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Our Ride for Life Bikers
Aubé, Arnaud Louviers, France
Bakayoko, Saïbou Abidjan, Ivory Coast
Bartz, Thomas Saalfeld, Germany
Basmer, Ramona Wurzen, Germany
Claes, Geert Wieze, Belgium
Couteller, Daniel Meulan, France
De Gendt, André Wieze, Belgium
De Brabander, Dimitri Wieze, Belgium
Dero, Bart Wieze, Belgium
Donaldson, Marc Singapore
Dupuis, Erick Louviers, France
Geubels, Gino Wieze, Belgium
Gomes, Madson Salvador Bahia, Brazil
Grotherr, Marion Norderstedt, Germany
Hervagault, Patrick Louviers, France
Heyvaert, Anneke Wieze, Belgium
Horne, Chad Chattanooga, TN USA
Kiesekoms, Geert Wieze, Belgium
Kratkai, Stefan Saalfeld, Germany
Leterme, Hugues Meulan, France
Mies, Toine Zundert, Netherlands
Nellen, Mark Eupen, Belgium
Niemirski, Slawomir Lodz, Poland
Oosterlinck, Véronique Wieze, Belgium
Pearce, WilliamMedina, MN, USA
Percherancier, Thierry Louviers, France
Pessemier, Christiane Wieze, Belgium
Provencher, Karen St. Hyacinthe,
Quebec, Canada
Raemdonck, Willy Aalst, Belgium
Reichert, Andreas Cologne, Germany
Reimers, Norman Norderstedt, Germany
Rohner, Peter Marbach, Corporate
Training, Switzerland
Sanders, Luc Wieze, Belgium
Schaeffler, Benjamin Meulan, France
Steinegger, Erich Zurich, Switzerland
Théroux, Jean-Francois St. Hyacinthe,
Quebec, Canada
Thoen, Paul Wieze, Belgium
Thomas, Ian Banbury, Oxfordshire, UK
Van der Poten, Jan Wieze, Belgium
Van Malderen, Annick Wieze, Belgium
Van Poucke, Joris Wieze, Belgium
Verbruggen, Bert Wieze, Belgium
Véronneau, Simon St. Hyacinthe,
Quebec, Canada
Volkert, Timothy Berlin, Germany
Waidmann, Karl-Heinz Berlin, Germany
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“We will survive Mont Ventoux!”
Ghent event sets the stage for a great ride
The Barry Callebaut “Winning Together” 2007 Ride for Life team
gathered in Ghent, Belgium, from January 26-29, 2007, for
training workshops, biking, team building – and a hearty dose of
Belgian hospitality. Seventy-one BC employees from 13 countries
took part in the kick-off event.
The program started with a visit to our
Wieze site and a tour of the world’s
largest chocolate factory. Patrick
Hautphenne, Country Coordinator
in Belgium, welcomed the team and
presented each team member with a
canister of polyphenol-rich ACTICOA™
pearls produced in Wieze and marketed by a local Belgian customer.
Workshops for bikers, bike mechanics,
photographers, videographers, reporters and local event managers were held
at the Top Sport School in Ghent. While
the bikers were briefed on the training
program for climbing Mont Ventoux
and completed their medical checks,
the support staffers hit the ground running with challenging assignments.
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Our Ride for Life Support Staff
BIKE MECHANICS
Ayumu,Paul Tema, Ghana
De Wolf, Wim Wieze, Belgium
Dinstuhl, Gary Standish, ME, USA
During a team activity at the Eddy
Merckx Bike Center, the bikers and
support staffers rode laps around
the indoor track on special bikes (no
brakes). Despite a few spills, scrapes
and splinters, spirits were high!
