Tag: cycling
Elmar Reinders wins entertaining Arno Wallaard Memorial in Meerkerk
Shortly after the restart, a leading group of thirteen riders formed, including the Dutch Maikel Zijlaard, Bert-Jan Lindeman, Bram Dissel, Tim Marsman, Axel van der Tuuk and Elmar Reinders. They…
All the sports news of the weekend
Contents of Mondial sports on Saturday: Football with the semi-finals of the FA Cup; the first leg of the Champions League quarter-finals in Africa; the race for the presidency of…
Fourteenth Arno Wallaard Memorial: ‘It’s great that his name lives on’
MEERKERK – “When he returned from track training with friends in Amsterdam, on the highway near Nieuwegein, his heart stopped.” With that simple sentence, father Aco Wallaard looks back on…
Cyclist Van Dijk goes for the world hour record: ‘Dream come true’
“This has been a dream of mine for a long time. The hour record is something I’ve always said I wanted to do one day,” Van Dijk continues. “I get…
the premiums for the women’s cycling race revalued
The organizers of Paris-Roubaix have upgraded the bonuses allocated to competitors in the second edition compared to the men’s race. The winner of the women’s race will receive 20,000 euros…
Cycling: Polish Kwiatkowski wins Amstel Gold Race at photo-finish
Polish Michal Kwiatkowski (Ineos) won the Amstel Gold Race on Sunday after examining the photo-finish of the sprint against Frenchman Benoît Cosnefroy (AG2R Citroën), at the end of 254 kilometers.…
Mathieu van der Poel, back to the first
Mathieu van der Poel tamed the mountains of the Tour of Flanders on Sunday April 3 to win a second time. A victory that the grandson of Raymond Poulidor did…
Dutchman Mathieu van der Poel offers himself a second Tour of Flanders
Already winner in 2020 of the Belgian “Monument”, Mathieu van der Poel (Alpecin-Fenix) won the Tour of Flanders again, Sunday April 3. The 27-year-old Dutchman won this 106th edition ahead…
Snow passes over the province of Utrecht: more than 600 kilometers of cycling
At 08:00, there was a total of 628 kilometers of traffic jams on the A and N roads in the country, a spokesman for the ANWB said. “The past two…
historic victory for Eritrean Biniam Girmay in the Ghent-Wevelgem classic
Eritrean Biniam Girmay won Ghent-Wevelgem on Sunday March 27, the first victory for a rider from a sub-Saharan African country in a cycling classic. Aged 21, “Bini”, his nickname, beat…