The Tour de Langkawi is a multiple stage bicycle race held in Malaysia. It is named after the archipelago Langkawi, where the first edition started and finished. The race has been held annually since 1996, primarily in February. It usually consists of 10-day-long segments (stages) over 10 days, but has been reduced to eight stages over recent years. While the route changes each year, the Genting Highlands climb, the toughest in the tour, is always included. Tour de Langkawi is sanctioned by the International Cycling Union (UCI) as a 2.HC road race in the UCI Asia Tour calendar. The race became part of the UCI ProSeries in 2020.
Jaan Kirsipuu is an Estonian former road bicycle racer, who currently works as a directeur sportif for UCI Continental team Tartu2024 Cycling team.
Team TotalEnergies is a professional road bicycle racing team that competes as a UCI ProTeam in UCI Continental Circuits races, and UCI World Tour races when invited as a wild card entry. In previous years, the team was known as Brioches La Boulangère, Bonjour, Bouygues Télécom, and Bbox Bouygues Telecom and Europcar. The 2015 season was the last under the sponsorship of Europcar. The team has been sponsored by Direct Énergie since 2016.
Andrei Tchmil is a retired Soviet, Moldovan (1992–1994), Ukrainian (1994–1998) and Belgian professional road bicycle racer. He competed in the men's individual road race at the 1996 Summer Olympics.
Rudy Dhaenens was a Belgian professional road bicycle racer who is most famous for winning the road race at the 1990 UCI Road World Championships as a member of the Belgian national team.
Andreas Kappes was a German cyclist, who was a professional from 1987 to 2009, active on the road and on the track, collecting in total 133 wins, and, as an amateur, represented West Germany at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles. During the first half of his career he mainly raced on the road, eventually resulting in 99 wins, including winning Omloop het Volk (1991), Tour de l'Oise (1991), three stages in the Tour de Suisse, two stages in Paris–Nice and one stage in the 1988 Giro d'Italia. During the second half of his career he limited his activities on the road to mainly German criteriums as well as kermesses, which make up the chief part of his wins on the road. During the 1990s and 2000s he became known as a formidable track cyclist, including by winning 24 Six-day races, 13 of which with the Belgium Etienne De Wilde.
The Tour de Wallonie is a stage race cycling race on the UCI Europe Tour. It runs in Wallonia, the French-speaking part of Belgium in the end of July. Between 1974 and 1995 it was reserved to amateurs. Since 2005, the race has been organized as a 2.HC event on the UCI Europe Tour. The race became part of the UCI ProSeries in 2020.
Zbigniew Spruch is a Polish former professional road bicycle racer. He won the Tour de Pologne in 1995 and placed second at the 2000 UCI Road World Championships.
Jo de Haan was a Dutch cyclist who was active between 1956 and 1966. After winning four local road races as amateur in 1956 and 1958, he turned professional. His best achievements came in 1960 when he won the Paris–Tours and Tour de Picardie. In 1963 he finished third at the 1963 UCI Road World Championships. In total, he won 36 races during his career. He died of cancer.
Jozef Lieckens is a Belgian former professional racing cyclist. He rode in the Tour de France four times between 1985 and 1989 and in the 1984 Vuelta a España.
Omar Fraile Matarranza is a Spanish racing cyclist, who currently rides for UCI WorldTeam Ineos Grenadiers. He is a winner of stages in the Tour de France and the Giro d'Italia, and has twice won the Mountains classification in the Vuelta a España.
Quentin Jaurégui is a French cyclist, who currently rides for French amateur team Dunkerque Grand Littoral.
The 2015 Four Days of Dunkirk was the 61st edition of the Four Days of Dunkirk cycling stage race. It started on 6 May in Dunkirk and ended on 10 May again in Dunkirk. The race was won by Lithuanian rider Ignatas Konovalovas, riding for Team Marseille 13 KTM.
The 2016 Four Days of Dunkirk was the 62nd edition of the Four Days of Dunkirk cycling stage race. It started on 4 May in Dunkirk and ended on 8 May again in Dunkirk.
Novemail–Histor–Laser Computer was a French professional cycling team that existed in 1993 and 1994. The team participated in the 1993 and 1994 editions of the Tour de France.
The 2019 Four Days of Dunkirk was the 65th edition of the Four Days of Dunkirk cycling stage race. It started on 14 May in Dunkirk and ended on 19 May again in Dunkirk.
Alexys Brunel is a French cyclist, who currently rides for French amateur team Dunkerque Grand Littoral. Brunel retired on 22 June 2022 from professional cycling to focus on other aspects of life. However, he has since returned to racing as an amateur, notably winning a stage of the 2022 Tour de Guadeloupe.
The 2021 Bretagne Classic Ouest–France is a road cycling one-day race that took place on 29 August 2021 in the region of Brittany in northwestern France. It was the 85th edition of the Bretagne Classic Ouest–France and the 25th event of the 2021 UCI World Tour.
The 2022 Four Days of Dunkirk was the 66th edition of the Four Days of Dunkirk cycling stage race. It started on 3 May in Dunkirk and ended on 8 May again in Dunkirk.
The 2023 Four Days of Dunkirk is a road cycling stage race that took place between 16 and 21 May 2023 in the French administrative region of Hauts-de-France. The race was rated as a category 2.Pro event on the 2023 UCI ProSeries calendar, and is the 67th edition of the Four Days of Dunkirk.
Louis Deprez (FRA)
Freddy Maertens (BEL)(4 wins)
