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The event was held at the Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps in Stavelot for the 57th time in the circuit's history, across the weekend of 26–28 July. [6] The Grand Prix was the fourteenth round of the 2024 Formula One World Championship and the 69th running of the Belgian Grand Prix as a round of the Formula One World Championship.
No rider has ever won all three grand tours in a single calendar year, but three riders - Eddy Merckx, Bernard Hinault and Chris Froome - have won all three in a row, split over calendar years. [2] Seven men have won all three grand tours in their career; Gimondi and Hinault have achieved that alongside a career Triple Crown, and Merckx ...
The Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps (French pronunciation: [siʁkɥi də spa fʁɑ̃kɔʁʃɑ̃]), informally referred to as Spa, [1] [2] is a 7.004 km (4.352 mi) motor-racing circuit located in Francorchamps, Stavelot, Wallonia, Belgium, about 8 km (5.0 mi) southeast of Spa.
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.
Belgium at the 1968 Summer Olympics; IOC code: BEL: NOC: Belgian Olympic and Interfederal Committee: Website: www.olympic.be (in Dutch and French): in Mexico City; Competitors: 82 (77 men and 5 women) in 13 sports
Henri "Rik" Van Looy (20 December 1933 – 17 December 2024) was a Belgian professional cyclist of the post-war period. Nicknamed the King of the Classics or Emperor of Herentals (after the small Belgian city where he lived), he dominated the classic cycle races in the late 1950s and early 1960s.
The Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI), the world's governing body in the sport of bicycle racing, classifies races according to a rating scale.. The rating is represented by a code made of two or three parts and indicates both the type or style of race (the first part), and its importance or difficulty (the second and third parts, lower being harder).
The winner of the first series was Sandra Kim. [2] The winner of the second series was Camille Dhont. [3] The third and fourth series are hosted by Jens Dendoncker. [4] Aaron Blommaert and Francisco Schuster won the following seasons. [5] [6] The second series premiered 14 January 2022 and ended on 18 March 2022. The third season started 3 ...