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Intermediate Sprints Classification In The Tour De France
The intermediate sprints classification, also known as the classification (French for "hot points"), was a secondary competition in the Tour de France that was contested between 1966 and 1989. From 1984 onwards, the leader was indicated by the red jersey. History The classification began in 1966. Because the non-finish sprints also awarded points for the points classification, the intermediate sprints classification was considered redundant and removed from the Tour in 1989. Point distribution Intermediate sprints classification results Sponsorship 1984-1989: Catch 1980-1983: Talbot 1977-1979: Simca Simca (; Mechanical and Automotive Body Manufacturing Company) was a French automaker, founded in November 1934 by Fiat S.p.A. and directed from July 1935 to May 1963 by Italy, Italian Henri Pigozzi. Simca was affiliated with Fiat and, after Simc ... 1966-1976: Miko References {{Tour de France Tour de France classifications and awards Cycling jerseys ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Road Bicycle Racing
Road bicycle racing is the cycle sport discipline of road cycling, held primarily on Road surface, paved roads. Road racing is the most popular professional form of bicycle racing, in terms of numbers of competitors, events and spectators. The two most common competition formats are mass start events, where riders start simultaneously (though sometimes with a Handicapping, handicap) and race to a set finish point; and time trials, where individual time trial, individual riders or team time trial, teams race a course alone against the clock. Stage races or "tours" take multiple days, and consist of several mass-start or time-trial stages ridden consecutively. Professional racing originated in Western Europe, centred in France, Spain, Italy and the Low Countries. Since the mid-1980s, the sport has diversified, with races held at the professional, semi-professional and amateur levels, worldwide. The sport is governed by the (UCI). As well as the UCI's annual UCI Road World Champio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eric Leman
Eric Leman (born 17 July 1946) is a former professional road racing cyclist from West Flanders, Belgium. He won the prestigious Tour of Flanders three times.LaroussTour des Flandres " Les Belges Achille Bruyne, Éric Leman, Johan Museeuw, Tom Boonen et l'Italien Fiorenzo Magni figurent, avec trois victoires chacun, en tête du palmarès de cette classique créée en 1913 et traditionnellement organisé le premier dimanche d'avril. " Major results ;1968 :1st, Kuurne–Brussels–Kuurne :1st, Porto–Lisboa :1st, Stage 2, Four Days of Dunkirk :1st, Stage 21, Tour de France ;1969 :1st, Dwars door Vlaanderen :1st, Stage 3, Paris–Nice :1st, Stages 1, 2, 5 and 7, Vuelta a Andalucía :1st, Stage 3, Tour de France ;1970 :1st, GP Briek Schotte :1st, Tour of Flanders :1st, Stage 4, Paris–Nice :1st, Stage 1 and 3b, Vuelta a Andalucía :1st, Prologue, Tour of Belgium ;1971 :1st, Gullegem Koerse :1st, Kampioenschap van Vlaanderen :1st, Omloop der Vlaamse Ardennen :1st, Omloop Mandel- ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robert Mintkiewicz
Robert Mintkiewicz (born 14 October 1947) is a French former professional racing cyclist. He rode in seven editions of the Tour de France The Tour de France () is an annual men's multiple-stage cycle sport, bicycle race held primarily in France. It is the oldest and most prestigious of the three Grand Tour (cycling), Grand Tours, which include the Giro d'Italia and the Vuelta a .... References External links * 1947 births Living people French male cyclists Cyclists from Nord (French department) 20th-century French sportsmen {{France-cycling-bio-1940s-stub ... [...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] |
1972 Tour De France
The 1972 Tour de France was the 59th edition of the Tour de France, one of cycling's Grand Tour (cycling), Grand Tours. It took place from 1 to 22 July, with 20 stages covering a distance of . After riding strongly in the first two weeks of the race and being the closest GC contender to Eddy Merckx, Luis Ocaña crashed, in the Pyrenees, leaving Merckx to battle Cyrille Guimard for the win. Guimard, having won four stages, had to leave the race after stage 17 in second place (he already was 7:58 behind at that point), but was given the Combativity award in the Tour de France, combativity award after the race. Teams The 1972 Tour started with 12 teams, each with 11 cyclists, a total of 132. The teams entering the race were: * * * * * Van Cauter–Magniflex–de Gribaldy * * * * * * * Pre-race favourites In the previous year, Luis Ocaña was on his way to beat Eddy Merckx, when he fell as leader and had to give up. Everybody expected Merckx and Ocana to battle fo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jersey Green
Jersey ( ; ), officially the Bailiwick of Jersey, is an autonomous and self-governing island territory of the British Islands. Although as a British Crown Dependency it is not a sovereign state, it has its own distinguishing civil and government institutions, so qualifies as a small nation or island country. Located in Northwestern Europe, off the coast of north-west France, it is the largest of the Channel Islands and is from Normandy's Cotentin Peninsula. The Bailiwick consists of the main island of Jersey and some surrounding uninhabited islands and rocks including Les Dirouilles, Les Écréhous, Les Minquiers, and Les Pierres de Lecq. Jersey was part of the Duchy of Normandy, whose dukes became kings of England from 1066. After Normandy was lost by the kings of England in the 13th century, and the ducal title surrendered to France, Jersey remained loyal to the English Crown, though it never became part of the Kingdom of England. At the end of the Napoleonic Wars, Jer ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eddy Merckx
