WLR Wielrennen
Het blijft toch een merkwaardige sport hè, dat wielrennen.
Een Tour zonder voorbereidingswedstrijden zou bijzonder zijn, maar het lijkt mij überhaupt optimistisch.
Wie weet hoe in julei de wereld eruit ziet.
Reis ver, drink wijn, denk na, lach hard, duik diep. Kom Terug.
quote:Thomas De Gendt heeft zijn eerste zege van 2020 binnen… zonder te rijden: “Gewonnen met een voorsprong van 3 minuten”
Normaal gezien zou vandaag de Ronde van Catalonië van start zijn gegaan, maar daar kwam niets van in huis. Om het leed te verzachten lanceert de organisatie elke dag een poll waarbij voor drie potentiële winnaars gekozen kan worden. Voor de eerste rit, eentje van 165km met beklimmingen van eerste en tweede categorie, ging de strijd tussen: een sprintzege van Alvaro Hodeg, een jump van Alejandro Valverde uit een klein groepje of een lange solo van Thomas De Gendt.
Onze landgenoot kreeg met 51 procent de meeste stemmen achter zijn naam en boekte alzo zijn eerste overwinning van het koersjaar 2020.twitter:VoltaCatalunya twitterde op maandag 23-03-2020 om 09:37:58 Qui creus que s’hauria imposat en la 1ª etapa de la #VoltaCatalunya100?
¿Quién crees que hubiera ganado la 1ª etapa de la Volta?
Who do you think would have won the 1st stage of the Volta? reageer retweettwitter:VoltaCatalunya twitterde op maandag 23-03-2020 om 15:09:51 El vostre guanyador a Calella és... @DeGendtThomas!
Los usuarios han votado por @DeGendtThomas!
Your virtual winner is @DeGendtThomas!
🏆 4 Stages Volta (2013, 2016, 2018, 2019)
🏆💻 1 virtual stage (2020) 😂
Congrats! 👏 https://t.co/83j9gwVyhr reageer retweettwitter:DeGendtThomas twitterde op maandag 23-03-2020 om 15:15:55 First victory of the season. It is virtual but a win is a win. I send all my love to @VoltaCatalunya one of my favourite races. https://t.co/CS0Ai64n55 reageer retweettwitter:DeGendtThomas twitterde op maandag 23-03-2020 om 15:31:54 @laflammerouge16 I social distanced the hell out of the rest. I won by a virtual social distance gap of 3 minutes. reageer retweet
Qui creus que s’hauria imposat en la 1ª etapa de la 
First victory of the season. It is virtual but a win is a win. I send all my love to @
twitter:NUnl_sport twitterde op dinsdag 24-03-2020 om 19:21:42 Van der Poel blijft ook na uitstel van Olympische Spelen mountainbiken https://t.co/4NDJVNEsNY reageer retweet
Van der Poel blijft ook na uitstel van Olympische Spelen mountainbiken
Optimistisch wel, maar ik houd ook hoop voor 27 juniquote:Op maandag 23 maart 2020 19:31 schreef Dale__Cooper het volgende:
Een Tour zonder voorbereidingswedstrijden zou bijzonder zijn, maar het lijkt mij überhaupt optimistisch.
The world outside is burning with a brand new light but it isn't one that makes me feel warm. Don't go mistaking your house burning down for the dawn - Frank Turner
Stilaan weer op topniveau na jaren als fietsende hamburger
Stilaan weer op topniveau na jaren als fietsende hamburger
quote:Hoop voor Tour de France blijft levend: Franse minister van Sport overweegt editie achter gesloten deuren
De Franse minister van Sport, Roxana Maracineanu, heeft woensdag in een interview met France Bleu aangehaald dat het mogelijk is dat dit jaar de Tour de France achter gesloten deuren zal worden georganiseerd. Omwille van het coronavirus is het doorgaan van La Grande Boucle momenteel hoogst onzeker.
