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NickM 
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 Topic: World Championships 2007Posted: 01 May 2007 at 10:17pm |
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The World Championships of 2007 are to take place in Namur, Belgium, over the weekend of 27th-29th July.
At least, I believe they are; but I can see nothing to confirm that belief on http://www.hpv.be/ Am I looking in the wrong place? There is not all that long to go, and we want to book accomodation close to the event venues before it is all snapped up. |
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Andrew S
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Posted: 02 May 2007 at 9:02am |
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It seems to have moved to somewhere called Hannut. This is the event website: http://www.hpv.be/wk/starten.htm
There's not much there but a map yet. Nice logo though. Edited by Andrew S - 02 May 2007 at 9:05am |
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NickM
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Posted: 02 May 2007 at 11:35am |
Namur - capital of Wallonia; a pleasant university town handily placed on the edge of the Ardennes (popn. 107,178), with a citadel, a famous abbey and a selection of attractive hotels and excellent restaurants. Seven pages in the Rough Guide to Belgium; easy to book accomodation there via the Internet, in English.
Hannut - er, where? Popn. 14,500; it does have 10 racing and touring cycling clubs, and it is (thank goodness) in the French-speaking region. No mention at all in the Rough Guide to Belgium. The nearest town to Hannut that is indexed in the Rough Guide is Namur, and that is about 30 miles away. How on earth does one go about finding somewhere to stay in Hannut?
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SherriD
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Posted: 04 May 2007 at 9:50am |
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Peeps - just got this today via my investigative links . . .
No panic! As you might know we were invited by the handbike association for the wc, in the south part of Belgium . They were offering a lot, we were only asking for save racing. Handbikers race for money , we for fun and glory… To cut a long story short: we’re organising the wc ourselves now on the former F1 circuit of Zolder: same date, one location, easy to control(http://www.circuit-zolder.be) Possibly the handbikers will join us. Schedule: Friday 200 m , 1000 m Saturday tt, fastest lap,, 45 min crit
Sunday: 100 km It will be a silent weekend: no cars on the circuit, no disco. No more waiting, very soon all will be on our website. Spread the word,
See you, Jan Van Dyck Hpv Belgium |
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Richard Ballant
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Posted: 04 May 2007 at 11:44am |
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Kudos to Sherri for turning up a better e-address for Jan than the one I used.
The Zolder circuit looks very good. They have plenty of cycling events there. I have asked Jan for accommodation details ASAP. I have also put in a suggestion to run the 100 km on time rather than distance. This is better suited to a widely varied field of HPVs. |
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NickM
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Posted: 04 May 2007 at 1:36pm |
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So that's the Zolder which is about 55km NW of Maastricht? Not anywhere near Namur? Thank heavens we were too lazy to book accomodation for Hannut last night... I think we'll hold fire until we're sure the event is staying put!
Still, if it's anything like Zandvoort, the circuit should be tremendous fun to ride
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Andrew S
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Posted: 04 May 2007 at 2:46pm |
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Richard Ballant
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Posted: 04 May 2007 at 3:45pm |
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Latest gen from Jan on HPVWC2007 is:
Hello Richard, 1. vehicle classes: we tend to go for faired and unfaired, some people would like a third categorie: tailfairing. It will depend on the participants as well: if you only get one faired lady, this is not a competition. Age: insurance for hpv in Belgium: from 15 to 70 . If you're younger than 15 you need a cycling license from your own country. Age and insurance is still under discussion with the KBWB , the UCU reps in Belgium. Insurance will cover personal insurance and against third parties. If we get enough tandems, handbikes, ... We can make an extra class.If there is one faired tandem , it will be classed as a faired vehicle. Next week we hope to put the rules online. Last year the French were very strict on using tail fairings or not, changing was not allouwed during the wc, but the tailfairings didn't make the difference: it was the gearing: going down coming close to 100 k/h, next day climbing at a speed of 5 k/h. Putting on extra gearing was allowed. Commons sense is would we would like to use to determine the classes. This discussion has been going for years, I know... 2. Camping : 20 euro per tent (25 sm), electricity 5 euro, campers allowed. Youth hostel nearby(http://www.vjh.be/)Bokrijk. We hope to arrange a pasty party every night.It was only yesterday we switched from Hannut to Zolder (we took an option on the circuit some time ago because we were not happy with the way things were going in Hannut/Namur).There is other accommodation available but we haven't got all the prizes yet. We put you on the mailing list, so you will get all the information asp. ---- Note: go to the web site http://www.vjh.be click on English language and then Bokrijk on the list of hostels. Looks attractive and reasonable. ---- Let's pitch in and help the Belgians to have a nice event. It will be a good tutorial for us! |
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Carol
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Posted: 05 May 2007 at 9:34am |
Rob had already decided not to go because no information was available about exactly where things were happening - by this time last year we had all our travel plans and accommodation firmly settled. Not the organisers' fault if other people's plans changed on them late in the day of course, but we hate dashing round at the last minute sorting these things out. Carol |
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NickM
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Posted: 05 May 2007 at 12:01pm |
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Still nearly three months left, Carol! ...and booking hotels in Belgium seems to be very easy via the Internet if you are not of the... er, camping persuasion. Although the only one in Zolder itself is fully booked already.
My problem is that my accursed employers insist that I book all my leave on August 1st for the whole of the following year. Which means that we are committed to going to Belgium, wherever the races are. Naturally, the more Brits, the merrier  Edit: we've booked, anyway - we are staying here: http://www.booking.com/hotel/be/domein-bovy.html ...and it looks as though they have more rooms available (and a benign cancellation policy, should it come to that!) As for ferries, Norfolk Line from Dover to Dunkerque was by far the cheapest of those we looked at: £63 return for 2 adults in a car seems very cheap to me  (...but, weirdly, they don't want to take you if you don't have a vehicle) Edited by NickM - 05 May 2007 at 12:35pm |
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