Édouard Louis Joseph, Baron Merckx (born 17 June 1945), known as Eddy Merckx (, ), is a Belgian former professional road and track cyclist racer who is the most successful rider in the history of competitive cycling. His victories include an unequalled eleven Grand Tour (cycling), Grand Tours (five Tour de France, Tours de France, five Giro d'Italia, Giros d'Italia, and a Vuelta a España), all five Cycling monument, Monuments, setting the hour record, three UCI Road World Championships, World Championships, every major one-day race other than Paris–Tours, and extensive victories on the track. Born in Meensel-Kiezegem, Province of Brabant, Brabant, Belgium, he grew up in Woluwe-Saint-Pierre where his parents ran a grocery store. He played several sports, but found his true passion in cycling. Merckx got his first bicycle at the age of three or four and competed in his first race in 1961. His first victory came at Petit-Enghien in October 1961. After winning eighty races as ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jos Van Der Vleuten
Jos van der Vleuten (7 February 1943 – 5 December 2011) was a Dutch professional road bicycle racer from 1965 to 1973. Van der Vleuten was not a team leader, but usually rode his races helping his team mates, mainly Jan Janssen. The major result in his career was winning the points classification in the Vuelta a España in 1966, without winning any stage. He rode the race again in 1967, 1970 and 1972, each time winning one stage. Van de Vleuten also rode the Tour de France six times, never winning a stage. After the 1967 UCI Road World Championships The 1967 UCI Road World Championships took place on 3 September 1967 in Heerlen, Netherlands. Results Medal table External links Men's results* {{UCI Road World Championships 1967 UCI Road World Championships, UCI Road World C ..., where he finished in fifth place, Van der Vleuten tested positive for doping, and was disqualified. References External links * 1943 births 2011 deaths Dutch male cyclists ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1971 Tour De France
The 1971 Tour de France was the 58th edition of the Tour de France, one of cycling's Grand Tour (cycling), Grand Tours. The race consisted of 22 race stage, stages, including three split stages, starting in Mulhouse on 26 June and finishing at the Vélodrome de Vincennes in Paris on 18 July. There were three time trial stages and two rest days. Eddy Merckx of the team won the overall General classification in the Tour de France, general classification, defending his title to win his third Tour de France in a row. Joop Zoetemelk () finished second, 9:51 minutes behind, and Lucien Van Impe was third (), just over 11 minutes in arrears. Pre-race favourite Merckx took the first yellow jersey as general classification leader after his team won the Prologue (cycling), prologue stage's team time trial. Merckx's teammate Rini Wagtmans took the Tour lead after the second of stage 1's three split stages, before returning it to his leader by the end of the day. The leading positi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jaak De Boever
Jaak De Boever (born 29 August 1937) is a Belgian former professional racing cyclist. He won the 1968 E3 Harelbeke. Major results ;1961 : 1st Tielt–Antwerpen–Tielt : 1st Omloop der Zuid-West-Vlaamse Bergen ;1962 : 1st Tielt–Antwerpen–Tielt : 1st Stadsprijs Geraardsbergen ;1963 : 2nd Omloop van het Leiedal : 2nd Ronde van Oost-Vlaanderen : 2nd Antwerpen - Ougrée ;1964 : 1st Tielt–Antwerpen–Tielt : 1st Omloop van Midden-Vlaanderen : 1st Stage 2b Dwars door Vlaanderen : 3rd Circuit des Frontières ;1965 : 1st Stadsprijs Geraardsbergen :1st : 1st Stage 2b Tour du Nord : 2nd Tielt–Antwerpen–Tielt : 2nd Omloop van het Houtland ;1966 :1st : 1st Tielt–Antwerpen–Tielt : 1st Nokere Koerse : 3rd Overall Tour du Nord : 3rd Omloop Mandel-Leie-Schelde : 3rd Grote Prijs Marcel Kint : 6th Grand Prix Cerami ;1967 : 1st GP Stad Vilvoorde : 2nd Nokere Koerse : 3rd Ronde van Oost-Vlaanderen : 5th Overall Paris–Nice : 8th Gent–Wevelgem ;1968 : 1st 1968 E3 Hare ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Giancarlo Polidori
Giancarlo Polidori (born 30 October 1943 in Sassoferrato, Italy) is a former Italian professional road bicycle racer. His career highlights include stage wins in Tirreno–Adriatico, the Giro d'Italia and the Tour de Romandie as well as wins in the one-day Italian Classic cycle races, semi-classics the Giro del Lazio, GP Montelupo, Tre Valli Varesine, the Giro di Toscane, the Trofeo Melinda and the Sassari-Cagliari. In addition he wore the yellow jersey as leader of the general classification in the Tour de France, general classification for one day in the 1967 Tour de France. Palmarès ;1965 : national amateur road race champion ;1967 :1967 Tour de France, Tour de France: ::Wearing yellow jersey for one day ;1968 :Giro del Lazio ;1969 :Ardea :1969 Giro d'Italia, Giro d'Italia: ::Winner stage 1 ;1970 :GP Montelupo ;1971 :Giro del Veneto :Giro di Toscana :GP Cemab :Tre Valli Varesine ;1972 :Sassari – Cagliari ;1973 :Giro dell'Umbria ;1974 :Faenza :Sassari – Cagliari :GP Ind ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
