CR Contest Quiz #22 Monday, March 31, 2008 (15 Total Points)

Ronde van Vlaanderen is also known as [the English name]? (1 point)
A. Tour of Holland
B. Tour of Belgium
C. Tour of Germany
D. Tour of Flanders
E. Tour de France

The climb of the "Muur de Huy" is part of which race? (2 points)
A. Fleche Wallonne
B. Liege-Bastogne-Liege
C. Tour of Flanders
D. Gent-Wevelgem
E. Giro di Lombardia
The “Muur (Wall) of Huy” is the 19% (max) race and finishing climb.

Which race has the longest consecutive annual run of any Classic on the calendar? (3 points)
A. Liege-Bastogne-Liege
B. Tour of Flanders
C. Paris-Roubaix
D. Ghent-Wevelgem
E. Milan-San Remo
Flanders was interrupted by WW1, it was run continuously from 1919 to the present, straight through WW2.

TdF: Who was the first wearer of the Maillot Pois (Polka Dot Jersey)? (4 points)
A. Vicente Trueba (Spa)
B. Federico Bahamontes (Spa)
C. Gino Bartali (Ita)
D. Charlie Gaul (Lux)
E. Lucien Van Impe (Bel)
the Polka Dot Jersey was first awarded in 1975- Lucien Van Impe, the Mountains Classification started in 1933- Vicente Trueba

What year did Television begin daily coverage of the Tour de France? (5 points)
A. 1949
B. 1952
C. 1959
D. 1961
E. 1965