1970, Sport: UCI Road World Championships – Men's road race

The 1970 UCI Road World Championships for professional riders were held on 16 August 1970 in Leicester, England. It was the 37th edition of the event. 95 professionals took the start on Sunday 16 August for a race covering 271.96 kilometres. At the age of 21 in his first season as a professional, Jean-Pierre Monseré won at an average speed of 41.42 km/h.

Jean-Pierre Monseré at the finish

Jean-Pierre Monseré receiving the rainbow jersey

Halfway through the race, Monseré was at the head of a seven-man breakaway that included four Italians: Felice Gimondi, Michele Dancelli, Gianni Motta and Giacinto Santambrogio. Eddy Merckx, the great favourite of the year, remained in the main field and, with 15 kilometres to go, was still a minute behind the breakaway. His attempt to bridge the gap came to nothing. At the finish, he was one of the first to congratulate his young compatriot on winning the title.

Leif Mortensen, Jean-Pierre Monseré and Felice Gimondi

The crowd of around 10,000 warmly applauded the Englishman Les West, who finished fourth. Strong winds made the race exceptionally hard. At one point, the wind threatened to carry away the journalists’ tent, which had to be abandoned. The circuit included two moderate climbs, with both the start and finish at Mallory Park motor racing circuit.

Leif Mortensen, Jean-Pierre Monseré and Felice Gimondi

Complete Results:

Rnk	Rider	Team	Time
1	Monseré Jean-Pierre	Belgium	6:33:58
2	Mortensen Leif	Denmark	0:02
3	Gimondi Felice	Italy	,,
4	West Les	Great Britain	0:03
5	Rouxel Charly	France	0:05
6	Vasseur Alain	France	0:09
7	Godefroot Walter	Belgium	0:18
8	Verbeeck Frans	Belgium	,,
9	Bitossi Franco	Italy	,,
10	Vianen Gerard	Netherlands	,,
11	De Vlaeminck Roger	Belgium	,,
12	Wolfshohl Rolf	Germany	,,
13	Krekels Jan	Netherlands	,,
14	Guimard Cyrille	France	,,
15	Altig Rudi	Germany	,,
16	Janssen Jan	Netherlands	,,
17	Basso Marino	Italy	,,
18	Dancelli Michele	Italy	,,
19	Tschan Jürgen	Germany	,,
20	Ottenbros Harm	Netherlands	,,
21	Lasa Miguel María	Spain	,,
22	Pijnen René	Netherlands	,,
23	Raymond Christian	France	,,
24	Barras Sid	Great Britain	,,
25	Simonetti Mauro	Italy	,,
26	Dolman Evert	Netherlands	,,
27	Spahn Erich	Switzerland	,,
28	Kisner Peter	Netherlands	,,
29	Merckx Eddy	Belgium	,,
30	Pettersson Sture	Sweden	,,
31	Pettersson Gösta	Sweden	,,
32	Wright Michael	Great Britain	,,
33	Riotte Raymond	France	,,
34	van Katwijk Jan	Netherlands	,,
35	Pfenninger Louis	Switzerland	,,
36	Rebillard Daniel	France	,,
37	Poulidor Raymond	France	,,
38	Saéz Ramón	Spain	,,
39	Motta Gianni	Italy	,,
40	Ritter Ole	Denmark	,,
41	Bernardino Firmino	Portugal	,,
42	Pettersson Tomas	Sweden	,,
43	González José Antonio	Spain	,,
44	Santambrogio Giacinto	Italy	,,
45	Jolly Brian	Great Britain	,,
46	Vifian Bernard	Switzerland	,,
47	Puschel Dieter	Germany	,,
48	Streng Ernst	Germany	,,
49	Gandarias Andrés	Spain	,,
50	Adorni Vittorio	Italy	,,
51	Wagtmans Rini	Netherlands	,,
52	Zoetemelk Joop	Netherlands	,,
53	Horton Danny	Great Britain	,,
54	Rub Kurt	Switzerland	,,
55	Glemser Peter	Germany	,,
56	Aranzabal Jesús	Spain	,,
57	Delisle Raymond	France	,,
58	Thalmann Erwin	Switzerland	,,
59	Van Springel Herman	Belgium	,,
60	Azevedo José Silva Gonçalves	Portugal	,,
61	Berland Roland	France	,,
62	Pettersson Erik	Sweden	,,
63	Perurena Domingo	Spain	,,
64	Porter Hugh	Great Britain	,,
65	Huysmans Jos	Belgium	,,
66	Zilioli Italo	Italy	,,
67	Pacheco José Luis Oliveira	Portugal	,,
68	Pintens Georges	Belgium	,,
69	Bölke Winfried	Germany	,,
DNF	Gilmore Graeme	Australia
DNF	Kelliher Toni	Australia
DNF	Maloney Gordon	Australia
DNF	Lawrie Bill	Australia
DNF	Johnson Gordon	Australia
DNF	Jiménez Giovanni José	Colombia
DNF	Frey Mogens	Denmark
DNF	Kunde Karl-Heinz	Germany
DNF	Peffgen Wilfried	Germany
DNF	Head Peter	Great Britain
DNF	Hoban Barry	Great Britain
DNF	Wiles Geoffrey	Great Britain
DNF	Lewis Colin	Great Britain
DNF	Pereira José Machado	Portugal
DNF	Leite Joaquim Magalhães	Portugal
DNF	Moreira Joaquim	Portugal
DNF	Lasa José Manuel	Spain
DNF	Tamames Agustín	Spain
DNF	Jiménez Nemesio	Spain
DNF	Ocaña Luis	Spain
DNF	Zandegù Dino	Italy
DNF	Van Lancker Alain	France
DNF	Bruyère Joseph	Belgium
DNF	Spruyt Jos	Belgium
DNF	Schutz Edy	Luxembourg
DNF	Miller Leonard	Bahamas

