| The
season 2001
of Guido Gosselink |
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| Knee
surgery
for Gosselink |
Gosselink
second
in wintertriathlon |
| 8 december
2001 - The
knee problems on Hawaii turned out to be caused by lose bone, which has
been removed by professor Vierhout in the Medical Spectrum Twente by
artroscopy.
Gosselink will return to training in a few weeks, giving the knee all
the
time it needs to recover. It has been the third time for professor
Vierhout
to do an artroscopy on Gosselinks knee in 12 years. |
5 november
2001 -
In his last race of the 2001 season Guido Gosselink challenged
defending
Dutch wintertriathlon champion Arjan Kuper to the end of the skate-leg.
Runing side by side the 20 km in 1h11.04, Gosselink had the fastest
transition
and built up a gap of 6min30 over the 100 km on the bike. National team
duathlete and marathon skater Kuper closed the gap slowly during the 40
km on the ice, passing Gosselink after 32 km. Hawaii rookie Tiedo Tinga
placed third, the same position as last year. |
| Gosselink
not
topfit in Ironman: 9.45.13 |
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| 9 october
2001 - After
the parade in Kona Guido Gosselink got pain in his knee, which turned
out
to be caused by the iliotibialis. With intensive fysiotherapy by Jaco
van
Delden, also competitor and practising on Oahu, Gosselink made it to
the
startline without pain in his knee, but not very topfit. He left the
water
in 90th position in just over 56 minutes. During the bikeleg he came up
to the 37th position in Hawi, but faded on the way back after the 150km
mark. During the run he just had nothing left to push for and ran a
3.32
marathon to finish 62nd position overall. Finishing time was 9.45.13,
his
slowest of 11 Ironman distance races. Host lady of the trainingscamp in
Santa Monica, Peggy McDowell-Cramer, came in just before the cut-off of
17 hours, the last to finish the official race. Congratulations Peggy! |
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| Gosselink
is
gearing up for Ironman |
Trainingscamp
Santa Monica |
| 1 october
2001 - Ironman
week has started in Kailua-Kona and the Dutch have arrived at Kona
Pacific.
Gosselink stays with age-groupers Pieter-Jan Paarlberg, Michel van der
Hoeven and Jim Hagenstein, all from the Netherlands. Gosselink is the
only
Dutch professional this year, as multiple top 10 finisher Frank
Heldoorn
is at home becoming father for the second time. |
25 september
2001 -
Guido Gosselink has trained with age-groupers Pieter-Jan Paarlberg and
Michel van der Hoeven in Santa Monica (California) in preparation for
the
Ironman Hawaii. They stayed at the house of Pat and Peggy Cramer and
she
will also compete in Hawaii. So the 9 hours time difference with the
Netherlands
was overcome and the remaining 3 hours will be swept away next week. |
| Seventh
in Elite
Circuit |
Paderborn
shows
good test |
 9
october 2001 - By finishing 14th in the last of 4 Elite Circuit
races
in Almere Guido Gosselink fall back from second to seventh position.
Missing
the second group on 25 seconds, Gosselink biked the 40km on his own and
ran the 7th fastest run-time, but could not gain a place during the run. |
 9
october 2001 - For the fourth time in four years Guido Gosselink
competed
in the Paderborn City Triathlon. In this sprint distance race Ironmen
Lothar
Leder and Ralf Eggert were also present. Finishing the swim last in the
Elite field of 25 Gosselink posted the fastest bike split to come of
the
bike in third position in this draft-legal race. Leaders Petzold and
Raelert
were to far away. Leder, Cunningham, Weimar and Eggert just ran past
Gosselink,
who could hold of Kuttor (Hun) for seventh place. |
| Experience
important in Xterra Netherlands |
  9
october 2001 - After the startsign the athletes had to breack
through
the surf and swim parallel to the beach for 800m. Then they headed back
to the beach, ran 300m back en rounded another gulfbreaker. Triathlon
legend
Rob Barel, Gijs Klerkx and Arjan Schilder were the fastest swimmers.
 While
mountainbiking on the beach and in the dunes it turned out that
experience
was a major factor in this race. Barel, who also rides for the Bianchi
MTB-team, took off and youngsters Klerkx and van Pamelen faded. A group
with Frans van Heteren, Royce Kortekaas and Guido Gosselink was not
able
to threaten Barel. Especially in the technical part in the dunes at
Hoek
van Holland Barel added time to his lead and he could run the race with
3 minutes ahead. Running in the dunes Gosselink was a little bit faster
than Van Heteren, who dropped Kortekaas.
In the women's
race the experienced
masters took control over the race. Marijke Zeekant was first out of
the
surf, but Joke Keuning, last year's winner came by on the bike.
