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1992 Grote Prijs Jef Scherens
The 1992 Grote Prijs Jef Scherens was the 26th edition of the Grote Prijs Jef Scherens cycle race and was held on 30 August 1992. The race started and finished in Leuven. The race was won by Hendrik Redant. General classification References 1992 File:1992 Events Collage V1.png, From left, clockwise: 1992 Los Angeles riots, Riots break out across Los Angeles, California after the Police brutality, police beating of Rodney King; El Al Flight 1862 crashes into a residential apartment buildi ... 1992 in road cycling 1992 in Belgian sport {{Belgium-cycling-race-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hendrik Redant
Hendrik Redant (born 1 November 1962 in Ninove) is a Belgian former professional cyclist. He was a directeur sportif with the Omega Pharma–Lotto cycling team until the end of the 2010 season. For 2011 he left Omega Pharma–Lotto to take up a position with the Australian Pegasus Sports Racing team. The team folded before making its debut. He currently works as a directeur sportif for UCI ProTeam . Major results ;1984 :1st Stage 4 Ronde van Brabant ;1987 :1st Omloop van het Houtland : 2nd Dwars door West-Vlaanderen ;1988 :1st Stage 4 Tour of Belgium :1st Stage 3 Driedaagse van De Panne :1st Kuurne–Brussels–Kuurne :1st Zele-Puivelde : 2nd Ruddervoorde Koerse ;1989 :1st Brussel–Ingooigem :1st GP Fina-Fayt-le-Franc : 2nd Tour de Midi-Pyrénées : 3rd GP de Fourmies : 3rd Tour de la Haute-Sambre : 3rd GP Stad Sint-Niklaas : 3rd GP Frans Melckenbeek ;1990 :1st Overall Tour de l'Oise :1st Kuurne–Brussels–Kuurne :1st GP Fina-Fayt-le-Franc :1st Kampioenschap van Vlaand ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Johan Museeuw
Johan Museeuw (born 13 October 1965) is a retired Belgian professional road racing cyclist who was a professional from 1988 until 2004. Nicknamed ''The Lion of Flanders'', he was particularly successful in the cobbled classics of Flanders and Northern France and was considered one of the best classic races specialists of the 1990s. He won both the Tour of Flanders and Paris–Roubaix three times and was road world champion in 1996. Other notable career achievements include two individual stage wins in the Tour de France, two final classifications of the UCI Road World Cup, two national road race championships and several classic cycle races. In 1996 he received the Vélo d'Or, awarded annually to the rider considered to have performed the best over the year. Early life and amateur career Born in Varsenare, Museeuw grew up in Gistel, West Flanders. His father Eddy had been a professional cyclist for two seasons, albeit without much success. As a junior and amateur, Muse ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Olaf Ludwig
Olaf Ludwig (born 13 April 1960 in Gera, Bezirk Gera) is a former German racing cyclist. His career began at the SG Dynamo Gera / Sportvereinigung (SV) Dynamo. As an East German, he raced as an amateur until reunification of Germany allowed him to become professional with Panasonic team. As a sprinter, the highlight of his career was winning the points classification in the 1990 Tour de France. Other highlights include the Olympic road race in Seoul in 1988, a record 38 stage victories in the Peace Race, winning the Amstel Gold Race in 1992, and podium placings in the Paris–Roubaix. He also won the 1992 UCI Road World Cup. In 1992 he won the Champs Elysees stage in the Tour de France and won the third Tour stage of his career the following year. His sprinting rivals included Mario Cipollini, Wilfried Nelissen and Djamolidine Abdoujaparov. In 1993 he joined Team Telekom, later T-Mobile Team. On retirement in 1996 he took up public relations for the team. He subsequ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1991 Grote Prijs Jef Scherens
The 1991 Grote Prijs Jef Scherens was the 25th edition of the Grote Prijs Jef Scherens cycle race and was held on 22 September 1991. The race started and finished in Leuven. The race was won by Wilco Zuijderwijk. General classification References 1991 File:1991 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: Boris Yeltsin, elected as Russia's first president, waves the new flag of Russia after the 1991 Soviet coup d'état attempt, orchestrated by Soviet hardliners; Mount Pinatubo erupts in the Phil ... 1991 in road cycling 1991 in Belgian sport {{Belgium-cycling-race-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1993 Grote Prijs Jef Scherens
