tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6737481038912124859.post5677357177426188413..comments2012-01-09T15:15:40.913-05:00Klaushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06587934998738921091noreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6737481038912124859.post-38730717511810652672012-01-09T15:15:40.913-05:002012-01-09T15:15:40.913-05:00Marco,<br /><br />I&#39;ve actually looked into those foreign riders, but didn&#39;t know there was that many. I would love to see a scan of the results book you mention.Klaushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06587934998738921091noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6737481038912124859.post-77879271438868380612012-01-09T14:12:10.482-05:002012-01-09T14:12:10.482-05:00Klaus,<br /><br />Excellent post once again. after reading it, i found my old Velo90 results book that velonews released which had some interesting colombian facts. <br /><br />The colombian team had 12 riders in the pro worlds race while belgium &amp; france had the same number. italy with 13 riders. very impressive.<br /><br />an idea for a future post here (if you haven&#39;t already) would be the addition of euro riders to the cafe de colombia team. You may remember that the signed up some euros for a season or 2 to help them out in the bigger races. i found danes, french, and italians listed for the team. <br /><br />oh and Lucho was identified as Luigo Herrera in 1 photo.marcohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01700178734146631650noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6737481038912124859.post-78745443190137942702012-01-04T23:32:25.978-05:002012-01-04T23:32:25.978-05:00Super excellent!<br /><br />Thanks for all the effort to the folks involved.<br />That was great! <br />Klaus you do a very good job of conveying the Colombian connection to cycling especially in those very extreme social conditions. Makes sense to this outsider.<br />It&#39;s very nice that you take the time to open a view on Colombian cycling that is otherwise unavailable to mono-lingual crackers like myself.<br />The tales grab me on many levels and you always provide enough back story to tie it all together. A very complex topic well explained in simple terms.<br />Thank you for sharing the perspective, personal and cultural.jimjimjimjimjimjimjimnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6737481038912124859.post-46455876423370884242012-01-04T15:38:05.397-05:002012-01-04T15:38:05.397-05:00I just want to say Hi to your blog reader in Bali - nice to know your readership includes a cycling enthusiast in Indonesia.meylinanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6737481038912124859.post-86006258332880010202012-01-03T14:04:40.277-05:002012-01-03T14:04:40.277-05:00Hay, las lagrimas. Gracias Klaus.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6737481038912124859.post-83774379051839178432012-01-03T01:06:29.670-05:002012-01-03T01:06:29.670-05:00KLAUS first of all congratulations, My dad (HECTOR URREGO C &quot;the man on the 5.00 min) will be more than proud and amazed with this incredible Article on your BLOG. <br /><br />We hope to hear and read more things coming from your cycling heart and mind<br /><br />Again congrats it was AWESOME !, if you don´t mind we will try to publish this great history on our website, with your credits <br />What do you think ?<br /><br />HectorL UrregoHector L Urrego Bhttp://www.revistamundociclistico.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6737481038912124859.post-29676992705814315512012-01-02T20:10:18.673-05:002012-01-02T20:10:18.673-05:00Klaus,<br /> Always a pleasure! <br /> My apologies to your readership for any inaccuracies in the translation.<br /> To examine any factor, singly, from this era in Colombia is a bit of a handful. To have them integrated as a whole as you have done with this site can be a bit overwhelming. <br /> I think the comments of Jairo Clopatofsky are a great indication of how valued the efforts of &quot;Les Colombiens&quot; were to the people of Colombia at this time. I&#39;m glad you sorted out the erroneous subscript identifying him as the Bizarro Marc Durant.<br /> I have not been able to get the Ramirez/Durant thing out of my head and would love to find some more information on THAT year at System U.<br /> Great Work! Again!<br /> Rubenrubenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02685665235242681736noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6737481038912124859.post-62570670895817469822012-01-02T19:20:16.760-05:002012-01-02T19:20:16.760-05:00Klaus,<br /><br />The Zite iPad app has given me your blog entries lately. They are outstanding. I just visited Costa Rica and talked to some Dutch boys who had been learning how the Latinos can climb. I have not been to Colombia, but Costa Rica has some steep roads. I where a word for traverse in Spanish? The steep roads make me think not (broma). Ojala que tenga un buen año nuevo. <br /><br />Keep up the great posts.<br /><br />Muchisimas gracias,<br /><br />Rick in ColoradoLearnerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04526868690635665814noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6737481038912124859.post-87812256696740428902012-01-02T18:07:17.710-05:002012-01-02T18:07:17.710-05:00Mr Krusher<br />I wonder if Urrego will answer! Now I&#39;m curious. <br /><br />Steve,<br />Glad you enjoyed it. That was actually the first time I had seen video of Beyaert. Fantastic stuff, even if its brief.<br /><br />Anonymous,<br />Que bueno hombre, ojala el proximo sea igual de bueno. Veremos.Klaushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06587934998738921091noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6737481038912124859.post-1641189948899926642012-01-02T16:37:25.603-05:002012-01-02T16:37:25.603-05:00Me encantó !!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6737481038912124859.post-54079968504872245982012-01-02T15:46:48.794-05:002012-01-02T15:46:48.794-05:00Brilliant clip and great to see footage of a &quot;living, breathing&quot; José Beyaert so soon after reading Olympic Gangster. Thanks Klaus.Stevehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13108285385382060314noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6737481038912124859.post-89155810985419801372012-01-02T13:10:40.405-05:002012-01-02T13:10:40.405-05:00Thanks Klaus. Great video and excellent post!mikewebhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17534302647612107660noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6737481038912124859.post-66527138760414086862012-01-02T10:50:41.519-05:002012-01-02T10:50:41.519-05:00I don&#39;t even know where to start. That video is awesome. <br /><br />Weird to see Jose Clopatofsky after all these years. like Klaus said he was friends with my dad and I met him once when I went to the offices of El Tiempo (the newspaper he wrote for) with my uncle. He was super cool to me and gave me an Ayrton Senna poster. Well, more like a newspaper centerfold.<br /><br />Hector Urrego is the Phil Liggett of Colombian cycling and just hearing his voice gives me goosebumps.<br /><br />BTW, I sent him the link via twitter.<br /><br />.SkullKrusherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02802732286777603134noreply@blogger.com