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German to be heard!’) and in<br />
some way we could understand<br />
each other. Two great days <strong>of</strong><br />
cycling in an international<br />
group and with a superb<br />
organisation and ‘pathfinders’<br />
work <strong>of</strong> Marc Desender made it<br />
for me an experience not to be<br />
forgotten. Thanks to all <strong>of</strong> you<br />
and I hope to see you in<br />
future.Take care, Roland"<br />
7 Claudi Montefusco (E) As<br />
for the meeting last weekend, I<br />
just wanted to give THANKS<br />
to everybody for the fantastic<br />
enviroment (also for the<br />
weather, who was the<br />
responsable?). It was such a<br />
pleasure to ride with all <strong>of</strong><br />
them, talking about cycling<br />
history, about climbs, about<br />
future ri<strong>des</strong>...Everything was<br />
PERFECT, since the stages to<br />
the dinner, the final wine, and<br />
specially all the people we met.<br />
Finally, let me say from all the<br />
members <strong>of</strong> my club, thanks<br />
specially to Marc Desender<br />
(strong rider and incredible<br />
guide, not only about cycling,<br />
but also about history,<br />
explaining to us the battle <strong>of</strong><br />
Kemmelberg), and also to you<br />
Daniel, for imagining this<br />
dream come true a lot <strong>of</strong> years<br />
ago. If anything is bad in all <strong>of</strong><br />
this, is the money and the<br />
family. I'm already thinking<br />
about going to Sion next<br />
summer! <strong>La</strong>st but not least, let<br />
me tell all the people assisting<br />
to the meeting that in the<br />
Brussels airport we saw many<br />
riders coming from Liege<br />
Bastogne Liege, and we took<br />
some pictures with Valverde,<br />
Bettini, Flecha, etc. They are<br />
on the gallery! Best regards and<br />
thanks again!Claudi<br />
Montefusco<br />
8. Stan Nijsten Dear friends!<br />
Just one week after our great<br />
weekend I can conclude some<br />
facts. It was a weekend with<br />
lots <strong>of</strong> great people, two days<br />
with beautiful landscapes and a<br />
perfect organization by Marc. I<br />
have to say this weekend was<br />
BIG Review 2009<br />
one <strong>of</strong> my best sport<br />
experiences <strong>of</strong> my life. Also<br />
great to see the performances<br />
<strong>of</strong> people as Tinneke and<br />
Kevin. Hopefully more and<br />
more people will participate in<br />
the next BIG-meeting in<br />
Germany. Have a nice year<br />
with very much cycle<br />
experiences!Regards,Stan<br />
Nijsten (903)PS: Erwin, thanks<br />
for that amazing jump at the<br />
Paterberg!<br />
9. Marc Desender Merci Dan<br />
pour le site et pour tous ces<br />
commentaires. Je crois que<br />
j'avais un public très intéressé<br />
comme guide ce qui explique<br />
certainement le succès du<br />
séjour en Flandre . A toutes et à<br />
tous beaucoup de plaisir à<br />
réaliser le défi qui n'a que 3<br />
lettres : BIG !Marc Le Vélo<br />
10. Juris Martins I was really<br />
amazed about this event, about<br />
the sunny day and about the<br />
cool B.I.G's spirit. To be<br />
honest, I was so excited that<br />
one week later I went to climb<br />
the Alpe d'Huez... :-) Thanks<br />
for organizing it, it was really<br />
great.Juris Kevin on the<br />
cobbles - Kevin op de kasseien<br />
11. Kevin Speed It was a very<br />
pleasant weekend. I met with<br />
you all for the first time after<br />
much correspondence for 6<br />
years. It was good to meet up<br />
with familiar names and had no<br />
idea that you would be such a<br />
friendly bunch. It was good to<br />
29<br />
be able to spend time with you<br />
Dan for cycling and an late<br />
afternoon drink in Oudenaarde<br />
- I didn't really want to visit the<br />
museum! Thank you especially<br />
for making sure I was not lost<br />
on the routes by waiting and<br />
riding together. That goes also<br />
for Marc, Helmuth and family<br />
and also Dominique.My thanks<br />
also to Wim Van Els and<br />
Tineke who I shared a meal<br />
with on Sunday evening in<br />
Kemmel and we shared many<br />
experiences, as also with you<br />
Dan. It was good to meet you<br />
all. It was interesting sharing<br />
with the Spanish contingent<br />
also and heartened by their<br />
enthusiasm - it makes me look<br />
forward even more to my<br />
forthcoming Spanish cycle tour<br />
next month. Homeward bound:<br />
I stayed at De Lork again<br />
Sunday night then cycled back<br />
through Nieuwkerke and<br />
Armentieres visiting British<br />
war cemetries before arriving<br />
in Lille and Eurostar to London<br />
St Pancras then London Euston<br />
to Crewe and local train home -<br />
at 20.00. The climbs are not<br />
long but the cobbles certainly<br />
make up for the lack <strong>of</strong> height<br />
making them worthy <strong>of</strong> BIG's -<br />
especially the Koppenberg and<br />
Kemmelberg.I went out again<br />
Sunday evening to revisit<br />
Kemmelberg, Rodeberg and<br />
Mont Noir - too busy with<br />
people and cars at the fun-fair<br />
lining the road. Thank you to<br />
one and all for a really<br />
memorable weekend!Kevin
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