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1984 Gent–Wevelgem
The 1984 Gent–Wevelgem was the 46th edition of the Gent–Wevelgem cycle race and was held on 4 April 1984. The race started in Ghent and finished in Wevelgem. The race was won by Guido Bontempi Guido Bontempi (born 12 January 1960 in Gussago) is an Italian former road bicycle racer. Bontempi's career highlights include winning the spring's classic Gent–Wevelgem two times (1984 and 1986) and a total of 16 stages in the Giro d'Itali ... of the Carrera team. General classification References Gent–Wevelgem 1984 in road cycling 1984 in Belgian sport 1984 Super Prestige Pernod International {{Gent–Wevelgem-race-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Guido Bontempi
Guido Bontempi (born 12 January 1960 in Gussago) is an Italian former road bicycle racer. Bontempi's career highlights include winning the spring's classic Gent–Wevelgem two times (1984 and 1986) and a total of 16 stages in the Giro d'Italia throughout his career. He also won six stages in the Tour de France and four stages in the Vuelta a España. In the 1988 Tour de France he won the prologue, allowing him to wear the yellow jersey in the first stage. He also won the points classification in the 1986 Giro d'Italia and wore the pink jersey as leader of the general classification for one stage in the 1981 Giro d'Italia. He also competed in the 1000m time trial and team pursuit events at the 1980 Summer Olympics. Major results ;1981 : Vuelta a España ::1st Stages 1 & 3 : 1st Stage 1a Giro d'Italia ;1982 : 1st Giro del Friuli : 1st Stage 14 Giro d'Italia ;1983 : 1st Giro del Piemonte : Giro d'Italia ::1st Stages 2 & 8 : Tour of the Basque Country ::1st Stages 1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ad Wijnands
Ad Wijnands (Maastricht, 10 March 1959) is a Dutch former professional road bicycle racer, who won two stages in the 1981 Tour de France. Major results ;1980 :Omloop der Kempen ;1980 :Ronde van Zuid-Holland ;1981 :GP E5 :Six Days of Maastricht (with René Pijnen) :Simpelveld :Voerendaal :Tour of Belgium :Boxmeer :Scheldeprijs :Tour de France: ::Winner stages 9 and 11 ;1982 :Elsloo : GP Union Dortmund :Six Days of Maastricht (with René Pijnen) :Thorn ;1983 :Maastricht :GP Impanis :Boxmeer :Helden-Panningen :Hoogerheide ;1985 :Antibes :Tegelen ;1986 :Hansweert :Ronde van Limburg :Grote 1-Mei Prijs :Wielsbeke :Maastricht ;1988 :Grand Prix d'Ouverture La Marseillaise :Helchteren ;1989 :Ede :Wingene ;1990 :Coca-Cola Trophy :GP Forbo :Polder-Kempen : Profronde van Maastricht :Schorndorf ;1991 :Hengelo :Étoile de Bessèges ;1992 :Profronde van Heerlen RaboRonde Heerlen or Profronde van Heerlen ( en, Proftour Heerlen) is an elite men's and women's professional road bicycle racing even ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1984 In Road Cycling
Events January * January 1 – The Bornean Sultanate of Brunei gains full independence from the United Kingdom, having become a British protectorate in 1888. * January 7 – Brunei becomes the sixth member of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN). * January 10 ** The United States and the Vatican City, Vatican (Holy See) restore full diplomatic relations. ** The Victoria, Seychelles, Victoria Agreement is signed, institutionalising the Indian Ocean Commission. *January 24 – Steve Jobs launches the Macintosh 128K, Macintosh personal computer in the United States. February * February 3 ** Dr. John Buster and the research team at Harbor–UCLA Medical Center announce history's first embryo transfer from one woman to another, resulting in a live birth. ** STS-41-B: Space Shuttle Challenger, Space Shuttle ''Challenger'' is launched on the 10th Space Shuttle mission. * February 7 – Astronauts Bruce McCandless II and Robert L. Stewart make the first untethered spac ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pol Verschuere
