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1959 Paris–Tours
The 1959 Paris–Tours was the 53rd edition of the Paris–Tours cycle race and was held on 11 October 1959. The race started in Paris and finished in Tours. The race was won by Rik Van Looy. General classification References 1959 in French sport 1959 Events January * January 1 – Cuba: Fulgencio Batista flees Havana when the forces of Fidel Castro advance. * January 2 – Soviet lunar probe Luna 1 is the first human-made object to attain escape velocity from Earth. It reaches the ... 1995 in road cycling October 1959 sports events in Europe 1959 Super Prestige Pernod {{Paris–Tours-race-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rik Van Looy
Henri "Rik" Van Looy (20 December 1933 – 17 December 2024) was a Belgian professional Cycle sport, cyclist of the post-World War II, war period. Nicknamed the ''King of the Classics'' or ''Emperor of Herentals'' (after the small Belgian city where he lived), he dominated the classic cycle races in the late 1950s and early 1960s. Van Looy was twice World Cycling Championship, world professional road race champion, and was the first cyclist to win all five 'Cycling monument, Monuments': the most prestigious one-day Classic cycle races, classics – a feat since achieved by just two others (both also Belgians: Roger De Vlaeminck and Eddy Merckx). With 367 professional road victories, he ranks second all-time behind Eddy Merckx. Van Looy is ninth on the Grand Tour (cycling)#Grand Tour stage wins, all-time list of Grand Tour (cycling), Grand Tour stage winners with thirty-seven victories. These numbers could still have risen had he not been the victim of a significant number ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marcel Ryckaert
Marcel may refer to: People * Marcel (given name), people with the given name Marcel * Marcel (footballer, born August 1981), Marcel Silva Andrade, Brazilian midfielder * Marcel (footballer, born November 1981), Marcel Augusto Ortolan, Brazilian striker * Marcel (footballer, born 1983), Marcel Silva Cardoso, Brazilian left back * Marcel (footballer, born 1992), Marcel Henrique Garcia Alves Pereira, Brazilian midfielder * Marcel (singer), American country music singer * Étienne Marcel (died 1358), provost of merchants of Paris * Gabriel Marcel (1889–1973), French philosopher, Christian existentialist and playwright * Jean Marcel (died 1980), Madagascan Anglican bishop * Jean-Jacques Marcel (1931–2014), French football player * Rosie Marcel (born 1977), English actor * Sylvain Marcel (born 1974), Canadian actor * Terry Marcel (born 1942), British film director * Claude Marcel (1793-1876), French diplomat and applied linguist Other uses * Marcel (''Friends''), a fictional m ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1995 In Road Cycling
1995 was designated as: * United Nations Year for Tolerance * World Year of Peoples' Commemoration of the Victims of the Second World War This was the first year that the Internet was entirely privatized, with the United States government no longer providing public funding, marking the beginning of the Information Age. America Online and Prodigy (online service), Prodigy offered access to the World Wide Web system for the first time this year, releasing browsers that made it easily accessible to the general public. Events January * January 1 ** The World Trade Organization (WTO) is established to replace the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT). ** Austria, Finland and Sweden join the European Union. * January 9 – Valeri Polyakov completes 366 days in space while aboard then ''Mir'' space station, breaking a duration record. * January 10–January 15, 15 – The World Youth Day 1995 festival is held in Manila, Manila, Philippines, culminating in 5 million people ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1959 In French Sport
