89 relations: Acceleration, Alessandro Petacchi, Alexander Kristoff, Amstel Gold Race, André Darrigade, André Greipel, André Leducq, Anna Meares, Óscar Freire, Brussels Cycling Classic, Charles Pélissier, Classic cycle races, Cycling team, Delio Rodríguez, Dino Zandegù, Djamolidine Abdoujaparov, Domestique, Drafting (aerodynamics), Eddy Merckx, Eddy Planckaert, Erik Zabel, EuroEyes Cyclassics, Francesco Moser, Freddy Maertens, General classification, Gent–Wevelgem, Gerben Karstens, Germany, Giro d'Italia, Giro di Lombardia, Giuseppe Saronni, Grand Tour (cycling), Guido Bontempi, Guido Reybrouck, Interwar period, Jan Janssen, Jan Raas, Jean-Paul van Poppel, Keirin, Kristina Vogel, Laurent Jalabert, List of Tour de France secondary classification winners, List of Vuelta a España classification winners, Madison (cycling), Marcel Kittel, Marino Basso, Mario Cipollini, Mark Cavendish, Miguel Poblet, Milan–San Remo, ..., Olaf Ludwig, Paolo Bettini, Paris–Roubaix, Paris–Tours, Patrick Sercu, Peloton, Peter Sagan, Pierino Baffi, Points classification, Points classification in the Tour de France, Raffaele di Paco, René Le Grevès, Rik Van Linden, Rik Van Looy, Rik Van Steenbergen, Road bicycle racing, Robbie McEwen, Roger De Vlaeminck, Rudi Altig, Scheldeprijs, Sean Kelly (cyclist), Slipstream, Sprint (track cycling), Team sprint, Thor Hushovd, Tom Boonen, Tom Steels, Tour de France, Tour of Flanders, Track cycling, Track time trial, Urs Freuler, Velodrome, Victoria Pendleton, Vuelta a España, 1930 Tour de France, 1941 Vuelta a España, 1968 Tour de France, 1977 Vuelta a España. Expand index (39 more) »
Acceleration
In physics, acceleration is the rate of change of velocity of an object with respect to time.
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Alessandro Petacchi
Alessandro Petacchi (born 3 January 1974 in La Spezia, Liguria) is an Italian former professional road racing cyclist, who last rode for the team.
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Alexander Kristoff
Alexander Kristoff (born 5 July 1987) is a Norwegian professional road bicycle racer with the UCI WorldTeam.
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Amstel Gold Race
The Amstel Gold Race is an annual road bicycle race in the province of Limburg, the Netherlands.
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André Darrigade
André Darrigade (born Narrosse, 24 April 1929) is a retired French professional road bicycle racer between 1951 and 1966.
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André Greipel
André Greipel (born 16 July 1982) is a German professional road bicycle racer for UCI WorldTeam.
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André Leducq
André Leducq (27 February 1904 – 18 June 1980) was a French cyclist who won the 1930 and 1932 Tours de France.
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Anna Meares
Anna Maree Devenish Meares (born 21 September 1983) is an Australian retired track cyclist.
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Óscar Freire
Óscar Freire Gómez (born 15 February 1976) is a former Spanish professional road bicycle racer.
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Brussels Cycling Classic
The Brussels Cycling Classic (known until June 2013 as Paris–Brussels) is a semi classic European bicycle race, one of the oldest races on the international calendar.
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Charles Pélissier
Charles Pélissier (20 February 1903 – 28 May 1959) was a French racing cyclist, between 1922 and 1939, winning 16 stages in the Tour de France.
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Classic cycle races
The classic cycle races are the most prestigious one-day professional road cycling races in the international calendar.
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Cycling team
A cycling team is a group of cyclists who join a team or are acquired and train together to compete in bicycle races whether amateur or professional – and the supporting personnel.
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Delio Rodríguez
Delio Rodríguez Barros (19 April 1916 – 14 January 1994) was a Spanish professional road racing cyclist and sprinter.
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Dino Zandegù
Dino Zandegù (born 31 May 1940) was a former Italian professional cyclist.
