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2023 Gent–Wevelgem
The 2023 Gent–Wevelgem in Flanders Fields was a road cycling one-day race that took place on 26 March 2023 in the provinces of West Flanders and Hainaut in west Belgium. It was the 85th edition of Gent–Wevelgem and the 12th event of the 2023 UCI World Tour. Teams All 18 UCI WorldTeams and seven UCI ProTeams made up the 25 teams that participated in the race. UCI WorldTeams * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * UCI ProTeams * * * * * * * Result References External links * {{DEFAULTSORT:Gent-Wevelgem, 2023 2023 UCI World Tour 2023 in Belgian sport 2023 Catastrophic natural disasters in 2023 included the Lists of 21st-century earthquakes, 5th-deadliest earthquake of the 21st century 2023 Turkey–Syria earthquakes, striking Turkey and Syria, leaving up to 62,000 people dead; Cyclone Freddy ... March 2023 sports events in Belgium ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2023 UCI World Tour
The 2023 UCI World Tour was a series of races that include thirty-five road bicycle racing, road cycling events throughout the 2023 in men's road cycling, 2023 cycling season. The tour started with the 2023 Tour Down Under, Tour Down Under on 17 January, and concluded with the 2023 Tour of Guangxi, Tour of Guangxi on 17 October. Events Teams The eighteen UCI WorldTeam, WorldTeams were automatically invited to compete in events, with the top two UCI ProTeams listed on the 2022 UCI World Ranking ( and ) also invited automatically. Other teams were invited by the organisers of each race. * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * Notes References External links * {{2023 in road cycling 2023 UCI World Tour, UCI World Tour 2023 in men's road cycling, World Tour ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2023 In Belgian Sport
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Daniel McLay
Daniel "Dan" McLay (born 3 January 1992) is a British racing cyclist, competing in road, track and cyclo-cross, who currently rides for UCI WorldTeam . His first season as a professional was 2015, racing for French pro-continental and 2014 Tour de France wildcard outfit . Primarily a sprinter, McLay is also competent in the Flemish racing scene and has a particular affinity to the Northern Classics. He was named in the start list for the 2016 Tour de France. Career Junior career Born in Wellington, New Zealand, McLay moved to the United Kingdom as an infant and was brought up in Leicester. McLay began cycling competitively at the age of six. Following his success as under 16 rider at the British National Track Championships, he represented Great Britain at the 2007 European Youth Olympic Festival, competing in the criterium and road race events. He says that he was not very good at sports that require coordination as a school-boy and thus this fuelled his desire to continue com ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Danny Van Poppel
Danny van Poppel (born 26 July 1993) is a Dutch professional road racing cyclist, who rides for UCI WorldTeam . Early and personal life Danny van Poppel is the son of former professional cyclists Jean-Paul van Poppel and Leontine van der Lienden; his older brother Boy van Poppel and cousin Bram Welten are also professional cyclists. Career Van Poppel started in the 2013 Tour de France at the age of 19, and thus became the youngest cyclist to ride the Tour de France since World War II. On the opening stage, he finished in third place and wore the white jersey (representing the young rider classification) the following day, as the classification's leader Marcel Kittel was wearing the yellow jersey of overall race leader. He remained in the race until the final week, when his team withdrew him on the second rest day. Van Poppel joined for the 2014 season, after his previous team – – folded at the end of the 2013 season. He was named in the start list for the 2 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Olav Kooij
Olav Kooij (born 17 October 2001) is a Dutch professional racing cyclist, who currently rides for UCI WorldTeam . Career Kooij rode for the Forte U19 Cycling Team and Willebrord Wil Vooruit as a junior, before signing for the for their inaugural season in 2020. He finished second to David Dekker, in his first UCI race with the team at the Ster van Zwolle, before he took three successive victories – either side of the enforced break from racing due to the COVID-19 pandemic – at the Trofej Umag, the Poreč Trophy and the GP Kranj. He competed at the Czech Cycling Tour for , with colleagues Lars Boven, Owen Geleijn and Michel Hessmann. In August 2020, it was announced that Kooij was to join UCI WorldTeam midway through the 2021 season, after spending the first part of the season with the ; he signed a contract until the end of the 2023 season. The following month, he won the opening stage of the Settimana Internazionale di Coppi e Bartali in a sprint finish, ahead of Ethan ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alexis Renard
Alexis Renard (born 1 June 1999) is a French cyclist, who currently rides for UCI WorldTeam . In October 2020, he was named in the startlist for the 2020 Vuelta a España. Major results ;2016 : 1st Stage 3 Ronde des Vallées ;2017 : 1st Grand Prix Bob Jungels : 2nd Overall Grand Prix Rüebliland ::1st Stage 1 : 3rd Road race, National Junior Road Championships : 5th Overall Tour du Valromey ::1st Stage 1 : 7th Overall Ronde des Vallées ::1st Stage 2 (ITT) ;2019 : 1st Road race, National Amateur Road Championships ;2021 : 2nd Münsterland Giro : 3rd Overall Tour de Wallonie ;2022 : 7th Overall Circuit de la Sarthe : 10th Overall Saudi Tour ;2023 : 5th Gooikse Pijl : 7th Overall Four Days of Dunkirk : 7th Gent–Wevelgem ;2024 : 2nd Cholet-Pays de la Loire : 5th Paris–Tours ;2025 : 2nd Copenhagen Sprint The Copenhagen Sprint is a pair of Road bicycle racing, professional cycle races held in Denmark for women and men as part of the UCI World Tour and UCI Women's World Tour. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mikkel Bjerg
