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Tour Of Greece
The Tour of Hellas is a road bicycle racing stage race. It consists of five stages and is usually held between April and May. The race was first held in 1968 as the ''Antiquities Trophy'', and was later known as the ''Tour of Hellas (or Greece)''. The race was held sporadically from 1968 until 2012. The Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI) made the race part of the UCI Europe Tour in 2005; the race had previously been held as an amateur event. The race was revived in 2022 as a category 2.1 event on the UCI Europe Tour. ''Cycling Greece'' is the organizing committee for the race working together with the local authorities of the hosting cities. History Nikos Kapsokefalos envisioned the organization of the first Tour of Hellas, drawing inspiration from the popularity of the Tour de France and the Giro d'Italia at the time. The first edition of the race was held in 1968, and was known as the ''Tour of Ancient Monuments''. The first stage was held on 7 October, covering from Ath ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Greece
Greece, officially the Hellenic Republic, is a country in Southeast Europe. Located on the southern tip of the Balkan peninsula, it shares land borders with Albania to the northwest, North Macedonia and Bulgaria to the north, and Turkey to the east. The Aegean Sea lies to the east of the Geography of Greece, mainland, the Ionian Sea to the west, and the Sea of Crete and the Mediterranean Sea to the south. Greece has the longest coastline on the Mediterranean Basin, spanning List of islands of Greece, thousands of islands and nine Geographic regions of Greece, traditional geographic regions. It has a population of over 10 million. Athens is the nation's capital and List of cities and towns in Greece, largest city, followed by Thessaloniki and Patras. Greece is considered the cradle of Western culture, Western civilisation and the birthplace of Athenian democracy, democracy, Western philosophy, Western literature, historiography, political science, major History of science in cl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Noël Vantyghem
Noël Vantyghem (9 October 1947 – 10 June 1994) was a Belgian professional cyclist. Vantyghem's biggest win was the 1972 Paris–Tours. Later, he remarked "Together with Eddy Merckx, I won all classics races that could be won. I won Paris–Tours, he the rest." Major results ;1968 : 1st National Amateur Road Race Championships : 1st Stage 2 Peace Race : 2nd Overall Tour of Greece ::1st Stage 2 ;1969 : 1st Gullegem Koerse : 2nd GP Isbergues : 2nd Kuurne–Brussels–Kuurne ;1970 : 1st Grand Prix de Fourmies : 1st Circuit des Frontières : 2nd Schaal Sels : 2nd De Kustpijl ;1971 : 1st Stage 2 Tour d'Indre-et-Loire : 3rd Omloop Het Volk ;1972 : 1st Paris–Tours : 1st Circuit des Frontières : 1st Schaal Sels : 1st Stage 2 Four Days of Dunkirk : 2nd Dwars door Vlaanderen : 2nd Grote Prijs Stad Zottegem : 3rd De Kustpijl : 3rd Dwars door West–Vlaanderen : 3rd Rund um den Henninger Turm : 3rd Grand Prix de Fourmies : 9th Omloop Het Volk ;1973 : 1st Nokere Koerse Nokere ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Roland Königshofer
Roland Königshofer (born 24 October 1962) is a retired Austrian cyclist. He won a medal at every UCI Motor-paced World Championships between 1985 and 1994, until the championships were discontinued, either in the amateurs (1985–1992) or professionals category (1993–1994). He also competed at the 1988 Summer Olympics in the 4000 m team pursuit and points race and finished in 16th and 12th place, respectively. His son Lukas (b. 1989) is a football player. His brother Thomas is also a retired cyclists; he finished third at the UCI Motor-paced World Championships __FORCETOC__ UCI Track Cycling World Championships The UCI Track Cycling World Championships are the set of world championship events for the various disciplines and distances in track cycling. They are regulated by the Union Cycliste Internation ... in 1989 behind Roland. References 1962 births Living people Austrian male cyclists Cyclists at the 1988 Summer Olympics Olympic cyclists for Austria People from ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vassili Schpundov
