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2008 Omloop Het Volk
The 64th edition of the Omloop Het volk was held on 1 March 2008. It was the last time after the event was named ''Omloop Het Volk'' before it changed to ''Omloop Het Nieuwslad''. The race was won by Philippe Gilbert after a 50 km solo breakaway. Gilbert broke clear from the splintered peloton on the Eikenberg, with 50 km and two climbs to go, and held off the chasing group on the flat run-in towards the finish in Ghent. Nick Nuyens won the sprint for second place before Thor Hushovd at one minute from Gilbert. Results Gallery File:Knaven en Poulhies - Omloop Het Volk.jpg, Servais Knaven and Stéphane Poulhies on the Lange Munte cobbles File:Vytautas Kaupas.jpg, Vytautas Kaupas on the Lange Munte cobbles File:Omloop Het Volk (Gent).jpg, Finishing straight External links * References {{Omloop Het Nieuwsblad 2008 Omloop Het Nieuwsblad Omloop Het Nieuwsblad Omloop Het Nieuwsblad Omloop Het Nieuwsblad, previously Omloop Het Volk, is a one-day road cycling race in Bel ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nick Nuyens
Nick Nuyens (born 5 May 1980) is a Belgian former professional road racing cyclist who last rode for in the UCI World Tour. His biggest wins included the semi-classics Kuurne–Brussels–Kuurne, Omloop Het Volk, Paris–Brussels and the classic Tour of Flanders. He was a classics rider. His first wife was the Belgian multiple national champion, Evy Van Damme, with whom he had three children. In 2015 he married Lynn Peeters. He retired in 2015 after failing to secure a new contract. Career The year 2011 was a good one for him, since he took the victory on two classics in Flanders. At the end of March, he prevailed in a sprint at the Dwars door Vlaanderen, after desperately trying to steer clear of the group in the last of the race. Geraint Thomas of finished second, while the lead group was a few seconds away. Two weeks later, Nuyens took one of the Monuments of cycling, the Tour of Flanders. After the Muur van Geraardsbergen, one of the big favourites, Fabian Cancellara, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Leif Hoste
Leif Hoste (born 17 July 1977) is a retired Belgian professional road racing cyclist, who last rode for UCI Professional Continental Team team . Born in Kortrijk, Hoste's career highlights included winning two stages and the overall title at the 2006 Three Days of De Panne, the 2001, 2006 and 2007 Belgian national time trial championships, and a second-place finish at the 2004, 2006 and 2007 one-day classic Tour of Flanders. At the 2006 Paris–Roubaix, after finishing second, Hoste was disqualified by the race jury for illegally riding through a closed level crossing along with Peter Van Petegem and Vladimir Gusev (who were also disqualified). On 29 March 2013, the Belgian cycling federation began a doping case against Hoste. On 13 July 2014 it was confirmed by the UCI that Hoste had been banned for two years until 29 December 2015 for biological passport irregularities. Major results ;1998 : 1st Stage 1 Tour de l'Avenir : 1st Stage 3 Circuito Montañés ;1999 : 5th Over ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2008 In Belgian Sport
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Omloop Het Nieuwsblad – Men's Race
Omloop is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: * Geert Omloop (born 1974), Belgian road racing cyclist * Laura Omloop (born 1999), Belgian pop singer * Wim Omloop Wim Omloop (born 5 October 1971) is a Belgian former cyclist. He competed in the individual road race at the 1992 Summer Olympics The 1992 Summer Olympics ( es, Juegos Olímpicos de Verano de 1992, ca, Jocs Olímpics d'estiu de 1992), o ... (born 1971), Belgian cyclist See also * {{surname Surnames of Belgian origin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vytautas Kaupas