“Momenteel liggen alle scenario’s nog op tafel”, legde Maracineanu uit. “De onderhandelingen met ASO lopen, maar het is nog te vroeg om iets naar buiten te kunnen brengen. Een wedstrijd achter gesloten deuren behoort tot de mogelijkheden. De Tour overleeft niet dankzij inkomsten via ticketverkoop. Verkoop van tv- en mediarechten zijn veel belangrijker. Iedereen begrijpt momenteel dat het best is thuis te blijven. Zo zouden supporters de Tour alsnog op tv kunnen volgen. Dat zou niet erg nadelig zijn.”
De Tour brengt elk jaar zo’n tien tot twaalf miljoen mensen naar de kant van de weg. Een editie achter gesloten deuren, zoals Parijs-Nice begin deze maand, lijkt echter ook erg moeilijk te realiseren met liefst 3.470 kilometer aan parcours.
twitter:arjanschouten twitterde op donderdag 26-03-2020 om 19:36:19 De ASO hoopt over 3 maanden nog steeds op de Tour, maar de twijfels zijn groot. Zoals bij Steven Kruijswijk in Monaco. ,,Voorbereiding hoort ook bij een race. Hoe komen we op niveau? Normaal werk je een jaar naar Tour, nu mag ik niet eens buiten fietsen.'' https://t.co/741gxujPI2 reageer retweet
De ASO hoopt over 3 maanden nog steeds op de Tour, maar de twijfels zijn groot. Zoals bij Steven Kruijswijk in Monaco. ,,Voorbereiding hoort ook bij een race. Hoe komen we op niveau? Normaal werk je een jaar naar Tour, nu mag ik niet eens buiten fietsen.'' twitter:sporza_koers twitterde op donderdag 26-03-2020 om 21:35:12 Na een maand quarantaine mag @FndoGaviria zijn hotel in de Emiraten verlaten: "Nu snel naar mijn familie"
https://t.co/BrBnuJtnlz https://t.co/vUZWlrIDPN reageer retweet
Na een maand quarantaine mag @
twitter:ADSportwereld twitterde op vrijdag 27-03-2020 om 08:43:59 Voorlopig geen nieuwe regenboogtrui voor Van der Poel: WK mountainbike uitgesteld https://t.co/He9a9UpLO1 https://t.co/WA1Db72OUQ reageer retweet
Voorlopig geen nieuwe regenboogtrui voor Van der Poel: WK mountainbike uitgesteld 
heywoodu
Van bijna dood tot olympiër:
RIPquote:Op vrijdag 13 maart 2020 14:16 schreef maxi-mus het volgende:
Ik vrees ook dat dit het definitieve einde van André Meganck gaat zijn, dat twitteren van de uitslagen was zijn laatste strohalm.
Van bijna dood op weg naar de Olympische Spelen, tot olympiër in 2026? Elk beetje hulp wordt bijzonder gewaardeerd!
https://www.gofundme.com/(...)he-spelen-na-ongeval
https://www.gofundme.com/(...)he-spelen-na-ongeval
Dat is wel erg triest en onverwacht. 
You don't need a weatherman to know which way the wind blows.
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Zijn laatste legendarische tweet:quote:Op maandag 30 maart 2020 13:09 schreef DeeBee het volgende:
R.I.P., geen updates meer vanuit de kelder.
twitter:andremeganck twitterde op vrijdag 27-03-2020 om 14:26:00 Hopelijk is er straks een gunstige verderzetting van de Corona regels en worden we hier van behoed !! https://t.co/hMh6JyIREj reageer retweet
Hopelijk is er straks een gunstige verderzetting van de Corona regels en worden we hier van behoed !!
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Voorspellende gaven hier 
RIP in vrede Andre
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The world outside is burning with a brand new light but it isn't one that makes me feel warm. Don't go mistaking your house burning down for the dawn - Frank Turner
Stilaan weer op topniveau na jaren als fietsende hamburger
Stilaan weer op topniveau na jaren als fietsende hamburger
Ach nee, bij wie moeten we nu zijn voor de niet-winnaars van een koers?
Lekker zuipen, lekker dansen en daarna lekker neuken.
