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Michiel Elijzen
Michiel Elijzen (born 31 August 1982 in Culemborg, Gelderland) is a Dutch former professional road bicycle racer, who retired from competition after the 2010 season to become a sporting director for , the team for which he last rode competitively. He now works as a directeur sportif for the Sunweb Group B.V. teams: UCI WorldTeam , UCI Women's WorldTeam , and UCI Continental team . Subsequently, he served as a sporting manager for and before joining the new team in 2015. Major results ;2005 : 3rd Time trial, National Road Championships ;2007 : 1st Duo Normand (with Bradley Wiggins) : 1st Prologue Eneco Tour : 2nd Time trial In many racing sports, an sportsperson, athlete (or occasionally a team of athletes) will compete in a time trial (TT) against the clock to secure the fastest time. The format of a time trial can vary, but usually follow a format where each athle ..., National Road Championships References External links * * 1982 births Living people People f ...
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Culemborg
Culemborg () is a Municipalities of the Netherlands, municipality and a city in the centre of the Netherlands, in the province of Gelderland. The city had a population of 29,386 on 1 January 2022 and is situated just south of the Lek River, Lek river. Direct train lines run from the Culemborg railway station, railway station towards the cities of Utrecht (city), Utrecht and 's-Hertogenbosch, Den Bosch, via the Culemborg railway bridge, near railway bridge. Etymology The oldest example of the name is ''Culenburgh'' from 1281. Throughout the centuries several spellings have been used: ''Kulenborch'' (1305), ''Culenborgh'' (1353), ''Colemborch'' (1363), ''Culemborch'' (1472). The former part of the name (which today would be ''kuil'') refers to a hole or pit, while the later refers to the castle that was built there around 1270. History Culemborg, formerly also spelled Kuilenburg or Kuylenburgh, received City rights in the Netherlands, city rights in 1318. Despite its Dutch charac ...
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Dutch National Time Trial Championships
The Dutch National Time Trial Championship is a time trial race that takes place inside the Dutch National Cycling Championship, and decides the best cyclist in this type of race. The first edition took place in 1991. The first race winner of the time trial championship was Bart Voskamp in 1991. Stef Clement and Tom Dumoulin hold the record for the most wins in the men's championship with four. The women's record is held by Leontien van Moorsel with six wins. Multiple winners Men Women Men Elite U23 Junior Women Elite U23 Junior See also *Dutch National Road Race Championships *Dutch Headwind Cycling Championships *National Road Cycling Championships External links Past winners on cyclingarchives.com*Overview podiums on First Cycling: MeeliteU23
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Cyclists From Gelderland
Cycling, also known as bicycling or biking, is the activity of riding a bicycle or other types of bicycle pedal, pedal-driven human-powered vehicles such as balance bikes, unicycles, tricycles, and quadricycles. Cycling is practised around the world for purposes including transport, recreation, exercise, and competitive sport. History Cycling became popularized in Europe and North America in the latter part and especially the last decade of the 19th century. Today, over 50 percent of the human population knows how to ride a bike. War The bicycle has been used as a method of reconnaissance as well as transporting soldiers and supplies to combat zones. In this it has taken over many of the functions of horses in warfare. In the Second Boer War, both sides used bicycles for scouting. In World War I, France, Germany, Australia and New Zealand used bicycles to move troops. In its 1937 invasion of China, Japan employed some 50,000 bicycle troops, and similar forces were instrume ...
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Dutch Male Cyclists
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People From Culemborg
The term "the people" refers to the public or common mass of people of a polity. As such it is a concept of human rights law, international law as well as constitutional law, particularly used for claims of popular sovereignty. In contrast, a people is any plurality of persons considered as a whole. Used in politics and law, the term "a people" refers to the collective or community of an ethnic group or nation. Concepts Legal Chapter One, Article One of the Charter of the United Nations states that "peoples" have the right to self-determination. Though the mere status as peoples and the right to self-determination, as for example in the case of Indigenous peoples (''peoples'', as in all groups of indigenous people, not merely all indigenous persons as in ''indigenous people''), does not automatically provide for independent sovereignty and therefore secession. Indeed, judge Ivor Jennings identified the inherent problems in the right of "peoples" to self-determination, as i ...
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1982 Births
__NOTOC__ Year 198 (CXCVIII) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Sergius and Gallus (or, less frequently, year 951 '' Ab urbe condita''). The denomination 198 for this year has been used since the early medieval period, when the Anno Domini calendar era became the prevalent method in Europe for naming years. Events By place Roman Empire * January 28 ** Publius Septimius Geta, son of Septimius Severus, receives the title of Caesar. **Caracalla Marcus Aurelius Antoninus (born Lucius Septimius Bassianus, 4 April 188 – 8 April 217), better known by his nickname Caracalla (; ), was Roman emperor from 198 to 217 AD, first serving as nominal co-emperor under his father and then r ..., son of Septimius Severus, is given the title of Augustus. China *Winter – Battle of Xiapi: The allied armies led by Cao Cao and Liu Bei defeat Lü Bu; afterward Cao Cao has him e ...