Vytautas Kaupas (born 1 April 1982 in Vilnius) is a Lithuanian former professional racing cyclist. Major results ;2003 : 1st National Road Race Championships ;2004 : 1st Stage 6 Tour of Bulgaria : 2nd National Time Trial Championships ;2005 : 3rd Grand Prix de la Ville de Lillers : 3rd National Road Race Championships : 3rd Belsele-Puivelde ;2006 : 1st Antwerpse Havenpijl ;2007 : 1st Grand Prix de Beuvry-la-Forêt ;2010 : 1st National Road Race Championships : 1st Grand Prix de la ville de Nogent-sur-Oise The Grand Prix de la ville de Nogent-sur-Oise is a road bicycle race held annually in France. It was organized as a 1.2 event on the UCI Europe Tour from 2005 to 2013, and again in 2015. The race was reserved for amateurs in 2014 and 2016. Wi ... References 1982 births Living people Lithuanian male cyclists Sportspeople from Vilnius {{Lithuania-cycling-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stéphane Poulhies
Stéphane Poulhies (born 26 June 1985) is a French former road bicycle racer, who rode professionally between 2006 and 2017 for the , , , and teams. Major results ;2005 : Ronde de l'Isard ::1st Points classification ::1st Stage 3 : 1st Stage 1 Le Triptyque des Monts et Châteaux : 2nd Road race, Mediterranean Games : 2nd Road race, National Under-23 Road Championships ;2007 : 1st Stage 1 Tour de l'Avenir : 7th Boucles de l'Aulne ;2010 : 1st Stage 2 Tour de l'Ain : 8th Overall Driedaagse van West-Vlaanderen ;2011 : 1st Stage 4 Étoile de Bessèges : 2nd Circuito de Getxo : 5th Cholet-Pays de Loire : 7th Nokere Koerse ;2012 : 1st Stage 5a Étoile de Bessèges : 1st Stage 1 Route du Sud : 3rd Grand Prix d'Isbergues : 4th Overall Tour de Picardie : 4th Clásica de Almería : 7th Paris–Troyes ;2013 : 5th Clásica de Almería ;2014 : 5th Clásica de Almería : 9th Road race, National Road Championships : 10th Circuito de Getxo ;2015 : 1st Overall Tour de Gironde ::1st Points class ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Servais Knaven
Henricus Theodorus Josephus (Servais) Knaven (born 6 March 1971) is a Dutch professional road bicycle racer, currently a directeur sportif for Team Ineos. He rode at the 1992 Summer Olympics and the 2004 Summer Olympics. As a rider, Knaven won Paris–Roubaix in 2001 in wet and muddy conditions that soaked the cobblestones. With a strong representation of Domo–Farm Frites riders in the lead group, he launched an attack with to cover and crossed the line solo. His teammates Johan Museeuw and Romans Vainsteins followed, completing a rare 1-2-3. He is the second rider in history to start and finish the ''Hell of the North'' race 16 times. In 2003, while riding for , Knaven won Stage 17 in the Tour de France. He escaped from a 10 men breakaway to take the win in a mostly flat stage concluding in Bordeaux. Major results ;1991 : 1st National Track Pursuit Amateur Championships : 1st Grote Rivierenprijs ;1992 : 1st National Track Pursuit Amateur Championships : 1st National Tra ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Arnaud Gérard
Arnaud Gérard (born 6 October 1984 in Dinan, Côtes-d'Armor) is a French former professional road bicycle racer, who rode professionally between 2005 and 2018 for the and teams. The cousin of former professional cyclist Cédric Hervé, Gérard now works as a directeur sportif for the team. Major results ;2002 : 1st Road race, UCI Junior Road World Championships : 1st Road race, National Junior Road Championships ;2003 : 1st Stage 1 Bidasoa Itzulia ;2004 : 3rd La Roue Tourangelle ;2006 : 9th Polynormande ;2007 : 8th Overall Paris–Corrèze : 9th Grand Prix de la Somme : 10th GP Ouest–France ;2008 : 1st Polynormande : 6th GP Ouest–France : 10th Omloop Het Volk : Combativity award Stage 12 Tour de France ;2009 : 5th Grand Prix de Plumelec-Morbihan ;2010 : 6th Overall Étoile de Bessèges ;2011 : 3rd Polynormande : 6th GP Ouest–France : 10th Paris–Tours Paris–Tours is a French one-day classic road cycling race held every October from the outskirt ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jan Kuyckx
