Team Jumbo–Visma is a Dutch professional bicycle racing team, successor of the former Rabobank. The team consists of four sections: ProTeam, Women's Team, Development Team, and Cyclo-cross.
The 1908 Tour de France was the sixth running of the annual Tour de France, one of cycling's Grand Tours. It was organised by the newspaper L'Auto, and took place between 13 July and 9 August. The Tour was split in 14 stages, with a total distance of 4,497 kilometres (2,794 mi).
The 1947 Tour de France was the 34th edition of the Tour de France, taking place from 25 June to 20 July. The total race distance was 21 stages over 4,642 km (2,884 mi). It was the first Tour since 1939, having been cancelled during World War II, although some Tour de France-like races had been held during World War II.
Liv Racing TeqFind is a women's professional cycling team, based in the Netherlands. The title sponsor is Liv, a sub-brand of Taiwanese bicycle manufacturer Giant Bicycles. The team's directeur sportif is Eric van den Boom. Riders for Liv Racing compete in the UCI Women's World Tour and other Elite Women's Cycling events throughout the world.
Gitane–Campagnolo was a French professional cycling team that existed from 1969 to 1977. Its main sponsor was the French bicycle manufacturer Gitane.
The 31st Edition Vuelta a España, a long-distance bicycle stage race and one of the three grand tours, was held from 27 April to 16 May 1976. It consisted of 19 stages covering a total of 3,340 km (2,080 mi), and was won by José Pesarrodona of the Kas-Campagnolo cycling team. Andres Oliva won the mountains classification while Dietrich Thurau won the points classification.
Gerhard Schönbacher is a former professional cyclist. Schönbacher was a professional cyclist for nine seasons, and rode the UCI World Championships seven times, but is mainly known for finishing last in the Tour de France in two consecutive years.
KOGA is a Dutch bicycle manufacturer based in Heerenveen, Friesland. The company is known for its long time partnership with Japanese frame manufacturer Miyata, producing bicycles and sponsoring racing teams under the brand name Koga Miyata. As of May 2010 the partnership ended and the company began manufacturing bicycles under the KOGA brand.
The Souvenir Henri Desgrange is an award and cash prize given in the yearly running of the Tour de France, one of cycling's Grand Tour races. It is won by the rider that crosses a particular point in the race, mostly the summits of the highest and iconic climbs in the Alps and Pyrenees. It is named in honour of the creator and first race director of the Tour, French sports journalist Henri Desgrange, who was passionate about taking the Tour de France as high up in the mountains as possible using the most difficult routes.
Natascha Knaven-den Ouden is a cyclist, physical therapist and cycling team manager from the Netherlands. Den Ouden is a four time Dutch National Cyclo-cross Champion. In her active days there weren't any international cyclo-cross championships yet. She won silver in the individual pursuit, at the 1989 World Juniors Track Cycling Championships in Moscow. At that tournament she became friends with Servais Knaven, with whom she married and got four cycling daughters: Britt, Senne, Mirre and Fee. They all ride for AG Insurance-NXTG, the development team of which Den Ouden is the owner, co-founder and team manager.
Televizier was a Dutch professional cycling team that existed in part from 1961 to 1967. It was sponsored by Dutch television listings magazine Televizier.
Dr. Mann was a Belgian professional cycling team that existed from 1960 to 1970. Its main sponsor was proprietary medicine producer Dr. Mann. Its most notable victory was Herman Van Springel's win of the 1968 Giro di Lombardia.
Willem II–Gazelle was a Dutch professional cycling team that existed from 1966 to 1971. Its main sponsor was Dutch cigar maker Willem II and the co-sponsor was bicycle manufacturer Gazelle. Their most successful rider was Rik Van Looy, whose most notable wins with the team were the 1967 Paris–Tours, the 1968 La Flèche Wallonne and the 1969 E3 Prijs Vlaanderen. Harry Steevens won the 1968 Amstel Gold Race with the team.
RMO was a French professional cycling team that existed from 1986 to 1992. Its main sponsor was French supplier of temporary workers Relation Main d'Oeuvre. Its most notable results were the mountains classification of the 1990 Tour de France with Thierry Claveyrolat and the 1991 Paris–Roubaix with Marc Madiot.
DAF Trucks was a Belgian professional cycling team that existed from 1979 to 1983. Its main sponsor was Dutch truck manufacturing company DAF Trucks.
Frisol was a Dutch professional cycling team that existed from 1973 to 1977. Its main sponsor was Dutch oil trader Frisol. Its most notable victory was Jan Raas's win of the 1977 Milan–San Remo.
IJsboerke was a Belgian professional cycling team that existed from 1973 to 1982. Its main sponsor from 1973 to 1980 was Belgian ice cream manufacturer IJsboerke. In 1981 and 1982, its main sponsor was juice drink brand Capri-Sun. Walter Godefroot won the 1978 Tour of Flanders with the team.
Weinmann was a Belgian professional cycling team that existed from 1989 to 1991. Its main sponsor was the Swiss bicycle parts manufacturer Weinmann.
Olaf Jentzsch is a German former racing cyclist. As a professional rider of team Tulip Computers-KOGA, he rode in the 1992 Tour de France and the 1992 Giro d'Italia. As a citizen of East Germany he was only allowed to ride amateur races before 1990. Jentzsch managed to win a whole series of amateur stage races and stages, of which only a selection is shown below.
