Cyclo-Cross World Cup #3 - CDM - Pijnacker, Netherlands, November 11, 2007

Good grief!!! Check out the long "zand" section.

http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=e...&t=k&z=16&om=1

http://www.cyclingnews.com/cross/200...up3_07/?id=map

Zand = Sand

Schelpenzand = Sand with shells and grit

Brug = Bridge

Final Results: Jonathan Page 16th.

http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=e...,0.018239&z=16



"Rex Crater" wrote in message
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Good grief!!! Check out the long "zand" section.

http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=e...&t=k&z=16&om=1

http://www.cyclingnews.com/cross/200...up3_07/?id=map

Zand = Sand

Schelpenzand = Sand with shells and grit

Brug = Bridge

Final Results: Jonathan Page 16th.

In article ,
"Rex Crater" wrote:

http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=e...&q=Pijna cker,
+Netherlands&ie=UTF8&t=k&om=1&ll=52.033089,4.40367 2&spn=0.008792,0.018239&z=16



"Rex Crater" wrote in message
...
Good grief!!! Check out the long "zand" section.

http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=e...=&q=Pijna cke
r,+Netherlands&ie=UTF8&ll=52.032865,4.404273&spn=0 .008792,0.018239&t=k&z=16&
om=1

http://www.cyclingnews.com/cross/200...up3_07/?id=map

Zand = Sand

Schelpenzand = Sand with shells and grit

Brug = Bridge

Final Results: Jonathan Page 16th.

Looks to me like there's a misunderstanding. The sections marked sand on
the parcours appear on the gmap as a series of linear paths. That is,
they're trails.

I think this is, at worst, packed sand, but definitely some sort of
trail-worthy surface. The "schelpenzand" presumably rides more like what
we would think of as a sand pit.

The only exception I can see is the "Zand" section right on the shore,
which might be a sandy beach.

--
Ryan Cousineau http://www.wiredcola.com/
"My scenarios may give the impression I could be an excellent crook.
Not true - I am a talented lawyer." - Sandy in rec.bicycles.racing

Ryan Cousineau schreef:
"Rex Crater" wrote:
Good grief!!! Check out the long "zand" section.

The only exception I can see is the "Zand" section right on the shore,
which might be a sandy beach.

It is, and the other sand sections are not very prominent in my
recollection. Also see http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9hOKCX_ZXas


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E. Dronkert

In article ,
Ewoud Dronkert wrote:

Ryan Cousineau schreef:
"Rex Crater" wrote:
Good grief!!! Check out the long "zand" section.

The only exception I can see is the "Zand" section right on the shore,
which might be a sandy beach.

It is, and the other sand sections are not very prominent in my
recollection. Also see http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9hOKCX_ZXas

Interesting. The sandy beach doesn't look that problematic, though that
may be world-class CXers making some pretty messy terrain look easy.

There were some weird places they were dismounting: two guys for that
little dip (1:39), presumably because it was too muddy at the bottom to
ride out, and at 3:27, dismounting for a tight turn on flat ground (!).

"Naturlich, Sven Nys..."

--
Ryan Cousineau http://www.wiredcola.com/
"My scenarios may give the impression I could be an excellent crook.
Not true - I am a talented lawyer." - Sandy in rec.bicycles.racing

From last year....

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9hOKCX_ZXas

This clip shows the long ZAND section.



"Rex Crater" wrote in message
...
Good grief!!! Check out the long "zand" section.

http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=e...&t=k&z=16&om=1

http://www.cyclingnews.com/cross/200...up3_07/?id=map

Zand = Sand

Schelpenzand = Sand with shells and grit

Brug = Bridge

Final Results: Jonathan Page 16th.