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Tour de France Special 1998

Available in the news kiosk on Thursday May 28
(price: 6.95 guilders, 140 Belgian Francs)

Jan Ullrich (Photo: Cor Vos)
Michael Boogerd (Photo: Manuel Torralbo)

The next Wieler Revue:
June 1998 - Number 6

available on Thursday, June 18 1998

with an added extra: a handy pocketsize Tour Guide! EXTRA: HANDIGE TOURGIDS OP ZAKFORMAAT!

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CONTENTS

Two guys from The Hague meet each other

In 1980, Joop Zoetemelk won the Tour de France and Michael Boogerd was an 8-year old lad, who entered his first cycling race. Perhaps they came across each other during training with Joop living in Rijpwetering, only a bow shot away from the Boogerd's home town of Den Haag. For this Tour Special we brought the two orange Tour riders together.

The Ullrich Enigma

Two years ago, Jan Ullrich debuted with a second place in the Tour de France after his Danish team leader Bjarne Riis. Last year he took the leadership for Telekom and the 23-year old won his first Tour. After indulging himself in all the festivities which followed everyone is now asking: is Ullrich ready for his third Tour?

INTERVIEW - Richard and Alex
The most important transfer this was was that of Alex Zulle from ONCE to Festina. The Swiss rider who began as a professional in 1991 for the team of Manolo Saiz, felt the need for a change last year. Now he will ride next to Richard Virenque in the Tour. What do they think of this?

NOSTALGIA - Retour à Paris

Almost 30 years after his surprising Tour victory in 1968 we Went with Jan Janssen to a special place in the annuls of Dutch cycling: the small cycling track in the forest of Vincennes in Paris. It was an emotional return to Paris.

INTERVIEW - Italy's yellow hope

In the autumn of 1995, it seemed that there would be an early and dramatic end to his career. But Marco Pantani has come back after his shocking leg injuries. Last year he stood on the Tour de France podium after he had won two mountain stages. Mama mia!

What else is there in the Tour Special?

* Ireland and the Tour
* Tour briefs
* The 1997 Tour de France in retrospect
* Who and what in the 1998 Tour
* History: Pau-Luchon
* Tour Palmares 1947-1997
* Update: latest cycling news
* History: Tour de France 1948
* Director Sportif
* Interview: Stephen Roche
* Preview: Tour 1998 day by day
Wieler Revue National Number 11

Matthé Pronk, leader of the
new young generation of cyclists
won the Olympia's Tour.
Photo: Cor Vos

The next Wieler Revue Nationaal
June 1998

CONTENTS:

* Actueel   - Olympia's Tour
  - 3-Days Groot-Axel (Junior World Cup)
  - Wieler Revue Classification
* Eindsprint
  - National Selection Junior Women
  - Youth National Championships
* Junioren and nieuwelingen
  - Heuvelland Tweedaagse
* News from the Districts
* Jeugdronde Stadskanaal: on the road to the National Championships
* The Youth Page
* Club Competition
  - Heuvelland Omloop
  - Ronde van Gelderland
  - Hart van Brabant Trofee
* Texel: overzees wielergebied * Official magazine of the KNWU

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