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06-03-24, 11:12 PM

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Originally Posted by non-fixie

Thank you for sharing those pictures. Much appreciated. And how wonderfully odd to see a VDV jersey in that context.

My pleasure. About that VDV jersey, all I could buy at the last minute and could squeeze into. The jersey I had taken to wear had mysteriously shrunk in transit.

06-04-24, 02:36 AM

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The jersey I had taken to wear had mysteriously shrunk in transit.

Yeah, mine do that all the time.

VDV was the company of Jos Van de Vel, a former Belgian pro, who became a successful fuel trader after expanding his bike shop into hearths and furnaces. He sponsored a local cycling club, De Nieuwe Hoop Tielen. This must have been one of their jerseys. BTW, Van de Vel passed away in 2012, at age 89 ...