Monthly Archives: June 2008

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Victory in the Categorie Feminin, 21st from 545 teams competing in this year's 24H Rollers at Le Mans, France - a wonderful result for the all-girl team from Sarthe.LoopsRacing.

Champagne Podium!Sarthe.LoopsRacing win Categorie Feminin at Le Mans 24H

Completing 176 laps, and finishing in the 21st overall place, Sarthe.LoopsRacing's team closed out the 24-hour enduro with a [...]

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In a solo breakaway just 3 short kilometers from the finish, CadoMotus' Elma de Vries has claimed victory in the Engadin WIC Marathon.

Elma de VriesAdds a WIC Marathon win to her already-impressive resume

No sign of rain this year in Engadin, with nice skating conditions on a partially cloudy day the Pro women took off in [...]

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The Parisian team of Levallois Sporting Club (Team website) is one of the most titled in France, and the most prolific of the famous 24 Hours of Le Mans race! For years now, the team captain Philippe Boulard gave his philosophy to the team: be ready to reach for the top.

The team has become more [...]

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With the World Ladies team in Weinfelden, Switzerland for the weekend World Cup event it was left to the ladies of CadoMotus/Bob National team to fly the CadoMotus flag in Oldebroek in the 7th stage of the Netherlands World on Wheels competition - and fly the flag they did, with Australian Brooke Lochland taking her [...]

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More racing from Colorado Springs, USA today as the US Outdoor Nationals manages to get another day's racing in (Day 2 of outdoor racing) despite some rainy conditions.

Image courtesy Linda WoodIn the Senior divisions, with wins and placements not being shared too widely, the World Teams have somewhat shaped themselves. In the Ladies, Brittany Bowe [...]

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Underway for another year and already in the middle of the road competition, the Nationals (which serves as the sole World Team Selection opportunity) managed to serve up some surprises.
Junior World skater Chad Horne is not racing, having apparently done little skating so far this season. Junior Colin Thomas was a late arrival to Colorado [...]

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June 14-15, and another successful weekend for CadoMotus teams in Europe. Margo van de Merwe (CadoMotus/Bob, NED) took her first big win in the Holland Inline Cup event in Lisse, and the following day Hilde Goovaerts (BEL, CadoMotus World) claimed 5th position in the World Inline Cup in Dijon, FRA.
Womens FinishHolland Inline Cup, LisseVideo courtesy [...]

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Just 18 years old - she has already been living like a sporting professional for some time. Bianca Roosenboom (pronounced Rose-N-bome) eats, sleeps and breathes skating - ice and inline.

Bianca Roosenboom, Netherlands

Studying at the Netherlands sports school in Heerenveen by the Abe Lenstra Stadium (together with a number of other young inline & ice skaters [...]

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CadoMotus athletes did extremely well during the Dutch track championships held on the 1-year young track at Nijeveen last weekend. On the 320-meter barely banked asphalt track CadoMotus skaters managed to win 65% of all individual gold medals on offer in Junior and Senior categories. In Senior, relay included, they won 10 out of 12 [...]

>The sisters on the FIC podium in NimesImage Courtesy RollerEnligne.com
The hottest twins right now certainly aren't the Olsen sisters, it's the Gaudesaboos twins. Although they hail from Belgium - the Northern part where Nederlands is spoken, both sisters speak French very well. Their French is improving too... as it should be - the two are [...]