Jan Kuyckx (born 20 May 1979 in Hasselt) is a former Belgian racing cyclist. Major results ;1997 :1st Junior National Time Trial Championships ;1999 :1st U23 National Road Race Championships ;2001 :1st Stage 10 Girobio :3rd Zellik–Galmaarden ;2003 :2nd Brussels–Ingooigem ;2004 :1st Stages 1 & 3 Vuelta a La Rioja :1st Stage 6 Tour of Austria ;2005 :1st Stage 4 Tour of Belgium ;2006 :2nd Halle–Ingooigem ;2008 :1st Stage 1 Étoile de Bessèges :2nd Paris–Tours ;2010 :1st Grote 1-MeiPrijs The Grote 1-MeiPrijs (also named Ereprijs Victor De Bruyne) was a European single-day cycle race held in the Belgian region of Flanders, around Hoboken. From 2005, the race was organized as a 1.2 event on the UCI Europe Tour The UCI Continental ... References 1979 births Living people Belgian male cyclists Sportspeople from Hasselt Cyclists from Limburg (Belgium) 21st-century Belgian people {{Belgium-cycling-bio-1970s-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Allan Johansen
Allan Johansen (born 14 July 1971) is a Danish former professional road bicycle racer. Career He became professional in 1998 for Team Chicky World, before moving to (later known as Team CSC) in 2000. Johansen continued at Team Fakta from 2001 to 2003 then to in 2004, before returning to Team CSC in 2005, where remained until the end of 2007. In 2008 he joined . Johansen retired in 2009 ending his career with the 2009 Danmark Rundt when he was awarded the fighters award for the race. He rode in the 2000 Tour de France, and finished 119th overall. He also finished 125th in the 2005 Vuelta a España. Major results ;1997 : 8th Grand Prix Herning ;1998 : 4th Overall Tour de Normandie : 7th Grand Prix Herning ;1999 : 1st BKI Grand Prix : 1st Rund um Düren : 1st Stage 1 Sachsen Tour : 1st Stage 1 Hessen Rundfahrt ;2001 : 9th GP de Denain ;2002 : 1st Paris–Bourges : 1st Stage 5 Rheinland-Pfalz Rundfahrt : 2nd Schaal Sels : 2nd GP Aarhus : 4th Grote Prijs Jef Scherens : 5th Over ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nicolas Jalabert
Nicolas Jalabert (born 13 April 1973) is a French former road racing cyclist. In 1997 he turned professional with the French team Cofidis. He is the younger brother of Laurent Jalabert, and followed him to ONCE in 2000 and Team CSC in 2001. In 2004, after his brother's retirement, he followed Tyler Hamilton to Phonak. When the Phonak team disbanded after the 2006 season, Jalabert moved to Agritubel. Major results ;1995 :1st Mi-Août Bretonne :7th Overall Tour de l'Avenir ;1996 :1st GP de la Ville de Rennes :1st Stage 3 Tour de l'Avenir :4th Overall Circuit Cycliste Sarthe :5th Classic Haribo ;1997 :1st Route Adélie :1st GP de la Ville de Rennes :6th Paris–Bourges :10th GP Ouest-France ;1998 :6th Overall KBC Driedaagse van De Panne-Koksijde :10th Trophée des Grimpeurs ;1999 :5th Paris–Bourges :9th Tour de Vendée ;2000 :1st Stage 1 Volta a Catalunya ( TTT) ;2001 :3rd GP Rik Van Steenbergen :5th Overall 4 Jours de Dunkerque :7th Overall Danmark Rundt ;200 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Philippe Gilbert
Philippe Gilbert (born 5 July 1982) is a Belgian former professional road bicycle racer, who is best known for winning the World Road Race Championships in 2012, and for being one of two riders, along with Davide Rebellin, to have won the three Ardennes classics – the Amstel Gold Race, La Flèche Wallonne and Liège–Bastogne–Liège – in a single season, which he accomplished in 2011. Gilbert also finished the 2011 season as the overall winner of the UCI World Tour. A Classics specialist, Gilbert has won several classic cycle races, including Paris–Tours twice (2008, 2009), the Giro di Lombardia twice ( 2009, 2010), the Amstel Gold Race four times ( 2010, 2011, 2014, 2017), La Flèche Wallonne ( 2011), Liège–Bastogne–Liège ( 2011), the Clásica de San Sebastián ( 2011), the Tour of Flanders ( 2017), and Paris–Roubaix (2019). He is the second person (and first Belgian) in history to win all three Ardennes classics in a single year. In ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