Vasili, Vasily, Vasilii or Vasiliy (Russian: Василий) is a Russian masculine given name of Greek origin and corresponds to ''Basil''. It may refer to: *Vasily I of Moscow Grand Prince from 1389–1425 *Vasily II of Moscow Grand Prince from 1425–1462 *Vasili III of Russia Grand Prince from 1505–1533 *Vasili IV of Russia Tsar from 1606–1610 *Basil Fool for Christ (1469–1557), also known as Saint Basil, or Vasily Blazhenny *Vasily Alekseyev (1942–2011), Soviet weightlifter *Vasily Arkhipov (1926–1998), Soviet Naval officer in the Cuban Missile Crisis *Vasily Boldyrev (1875–1933), Russian general *Vasily Chapayev (1887–1969), Russian Army commander *Vasily Chuikov (1900–1982), Soviet marshal *Vasily Degtyaryov (1880–1949), Russian weapons designer and Major General *Vasily Dzhugashvili (1921–1962), Stalin's son *Vasili Golovachov (born 1948), Russian science fiction author *Vasily Grossman (1905–1964), Soviet writer and journalist *Vasily Ignatenko (1961 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marat Ganeyev
Marat Ganeyev (born 6 December 1964) is a retired track cyclist from Russia, who won the bronze medal for the Soviet Union in the men's points race at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, South Korea. He was a professional road cyclist from 1989 to 1998. Major results ;1983 :1st Prologue Tour Européen Lorraine-Alsace ;1984 :2nd Overall International Tour of Hellas ;1985 :1st Overall Tour du Maroc :2nd Overall International Tour of Hellas ;1986 :1st Stage 8 Olympia's Tour The Olympia's Tour is a cycling stage race held in the Netherlands. History A.S.C. Olympia was founded in Amsterdam on 27 November 1898. It ran one-day races but wanted a race through all the Netherlands. The first Olympia's Tour was in 1909, wi ... ;1995 :3rd Nationale Sluitingprijs - Putte - Kapellen References External links * * 1964 births Living people Cyclists at the 1988 Summer Olympics Olympic bronze medalists for the Soviet Union Olympic cyclists for the Soviet Union Russian male cycl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jonas Romanovas
Jonas Romanovas (born 4 August 1957) is a Lithuanian cyclist. He competed in the men's individual road race at the 1996 Summer Olympics The 1996 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXVI Olympiad, also known as Atlanta 1996 and commonly referred to as the Centennial Olympic Games) were an international multi-sport event held from July 19 to August 4, 1996, in Atlanta, .... References External links * 1957 births Living people People from Klaipėda District Municipality Sportspeople from Klaipėda County Lithuanian male cyclists Olympic cyclists for Lithuania Cyclists at the 1996 Summer Olympics {{Lithuania-cycling-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vasily Zhdanov
Vasily Ivanovich Zhdanov (; born 12 January 1963) is a retired Soviet road cyclist. He was part of the Soviet team that won the 100 km team time trial at the 1985 World Championships. He competed in the same event at the 1988 Summer Olympics and finished in seventh place. The same year he won the Milk Race. Zhdanov was born in Russia, but in 1987 graduated from the University of Physical Education in Kiyv (Kharkiv branch), Ukraine, and since the 1980s took various sport and business related positions in Kharkiv and Kiyv. Between 1994 and 1996 he was the head coach of the Ukrainian road racing team, then until 2005 he was a personal assistant of Oleg Blokhin in Ukraine's parliament matters. Between 2005 and 2010 he was responsible for sport and tourism in the city administration of Kharkiv. Since 2011 he is an assistant manager of the Italian racing team Lampre-Merida UAE Team Emirates XRG () is an Emirati road bicycle racing cycling team, team. The team competes at UCI Wor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Evgeni Korolkov
Yevgeni (), also transliterated as Yevgeny, Yevgenii, Yevgeniy, Evgeni, Evgeny, Evgenii, Evgeniy, Evgenyi or Evgenij, is the Russian form of the masculine given name Eugene. The short form is Zhenya (Женя), also transliterated as Jenya or Shenya. People with the name include: :''Note: Occasionally, a person may be in more than one section.'' Arts and entertainment *Yevgeny Aryeh (1947–2022), Israeli theater director, playwright, scriptwriter and set designer *Yevgeni Bauer (1865–1917), Russian film director and screenwriter *Yevgeni Grishkovetz (born 1967), Russian writer, dramatist, stage director and actor *Evgeny Kissin (born 1971), Russian-Israeli pianist * Evgenij Kozlov (born 1955), Russian artist *Yevgeny Leonov (1926–1994), Soviet and Russian actor *Yevgeni Mokhorev (born 1967), Russian photographer *Evgeny Mravinsky (1903–1988), Russian conductor *Evgeny Svetlanov (1928–2002), Russian conductor * Yevgeni Urbansky (1932–1965), Soviet Russian actor *Evgeniy ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Asiat Saitov