Mikkel Bjerg (born 3 November 1998) is a Danish cyclist, who currently rides for UCI WorldTeam . Bjerg won the under-23 individual time trial at the UCI Road World Championships in 2017, 2018 and 2019 – becoming the first rider to win multiple under-23 time trial world titles. He is the current (as of 2019) holder of the Danish hour record. Bjerg married cyclist Emma Norsgaard in 2021. Major results ;2016 : 1st Time trial, National Junior Road Championships : 1st Overall Aubel–Thimister–La Gleize : 2nd Time trial, UCI Junior Road World Championships : 2nd Overall Tour de l'Abitibi ::1st Stage 7 ;2017 : 1st Time trial, UCI Road World Under-23 Championships : 2nd Time trial, UEC European Under-23 Road Championships : 2nd Time trial, National Under-23 Road Championships : 2nd Duo Normand (with Mathias Norsgaard) : 2nd Chrono des Nations : 3rd Time trial, National Road Championships : 8th GP Viborg : 10th ZLM Tour ;2018 : 1st Time trial, UCI Road World Under-23 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mads Pedersen (cyclist)
Mads Pedersen (born 18 December 1995) is a Danish professional racing cyclist, who rides for UCI WorldTeam . He has won stages in all three Grand Tours — the Tour de France, Giro d'Italia, and Vuelta a España. He won the men's road race at the 2019 UCI Road World Championships in Yorkshire, England, becoming the first and so far only Danish cyclist to win the men's World Championship road race title. Career Early career In 2013, Pedersen won the Paris–Roubaix Juniors and went on to claim the silver medal in the World Championships junior road race. Pedersen won Ghent–Wevelgem U23, the U23 Tour of Norway, and a stage of the Tour de l'Avenir prior to turning professional. Trek–Segafredo (2017–present) In August 2016 announced that they had signed Pedersen through to 2018. In his neo-pro season, he was named in the start list for the 2017 Giro d'Italia. He also became national champion of Denmark, and took overall victory in the Tour du Poitou Charentes after win ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Frederik Frison
Frederik Frison (born 28 July 1992) is a Belgian professional road cyclist, who currently rides for UCI ProTeam . He rode first for the team, where he had some success in the first part of the 2015 season. He was then signed to the senior team as a '' stagiaire''; he rode races including the 2015 Tour of Britain and the 2015 Paris–Tours. In December 2015, he signed a professional contract to ride for from the 2016 season. In May 2018, he was named in the startlist for the 2018 Giro d'Italia. In August 2020, he was named in the startlist for the 2020 Tour de France. Personal life He is related through his father to former professional cyclist Herman Frison, who is his great uncle. Major results ;2009 : 6th Overall Sint–Martinusprijs Kontich ::1st Stage 4 ;2010 : 1st Time trial, National Junior Road Championships : 2nd Kuurne–Brussels–Kuurne Juniores ;2012 : 2nd Time trial, National Under-23 Road Championships ;2013 : National Under-23 Road Championships ::2nd Time trial ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
UCI Professional Continental
The UCI Continental Circuits are a series of road bicycle racing competitions which were introduced in 2005 by the Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI) to expand cycling around the world. The five circuits (representing the continents of Africa, the Americas, Asia, Europe and Oceania) are ranked below the UCI World Tour The UCI WorldTour is the premier men's elite road cycling tour, sitting above the UCI ProSeries and various regional UCI Continental Circuits. It refers to both the tour of 38 events and, until 2019, an annual ranking system based upon perfor .... UCI Africa Tour Winners There is a rolling ranking for individuals and countries (the total of the top eight ranked riders of the nation), for which points can be won in all UCI road events, regardless of where the races take place. Prior to 2019 there was also a team ranking, and in all three categories points were earned in continental races of category HC or below (1.1 and 2.1 or below from 2020) that took place ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
UCI WorldTeam
A UCI WorldTeam (2015–present), previously UCI ProTeam (2005–2014), is the term used by the Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI) to name a cycling team of the highest category in professional road bicycle racing, road cycling, the UCI World Tour or UCI ProTour, respectively. List of teams 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 The 18 WorldTeams in 2016 were: 2017 The 18 WorldTeams in 2017 were: 2018 The 18 WorldTeams in 2018 are: 2019 The 18 WorldTeams in 2019 are: 2020 The 19 WorldTeams in 2020 are: 2021 The 19 WorldTeams in 2021 are: 2022 The 18 WorldTeams in 2022 are: 2023 The 18 WorldTeams in 2023 are: * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * 2024 The 18 WorldTeams in 2024 are: * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * 2025 The 18 WorldTeams in 2025 are: * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * History of UCI WorldTeams Dark grey indicates that the team was not operating in the year in question. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
