Talk:Elfstedentocht

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The Piet_Keizer mentioned on this page can't be the one linked to, unless he won the Elfstedentocht when he was three years old. And iceskating and playing soccer are two different things. -- Vinny

That's right. I've changed the link. Eugene van der Pijll 17:18, 7 Jan 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Skating at the world war

I couldn't help but notice that the race happened at three consecutive times during the world war II (1940, 41, 42).

Now, when reading about the war we always hear that the 1942 winter was particularly cold. So, could this be a proof of the fact that those years really had cold winters?

On the other hand, Netherlands was invaded exactly at 1940. I'm thinking that perhaps the nazis "forced" the race for some political reason, or whatever. Afterall, the races are pretty much scattered by the other years!...

So, my question is: is it just pure luck that those winters were actually very cold (as we always hear about 1942) and I'm paranoid, or does the invasion has something to do with the occurence of those three races? Notice the allies only came at 1944, so we would have to explain 1943... -- NIC1138 00:18, 15 August 2007 (UTC)

The 1940 one doesn't count, invasion 10th of MAY, moths after the 1940 race. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 145.53.112.226 (talk) 09:27, August 30, 2007 (UTC)