Keuning,
riding a home town race, knew exactly the course and held her lead in
the
run. Judy van den Berg came late out of the water, but came on strong
to
finish third.
 It
was striking that not all competitors rode on non-profile on the beach
and therefor on beforehand could not play a role in the race. Under
those
was Englishman Richard Hobson, who indicated that he had never done a
beach
race before and only in the dunes found out that his legs were not so
bad
as he thought, but that his profile tires at 5 bar were not suited for
the beach.
For more results
and info
see www.triathlonweb.nl/beach-challenge.
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9
october
2001 - Peter Sandvang and Lisbeth Kristinsen, both from Denmark,
took
on 5 august the ITU Long Distance World Titles on the Ironman distance
in Fredericia (Den). In front of 30.000 spectators they took the lead
on
the bike and did not give it back on the run. The whole podium was a
Scandinavian
party, with Henning (Den) and Colting (Swe) on place 2 and 3 in the
men's
race and Wahlquist (Swe) and Nielsen (Den) in the women's race. The
Dutch
women Bianca van Dijk and Marijke Zeekant ended with place 4 and 6 both
within the top 10. Frank Heldoorn took 10th in the men's race. Guido
Gosselink
came out of the water with Heldoorn, but had to let him go in a
rainshower.
On the run Gosselink refound himself with 3.08 and ran to place 15, the
same result as his best World Championship result in 1999. Richard van
Diesen finished 25th, Cora Vlot 14th and Mariska Kramer 17th. |
| Again
top 10
in Dutch Championship |
Tough
race in
Stein |
|
9 october
2001 - With
an 8th position in the Holten triathlon Guido Gosselink finished for
the
seventh time in the top 10 of the Dutch Championship Olympic Distance
Triathlon.
Six days after his 4th place finish in the middle-long distance race of
Stein Gosselink was two minutes behind winner and Dutch Champion Eric
van
der Linden in the swim. The bike leg brought Gosselink in the chase
group,
clsoing in to a little over one minute. During the run nothing changed
in the positions, leaving Gosselink on 11th place in the race and 8th
in
the Championship. Full results on thewebsite
of the Holten triathlon. After the race Gosselink received flowers
from the group, which he had trained leading up to this race. |
 9
october 2001 - The middle-long distance race of Stein turned out
to
be a tough race. Three major hills (Snijdersberg, Dennenberg and Elsloo
hill)
were to be climbed four times. Van Gossum (Bel) was the strongest on
the
hills and put time on German Lautenbacher. Gosselink and Heldoorn were
on place 3 and 4, with Bruins on two minutes. Lautenbacher outran Van
Gossum,
who held Heldoorn of for second. Bruins ran to place three in the first
two laps, but almost collapsed in the third and fall back to fifth, so
Gosselink finished 4th in this 3-108-30 km race. Full results can be
found
at www.triathlonstein.nl |
| Zundert
ITU points
race |
Nuenen
ITU points
race |
| 9 october
2001 - By
finishing as third Dutchman in the ITU points race in Zundert Guido
Gosselink
secured him a spot on the national team for the European Championship
in
Carlsbad (Tsj). In the heavy field Gosselink only ended on the 24th
place,
more than 3 minutes behind Luc van Lierde (Bel).
He gave his spot
back, as
he already told on Triathlon Lijst Nederland: ' My swimming is to weak
to be a player on that field, I don't see any opportunities to to
better
than my 13th place in 1997 in Vuokatti (Fin). I will do Stein and the
ITU
World Championship in Fredericia, so I will train for the long races.
But it is still
nice to race
the 'young guys' and to see that you're still a Championship level
racer.
But in the Netherlands, except for Eric van der Linden, who DNF-ed in
Zundert
due to mechanical bike problems, no one is really a top-international.
I can't be good that two Ironman specialsts (Gosselink and Herremans)
bike
together and than outrun most of the OD national team members. I think
Raymond Lotz will be happy that he can collect my place.'
The total results
can be
found on www.triathlonzundert.nl
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9
october
2001 - In the last triathlon of Nuenen Australian Chapman was the
fastest
sprinter against Belaubre, the French Junior World Champion. Third was
Brittain's Simon Lessing, racing for the first time in the Netherlands.
He was almost disqualified by putting his race number in front and not
showing the number on his back on the bike. Guido Gosselink could be
found
in the chase group, who rode 44 km/h the 40 km course. A part of the
gap
was closed, but remained 1 minute 30 seconds. On the run Gosselink
outran
the faster transitioning Dutchmen Cals and Laven and finished in 16th
place
as first Dutchman in 1.48.30. Chapman won the race in the fast time of
1.43.33. |
| Dutch
success in Mad Beach triathlon |
  15
june 2001 - One week after Gulf Coast Triathlon Guido Gosselink
and
Anke Tuinman took podium places at the Mad Beach Mad Dogs Triathlon in
St. Petersburg in Florida. Anke Tuinman came as first woman to finish
line,
but two women in the agegroup division, who started later, were faster.
