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Frans Maassen
Franciscus ("Frans") Albertus Antonius Johannes Maassen (born 27 January 1965 in Haelen, Limburg) is a directeur sportif. He was a professional road racing cyclist between 1987 and 1995. He completed seven Tour de France stage races, including the 1990 Tour de France where he was involved in the Stage 1 breakaway that caused the rest of the race to be the most surprising Tour in over a decade. He was the only one of the four breakaway riders not to wear the Maillot Jaune, but he won the stage. He twice won the Tour of Belgium, and won the 1994 Tour de Luxembourg. Since 2005, Maassen has been the assistant directeur sportif of the Rabobank, a Netherlands-based UCI ProTour team. Major results ;1986 : 2nd Overall Tour of Sweden ;1987 : 1st Stage 2 Danmark Rundt : 2nd GP du Canton d'Argovie : 7th Brussels–Ingooigem : 8th Tour Méditerranéen ;1988 : 1st Overall Tour of Belgium ::1st Stages 3a & 3b ( ITT) : 1st Prologue Étoile de Bessèges : 1st Stage 2 Volta a la Comun ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Haelen
Haelen (; li, Hale) is a town in the south-eastern Netherlands. History The village was first mentioned in 1224 as "Gregorio (de) Haele", and means "bend of the highland". Haelen developed along the Haelense Beek. It used to belong to the County of Horne, and later became part of the Prince-Bishopric of Liège. In 1679, it became an independent ''heerlijkheid''. Aldengoor Castle was first mentioned in 1212. One tower from 15th century remains, the other three towers were destroyed during a siege in 1598 by the Dutch Republic. During the 17th and 18th century, it was enlarged with two wings. In 1903, it was used as a monastery. In 1977, a museum was housed in the castle, and it has become private property since 1996. In 2006, a bed and breakfast opened in the castle. The Catholic St Lambertus Church is a three aisled church built between 1953 and 1955 to replace the church which was destroyed in 1944. Haelen was home to 374 people in 1840. Until it became a part of Leudal on 1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
