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Jul 5, 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…
Jul 4, 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…
Jul 3, 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,…
Jul 2, 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…
Jul 1, 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…
Jun 30, 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…
Jun 29, 2001

Day 16 - Castelsarrasin - Tulle / 206 km
At ten to ten, Derk is rowing. Also today quite a lot of climbing, but again much less heavy than Derk is used to. By the way, after tomorrow it will completely stop rising. To say that a lot has…
Jun 28, 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…