Pol Verschuere (Kortrijk, 18 January 1955) was a Belgian professional road bicycle racer. Verschuere won a stage in the 1980, 1982 and the 1986 Tour de France. Major results ;1975 : National Amateur Road Race Championship ;1978 :Izegem :Kortrijk :Trèfle à Quatre Feuilles ;1979 :Grote Prijs Stad Zottegem ;1980 :Soignies :Tour de France: ::Winner stage 22 ;1981 :Le Samyn ;1982 :Ninove :Tour de France: ::Winner stage 7 :Beernem ;1983 :Dentergem ;1986 :De Haan :Tour de France The Tour de France () is an annual men's multiple-stage bicycle race primarily held in France, while also occasionally passing through nearby countries. Like the other Grand Tours (the Giro d'Italia and the Vuelta a España), it consist ...: ::Winner stage 1 ;1987 :Beernem External links *Official Tour de France results for Pol Verschuere Belgian male cyclists 1955 births Living people Belgian Tour de France stage winners Tour de France Champs Elysées stage winners Sportspeople from ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Greg LeMond
Gregory James LeMond (born June 26, 1961) is an American former professional road racing cyclist, entrepreneur, and anti-doping advocate. A two-time winner of the Road Race World Championship (1983 and 1989) and a three-time winner of the Tour de France (1986, 1989, and 1990). LeMond is the only American male to win the Tour de France and is considered by many to be the greatest American cyclist of all time, one of the great all-round cyclists of the modern era, and an icon of the sport's globalisation. LeMond began his professional cycling career in 1981. In 1983, he became the first American male cyclist to win the Road World Championship. LeMond won the Tour de France in 1986; he is the first non-European professional cyclist to win the men's Tour. He was accidentally shot with pellets and seriously injured while hunting in 1987. Following the shooting, he underwent two surgeries and missed the next two Tours. At the 1989 Tour, he completed an improbable comeback to win i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rudy Dhaenens
Rudy Dhaenens (10 April 1961 – 6 April 1998) was a Belgian professional road bicycle racer who is most famous for winning the World Cycling Championships in 1990 as a member of the Belgian national team. Dhaenens excelled several times in the Paris–Roubaix classic race; finishing second in 1986 and third the following year. Dhaenens won the 1990 World Championship Road Race, held in Utsunomiya, Japan, ahead of Dirk De Wolf of Belgium and Gianni Bugno of Italy. In 1992, Dhaenens was forced to stop his career because of heart problems. For a long time, he was in the service of the PDM cycling team, usually as tactical captain. Dhaenens was known for his calm, reserved attitude. He died in 1998, at the age of 36, from head injuries sustained in a car accident in Aalst while driving to the finish of the Tour of Flanders bicycle race. From 1999 to 2007, the Grand Prix Rudy Dhaenens was held in his honour in late March, in Nevele, Belgium. Career achievements Major re ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stefan Mutter
Stefan Mutter (born 3 October 1956) is a former professional road bicycle racer from Switzerland. He was the Swiss National Road Race champion in 1981. Major results ;1977 : 5th Overall Tour de l'Avenir ::1st Prologue : 9th Overall GP Tell ::1st Stage 4b (ITT) ;1978 : 1st Giro del Mendrisiotto : UCI Road World Championships ::3rd Amateur road race ::3rd Team time trial ;1979 : 1st Stages 4 ( TTT) & 8 (TTT) Tour de France : 1st Stage 1b (TTT) Paris–Nice : 4th Overall Tour de Romandie : 8th Overall Critérium du Dauphiné Libéré ;1980 : 2nd Overall Paris–Nice : 3rd Overall A Travers Lausanne : 3rd Züri-Metzgete : 8th Overall Tour of Belgium ::1st Stage 2 (TTT) : 9th GP Eddy Merckx : 10th Overall Tour Méditerranéen ;1981 : 1st Road race, National Road Championships : 1st Overall Tour Méditerranéen ::1st Stage 3a (ITT) : 2nd Liège–Bastogne–Liège : 4th Overall Tirreno–Adriatico : 5th La Flèche Wallonne : 7th Züri-Metzgete : 8th Road race, UCI Road World C ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eddy Planckaert
