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Wilfried Peeters
Wilfried Peeters (born 10 July 1964 in Mol) is a former Belgian professional road bicycle racer. Nowadays, he is sportif director of the Quick Step team. During his cycling-career, he was a major help for Johan Museeuw in classics such as the Tour of Flanders and Paris–Roubaix. Major results ;1986 :2nd Manx Trophy ;1987 :3rd Grote Prijs Jef Scherens :7th Binche-Tournai-Binche :8th Grand Prix d'Ouverture La Marseillaise ;1988 :7th Paris–Tours :9th Brabantse Pijl :9th Grand Prix de Rennes ;1989 :3rd Grand Prix de la Libération :8th Brabantse Pijl ;1990 :1st Grote Prijs Jef Scherens :2nd Kampioenschap van Vlaanderen :5th E3-Prijs Vlaanderen :6th Ronde van Limburg :6th Omloop Mandel :9th Scheldeprijs :9th De Kustpijl ;1991 :3rd Belgian National Road Race Championships :5th Grand Prix Impanis :6th Paris–Roubaix :8th Dwars door België :10th Overall Étoile de Bessèges :10th Grand Prix de la Libération ;1992 :1st Schaal Sels :2nd Rund um Köln :5th Veenendaal� ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mol, Belgium
Mol () is a Municipalities of Belgium, municipality located in the Belgium, Belgian province of Antwerp (province), Antwerp. The municipality only comprises the town of Mol. In 2021, Mol had a total population of 37,021 inhabitants. The total area is 114.19 km2. Mol is a popular holiday resort, with many lakes surrounded by woods. There are two main tourist lakes: *Zilvermeer, which opened as a Provincial Park in 1959 and offers a white sand beach as well as facilities such as an outdoor playground and an underwater museum for divers. *Zilverstrand: Originally, it had only an outdoor lake with a white sand beach. Later, a caravan park was built and mid-1990s an indoor swimming pool was created. Furthermore, there is a Sun Parks holiday centre called "Kempense Meren" with an indoor swimming pool. The museum of Jakob Smits is located in the former vicarage of Mol-Sluis. This displays works of the artist Jakob Smits (1855–1928) and other painters of the Molse School, who were ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Quick Step
Soudal–Quick-Step () is a Belgian UCI WorldTeam cycling team led by team manager Jurgen Foré. The directeurs sportifs are Davide Bramati, Iljo Keisse, Klaas Lodewyck, Wilfried Peeters, Tom Steels, Geert Van Bondt, Dries Devenyns and Kevin Hulsmans. The team is nicknamed 'The Wolfpack' and has used the term in its branding since 2017. History The team was created as Quick-Step–Davitamon in 2003 from staff and riders of Domo–Farm Frites and Mapei–Quick-Step when the latter disbanded after nine years in the sport. Paolo Bettini won the UCI Road World Cup in 2003 and 2004 as well as the 2004 Summer Olympics road title in 2004. In the 2005 UCI ProTour season, renamed Quick-Step–Innergetic, the team won a large number of classics: Tom Boonen won Tour of Flanders (men's race), Tour of Flanders and Paris–Roubaix, Filippo Pozzato the HEW Cyclassics, and Paolo Bettini the Züri-Metzgete and the Giro di Lombardia. In late 2005 Tom Boonen won the 2005 UCI Road World Champion ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
E3 Harelbeke
E3 Saxo Bank Classic, previously known as E3 BinckBank Classic, E3 Harelbeke, Harelbeke–Antwerp–Harelbeke and E3-Prijs Vlaanderen, is an annual road cycling race in Flanders, Belgium. The race starts and finishes in Harelbeke, covering 203 kilometres, mainly in the Flemish Ardennes. First raced in 1958, it is one of the more recently founded classic cycle races, one-day classics, but has developed into a prestigious and desirable event. It is on the UCI World Tour calendar, as part of a series of cobbled classics in Belgium and Northern France in March and April. Belgian Tom Boonen holds the record for number of victories with five wins, trailed by cycling icon Rik Van Looy who won four times. Cobbled Classic E3 Harelbeke is held on the last Friday of March and marks the start of the Flemish Cycling Week, starting a fortnight of WorldTour racing on the cobbles and bergs of Flanders. It is the second in the series of cobbled races in Belgium and northern France that take pla ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kampioenschap Van Vlaanderen
Kampioenschap van Vlaanderen (Championship of Flanders) or Koolskamp Koerse is a single-day road bicycle race held annually in September in Koolskamp (part-municipality of Ardooie), West Flanders, Belgium Belgium, officially the Kingdom of Belgium, is a country in Northwestern Europe. Situated in a coastal lowland region known as the Low Countries, it is bordered by the Netherlands to the north, Germany to the east, Luxembourg to the southeas .... Since 2005, the race is organized as a 1.1 event on the UCI Europe Tour. Winners Footnotes References * External links * {{DEFAULTSORT:Kampioenschap Van Vlaanderen UCI Europe Tour races Recurring sporting events established in 1908 1908 establishments in Belgium Cycle races in Belgium ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Grand Prix De La Libération
The Grand Prix de la Libération was an annual road cycling race in the Netherlands that took place in the form of a team time trial from 1988 until 1991. It was on the calendar of the UCI Road World Cup The UCI Road World Cup was a season-long Road bicycle racing, road cycling competition held from 1989 until 2004 and comprising ten one-day events. The World Cup was made up of around ten Road bicycle racing, one-day races chosen from the prest ... for all four editions. Winners References UCI Road World Cup races Recurring sporting events established in 1988 1988 establishments in the Netherlands Recurring sporting events disestablished in 1991 Defunct cycling races in the Netherlands 1991 disestablishments in the Netherlands Cycling in Eindhoven {{Netherlands-cycling-race-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Grand Prix De Rennes
