De Ronde Van Oeste Portlandia
By Jessica | Permalink |
1 comment | April 20th, 2007 | Trackback
This is really cool - a group of cyclists here in Portland organized a one-day event the day before the Tour of Flanders, which they called De Ronde Van Oeste Portlandia (Tour of West Portland) and which included a couple nasty hills. The title of the documentary they made is even called “Incredibly Steep.” It’s a great little film, and it’s especially so if you’re familiar with Portland.
The poster for the Portland ride is funny; if you can’t see the tiny lettering, it says:
It’s just a ride. No prize but honor. No fee but sweat. No support but lyrca. No sponsor but yourself. No rules but the lawful kind. No sanction but from the Madonna del Gisallo.
I especially love that the race organizers painted the Lion of Flanders all over the place to mark the route. I wonder how long they’ll last?
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A great little film indeed. Especially love the way that guy in the beginning pronounces ‘Ronde Van Vlaanderen’!
Anyway, looks like a great ride - a pity I live a bit too far away. I live in Flanders, so… But respect for the way these guys talk about our national cycling event!
Anyway: they might consider calling their ride ‘De Ronde Van West Portland’: ‘oeste’ has no meaning in Dutch or Flemish (which is, btw, basically just a local variant of Dutch) and Portlandia sounds more like a Latin version. Should Portland refer to port (harbour) and land, it should be Havenland or something. Otherwise just Portland sounds just fine to my Flemish ears.
Oh, the hills sure look steep: perhaps they should get a 50×34 in front and a 13×27 in the rear?