by wpadmin | Jun 12, 2024 | daily report, updates
STAGE 1 D-DAY BEACHES 🫡🪖 Tuesday the 11th of June 2024 The first leg is done! Today we covered 50 km along the D-Day beaches: Omaha 🇺🇸, Gold 🇬🇧, Juno 🇨🇦, and Sword 🇬🇧. A fantastic route with sun and the wind at our backs. Beaches, cornfields, a wall (#fuckrene), thorn...
by wpadmin | Jun 10, 2024 | daily report, updates
PROLOGUE 🪖🇺🇸 Monday the 1oth of June 2024 As Churchill said on June 6, 1944: ‘The eyes of the world are upon you…’ We visited La Cambe, the German cemetery and then the US Cemetery at Omaha beach. Both super impressive 🙏🏼 First a bumby ride at sea....
by wpadmin | Jun 5, 2024 | updates
80 Years of Freedom: Reflecting on D-Day and the Liberation of Western Europe (1944 – 2024) Today, June 6, 2024, marks the 80th anniversary of one of the most crucial moments in 20th-century history: the liberation of Western Europe, which began with D-Day....
by wpadmin | Jun 3, 2024 | updates
PARATROOPERS JUMPING IN NORMANDIE TO HONOR D-DAY | This week there will be a lot of activities in honor and remembrance of 80 years of freedom and D-Day. In a tribute to the bravery and sacrifice of the soldiers who participated in the D-Day invasion, modern-day...
by wpadmin | Jun 2, 2024 | updates
WETLANDS 🇳🇱💦 | The last 2 stages take place in the Netherlands. On saturday the long day of 81 km. From Best, near Eindhoven, via Grave, Groesbeek to the finish on top of Devil’s Mountain. The last stage goes from Ginkelse Heide via Oosterbeek to Arnhem. The...
