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1966 Harelbeke–Antwerp–Harelbeke
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The 1966 Harelbeke–Antwerp–Harelbeke was the ninth edition of the E3 Harelbeke cycle race and was held on 26 March 1966. The race started and finished in Harelbeke. The race was won by Rik Van Looy. General classification Notes References 1966 in Belgian sport 1966 Events January * January 1 – In a coup, Colonel Jean-Bédel Bokassa takes over as military ruler of the Central African Republic, ousting President David Dacko. * January 3 – 1966 Upper Voltan coup d'état: President Maurice Yaméogo i ... [...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] |
Willy Bocklant
Willy Bocklant (26 January 1941 – 6 June 1985) was a Belgian professional road racing cyclist active as a professional between 1962 and 1969. Among his biggest victories are the 1964 edition of Liège–Bastogne–Liège and the overall classification of the Tour de Romandie in 1963. Bocklant was born in Bellegem and died in Mouscron Mouscron (; Dutch language, Dutch and , ; Picard language, Picard and Walloon language, Walloon: ''Moucron'') is a Municipalities of Belgium, municipality and City status in Belgium, city of Wallonia located in the Belgium, Belgian Hainaut Provinc .... Palmarès External links * 1941 births 1985 deaths Cyclists from Kortrijk Belgian male cyclists 20th-century Belgian sportsmen {{Belgium-cycling-bio-1940s-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jozef Spruyt
Jozef Spruyt also written Joseph Spruyt (born 25 February 1943) is a Belgian former professional road bicycle racer. His profession was a metal worker and his sporting career began with Lierse B.C. Spruyt was a professional from 1965 to 1975. Spruyt won three stage wins in the Tour de France; one in 1969, one in 1970 and one in 1974. He also wore the yellow jersey as leader of the general classification for one day in the 1967 Tour de France. Other highlights from his career include winning Brabantse Pijl and the Scheldeprijs Vlaanderen. Major results ;1963 :Gent-Ieper ;1964 :Course de la Paix: ::Winner stage 11 ;1965 :Druivenkoers ;1966 : Scheldeprijs Vlaanderen ;1967 :Turnhout :Assent :Tour de France: ::Leading general classification after stage 4 ;1968 :Kessel–Lier :Mol ;1969 :Tour de France: ::Winner stage 22A :Stabroek :Turnhout ;1970 :Tour de France: ::Winner stage 5B ;1971 : Brabantse Pijl ;1973 :Tessenderlo :Willebroek :Eernegem ;1974 :Tour de France The Tour ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1965 Harelbeke–Antwerp–Harelbeke
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The 1965 Harelbeke–Antwerp–Harelbeke was the 8th edition of the E3 Harelbeke cycle race and was held on 27 March 1965. The race started and finished in Harelbeke. The race was won by Rik Van Looy of the Solo–Superia team. General classification Notes References 1965 in Belgian sport 1965 Events January–February * January 14 – The First Minister of Northern Ireland and the Taoiseach of the Republic of Ireland meet for the first time in 43 years. * January 20 ** Lyndon B. Johnson is Second inauguration of Lynd ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1967 Harelbeke–Antwerp–Harelbeke
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The 1967 Harelbeke–Antwerp–Harelbeke was the 10th edition of the E3 Harelbeke cycle race and was held on 25 March 1967. The race started and finished in Harelbeke. The race was won by Willy Bocklant. General classification Notes References 1967 in Belgian sport 1967 Events January * January 1 – Canada begins a year-long celebration of the 100th anniversary of Canadian Confederation, Confederation, featuring the Expo 67 World's Fair. * January 6 – Vietnam War: United States Marine Corps and Army of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
European Route E17
European route E17 passes through the following cities: * ** : Antwerp → Sint-Niklaas → Ghent → Kortrijk * ** : Tourcoing → Lille ** : Lille → Arras ** : Arras → Cambrai → Saint-Quentin → Laon → Reims ** : Reims → Châlons-en-Champagne ** : Châlons-en-Champagne → Troyes ** : Troyes → Langres ** : Langres → Beaune History Thoughts for creating the E17 started in the 1950s. Building of the motorway began in 1966 at Kortrijk Kortrijk ( , ; or ''Kortrik''; ), sometimes known in English as Courtrai or Courtray ( ), is a Belgian City status in Belgium, city and Municipalities in Belgium, municipality in the Flemish Region, Flemish Provinces of Belgium, province of We .... Belgian minister Omer Vanaudenhove had helped in funding the project by founding an intermunicipal association. The final large tracts of the road were finished in 1973. Until 1985, the road was named the European route E3. References External links UN Economic Commissi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
E3 Harelbeke
