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Jaap Eeden Kees Broekman Jan Pesman Peter Nottet hear |
Carry Geijssen Ans Schut Kees Verkerk Ard Schenk hear |
Atje Keulen-Deelstra Stien Kaiser Jan Bols hear | ||
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Piet Kleine Hans van Helden Annie Borckink Ria Visser hear |
Lieuwe de Boer Hilbert van der Duim Yvonne van Gennip Jan Ykema hear |
Leo Visser Gerard Kemkers Bart Veldkamp Falko Zandstra hear |
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Marianne Timmer Gianni Romme Ids Postma Gretha Smit hear |
Jochem Uytdehaaghe Gerard van Velde Ireen Wüst Renate Groenewold hear |
Erben Wennemars Sven Kramer Bob de Jong Carl Verheijen hear |
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Mark Tuitert Rintje Ritsma hear |
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Sjoukje Dijkstra Joan Haanappel Dianne de Leeuw hear |
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De Elfstedentocht Leeuwarden Sneek IJlst hear - 2 Sloten Stavoren Hindeloopen Workum hear Bolsward Harlingen Franeker Dokkum hear - 2 Bartlehiem hear - 2 Tietjerkstradeel hear Friesland Groningen Stad Overijssel Afsluitdijk hear
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(Map by Marco Schuffelen, after the Bos Wereldatlas)
The 'Elfstedentocht' (Eleven-Cities-Tour) is a one-day, 200-kilometer (125 miles) skating endurance event on natural ice: only in (by Dutch standards) very cold winters. About 300 sportsmen and -women participate in a race, and there's a tour of about 16.000. The tour can still be grueling, but if the weather is nice, it's like riding a bike. In the horrible weather of the 1963 event, race winner Reinier Paping clocked in at about eleven hours. Mr Paping is still a national hero. That year, the tour was stopped about halfway. In 1985, '86 and '97 circumstances were better and the winners of the race made times below seven hours. About 70% of the tour riders made it to the finish before midnight.
Bartlehiem is a famous hamlet at a crossroads along the Elfstedentocht.
Frisian, the language of Friesland |
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Joop Zoetemelk Gerrie Knetemann Jan Raas Hennie Kuiper hear |
Wim van Est Jan Janssen Wout Wagtmans Gerrit Schulte hear |
Joop Middelkoop Peter Post Ab Geldermans Erik Breukink hear |
Michael Boogerd Henk Faanhof Gerrit Voortink Johan Derksen hear |
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Erica Terpstra Ada Kok Pieter van den Hoogenband Inge de Bruin hear |
Geertje Wielema Wil den Ouden Anke Reynders hear |
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Jaap Eeden (skating & cycling!) Anton Geesink (judo) Ellen van Langen (running) hear - take 2 |
| A Few Teams Ajax Feyenoord PSV hear |
(Amsterdam) (Rotterdam) (Eindhoven) see map |
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Arie Haan Willem van Hanegem Wim Jansen Jan Jongbloed hear |
Ruud Krol Johan Neeskens Johan Cruijff Rob Rensenbrink hear |
Johnny Rep Wim Rijsbergen Wim Suurbier Harry Vos hear |
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Ruud Geels Cees van Ierssel Rinus Israël Theo de Jong hear |
Piet Keizer René van de Kerkhof Willy van de Kerkhof Piet Schrijvers hear |
Pleun Strik Eddy Treytel Jan Poortvliet Ernie Brandts hear |
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Dick Schoenaker Adri van Kraaij Piet Wildschut Dick Nanninga hear |
Jan Boskamp Hugo Hovenkamp Pim Doesburg Harrie Lubse hear |
Berry van Aerle Gerrie Mühren hear |
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Ruud Gullit Marco van Basten Frank Rijkaard Hans van Breukelen hear - take 2 |
Ronald Koeman Erwin Koeman Frank de Boer Ronald de Boer hear |
Dennis Bergkamp Ruud van Nistelrooij Patrick Kluivert hear |
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Giovanni van Bronckhorst Rafaël van der Vaart Jan Vennegoor of Hesselink hear |
*Clarence *Seedorf Jan Kromkamp Philip Cocu hear |
André Ooijer Arjen Robben hear |
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*Khalid *Boulahrouz Tim de Cler hear |
*Kew *Jaliens *Hedwiges Maduro hear |
Maarten Stekelenburg Mark van Bommel hear |
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Joris Mathijsen *Wesley Sneijder Henk Timmer hear |
Ruud van Nistelrooij Arjen Robben Robin van Persie hear |
coaches Jan van Beveren Dick Advocaat Rinus Michels hear |
Guus Hiddink |
| The Dutch Team at the 2006 World Cup | (hear names pronounced above) | |||
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Names with an asterix (*) are not traditionally Dutch,
do not follow Dutch spelling and pronunciation rules,
and should not be taken as examples of how to pronounce Dutch.
Mr Cruijff sometimes writes his name as Cruyff.
Sources: Bert Melman and Johan Ruitenbeek;
Pieter Poelstra corrected a mistake and provided additional names.
For Soccer I also consulted the
Wikipedia (in Dutch) and the BBC World Cup Website
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