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1981 Grote Prijs Jef Scherens
The 1981 Grote Prijs Jef Scherens was the 17th edition of the Grote Prijs Jef Scherens cycle race and was held on 20 September 1981. The race started and finished in Leuven. The race was won by Jan Raas. General classification References 1981 Events January * January 1 ** Greece enters the European Economic Community, predecessor of the European Union. ** Palau becomes a self-governing territory. * January 10 – Salvadoran Civil War: The FMLN launches its first major off ... 1981 in road cycling 1981 in Belgian sport September 1981 sports events in Europe {{Belgium-cycling-race-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jan Raas
Jan Raas (born 8 November 1952) is a Dutch former professional cyclist whose 115 wins include the 1979 World Road Race Championship in Valkenburg, he also won the Tour of Flanders in 1979 and 1983, Paris–Roubaix in 1982 and Milan–San Remo in 1977. He won ten stages in the Tour de France. In six starts, Raas won the Amstel Gold Race five times. In his entire career he competed in 23 of the highly contested "Monument" Races and he finished on the podium in almost half of them: 1st place four times and 3rd place six times. Raas was a tactician and clever sprinter. He struggled on the long steep climbs but excelled on the short climbs characteristic of the northern classics. Career Born in Heinkenszand, near Goes in Zeeland, Raas was the son of a farmer and one of 10 children. He showed no interest in cycling until leaving school at 16 when he acquired his first racing bike and started competing as a junior category, taking his first victory in Damme in Belgium on the 21 July 1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rudy Pevenage
Rudy Pévenage (15 June 1954) is a former Belgian cyclist, and later in his career team coach of cycling teams such as , , , and . Pévenage was a professional cyclist from 1976 until 1988. His largest success was in the 1980 Tour de France: he won one stage and won the points classification. He reached second place in the 1979 Tour de Suisse. He also spent nine days in the yellow jersey, leading the general classification in the Tour de France. His nickname was ''de rosse van Moerbeke''. After his cycling career, Pévenage became a team manager. Pévenage was team manager of Deutsche Telekom when Jan Ullrich started his career. In 2002, when Ullrich was forced to leave the team, Pévenage followed Ullrich to his new team Bianchi. After a good 2003 Tour de France, Ullrich returned to Telekom, without Pévenage. In 2006, Pévenage returned to Telekom (then renamed T-Mobile). When Ullrich was suspected of using illegal doping in '' Operación Puerto'' and was fired by T-Mobile ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sean Kelly (cyclist)
John James 'Sean' Kelly (born 24 May 1956) is an Irish former professional road bicycle racer, one of the most successful road cyclists of the 1980s, and one of the finest Classic cycle races, Classics riders of all time. From becoming a professional in 1977 until his retirement in 1994, he won 193 professional races, including nine Cycling monument, Monument Classics, Paris–Nice a record seven years consecutively and the first UCI Road World Cup in 1989. Kelly won one Grand Tour (cycling), Grand Tour, the 1988 Vuelta a España, and four Points classification in the Tour de France, green jerseys in the Tour de France. He achieved multiple victories in the Giro di Lombardia, Milan–San Remo, Paris–Roubaix and Liège–Bastogne–Liège, as well as three runners-up placings in the only Monument he failed to win, the Tour of Flanders. Other victories include the Grand Prix des Nations and stage races, the Critérium International, Tour de Suisse, Tour of the Basque Country and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1980 Grote Prijs Jef Scherens
