Unmanaged, no support staff, no massage, just basic equipment, let the data speak louder than words:
At Burgos, Jochem decided to take a lef turn to continue to Portugal, Luc made a right turn for another uphill challenge in the Alpes. Col de la Bonnette, at 2802m, definitively satisfied his ambitions.
A day some people in Belgium may remember is August 8, 1993: le Roi triste mourut.
I remember the freezing cold morning at Attert (close to Arlon), almost crying for my painful fingers at 7:00 AM, every sunny patch on my track in the woods was a relief... Victory was complete that night at Nijmegen, the finish line after a stage of 295km's, at sunset.
To close this Spartan epic, a couple of photographs...
luc & jochem upon departure, in Nijmegen
Luc in Les Landes departement (Bordeaux/Biarritz)
Luc exchanging latest news with a couple of Camineros, young Catalans on their way to Santiago de Compostella, close to Burgos.
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