W.S.W.V. HELLINGPROOF

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1 Cycling mail 7 Year 5 13 January 2018 W.S.W.V. HELLINGPROOF New Year's drink First of all we would like to wish you all a happy new year! Even after the 6 th of January we think we are allowed to wish you all the best. After a very successful 2017 with (inter)national successes of our members and a second place of Hellingproof in the studentcup, we aim to continue and increase these good results in 2018! To toast to the new year, we had our traditional New Year s Drink together with IJzersterk in Café Loburg last Wednesday. A lot of cyclists, ice skaters and combi members showed up, which of course is already a successful beginning of the year. The Axi and Snert took good care of their members by making fatty balls and kneeers (Google s translation of kniepertjes). Waitress Els also took good care of everyone by ordering and serving refreshing beers and hot tea with monkey names to us. With so much care, everyone felt strong and motivated to do the diepzit-contest! Could Julie prolong her title? Activities Club Monday training 18:00 at the Bongerd. 2 Wednesday Spinning training 17:15 at the Bongerd. 2 Training at Sports Centre the Bongerd Mountain biking: Thursday 14:00-16:00. 1 Other Activities Sunday 14 January: Domrenner training Tuesday 23 January: Datedinner IJzersterk Saturday 17 February: Domrenner training 1 For this activity you have to sign up via the SITE/App of Sports Centre the Bongerd 2 Signing up is not necessary And would a Hellingproof guy be able to set a new record this year? With Bart as very strict referee for the 90 knee position, it was a battlefield with many victims. Not only the position made it a though competition, Paula let us know that wearing heels made it even worse. So if you want to win next year, that is not the strategy to go for. But who won this year? Julie was one of the two last girls, so she could win again. However, Susan showed once again why she is the deserved student champion by defeating Julie this year. Congratulations! In the men s race, Hellingproof did well too, with two finalists: Alger and Gijs. Eventually, Gijs won, congratulations! He had his legs and feet stuck together all time, so maybe that is his secret. Sorry if we revealed it now. Both wins were for Hellingproof this year which is also a successful start already for 2018! But since Bart s

2 watch ran out of battery, the question whether they set a new record will forever be a mystery Gijs showing his questionable but effective diepzit tactic. Last year's winner Thijs wasn't able to prolong his title as he ended up on a third place. The revelation of this year was Niels, he ended up in second place while last year some people almost died eating his cake. The deserved winner of this year's edition of Heel Hellingproof bakt was Els with her ''zomersloffen''(this translates to summer slippers). All in all the judges were suprised by the high standard of the top 13, Only Olivier managed to disappoint the judges with his Deventerkoek which he bought instead of baked. Heel Hellingproof bakt On the 12th of december the second edition of Heel Hellingproof bakt was held in Annie's kroeg. The panel of judges consiting of Bart, Martijn & Tjalle skipped desert after dinner so they would be albe to taste all of the creations. In hindsight they probably should have skipped their complete dinner because their were 14 people who baked a cake. This year, everyone was asked to bake 6 little cakes instead of 1 big cake. But not everybody kept to the rules, luckily for some of them they reclamed some points with a good back ground story for their cakes. Prove that (almost) everybody baked the cakes by themselves. Interview with... For everyone who wants to win next year's diepzit contest, we interviewed this year's winner. If we get to know him a bit better we might know why he is such a legendary athlete. Name: Gijs Spaans Age: 21, although with some people there is still some discussion about the accuracy of this number Where do you originate from? I was born in the VINEX district of Amsterdam, Almere, and lived there for 8 years. Luckily my parents came to the understanding that a polder is not the right place to grow up in as a child (so is Friesland) and they decided to move to Ugchelen (Apeldoorn) to enable making many nice cycling trips on the beautiful Veluwe. So I grew up in Gelderland and feel like a real Gelderlander. What is your current study and/or work? In September I started with 2 Master studies in Wageningen: Biotechnology and Nutrition &

