04 June 2024

Tour de Retro 2024

By Vera Klap News
Tour de Retro 2024
After the success of last year, we are again organizing the TOUR DE RETRO weekend on June 23, 2024 together with fietscafé de Cyklist and Ton Merckx. On Sunday June 23 the tour will take place, on Saturday June 22 there will be a reconnaissance tour for the enthusiasts. It will again be a true retro cycling spectacle with - besides the wonderful Retro Tour - the Wheel of Fortune and a virtual Meet & Greet with cycling heroes of the past.      Program The Tour de Retro 2024 consists of 2 parts; a reconnaissance tour on Saturday and...
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23 April 2024

Eddy Merckx Collection

By Vera Klap News
Eddy Merckx Collectie
Eddy Merckx, born June 17, 1945 in Belgium, is widely considered one of the greatest cyclists of all time. When you hear Merckx, you think of triumphs, perseverance and dominance on the bike. Merckx's career consists of impressive feats. He won no less than 525 professional races, including five times the Tour de France, five times the Giro d'Italia and once the Vuelta a España. He also has three world championships, a multitude of classics and monuments under his belt. Merckx distinguished himself with not only his tremendous physical strength and endurance, but also his strong determination and competitive mindset....
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26 February 2024

Cycling calendar of historic classics 2024

By Vera Klap News
Wielerkalender historische klassiekers 2024
  The season has started again! Keep up to date with the upcoming historic classics in this blog and take advantage of special race offers. We define historical classics as; cycling races in the World Tour with a long history (before 1950) and with traditionally a very international field of participants. 3 - 10 March: Paris-Nice The Paris-Nice classic (since 1933), also known as the race to the sun, is run over several days and is the first stage race of the season. The race is mainly a place for all-rounders to excel through its various facets such as climbing...
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13 July 2023

REDTED's women collection has its own face now

By shamim kordbache News
De dames collectie van REDTED
Cycling has become increasingly popular among women in recent years, both professionally and recreationally. This growing popularity is a reason for us to expand our existing women's collection with the new REDTED women's cycling jerseys.We are proud to introduce our women's line. Historic cycling teams such as Molteni, Peugeot, TI-RALEIGH are now also available in REDTED quality, stylish and functional cycling jerseys.     Retro cycling jerseys now in a modern design Our new collection of women's cycling jerseys is the result of meticulous research, innovative design and attention to detail. We understand that female cyclists want more than just...
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19 October 2022

Gerben Karstens, a legendary cyclist and well-liked clown

By shamim kordbache News
Gerben Karstens, een legendarische wielrenner en geliefde clown
Gerben Karstens, the medal winner in the 100 km team trial at the 1964 Summer Olympics, died on Saturday, October 8th, at the age of 80, from a cerebral infarction, while his excellent sense of humour and strange antics in the cycling peloton will be remembered for the rest of his life among all cycling fans.   Gerben Karstens, 1978   Cyclist or clown? "Karst, without you there is nothing to laugh about," said the late Gerrie Knetemann, former professional dutch cyclist, about his former teammate. 'The Clown' was one of his three nicknames. The other two were 'De Karst'...
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05 April 2022

COSY CHATTER IN CAFÉ DOETINCHEM

By Elien Kaes News
GEZELLIG KEUVELEN IN WIELERCAFÉ DOETINCHEM
Cycling café Doetinchem is a great place to be for enthusiastic cycling fans, cyclists, mountain bikers, cyclo-cross riders and also sporty touring cyclists. Here you can enjoy a real homely setting, where you can follow the cycling race with other cycling enthusiasts via a high resolution beamer.
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