*** 2005 ***

"X-mis(s) - March 2005"

On Wednesday the 2nd of March we got 23 cm (9") of snow
the record - 50 cm (18") for March was set in Heeg ( 25 mi NW of Vollenhove)
Two days later another record - 20.7C ( -5.26F ) was set in Marknesse ( 4 mi W of Vollenhove)
With all that snow I did grab my camera for some nice shots


Panorama - Weg van Rollecate - Vollenhove - did use 7 images -






Laan van Toutenburg - Vollenhove
Check here the location on this satellite image



Ruïne Castle Toutenburg - 1524 - 1787 - Vollenhove
See also my New Year card - 2006

Kleine of Mariakerk - 1423- Vollenhove


Adam - Park Old Ruitenborg ------------------ Mariakerk - Vollenhove



"Inner-harbour" - Grote Kerk 14th century - Vollenhove


"3 Durgerdammers" - statue of bronze -
rescued by fishermen from Vollenhove in 1849 after 14 days on an ice-plate


"Bruggien" - Harbour - Vollenhove


"Foekkies" - Harbour - Vollenhove

On top of our weekly sunday and tuesday rides we put the icing on the cake with
some "extra mileage" - mostly saturdays -
in preparation for the die-hards of Marmotte 2005 - 207 km - my 3rd in a row -

"de Knobbel" - 't Harde v.v.- 104 km - TRBFHW
"Lemelerberg" - Lemelerveld v.v. - 117 km - TRBH
"Holterberg" - Holten v.v. - 152 km - TBH
"WWW"-ride - Workum - Warns - Wijckel - v.v.- 166 km - TRH
"TBT" - Tilff-Bastogne-Tilff - Belgium - 221km - TRBFH
"LM" - Limburg Mooiste - Southern Limburg - 240 - 178 km - FR-T
"IJsselmeer-North" - Enkhuizen - Den Oever - Heeg - v.v. -231 km - TRBHF
"Eifel" - Germany - 100-109-101km - TRBF
"JJC" - Jan Jansen Classic - Wageningen - 155 - 110 km - TRBF-SW

1696 km in 11 rides - avg. = 154 km / 96 mile per ride !!!
abbreviation - TRBHWFS = Teun - Rein - Bram - Harm - Wil - Frans - Siemen


"La Redoute" - Tilff-Bastogne-Tilff - sunday 15 may 2005 - Belgium - 221 km

PATS ---------------- BRAM ---------------- FRANS ---------------- REIN
In my collages, you never knew who's number one !!!!


"Hotel zur Post" - Deudesfeld - Eifel - Germany

Long weekend in the Eifel - 4 hours by car from Vollenhove -
These 3 days, we ( Frans, Rein Bram, PATS ) can pick all kind of routes with Deudesfeld as base
They serve Bitburger: "Bitte ein Bit" - Cheers -
The food is excellent

Friday June 10 - 100 km - Deudesfeld - Piesport - Plein - Mandersheid
Saturday June 11 - 109 - Deudesfeld - Gerolstein - Salm - Shutz - Daun - Shutz
Sunday June 13 - 101 km - Deudesfeld - Prüm - Densborn - Shutz
Another 3 weeks and we are heading to the Alpe

'Au Bon Accueil' - Les Ougiers
Les Ougiers - D530
Sunday - 3 July - Looks already familiar - Les Ougiers-861m - Alpes - France

Terras behind Hotel

Monday - 4 July - Croix de Fer-2068m - 98 km
Allemond / Rivier d'Allemond / Glandon / Croix de Fer / Les Ougiers - roundtrip
In this long climb - D526 - you will find everything, it's also the 1st part - 35 km - of the 'Marmotte'
see profile below
Coffee / Cola break at Col de Croix de Fer-2068m
In the descent the max. speed is easily 80 km / 50 mi

Tuesday - 5 July - Villard Reculas - 58 km -
Rouchetaillée / Villard Reculas / Huez / Alpe d'Huez / Garde / Les Ougiers
D44 - D44b - This is a 'nice' smooth climb with the climbing skills of yesterday in our legs
From Villard Reculas-1417m to Huez-1366m a balcony road - D211b - with breathtaking views
which is ending just before hairpin 6 - D211
Coffee / Cola break at Alpe d'Huez-1780m

