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2000 Tour Of Flanders
The 84th running of the Tour of Flanders cycling race in Belgium was held on Sunday 2 April 2000. It was the second leg of the 2000 UCI Road World Cup. Naturalized Belgian Andrei Tchmil won the classic cycle races, monument classic ahead of Dario Pieri and Romāns Vainšteins. The race started in Bruges and finished in Meerbeke (Ninove). Race summary Several crashes marred the race. Jans Koerts broke his arm and was taken to hospital. Defending champion Peter Van Petegem attacked on Tenbosse, but to no effect. Johan Museeuw tried to go clear on the Muur van Geraardsbergen, but was caught by a large group before the top. After the Bosberg, 11 km from the finish, Andrei Tchmil attacked on a flat stretch and powered on to Meerbeke. Tchmil never had more than 20 seconds over a large chasing group, but won by four seconds over Dario Pieri, who broke clear from the group, and Romāns Vainšteins. At 37, Tchmil became the oldest winner ever of the Tour of Flanders. Climbs There were ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Andrei Tchmil
Andrei Tchmil (born 22 January 1963) is a retired Soviet (until 1991), Moldovan (1992–1995), Ukrainian (1995–1998) and Belgian (since 1998) professional road bicycle racer. He competed in the men's individual road race at the 1996 Summer Olympics. Cycling career Tchmil was born in Khabarovsk, Russia. His family moved to Ukraine during the days of the Soviet Union. He started cycling and showed enough talent to be moved to a cycling school in Moldova. The glasnost in the Soviet Union allowed him to try a professional career with the Italian Alfa Lum team in 1989. After the collapse of the Soviet Union he became a Ukrainian citizen, although he eventually moved to Belgium early in his professional career. ''"People are cynical when I talk about Belgium. They think I'm only Belgian on paper. That is not true. Yes, I was a Russian, even a proud one.... Now I am proud to be Belgian. The first thing I did was learn French. Now there are some books in my suitcase to learn Flem ... [...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] |
Eikenberg
The Eikenberg (English: ''Oak Hill'') is a hill and road in the municipality of Maarkedal, in the Belgian province of East Flanders. With an 82 m altitude top, it is one of many hill formations in the Flemish Ardennes, in the south of East Flanders. The slopes of the hill are paved in cobbles, with a road gradually winding upwards from the Maarke brook to the top in Kerzelare village, 3 km east of Oudenaarde. The top of the climb is on the intercity road between Brakel and Oudenaarde. The cobbled climb is one of the regular sites in Flemish cycling races in springtime. In 1995 the road of the Eikenberg was classified as a protected monument. Cycling The site is best known from road bicycle racing, as it is a regular climb in the Tour of Flanders. The Taaienberg was first included in the course in 1956, and has since often been included, although occasionally it is not run. It is a fairly long climb at 1200 meter, relatively shallow at 5.8% average, but its cobbled surf ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Taaienberg
The Taaienberg is a hill in the municipality of Maarkedal, in the Belgian province of East Flanders. With its top at 90 m, it is one of many hill formations in the Flemish Ardennes, in the south of East-Flanders. The slopes of the hill are paved in cobbles; in 1993 they were repaved with the original stones. The cobbled climb is one of the regular sites in Flemish cycling races in springtime. In 1995 the road of the Taaienberg was classified as a protected monument. Cycling The site is best known from road bicycle racing, as it is a regular climb in the Tour of Flanders. The Taaienberg was first included in the course in 1974 and has remained a fixture in the race, with the exception of 1993, when construction works prevented the race from passing. The Taaienberg is of strategic importance in the Tour of Flanders, depending on its position in the route. It is one of the steeper hills in the course, but its position changes from time to time. From 1976 to 1981 the climb was pa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
