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De Hoge Veluwe National Park.
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Race day, De Proloog, Amerongen. Slept badly the night before.
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The Route.
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De Proloog, Amerongen. Waiting for the 08:20 group start.
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Enjoying the awesome Dutch cycling infrastructure.
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At Fort Bourtange early in the morning. photo by adventurebikeracing and Jacob Kopecky
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Bike path beside the dyke. photo by adventurebikeracing
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Lots of sheep, sheep poop, and cattle grids.
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Harlingen. photo by adventurebikeracing
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Harlingen breakfast.
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On the road again. photo by adventurebikeracing and Jacob Kopecky
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Resting beside the Ijsselmeer.
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Half an hour cycling 10km down a dead straight, dead flat cycle path into a headwind.
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Wind turbine, one of hundreds.
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Sunset, cycling from Lelystad towards Amsterdam.
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11pm dinner. Hotel restaurant in Amsterdam closed, making do with food available in the lobby.
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First and only puncture 5km out of Amsterdam.
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Traditional windmill before Volendam.
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Old narrow lock bridge, Zeesluis. photo by adventurebikeracing and Jacob Kopecky
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Stopped at Enkhuizen for lunch. photo by adventurebikeracing
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Halfway marker on a dyke at Oosterdijk.
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Flowers at dusk, 20km south of Den Helder.
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Late night nap on town benches, Schoorl.
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Riding through the dunes, just before Hook of Holland.
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Golden beaches at Ouddorp.
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Massive tailwind along the Delta Works (Deltawerken).
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First and only hotel breakfast due to timings. Westduin.
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Solar panels, Vlissingen-Oost.
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Cockpit photo, Kruiningen.
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Midnight hotel departure from Tilburg, stopped to shelter from the rain for a 4am snack, Borkel en Schaft.
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Fed up after 10 hours of constant rain. Fatigued, thoroughly soaked through and frozen from the wind.
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Valkenburg.
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Water streaming down Mathieu van der Poel Allee from Terblijt after the rain. photo by Dennis Kempenaars
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Rain had turned some paths to mud. Just before Gulpen.
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Dutch mountains, Limburg. photo by adventurebikeracing and Jacob Kopecky
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Top of the hill, Limburg. photo by adventurebikeracing and Jacob Kopecky
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Les Trois Bornes. Woodland spot where the borders of the Netherlands, Germany & Belgium converge.
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Evening nap under a tree before riding through the night for the final time.
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Greeting the final dawn, 5km before Siebengewald. Struggled through the night, missed a few turns.
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Morning finish. photo by adventurebikeracing
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Race around the Netherlands finisher, Cap 194. photo by adventurebikeracing