Finding the unexpected in the everyday.
January 30, 2015 Only a dozen days after his 92nd birthday, road cyclist Gerardus “Gerrit” Petrus Voorting died at his home in the municipality and town of Heemskerk in the Netherlands. Voorting, who had been born in the Dutch municipality of Velsen, began his cycling career in 1947. His younger brother Adrianus “Adri” Voorting (1931-1961)... Continue Reading →
October 8, 1889 Philippe Thys, whose high-achieving career as a cyclist would include winning the Tour de France a total of three times, was born in the municipality of Anderlecht in central Belgium. Early on in his cycling career in 1910, Thys won the first edition of the Belgian National Cyclo-cross Championship. This type of... Continue Reading →
Transportation History 