{"id":611971,"date":"2026-04-18T07:51:10","date_gmt":"2026-04-18T07:51:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/611971\/"},"modified":"2026-04-18T07:51:10","modified_gmt":"2026-04-18T07:51:10","slug":"is-rick-pluimers-the-biggest-dutch-contender-for-the-amstel","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/611971\/","title":{"rendered":"Is Rick Pluimers the biggest Dutch contender for the Amstel?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Continue reading below the photo!<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"280\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/pluimers-ronde.png@webp.webp\" class=\"w-auto h-auto\" alt=\"pluimers-ronde\"\/>Interview Rick Pluimers (Tudor) for The Round<\/p>\n<p>You came through the mixed zone afterwards, but your eyes were basically staring straight through everyone standing there.<\/p>\n<p>More than understandable. How hard was that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.idlprocycling.com\/tour-of-flanders\" title=\"Tour of Flanders\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Tour of Flanders<\/a> exactly, looking back on it two weeks later?<\/p>\n<p>Continue reading below the photo!<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"280\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/rick-pluimers-69e3282de515f.jpg@webp.webp\" class=\"w-auto h-auto\" alt=\"rick-pluimers\"\/><\/p>\n<p>How do you recover from something like that? Do you do anything extra?<\/p>\n<p>Now we are two weeks further on and the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.idlprocycling.com\/amstel-gold-race\" title=\"Amstel Gold Race\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Amstel Gold Race<\/a> is just around the corner. How do you feel now?<\/p>\n<p>Continue reading below the photo!<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"280\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/rick-pluimers-69e3282e3b8f6.jpg@webp.webp\" class=\"w-auto h-auto\" alt=\"rick-pluimers\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Brabantse Pijl is another race I could really see suiting you. Is it a shame you were not able to ride there?<\/p>\n<p>That makes sense. For Sunday, you are one of the Dutch names to watch, but how far do you see yourself going?<\/p>\n<p>Continue reading below the photo!<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"280\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/rick-pluimers-69e3282e87e42.jpg@webp.webp\" class=\"w-auto h-auto\" alt=\"rick pluimers\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Will there be a lot of supporters for you?<\/p>\n<p>Do you still have time during the race to spot them or wave, or is it more a matter of luck?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Continue reading below the photo! Interview Rick Pluimers (Tudor) for The Round You came through the mixed zone&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":611972,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[445],"tags":[167166,49,48,635,133917,201618,82,58564,127753],"class_list":{"0":"post-611971","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-cycling","8":"tag-amstel-gold-race","9":"tag-ca","10":"tag-canada","11":"tag-cycling","12":"tag-idl-productions","13":"tag-rick-pluimers","14":"tag-sports","15":"tag-tour-of-flanders","16":"tag-tudor-pro-cycling-team"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/611971","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=611971"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/611971\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/611972"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=611971"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=611971"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=611971"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}