E3 Saxo Bank Classic, previously known as E3 BinckBank Classic, E3 Harelbeke, Harelbeke–Antwerp–Harelbeke and E3-Prijs Vlaanderen, is an annual road cycling race in Flanders, Belgium. The race starts and finishes in Harelbeke, covering 203 kilometres, mainly in the Flemish Ardennes. First raced in 1958, it is one of the more recently founded classic cycle races, one-day classics, but has developed into a prestigious and desirable event. It is on the UCI World Tour calendar, as part of a series of cobbled classics in Belgium and Northern France in March and April. Belgian Tom Boonen holds the record for number of victories with five wins, trailed by cycling icon Rik Van Looy who won four times. Cobbled Classic E3 Harelbeke is held on the last Friday of March and marks the start of the Flemish Cycling Week, starting a fortnight of WorldTour racing on the cobbles and bergs of Flanders. It is the second in the series of cobbled races in Belgium and northern France that take pla ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Harelbeke
Harelbeke (; ) is a municipality and city located in the Belgian province of West Flanders. The municipality comprises the city of Harelbeke proper and the towns of Bavikhove and Hulste. On January 1, 2019, Harelbeke had a total population of 28,447. The total area is 29.14 km² which gives a population density of 898 inhabitants per km². Inhabitants consider their hometown to be a "Weireldstad" (metropolis), which also led to a monthly "Harelbekedag" amongst the students of Harelbeke studying in Ghent. In Harelbeke a museum remembers the life and work of musician and composer Peter Benoit, called the Peter Benoit Huis. Famous natives * Andreas Pevernage (1542/1543 – 1591), composer of the late Renaissance * Jacobus Vaet (1529-1567), Renaissance composer, possibly born in Harelbeke * Armand Coeck (1941 - 2024), avant-garde composer * Jan Bucquoy (1945 - ), anarchist and film-maker ('' Camping Cosmos'') * Peter Benoit, composer * Wim Opbrouck, actor and singer Har ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Roger Swerts
Roger Swerts (born 28 December 1942) is a Belgian former road bicycle racer. As an amateur he placed 18th in the individual road race at the 1964 Summer Olympics and won a bronze medal at the 1965 UCI Road World Championships. He turned professional later in 1965. Major results ;1962 : 2nd Overall Tour de Pologne ::1st Stage 5 ;1964 : 1st Stage 10 Tour de l'Avenir ;1965 : 3rd Road race, UCI Road World Championships : 3rd Grand Prix de Fourmies : 4th Grand Prix d'Isbergues : 7th Overall Course de la Paix ;1966 : 1st Stage 2b ( TTT) Tour of Belgium : 4th Harelbeke–Antwerp–Harelbeke : 5th Road race, National Road Championships : 5th La Flèche Wallonne : 6th Grand Prix d'Isbergues : 10th Liège–Bastogne–Liège ;1967 : 4th Overall Four Days of Dunkirk ;1968 : 1st Grand Prix de Monaco : 1st Stage 6a Volta a Catalunya : 4th Brabantse Pijl : 4th Heist-op-den-Berg : 5th Sassari-Cagliari : 6th Overall Tour of Belgium : 8th Giro del Veneto : 8th Omloop der Zennev ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robert De Middeleir
Robert De Middeleir (26 August 1938 – 8 July 2016) was a Belgian cyclist. Professional from 1962 to 1967, he notably won the Omloop Het Nieuwsblad in 1962. Honours *1961 ** ''2nd in the Nationale Sluitingsprijs'' *1962 ** Omloop Het Nieuwsblad ** ''2nd in the Brabantse Pijl'' ** ''2nd in the Kuurne–Brussels–Kuurne'' *1964 ** Nokere Koerse *1966 ** ''2nd in the Kuurne–Brussels–Kuurne'' ** ''3rd in the Circuit du Houtland - Torhout'' Results in the grands tours Tour de France * 1962 The year saw the Cuban Missile Crisis, which is often considered the closest the world came to a Nuclear warfare, nuclear confrontation during the Cold War. Events January * January 1 – Samoa, Western Samoa becomes independent from Ne ... : retired (14th stage) External links * Belgian male cyclists 1938 births 2016 deaths Cyclists from East Flanders People from Lede, Belgium 20th-century Belgian sportsmen {{Belgium-cycling-bio-1930s-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
André Planckaert
André — sometimes transliterated as Andre — is the French and Portuguese form of the name Andrew and is now also used in the English-speaking world. It used in France, Quebec, Canada and other French-speaking countries, as well in Portugal, Brazil and other Portuguese-speaking countries. It is a variation of the Greek name ''Andreas'', a short form of any of various compound names derived from ''andr-'' 'man, warrior'. The name is popular in Norway and Sweden. Cognate names Cognate names are: * Bulgarian: Andrei, |
Alfons Hermans
Alphons (Latinized ''Alphonsus'', ''Adelphonsus'', or ''Adefonsus'') is a male given name recorded from the 8th century (Alfonso I of Asturias, r. 739–757) in the Christian successor states of the Visigothic Kingdom in the Iberian Peninsula. In the later medieval period it became a standard name in the Hispanic and Portuguese royal families. It is derived from a Gothic name, or a conflation of several Gothic names; from ''*Aþalfuns'', composed of the elements ''aþal'' "noble" and ''funs'' "eager, brave, ready", and perhaps influenced by names such as ''*Alafuns'', ''*Adefuns'' and ''* Hildefuns''. It is recorded as ''Adefonsus'' in the 9th and 10th century, and as ''Adelfonsus'', ''Adelphonsus'' in the 10th to 11th. The reduced form ''Alfonso'' is recorded in the late 9th century, and the Portuguese form ''Afonso'' from the early 11th and ''Anfós'' in Catalan from the 12th century until the 15th. Variants of the name include: '' Alonso'' (Spanish), ''Alfonso'' (Spanish a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
