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      Eleven Cities Tour not to go ahead (08-02-2012)

      The Eleven Cities Tour will not go ahead for the time being. Chairperson of the Frisian Eleven Cities Association, Wiebe Wieling, says the ice is...
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      John Tyler skating on the Gouwzee
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      Eleven Cities Tour: A hockey-player’s quest (08-02-2012)

      Continuing sub-zero temperatures are fuelling blanket media speculation that the legendary 200 kilometre Dutch skating marathon the Elfstedentocht -...
      Eleven Cities Tour or Elfstedentocht

      Eleven Cities Tour

      The Eleven Cities Tour, or Elfstedentocht, is the world's largest speed skating event. Held on frozen canals, rivers and lakes that link 11 historic Frisian cities, the epic 200-km tour is a rare occurrence that grips the entire nation.

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      Netherlands Netherlands Article: Press Review Wednesday 8 February 2012

      Article: Press Review Wednesday 8 February 2012

      Skating-marathon madness continues to dominate the Dutch press, but there’s a big euro-crisis story around as well. Internet piracy is put under the spotlight and a court gives a fillip to a football hero’s fight.

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      Netherlands Netherlands Article: Dutch hope for marathon skating tour

      Article: Dutch hope for marathon skating tour

      With the continuing sub-zero temperatures, people in the Netherlands are beginning to be gripped by skating fever. A number of marathon skating events have already been held in the great outdoors.

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      Netherlands Netherlands Article: The Hell of '63

      Article: The Hell of '63

      Cold, misery and frozen limbs. The Eleven Cities Skating Race of 1963 is the subject of the latest Dutch disaster movie, The Hell of '63. This winter, skating fever has started early in the Netherlands.  

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