Belgium, January 1, 2008
Christmas shopping and Loenhout
Jaimey Driscoll charging hard at the last USGP in Portland. Image Courtesy of Joe Sales
Before dinner Thursday evening a few fellow campers and I decided to hit the town on the cruiser bikes in search of some Christmas gifts for people we have put off until our return. I used the excuse that I would be able to buy much cooler and exotic gifts than I would be able to back home.
We of course stopped in to the chocolate shop to feast our eyes upon what we have been told to avoid. Across the street was a trendy women's clothing...
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Can't seem to avoid entitling these posts with attempted phonetics. I guess it's my subconscious trying to "bring it" to those of you reading from someplace other than Flanders. If you'd a been there last night, you'd a thought there was no place else to be.
A seriously solid attempt at "avondcross" or "eveningcross" by VT4 (with 80 television personnel on hand), Nissan, and the host of other Super Prestige sponsors, despite the post race comments from guys like Sven Vantourenhout who felt like the scene was more spectacle than sport. "Clowns in a circus" was the soundbyte I saw in the newspaper....
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Diegem, Belgium, December 30, 2007
**Watch the video of the Superprestige in Diegem here on Sport.be
Veldrijden Klasse 1 UCI - Klasse 1
Aantal deelnemers: 49
1. NIJS Sven RABOBANK 01:03:12
2. SIMUNEK Radomir PALMANS-CRAS :20
3. STYBAR ZDENEK FIDEA :33
4. ALBERT Niels PALMANS-COLLSTROP :39
5. WELLENS Bart FIDEA CYCLING TEAM :42
6. GROENENDAAL Richar :50
7. VERVECKEN Erwin FIDEA CYCLING TEAM :57
8. GADRET JOHN AG2R
9. VANTHOURENHOUT Dieter CK PODBORANY 1:04
10. PAGE Jonathan SUNWEB-PROJOB 1:12
11. VAN GILS WILANT 1:26
12. VANTORNOUT Klaas FIDEA CYCLING TEAM 1:35
13. VERSTRAETEN...
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The congested pits at Loenhout full of bikes and mechanics. Photo Courtesy of Cycling-Pics.be
Elite (68 starters)
1 Lars Boom (Ned) Rabobank 1.00.17
2 Zdenek Stybar (Cze) Fidea Cycling Team
3 Niels Albert (Bel) Palmans-Cras
4 Sven Nys (Bel) Rabobank 0.09
5 Bart Wellens (Bel) Fidea Cycling Team 0.22
6 Richard Groenendaal (Ned) AA Sport Drinks 0.29
7 Wilant Van Gils (Ned) ZZPR.nl 1.11
8 Thijs Al (Ned) BeOne CRC Team 1.26
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Another big race! This race always impresses me with its numbers, its show. Just a throng of people turn out for it. No Frischy this year for the first time in awhile; disappointed to not be able to say hi to him.
And, it's always a good time to revisit and catch up with other pit crews due to the "close proximity" (aka, a very tight pit); I particularly enjoy the familial aspect with fathers Boom, Groenendaal, Wellens, Simunek, Vervecken, and Powers handing up encouragement to their sons.
The congested pits at Loenhout full of bikes and mechanics. Photo Courtesy of Cycling-Pics.be
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