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2007 Eneco Tour
The 2007 Eneco Tour road cycling race took place from 22 to 29 August. The third edition of the Eneco Tour covered parts of the Netherlands and Belgium. Instead of 23 teams like before, only 21 teams take part in the race this year. Of the 20 UCI ProTour teams, only chose not to take part. The teams Chocolade Jacques–Topsport Vlaanderen and Skil–Shimano were each given a wild card. Several cities that have been start or finish locations already the previous years appear again in the schedule, e.g. Hasselt, Beek, Landgraaf, Sittard and Geleen were already part of the 2006 route. A major difference in the schedule is that the long time trial will now take place on the last day of the competition. Schedule Stages 22-08-2007: Hasselt, 5.1 km. (ITT) 23-08-2007: Waremme-Eupen, 189.5 km. 24-08-2007: Antwerp-Knokke-Heist, 199.1 km. * Wouter Weylandt () finished third but was relegated due to irregular sprint. 25-08-2007: Knokke-Heist-Putte, 170.8& ...
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Bradley Wiggins
Sir Bradley Marc Wiggins (born 28 April 1980) is a British former professional Road bicycle racing, road and track cycling, track racing cyclist, who competed professionally between 2001 and 2016. He began his cycling career on the track, but later made the transition to road cycling. He won world titles in four disciplines (Madison, individual pursuit, team pursuit and road time trial), and Olympic gold in three (individual pursuit, team pursuit and road time trial). He is the only rider to have won both World and Olympic championships on both the track and the road as well as winning the Tour de France. He has worn the leader's jersey in each of the three Grand Tour (cycling), Grand Tours of cycling and held the world record in team pursuit on multiple occasions. He won a gold medal at four successive Olympic Games from 2004 to 2016, and held the record as Great Britain's most decorated Olympian with 8 medals until Jason Kenny won his 9th in 2021. He is the only rider to win ...
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Duo Normand
The Duo Normand is a two-man team time trial (against the clock) for elite racing cyclists. Held annually at Marigny-le-Lozon in Normandy Normandy (; or ) is a geographical and cultural region in northwestern Europe, roughly coextensive with the historical Duchy of Normandy. Normandy comprises Normandy (administrative region), mainland Normandy (a part of France) and insular N ..., France, it was instituted in 1982. Launched by a local cycling association, the Duo Normand takes place on a road circuit of more than every September. History The first three editions were for amateurs only; professionals were admitted from the fourth edition, in 1985. In 2016 a British rider died following a collision with a support car, 200m before the finish. Winners References External links * *{{Cycling archives race, 145 Cycle races in France Recurring sporting events established in 1982 1982 establishments in France Sport in Manche UCI Europe Tour races ...
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Royal Dutch Cycling Union
The Royal Dutch Cycling Union or KNWU (in Dutch: ''Koninklijke Nederlandsche Wielren Unie'') is the national governing body of cycle racing in the Netherlands. The aim of the KNWU is to give adequate support for all types of cycling in the Netherlands. The KNWU is a member of the UCI and the UEC. Events organized by the KNWU *Dutch Cycling Championships **Dutch National Road Race Championships **Dutch National Time Trial Championships ** Dutch National Track Championships *UCI Road World Championships for professionals in 1938, 1948, 1959, 1967, 1979, 1998 and 2012 *UCI Track World Championships for professionals in 1938, 1948, 1959, 1967, 1979, 2011 and 2018 External links Royal Dutch Cycling Union official website Netherlands Organisations based in the Netherlands with royal patronage Cycling Cycling, also known as bicycling or biking, is the activity of riding a bicycle or other types of pedal-driven human-powered vehicles such as balance bikes, unicycles, ...
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Netherlands
, Terminology of the Low Countries, informally Holland, is a country in Northwestern Europe, with Caribbean Netherlands, overseas territories in the Caribbean. It is the largest of the four constituent countries of the Kingdom of the Netherlands. The Netherlands consists of Provinces of the Netherlands, twelve provinces; it borders Germany to the east and Belgium to the south, with a North Sea coastline to the north and west. It shares Maritime boundary, maritime borders with the United Kingdom, Germany, and Belgium. The official language is Dutch language, Dutch, with West Frisian language, West Frisian as a secondary official language in the province of Friesland. Dutch, English_language, English, and Papiamento are official in the Caribbean Netherlands, Caribbean territories. The people who are from the Netherlands is often referred to as Dutch people, Dutch Ethnicity, Ethnicity group, not to be confused by the language. ''Netherlands'' literally means "lower countries" i ...
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