I used to be the black sheep of the family cause I was born in Twente. But this militant individual has left the flock to become a shepherd of his own breed. And what better way to celebrate life than going back to your own roots one day. Lemme see… the 20th of March sounds pretty kewl to go back in time and check if I’m still the king of the streets of Enschede like I thought I was. Niks hennig an, veur’n met die bak!

She’s fast. “Fashionable” Florien won the Ronde van Klarendal this afternoon. We were invited to come over to our neighbour’s neighbourhood (Het Modekwartier) to help kids ride to the finishline. They did a very good job and had a lot of fun. It was nice to see kids on a bicycle doing a race. Hoogtepunt van de dag was the ladies-race in which our Cycloon bikemessenger competed. She won by several lenghts and got her prize out of the hands of Leontien van Moorsel.

My employer asked me to join in the Cycloon Fietskoeriers team for Tour for Life. The bicyclemessengers from Zwolle, Groningen and Arnhem are fundraising for Het Goede Doel! Or, as the organisation put it: Get on your bike for a week and help Médicins Sans Frontières-Holland (MSF-Holland). Ofcourse I wanna help out collecting money and doing the best I can to support this nice and needed initiative. By throwing in the yearly returning Arnhem Uphill Alleycat Classic on the 29th of may. Come over to hilly city and show your kattebakmoney where my mouth is.

No polo today due to extreme cold that made our ball kaputt.

“Beatman Voorns” dropped in today for the weekly afterbikepolodinner at “Diverse Mik”. Other poloistas on the premises were: “Sabberde Rum”, “Barkeeper Tik”, “Lecithine Melk”, “Woordgeintje Ruk” and “Vijand Sjok”. But where were Stoffel en malle Tjeerd eigenlijk? Probably busy at their own homes making up anagrams.

One of the more influential riders of the past decade on my personal behalf. He won Paris-Roubaix in 1995 and 1998 and was the succesful coach of 4 Italian Worldchampionship titles. But I will remember his muscular attacks the most. Franco Ballerini died yesterday in a ralleycar accident. Addio campione …. vola leggero verso l’ultimo traguardo.

Vielleicht noch etwas früh fur Haute Mode dieses Jahr. Aber nicht geschmissen ist immer Mist. Mein Freund und sehr gewaardehrte Kollega Thiemo Schürmensch laßt uns auf unterstehendes Foto sehen wie die geilste Trikot in die Heimat daar aus seht. Wir waren nämlich beim Rose Sondernausverkauf letzte Mittwoch. Ich denk das er sich was zuviel durch sein Mädchen beinflussen lassen hat. Was hält ihr davon? Will er auf diese Weise der Tour de France gewinnen?

We had to wait for a whole year. Too long, way too long in my smartass opinion. I was getting thirsty already. Malle Tjeerd and I haven’t been drinking since cause we wanted to be prepared. We could never drink as much as them so this year we’re going for Gold in the kattebakalleycat. The bierweek in Zwolle, it’s simply just something special. Make sure you’re there to witness it all till your vision gets blurred.

Jingle bells, jingle bells, jingle all the way. Oooooh what fun it is to ride… But wait, what is this, maaaaannnnnn? One of the guys I regularly meet at Frisco has come up with the brilliant idea to keep skateboarding in winter conditions. Don’t the wheels get jammed you wonder? Tssssss, who needs wheels anyway.