Asyat Mansurovich Saitov (; born 1 January 1965) is a retired Russian cyclist. He missed the 1984 Summer Olympics due to their boycott by the Soviet Union and competed at the Friendship Games instead, winning a silver medal in the team road race. The same year he won the Tour of Greece and Olympia's Tour. He also won the GP Cuprosan in 1991, Vuelta a Castilla y León in 1992, Vuelta a Mallorca in 1993 and Gran Premio de Llodio in 1994. In 1988 he competed at the Summer Olympics in the 100 km team time trial and in the individual road race and finished in seventh and 51st place, respectively. He is married to Svetlana Masterkova, a Russian Olympic middle-distance runner. Major results ;1984 :1st Overall Olympia's Tour ::1st Stage 6 :1st Overall Tour of Greece ;1986 :3rd Overall Peace Race ;1990 :1st Stage 19 Vuelta a España :3rd Trofeo Pantalica ;1992 :1st Overall Vuelta a Castilla y León :1st Road race, National Road Championships :1st Stage 5a Tour of the Basque C ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dragić Borovičanin
Dragić (Cyrillic: Драгић) is a South Slavic surname. Notable people with the surname include: * Dalibor Dragić (born 1972), Bosnian Serb footballer * Dragan Dragić (born 1980), Serbian politician * Goran Dragić (born 1986), Slovenian basketball player for the Milwaukee Bucks, Zoran's brother * Labud Dragić (born 1954), Serbian writer of Montenegrin origin * Mirjana Lehner Dragić (born 1936), Serbian painter * Nedeljko Dragić (born 1936), Croatian animator * Predrag Dragić (1945–2012), Serbian writer * Tanja Dragić (born 1991), Serbian Paralympic athlete * Zoran Dragić (born 1989), Slovenian basketball player for the Anadolu Efes, Goran's brother See also * * Dragičević * Dragović *Dragojević Dragojević (Cyrillic script, Cyrillic: Драгојевић) is a Croatian language, Croatian, Montenegrin language, Montenegrin and Serbian language, Serbian surname derived from the masculine given name Dragoje. Notable people with the surname in ... {{DEFAULTS ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pascal Kolkhuis Tanke
Pascal, Pascal's or PASCAL may refer to: People and fictional characters * Pascal (given name), including a list of people with the name * Pascal (surname), including a list of people and fictional characters with the name ** Blaise Pascal, French mathematician, physicist, inventor, philosopher, writer and theologian Places * Pascal (crater), a lunar crater * Pascal Island (Antarctica) * Pascal Island (Western Australia) Science and technology * Pascal (unit), the SI unit of pressure * Pascal (programming language), a programming language developed by Niklaus Wirth **Microsoft Pascal **Turbo Pascal * PASCAL (database), a bibliographic database maintained by the Institute of Scientific and Technical Information * Pascal (microarchitecture), codename for a microarchitecture developed by Nvidia Other uses * (1895–1911) * (1931–1942) * Pascal and Maximus, fictional characters in ''Tangled'' * Pascal blanc, a French white wine grape * Pascal College, secondary education school ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Henri Manders
Henri Manders (born 2 March 1960 in The Hague) is a Dutch former professional road bicycle racer. Major results ;1982 : 1st Overall Tour of Greece : 1st Drielandenomloop ;1983 : 2nd Grand Prix Impanis-Van Petegem : 9th Grand Prix Cerami ;1984 : 5th La Flèche Wallonne : 6th Overall Ronde van Nederland : 9th Grand Prix de Wallonie ;1985 : 1st Circuit des Frontières : 1st Stage 5 Tour de France : 9th Dwars door België : 10th Grand Prix d'Isbergues ;1986 : 3rd Omloop van het Leiedal : 5th Kampioenschap van Vlaanderen ;1987 : 1st Stage 12 Herald Sun Tour : 9th Grand Prix Impanis-Van Petegem ;1988 : 7th Giro dell'Etna : 9th Omloop Het Volk ;1989 : 1st Stage 10 Herald Sun Tour : 6th Omloop van de Westhoek : 6th GP du canton d'Argovie : 6th De Kustpijl ;1990 : 3rd Road race, National Road Championships : 3rd Overall Étoile de Bessèges ;1991 : 7th Rund um Köln The Rund um Köln is a Classic cycle races, classic cycling race around the German city of Cologne. Since 2005 it is par ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
