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Binche–Chimay–Binche
Binche–Chimay–Binche (also known as Memorial Frank Vandenbroucke) is a single-day road bicycle race held annually between Binche and Chimay, in Wallonia, Belgium. The race is rated as a 1.1 event on the UCI Europe Tour. The race was originally held between Binche and Tournai Tournai ( , ; ; ; , sometimes Anglicisation (linguistics), anglicised in older sources as "Tournay") is a city and Municipalities in Belgium, municipality of Wallonia located in the Hainaut Province, Province of Hainaut, Belgium. It lies by .... It was first organized in 1911 as Binche-Tournai-Binche; suspended between 1931 and 1983, but revived again between 1997 and 2009. In 2010, it was organized as the "Binche Tournai Binche/Memorial Frank Vandenbroucke", to commemorate cyclist Frank Vandenbroucke who died in October 2009 (at age 34) and the most recent winner of the race. In 2013, the routing changed from Tournai to Chimay, hence the name changed to Binche–Chimay–Binche. A women's rac ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jelle Nijdam
Jelle Nijdam (born 16 August 1963) is a Dutch former professional road cyclist. Nijdam turned professional after the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles. He participated in the Tour de France 10 times, winning six stages and wearing the yellow jersey for three days. Nijdam's father, Henk Nijdam, was a professional cyclist from 1962 to 1969, who won the 1962 world amateur track pursuit championship. He also competed in the individual pursuit and team pursuit events at the 1984 Summer Olympics. Career achievements Major results ;1984 : Olympia's Tour ::1st Prologue & Stage 7b ( ITT) ;1985 : 1st Overall Tour de Luxembourg : 1st Grand Prix Impanis : Tour of Sweden ::1st Prologue & Stage 3 : 1st Prologue Tour of Belgium : 3rd GP Stad Vilvoorde : 4th Overall Three Days of De Panne ;1986 : 1st Prologue Ronde van Nederland : 1st Stage 3b ( ITT) Tour de Luxembourg : 3rd Overall Danmark Rundt ::1st Young rider classification ::1st Stage 1 : 3rd Overall Tour of Sweden ::1st Prolo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