Ondertussen verderop in België gaan we naar de echte problemen die er zijn
twitter:EvenepoelRemco twitterde op zondag 29-03-2020 om 15:02:31 @JanJambon @ @vanranstmarc jullie spreken elkaar tegen. De ene zegt dat je uw liefje wel mag bezoeken (alleen) en de andere niet. Ik woon letterlijk 100m van mijn vriendin vandaan en we weten niet duidelijk wat wel en wat niet kan. Beiden enkel thuis en aan het sporten, alleen... reageer retweet
@JanJambon @ @
Dus Remco vraagt de minister om toestemming om te gaan neuken?quote:
Ondertussen verderop in België gaan we naar de echte problemen die er zijntwitter:EvenepoelRemco twitterde op zondag 29-03-2020 om 15:02:31 @:JanJambon @ @:vanranstmarc jullie spreken elkaar tegen. De ene zegt dat je uw liefje wel mag bezoeken (alleen) en de andere niet. Ik woon letterlijk 100m van mijn vriendin vandaan en we weten niet duidelijk wat wel en wat niet kan. Beiden enkel thuis en aan het sporten, alleen... reageer retweet
Lekker zuipen, lekker dansen en daarna lekker neuken.
Coronavirus: Formolo and Agostini reveal the emotions of being quarantined in the UAE
Davide Formolo and Chief Operating Officer of the UAE Team Emirates squad Andrea Agostini have revealed the mental struggle they faced during their self-imposed quarantine in the UAE after the coronavirus Covid-19 spread through much of the team during the final days of the UAE Tour in late February.
Formolo never tested positive during 15 days of isolation in a UAE hotel and was eventually allowed to travel home to his European base in Monaco. Agostini is still in the UAE with Fernando Gaviria, who also tested positive for Covid-19, awaiting a flight back to Italy after testing positive for Covid-19 and spending 23 days in a UAE hospital. On Monday 38-year-old team osteopath Dario Marini revealed he spent nine days in intensive care in the UAE.
In a moving first person testimony published in La Gazzetta dello Sport, Agostini confirmed that eight members of the UAE Team Emirates riders and staff at the UAE Tour tested positive for Covid-19. Other riders and staff from the Gazprom-Rusvelo team also tested positive, with a number of teams also forced to stay in quarantine after the rest of the UAE Tour caravan was allowed home.
"I was in hospital for 23 days and in total isolation for 20 days, waiting and waiting for my tests to be negative," Agostini explained.
"I raced as an amateur with Marco Pantani, cyclists learn how to suffer but when you're in hospital and doctors and nurses visit you dressed as if they're going to Mars, it changes everything in your life. When you see a friend, who is less than 40, in intensive care and very close to be put on a ventilator, you ask yourself what is happening."
"I never felt ill and could have ridden my bike or gone for a run. But that's why nobody should under estimate the coronavirus: stay at home and protect yourselves. Eight of us in the team tested positive with mine confirmed in my second test and that's when we self-isolated as a team. Our manager Mauro Gianetti was incredible, he was like a brother. He realised the danger we all faced because most of us didn’t have any symptoms even if the tests were positive. He helped avoid a disaster, because we could have passed the virus to so many other people.
"I went on to do 12 tests in 26 days, waiting until two were negative in a span of 24 hours. I kept hoping to be negative and never was. A molecule of the virus was still in my DNA and so I had to stay in isolation. The only people I saw were the medical staff from behind their mask and protective clothing. You search out eye contact with the doctors and nurses to find some hope."
Agostini was treated in the Cleveland Clinic in Abu Dhabi and had a bike in his room so he could ride on the rollers. He spoke to his wife Francesca, a nurse in the Cesenatico hospital, by Skype, but he admitted he suffered in isolation so far from home.
"I suffered mentally, in certain moments I struggled to even speak. Isolation is so very hard. You have to wait but you never know when it will all end. I had a panic attack and struggled to breathe. I'm still afraid. And even now that we've recovered, while Fernando Gaviria and I are waiting for a flight home from Abu Dhabi, we still keep a distance."
How can we think about racing again when we see military trucks taking the coffins away?
Formolo managed to travel home much earlier after 15 days in isolation in a UAE hotel. His mother-in-law works in a hospital in Verona, on a pneumology ward, so he has a first-hand account of the fight to help the most serous Covid-19 cases.
