sprinting specialist, sprinter's jersey and climbing specialist, climber's jersey in the same race — only the third rider to have done this in a Grand Tour (cycling), Grand Tour. With Alessandro Petacchi, Eddy Merckx, Djamolidine Abdoujaparov and Mark Cavendish, he is one of only five riders to win the points classification in all three grand tours. Biography He turned professional with the French Toshiba team in 1989 and quickly esta ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
October 1992 Sports Events In Canada
October is the tenth month of the year in the Julian and Gregorian calendars. Its length is 31 days. The eighth month in the old calendar of Romulus , October retained its name (from Latin and Greek ''ôctō'' meaning "eight") after January and February were inserted into the calendar that had originally been created by the Romans. In Ancient Rome, one of three Mundus patet would take place on October 5, Meditrinalia October 11, Augustalia on October 12, October Horse on October 15, and Armilustrium on October 19. These dates do not correspond to the modern Gregorian calendar. Among the Anglo-Saxons, it was known as Winterfylleth (Ƿinterfylleþ), because at this full moon, winter was supposed to begin. October is commonly associated with the season of autumn in parts of the Northern Hemisphere, and spring in parts of the Southern Hemisphere, where it is the seasonal equivalent to April in the Northern Hemisphere and vice versa. Symbols October's birthstones a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1992 In Road Cycling
Year 199 ( CXCIX) was a common year starting on Monday of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was sometimes known as year 952 ''Ab urbe condita''. The denomination 199 for this year has been used since the early medieval period, when the Anno Domini calendar era became the prevalent method in Europe for naming years. Events By place Roman Empire * Mesopotamia is partitioned into two Roman provinces divided by the Euphrates, Mesopotamia and Osroene. * Emperor Septimius Severus lays siege to the city-state Hatra in Central-Mesopotamia, but fails to capture the city despite breaching the walls. * Two new legions, I Parthica and III Parthica, are formed as a permanent garrison. China * Battle of Yijing: Chinese warlord Yuan Shao defeats Gongsun Zan. Korea * Geodeung succeeds Suro of Geumgwan Gaya, as king of the Korean kingdom of Gaya (traditional date). By topic Religion * Pope Zephyrinus succeeds Pope Victor I, as the 15th pope. Births Valerian Roman ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Erik Dekker
Hendrik "Erik" Dekker (born 21 August 1970) is a retired Netherlands, Dutch professional road racing cyclist active from 1992 until 2006. He was a member of the Rabobank (cycling), Rabobank cycling team from 1992 till 2006. From 2007 to 2015 he was one of Rabobank's team managers. Cycling career Amateur career Dekker rode his first race at eight, and soon became successful. In 1985 he was invited to join the national selection for juniors. As an amateur, his most important results were second places at the youth world championships in Bergamo in 1987 and at the road race in the 1992 Summer Olympics. In that Cycling at the 1992 Summer Olympics – Men's individual road race, Olympic road race, Dekker got away at 30 km before the finish, together with Fabio Casartelli and Dainis Ozols. Dekker was outsprinted by Casartelli, but was so happy that he won a medal that he also finished with his arms in the air. Directly after the Olympic Games, he became professional, and rode h ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rolf Sørensen
Rolf Sørensen (born 20 April 1965) is a former Danish professional road bicycle racer. He is currently working as a cycling commentator and agent. Born in Helsinge in Denmark, Sørensen moved to Italy at the age of 17, where he has lived since. He goes under the name ''Il Biondo'' due to his blonde hair. Accomplishments Sørensen won such classic one-day races as the Tour of Flanders, Liège–Bastogne–Liège, Paris–Brussels, Paris–Tours and Milano–Torino, as well as slightly smaller races like the Coppa Bernocchi (twice), and the Rund um den Henninger Turm or Grand Prix Frankfurt. He has led the UCI Road World Cup on several occasions, finishing third in 1989 and 1991 and second in 1997 after a broken foot kept him from scoring points in the last two World Cup races of the season. Sørensen also won individual stages in the 1994 and 1996 Tour de France, and wore the yellow jersey as the leader of the race after the team time trial in 1991, won by his Italian tea ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Luc Roosen
Luc Roosen (born 17 September 1964, in Bree) is a retired road racing cyclist from Belgium, who was a professional rider from 1986 to 1997. Career achievements He competed in six Tours de France, as well as one edition each of the Giro d'Italia and Vuelta a España. He also finished in second place in the 1990 Amstel Gold Race. Roosen obtained a total of sixteen victories during his professional career, including the 1991 Tour de Suisse. Major results ;1986 : 8th Overall Critérium du Dauphiné Libéré ::1st Stage 4b : 8th Overall Tour of Belgium ;1987 : 1st Stage 6a Grand Prix du Midi Libre : 3rd GP Stad Zottegem : 7th Grand Prix de Fourmies ;1988 : 1st Tour du Haut Var : 1st Stage 5 Tour de Suisse : 2nd Druivenkoers-Overijse : 2nd Overall Vuelta a Aragón : 3rd Milano–Torino : 4th Giro di Lombardia : 4th Grand Prix de Wallonie : 5th Züri-Metzgete : 6th Liège–Bastogne–Liège ;1989 : 2nd Overall Vuelta a Andalucía ::1st Stage 4 : 2nd Overall Tour Méditerranéen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Maurizio Fondriest