Belgian cycling legend and Olympic champion Patrick Sercu; his son
Christophe, who is manager of the
Jacques cycling team sponsored by
Barry Callebaut; and two members of
the Jacques cycling team: European
Langley, Elizabeth Banbury, UK
N’Zebo Aka, Severin San Pedro,
Ivory Coast
Tilghman, Greg Swedesboro, NJ, USA
Van Cauter, Jurgen Wieze, Belgium
PHOTOGRAPHERS
Nartey, Carruthers Tema, Ghana
Norton-Foell, Teresa Pennsauken, NJ,
USA
Schmeling, Volker Cologne, Germany
VIDEOGRAPHERS
Bendig,Oliver Cologne, Germany
Ee William(Choong Way) Singapore
REPORTERS
Andrade, Larissa Salvador, Bahia, Brazil
Houie-Anderson, Shelia Pennsauken,
NJ, USA
Van den Berghe, Evelyne Wieze,
Belgium
EVENT MANAGERS
Addo Solomon, Kofi Tema, Ghana
Bla, Ignace Abidjan, Ivory Coast
De Bord, Carrie Dallas, TX, USA
Deruyver, Frédéric Louviers, France
Donovan, Madeleine Banbury, UK
Nakashima, Ellen Ilhéus, Brazil
Kotuszewski, Robert Cologne,
Germany
Plourde, Francis St. Hyacinthe,
Quebec, Canada
Porchia, Cecilia Zurich, Switzerland
Tan, Doreen Singapore
Vermeersch, Marc Wieze, Belgium
AVIGNON ALL ROUNDER
Kportufe, Theophilus Tema, Ghana
The road to the top
February to May 2007
Bikers train in their home countries
Support staffers do their jobs and keep
their skills fresh
Local event planners and BC entities
organize local biking events
BC employees take part in local events
– let’s all Ride for Life!
Country Coordinators and local management teams nominate additional support
staff
June 16-19, 2007
Saturday, June 16 – Bikers, support staff
and “all rounders” travel to Avignon,
France
Sunday, June 17 – Workshops, preparation
and teambuilding activities
Monday, June 18 – The conquest of Mont
Ventoux!
Tuesday, June 19 – Return travel to home
countries
Thank you for helping our bikers reach the
top and for contributing to the Ride for Life
Empowerment Pot to support the founding
of a health center in Ivory Coast!
champion Matthew Gilmore
and Dimitri De Fauw, were
special guests. The pros demonstrated their track technique and talked about “the racing life” with team members.
On Sunday the team biked in
the Zwalm region, known as
“the Flemish Ardennes,” and
later gathered in a Belgian
country pub for traditional
pancakes and drinks. They
shared their experiences at
dinner and presented a multimedia program of stories, pictures and videos. A rousing
rendition of the Mont Ventoux team song – with lyrics
set to the Gloria Gayner hit “I
will survive!” – captured the
“Winning Together” spirit.
The bikers are now well underway with their personalized training programs. Mont
Ventoux, here we come!
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Insights from cycling legend Patrick Sercu
An athlete’s journey: setting goals, achieving them, moving on
Patrick Sercu is without a doubt one of Belgium’s greatest cycling legends. He dedicated his
whole life to cycling and had more than 101 victories on the road and 914 on the track,
earning him the nickname “King of the Track.” We were honored to welcome Patrick
Sercu at the Eddy Merckx Bike Center in Ghent during the Ride for Life program on Saturday,
January 27, 2007.
Evelyne Van den Berghe, our Ride for Life reporter from BC Belgium, interviewed Patrick Sercu about his
life in cycling.
Evelyne Van den Berghe: Mr. Sercu, you are a legend in
Belgium. People even compare you or rather call you “the
Eddy Merckx of the track.” How does that feel?
Patrick Sercu: Actually we were both contemporaries, so our
careers ran parallel. Eddy won every competition on the road and
I won competitions on the track. Because we shared this same
passion for cycling, people linked us easily with each other.
Do you remember how many victories you had on the
track?
No, I only remember the two most important ones: my international breakthrough in 1963, in the World Championship, and
the Olympics in 1964 in Tokyo. From that moment on, I became
really well known and started my career as a professional rider.
Would you still like to attain something in this new career?
Yes. You can train as much new talent as you want, but you
have to make sure there are enough competitions. We also like
to work on new structures for better organization of the cycling
competitions.
Do you have any advice for our BC bikers who are training
on the track? Are there any special things they have to pay
attention to?
First of all, it will be a great experience for all of them. It’s
quite a challenge! But your condition is always the basis of a
good performance. Don’t overwork yourself when you are not
physically prepared, keep your bike straight and listen to the
coaches!
Which victory are you most proud of?
I would have to say that the most important was the one happening at the time. In my first World Championship in 1963, I was
very talented but I never thought I could win at that time on such
level. That was actually the start of my career. Also the Olympic
Gold in the kilo (a 1-km time trial) was very special, and also my
88 Six-Day victories, the road success and, of course, the Tour
Green Jersey. As an athlete you set goals and you achieve, and
then you move on like a journey.
