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Preben Van Hecke
Preben Van Hecke (born 9 July 1982 in Dendermonde) is a Belgian former professional road bicycle racer, who competed professionally between 2004 and 2019 for the , and . He won the Belgian National Road Race Championships in 2015, out of a two-man breakaway with Jürgen Roelandts. Major results ;2003 : 1st Stage 6 Tour de Normandie : 1st Omloop Het Volk (Under-23) : 6th Zellik–Galmaarden ;2004 : 1st Stage 2 Ster Elektrotoer : 1st Noord Nederland Tour : 7th Overall Tour de la Région Wallonne ;2005 : 8th Overall Tour de l'Ain ;2006 : 1st Schaal Sels-Merksem : 2nd Overall Étoile de Bessèges : 6th Nationale Sluitingsprijs : 9th Grand Prix Pino Cerami ;2007 : 3rd Overall Étoile de Bessèges : 4th Hel van het Mergelland ;2008 : 2nd Grote Prijs Stad Zottegem : 10th Grand Prix of Aargau Canton : 10th Schaal Sels-Merksem ;2010 : 3rd Druivenkoers Overijse : 9th Hel van het Mergelland ;2012 : 1st Omloop van het Waasland ;2013 : 1st Antwerpse Havenpijl : 1st Grand Prix de la S ...
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Dendermonde
Dendermonde (; french: Termonde, ) is a city in the Flemish province of East Flanders in Belgium. The municipality comprises the city of Dendermonde and the towns of Appels, Baasrode, Grembergen, Mespelare, Oudegem, Schoonaarde, and Sint-Gillis-bij-Dendermonde. Dendermonde is at the mouth of the river Dender, where it flows into the Scheldt. The town has a long-standing folkloric feud with Aalst, south along the same river, which dates from the Middle Ages. The city is an administrative, commercial, educational, and medical centre for the surrounding region. The current mayor of Dendermonde is Piet Buyse ( Christian Democratic and Flemish). History Origins to the 15th century Some interesting La Tène artifacts were found in Appels, proof that this region of the Scheldt was inhabited in prehistory. Grave sites from the 2nd and 6th century also attest to dense settlement in Gallo-Roman and Merovingian times. In 843, the Treaty of Verdun placed Dendermonde in Lotharingi ...
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Étoile De Bessèges
The Étoile de Bessèges () is an early-season five-day road bicycle racing stage race held annually around Bessèges, in the Gard department of the Languedoc-Roussillon region of France. First organized in 1971 as a one-day race, it became a stage race run over five days in 1974. Since 2005, it is on the calendar of the UCI Europe Tour as a 2.1 event and features as the earliest stage races of the European season. The Étoile de Bessèges is the first of several stage races held in the hilly South of France in February, preceding La Méditerranéenne, the Tour du Haut Var and the Tour La Provence. These early-season races are competed mainly by French teams and are considered preparations for Paris–Nice Paris–Nice is a professional cycling stage race in France, held annually since 1933. Raced over eight days, the race usually starts with a prologue in the Paris region and ends with a final stage either in Nice or on the Col d'Èze overlook ..., the first European ...
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2018 Volta A La Comunitat Valenciana
The 69th edition of the Volta a la Comunitat Valenciana ''(English: Tour of the Valencian Community)'' was held from 31 January to 4 February 2018. It was run over five stages, of which one team time trial, covering a total distance of 691.8 km. It was a 2.1 event of the 2018 UCI Europe Tour. The race was run entirely in the autonomous community of Valencia, starting in Orpesa and finishing in Valencia. The race was won by Spaniard Alejandro Valverde of , who also won two stages. Luis León Sánchez was second, Jakob Fuglsang third. Valverde's overall win was his third in the race after 2004 and 2007, which made him the recordholder of the Volta a la Comunitat Valenciana. Teams Twenty-five teams started the race. Each team had a maximum of seven riders: Route Stages Stage 1 Stage 2 Stage 3 The time trial result was neutralised. Stage 4 Stage 5 Classifications References External links * {{DEFAULTSORT:Volta a la Comunitat Valenciana, 2018 2018 File ...
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Jersey ( , ; nrf, Jèrri, label=Jèrriais ), officially the Bailiwick of Jersey (french: Bailliage de Jersey, links=no; Jèrriais: ), is an island country and self-governing Crown Dependency near the coast of north-west France. It is the largest of the Channel Islands and is from the Cotentin Peninsula in Normandy. 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. Jersey is a self-governing parliamentary democracy under a constitutional monarchy, with its own financial, legal and judicial systems, and the power of self-determination ...