Events January * January 1 – Cuba: Fulgencio Batista flees Havana when the forces of Fidel Castro advance. * January 2 – Soviet lunar probe Luna 1 is the first human-made object to attain escape velocity from Earth. It reaches the vicinity of Earth's Moon, where it was intended to crash-land, but instead becomes the first spacecraft to go into heliocentric orbit. * January 3 ** Alaska is admitted as the 49th U.S. state. ** The southernmost island of the Maldives archipelago, Addu Atoll, declares its independence from the Kingdom of the Maldives, initiating the United Suvadive Republic. * January 4 ** In Cuba, rebel troops led by Che Guevara and Camilo Cienfuegos enter the city of Havana. ** Léopoldville riots: At least 49 people are killed during clashes between the police and participants of a meeting of the ABAKO Party in Léopoldville in the Belgian Congo. * January 6 – The International Maritime Organization is inaugurated. * January 7 – The United States re ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jean Gainche
Jean Gainche (born 12 August 1932, in Remungol) was a French professional road bicycle racer. In 1958, Gainche won the 4th stage of the Tour de France. Major results ;1955 :Plumeliau ;1958 :Carantec :GP Ouest-France :Locmalo :Tour de Champagne :Tour de France: ::Winner stage 4 ;1959 :Boucles de l'Aulne :Etoile du Léon :Leuhan :Morlaix ;1961 :Locmalo :Ronde de Seignelay :Valognes :Chateau-Chinon ;1962 :GP Ouest-France The Bretagne Classic, also called Bretagne Classic Ouest-France, is an elite cycling classic held annually in late summer around the Breton village of Plouay in western France. The race was originally named Grand-Prix de Plouay and, from 1989 to ... : Mi-Août Bretonne ;1964 :Guerlesquin :Hennebont :Plessala ;1965 :Lagorce-Laguirande :Pontrieux ;1966 :Quimper-Guez External links *Official Tour de France results for Jean Gainche 1932 births Living people Cyclists from Morbihan French male cyclists French Tour de France stage winners 20th-century French ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Michel Dejouhannet
Michel Dejouhannet (3 July 1935, in Châteauroux – 11 January 2019) was a French professional road bicycle racer. In 1959, Dejouhannet won a stage in the 1959 Tour de France. Major results ;1958 :Bourges :Gouzon :Grand-Bourg :Guéret :La Souterraine :Montmorillon :Puteaux :Quimperlé :Uzerche :La Charité-sur-Loire ;1959 :Boussac :Circuit de l'Indre :Mauriac :Montluçon :Objat :Puteaux :Vailly-sur-Sauldre :Saint-Macaire en Mauges :Tour de France The Tour de France () is an annual men's multiple-stage cycle sport, bicycle race held primarily in France. It is the oldest and most prestigious of the three Grand Tour (cycling), Grand Tours, which include the Giro d'Italia and the Vuelta a ...: ::Winner stage 8 ;1960 :Brigueil-le-Chantre :La Clayette :Pléaux :Bain-de-Bretagne ;1961 :Saint-Pierre le Moutier ;1962 :La Clayette :Terrasson la Villedieu ;1963 :Champagné-Saint-Hilaire ;1964 :Brigueil-le-Chantre ;1965 :Boucles du Bas-Lim References External links *Official To ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Frans Aerenhouts
Frans Aerenhouts (4 July 1937 – 30 January 2022) was a Belgian cyclist. He died on 30 January 2022, at the age of 84. He most notably won Gent–Wevelgem in 1960 and 1961 and a stage of the 1963 Vuelta a España. Major results ;1957 : 1st Overall Tour de Berlin ;1958 : 1st Stage 3 Tour de l'Ouest : 3rd Belgian National Road Race Championships, Road race, National Road Championships : 9th 1958 UCI Road World Championships – Men's road race, Road race, 1968 UCI Road World Championships, UCI Road World Championships ;1959 : 1st Omloop Mandel-Leie-Schelde : 3rd Four Days of Dunkirk : 6th Bordeaux–Paris : 8th 1959 Liège–Bastogne–Liège, Liège–Bastogne–Liège : 8th Paris–Tours : 9th 1959 Paris–Roubaix, Paris–Roubaix ;1960 : 1st 1960 Gent–Wevelgem, Gent–Wevelgem : 2nd Ronde van Limburg (Belgium), Ronde van Limburg : 6th 1960 Paris–Roubaix, Paris–Roubaix ;1961 : 1st 1961 Gent–Wevelgem, Gent–Wevelgem : 2nd 1961 E3 Harelbeke, E3 Harelbeke : 3rd 1961 La Fl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
André Vlayen