A first place overall for the partner of Guido Gosselink. Gosselink
followed
comfortably on the bike and outran his concurrents in the last
kilometer
of the 5k along the boulevard. |
| Rukosuev
reigns in Gulf Coast Triathlon, Gosselink 3rd |
 15
june 2001 - Alec Rukosuev was again the strongest triathlete in
the
Gulf Coast Triathlon in Panama City (Florida). He lead from start till
finish, winning for the sixth time. On the bike Chris Esbach (USA) and
Guido Gosselink managed to keep the gap within 3 minutes. On the run
Esbach
faded and Gosselink closed in on Rokusuev, untill the laces of his shoe
broke. After the necessary reparation he was out of concentration and
went
of the course. After turning and running back 3 minutes were lost and
Gosselink
just cruised in on second place. Afterwards Bruca Gennari (USA), who
started
in the second wave turned out to be 30 seconds faster. |
| Thales
UT triathlon 25th career win for Gosselink |
| 8 may 2001 - The
Thales UT triathlon, held on the campus of the Unversity of Twente, has
been won by former UT student Guido Gosselink, which turned out to be
his
25th win in his career. The race was organised by Aloha, the students
triathlon
club on the university, which has Gosselink as member since the
foundation
of the club. Jetse Scholma, Wico Hopman and Jan Maneschijn gave
Gosselink
strong competition during the swim, but were not able to follow him on
the bike. Due to the wind Gosselink finished 1.05 minute from the
course
record held by Olympian Roland Melis (Netherlands Antilles). Gosselink
won this event for the second time, after the first time nine years
ago.
Second was Jerzy Kasemier, strong on the bike and third finished
another
youngster, Cees Colijn.
Full results:
www.uttriathlon.nl
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foto CHAREL VAN
TENDELOO |
| Gosselink
32nd
in world ranking |
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| 2 may 2001 - Guido
Gosselink is now 32nd in the world, based on the Profile
World Ranking . Number 1 is Ironman Champion Peter Reid (Canada). |
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| Gosselink
takes Hawaii pro-slot with 6th place in Ironman New Zealand |
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| 6
march 2001 - 930 triathletes dove into Lake Taupo that morning for
the Ironman New Zealand to swim 3.8 km. Gosselink swam 51.05, which was
somewhat faster than what he had counted on. He was in a group with
Stefan
Holzner. His fast transition brought him in front of Gosselink, which
was
the same for pre-race favorites Cameron Brown (nr. 1 seeded) and world
champion Peter Sandvang (nr 2. seeded). Peter Sandvang was flying on
the
bike, building up a lead of 12 minutes to a group with all other
favorites,
including Brown, Holzner , Gosselink, Cleveland and onthers. Half way
through
an acceleration caused half the group including Gosselink to fall
behind.
Gosselink managed to get back to the group in a very fast downhill
acceleration
and managed to stay there untill the end of the bikeleg. Everybody
expected
Sandvang to win easily, but he turned in an average marathon, while
Brown
ran the marathon of his life, passing Sandvang only in the last
kilometer
to win his first Ironman in 8.24.28 against 8.25.49. Holzner came in
third
in 8.31. By finishing 6th in 8.44.23 Guido Gosselink took his second
consecutive
professional slot for the Hawaiian Ironman. |
| Guido
Gosselink
in Ironman New Zealand |
Gosselink
on
Kjerag |
 19
february 2001 - On Saturday March 3rd, Guido Gosselink will plonge
into Lake Taupo with some 900 other competitors. Top seeds are Peter
Sandvang
(Den), the current ITU World Champion and former Ironman New Zealand
winner,
Stefan Holzner (Ger), winner of Ironman New Zealand in 1995 and 1996
and
last years' runner-up in Ironman Lanzarote and Canada, local hero
Cameron
Brown (Nzl), last years number two in Taupo and Chris Legh (Aus),
winner
of Ironman California last year. 10 spots for Hawaii are on sake for
the
professional men and women. |
 23
februari 2001 - Guido Gosselink signed a contract with Kjerag.com
, the multisport website in Dutch, French, German and English, to keep
up a dairy. In this diary he writes about the things he experiences
while
training, travelling and racing all over the world. Included is a
small photo gallery and a personal questions list with answers. Other
athletes
are amongst others Sven Nijs, Kathleen Smet, Benny Vansteelant,
Annaleah
Emerson and Sian Brice. Click on the button to directly go to it! |
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