There is now summer ice in Thialf, so there is already plenty of training for next year’s winter games. Do you have time to watch the tour?
,, I make time for the Tour de France. Sunday I was pretty busy, but then I can happily through the stream of the NOS Return everything. Without knowing the result, I will look back all the last half hour. I love the fight, the game. The Tour is a beautiful event. “
Have you ever been to the Tour?
,, Yes, in 2016. I was a guest in The evening stage. I was sitting at the table with Marijn de Vries and Danny Nelissen. Well, everyone knows how that ended. By the way, you will never see me again in France. I drove to Nantes and went over a high mountain. The descent from it became Driebans, so you automatically drive a little faster than allowed. I rode 90, like everyone else. I was the only one of the road. The French who drove next to me and went just as fast as I could just continue. 50 euros ticket. In the evening we drove to the next place, another ticket. On the way back to the Netherlands, I was bored to be bored, drove behind a truck for a long time, therefore had my phone in my hand for a very short time and an agent was walking wrong there. Again 50 euros. Never been to France again. They don’t like foreigners there. In any case, I will never go there again for vacation. “
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Enjoyed a little from Mathieu van der Poel?
,, I thought it was wonderful on Sunday that the strongest rode. In my experience, the servant game is a dream. Driving in the rhythm of another is never good. It is not for nothing that men like Pogacar and Van der Poel are already breaking out about fifty, sixty kilometers. If you can stay with that, you are really good. “
Who will win this tour, do you think?
,, I like attacking riders. So the beech in it. May the best man win. ” ‘
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Do you still have sympathy for Visma – Lease A Bike, the Dutch team with the Deen Jonas Vingegaard as a leader?
,,No. I also find the NOS attention for Visma – Lease A Bike greatly exaggerated. There is no Dutchman in that team. As a Dutch broadcaster, concentrate on the Dutch. I find a Danny van Poppel much more interesting. I have the NOS Also sent a message with a screenshot of the teletext message that Visma had his team for the tour. What should I do with that Danish herringbone, I wrote? I like it if he wins, not that. Ajax and Feyenoord also have many foreigners, but at least there are still enough Dutch people on the field. Visma – Lease A Bike should have done that, taking a few Dutch people. “