You combined racing on the track and on the road. Did you
have any preference?
Actually, everyone starts racing on the road before going on the
track. I started as a sprinter and then I started to win the Six Days
and then came the endurance to win on the road. I always say
“You must go where your talent takes you,” so at the age of 25,
I participated on the big road tours like the Tour de France, Tour
of Italy, Paris-Nice, and others. But after 10 years, two seasons
per year, winter and summer, it wasn’t possible to combine both
sports on a world level. I decided to go back on the track circuit
as your body will stay much longer intact as a track racer than
a road racer.
When did you decide to end your career as a biker?
In 1983, I made the decision to quit racing. At world level you
must stay motivated and at the age of 39 your physical health
isn’t the same anymore.
What did you do after your career as a professional biker?
I’ve been national trainer for 13 years at the Belgian cycling
federation on the track. Now I’m competition director of The 6
Days of Ghent and Hasselt.
We will conquer the Mont Ventoux within a few months.
Did you ever attempt to climb the Mont Ventoux?
Yes, as it was a part of the Tour de France in 1974 – but we
didn’t have to go to the top.
Do you have any tips for our bikers to climb the Mont Ventoux?
First of all, they should be well prepared; they really need to
train a lot. Don’t go too fast at the beginning. Spread the power
during the whole climb. I think the biggest challenge for them
will be to reach the very top.
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IMPRESSIONS
…about the indoor track
Reporter’s Notebook
By Ride for Life Reporter Shelia Houie-Anderson (U.S.)
Woman at the top
Toine Mies (Biker, Netherlands)
The only female to ride to the top of
the track at the Eddy Merckx Sport
Center was Marion Grother from
Norderstedt, Germany. She signed
on to the team for the challenge and
to meet her co-workers from around
the world. Marion said she has been
riding for six years and loves it. She
believes she will make it to the top of
the mountain and so do I.
It was the first time I rode on an indoor
track – it was fun. The first two rounds I was
quite nervous and I had to find out how it
really worked, but afterwards it was a piece
of cake – a good feeling!
Geert Kiesekoms (Biker, Belgium)
It’s harder than it looks, and it is not for
“sissies.” It was an extraordinary opportunity that I will never forget.
Madson Gomes (Biker, Brazil)
I was riding the blue line and after rounding the curve things went wrong. Suddenly I
was on the ground! Luckily I only had some
scratches.
…about the Mont Ventoux challenge
Shelia Houie-Anderson (Reporter, U.S.)
Not knowing what to expect, I was a bit
apprehensive on the long flight over to Europe. But when I arrived at the hotel at the
airport and got together with the rest of my
colleagues, I knew right then that we were
a team.
Christiane Pessemier (Biker, Belgium)
If someone else can do it, I can do it!
Nails of steel
Looking to learn some new skills,
Elizabeth Langley from the U.K.
signed on the Ride for Life team as
a bike mechanic. Not afraid to get
her hands dirty or to break one of
her long fingernails, she had no problem jumping right in when it came
to repairing the bikes. Elizabeth said
her one difficulty was her lack of
strength. (She attributes her strong
nails to her calcium intake!) Like
everyone else, Elizabeth plans to
do what it takes to meet our goal to
help fund the health center in Ivory
Coast.
Carrie De Bord (Local event manager, U.S.)
If you don’t do it, you won’t sell it!
Gary Dinstuhl (Bike mechanic, U.S.)
There is nothing that we bike mechanics
can’t fix! Everything’s under control!
Corporate Communications
Barry Callebaut AG
P.O. Box
8021 Zurich, Switzerland
Editorial team:
Marina Morari
Internal Communications Manager
TEAM REPORTERS:
Larissa Andrade (Brazil), Shelia Houie-Anderson
(U.S.), Evelyne Van den Berghe (Belgium)
TEAM PHOTOGRAPHERS: Carruthers Nartey
(Ghana), Teresa Norton-Foell (U.S.), Volker
Schmeling (Germany)
Questions, comments and suggestions:
Marina Morari
E-mail: [email protected]
Phone: +41 43 204 04 61
Fax:
+41 43 204 04 00
The Barry Callebaut Ride for Life Team Song
“At first I was afraid, I was petrified,
Kept thinking I was never strong enough to ride my bike,
But then I rode a million miles, training hard and all the time,
And now I’m fit, and I know I will survive…”