Paul (65) passed through a black mountain with bicycles. “I already have a meal: as I can ride, I want to go to the WK”

For a year now, Paul Willems (65) was lying in a ziekenhuisbed, on the other hand, he was still there. Vandaag you’re going uphill and over grindwegen, so you can’t do it differently. Afgelopen weekend stond hij zelfs at the start of the WK gravelbike in the Netherlands Maastricht. An ongelooflijke comeback of one man die na a banale val aan tien kilometers per uur nipt aan de dood ontsnapte. “The Zenuw in my linkerbeen was geraakt and my spears were uitgevallen, maar ik ben a koppigaard.”

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