Maurizio Fondriest (born 15 January 1965) is a retired Italian professional road racing cyclist. Career Born in Cles, Trentino, Fondriest turned professional in 1987 with the Ecoflam team. He subsequently rode for Alfa-Lum in 1988, winning the World Cycling Championships along with stages in the Tour de Suisse and Tirreno–Adriatico. In 1991, riding for Panasonic, he won the UCI Road World Cup. In 1993, riding for the Lampre team, he won Milan–San Remo, La Flèche Wallonne, the Züri-Metzgete, the Giro dell'Emilia, the general classification and two stages of Tirreno–Adriatico, three stages and the general classification of the Grand Prix du Midi Libre, a stage in the Giro d'Italia and the overall World Cup. He never again had such a successful season, although he had another successful season with Lampre in 1995: in that year he won a stage in the Giro d'Italia and came in second in a number of races (the Tirreno–Adriatico general classification, Milan–San Remo, Gen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Frank Van Den Abeele
Frank Van Den Abeele (born 3 January 1966 in Aalst) is a Belgian former professional cyclist. He rode in the 1991 Tour de France and 1995 Giro d'Italia. Major results ;1990 :3rd Grand Prix de Cannes :3rd National Road Race Championships :3rd Tour de Berne ;1991 :1st Stage 4 Vuelta a Galicia :1st Grand Prix de Wallonie :1st Circuit des Frontières :3rd Grand Prix du Midi Libre :3rd Three Days of West Flanders ;1992 :1st Eschborn–Frankfurt City Loop :2nd Grand Prix de Rennes :10th La Flèche Wallonne ;1993 :1st Omloop Mandel-Leie-Schelde :3rd Circuit des Frontières ;1996 :3rd Overall Tour de Bretagne ::1st Stage 4 :5th Tour de Vendée Tour of Vendée is a single-day road bicycle race held annually in October (Previously May) in the region of Vendée, France, finishing in a circuit inside La Roche-sur-Yon town. From 2005 until 2009, the race was organized as a 1.1 event on the ... References 1966 births Living people Belgian male cyclists Cyclists from Aalst, Belgi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Federico Echave
Federico Echave Musatadi (born 20 July 1960 in Kortezubi) is a Spanish former professional road bicycle racer. He won the prestigious stage up to Alpe d'Huez in 1987 Tour de France. Echave holds the record for most Vueltas finished, 14, all of them being consecutive. Major results Sources: ;1981 : 2nd Circuito de Getxo : 9th Klasika Primavera : 10th Costa del Azahar ;1982 : 1st Stage 1, Vuelta a Cantabria : 1st GP Caboalles de Abajo : 3rd Road race, National Road Championships : 3rd GP Pascuas : 6th Overall Vuelta a La Rioja : 8th Clásica de San Sebastián : 9th Trofeo Masferrer ;1983 : 1st Stages 1 (ITT) & 2 (TTT), Vuelta a Asturias : 8th Overall Vuelta a La Rioja ::1st Stage 2 TTT ;1984 : 1st Overall Vuelta a Burgos ::1st Points classification ::1st Stages 3 and 4a : 6th Overall Ruota d'Oro ::1st Stage 4 : 7th Overall ::1st Stage 2 (TTT) ;1985 : 1st Klasika Primavera : 1st Stage 5, Vuelta a España : 1st Stage 4, Vuelta a Andalucía : 1st Stage 2, Volta a l ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thomas Wegmüller
Thomas Wegmüller (born 28 September 1960) is a former Swiss bicycle racing, racing cyclist. He rode in the Tour de France, the Vuelta a España, won a stage in the 1989 Critérium du Dauphiné Libéré and was named the Most Combative rider on the Champs-Élysées stage during the 1990 Tour de France. He was the Swiss National Road Race Championships, Swiss National Road Race champion in 1992. Major results ;1987 : 1st GP Lugano : 1st Kaistenberg Rundfahrt : 1st Stage 6 GP Tell : 2nd Tour du Nord-Ouest : 3rd Grand Prix de Mauléon-Moulins ;1988 : 1st Stage 5 Tour of Britain : 2nd 1988 Paris–Roubaix, Paris–Roubaix : 5th Grand Prix des Nations : 7th GP Ouest France-Plouay ;1989 : 1st Grand Prix de Wallonie : 1st Stage 2 1989 Critérium du Dauphiné Libéré, Critérium du Dauphiné Libéré : 2nd Grand Prix des Nations : 2nd Tour du Nord-Ouest : 3rd Overall Tour of Ireland : 5th GP Ouest France-Plouay : 5th Wartenberg Rundfahrt ;1990 : 1st Grand Prix des Nations : 1st Kaistenb ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Montreal
Montreal is the List of towns in Quebec, largest city in the Provinces and territories of Canada, province of Quebec, the List of the largest municipalities in Canada by population, second-largest in Canada, and the List of North American cities by population, ninth-largest in North America. It was founded in 1642 as ''Fort Ville-Marie, Ville-Marie'', or "City of Mary", and is now named after Mount Royal, the triple-peaked mountain around which the early settlement was built. The city is centred on the Island of Montreal and a few, much smaller, peripheral islands, the largest of which is Île Bizard. The city is east of the national capital, Ottawa, and southwest of the provincial capital, Quebec City. the city had a population of 1,762,949, and a Census geographic units of Canada#Census metropolitan areas, metropolitan population of 4,291,732, making it the List of census metropolitan areas and agglomerations in Canada, second-largest metropolitan area in Canada. French l ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
