Jo de Roo Cycling Route

This cycling tour would appeal to Jo de Roo. The driver has won many stages purely on stubborn Zeeland willpower and a little perseverance is needed for this race with climbs, cobblestones and stretches outside the dikes. During this route you will visit South Beveland with its many fruit orchards and a part of North Brabant and cycle along both the Oosterschelde and Westerschelde. De Roo did not like stage races; He enjoyed one-day races the most and has won quite a few of them. He often won the sprint by moving from a position at the back to the front in one go. His peak years were 1962 and 1963, when he won the Tour of Lombardy and Paris-Tours twice. He also became Dutch champion twice and has won the Tour of Flanders and Bordeaux-Paris. Tip: take a good look around you along the way. Who knows, you might meet De Roo along the way. The aging cycling hero still cycles around Zuid-Beveland almost every day and before you know it, he sprints you out of nowhere.