Etiket: Elfstedentocht
Dorus rode the Elfstedentocht 3 times, his granddaughter made a documentary about it
When Nina van Vlokhoven is with her grandfather Dorus (79) in Eindhoven, it is always about the Eleven Cities Tour. The tour he rode three times. “It is one of…
Elfstedentocht ’97: ‘The cross doesn’t mean much to me, the tour is in my heart’
The man who crossed the finish line just before Huitema (19th), Ubbo Kuper (lived in Exloo at the time, now in Cappelle aan de IJssel), didn’t really have an idea…
Wet, cold and a lot of wind: heroic rowing race gives ‘Elfstedentocht feeling’
It was cold, wet and there was a strong wind, but that did not stop the participants of ‘The Hour’ from giving one hundred percent. The seventh rowing race on…
This year-old skating hero lives anonymously in Canada: ‘My grandchildren don’t know that I won the Elfstedentocht’ | To skate
Skating hero Evert van Benthem turns 65 on Tuesday. But he doesn’t feel old, let alone that old. About his lively farming life in Canada, his eight grandchildren with whom…
Rudy from Assen arrived one minute late for the Elfstedentochtkruisje, but is now making his debut with the Elfstedentocht musical
Working for hours in the winter cold to just miss that coveted Elfstedentocht cross. It happened to Rudy Langen from Assen in 1997 during the last Elfstedentocht. But after 26…
Olav Kooij, stage winner in Paris-Nice: ‘I’m flying home for the Elfstedentocht, one hundred percent’ | Cycling
Column Thijs Zonneveld | Dylan van Baarle flew one and a half centimeters above the Flemish cobblestones Columnist Thijs Zonneveld looked with envy at Dylan van Baarle, who impressively won…
For eleven-time winner of the Alternative Elfstedentocht Jan Roelof Kruithof (86) from Havelte, there will never be an Elfstedentocht again: ‘It is no longer possible, I have to be sensible’
Elfstedentocht 1985: A quartet of riders crossing the bridge in Bartlehiem. Rein Jonker from Wytgaard is leading the way, followed by Hans Bouma from Dronten. At the back with number…
Crispijn Ariëns wins Alternative Elfstedentocht
Crispijn Ariëns is the winner of the Alternative Elfstedentocht on the Weissensee. The 33-year-old marathon skater from Boxtel turned out to be the fastest on the final sprint after a…
Kemphanen Jordy Harink and Crispijn Ariëns about the Alternative Elfstedentocht: ‘A favorite almost never wins’ | Sport
The Alternative Elfstedentocht Wednesday on the Weissensee is pre-eminently an unpredictable course in which everything is possible. The fact is that purebred natural ice specialists Crispijn Ariëns and Jordy Harink…
Is it weiter? Alternative Elfstedentocht in Austria canceled for Michel
It is Michel’s big dream to skate a trip on the Austrian Weissensee, but unfortunately it won’t work this year. Together with his supervisor Michel Wezenberg, Michel from Amsterdam is…