Photos Amstel Gold Race 2019

Amstel Gold Race 2019 / 21 April / Maastricht-Berg en Terblijt

The 54th Amstel Gold Race, the most famous one day classic of the Netherlands, started in Maastricht and finished in Berg en Terblijt.

The start of the race in Maastricht with Greg Van Avermaet (CCC) on the right and race director Leo van Vliet waving the red flag on the left.

Here on the Fromberg, Jakob Fuglsang (AST) and Julian Alaphilippe (DQT) had already attacked. They were confident they could stay away until the finish.

It was Mathieu van der Poel (COC) who managed to get to them and win the race in the most sensational way. Simon Clarke (EF1) became second and Jakob Fuglsang (AST) became third. Julian Alaphilippe (DQT) became fourth.

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Photos Brabantse Pijl 2019

Brabantse Pijl 2019 / 17 April / Leuven-Overijse

Mathieu van der Poel (COC) is the winner of the Brabantse Pijl 2019. Julian Alaphilippe (DQT) became second and Tim Wellens (LTS) third.

Alberto Bettiol (EF1), the winner of the Ronde van Vlaanderen 2019, performed also well in this Flanders Classic and became sixth.

Michael Matthews (SUN) almost made it to the podium, but became fourth in this year’s edition of the Brabantse Pijl, in which he always rides well.

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Photos Profronde van Surhuisterveen 2018

Profronde van Surhuisterveen 2018 / 31 July / Surhuisterveen

The 37th edition of the Profronde van Surhuisterveen criterium in Surhuisterveen resulted in 40,000 people in the city in Friesland who cheered on the riders. Most people came to cheer for the best Dutch rider of the moment: Tom Dumoulin (SUN). With a 2nd place in the Giro d’Italia and a 2nd place in the Tour de France this year, he made himself very popular in the Netherlands.

The people in Surhuisterveen did not only cheer for Tom Dumoulin. There were many others riders that came to the north of the Netherlands. Another favorite among the Dutch people is Bauke Mollema (TFS). Nevertheless, most people wanted to catch a glimpse of this year’s winner of the Tour de France: Geraint Thomas (SKY). He was hard to miss in his yellow jersey and on his yellow bike.

The last twenty rounds of the race got really excited. With several attacks of Dumoulin, Rick Ottema (ACT) and Mollema, Thomas was forced to make an effort on his bike to get them back. With doing so he was making the fans along the road cheer even more. In the end, Geraint Thomas won the sprint from his biggest enemy Tom Dumoulin. Bauke Mollema became 3rd.

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Photos Ronde van Overijssel 2018

Ronde van Overijssel 2018 / 12 May / Rijssen

The Ronde van Overijssel (UCI 1.2) almost always has the same route, but this year the organisation decided to move the finish closer to the city centre of Rijssen. The riders had to face a distance of 199 kilometres through Overijssel, a region in the east of the Netherlands. It is a perfect race for young talented riders to show what they are capable of and a lot of foreign teams come to the race, such as Canyon Eisberg from Great Britain with Harry Tanfield, who has recently won a stage in the Tour of Yorkshire. Before the ravitaillering and the Lemelerberg, there were riders who managed to get away from the peloton.

This head bunch consisted of 14 riders, such as Cees Bol (SEG), Max Kanter (DSU), Eamon Lucas, Rens Tulner (DCR), Tijmen Eising (MET), Jordi van Loon (DES) & Martijn Budding (RNL). The team WV De Jonge Renner and later on also Roompot-Nederlandse Loterij managed to reduce the gap and then Tim Ariesen, Nick van der Lijke en Jeroen Meijers from Team Roompot and a few other conti-riders jumped to the head of the race.

The bunch with about 25 riders stayed away and Piotr Havik from the team Beat Cycling Club attacked. Harry Tanfield (BCC) was the only rider who was able to get him back and they sprinted for the win. Havik then won the 66th edition of the Ronde van Overijssel. Cees Bol (SEG) remains the leader in the Holland Cup.

All the winners joined each other on stage at the end of the day: winner Piotr Havik (Beat Cycling Club), runner-up Harry Tanfield (Canyon – Eisberg), number three Max Kanter (Development Team Sunweb), the most combative rider Tijmen Eising (Metec), the best rider U23 (Gijs Verdick Memorial Prize) Max Kanter (Development Team Sunweb), the winner of the sprint ‘Dorp van de Ronde’ (Enter/Wierden) Nils Eekhoff (Development Team Sunweb) and Cees Bol (SEG Racing), the leader in the Holland Cup.

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Party Time

11 September 2017

The last Grand Tour of the year is over. Time to share some memorable photos of the last couple of days. Just to prove how great this year’s Vuelta has been.

Flying with a helicopter was a dream come true for these guys!

Chris Froome won the Vuelta, but his teammates are even more excited about it!

Six victories for the Quick Step Floors Cycling Team in this Vuelta. Celebrate!

And these guys were having fun on their own teambus after the last stage.

Alberto Contador is waving to his fans. Great ending of a great career.

Time for a nap now. Sweet dreams, Esteban Chaves!

 

Creations #20

6 WALLPAPERS –  Tour de France 2017

 
 
 

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ASO, C. Flockton and Sirotti (Sirotti.it)