246 - DEKKERS Helmuth

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Welcome to my personal BIG page! Updated: 04/10/2013

General Information

My name is Helmuth Dekkers and I was born in Oisterwijk (The Netherlands) on the 6th of June 1964. I still live in Oisterwijk, a small town known for its woods and the small lakes that you can find here. Some winters these lakes freeze and then I enjoy skating on natural ice. It's fantastic! The next best thing after uphill cycling ;-). I am married since 1986 to Patrica and we have 2 children, Marloes (1989) and Erwin (1991). And we are all BIG members (246, 313, 765 and 999). It's like a virus! I used to cycle together with my best friend on a racing bike when I was 12 years or so. And hence we watched professional cycling too of course. I was glued to the television when I saw Hennie Kuiper (1977&1978), Joop Zoetemelk (1979), Peter Winnen (1981&193), Steven Rooks (1988) and Gert-Jan Theunisse (1989) winning the Tour de France stage finishing at Alpe d'Huez. These victories planted a little seed as years later, when