1973, Sport: World Three-cushion Championship

From 15 to 18 February 1973, the 28th World Three-Cushion Championship was held in Cairo, Egypt. Raymond Ceulemans secured his eleventh consecutive World Championship title, a record that still stands today. Fittingly, he also raised the world record for the general average (GA) to 1.478. The gulf in class between Ceulemans and the rest of the field was striking: no other player managed to achieve a general average of 1.000 or higher.

1. Raymond Ceulemans

2. Nobuaki Kobayashi

3. Humberto Suguimitzu

Ranking

Rank	Player	Country	GA (General)	ED (Best game)
1	Raymond Ceulemans	Belgium	1,478	1,818
2	Nobuaki Kobayashi	Japan	0,966	1,363
3	Humberto Suguimitzu	Peru	0,811	1,111
4	Ludo Dielis	Belgium	0,958	1,304
5	Mohammed Diab	Egypt	0,751	1,052
6	Conny Carlsson	Sweden	0,763	1,052
7	Mustapha Al-Anwar	Egypt	0,698	1,000
8	Robert van de Vijver	Belgium	0,817	1,000
9	Alfonso Gonzalez	Colombia	0,724	0,862
10	John Bonner	USA	0,683	0,862
11	George Bouwman	Netherlands	0,661	0,833
12	Ali El-Samman	Egypt	0,539	0,735

1974, Sport: Criterium Aalst

On Monday, 22 July 1974, the 39th Aalst Criterium was won by Belgian cyclist Eddy Peelman, who sprinted to victory in a bunch finish. Peelman completed the 97-kilometre race in 2 hours and 12 minutes. Held on the day after the Tour de France, the Aalst Criterium is the oldest criterium in Belgium, having been organised annually since 1934.

Eddy Peelman

The race lost much of its appeal halfway through when Tour de France winner Eddy Merckx was forced to retire after suffering a mechanical failure to his gear mechanism. With no major breakaways succeeding, the race remained together until the finish and was ultimately decided in a bunch sprint. Peelman claimed victory ahead of Freddy Maertens, while the ever-surprising Wilfried Wezemael finished third, narrowly beating Roger De Vlaeminck to the line.

Freddy Maertens

Ranking:

• 01 Eddy Peelman
• 02 Freddy Maertens
• 03 Wilfried Wezemael
• 04 Roger De Vlaeminck
• 05 Herman Vrijders
• 06 Willy Teirlinck
• 07 Maurice Dury
• 08 Ronny Van Marcke
• 09 Herman Van der Slagmolen
• 10 Vic Van Schil
• 11 Lucien Van Impe, Marc De Meyer, Frans Van Looy, Georges Pintens, Frans Verbeeck, Herman Van Springel, Ludo Delcroix, Jos Huysmans, Willy Abbeloos, Frans Mintjens
• 21 Michel Pollentier
• 22 Ronald De Witte
• 23 Vladimiro Panizza
• 24 Etienne Van Braeckel
• 25 Franco Bitossi
• 26 Ward Janssens
• 27 Jan Van de Wiele
• 28 Jos De Schoenmaecker.

