BiciSport Junior Race @ Velle Antwerp @ 17 Mar - L to R podium with Eddy VerBust, Koen VerHulst, Sander Willems (2nd), Vic De Smet (1st), Ian Kimpe (3rd), Stijn VerHulst & Maarten VerHulst.
BiciSport Junior Race @ Velle Antwerp @ 17 Mar - MOR, Vic De Smet (winner) & Eddy VerBust
BiciSport Junior Race @ Velle Antwerp @ 17 Mar - start line tension with an apprehensive Maarten VerHulst (Race Director)
BiciSport Junior Race @ Velle Antwerp @ 17 Mar - the race started in damp & greasy conditions for the 102 starters for the 56k race over nine laps of an urban circuit.
BiciSport Junior Race @ Velle Antwerp @ 17 Mar - mid race and the damp conditions persisted
BiciSport Junior Race @ Velle Antwerp @ 17 Mar - Vis De Smet takes the victory
BiciSport Junior Race @ Velle Antwerp @ 17 Mar - The Garage Van Hoye Ford lead car is a Velle cycle race institution ,,,, it creaks, it groans, it coughs and nobody can get the ignition key out of the ignition for years (nobody would steal it anyway). Maarten VerHulst (Race Director) is on the far right just checking that the Van Hoye beast is still working
BiciSport Junior Race @ Velle Antwerp @ 17 Mar - the safest place is to be in front of the Garage Van Hoye Ford with Eddy VerBust & MOR
BiciSport Junior Race @ Velle Antwerp @ 17 Mar - the sponsors podium wall in front of the local church with Eddy VerBust, Eddy VerHulst & Eddy van der O’Reilly
AusCycling National Cross Country Olympic MTB Championships @ 17 Mar - Eric Dole (BiciSport Happy Wheels) had a great start until he crashed from lack of grip & injured a thumb and was a DNF.
AusCycling National Cross Country Olympic MTB Championships @ 17 Mar - Eric Dole on the start line
AusCycling National Short Track MTB Championships @ 15 Mar - Eric Dole takes a deserved Bronze medal. Congratulations Eric.
Heffron Park Criteriums @ 12 Mar - Julian Soto (BiciSport Happy Wheels)
Heffron Park Criteriums @ 12 Mar - Rolly Delaytz
Heffron Park Criteriums @ 12 Mar - Julian Arias
Heffron Park Criteriums @ 12 Mar - Rafael Avecedo (left) in his first outing in Happy wheels colours
Monsere Monument @ Gierle Belgium @ 15 Mar - Jean Pierre Monsere (Belgium) was the reigning World Pro Road Champion from 1970.
On 15 March 1971 he was killed in a pro race at Gierle (north of Antwerp) in an accident with a car. The Monsere Monument was erected in his honour at the place of the accident. BiciSport attended the ceremony with Eddy VerHulst & MOR. An interview with MOR & Belgian TV can be found at www.RTV.be
Monsere Monument @ Gierle Belgium @ 15 Mar - MOR with Suske Verhaegen (black jacket) and Eddy VerHulst. Suske Verhaegen rode in the BIC professional team with Luis Ocana in the 1970’s.
Monsere Monument @ Gierle Belgium @ 15 Mar - Eddy VerHulst (left) beside Suske Verhaegen
FLANDERS FOLLIES - DATES THIS COMING WEEK
22 Mar - E3 Grand Prix 23 Mar - Gent Wevelgem Cyclosportive 24 Mar - Gent Wevelgem
27 Mar - Dwars Vlaanderen 30 Mar - Ronde van Vlaanderen Cyclosportive 31 Mar - Ronde van Vlaanderen
April
6 Apr - Paris Roubaix Cyclosportive, Paris Roubaix (Women) 7 Apr - Paris Roubaix (U19, U23, Professionals)
10 Apr - Brabant Arrow (Brussels) 14 Apr - Amstel Gold Race (Netherlands) 17 Apr - Fleche Walloon (Huy)
Denain Grand Prix (France) @ 14 Mar - Condtions were ideal at Denain but the pave was super slippery & wet. MOR stayed at the nearby village of Haspres a short drive out of Denain. The cobble sections were those early sections used regularly in Paris Roubaix Classic.
Denain Grand Prix (France) @ 14 Mar - Haspres cobbles were dangerous & slippery
Denain Grand Prix (France) @ 14 Mar - cobbles near Quievy
Nokere Kourse @ Nokere @ 13 Mar - Tim Merler (Soudal QS) takes the victory in Nokere
Nokere Kourse @ Nokere @ 13 Mar - The Nokere race followed a somewhat predictable path … 6 riders in a tv break of the day with the peloton weighing up when to chase for the inevitable bunch sprint.
The race started in Deinze and headed for the Holleweg cobbles (picture above) near Oudenaarde. Eventually the peloton won the day & Tim Merlier took the sprint.
Nokere Kourse @ Nokere @ 13 Mar - Thomas De Gendt (Lotto, blue helmet) on the Holleweg cobbles at the Feed Zone
Nokere Kourse @ Nokere @ 13 Mar - the Nokere peloton starting to muster the troops in chasing the breakaways.
Nokere Kourse @ Nokere @ 13 Mar - approaching the Holleweg cobbles
Nokere Kourse @ Nokere @ 13 Mar - people you meet on the Holleweg cobbles … MOR & Fabio Jacobson’s dad (right) drove down from the Netherlands to see his famous son pass on the Holleweg and then finish second in Nokere to Merler. Conditions were very cold but at least the wind had eased.
Nokere Kourse @ Nokere @ 13 Mar - one of the prettiest team cars in Soudal Quick Step at the Holleweg cobbles Feed Zone