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Bruxelles–Meulebeke
Brussels-Meulebeke () was a men's road cycling road race held in Belgium annually in May from 1964 to 1975. The competition's roll of honor includes two victories by Rik Van Looy and Eddy Merckx. The record of victories, however, belongs to Freddy Maertens. The race has always been won by Belgian riders. The last part of this race was cycled behind Derny, Dernys. Winners References 1964 establishments in Belgium Defunct cycling races in Belgium Recurring sporting events established in 1964 Recurring sporting events disestablished in 1975 {{DEFAULTSORT:Bruxelles-Meulebeke ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Freddy Maertens
Freddy Maertens (born 13 February 1952) is a Belgian people, Belgian former professional racing cyclist who was twice UCI Road World Championships – Men's road race, world road race champion. His career coincided with the best years of another Belgian rider, Eddy Merckx, and supporters and reporters were split over who was better.Vanwalleghem, Rik; Freddy Maertens: een leven in wit en zwart, 2012 () Maertens' career swung between winning more than 50 races in a season to winning almost none and then back again. His life has been marked by debt and alcoholism. It took him more than two decades to pay a tax debt. At one point early in his career, between the 1976 Tour de France, 1976 Tour and 1977 Giro d'Italia, 1977 Giro, Maertens won 28 out of 60 Grand Tour stages that he entered before abandoning the Giro due to injury on stage 8b. He achieved eight Tour stage wins, thirteen Vuelta stage wins and seven Giro stage wins in less than one calendar year. Personal life Maertens was ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Walter Godefroot
Walter Godefroot (born 2 July 1943) is a retired Belgian professional road bicycle racer and former directeur sportif of , later known as T-Mobile Team. As amateur cyclist, he won the bronze medal in the individual road race of the 1964 Summer Olympics after his young compatriot Eddy Merckx was caught in the final. Both men turned professional in 1965 and Walter Godefroot was presented as Merckx's bane in his early days, winning several races ahead of him: the Belgian championship in 1965, Liège–Bastogne–Liège (1967) and Paris–Roubaix (1969). But Godefroot eventually didn't have Merckx's abilities in stage races and concentrated on the separate stages in the grand tours. He won ten stages in the Tour de France, including the stage on the Champs-Élysées in 1975 where the Tour finished for the first time, and the green jersey in the 1970 Tour de France, one stage in the 1970 Giro d'Italia and two stages in the 1971 Vuelta a España. Being a specialist in one-day c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Daniel Van Rijckeghem
Daniel Van Ryckeghem (29 May 1945 – 26 May 2008) was a Belgian professional road bicycle racer. Major results ;1966 :1st GP Briek Schotte : 1st Stage 3 Tour du Nord :2nd Kampioenschap van Vlaanderen :3rd Grand Prix d'Isbergues ;1967 : 1st Ruddervoorde Koerse : Volta a Catalunya ::1st Points classification :: 1st Stages 2, 6 & 10 : Tour de Suisse ::1st Points classification :: 1st Stage 1 : 1st Wortegem : 1st Halle–Ingooigem : 1st Dwars door Vlaanderen : 1st Kuurne–Brussels–Kuurne : 1st Rund um den Henninger-Turm : 1st Omloop der Zuid-West-Vlaamse Bergen : 1st Stage 1 ( TTT) Tour of Belgium : 3rd Overall Tweedaagse van Bertrix : 3rd Omloop van het Houtland : 3rd Brussel-Bever : 3rd Wattrelos-Meulebeke :: 1st Stage 1 : 6th Road race, UCI Road World Championships ;1968 :Tour de France: ::1st stages 3 ( TTT), 8 & 11 : Tour de Suisse ::1st Points classification :: 1st Stage 3 & 10 :1st Omloop van het Zuidwesten :7th Overall Four Days of Dunkirk ::1st Stage 1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Walter Boucquet
Walter Boucquet (11 May 1941 in Meulebeke – 10 February 2018 in Ingelmunster) was a Belgian cyclist. Major results ;1963 :1st Stage 3 Tour du Nord :2nd Overall :3rd Grand Prix des Nations :3rd Trofeo Baracchi :3rd :3rd Tielt–Antwerpen–Tielt ;1964 :1st Stage 12 1964 Giro d'Italia, Giro d'Italia :1st Brussels–Ingooigem :1st Grand Prix des Nations :1st Stage 6 Volta a Portugal :2nd ;1965 :1st Tielt–Antwerpen–Tielt :1st GP de Belgique :1st :4th overall Tour de Suisse ;1966 :1st Stage 2a Four Days of Dunkirk :1st Omloop van het Houtland :1st GP de Belgique :2nd ;1967 :3rd Kuurne–Brussels–Kuurne ;1968 :1st Overall Tour de l'Oise :1st Omloop van het Houtland :1st GP Roeselare :1st Sint Martens-Lierde :1st ;1969 :1st Stage 3 Grand Prix du Midi Libre ;1970 :1st Bruxelles–Meulebeke :3rd Omloop Midden-Vlaanderen Source: References 1941 births 2018 deaths Belgian male cyclists People from Meulebeke Cyclists from West Flanders 20th-century Belgian sportsmen { ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Albert Van Vlierberghe