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Djamolidine Abdoujaparov
Djamolidine Mirgarifanovich Abdoujaparov (Jamoliddin Mirgarifanovich Abdujaparov, Жамолиддин Миргарифанович Абдужапаров; Джамолиди́н Миргарифанович Абдужапа́ров, born 28 February 1964) is a former professional road racing cyclist from Uzbekistan.
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Domestique
In road bicycle racing, a domestique is a rider who works for the benefit of his team and leader, rather than trying to win the race.
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Drafting (aerodynamics)
Drafting or slipstreaming is a technique where two vehicles or other moving objects are caused to align in a close group reducing the overall effect of drag due to exploiting the lead object's slipstream.
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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 widely seen as the most successful rider in the history of competitive cycling.
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Eddy Planckaert
Eddy Planckaert (born 22 September 1958 in Nevele) is a former professional road racing cyclist from Belgium.
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Erik Zabel
Erik Zabel (born 7 July 1970) is a German former professional road bicycle racer who last raced with Milram.
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EuroEyes Cyclassics
The EuroEyes Cyclassics, formerly HEW Cyclassics and Vattenfall Cyclassics, is an annual one-day professional and amateur cycling race in and around Hamburg, Germany.
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Francesco Moser
Francesco Moser (or;; born 19 June 1951 in Palù di Giovo, Trentino), nicknamed "Lo sceriffo" (The sheriff), is an Italian former professional road bicycle racer.
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Freddy Maertens
Freddy Maertens (born 13 February 1952 in Nieuwpoort) is a Belgian former professional racing cyclist who was twice world road race champion.
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General classification
The general classification (or the GC) in bicycle racing is the category that tracks overall times for bicycle riders in multi-stage bicycle races.
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Gent–Wevelgem
Gent–Wevelgem, officially Gent–Wevelgem – In Flanders Fields, is a road cycling race in Belgium, held annually since 1934.
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Gerben Karstens
Gerben Karstens (born 14 January 1942) is a former professional racing cyclist from the Netherlands, who won the gold medal in the 100 km team trial at the 1964 Summer Olympics, alongside Bart Zoet, Evert Dolman, and Jan Pieterse.
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Germany
Germany (Deutschland), officially the Federal Republic of Germany (Bundesrepublik Deutschland), is a sovereign state in central-western Europe.
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Giro d'Italia
The Giro d'Italia (Tour of Italy; also known as the Giro) is an annual multiple-stage bicycle race primarily held in Italy, while also occasionally passing through nearby countries.
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Giro di Lombardia
The Giro di Lombardia (Tour of Lombardy), officially Il Lombardia, is a cycling race in Lombardy, Italy.
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Giuseppe Saronni
Giuseppe Saronni (born 22 September 1957), also known as Beppe Saronni, is an Italian former racing cyclist.
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Grand Tour (cycling)
In road bicycle racing, a Grand Tour is one of the three major European professional cycling stage races: Tour de France, Giro d'Italia and Vuelta a España.
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Guido Bontempi
Guido Bontempi (born 12 January 1960 in Gussago) is an Italian former road bicycle racer.
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Guido Reybrouck
Guido Reybrouck (born 25 December 1941 in Bruges) is a Belgian former road bicycle racer.
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Interwar period
In the context of the history of the 20th century, the interwar period was the period between the end of the First World War in November 1918 and the beginning of the Second World War in September 1939.
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Jan Janssen
Johannes Adrianus "Jan" Janssen (born 19 May 1940) is a Dutch former professional cyclist (1962–1972).
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Jan Raas
Jan Raas (born 8 November 1952) is a Dutch former professional cyclist whose 115 wins include the 1979 World Road Race Championship in Valkenburg, he also won the Tour of Flanders in 1979 and 1983, Paris–Roubaix in 1982 and Milan–San Remo in 1977.
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Jean-Paul van Poppel
Jean-Paul van Poppel (born 30 September 1962 in Tilburg, Noord-Brabant) is a former Dutch racing cyclist, who was nicknamed Popeye.