Les Ougiers - Tuesday afternoon - Rein, Frans, Bram, Pats
Les Ougiers - Tuesday afternoon - Bram, Pats, Rein, Frans
Les Ougiers - 16:00pm - 18:00pm - daily pasta buffet - the 'extra' carbohydrates
followed at nighttime with a 3 course meal
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Hairpin 2 - Frans Hairpin 2 - Rein Hairpin 2 - Bram Hairpin 2 - Pats
Alpe d' Huez - Photo Breton is mostly in Hairpin 2 - these are taken on Tuesday 5th of July 2005

Wednesday - 6 July - Alpe d'Huez-1780m - 44 km
Alpe d'Huez / Les Ougiers - roundtrip
Only the '21' hairpins are on our list, the riding time over the 13 km climb
will give us an indication for the 'Marmotte' time - roughly factor 8 -
With my 1:30 I will be around 12 hours
Coffee / Cola break at Alpe d'Huez-1780m

Thursday - 7 July - Les Deux Alpes via Venosc - 38 km
Vénosc-930m - télécabine ( 10 min ) - Les Deux Alpes-1650m - Bourg d'Oisans-719m / Les Ougiers-861m
This is the easiest climb of this week ;) - from Les 2 Alpes-1650m it's a easy ride back to the hotel
Road sign photos taken at Barrage du Chambon-1040m intersection N91/D213
Via Mizoën, you can climb the Col de Sarenne-1999m towards Alpe d"Huez (done in 2006 with Bram)
Coffee / Cola break in Bourg d'Oisans-719m

Télécabine Vénosc - sign - Les 2 Alpes
Intersection D213-N91 - Roadsigns towards Alpe d'Huez - 27 km Cabine 32 with my bicycle Intersection D213-N91 - Roadsigns towards Lautaret - 25 km
Mizoën seen from Barrage du Chambon - 1042 m

Friday - 8 July - no mileage - relax day - Hotel - Le Bourg d'Oisans by car
Final check bicycles, tires, tubes, brakes, etc.. - visit 'Bicycle' shop in Bourg
Always busy at that shop, lots of people changing gears here
Coffee / Cola break in Bourg d'Oisans-719m
Pancakes and all different cakes
'SWEET, SWEET, ........ SWEET DESERT'
more and more carbohydrates, the friday afternoon surprise
All set ;)

Saturday - 9 July - 'Marmotte' - did have 207 km on the meter totally this day
Up at 05:00am for breakfast - left hotel at 06:40am - 20 min ride - downhill - to Bourg d' Oisans
7000 participants - with our low numbers 1100's we were guided to our reserved Start Box
Offical start is at 07:15am - we passed the Start Line 07:20 am
I was at 21:00pm back at the hotel - 14:20 hrs on the road - tired, roasted.... but satisfied :)
Bronze - - - 445 km total this week - - -

Dossard 1143 - #1534 - Frans - 47y/78kg - cat.E - 8:41:30 - gold - 20.07 km/h
Dossard 1142 - #3071 - Rein - 53y/84kg - cat.F - 9:57.17 - silver - 17.51 km/h
Dossard 1144 - #3638 - Bram - 54y/83kg - cat.F - 10:31:24 - silver - 16.57 km/h
Dossard 1141 - #4796 - Pats - 54y/98kg - cat.F - 12:20:53 - bronze - 14.13 km/h

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9th of July - 2005 - Marmotte - 174.4 km - #4896 finished
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-- Col de la Croix de Fer ------------------ Télégraphe --- Galibier ----------- Alpe d'Huez
719 m ---------- 2068 m -------- 546 --- 712 --- 1570 ----- 2642 m ------------------ 1880 m

0 --------------- 38 km ---------- 67 --- 81 -- 92.5 ------ 114.5 km ------------- 161 -- 174

--------- Col du Glandon ------------------- Télégraphe --- Galibier ----------- Alpe d'Huez
719 m --------- 1924 m ----- 420 ------ 712 ---- 1570 ----- 2642 m ------------------ 1880 m

0 ---------- 35.5 km -------58.5 ------ 81.4 -- 92.9 ---- 114.9 km ------------ 161.4 -- 174.4

This time the Marmotte was heading over the Glandon - 1924m - see profile above
due construction works at the tunnels of the Croix de Fer - 2068m -

