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@Dutch_Cheese
My first road bike was a Batavus Professional. A former Batavus teambike from 1978 in Reynolds 531 with Shimano Dura Ace (got my 1st Gazelle in 1984, the 1st in a long row).
Hej, this is a very nice picture of a good "friend" of mine.
It's Geert/Gerard Schipper, winner of Tour of Holland and World Champion TTT in Goodwood, together with Maarten Ducrot, Frits van Bindsbergen and Gerrit Solleveld.
Gerard was a very nice chap, besides being a member of the Batavus squad, he was also my clubmate.
We trained and raced together. Even did some TTT together e.g. national championships. He was was one the best time trialists of his generation, world champion and I was a young amateur, barely able to hold his wheel...
Nice times though.