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Arctic Race Of Norway
The Arctic Race of Norway is an annual multiple stage bicycle race held in northern Norway. The first edition was in 2013, from 8 August to 11 August, and lasted for four days. The organising partners are Amaury Sport Organisation (ASO) and Arctic Race of Norway (AS). The race is an official UCI-sponsored event, and has been placed as part of the Europe Tour. The first two editions were rated as 2.1 events. From 2015 File:2015 Events Collage new.png, From top left, clockwise: Civil service in remembrance of November 2015 Paris attacks; Germanwings Flight 9525 was purposely crashed into the French Alps; the rubble of residences in Kathmandu following the April ... it was rated as a 2.HC event. The race became part of the new UCI ProSeries in 2020. Winners Classifications As of the 2019 edition, the jerseys worn by the leaders of the individual classifications are: * Yellow Jersey – Worn by the leader of the general classification. * Green Jersey – Worn by ...
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Tour De La Somme
The Grand Prix de la Somme (formerly the Tour de la Somme) is a single-day road bicycle race held annually in May in Somme, France France (), officially the French Republic ( ), is a country primarily located in Western Europe. It also comprises of overseas regions and territories in the Americas and the Atlantic, Pacific and Indian Oceans. Its metropolitan ar .... List of winners External links Palmarès by memoire-du-cyclisme.net UCI profile of the race Recurring sporting events established in 1986 1986 establishments in France Cycle races in France UCI Europe Tour races Sport in Somme (department) {{France-cycling-race-stub ...
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Antwerpse Havenpijl
The Antwerpse Havenpijl is a European bicycle race held in Merksem, Belgium. Since 2006, the race has been organised as a 1.2 event on the UCI Europe Tour The UCI Continental Circuits are a series of road bicycle racing competitions which were introduced in 2005 by the Union Cycliste Internationale The ''Union Cycliste Internationale'' (UCI; ; en, International Cycling Union) is the world gove .... Winners UCI Europe Tour races Cycle races in Belgium Recurring sporting events established in 1990 1990 establishments in Belgium Sports competitions in Antwerp {{Belgium-cycling-race-stub ...
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Omloop Van Het Waasland
Omloop van het Waasland ("Circuit of Waasland") is a bicycle road race held annually in the Belgian region of Waasland. Since 2009, it is organized as a 1.2 event on the UCI Europe Tour. It is also known for being the last professional cycling race in which Eddy Merckx Édouard Louis Joseph, Baron Merckx (, ; born 17 June 1945), better known as Eddy Merckx, is a Belgian former professional road and track bicycle racer who is among the most successful riders in the history of competitive cycling. His victorie ... took part before retiring in 1978. Winners External links * {{DEFAULTSORT:Omloop Van Het Waasland Cycle races in Belgium UCI Europe Tour races Recurring sporting events established in 1965 1965 establishments in Belgium Sport in East Flanders ...
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Druivenkoers Overijse
Druivenkoers Overijse is a single-day road bicycle race held annually in August in Overijse, Belgium. Since 2005, the race is organized as a 1.1 event on the UCI Europe Tour The UCI Continental Circuits are a series of road bicycle racing competitions which were introduced in 2005 by the Union Cycliste Internationale The ''Union Cycliste Internationale'' (UCI; ; en, International Cycling Union) is the world gove .... Winners {{Cycling past winner end External links Official Website UCI Europe Tour races Recurring sporting events established in 1961 1961 establishments in Belgium Cycle races in Belgium Overijse ...
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Grand Prix Of Aargau Canton
Grand Prix of Aargau Canton (german: Grosser Preis des Kantons Aargau) is a semi classic European bicycle race held in Aargau canton, one of the more northerly cantons of Switzerland. The race consists of fifteen laps around the Swiss town of Gippingen, which belongs to the municipality of Leuggern Leuggern is a municipality in the district of Zurzach in the canton of Aargau in Switzerland. History The remains of a Roman era Rhine fortifications watchtower have been discovered in Felsenau. The modern municipality of Leuggern is first me .... Winners References External links * 2009 Race report {{DEFAULTSORT:Grand Prix of Aargau Canton Cycle races in Switzerland UCI Europe Tour races Recurring sporting events established in 1964 1964 establishments in Switzerland Aargau Summer events in Switzerland ...
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Grote Prijs Stad Zottegem
Egmont Cycling Race is a single-day road bicycle race held annually in August in Zottegem, Belgium. Since 2005, the race is organized as a 1.1 event on the UCI Europe Tour The UCI Continental Circuits are a series of road bicycle racing competitions which were introduced in 2005 by the Union Cycliste Internationale The ''Union Cycliste Internationale'' (UCI; ; en, International Cycling Union) is the world gove .... The race started out as 'Dokter Tistaertprijs' in 1934. Between 1971 and 1998 it was called 'Herinneringsprijs Dokter Tistaert – Prijs Groot-Zottegem'. In 1999 it changed to 'G.P. Zottegem – Tistaertprijs'. In 2002 'Tistaertprijs' disappeared in the name. It was called GP Stad Zottegem until 2020. since 2020 the organization continued under the name 'Egmont Cycling Race'. Winners {{Cycling past winner end External links Official Website Recurring sporting events es ...
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