Eddy Planckaert (born 22 September 1958 in Nevele) is a former professional road racing cyclist from Belgium. In 1988, Planckaert enjoyed perhaps his best year by capturing the green jersey (points competition) at the 1988 Tour de France and winning the Tour of Flanders. In 1990, he won Paris–Roubaix, his second '' monumental classic'', with the closest finish in the race's history beating Canadian Steve Bauer by less than a cm. A strong sprinter, Planckaert is one of the riders with stage wins at all three cycling Grand Tours. Eddy Planckaert is the brother of fellow cyclists Willy and Walter Planckaert. Eddy is also the uncle of Jo Planckaert and the father of Francesco Planckaert. More than 10 years after his cycling career, the former racer got back into the public eye with a long running reality TV show about his family life, on Vtm. After the 2016 Paris-Roubaix, Planckaert declared that second-placed Tom Boonen should have made a deal with eventual winner Mathew Ha ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Francis Castaing
Francis Castaing (born 22 April 1959) is a French former professional road bicycle racer. He won one stage in the 1985 Tour de France. He also competed in the individual road race event at the 1980 Summer Olympics. Major results ;1979 :Tour de Gironde ;1980 :Bordeaux - Saintes ;1981 : French National Track Championships :Paris–Bourges ;1982 :GP de Peymeinade :GP Ouest-France : National Track Points race Championship ;1984 :Brest :Quilan ;1985 :Breuillet :Lanester :Rodez :Tour de France: ::Winner stage 6 :Castillon-la-Bataille ;1986 :Ronde d'Aix-en-Provence :Tour de Vendée Tour of Vendée is a single-day road bicycle race held annually in October (Previously May) in the region of Vendée, France, finishing in a circuit inside La Roche-sur-Yon town. From 2005 until 2009, the race was organized as a 1.1 event on ... ;1987 :Bordeaux References External links *Official Tour de France results for Francis Castaing French male cyclists 1959 births Living people F ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eric Vanderaerden
Eric Vanderaerden (born 11 February 1962) is a retired road cyclist from the town of Lummen, Belgium. He was a considerable talent, winning the prologue time trial of the Vuelta a España in his debut year of 1983. During the 1983 Tour de France he also won the prologue and held the yellow jersey for two days. During the 1984 Tour de France he won two stages, including the final stage of the race which finished on the Champs Elysees in Paris. His participation in the 1985 edition was a strong one, beating the eventual Tour winner Bernard Hinault in a time trial stage. He held the yellow jersey again during this tour, this time for three days. The following year, he won the green jersey. In subsequent years, he won two monument races: in 1985, at 23, he won the storm ridden edition of the Tour of Flanders, and in 1987 he won Paris–Roubaix. After 1988, his career went in decline and, despite his talent, he failed to win major races. He certainly had considerable talent as ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Carrera (cycling Team)
Carrera was an Italian-based road bicycle racing team active from 1984 to 1996, named after sponsoring Italian jeans manufacturer Carrera. The team was successful in the Giro d'Italia and the Tour de France with three overall wins and several wins in the Points classification and Mountain Classifications. History Inoxpran The Inoxpran cycling team began in 1979. The Inoxpran team achieved success with Italian Giovanni Battaglin who won in the period of a month and a half in 1981 two Grand Tours in with the 1981 Giro d'Italia and the 1981 Vuelta a España. Battaglin was the second rider in history to achieve this Giro-Vuelta double after Eddy Merckx who achieved the double in 1973. Roberto Visentini had been the Inoxpran team leader in 1983 when he finished second overall in the 1983 Giro d'Italia. Carrera Carrera Jeans became the title sponsor in 1984 and Visentini finally won the Giro d'Italia in 1986. At the end of 1985 the team had signed Stephen Roche to perform for ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wevelgem
Wevelgem () is a municipality located in the 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. You can reach Wevelgem by road (E403 – A19 – R8), by boat ( De Leie), by air ( Kortrijk-Wevelgem International Airport) or by train at Wevelgem railway station. Wevelgem is known for the annual Gent–Wevelgem bicycle road race which finishes in the town. History The earliest known mention dates from 1197. Wevelgem was home to the 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. The people used the river to soak flax, before they processed it ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