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Keirin
– literally "competition ring" – is a form of motor-paced cycle racing in which track cyclists sprint for victory following a speed-controlled start behind a motorized or non-motorized pacer.
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Kristina Vogel
Kristina Vogel (born 10 November 1990) is a German track cyclist.
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Laurent Jalabert
Laurent Jalabert (born 30 November 1968) is a French former professional road racing cyclist, from 1989 to 2002.
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List of Tour de France secondary classification winners
The Tour de France is a cycling stage race held since 1903 over a current period of three weeks, although it was not staged from 1914 to 1918 and from 1940 to 1946, because of the First World War and Second World War respectively.
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List of Vuelta a España classification winners
Since 1935, and annually since 1955, the Vuelta a España has been the most important multiday cycle racing event in Spain.
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Madison (cycling)
The madison is a relay race event in track cycling, named after the first Madison Square Garden in New York, and known as the "American race" in French (course à l'américaine) and in Italian and Spanish as Americana.
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Marcel Kittel
Marcel Kittel (born 11 May 1988) is a German racing cyclist, who rides for UCI WorldTeam.
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Marino Basso
Marino Basso (born 1 June 1945) is an Italian former professional road racing cyclist, considered one of the best sprinters of his generation.
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Mario Cipollini
Mario Cipollini (born 22 March 1967), often abbreviated to "Cipo", is a retired Italian professional road cyclist most noted for his sprinting ability, the longevity of his dominance (his first pro win came in 1989, his last in 2005; 191 victories in all) and his colourful personality.
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Mark Cavendish
Mark Simon Cavendish (born 21 May 1985) is a British professional road racing cyclist who currently rides for UCI ProTeam.
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Miguel Poblet
Miguel Poblet Orriols (18 March 1928 – 6 April 2013) was a Spanish professional cyclist, who had over 200 professional victories from 1944 to 1962.
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Milan–San Remo
Milan–San Remo (in Italian Milano-Sanremo), also called "The Spring classic" or "La Classicissima", is an annual cycling race between Milan and Sanremo, in Northwest Italy.
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Olaf Ludwig
Olaf Ludwig (born 13 April 1960 in Gera, Thuringia) is a former German racing cyclist.
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Paolo Bettini
Paolo Bettini (born 1 April 1974 in Cecina, Livorno, Tuscany) is an Italian former champion road racing cyclist, and the former coach of the Italian national cycling team.
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Paris–Roubaix
The Paris–Roubaix is a one-day professional men's bicycle road race in northern France, starting north of Paris and finishing in Roubaix, at the border with Belgium.
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Paris–Tours
Paris–Tours is a French one-day classic cycling race held every October from the outskirts of Paris to the cathedral city of Tours.
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Patrick Sercu
Patrick Sercu (born 27 June 1944) is a retired Belgian cyclist who was active on the road and track between 1961 and 1983.
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Peloton
In a road bicycle race, the peloton (from French, originally meaning 'platoon') is the main group or pack of riders.
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Peter Sagan
Peter Sagan (born 26 January 1990) is a Slovak professional road bicycle racer for UCI WorldTeam.
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Pierino Baffi
Pierino Baffi (15 September 1930 – 27 March 1985) was an Italian professional road bicycle racer.
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Points classification
The points classification is a secondary award category in road bicycle racing.
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Points classification in the Tour de France
The points classification is a secondary competition in the Tour de France, which started in 1953.
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Raffaele di Paco
Raffaele di Paco (6 July 1908–21 May 1996) was an Italian road racing cyclist, who won five stages in the 1931 Tour de France four stages in the 1932 Tour de France and two stages in the 1935 Tour de France, and wore the yellow jersey for a total of four days in 1931.
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René Le Grevès
René Le Grevès (6 July 1910 – 25 February 1946) was a French professional road bicycle racer.
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Rik Van Linden
Rik Van Linden (born 28 July 1949 in Wilrijk, Antwerp) is a Belgian former road bicycle racer who won the points classification in the 1975 Tour de France.