Wilfried Wezemael

1960, Sport: Tour of Flanders

The 44th edition of the Tour of Flanders was held on 3 April 1960 over a distance of 227 km. The race started in Ghent and finished in Wetteren. The winner recorded an average speed of 38.690 km/h. Of the 164 riders who started, 72 completed the race.

Finish in Wetteren

As the defending champion from 1959, Rik Van Looy was the overwhelming favourite. He reached Wetteren in a leading group of around twenty riders. In the final sprint, however, Tuur Decabooter proved too fast for him after responding to a late attack by Jean Graczyk, and took the victory.

Detail: 1. Tuur Decabooter, 2. Jean Graczyk, 3. Rik Van Looy 

General Classification

Rnk	Rider	Time
1	Decabooter Arthur (Belgium)	5:52:00
2	Graczyk Jean (France)	,,
3	Van Looy Rik (Belgium)	,,
4	Desmet Gilbert (Belgium)	,,
5	De Wolf Henri (Belgium)	,,
6	De Mulder Frans (Belgium)	,,
7	Ruby Pierre (France)	,,
8	Impanis Raymond (Belgium)	,,
9	Schoubben Frans (Belgium)	,,
10	Hermans Alfons (Belgium)	,,
11	Planckaert Joseph (Belgium)	,,
12	De Bruyne Alfred (Belgium)	,,
13	Gaggero Stefano (Italy)	,,
14	Anquetil Jacques (France)	,,
15	Elliott Seamus (Ireland)	0:06
16	Schroeders Willy (Belgium)	0:15
17	Schils Joseph (Belgium)	,,
18	Molenaers Yvo (Belgium)	,,
19	Paulissen Valère (Belgium)	,,
20	Mahé François (France)	,,
21	Gauthier Bernard (France)	,,
22	Defilippis Nino (Italy)	1:32
23	Haelterman Willy (Belgium)	1:35
24	Rosseel Léopold (Belgium)	1:42
25	Van Gompel Jan (Belgium)	,,
26	Van Geneugden Martin (Belgium)	,,
27	de Haan Jo (Netherlands)	,,
28	Maliepaard Bas (Netherlands)	,,
29	Declercq Oswald (Belgium)	,,
30	Zagers Jan (Belgium)	,,
31	Forlini Dominique (France)	,,
31	Martin Walter (Italy)	,,
31	Desmet Armand (Belgium)	,,
31	Anglade Henry (France)	,,
31	Delberghe Edouard (France)	,,
31	Lefebvre Jean-Claude (France)	,,
31	Van Aerde Michel (Belgium)	,,
31	Noyelle André (Belgium)	,,
31	Derycke Germain (Belgium)	,,
31	Baens Roger (Belgium)	,,
31	Van Meenen René (Belgium)	,,
31	Ongenae Marcel (Belgium)	,,
31	Couvreur Hilaire (Belgium)	,,
31	De Keyser Constant (Belgium)	,,
31	Van den Brande Alfons (Belgium)	,,
31	Le Menn Camille (France)	,,
31	Foré Noël (Belgium)	,,
31	Pizzoglio Ezio (Italy)	,,
31	Beuffeuil Pierre (France)	,,
31	Vlayen André (Belgium)	,,
31	Schepens Julien (Belgium)	,,
31	Demunster Lucien (Belgium)	,,
31	Van Steenbergen Rik (Belgium)	,,
31	Seynaeve Marcel (Belgium)	,,
31	Van Tieghem Norbert (Belgium)	,,
56	Oellibrandt Piet (Belgium)	,,
57	Scribante Pierre (France)	,,
58	Damen Piet (Netherlands)	,,
59	Huyskens Cyriel (Belgium)	,,
60	Champion Jacques (France)	,,
61	Brandolini Fernando (Italy)	,,
62	Van Looveren Frans (Belgium)	,,
63	Ferlenghi Gianni (Italy)	,,
64	Kersten Jaap (Netherlands)	,,
65	Murray Ronald (Australia)	,,
66	Groussard Joseph (France)	,,
67	Le Buhotel Félix (France)	,,
68	Cazala Robert (France)	,,
69	Aerenhouts Frans (Belgium)	,,
70	Sweeck Alfons (Belgium)	,,
71	Van Daele Leon (Belgium)	,,
72	Scodeller Gilbert (France)	,

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