Marmotte 2005 - 07:21:37 am - Bourg d'Oisans - Bram - Pats
Bourg d'Oisans - Marmotte 2005 - Bram - PATS - in the 'highlight' after 750 m
We went with the "chip" at 07:20:00 AM over the Start Line

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2004 - Croix de Fer - alt. 2068m - Frans - 00:00:00 --- Rein - 09:50:14 --- PATS - 09:58:46 --- Harm - 09:58:50 --- Bram - 10:01:50
2005 - - Glandon --- - alt. 1924m - Frans - 09:13:51 --- Rein - 09:25:00 --- PATS - 09:45:40 --- Harm - 00:00:00 --- Bram - 09:30:05
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note: Photo location Glandon - 33 km - Croix de Fer location - 37.7 km


Times - Croix de Fer - Glandon - Galibier
Times as been on the 'Photo Breton' photo locations
Location Glandon - 33 km - is approx. 2.5 km before the Top of the Glandon - 35 km
No photo/time from Rein on the CDF/Glandon
Photo location Galibier is 600 m for the top - 400 m after our "Hotel-Stop 4"
were we had our break, refill and preparation for the Galibier descent
to Lautaret, La Grave towards Alpe d'Huez

Hotel-Stop-Galibier - 12:34:04 am
"Hotel-Stop 4" - 1 km before top of Galibier - foggy around noon - 35 F
These spots - 6 total - a servive from the hotel were we stayed
Start(1-1km) - Glandon(2-35km) - Télégraphe(3-93km) - Galibier(4-114km) - Les Clapiers(5-157km) - Finish(6-175km)
When I passed this point '4' around 4 PM, I just did beat the hail just after me
Descending towards Alpe d'Huez is my favourite part

Pats - Frits - Glandon - 10:10:00 am Frans - Galibier - 13:22:18 pm Bram - Galibier - 14:41:34 pm
PATS - - - - - Frits - - - - - - - Frans - - - - Bram - - - - - - - "Hotel-Stops"
Glandon time - reset to the watch of Frits - source digital camera ( 7 min ahead )
Galibier time - source - digital camera

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2004 - Galibier - alt. 2642m - Frans - 00:00:00 --- Rein - 14:25:42 --- Harm - 15:09:34 --- PATS - 15:14:21 --- Bram - 15:18:58
2005 - Galibier - alt. 2642m - Frans - 13:25:41 --- Rein - 14:22:26 --- Harm - 00:00:00 --- PATS - 15:55:31 --- Bram - 14:45:50
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Alpe d'Huez - hairpin 1 - almost there
Collage - Alpe d'Huez - Hairpin 1 - Marmotte 2005 - Rein, Bram and Frans
- almost there - 9 - 12 minutes to the finish -
I'm not on this collage, but @ 19:29:00 PM I was here
passed the Finish Line @ 19:41:00 PM

Alpe d'Huez - view from hairpin 1
Alpe d'Huez - View from hairpin 1 - taken in 2003

Diploma - Marmotte 2005
Marmotte 2005 - Brevet d'Or, d'Argent, d'Argent et de Bronze

MARMOTTE

cat.E

cat.F

2002

2003

2004

2005

Frans

3 x

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bronze 11.14.50

silver 9.20.41

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gold 8.41.30

Siemen

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2 x

retour - CdF -

silver 10.45.05

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PATS

-

3 x

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bronze 12.03.07

silver 11.10.00

bronze 12.20.53

Rein

-

2 x

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silver 10.27.40

silver 9.57.17

Harm

-

1 x

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silver 11.19.46

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Bram

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2 x

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silver 11.23.18

silver 10.31.24

- category E - 40-49 years - gold - 9.15 - silver - 11.06 - bronze > 11.06
- category F - 50-59 years - gold - 9.36 - silver - 11.32 - bronze > 11.32
- category G - 60+ years - gold - 10.03 - silver - 12.04 - bronze > 12.04

Total mileage this year - 6897 km - 4311 miles - 81 rides

6897 km - Race - 81x - 0 km - Trekking - 0 x
home-work 'clicks' - 3214 km

10111 km - 6319 mi in 2005

12725 km - 7953 mi in 2004

13060 km - 8163 mi in 2003

Have fun :) and take care
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