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Hein Verbruggen, the Glossary

Hein Verbruggen (21 June 1941 – 14 June 2017) was a Dutch sports administrator who was president of the Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI) from 1991 till 2005 and president of SportAccord from 2004 to 2013.^[1]

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Dutch International Olympic Committee members
Dutch sports executives and administrators
Nyenrode Business University alumni
People from Helmond
Presidents of the Union Cycliste Internationale

Belgium

Belgium, officially the Kingdom of Belgium, is a country in Northwestern Europe.

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Censorship

Censorship is the suppression of speech, public communication, or other information.

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Cycling team

A cycling team is a group of cyclists who join a team or are acquired and train together to compete in bicycle races whether amateur or professional – and the supporting personnel.

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Defamation

Defamation is a communication that injures a third party's reputation and causes a legally redressable injury.

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Dutch people

The Dutch (Dutch) are an ethnic group native to the Netherlands.

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Festina affair

The Festina affair was a series of doping scandals within the sport of professional cycling that occurred during and after the 1998 Tour de France.

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Floyd Landis

Floyd Landis (born October 14, 1975) is an American former professional road racing cyclist.

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Helmond

Helmond (called Héllemond in the local dialect) is a city and municipality in the Metropoolregio Eindhoven of the province of North Brabant in the Southern Netherlands.

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International Olympic Committee

The International Olympic Committee (IOC; Comité international olympique, CIO) is a non-governmental sports organisation based in Lausanne, Switzerland.

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Internet

The Internet (or internet) is the global system of interconnected computer networks that uses the Internet protocol suite (TCP/IP) to communicate between networks and devices.

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Jacques Rogge

Jacques Jean Marie, Count Rogge (2 May 1942 – 29 August 2021) was a Belgian sports administrator and physician, who served as the 8th President of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) from 2001 to 2013.

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Jim Ochowicz

Jim Ochowicz (born December 23, 1951) is a former Olympic bicyclist and manager of UCI WorldTeam.

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Journalist

A journalist is a person who gathers information in the form of text, audio or pictures, processes it into a newsworthy form and disseminates it to the public.

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Keirin

– literally "racing cycle" – is a form of motor-paced cycle racing in which track cyclists sprint for victory following a speed-controlled start behind a motorized or non-motorized pacer.

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Kevan Gosper

Richard Kevan Gosper, AO (19 December 1933 – 19 July 2024) was an Australian athlete who mainly competed in the 400 metres.

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Lance Armstrong

Lance Edward Armstrong (né Gunderson; born September 18, 1971) is an American former professional road racing cyclist.

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Laurent Brochard

Laurent Brochard (born 26 March 1968 in Le Mans, France) is a retired professional road racing cyclist from France.

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Leuven

Leuven, also called Louvain (Löwen), is the capital and largest city of the province of Flemish Brabant in the Flemish Region of Belgium.

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Lidocaine

Lidocaine, also known as lignocaine and sold under the brand name Xylocaine among others, is a local anesthetic of the amino amide type.

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Mainland

Mainland is defined as "relating to or forming the main part of a country or continent, not including the islands around it." The term is often politically, economically and/or demographically more significant than politically associated remote territories, such as exclaves or oceanic islands situated outside the continental shelf.

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Marie-George Buffet

Marie-George Buffet (née Kosellek; born 7 May 1949) is a French politician.

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Mars Inc.

Mars, Incorporated is an American multinational manufacturer of confectionery, pet food, and other food products and a provider of animal care services, with US$45 billion in annual sales in 2022; that year Forbes ranked the company as the fourth-largest privately held company in the United States.

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Netherlands

The Netherlands, informally Holland, is a country located in Northwestern Europe with overseas territories in the Caribbean.

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New York Daily News

The New York Daily News, officially titled the Daily News, is an American newspaper based in Jersey City, New Jersey.

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Nyenrode Business University

Nyenrode Business Universiteit (abbreviated as NBU; Nyenrode Business Universiteit) is a Dutch business university and the only private higher education institution that has the university status in the Netherlands.

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Olympic Games

The modern Olympic Games or Olympics (Jeux olympiques) are the leading international sporting events featuring summer and winter sports competitions in which thousands of athletes from around the world participate in a variety of competitions.

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Order of Orange-Nassau

The Order of Orange-Nassau (Orde van Oranje-Nassau) is a civil and military Dutch order of chivalry founded on 4 April 1892 by the queen regent, Emma of the Netherlands.

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Pat McQuaid

Patrick "Pat" McQuaid (born 5 September 1949 in Dublin, Ireland) is an Irish former road racing cyclist who served as the president of the Union Cycliste Internationale from 2005 to 2013. Hein Verbruggen and Pat McQuaid are presidents of the Union Cycliste Internationale.

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Paul Kimmage

Paul Kimmage (born 7 May 1962) is an Irish sports journalist and former amateur and professional road bicycle racer, who was road race champion of Ireland in 1981, and competed in the 1984 Olympic Games.

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President of the International Olympic Committee

The president of the International Olympic Committee is head of the executive board that assumes the general overall responsibility for the administration of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) and the management of its affairs.

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Royal Dutch Cycling Union

The Royal Dutch Cycling Union or KNWU (in Dutch: Koninklijke Nederlandsche Wielren Unie) is the national governing body of cycle racing in the Netherlands.

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Sysmex Corporation

is a Japanese company headquartered in Kobe that is engaged in the health care business.

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Thom Weisel

Thomas "Thom" Weisel (born February 1941) is an American banker, businessman, and investor.

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UCI ProTour

The UCI ProTour was a series of road bicycle races in Europe, Australia and Canada organised by the UCI (International Cycling Union).

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Union Cycliste Internationale

The Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI;; International Cycling Union) is the world governing body for sports cycling and oversees international competitive cycling events.

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Willy Voet

Willy Voet (born 4 July 1945) is a Belgian sports physiotherapist.

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World Anti-Doping Agency

The World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA; Agence mondiale antidopage, AMA) is a foundation initiated by the International Olympic Committee based in Canada to promote, coordinate, and monitor the fight against drugs in sports.

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1996 Summer Olympics

The 1996 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXVI Olympiad, also known as Atlanta 1996 and commonly referred to as the Centennial Olympic Games) were an international multi-sport event held from July 19 to August 4, 1996, in Atlanta, Georgia, United States.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hein_Verbruggen

Hein Verbruggen, the Glossary

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See also

Dutch International Olympic Committee members

Dutch sports executives and administrators

Nyenrode Business University alumni

People from Helmond

Presidents of the Union Cycliste Internationale

References