[quote author=Mirun link=board=6;threadid=312;start=150#3414 date=1017392070]<br />
<br /><br />Hello to everyone!<br /><br />I've just discovered this forum. It took me some two hours of reading to decide to register, 'cause I'm impressed by what i've managed to read here. It's good to know that there is quite a number of people out there, who are really interested in cycling... Please, do not shoot me ... I mean - people for whom cycling is the greatest passion of all.<br /><br />A few words about myself then..<br /><br />I live in Poland ( pretty exotic, isn't it ?
) a country where cycling is moderately popular, because of the lack of good results by 'our' pros - i believe. I am 24 and getting more and more keen on cycling each year. I am mostly a cycling spectator (cycling is pretty badly covered in Poland, so I have to use a sat dish to get myself exposed to events happening in the pro cycling), due to a fact that i injured my knee pretty badly last year ( while playing basketball :'(). My doctor said that I should not overdo with riding, so I let myself do not more than 150 miles a week( if the doctor only knew....). <br />As I mentioned I love spending hours in front of a tv watching top riders compete. My favourite classic race is Fleche Wallone, taking place in Belgium in mid-april ( i wonder why it is not a world cup race with whole bunch of top riders taking part ? ).<br />All right, i'd better cut that hopeless flood of words. Anyway I am glad to have foud the forum and wish all the best to all the members and just-readers - enjoy 2002 season both in the saddle and in front of tv.
<br /><br /> <br />[/quote]<br /><br />Fleche Wallone not a world cup race: too many of those in Belgium already I guess. Although I'm Belgian and hate to admit it I think the UCI is right to give other races in the not-traditionally-cycling-countries a higher ranking. Helps to spread the virus
<br /><br />Something about myself then:<br />Niek, 29, Belgian, Live in Gistel - yes that's where Musseeuw lives, great cycling fan, have been racing when I was 15-16, not quite good enough though :'(, just picked up biking myself again after a couple of years inactivity<br />Currently rebuilding my base and hoping to try out a few not associated races next year. See if I'm good enough to compete with the weekend racers