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Cyclo-cross world cup #7
Round seven of the UCI Cyclo-cross World Cup takes place in Hofstade,
between Brussels and Mechelen in Belgium. The domain is cared for by former world champion and co-presenter of the cyclo-crosses on Sporza TV, Paul Herijgers. He didn't design the course, but it has his firm approval. It's a classic 'cross, heavy with mud and sand. It had been freezing in Hofstade the last few days but the night before the race it started snowing and raining and the top layer of the course melted. It's very wet and cold with some tricky patches still frozen beneath. A couple of days training on very narrow tubes (road tyres even) made for some deep grooves. Nijs and Wellens told afterwards they started on 32C but switched to 34C tubes during the race. The perfect pressure was hard to pick. Download video from http://www.phys.uu.nl/~dronkert/tmp/ Do not mindlessly click the links, but right-click them and save the file to your computer. -- Firefox Web Browser - Rediscover the web - http://getffox.com/ Thunderbird E-mail and Newsgroups - http://gettbird.com/ |
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Ewoud Dronkert wrote:
Round seven of the UCI Cyclo-cross World Cup takes place in Hofstade, between Brussels and Mechelen in Belgium. Thanks. |
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Jr. & I have really been enjoying these races! Thanks ED
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Ewoud Dronkert wrote: Round seven of the UCI Cyclo-cross World Cup takes place in Hofstade, between Brussels and Mechelen in Belgium. The domain is cared for by former world champion and co-presenter of the cyclo-crosses on Sporza TV, Paul Herijgers. He didn't design the course, but it has his firm approval. It's a classic 'cross, heavy with mud and sand. It had been freezing in Hofstade the last few days but the night before the race it started snowing and raining and the top layer of the course melted. It's very wet and cold with some tricky patches still frozen beneath. A couple of days training on very narrow tubes (road tyres even) made for some deep grooves. Nijs and Wellens told afterwards they started on 32C but switched to 34C tubes during the race. The perfect pressure was hard to pick. Download video from http://www.phys.uu.nl/~dronkert/tmp/ Do not mindlessly click the links, but right-click them and save the file to your computer. Thanks for posting those, Ewoud. The course conditions were a mess, which made for a good race (at least for second and back - Nijs was strong.) -- tanx, Howard Butter is love. remove YOUR SHOES to reply, ok? |
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thanks.
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Ewoud Dronkert wrote: Download video from http://www.phys.uu.nl/~dronkert/tmp/ Do not mindlessly click the links, but right-click them and save the file to your computer. Dumbass - Please do not instruct us not to be mindless. Such statements will be automatically taken out by our brains' dumbass retention mechanisms. thx for the video. First world-class cross race I've ever seen. K. Gringioni. |
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