Grand Prix Cycliste de la Ville de Rennes was a professional cycle road race held in Rennes, France until 2008 when it was last organised, with the organisers citing financial difficulties as the reason. Since 2005 the race was organized as a 1.1 event on the UCI Europe Tour, also being part of the Coupe de France de cyclisme sur route The French Road Cycling Cup ( English for Coupe de France de cyclisme sur route) is a road bicycle racing competition under the Fédération Francaise de Cyclisme (French Cycling Federation) each year since 1992. It consists of several one-day rac .... Winners External links Official site UCI Europe Tour races Recurring sporting events established in 1979 1979 establishments in France Recurring sporting events disestablished in 2008 Defunct cycling races in France 2008 disestablishments in France {{France-cycling-race-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brabantse Pijl (men's Race)
The Brabantse Pijl (, or ''Flèche Branconne'') is a Flanders Classics road bicycle race held annually in Flemish Brabant and in Walloon Brabant, Belgium. The race was organised as a 1.1 event on the UCI Europe Tour from 2005 to 2009, a 1.HC event from 2010 to 2019, and since 2020 has been part of the UCI ProSeries. Zaventem used to be the city of start; in 2008 however, Leuven became the place of start. Until 2009, the finish was located in Alsemberg and, in 2010, it moved to Overijse. Also in 2010, the fixed date of the Brabantse Pijl shifted from the Sunday before the Tour of Flanders to the Wednesday before the Amstel Gold Race Amstel Gold Race may refer to: * Amstel Gold Race (men's race) The Amstel Gold Race is a one-day classic cycle races, classic road bicycle race, road cycling race held annually since 1966 Amstel Gold Race, 1966 in the province of Limburg (Netherl .... In 2011, the race was upgraded to a 1.HC event. Edwig Van Hooydonck holds the record for most ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paris–Tours
Paris–Tours is a French one-day classic road cycling race held every October from the outskirts of Paris to the cathedral city of Tours. It is a predominantly flat course through the Chevreuse and Loire valleys; the highest point is 200 m, at Le Gault-du-Perche. Historically, it is known as a "Sprinters' Classic" because it frequently ends in a bunch sprint at the finish, in Tours. Since 2018, the course has featured gravel sectors in vineyards near Tours. For several decades the race arrived on the 2.7 km long Avenue de Grammont, one of cycling's best-known finishing straits, particularly renowned among sprinters. Since 2011 the finish was moved to a different location because a new tram line was built on the Avenue de Grammont. History Paris–Tours was first run for amateurs in 1896, making it one of the oldest cycling races in the world. It was organised by the magazine ''Paris-Vélo'', which described that edition won by Eugène Prévost as, ''"A crazy, unhea ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Grand Prix D'Ouverture La Marseillaise
Grand Prix Cycliste La Marseillaise, formerly known as the Grand Prix d'Ouverture La Marseillaise, is a single-day road bicycle race held annually in February around the city of Marseille Marseille (; ; see #Name, below) is a city in southern France, the Prefectures in France, prefecture of the Departments of France, department of Bouches-du-Rhône and of the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur Regions of France, region. Situated in the ..., France. Since 2005, the race is organized as a 1.1 event on the UCI Europe Tour. It is usually the first race of the European calendar, one day before the stage-race Étoile de Bessèges, which is held in the same region. Winners Winners by nationality References External links * {{DEFAULTSORT:Grand Prix La Marseillaise UCI Europe Tour races Recurring sporting events established in 1980 1980 establishments in France Cycle races in France Sport in Gard Sports competitions i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Grote Prijs Jef Scherens
Tour of Leuven - Memorial Jef Scherens (until 2021 ''Grote Prijs Jef Scherens'') is a single-day road bicycle race held annually in September in Leuven, Belgium. Since 2005, the race is organized as a 1.1 event on the UCI Europe Tour. The race is named after the seven-time professional sprint world champion Jef Scherens. The local city circuit from the 2021 UCI Road World Championships The 2021 UCI Road World Championships was the 94th edition of the UCI Road World Championships, the annual world championships for road bicycle racing. It was held between 19 and 26 September 2021 in the Flanders region of Belgium. The region w ..., hosted in Leuven, was largely based on the circuit that is ridden during the Grote Prijs Jef Scherens. Winners External links Official Website References {{Belgian Road Cycling Cup UCI Europe Tour races Recurring sporting events established in 1963 1963 establishments ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Manx Trophy
The Manx Trophy or Isle of Man International Road Race is a bicycle road race run annually on the Isle of Man. In the 1960s the race attracted the world's top professional cyclists including Fausto Coppi, Jacques Anquetil and Eddy Merckx. The race was a feature of the Isle of Man cycling festival, an annual event which ran from 1936 to 2003 and was started by journalist and cycling enthusiast Curwen Clague. The first festival included a massed-start road race (a rarity in mainland Britain at the time but allowed in the Isle of Man, a self-governing crown dependency) which featured the top riders of the day. Despite closed roads the race saw many crashes and only a few riders finished. The first winner was Charles Holland of Birmingham, later one of the first two Englishmen to ride the Tour de France. The first event involved riders racing a single lap of the famous TT circuit of . The course runs from Douglas to Ramsey then climbs for to a high point on the mountain of S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
