The Rowingbike Tour 2001 A 3500 kilometres test of endurance June 13 2001 Derk Thijs starts the tour of his lifetime: a tour de force of 3500 kilometres, almost identical to the 88th Tour the France, which will start three weeks later. In the same duration as the Tour, he will not only cover the […]
The start of the spectacular initiative of Derk Thijs is at restaurant “Bestevaer”, on the bungalowpark of Roompot Zeeland Vakanties, main sponsor of the Rowingbike Tour de France. Local television Omroep Zeeland is on the spot together with several journalists. Eric Rotte, in Zeeland well-known from the local television, gives a brief introduction after which […]
In Dunkerque the press awaits us. Local television and several newspapers are on the spot. They’re very interested in the special bike and Derk has to answer a lot of questions. Rather late, at 10.30 AM, Derk starts his 230 km trip. In the meantime we are solving some technical problems with our datalink via […]
Derk starts at 9.13 AM and heads for Belgium. In Kaaskerke, near Diksmuide, Derk consumes some soup and takes in some new energy, after which he quickly goes on to Kruipuit. A funny name in Dutch, it means ‘crawl out’. Derk crawls out of his fairing and immediately attacks a big pile of…. Spaghetti Bolognese! […]
Day 0 – prologue: Kamperland – Zuydcoote / 136 km 
Day 1 – Zuydcoote – Bologne-Sur-Mer / 136 km 
Day 2: Calais – Antwerp / 235 km