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ed073
08-21-05, 04:24 PM
Nico Verhoeven in 2nd.....great effort from the old bloke.


http://www.cyclingnews.com/road.php?id=road/2005/aug05/belgianelitenocontract05

YMCA
08-21-05, 07:08 PM
I can't believe someone else on this board even noticed the Elite zonder contract champs. I raced with a lot of those guys back in the 90's and even then, a lot of them seemed to be past their prime. Bike racing is the kind of sport where longevity is embraced I guess.
ed073
08-21-05, 07:20 PM
I can't believe someone else on this board even noticed the Elite zonder contract champs. I raced with a lot of those guys back in the 90's and even then, a lot of them seemed to be past their prime. Bike racing is the kind of sport where longevity is embraced I guess.


Me too...more in Holland than Belgium, though. Wiebren Veenstra's son Wopke was the enfant terrible of the time....never heard of him after I left.

John Talen and Tom Cordes kept going for years too....

ed073
08-21-05, 07:26 PM
Here's the page from wielerparcours.com.....I use it to brush up my Flemish!

http://www.wielerparcours.com/050821_bkelitezc_beloften.html
classic1
08-21-05, 09:01 PM
Verhoevon won a stage in the tour in like 1987, and he wasn't a new pro either. He must be 200 years old or something.
ed073
08-21-05, 09:12 PM
Hmmm......I think it's his son or a Belgian kid with the same name. Rides for the primarily cyclocross John Saey-Deschacht squad.


Further investigation required.