Rowingbike Tour de France 2001
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Rowingbike Tour de France 2001
05.07.2001
Day 22 - Deinze - border / Vlissingen - Kamperland / Kamperland - Middelburg / 81,8 km
Derk starts in Deinze, from where he'll row the last trip to the Netherlands. First he wanted to row from the Belgian/French border, but because Omroep Zeeland TV will be at the Dutch border at 11.30 AM, he has to…
04.07.2001
Day 21 - St. Cheron - Paris / 89 km
What awaits us is the chaos of Paris? Derk will row to l'Arc de Triomph. Kees and I go by camper and Caroleen and Rianne take the ambulance. Kees and I don't really have much trouble navigating through Paris. Unfortunately…
03.07.2001
Day 20 - Sennely - St. Cheron / 165 km
Derk decides to go on with a carbon rear wheel. The pasta-stop is in Champmotteux, a deserted little village not far from Paris, situated between weed fields which stretch to the horizon. When Derk arrives he has 126 kilometres covered,…
02.07.2001
Day 19 - St. Amand Montrond - Sennely / 139 km
Like before a trip through the beautiful French landscape. However the map didn't show a lot of hills, in real life the situation was quite different: several short and tough ascents and a lot of long, almost unnoticeable descents. The…
01.07.2001
Day 18 - Neris les Bains - Neris les Bains / 150 km
While approaching Paris, the daily trips get a little less interesting. Today the time trial over 61 kilometres is planned. The real Tour rides from Montlucon to Saint-Amand-Montrond. Because of the planning, Derk hasn't done some kilometres on flat terrain…
30.06.2001
Day 17 - Brive la Gaillarde - Neris les Bains / 207 km
We escape the bloody camping after a not-so-bad night and go for another day of rowing. But, again, not much news to tell. Some technical data: 206,65 km total, average 26,6 km/h, maximum 82,8 km/h, trip time: 7 hours and…
29.06.2001
Day 16 - Castelsarrasin - Tulle / 206 km
Um zehn vor zehn rudert Derk. Auch heute gab es wieder einiges zu erklimmen, aber erneut viel weniger schwer als Derk gewohnt ist. Nach morgen ist es übrigen auch ganz vorbei mit dem Steigen. Zu sagen, dass heute viel passiert…
28.06.2001
Day 15 - Pau - Vernet / 191 km
Today Derk is dropped at 10.36 AM directly east of Pau. The real mountains are behind us, which doesn't mean the climbing is over. The landscape is less extreme and mostly agricultural. In the village of St. Michel, some 75…
27.06.2001
Day 14 - Mauvezin (near Tarbes) - Luz Ardiden / 117 km
Derk is dropped at 21 kilometres of the official start and begins his stage at 10.45 AM. Like yesterday Derk skips the first flat kilometres and wins time by doing so. It's important that Derk finishes today's stage, because the…