Albert Van Vlierberghe (18 March 1942 – 20 December 1991) was a Belgian professional road bicycle racer. Van Vlierberghe won three stages in the Tour de France, and three stages in the Giro d'Italia. He also competed in the team time trial and the team pursuit events at the 1964 Summer Olympics. In his 1999 book, ''Breaking the Chain: Drugs and Cycling, the True Story,'' Belgian sports physiotherapist Willy Voet described an incident involving Van Vlierberghe that occurred during the 1979 Deutschland Tour. Voet, then the ''soigneur'' with Van Vlierberghe's team, Flandria, claims that Van Vlierberghe, "a decent Belgian racer but with no taste for the hills," asked Voet to drive him ahead of his fellow racers to avoid a six-mile stretch of hill in the course. Voet claims that Van Vlierberghe slipped back into the race without being detected and went on to place sixth on the stage. Voet used the incident to defend his assertion that for many professional riders at the time, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rik Van Looy
Henri "Rik" Van Looy (20 December 1933 – 17 December 2024) was a Belgian professional Cycle sport, cyclist of the post-World War II, war period. Nicknamed the ''King of the Classics'' or ''Emperor of Herentals'' (after the small Belgian city where he lived), he dominated the classic cycle races in the late 1950s and early 1960s. Van Looy was twice World Cycling Championship, world professional road race champion, and was the first cyclist to win all five 'Cycling monument, Monuments': the most prestigious one-day Classic cycle races, classics – a feat since achieved by just two others (both also Belgians: Roger De Vlaeminck and Eddy Merckx). With 367 professional road victories, he ranks second all-time behind Eddy Merckx. Van Looy is ninth on the Grand Tour (cycling)#Grand Tour stage wins, all-time list of Grand Tour (cycling), Grand Tour stage winners with thirty-seven victories. These numbers could still have risen had he not been the victim of a significant number ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ward Sels
Edward Sels (born 27 August 1941 at Vorselaar, Belgium) is a former Belgian professional road bicycle racer. He was professional from 1963 to 1972, winning 35 races. He was road champion of Belgium in 1961 (Military) and 1964. He won seven stages in the Tour de France and one in the Giro d'Italia. He wore the yellow jersey for two days in the 1964 Tour de France. His sister, Rosa Sels, was a cyclist too. Major results Source: ;1961 : 1st Belgian Military Road Champion ;1962 :1st Ronde van Vlaanderen U23 :1st Bruxelles–Zepperen, Sint-Lenaerts : 3rd ;1963 :1st (semi-professionals) : 1st :1st Antoing, Hoogstraten, Machelen, Sint-Lenaerts ;1964 :1st Road race, National Road Championships :Tour de France ::1st stages 1, 11, 14 and 19 ::Held after Stages 1–2 :Vuelta a España ::1st stage 1a :8th Overall Paris–Nice ::1st stage 1 & 9 :1st stage 4 Tour de Luxembourg :1st stage 2 Paris–Luxembourg :1st Heusden Koers :1st Auvelais, Braine-le-Comte, Dendermonde, Herentals, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Willy Teirlinck
Willy Teirlinck (born 10 August 1948) is a retired Belgium, Belgian road cyclist. He was professional from 1970 to 1986 and won 96 races. In 1975 he won the national title on the road. Teirlinck rode the Tour de France ten times and won three stages in 1972 Tour de France, 1972, one stage and one day in the yellow jersey as leader of the general classification in the Tour de France, general classification in 1973 Tour de France, 1973, and one stage in 1976 Tour de France, 1976. His other victories include individual stages of the Vuelta a España, Deutschland Tour, Étoile de Bessèges, Tour de Luxembourg, Tour de Picardie, Tour de l'Oise as well as one day races Grand Prix Pino Cerami, Grand Prix de Fourmies and the Grand Prix de Denain. An annual cycling event ''Willy Teirlinck Classic'' takes place in his honor in Liedekerke. Major results ;1969 :3rd Ronde van Vlaanderen U23 ;1970 :1st Stage 4 Tour d'Algérie :1st Grand Prix des Marbriers :3rd Belgian National Road Race Champ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jean-Pierre Monseré
