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Joe V

Hi, I’m Joe V. The V is for Vadeboncoeur, but no one ever really calls me that (except my business card). That card also calls me the Global Director of Product Development, Marketing and Creative Design for Trek Bicycle. Yep, I am sometimes not really sure what all that means either. I do know that I dig bikes, oatmeal, motorcycles, burritos, the weird things I see along the way, my family and my job. I get to travel the world helping make great bikes, so it’s a pretty great gig.

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March 25, 2012

Hell Of The North!

We are only 1 week away from the BEST race of the year, and a week later the 2nd best race of the year. 

Next weekend is the Tour of Flanders or Ronde Van Vlaanderen if you are Dutch or Belgian.  Cobbles and climbs.  The Flanders region of Belgium seems to have the absolute best race fans of any part of the world.  I know that I wait the whole year for the Tour of Flanders. 

The weekend after that is Paris Roubaix.  That is not in Belgium, but it is pretty close.  Roubaix is right on the border, and as a result is sort of an adopted Belgian race.  There is a huge amount of history with Paris Roubaix.  Back in the day, all the big favorites from the summer races would show up and race hard for Paris Roubaix.  Hinault, Sean Kelly, Eddy Merckx etc... 

I feel like the race got its name from this movie.

 

Set up your trainer, or get a Belgian ale and sit back and watch Eddy Merckx take on a Sunday In Hell!

Enjoy,

Joe

Posted at 07:05 PM in Zen of Joe |

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