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1970 Gent–Wevelgem
The 1970 Gent–Wevelgem was the 32nd edition of the Gent–Wevelgem cycle race and was held on 1 April 1970. The race started in Ghent and finished in Wevelgem. The race was won by Eddy Merckx of the Faemino–Faema Faemino–Faema was a professional cycling team that existed from 1968 to 1970. Faema's most prominent rider was Eddy Merckx who won his first four grand tours with the team. Major results Sources: ;1968 : GP Monaco, Roger Swerts : Romana Lomba ... team. General classification References Gent–Wevelgem 1970 in road cycling 1970 in Belgian sport April 1970 sports events in Europe {{Gent–Wevelgem-race-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eddy Merckx
Édouard Louis Joseph, Baron Merckx (born 17 June 1945), known as Eddy Merckx (, ), is a Belgian former professional road and track cyclist racer who is the most successful rider in the history of competitive cycling. His victories include an unequalled eleven Grand Tour (cycling), Grand Tours (five Tour de France, Tours de France, five Giro d'Italia, Giros d'Italia, and a Vuelta a España), all five Cycling monument, Monuments, setting the hour record, three UCI Road World Championships, World Championships, every major one-day race other than Paris–Tours, and extensive victories on the track. Born in Meensel-Kiezegem, Province of Brabant, Brabant, Belgium, he grew up in Woluwe-Saint-Pierre where his parents ran a grocery store. He played several sports, but found his true passion in cycling. Merckx got his first bicycle at the age of three or four and competed in his first race in 1961. His first victory came at Petit-Enghien in October 1961. After winning eighty races as ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Roger Rosiers
Roger Rosiers (26 November 1946) is a former professional road racing cyclist from Vremde, Belgium. Major achievements ;1965 :1st, Schaal Sels-Merksem ;1967 :1st, Brabantse Pijl ;1968 :1st, GP Flandria ;1969 :1st, Nokere Koerse :1st, Stage 2b, Tour of Belgium ;1970 :1st, Stage 17, Vuelta a España ;1971 :1st, Paris–Roubaix ;1972 :1st, Overall, Tour de Luxembourg ::1st, Stage 1 ;1973 :1st, Grand Prix d'Isbergues ;1977 :1st, Overall, Three Days of De Panne 3 (three) is a number, numeral and digit. It is the natural number following 2 and preceding 4, and is the smallest odd prime number and the only prime preceding a square number. It has religious and cultural significance in many societies ... External linksProfile by memoire-du-cyclisme.net Living people Belgian male cyclists Belgian Vuelta a España stage winners 1946 births Cyclists from Antwerp Province People from Boechout 20th-century Belgian sportsmen {{Belgium-cycling-bio-1940s-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1970 In Road Cycling
Year 197 ( CXCVII) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Magius and Rufinus (or, less frequently, year 950 ''Ab urbe condita''). The denomination 197 for this year has been used since the early medieval period, when the Anno Domini calendar era became the prevalent method in Europe for naming years. Events By place Roman Empire * February 19 – Battle of Lugdunum: Emperor Septimius Severus defeats the self-proclaimed emperor Clodius Albinus at Lugdunum (modern Lyon). Albinus commits suicide; legionaries sack the town. * Septimius Severus returns to Rome and has about 30 of Albinus's supporters in the Senate executed. After his victory he declares himself the adopted son of the late Marcus Aurelius. * Septimius Severus forms new naval units, manning all the triremes in Italy with heavily armed troops for war in the East. His soldiers embark on an artificial canal between the Tigris a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Felice Gimondi
