résultat des 10ème Championnats d'Europe de vélo-rameurs

Bonjour à tous,
Voici le compte-rendu des championnats de vélo-rameurs. Derk Thijs termine
premier, devant Sander Gerdes (champion en aviron), Martijn Mateman et Ymte
Sijbrandij (champion de vélo-couché) et Arno Seijbel (international de
Rugby).

Le niveau avait l'air élevé cette année et les courses intéressantes.

Jean-Charles Gosselin
France-HPV

---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: Thys Industrial Designs <info <at> rowingbike.com>
Date: 2008/9/23
Subject: 10th European Championships Rowingbike a big succes
To: Thys Industrial Designs <info <at> rowingbike.com>

 ~press release~

*10th European Championships Rowingbike were a big succes!*

64 rowingbike riders from 4 different countries participated on September 13
& 14 on Neeltje Jans, Zeeland, the Netherlands.
The participants had a great weekend and enjoyed to ride these well
organized races on a really beautiful track.

The race competitors were very close to each other this year and had a tough
but very sportive fight for the prices. It took real long before the leading
groups of sometimes more than 15 riders were torn in to smaller groups. This
year rowingbike designer Derk Thijs just managed to stay ahead of the
competition. Second place was claimed by Sander Gerdes. Sander is a boat
member with Olympic golden medal rower Nico Rienks so it is quite clear this
is a fast rower. Especially in the one hour time trial and the sprint Gerdes
performed well with a 3rd and 2nd place. Martijn Mateman, European
Rowingbike Champion 2007, had to settle for a 3rd place this year. Martijn
showed his excellence in the hour time trial by leaving everybody far
behind. It was only by a better end sprint in the criterion and long
distance race that Thijs could take the lead in the overall ranking of the
event. Recumbent bike champion Ymte Sijbrandij, who just as Thijs won these
rowingbike championships for 3 times in earlier years, ended on a 4th place.
Sijbrandij showed his specialty again; he leaded incredible furious sprints
in the very beginning of criterion and long distance race. The quality of
this years participants did not allow Ymte to pull enormous gaps between
participants in the leading pack.
Ymte was not in superb shape this raceweekend; he had some problems with
food and fuel; something you really need for these long intensive races.
Former rugby international Arno Seijbel took the 5th place. Arno drove very
well again but got some bad luck with his spd cleats in the criterion; this
has cost him precious points.

Besides the tension and the sportive violence in the head of the pack these
yearly championships are a sportive meeting point of top and recreational
sports- man and -women of different backgrounds. Certainly rowers and
recumbent bike riders but also riders with a history in rugby and
windsurfing participate and have fun together.
The atmosphere between this colorful bunch is excellent.
Young and old meet; youngest participant is 16 years; the oldest one in his
seventies...
A spectacular site where the 2 back to back tandems that participated. The
"mixed" tandem of Theo and Annemieke Homan took a 12th place in the overall
ranking; a very good result!
Young Johanna Aarnoutse was the fastest lady amongst the total of 6 ladies
participating (besides the tandem)

Derk Van Limbergen also made an interesting achievement: Derk is driving
with only only one leg and he still managed to get a 41st place in the
ranking. The rowingbike is very well suited for use for people with certain
leg handicaps as back, belly, arm & shoulder muscles are used. There was one
more participant, Pieter Stoter, riding a rowingbike the same way in the
tour class. These "lesser valid" sportsman are very valid on the rowingbike.

All together this race weekend was filled with sportive pleasure, this asks
for more on the next edition on 2009, September 12 & 13!

~end of press release~

On the photos (from left to right): Martijn Mateman, Arno Seijbel, Ymte
Sijbrandij, Sander Gerdes, Ymte at the start. Click on a photo for the high
resolution version.
Photo's Henk Meerman
The EC is made possible by technical support by www.rowingbike.com,
www.roompot.nl, waterland neeltje jans <http://www.neeltjejans.nl>,
www.pulseaudiovideo.nl, www.delta.nl, www.paree.nl
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Bonjour à tous,
Voici le compte-rendu des championnats de vélo-rameurs. Derk Thijs termine
premier, devant Sander Gerdes (champion en aviron), Martijn Mateman et Ymte
Sijbrandij (champion de vélo-couché) et Arno Seijbel (international de
Rugby).