The 1980 Grote Prijs Jef Scherens was the 16th edition of the Grote Prijs Jef Scherens cycle race and was held on 21 September 1980. The race started and finished in Leuven. The race was won by Ludo Delcroix. General classification References 1980 Events January * January 4 – U.S. President Jimmy Carter proclaims a grain embargo against the USSR with the support of the European Commission. * January 6 – Global Positioning System time epoch begins at 00:00 UTC. * January 9 – ... 1980 in road cycling 1980 in Belgian sport September 1980 sports events in Europe {{Belgium-cycling-race-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1982 Grote Prijs Jef Scherens
The 1982 Grote Prijs Jef Scherens was the 18th edition of the Grote Prijs Jef Scherens cycle race and was held on 19 September 1982. The race started and finished in Leuven. The race was won by Rudy Matthijs. General classification References 1982 Events January * January 1 – In Malaysia and Singapore, clocks are adjusted to the same time zone, UTC+8 (GMT+8.00). * January 13 – Air Florida Flight 90 crashes shortly after takeoff into the 14th Street bridges, 14th Street Bridge in ... 1982 in road cycling 1982 in Belgian sport {{Belgium-cycling-race-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Grote Prijs Jef Scherens
Grote Prijs Jef Scherens is a single-day road bicycle race held annually in September in Leuven, Belgium. Since 2005, the race is organized as a 1.1 event on the UCI Europe Tour. The race is named after the seven-time professional sprint world champion Jef Scherens. The local city circuit from the 2021 UCI Road World Championships The 2021 UCI Road World Championships was the 94th edition of the UCI Road World Championships, the annual world championships for road bicycle racing. It was held between 19 and 26 September 2021 in the Flanders region of Belgium. The region w ..., hosted in Leuven, was largely based on the circuit that is ridden during the Grote Prijs Jef Scherens. Winners External links Official Website {{Belgian Road Cycling Cup UCI Europe Tour races Recurring sporting events established in 1963 1963 establishments in Belgium Cycle races in Belgium Sport in Leuven ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Leuven
Leuven (, ) or Louvain (, , ; german: link=no, Löwen ) is the capital and largest City status in Belgium, city of the Provinces of Belgium, province of Flemish Brabant in the Flemish Region of Belgium. It is located about east of Brussels. The municipality itself comprises the historic city and the deelgemeente, former neighbouring municipalities of Heverlee, Kessel-Lo, a part of Korbeek-Lo, Wilsele and Wijgmaal. It is the eighth largest city in Belgium, with more than 100,244 inhabitants. KU Leuven, Belgium's largest university, has its flagship campus in Leuven, which has been a university city since 1425. This makes it the oldest university city in the Low Countries. The city is home of the headquarters of Anheuser-Busch InBev, the world's largest beer brewer and sixth-largest fast-moving consumer goods company. History Middle Ages The earliest mention of Leuven (''Loven'') dates from 891, when a Viking army was defeated by the Franks, Frankish king Arnulf of Carinthia ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Patrick Versluys