Jean-Pierre "Jempi" Monseré (8 September 1948 – 15 March 1971) was a Belgium, Belgian road racing cyclist who died while champion of the world. Career Early life As a child, the energetic Monseré excelled in different sports like football and athletics. He rode his first bicycle race in Lendelede at the age of 12, competing against fifteen-year-old cyclists. Monseré won his first official race on 7 July 1963 in the Sint-Elooi Prize in Ruddervoorde. He managed to put this race completely in his hands and he finished with a lead of no less than 7 minutes. At 15, Monseré, already targeted by several competitors, won the Belgian Road Championship for under-novices. In 1965, Dr. Derluyn joined the staff of Jean-Pierre Monseré. Under his guidance, "Jempi" switched from the then popular training methods, consisting of endless endurance training, to interval training. As a result, training had to be done less and they could build more peace, so a rider had much more recupe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dietrich Thurau
Dietrich "Didi" Thurau (; born 9 November 1954) is a retired German professional road bicycle racer. His biggest career achievements include winning the one-day classic, Liège–Bastogne–Liège, his home country's Deutschland Tour and surprising the field at the 1977 Tour de France by capturing four stages and holding the yellow jersey as leader of the general classification from the prologue for 15 days. Thurau did win the young rider classification although he lost the overall lead to eventual winner Bernard Thévenet. Thurau was German pursuit champion three times and won 29 six-day races. He is the father of former professional cyclist Björn Thurau. In 1989, he revealed he had doped throughout his career. Career He won the German National Road Race in 1975 and 1976. After his victory in the points classification in the Vuelta a España and a fourth place in the general classification in the Vuelta a España in 1976, Thurau was seen as a talented rider, but not ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Walter Planckaert
Walter Planckaert (born 8 April 1948) is a Belgian former professional road racing cyclist. He is the younger brother of Willy Planckaert, the older brother of Eddy Planckaert, and the uncle of Jo Planckaert. He had 74 victories in his professional career. After retiring from riding, he commenced a long career in team management, working for the Panasonic (cycling team), Panasonic, Novemail–Histor, Palmans, Lotto–Adecco and Chocolade Jacques teams. Major results ;1972 :1972 Amstel Gold Race, Amstel Gold Race ;1973 :Kuurne–Brussels–Kuurne ;1976 :Tour of Flanders (men's race), Tour of Flanders :E3 Prijs Vlaanderen ;1977 :Tour of Belgium :Dwars door Vlaanderen ;1978 :1978 Tour de France, Tour de France: ::Winner stage 1B ;1979 :Kuurne–Brussels–Kuurne ;1984 :Dwars door Vlaanderen References External links *Official Tour de France results for Walter Planckaert Living people 1948 births Belgian male cyclists Belgian Tour de France stage winners Cyclists f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ludo Van Der Linden
Ludo (; ) is a strategy-based board game for two to four players, in which the players race their four from start to finish according to the rolls of a single die. Like other cross and circle games, Ludo originated from the Indian game Pachisi. The game and its variations are popular in many countries and under various names. History Ludo has its origins in the Indian game of Pachisi, created in India in the sixth century CE. It was modified to use a cubic die with a die cup and patented as "Ludo" in England in 1896 by Alfred Coller.Coller eventually patented the game and sold it as "Royal Ludo". The board game Uckers, popular in the Royal Navy, is based on Ludo. Ludo board Special areas of the Ludo board are typically coloured bright yellow, green, red, and blue. Each player is assigned a colour and has four tokens in their colour. The board is normally square with a cross-shaped , with each arm of the cross having three columns of squares, usually six per column. The middl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