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Rik Van Looy
Henri "Rik" Van Looy (born 20 December 1933 in Grobbendonk) is a Belgian former professional cyclist of the post-war period, nicknamed the King of the Classics or Emperor of Herentals (after the small Belgian town where he lived).
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Rik Van Steenbergen
Rik Van Steenbergen (Arendonk, 9 September 1924 – Antwerp, 15 May 2003) was a Belgian racing cyclist, considered to be one of the best among the great number of successful Belgian cyclists.
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Road bicycle racing
Road bicycle racing is the cycle sport discipline of road cycling, held on paved roads.
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Robbie McEwen
Robert "Robbie" McEwen (born 24 June 1972 in Brisbane, Queensland) is an Australian former professional road bicycle racer.
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Roger De Vlaeminck
Roger De Vlaeminck (born 24 August 1947) is a Belgian former professional racing cyclist.
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Rudi Altig
Rudi Altig (18 March 1937 – 11 June 2016) was a German professional track and road racing cyclist who won the 1962 Vuelta a España and the world championship in 1966.
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Scheldeprijs
The Scheldeprijs is a cycling race in Belgium and the Netherlands which starts in Terneuzen and finishes in Schoten.
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Sean Kelly (cyclist)
John James 'Sean' Kelly (born 24 May 1956) is an Irish former professional road bicycle racer.
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Slipstream
A slipstream is a region behind a moving object in which a wake of fluid (typically air or water) is moving at velocities comparable to the moving object, relative to the ambient fluid through which the object is moving.
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Sprint (track cycling)
The sprint or match sprint is a track cycling event involving between two and four riders, though it is usually run as a one-on-one match race between opponents who, unlike in the individual pursuit, start next to each other.
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Team sprint
The team sprint (also sometimes known as the Olympic sprint) is a track cycling event.
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Thor Hushovd
Thor Hushovd (born 18 January 1978) is a Norwegian former professional road bicycle racer.
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Tom Boonen
Tom Boonen (born 15 October 1980) is a Belgian former road bicycle racer, who competed as a professional between 2002 and 2017, for the and teams.
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Tom Steels
Tom Steels (born 2 September 1971) is a Belgian former professional road bicycle racer, specialising in sprint finishes and one-day races.
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Tour de France
The Tour de France is an annual male multiple stage bicycle race primarily held in France, while also occasionally making passes through nearby countries.
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Tour of Flanders
The Tour of Flanders (Ronde van Vlaanderen), also known as De Ronde ("The Tour"), is an annual road cycling race held in Belgium every spring.
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Track cycling
Track cycling is a bicycle racing sport usually held on specially built banked tracks or velodromes (but many events are held at older velodromes where the track banking is relatively shallow) using track bicycles.
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Track time trial
In the track time trial, a track cycling event, cyclists compete individually against the clock to record the fastest time over the specified distance from a standing start.
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Urs Freuler
Urs Freuler (born 6 November 1958 in Bilten, Canton of Glarus) is a Swiss cyclist, who raced professionally between 1980 and 1997, during which he won 124 victories.
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Velodrome
A velodrome is an arena for track cycling.
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Victoria Pendleton
Victoria Louise Pendleton, CBE (born 24 September 1980) is a British jockey and former track cyclist who specialised in the sprint, team sprint and keirin disciplines.
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Vuelta a España
The Vuelta a España (Tour of Spain) is an annual multi-stage bicycle race primarily held in Spain, while also occasionally making passes through nearby countries.
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1930 Tour de France
The 1930 Tour de France was the 24th edition of the Tour de France, taking place from 2 to 27 July.
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1941 Vuelta a España
The 3rd Vuelta a España (Tour of Spain), a long-distance bicycle stage race and one of the 3 grand tours, was held from June 12 to July 6, 1941.
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1968 Tour de France
The 1968 Tour de France was the 55th edition of the Tour de France, one of cycling's Grand Tours.
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1977 Vuelta a España
The 32nd Vuelta a España (Tour of Spain), a long-distance bicycle stage race and one of the 3 grand tours, was held from April 26 to May 15, 1977.
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References
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sprinter_(cycling)