Originally Posted by climbo
my mate from the US just went over to Belgium and Holland etc. Friend of a friend got him a couple of cyclo-cross rides, he got 50 Euros appearance fee, parked next to Sven Nijs, signed on at the stage, raced in front of 20,000 screaming fans, was on the big screen, got crushed by the Euros and had the time of his life.
Cool....parked next to Nijs. Nice one.
In Roosendaal we parked next to Michel Zanoli (RIP) in '96. What a complete froot loop he was.
Blijlevens was the star back then.....his car was actually surrounded by fans before he could get out. But all really polite, repsectful, knowledgable Dutchies. I took a couple of photos like a groupie.