The above photo was liberated from a Dutch website which appears to be dedicated solely to a book about Dutch and Belgian riders both old and new. I can’t read a lick of Dutch, in fact, I’m not even 100-% sure it’s a Dutch site (based on the “.nl” though I’m pretty sure). The website is rad though and the book looks mint, anybody know it? Check it out and see what you think. The guy in the back of the gruppetto is, of course, Rik Van Looy.
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Rik
'its no wonder his legs are thicker than my chest and his arms are thicker than your thighs, hes just chewed off the top of my head'
Built Ford Tough? Holy shit. The guy's just like a Ford truck; huge, inefficient, and probably noisy.
It would appear as though Dave Zabriskie found inspiration in this pic.
@packfiller
Vannitsen's palmares (107 wins in Cycling Archives) certainly don't read like a Ford's (and there's no mention of his breaking the Principle of Silence, although the guns look as though they might). 1965 had him at the twilight of his career. He still finished 3rd at Paris-Roubaix.
@frank
You may have seen this already as it's making the rounds, but here is more evidence of Dutch Awesomeness.
@Steampunk
DZ. Nuts.
@Steampunk
Man, I love DZ. He's a hometown boy from SLC and makes me laugh uproariously.
@Nate
BRUTAL! That's an awesome vid! Inspiring as I thought I had it rough here in Georgia with 20 mph winds.
@Nate
Great interweb find! That one poor rider couldn't even get his bike under himself. That's one occasion where being too fat to climb isn't such a bad thing.
Ha, amazing how his bike was blowing sideways like a sail. I wonder how fast that wind was?