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Four of us did the 140k ride. Me and one of my mates finished with a ride time of 5.5hrs and were well pleased with that.
After the first two cobbled sections I wasn't sure if I fancied the rest of it but I managed to find some sort of rhythm that worked ok for me. Actually being able to see the top of the Koppenberg and Paterberg and the gradient from the bottom was a bit intimidating to say the least.
The other two guys we rode with took almost ten hours to get round and they were proper on empty by the time they got in. Huge respect to them for plugging away all that time.
Yesterday we watched from the Valkenberg, opposite the bar with a tv inside and out and I'm pretty sure we were stood next to one of the Green Edge riders family.
Absolutely brilliant weekend.
we were very close to you then!
Did you see Randy the rampant badger?
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Great weekend. 4th time I've been and I think this was the best so far, though not having last year's raging Leffe hangover probably helped! No badgers spotted 🙂
We were on Oude Kwaremont too, about 2/3 way up for the women's race and the first 2 passes of the mens race, then we dashed up to Kwaremont square to watch the finale on the big screen before hightailing it for our various ferries and flights.
A few pictures on flickr
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[url= http://www.flickr.com/photos/garyhill/6897227384/ ]Ballan, Boonen[/url] by [url= http://www.flickr.com/people/garyhill/ ]Gary Hill[/url], on Flickr
Photos are now up [url= http://www.sportograf.com/en/shop/search/1415 ]online[/url] and has picked me up successfully (6526). Big smile all the way it seems.
Can't find myself in the [url= http://chronorace-web.cloudapp.net/rvv/Tracking.aspx?lng=EN ]video[/url] though - anyone else having any luck?
^ you really did enjoy yourself!
Cobbled descents anyone?
No thanks. Had my share of them already around here and there's no fun to be had on them. In the wet it's a case of just praying and in the dry holding on for dear life once you get any sort of speed.
Jebus. http://drunkcyclist.tumblr.com/post/20479199699/headtube-tomas-vaitkus-rides-a-wheelie-up-the
For those that can't get enough, there's some Belgian Waffle here http://www.retrobike.co.uk/forum/viewtopic.php?t=195472
Awesome write-up.
I'm sure this
with the expression of a man who had secretly defecated in his shorts and was enjoying the warm glow more than strictly necessary
has been lifted from somewhere, but good effort, all the same.
I'm sure thiswith the expression of a man who had secretly defecated in his shorts and was enjoying the warm glow more than strictly necessary
has been lifted from somewhere, but good effort, all the same.
fair cop, read it in the paper on the ferry home and thought "I must plagarise".
I was Spartacus though.