Felice Gimondi (; 29 September 1942 – 16 August 2019) was an Italian professional racing cyclist. With his 1968 Vuelta a España, 1968 victory at the Vuelta a España, only three years after becoming a professional cyclist, Gimondi, nicknamed "The Phoenix", was the second cyclist (after Jacques Anquetil) to win all three ''Grand Tour (cycling), Grand Tours'' of road cycling: Tour de France (1965, his first year as a pro), Giro d'Italia (1967, 1969 and 1976), and Vuelta a España (1968). He is one of only Grand Tour (cycling)#Winners of all three Grand Tours, seven cyclists to have done so. Gimondi also won three of the five Cycling monuments, winning the Giro di Lombardia twice, and finished on the podium of a grand tour twelve times. He accomplished all of these major victories despite his career coinciding with that of Eddy Merckx. Biography Gimondi was born on 29 September 1942 in Sedrina in the Province of Bergamo. He was the son of a transport manager and a post mistres ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Georges Claes
Georges Claes (7 January 1920, Boutersem - 14 March 1994) was a Belgian racing cyclist. He won Paris–Roubaix in 1946 Paris–Roubaix, 1946 and 1947 Paris–Roubaix, 1947. He finished in third place in the 1948 Paris–Roubaix. References External links Cycling hall of fame 1920 births 1994 deaths People from Boutersem Belgian male cyclists Cyclists from Flemish Brabant 20th-century Belgian sportsmen {{Belgium-cycling-bio-1920s-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jean-Pierre Monseré
Jean-Pierre "Jempi" Monseré (8 September 1948 – 15 March 1971) was a Belgium, Belgian road racing cyclist who died while champion of the world. Career Early life As a child, the energetic Monseré excelled in different sports like football and athletics. He rode his first bicycle race in Lendelede at the age of 12, competing against fifteen-year-old cyclists. Monseré won his first official race on 7 July 1963 in the Sint-Elooi Prize in Ruddervoorde. He managed to put this race completely in his hands and he finished with a lead of no less than 7 minutes. At 15, Monseré, already targeted by several competitors, won the Belgian Road Championship for under-novices. In 1965, Dr. Derluyn joined the staff of Jean-Pierre Monseré. Under his guidance, "Jempi" switched from the then popular training methods, consisting of endless endurance training, to interval training. As a result, training had to be done less and they could build more peace, so a rider had much more recupe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jan Janssen
Johannes Adrianus "Jan" Janssen (born 19 May 1940) is a Dutch former professional cyclist. He was UCI Road World Championships – Men's road race, world champion and winner of the Tour de France and the Vuelta a España, the first Dutch rider to win either. He rode the Tour de France eight times and finished all but the first time. He won seven stages and wore the yellow jersey for two days (after stage 16 in 1966 Tour de France, 1966 and after stage 22B in 1968 Tour de France, 1968). He was easily spotted in the peloton because of his blond hair and his glasses. As of the death of Federico Bahamontes in August 2023, he is the oldest surviving winner of the Tour de France, but not the most ancient winner: Lucien Aimar won in 1966. Early life Janssen was born at Nootdorp, a small town near The Hague and Delft, just five days after the Netherlands surrendered to the Nazis. He later moved to Putte (Netherlands), Putte, a village on the Belgium, Belgian border between Roosendaal an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Julien Stevens
Julien Stevens (born 25 February 1943) is a retired Belgian cyclist who raced from 1963 to 1977. Stevens spent most part of his career employed to help other riders, such as Rik Van Steenbergen, Rik Van Looy and Eddy Merckx. In 1969, at the road world championship in Zolder he got clear with Dutchman Harm Ottenbros but lost the sprint. Stevens was also active in track cycling, where he was Belgian national champion in many competitions. Major results ;1966 : 1st Stage 5 Volta a Catalunya ;1968 : 1st Road Race, Belgian National Road Race Championships : 1st Individual Pursuit, Belgian National Track Cycling Championships : 1st Grand Prix Pino Cerami ;1969 : 1st Stage 8 Tour de Suisse : 1st Stage 2 Tour de France : 2nd Road race, UCI Road World Championships ;1972 : 1st Six Days of Ghent (with Patrick Sercu) : 1st Six days of Montréal ;1973 : 1st Omnium, Belgian National Track Cycling Championships : 1st Team Pursuit, Belgian National Track Cycling Championships ; ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Patrick Sercu
