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GP Beuvry la Foret
Originally uploaded by zeusfaber.
Holy moly. You have never seen cobbles like this. As expected this was the deciding section of the race. The section as probably 2km long. It felt like miles. By the second lap selections had been made. I believe one of our [...]

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I got a phone number today. If you want to reach me here in Belgium you can call 314-714-JOEW. It’s a St Louis number so if that is long distance for you then it will cost you money. Other than that it should work like every other phone. I better not get any late night [...]

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Looks like I will be racing a UCI in France on Monday. Hopefully this one happens. From what I hear it includes some cobbles from the Paris-Roubiax. Pretty cool.

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Originally uploaded by zeusfaber.
All the good beer in Belgium is made by monks. According to many that I have talked to and a few websites Westvleteren 12 (shown here) is the best beer in the world. Today some of the guys and I went to the abbey of [...]

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ruiselede kermis
Originally uploaded by zeusfaber.
Tough race today. It was windy and lightly raining the entire time. The front part of the course was full of corners and had a really tough chicane. The back side wasn’t nearly as bad but had hard cross-head winds. I lasted around 30 [...]

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