3 Health. I really like combining these two (not directly) related studies because this gives a lot of variety in the courses I follow. It also widens my view and prevents me from working on only one or a few subjects during my study. Currently, I don t work besides my study because I also need some time for enjoying life and drinking beers. What kind of bicycles do you use? I have three racing bikes: A Trek, a Rose, and a Gazelle. The Trek I use for my rides on the tacx, which I do mostly in the winter when I don t feel like cycling outside but still want to lose some of my energy, The Rose is my good weather bike. Most of the time when it s raining, I use my Gazelle to keep my Rose as nice and clean as possible. The board work within Hellingproof has become a nice hobby of mine too. Also, I m often philosophizing about the impermanence of life but I don t think you can really call that a hobby. What is your greatest cycling experience? I don t have one specific cycling experience I liked most, but I love cycling in the high mountains like the Pyrenees or the Alpes. With the continuous fight with yourself during the climb, beautiful views on top, and high speeds descending as a reward for the suffering, this is always an amazing experience. During the NSK individual time trail Gijs makes the student cup Ede look easy. When did you start cycling? I started cycling when I was 13. My dad had to stop running because of an injury that kept coming back, so he started cycling. One time he asked me to go on a ride with him, I really enjoyed it and have been addicted since. What are your hobbies besides cycling? Besides cycling, I like to watch all kind of different sports (and darts) on television, spend time with friends, and have a good party once in a while. What is your best Hellingproof moment of 2017? I ve experienced a lot of memorable and precious Hellingproof moments last year. However, I think the best moment was the victory of the Hellingproof team at the USA sports day. It was great to be part of such a strong team that goes through fire for each other (Dutch expression). The fact that we consequently do not only win the competition but that also a new Frisian hero arises in front of your own eyes is then only more than logical.

4 What do you want to achieve with Hellingproof in 2018? In 2018, my main goal is to keep having a lot of fun cycling, during (Hellingproof) trainings and during student cups (which is a lot easier now since in I have no license this year). I also think it s important to keep having a lot of gezelligheid with other Hellingprofs during drinks and other activities. Datedinner IJzersterk In two weeks, on Tuesday the 23rd of January you have the opportunity to go on a date with a IJzersterk man or woman. During the date dinner with IJzersterk you can get to know the members of our sister association a little bit better, and you might even find your soulmate. For the small price of 18,75 euro p.p. you can enjoy a three course menu with choice between 3 different main dishes in H41. To sign up, transfer 18,75 euro to NL93RABO with indication of your name + datedinner Domrenner training No summer doesn t mean no training! To warm up for the next racing season, we organize endurance rides together with de Domrenner, the student cycling association from Utrecht. The next training is this Sunday! We will leave from de Bongerd at 10:00, to meet our friends from Utrecht at 11:00 in Amerongen. From there, we will ride a beautiful route of about 60km, ending in Amerongen again. From there, we cycle back home. The ride will be around 100km in total, and we will be back around 14:00. These rides are not only good for your physical condition, but also to meet fellow student cyclists! It would be nice if many people could join, the more the merrier! A special request is to all the girls: since Sigrid had a very hard time as the only girl last time, she asks all the girls to join her this time. Help this sad girl out and join the sunny funny ride! Sockcontest Last year, the Hellingprofs have been all over the country and world for many competitions. But the most exciting competition has for sure been the Hellingproof Sock Competition! Before the Holidays, 6 members cracked their creative brains and showed their design and photoshop skills. Some members came even with multiple designs. All ideas were very different from each other, from beautiful graphic designs to less is more. From all these entries, the board had the difficult decision to come up with a top 5. It was clear that you, the members, also had to make a very difficult decision in voting. It was a close race between two socks. Was the winner going to be a graphical masterpiece, or a timeless, classic design? By the end of the week, the graphical design seemed to become the winner. However, in the final hours before the closing of the poll, the tables turned and the classic design came to victory! Soon, you will be able to sell a pair! We would like to congratulate the winning designer, Thijs, with a free pair of his own socks!

5 Track cyclig Did you always wanted to sprint like sir Chris Hoy or want to experience the 6 day feeling and rid like Nike Terpstra? On March 11 we have access to the beautiful velodrome of Amsterdam. Between 12:00 and 14:00 a clinic will be organized especially and exclusively for us. This clinic is for advanced and new hand cyclists. If you are interested to join this spectacular event send a to wielrenners@wageningen.nl. Changing rooms and bicycles (with spd sl pedals are available), Costs for the total event including a track bike will be around 11/15 euro's (depends on the number of participants).do you have your own track bike than the costs will be lower. We hope to see you on 11 March at the velodrome in Amsterdam! BATA Over the last couple of months we saw a lot of running activity of our members on strava. This shows that you are all taking the training for the Batavierenrace very serious. But if you want to show that you are ever more serious about the Batavierenrace, send an to wielrenners@wageningen.nl saying that you want to run for the Hellingproof/Skits team. Skits already has their runners for our team complete and they are all women. We think that this should be more than enough motivation(for the men at least) for you to aplly for our team. Keep on running!(but don't forget to ride your bike)