Tour Dur Laarbeek stop 2: Lieshout

Jun 04, 2007

Written by Bart de Jong

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After the first stop in Mariahout, the gypsies left for Lieshout, home of Bavaria beer. The 90 degree hipped miniramp was waiting for everyone to be treated right. We were already half an hour behind on schedule and this was only the second stop.

Banners were put back up, the tractor arrived with the stage for the next band and the PA system was set up. In the meantime a contest took place.

With the registration done and judging sheets ready, already some time was saved compared to stop one. It was a jam session for everyone but with the band playing, it was hard to tell the riders when it was time for last trick or when time was up. Not that it mattered much. Everyone just rode for the fun of it. Ed entered at the last minute and so did Kees. It didn't take long for Kees to take himself out so he could watch from the sidelines again.

In the BMX-advanced class, Pim van den Bos and Joeri Sloeri had joined the crew but whe

n they started their session, the band had already ran out of songs and the Tractor had already left for the next spot. Good planning. But things were coming along and this time Dennis' mini megaphone reached the riders well. We let them ride on and work the sub-box a bit more before they each received a score from Ruudje, Dennis and myself, the "professional" judging team.

It was time to get the flags down and move over to the spine ramp of Beek en Donk, 3 miles down the road.

BdJ