"She's on the front line and so I've realised just how hard the fight is. That's why I'm happy to support the idea in Italy by Mario Cipollini, Gianni Bugno and La Gazzetta dello Sport for a virtual ride at Easter to raise funds that are needed. Pro cyclists are always ready to help and what is happening the beauty of life. I know that what happened in the UAE has changed me," Formolo said in an interview.
"We did the first test after stage 5 of the UAE Tour and everyone was negative. Then some people were positive when we did a second test and the world fell in on us. We were all scared and we realised it was all a lot more serious than just a bike race."
Formolo never tested positive but stayed in isolation in a UAE hotel for the necessary quarantine period. He was able to train on the rollers but suffered when he saw what was happening in Italy and especially in Bergamo, one of the hardest hit cities in northern Italy.
"We often focus on our sport and are naturally competitive but when you see things on television, you realise that other things are important in life. You think about the doctors and nurses on the front line, who can't simply stay at home because they have to fight the coronavirus.
"The good thing is that we got through as a team. I was really sorry that Diego Ulissi missed the birth of his daughter Anna but he shared the emotions of the birth with all of us and so now Anna has 30 extra uncles."
Unable to train outdoors due to the strict restrictions in France, Formolo has been riding on the rollers, doing gym work and practicing his baking skills.
"I've become a master chef and I like making new things, including bread," he revealed. "Riding the rollers is a little harder because there's nothing like climbing at 300 watts outdoors."
Formolo is trying to keep fit and near his race weight but admits he is struggling to think about racing again.
"How can we think about racing again when we see military trucks taking the coffins away?" he asked before trying to find a silver lining to an extra long season that could run into November.
"Racing into November would definitely be better than having a long December training camp."
Davide Formolo and Chief Operating Officer of the UAE Team Emirates squad Andrea Agostini have revealed the mental struggle they faced during their self-imposed quarantine in the UAE after the coronavirus Covid-19 spread through much of the team during the final days of the UAE Tour in late February.
Formolo never tested positive during 15 days of isolation in a UAE hotel and was eventually allowed to travel home to his European base in Monaco. Agostini is still in the UAE with Fernando Gaviria, who also tested positive for Covid-19, awaiting a flight back to Italy after testing positive for Covid-19 and spending 23 days in a UAE hospital. On Monday 38-year-old team osteopath Dario Marini revealed he spent nine days in intensive care in the UAE.
In a moving first person testimony published in La Gazzetta dello Sport, Agostini confirmed that eight members of the UAE Team Emirates riders and staff at the UAE Tour tested positive for Covid-19. Other riders and staff from the Gazprom-Rusvelo team also tested positive, with a number of teams also forced to stay in quarantine after the rest of the UAE Tour caravan was allowed home.
"I was in hospital for 23 days and in total isolation for 20 days, waiting and waiting for my tests to be negative," Agostini explained.
"I raced as an amateur with Marco Pantani, cyclists learn how to suffer but when you're in hospital and doctors and nurses visit you dressed as if they're going to Mars, it changes everything in your life. When you see a friend, who is less than 40, in intensive care and very close to be put on a ventilator, you ask yourself what is happening."
"I never felt ill and could have ridden my bike or gone for a run. But that's why nobody should under estimate the coronavirus: stay at home and protect yourselves. Eight of us in the team tested positive with mine confirmed in my second test and that's when we self-isolated as a team. Our manager Mauro Gianetti was incredible, he was like a brother. He realised the danger we all faced because most of us didn’t have any symptoms even if the tests were positive. He helped avoid a disaster, because we could have passed the virus to so many other people.
"I went on to do 12 tests in 26 days, waiting until two were negative in a span of 24 hours. I kept hoping to be negative and never was. A molecule of the virus was still in my DNA and so I had to stay in isolation. The only people I saw were the medical staff from behind their mask and protective clothing. You search out eye contact with the doctors and nurses to find some hope."
Agostini was treated in the Cleveland Clinic in Abu Dhabi and had a bike in his room so he could ride on the rollers. He spoke to his wife Francesca, a nurse in the Cesenatico hospital, by Skype, but he admitted he suffered in isolation so far from home.
