Dutch National Championships. June 25
The video quality from a Canon digital camera is surprisingly good, but also surprising was how large the video files are. YouTube compresses it quite a bit, but it's the best option I know of for sharing videos online. If you watch this video real close, you can see Michael Boogerd zipping by solo and crossing the finish line. This was the pro race for the Dutch national championships held in Maastricht, the only real hilly area in the Netherlands. The Amstel Gold race is also held in this area in the spring. Only around 30 or 40 racers finished probably because of some rain, the climbs (Dutch climbs are also known as "flat roads" in Switzerland) and all the turns. From the 3 dutch races I've seen so far, I'm convinced there is a rule forbidding straightaways longer than 200m in any part of a Dutch race.
Here's the start/finish area. I wonder who the title sponsor is. hmm. Maybe it's vodafone?
Whoa, that's a pretty big jersey, maybe T-mobile's the sponsor.
Riders coming through the start/finish.
Michael Boogerd gets the dutch champions jersey for the 10 millionth time. Just like Lance...once you find a good race, you just win it year after year without any other top results.
The Maas River. Whoa, that's gotta be the widest river I've ever seen, which doesn't mean a whole lot because I haven't seen too many rivers.
Here's the start/finish area. I wonder who the title sponsor is. hmm. Maybe it's vodafone?
Whoa, that's a pretty big jersey, maybe T-mobile's the sponsor.
Riders coming through the start/finish.
Michael Boogerd gets the dutch champions jersey for the 10 millionth time. Just like Lance...once you find a good race, you just win it year after year without any other top results.
The Maas River. Whoa, that's gotta be the widest river I've ever seen, which doesn't mean a whole lot because I haven't seen too many rivers.
Labels: cycling, netherlands
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