Deinze is a city and a municipality in the Belgian province of East Flanders. It comprises the city of Deinze, and the towns of Astene, Bachte-Maria-Leerne, Gottem, Grammene, Hansbeke, Landegem, Meigem, Merendree, Nevele, Petegem-aan-de-Leie, Poesele, Sint-Martens-Leerne, Vinkt, Vosselare, Wontergem, and Zeveren. On 1 January 2022, Deinze had a population of 44,315. The municipality's total area is 128.03 km2 (49 sq mi), giving a population density of 342 inhabitants per km2.
Roger Hammond is a male English retired bicycle racer, specialising in cyclo-cross and road cycling.
Max Lambert Peter van Heeswijk is a Dutch retired professional road racing cyclist. He finished 15th road race at the 2000 Summer Olympics and 17th in the road race at the 2004 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.
Bert Grabsch is a German former road bicycle racer, who raced as a professional between 1999 and 2013. He was born in Wittenberg and is the younger brother of fellow road racing cyclist Ralf Grabsch. He is a former UCI time trial world champion, having won the title in Varese, Italy on 25 September 2008.
John Talen is a former road racing cyclist from the Netherlands, who was a professional from 1987 to 2000. As an amateur he won the world title in the 100 km team time trial, alongside Rob Harmeling, Tom Cordes and Gerrit de Vries, and finished second in the individual road race.
Christophe Kern is a French former road racing cyclist, who rode professionally between 2003 and 2014 for the Crédit Agricole, Cofidis and Team Europcar teams.
Janek Tombak is an Estonian former professional road cyclist. He won the Estonian national championships twice and finished in 10th place at the 2003 UCI Road World Championships.
Dirk De Wolf is a former professional road racing cyclist from Belgium.
Stefan van Dijk is a former professional road racing cyclist.
PDM was a Dutch professional cycling team from 1986 until the end of 1992. Gin-MG was co-sponsor in Spanish races and Cidona was co-sponsor in the 1991 Nissan Classic. The team was sponsored by Philips Dupont Magnetics, a joint venture between the electronics company, Philips, and the chemical company, DuPont. The team rode Concorde bicycles, manufactured in Italy, by several builders that were colour coordinated to the team jersey by Ultima.
Geert Omloop is a Belgian former professional road racing cyclist who was born in Herentals. He is the cousin of fellow cyclist Wim Omloop and the son of Marcel Omloop. He turned professional in 1997 having raced for several professional teams in 1995 and 1996 as a trainee. He became the Belgian National Road Race Champion in 2003, but lost the title in 2004 when he finished second.
The 1986 Paris–Roubaix was the 84th edition of the cycling classic Paris–Roubaix and was held on 13 April.
Rudie Kemna is a Dutch former racing cyclist, who is currently a directeur sportif for Team DSM–Firmenich PostNL.
The 72nd running of the Tour of Flanders cycling classic was held on 3 April 1988. It was won by Eddy Planckaert in a two-man sprint with Australian Phil Anderson. 88 of 197 starters finished the race.
The 74th running of the Tour of Flanders cycling classic was held on Sunday, 1 April 1990. Italian Moreno Argentin won the race in a two-man sprint with Rudy Dhaenens. 102 of 194 riders finished the race.
Michel Vanhaecke is a Belgian former cyclist. He competed in the individual road race at the 1992 Summer Olympics.
Jure Zrimšek is a Slovenian cyclist.
Kristof Trouvé is a Belgian former professional road cyclist. He won the Crystal Bicycle for Best Young Rider in 1994.
Martin van Steen is a Dutch former road cyclist, who competed as a professional from 1993 to 2003.
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