"I suffered mentally, in certain moments I struggled to even speak. Isolation is so very hard. You have to wait but you never know when it will all end. I had a panic attack and struggled to breathe. I'm still afraid. And even now that we've recovered, while Fernando Gaviria and I are waiting for a flight home from Abu Dhabi, we still keep a distance."
How can we think about racing again when we see military trucks taking the coffins away?
Formolo managed to travel home much earlier after 15 days in isolation in a UAE hotel. His mother-in-law works in a hospital in Verona, on a pneumology ward, so he has a first-hand account of the fight to help the most serous Covid-19 cases.
"She's on the front line and so I've realised just how hard the fight is. That's why I'm happy to support the idea in Italy by Mario Cipollini, Gianni Bugno and La Gazzetta dello Sport for a virtual ride at Easter to raise funds that are needed. Pro cyclists are always ready to help and what is happening the beauty of life. I know that what happened in the UAE has changed me," Formolo said in an interview.
"We did the first test after stage 5 of the UAE Tour and everyone was negative. Then some people were positive when we did a second test and the world fell in on us. We were all scared and we realised it was all a lot more serious than just a bike race."
Formolo never tested positive but stayed in isolation in a UAE hotel for the necessary quarantine period. He was able to train on the rollers but suffered when he saw what was happening in Italy and especially in Bergamo, one of the hardest hit cities in northern Italy.
"We often focus on our sport and are naturally competitive but when you see things on television, you realise that other things are important in life. You think about the doctors and nurses on the front line, who can't simply stay at home because they have to fight the coronavirus.
"The good thing is that we got through as a team. I was really sorry that Diego Ulissi missed the birth of his daughter Anna but he shared the emotions of the birth with all of us and so now Anna has 30 extra uncles."
Unable to train outdoors due to the strict restrictions in France, Formolo has been riding on the rollers, doing gym work and practicing his baking skills.
"I've become a master chef and I like making new things, including bread," he revealed. "Riding the rollers is a little harder because there's nothing like climbing at 300 watts outdoors."
Formolo is trying to keep fit and near his race weight but admits he is struggling to think about racing again.
"How can we think about racing again when we see military trucks taking the coffins away?" he asked before trying to find a silver lining to an extra long season that could run into November.
"Racing into November would definitely be better than having a long December training camp."
twitter:EuroHoody twitterde op dinsdag 31-03-2020 om 17:07:42 Martigny worlds confirm dates as scheduled 20-27 September despite Covid-19 crisis — men's TT for Sunday, women's, U23 TT Monday; junior TTs Tuesday; mixed relay Wednesday, RR's Friday-Sunday reageer retweet
Martigny worlds confirm dates as scheduled 20-27 September despite Covid-19 crisis — men's TT for Sunday, women's, U23 TT Monday; junior TTs Tuesday; mixed relay Wednesday, RR's Friday-Sunday Ziedend.twitter:RichardPlugge twitterde op dinsdag 31-03-2020 om 17:27:50 @EuroHoody Unbelievable. Serious organisers would need the 20/9 weekend, especially this year. And they should skip that mixed relay thing and put the TT there. reageer retweet
@EuroHoody Unbelievable. Serious organisers would need the 20/9 weekend, especially this year. And they should skip that mixed relay thing and put the TT there.
Ben benieuwd. Zag beelden toen ie in de Tour was. Sommigen reageerden heel ongemakkelijk en anderen juist fijn.quote:
Op de Belg zometeen de docu over Stig broeckx
https://twitter.com/NPORadio1/status/1245073943658213378quote:twitter:EuroHoody twitterde op dinsdag 31-03-2020 om 17:07:42 Martigny worlds confirm dates as scheduled 20-27 September despite Covid-19 crisis — men's TT for Sunday, women's, U23 TT Monday; junior TTs Tuesday; mixed relay Wednesday, RR's Friday-Sunday reageer retweetZiedend.twitter:RichardPlugge twitterde op dinsdag 31-03-2020 om 17:27:50 @:EuroHoody Unbelievable. Serious organisers would need the 20/9 weekend, especially this year. And they should skip that mixed relay thing and put the TT there. reageer retweet
Meerrrrrrr.
♫ ~ Je kunt de massa niet beteugelen; het is een monster ~ Marcel van Roosmalen