Patrick Versluys (born 5 September 1958) is a Belgian former professional racing cyclist. He rode in two editions of the Tour de France. Major results ;1980 : 4th Circuit des Frontières ;1981 : 1st Kampioenschap van Vlaanderen : 3rd Grand Prix de Wallonie : 3rd Le Samyn : 3rd Omloop van het Leiedal : 5th GP Stad Zottegem : 10th GP de Fourmies : 4th Grote Prijs Jef Scherens ;1982 : 1st Leeuwse Pijl : 7th Tour of Flanders : 8th Milan–San Remo ;1983 : 1st Omloop van het Leiedal : 3rd Grand Prix Impanis-Van Petegem : 6th Brabantse Pijl : 7th Paris–Roubaix : 8th Overall Driedaagse van De Panne-Koksijde : 10th Circuit des Frontières ;1984 : 2nd Nokere Koerse : 3rd Amstel Gold Race : 6th Brussels–Ingooigem : 6th Brabantse Pijl : 8th Paris–Roubaix : 8th Overall Tour de Luxembourg ;1985 : 1st Grand Prix de Denain : 2nd Nokere Koerse : 4th Amstel Gold Race : 8th E3 Harelbeke ;1986 : 1st De Kustpijl : 3rd Grand Prix de Wallonie : 4th E3 Harelbeke : 5th Le Samyn : 6th Binche–T ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ludo Delcroix
Ludo Delcroix (born 28 October 1950) was a Belgian professional road bicycle racer, who won the 9th stage in the 1979 Tour de France. He also competed in the team time trial at the 1972 Summer Olympics. Major results ;1972 : 4th, 1972 Olympic Games - Team Time Trial ;1973 : 1st, Onze-Lieve-Vrouw Waver, Sint-Amandsberg & Wondelgem : 5th, Züri-Metzgete ;1974 : 1st, Omloop Polder-Kempen ;1975 : 1st, Omloop Leiedal ;1976 : 1st, Sinaai ;1977 : 1st, Circuit Franco-Belge : 1st, Stage 5, Tour de Romandie ;1978 : 1st, Omloop Polder-Kempen : 1st, Stage 3a, Etoile des Espoirs : 1st, Stage 2, Three Days of De Panne : 1st, Boezinge, Oostakker & Zele ;1979 : 1st, Stage 9, Tour de France : 1st, Berlare & Nieuwmoer ;1980 : 1st, Grote Prijs Jef Scherens Grote Prijs Jef Scherens is a single-day road bicycle race held annually in September in Leuven, Belgium. Since 2005, the race is organized as a 1.1 event on the UCI Europe Tour. The race is named after the seven-time professional ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eddy Verstraeten
Eddy Verstraeten (15 September 1948, in Leuven – 7 December 2005, in Booischot) was a Belgian professional road bicycle racer. Verstraeten won stage 2B of the 1973 Tour de France. Major results ; Source: ;1970 : 1st Stage 1 Peace Race : 1st Trofee Het Volk : 1st Puurs : 2nd Heistse Pijl : 2nd Flèche Ardennaise amateurs ;1971 : 1st Grote Prijs Raymond Impanis : 1st Omloop van Midden-Brabant : 2nd Elfstedenronde : 3rd Grote Prijs Beeckman-De Caluwé : 4th Ronde van Brabant :5th Omloop van Midden-België ;1972 : 1st Booischot : 1st Omloop van Midden-België : 1st Harelbeke–Poperinge–Harelbeke (fr) : 2nd Brussel–Ingooigem : 2nd Heistse Pijl : 2nd Grand Prix de Hannut (fr) : 3rd Dwars door België :5th Grand Prix de Wallonie ;1973 : 1st Booischot : 1st Circuit du Port de Dunkerque (fr) : 1st Drogenbos : 1st Harelbeke–Poperinge–Harelbeke (fr) :Tour de France: ::1st stage 2a ( TTT) and 2b : 1st Trèfle à Quatre Feuilles :3rd Circuit du Tournaisis :4th Grote 1-Me ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Luc Colijn
Luc Colijn (born 2 May 1958) is a Belgian former professional racing cyclist. He rode in the 1981 Tour de France. He currently works as a directeur sportif for . He is the grandson of cyclist Achiel Buysse. Major results Road ;1978 : 1st Road race, National Military Road Championships : 2nd Military Road World Championships : 3rd Brussel–Opwijk ;1979 : 1st Ronde van Vlaanderen Beloften : 5th Kattekoers ;1980 : 1st Stage 1 Tour de Wallonie : 1st Coupe Egide Schoeters : 2nd Kampioenschap van Vlaanderen : 3rd Grand Prix de Waregem ;1981 : 1st Petegem-aan-de-Leie : 2nd Leeuwse Pijl : 3rd Paris–Tours : 3rd Nationale Sluitingprijs : 8th De Brabantse Pijl : 8th Grote Prijs Jef Scherens ;1982 : 1st Nationale Sluitingprijs : 1st Berlare : 1st De Pinte : 1st GP Lanssens : 2nd Omloop van het Zuidwesten : 3rd Flèche Hesbignonne : 8th Kuurne–Brussels–Kuurne ;1983 : 1st Omloop van de Grensstreek : 1st Prix de Mellet : 2nd Le Samyn : 2nd Grand Prix de Peymeinade : 3rd Omloop Het ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
