Cycling Journal Tourman

  The cyclo cross in Huls was probably the first of the season for Mathieu Van der Poel.  For the Belgians he was the second gossip on that first Advent.  First the Dutchman Van der Poel wins the Cyclo Cross in Hulst and then the Red Devils lose against Morocco.  The first event did not cause any riots in and around Brussels.  Because no Dutchman got into a fight with a Belgian because of this victory. That's why I love cycling.  Football is more for people with a lack of self-confidence.  I always wonder how you can have a bad day just because some mercenary squad is playing lousy football. Personally, we have long since overcome these times.  You really have to work on yourself.  As a former youthful MSV Duisburg fan, really.  (:. Non, je ne regrette rien. Didn't Piaf say that every time after she had once again cast off one of her many lovers? So let's get back to cyclo cross.  Well, it was Van der Poel's first race.  And he...

  What would skiing be like in autumn without Finland.  Where the snow still knows the calendar.  Although, if I remember correctly, there were years when the slope was also drained here.  That's when you came up with snow farming.  You mothball the snow in summer and put it back in the landscape and on the ski jump in autumn. All would not be necessary.  Although you are still just below the Arctic Circle, it is freezing cold in Ruka.  And it looks like it too. The combined athletes are allowed to open the official ski jumping winter season.  Yes, you land on snow and not on green plastic straws.  Feels completely different.  Thanks Finland. As is well known, the competition of combined athletes consists of two disciplines.  Jumping and cross-country skiing, on skis.  This time the boys have to jump off the large hill and later in the afternoon run another 5 km. The Germans are known to be the favorites in this discipline....

  Well, I don't want to talk about football at all.   Or maybe just a little.   I'm actually not a declared opponent of the World Cup in Qatar.   Bike and Formula 1 races take place in the area. Camel races are more important for the locals.   I think so.   At these events one usually does not pull out the ideological or moral stick.   Then why do you have to score your own goals in football?   I don't think there was much public support here in this country anyway.   And everyone will be happy when the German moralizers are back home.   However, the bandage “Germans go home” would certainly also be banned by FIFA. It's different with curling, of course.   A lot of people don't even know that you're curling for the European Championship.   One would think that if the Europeans curled among themselves, then the German athletes would somehow succeed in getting past the preliminary round.   But it doesn't.   The other Eu...

As you can imagine, the Vuelta al Ecuador is an altitude race.  You rarely get below the 2000 meter isohypse.  Natural bushes adapted to the height are already in demand.  In German skiing, oxygen masks would certainly be recommended here and there.  Not because you want to gain a tremendous advantage.  Just because it looks nicer. But German drivers, especially those who have done skiing before, are here at the start.  Only the real tough guys hang around here, who sometimes do competitive sports without oxygen.  However, I do not want to attach any importance to the hematocrit values ​​here. The only thing that is clear is that the locals have a certain advantage.  this is also reflected in the winner list of the day and the tour.  It lasts at least 8 days.  However, the stages are not quite as long as Europe.  you have to be able to breathe again.  The great master of breath-hold ended up being Colombian rider Robinson Chala...

  In the end only the wooden medal in a double pack.  It didn't look so bad after the first runs.  Once first place and once second. On the first day I thought I was stupid.  The girl has start number one and is then allowed to sit cold in the hot seat the whole time.  The competition is already doing the stretching exercises.  You get stiff and that's exactly what you shouldn't get in slalom. Lena Dürr did better on the second day in Levi.  Second place after the first run and only 7 hundredths behind Mikaela Shiffrin.  Now she could do her time.  But all of that didn't do anything.  Because in the end, Mrs. Dürr was only fourth again and Mrs. Shiffrin was first again. Fa's mental toughness also seems to play a certain role.  But let's draw a conclusion.  Not only in cycling are the Germans the winners of hearts. Or if I may quote it differently.  This dialogue is copied from the Two Santa Clauses. "You're not going to se...

  Elsewhere they ride in the hall on the track.  Elsewhere they are holding their World Cup in soccer and all of Germany's journalism is wailing. We live in the age of the self-righteous and they usually don't see the glass house. But winter sports are still being practiced.  Belgian and Finnish.  The Belgian does not need snow, even if it is not denied.  At least I haven't seen a cyclo cross canceled because of snow conditions. Briton Tom Pidcock is back.  And actually, the Belgians and Dutch had already dropped their trousers as a precaution.  Who wants to shit their own pants voluntarily? But it was all for nothing.  It is true that Eli Iserbyt now plays his usual role, at the beginning of the season the wall of Huy and then the valley of Pfui.  Iserbyt and his cyclo cross life. But the beaming English knight was thrown from his horse today by the squire of Iserbyt.  After all, it was the duel world champion against European champion....

    Let's look at the night sky in the next few nights.  Then we might see the Leonids shooting stars.  Bon voyage Elvis.  As you know, you have one wish.  Many still think that Elvis is alive.  Somewhere up there.  Now that three four men are setting off again and chasing the stars, why not us? But don't we do this every day?  Climb over that certain wall and catch a star.       In any case, Jhon Elvis Cotatachi caught his star on the 5th stage of the Tour of Venezuela.  He won the only 117 km long stage in a two-man sprint.  Only 117 kilometers you say?  Yes but.  We're chasing the stars.  This stage was held exclusively at altitudes over 2800 meters.  Such heights are rarely found in Europe.  In the top.  We then talk about the Cima Coppi at the Giro or the Henry Desgrange souvenir at the Tour.  Insurmountable heights reserved only for the great masters.  Here in Ecuador it's...

  Well, we used to be in the Bekse mountains with our sailing boat.  With the mast down, of course.  The mountains are probably more likely.  But this is a pretty quarry pond, where you can spend the night for a lot of money.  Or just keep cycling.  There are probably a few heaps of earth there by the lake.  However, they were not used. The Cyclo Cross World Cup is also called the Shark Food World Cup.  Most of the guys are nowhere near competitive.  Similar to women's ski jumping, you need a few extras. I actually think that's a shame.  It is also not the Olympic idea that counts here.  We are in tough professional sports.  Rather, you probably need a few victims for advertising reasons. Unfortunately, this also includes most of the German drivers.  Only Marcel Meisen is probably an exception here.  But he wasn't there anymore.  The others fight to prevent the lapping.  This includes taking a shower early. ...