The 1993 Grote Prijs Jef Scherens was the 27th edition of the Grote Prijs Jef Scherens cycle race and was held on 5 September 1993. The race started and finished in Leuven. The race was won by Frans Maassen. General classification References 1993 File:1993 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: The Oslo I Accord is signed in an attempt to resolve the Israeli–Palestinian conflict; The Russian White House is shelled during the 1993 Russian constitutional crisis; Czechoslovakia is peace ... 1993 in road cycling 1993 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] |
Herman Frison
Herman Frison (born 16 April 1961, in Geel) is a former Belgian professional road bicycle racer and former assistant manager at Lotto-Soudal. During the 1987 Tour de France he managed to go on a solo attack during a relatively short stage that took place entirely within West Germany. Stage 4 was only about 80km long and went from Stuttgart to Pforzheim, but Frison managed to stay away from the peloton and win the stage by about a minute and a half ahead of the main field. Major results ;1984 :Booischot ;1985 :Tongerlo ;1986 :GP Stad Vilvoorde :Leeuwse Pijl :Chaumont - Gistoux ;1987 :Peer :Four Days of Dunkirk : Tour de France: ::Winner stage 4 :Grote 1-Mei Prijs ;1988 :Polder-Kempen :Kalmthout :Humbeek :Geetbets ;1989 :Omloop Hageland-Zuiderkempen :Sint-Katelijne-Waver :Viane ;1990 : Nokere Koerse : Gent–Wevelgem ;1991 :Nationale Sluitingsprijs Nationale Sluitingprijs is a semi classic European bicycle race held annually in Putte (Kapellen), Belgium. Since 2005, the r ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brian Holm
Brian Holm Sørensen (born 2 October 1962) is a retired Danish professional rider in road bicycle racing from 1986 to 1998, who rode for Team Telekom from 1993 to 1997 and was part of the team that brought his fellow Dane Bjarne Riis to victory in the 1996 Tour de France. Biography Brian Holm was born in Copenhagen. He was a reliable domestique for most of his career, and also sports 11 individual victories, including a national championship (1990), the one-day classic Paris–Brussels and the semi-classic Paris–Camembert. After his active career, Brian Holm has acted as a sport director, first for Danish pro-teams Team Acceptcard (1999) and Team Fakta, then for the Danish national team, and from 2003 for Team Telekom (sponsors changed several times) until 2011 when the team, latterly known as HTC-Highroad, came to an end. Holm is cited as a motivational influence on prominent HTC-Highroad cyclist, Mark Cavendish. During the 2011 UCI Road World Championships in Copenhagen, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marc Van Orsouw
Marc van Orsouw (born 12 April 1964) is a Dutch former racing cyclist. He rode in eight Grand Tours between 1986 and 1994. Major results ;1983 : 1st Tour du Jura ;1985 : 2nd Ronde van Limburg ;1986 : 1st Hel van het Mergelland : 1st Gran Premio della Liberazione ;1987 : 7th Overall Tour du Haut Var : 7th Dwars door België ;1988 : 4th Tour du Nord-Ouest ;1989 : 1st Stage 2b Volta a Catalunya ( TTT) : 6th Brabantse Pijl ;1992 : 3rd GP Stad Vilvoorde : 7th 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 ... References External links * 1964 births Living people Dutch male cyclists Sportspeople from Oss Cyclists from North Brabant 20th-century Dutch people {{Netherlands-cycling-bio-1960s-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rudy Verdonck
Rudy Verdonck (born 7 August 1965) is a Belgian former professional racing cyclist. He rode in three editions of the 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 .... References External links * 1965 births Living people Belgian male cyclists Cyclists from Turnhout {{Belgium-cycling-bio-1960s-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jo Planckaert
Jo Planckaert (born 16 December 1970 in Deinze) is a former Belgian professional road bicycle racer. He is the son of former professional road bicycle racer Willy Planckaert, brother of famous road bicycle racers Eddy and Walter Planckaert. Major victories ;1993 : 1st, Stage 3, Vuelta a Andalucía : 1st, Stage 4, Vuelta a Murcia : 1st, Ronde van Midden-Zeeland ;1995 : 1st, Nokere Koerse : 1st, Grand Prix de Denain : 1st, Stage 4b, Tour of Sweden : 2nd, Clásica de Almería ;1997 : 2nd, Paris–Roubaix : 2nd, Le Samyn ;1998 : 1st, GP Briek Schotte : 1st, Grote Prijs Jef Scherens : Étoile de Bessèges :: 1st, Overall and Stage 3 ;1999 : 1st, Kuurne–Brussels–Kuurne : 1st, Stage 2, Étoile de Bessèges ;2000 : 1st, Tro-Bro Léon : 1st, Étoile de Bessèges : 1st, Stage 5, Vuelta a Andalucía : 1st, Stage 1, Tour de Wallonie : 1st, Stage 1, Tour du Limousin ;2001 : 1st, Grand Prix Zottegem ;2003 : 1st, Stage 2, Étoile de Bessèges ;2004 : 2nd, Grand Prix d'Ouverture La ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
