Members of the MeadWestvaco Mont Ventoux Challenge

  • Jan Theelen, MeadWestvaco Venlo, Netherlands, Racebike
  • Sylvain Thibaut, MeadWestvaco Deols, France, Racebike
  • Celio van Gerwen, MeadWestvaco Uden, Netherlands
  • Santiago Casado, MeadWestvaco Hemer, Germany, Walking
  • Georg Reinhard, MeadWestvaco Trier, Germany, Mountainbike
  • John Sturkenboom, MeadWestvaco Uden, Netherlands, Racebike
  • Martijn van Diepenbeek, MeadWestvaco Uden, Netherlands, Mountainbike
  • Mark van der Cruijsen, MeadWestvaco Uden, Netherlands, Mountainbike
  • Steve Cooke, MeadWestvaco Bristol, England, Walking
  • Julien Rayée, MeadWestvaco Roosendaal, Netherlands, Running
  • Twan Beurskens, MeadWestvaco Venlo, Netherlands, Racebike
  • Peter Theelen, MeadWestvaco Venlo, Netherlands, Racebike
  • Chris Schuts, MeadWestvaco Venlo, Netherlands, Racebike
  • Jeroen Evertsen, MeadWestvaco Enschede, Netherlands, Mountainbike
  • Dick Klein Egelink, MeadWestvaco Enschede, Netherlands, Racebike
  • Ramil Nigmatullin, MeadWestvaco Moscow, Russia, Running
  • Patrick de Laat, MeadWestvaco Uden, Netherlands, Racebike
  • Michel Tanguy, MeadWestvaco Troyes, France, Racebike
  • Christophe Raby, MeadWestvaco Troyes, France, Racebike

Non MeadWestvaco members

  • Ronald van Heertum, Uden, Netherlands, Racebike
  • Marcus Gluth, MWV Contractor Hemer, Germany, Racebike
  • Heiner Korschewski, MWV Contractor Hemer, Germany, Racebike
  • Thomas Nicolai, MWV Contractor Hemer, Germany, Racebike

MeadWestvaco's Mont Ventoux Supportteam

  • Daniel Westphal, MeadWestvaco Hemer, Germany
  • Michael Hofer, MWV SHE SBS Europe, Austria

Monday 5 May 2008

Less then 20 day's to go

Do you get nervous to? Well I am. 10 Months after my first idea was born it is now only 20 day's to go. I personally had several challenges to go until now, but today I decided to take my bike with me to France and I will try to climb the Mont Ventoux. The doctors had no doubts about this and they even told me to do it, it would be a good test for me and it would give me my the trust in my body back. My time is no point for me I just want to get up, that is "MY CHALLENGE".

At the moment I'm working on a kind of agenda. As specially for the Sunday because what would it be nice if we all could get up in about the same time and have some nice pictures of us as a group. Some of them will then go for there third climb and others will be happy with the one they did (including me). I will send you all the agenda at the end of this week including the address of the Hotel in Sault.

At the moment we have also in France good weather what could help to get the snow back to water. Last week there was still some snow on the North route, this is the one that only the people who will go for three times will do. Yes nice sunny weather with little or no wind would be perfect. Let hope for that.

Here is as a bonus a picture of a sunrise on the Mont Ventoux, who would not like to see this with his own eyes? Well if the sky is clear and you don't mind to get out of your bed at 4:30 on Saterday we could go up to see the sunrise at 5:53. this is the time that the sun will come above the horizontal on the top. This actually means that we have be at 5:30 on the top latest. Of course just for them who likes to do so.

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