Le niveau avait l'air élevé cette année et les courses intéressantes.

Jean-Charles Gosselin
France-HPV

---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: Thys Industrial Designs <info <at> rowingbike.com>
Date: 2008/9/23
Subject: 10th European Championships Rowingbike a big succes
To: Thys Industrial Designs <info <at> rowingbike.com>

 ~press release~

*10th European Championships Rowingbike were a big succes!*

64 rowingbike riders from 4 different countries participated on September 13
& 14 on Neeltje Jans, Zeeland, the Netherlands.
The participants had a great weekend and enjoyed to ride these well
organized races on a really beautiful track.

The race competitors were very close to each other this year and had a tough
but very sportive fight for the prices. It took real long before the leading
groups of sometimes more than 15 riders were torn in to smaller groups. This
year rowingbike designer Derk Thijs just managed to stay ahead of the
competition. Second place was claimed by Sander Gerdes. Sander is a boat
member with Olympic golden medal rower Nico Rienks so it is quite clear this
is a fast rower. Especially in the one hour time trial and the sprint Gerdes
performed well with a 3rd and 2nd place. Martijn Mateman, European
Rowingbike Champion 2007, had to settle for a 3rd place this year. Martijn
showed his excellence in the hour time trial by leaving everybody far
behind. It was only by a better end sprint in the criterion and long
distance race that Thijs could take the lead in the overall ranking of the
event. Recumbent bike champion Ymte Sijbrandij, who just as Thijs won these
rowingbike championships for 3 times in earlier years, ended on a 4th place.
Sijbrandij showed his specialty again; he leaded incredible furious sprints
in the very beginning of criterion and long distance race. The quality of
this years participants did not allow Ymte to pull enormous gaps between
participants in the leading pack.
Ymte was not in superb shape this raceweekend; he had some problems with
food and fuel; something you really need for these long intensive races.
Former rugby international Arno Seijbel took the 5th place. Arno drove very
well again but got some bad luck with his spd cleats in the criterion; this
has cost him precious points.

Besides the tension and the sportive violence in the head of the pack these
yearly championships are a sportive meeting point of top and recreational
sports- man and -women of different backgrounds. Certainly rowers and
recumbent bike riders but also riders with a history in rugby and
windsurfing participate and have fun together.
The atmosphere between this colorful bunch is excellent.
Young and old meet; youngest participant is 16 years; the oldest one in his
seventies...
A spectacular site where the 2 back to back tandems that participated. The
"mixed" tandem of Theo and Annemieke Homan took a 12th place in the overall
ranking; a very good result!
Young Johanna Aarnoutse was the fastest lady amongst the total of 6 ladies
participating (besides the tandem)

Derk Van Limbergen also made an interesting achievement: Derk is driving
with only only one leg and he still managed to get a 41st place in the
ranking. The rowingbike is very well suited for use for people with certain
leg handicaps as back, belly, arm & shoulder muscles are used. There was one
more participant, Pieter Stoter, riding a rowingbike the same way in the
tour class. These "lesser valid" sportsman are very valid on the rowingbike.

All together this race weekend was filled with sportive pleasure, this asks
for more on the next edition on 2009, September 12 & 13!

~end of press release~

On the photos (from left to right): Martijn Mateman, Arno Seijbel, Ymte
Sijbrandij, Sander Gerdes, Ymte at the start. Click on a photo for the high
resolution version.
Photo's Henk Meerman
The EC is made possible by technical support by www.rowingbike.com,
www.roompot.nl, waterland neeltje jans <http://www.neeltjejans.nl>,
www.pulseaudiovideo.nl, www.delta.nl, www.paree.nl
[image: To the top]<http://rowingbike.com/site/EN/EC-Rowingbike/Press-release-end-EC/#top>

 <http://www.rpholidays.nl/>