André Vlayen (17 March 1931 – 20 February 2017) was a Belgian racing cyclist Cycle sport is competitive physical activity using bicycles. There are several categories of bicycle racing including road bicycle racing, cyclo-cross, mountain bike racing, track cycling, BMX, and cycle speedway. Non-racing cycling spo .... He won the Belgian national road race title in 1956 and 1957. References External links * 1931 births 2017 deaths Belgian male cyclists Cyclists from Antwerp Province People from Herselt 20th-century Belgian sportsmen {{Belgium-cycling-bio-1930s-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tino Sabbadini
Tino Sabbadini (Monsempron-Libos, 21 August 1928 — Monsempron-Libos, 7 November 2002) was a French professional road bicycle racer. He won the fourth stage of the 1958 Tour de France. Major results ;1950 :Villeneuve sur Lot ;1955 :Nantes :Circuit de la Vienne ;1956 :Circuit de l'Indre :Villeneuve sur Lot ;1957 :Circuit de l'Indre ;1958 :Eymet :GP de Cannes :Gap :1958 Tour de France, Tour de France: ::Winner stage 5 ;1959 :Agen ;1960 :Trédion ;1961 :Bayonne :La Couronne ;1963 :Mazamet External links *Official Tour de France results for Tino Sabbadini French male cyclists 1928 births 2002 deaths French Tour de France stage winners Sportspeople from Lot-et-Garonne Cyclists from Nouvelle-Aquitaine 20th-century French sportsmen {{France-cycling-bio-1920s-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Coen Niesten
Coen Niesten (30 August 1938 – 23 October 2024) was a Dutch professional racing cyclist Cycle sport is competitive physical activity using bicycles. There are several categories of bicycle racing including road bicycle racing, cyclo-cross, mountain bike racing, track cycling, BMX, and cycle speedway. Non-racing cycling spo .... He rode the 1960 and 1961 Tour de France. Niesten died in Beverwijk on 23 October 2024, at the age of 86. References External links * 1938 births 2024 deaths Dutch male cyclists Sportspeople from Beverwijk Cyclists from North Holland 20th-century Dutch sportsmen {{Netherlands-cycling-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Miguel Poblet
Miguel Poblet Orriols (18 March 1928 – 6 April 2013) was a Spanish professional cyclist, who had over 200 professional victories from 1944 to 1962. He was the first Spanish rider to wear the yellow jersey in the Tour de France, and in 1956 he became the first of only three riders to win stages in the three Grand Tours in the same year. (The other two are Pierino Baffi and Alessandro Petacchi.) He won the Milan–San Remo classic race on two occasions and took 26 stage wins in the three Grand Tours. His twenty-stage wins in the Giro d'Italia makes him the third most successful foreign rider in the "Giro" behind Eddy Merckx (25) and Roger De Vlaeminck (22). Poblet was of short stature who had great power, he was the first Spanish rider to be a specialist in one day races in an age when Spain only produced climbers. He had a lightning fast sprint, but could also climb well, taking the Spanish Mountain championships on three occasions and the mountainous Volta a Catalunya twice. H ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tours
Tours ( ; ) is the largest city in the region of Centre-Val de Loire, France. It is the Prefectures in France, prefecture of the Departments of France, department of Indre-et-Loire. The Communes of France, commune of Tours had 136,463 inhabitants as of 2018 while the population of the whole functional area (France), metropolitan area was 516,973. Tours sits on the lower reaches of the Loire, between Orléans and the Atlantic Ocean, Atlantic coast. Formerly named Caesarodunum by its founder, Roman Augustus, Emperor Augustus, it possesses one of the largest amphitheaters of the Roman Empire, the Tours Amphitheatre. Known for the Battle of Tours in 732 AD, it is a National Sanctuary with connections to the Merovingian dynasty, Merovingians and the Carolingian dynasty, Carolingians, with the Capetian dynasty, Capetians making the kingdom's currency the Livre tournois. Martin of Tours, Saint Martin and Gregory of Tours were from Tours. Tours was once part of Touraine, a former provi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