Patrick Sercu (27 June 1944 – 19 April 2019) was a Belgian cyclist who was active on the road and track between 1961 and 1983. On track, he won the gold medal in the 1 km time trial at the 1964 Summer Olympics, as well as three world titles in the sprint in 1963, 1967 and 1969. On the road, he earned the green jersey in the 1974 Tour de France. Sercu is the record holder for the number of six-day track race victories, having won 88 events out of 223 starts between 1961 and 1983; several of these wins were with cycling great Eddy Merckx.Patrick Sercu . www.famousbelgians.net. Gives information on record number of six day wins. He also won six stages at the and eleven stages at the |
Faemino–Faema
Faemino–Faema was a professional cycling team that existed from 1968 to 1970. Faema's most prominent rider was Eddy Merckx who won his first four grand tours with the team. Major results Sources: ;1968 : GP Monaco, Roger Swerts : Romana Lombardo, Eddy Merckx : GP Lugano, Eddy Merckx : Overall Giro di Sardegna, Eddy Merckx ::Stages 1 & 5b, Eddy Merckx ::Stage 3, Guido Reybrouck : Stage 4a TTT Paris–Nice : Stage 1 Tirreno-Adriatico, Vittorio Adorni : Overall Volta Ciclista a Catalunya, Eddy Merckx ::Stage 1, Guido Reybrouck ::Stages 2 & 6b, Eddy Merckx ::Stage 6a, Roger Swerts : Stages 2 & 4 Setmana-Catalana, Guido Reybrouck : Stage 3 Setmana-Catalana, Eddy Merckx : Trofeo Dicen, Eddy Merckx : Stage 2 Tour of Belgium, Eddy Merckx : Paris-Roubaix, Eddy Merckx : Brabantse Pijl, Victor Van Schil : Stage 13 Vuelta a España, Victor Van Schil : Overall Tour de Romandie, Eddy Merckx ::Stage 1b, Eddy Merckx : Overall Giro d'Italia, Eddy Merckx ::Team Classification ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Willy Vekemans
Willy Vekemans (born 28 April 1945) is a Belgian former professional racing cyclist. He won the Omloop Het Volk in 1967 and Gent–Wevelgem in 1969. Major results ;1967 : 1st Omloop Het Volk ;1968 : 1st GP du canton d'Argovie : 1st Stage 4 Tour of Belgium : 2nd GP Stad Vilvoorde : 7th Omloop Het Volk ;1969 : 1st Gent–Wevelgem : 1st Ronde van Limburg : 1st Hoeilaart–Diest–Hoeilaart : 1st Stage 4 Tour of Belgium : 3rd Paris–Roubaix : 3rd Harelbeke–Antwerp–Harelbeke : 5th Amstel Gold Race : 9th GP du canton d'Argovie ;1970 : 1st Omloop van de Westhoek : 1st Stage 2 Tirreno–Adriatico : 4th Kuurne–Brussels–Kuurne : 9th Overall Tour of Belgium The Tour of Belgium (; ) is a five-day bicycle race which is held annually in Belgium, and is part of the UCI ProSeries. It was held annually between 1908 and 1981, except during both world wars. Between 1982 and 1990 several races were not org ... : 9th Omloop Het Volk References External links * 1945 births ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wevelgem
Wevelgem () is a Municipalities of Belgium, municipality located in the Belgium, Belgian province of West Flanders. The municipality comprises the towns of Gullegem, Moorsele and Wevelgem proper. On January 1, 2006, Wevelgem had a total population of 31,020. The total area is 38.76 km2 which gives a population density of 800 inhabitants per km2. Wevelgem is accessible by road (E403 – A19 – R8), by boat (Leie, De Leie), by air (Kortrijk-Wevelgem International Airport) or by train at Wevelgem railway station. Wevelgem is known for the annual Gent–Wevelgem road bicycle racing, bicycle road race which finishes in the town. History The earliest known mention dates from 1197. Wevelgem was home to the Cistercians, Cistercian Guldenberg Abbey in the 13th–14th centuries, which owned grain mills in various locations. From c. 1278 to 1310, abbess Ida was in charge, though Marc Brion lists it as an abbey for men. In the old days, the river De Leie was important for Wevelgem. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
