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12-09-2010 / 14:46 / FINISHED!
Done, finished, the end! The Troy Challenge is over. After the ride-of-honor, the challengers recieved a certificate, for succesfully completing the 24 hours.
We want to thank everybody, our partners, sponsors and all the fans who supported the challengers. All of you, who made this event to a succes!
See you in 5 years? » Read more
12-09-2010 / 14:15 / THE FINAL HOUR
What can we say abou it? It was though due to the heavy rainfall, but at the end; the riders didn't care. The had support from a huge amount of people in the station. The final round started exactly on de 24 hour discount timer. After a great round with loud applause, the riders got a "Ride of Honor" with only the challengers in the train. Big thumbs up to all the challengers! 9 out of 12 ha… » Read more
12-09-2010 / 10:46 / RAIN....
The weather productions of today looked good, but to bad; it started to rain. And not just a drop, it's just pooring down....
The good news is that the challengers don't look affected at all by the rain. There still smiling and having fun in the station.
Good luck you guys, Troy Troy Troy! » Read more
12-09-2010 / 08:45 / THE NIGHT HAS PASSED AWAY
And then we had daylight again. What a night it was; everyone was having loads of fun, people were still buying seats in the middle of the night. The best news of this night is that no one dropt out after Tobias! And it could be said allready; that's amazing!By the looks of it, we don't think anyone is going to drop out. The group of challengers are becoming a great team together, supporting eacho… » Read more
12-09-2010 / 01:06 / HALFWAY THERE!
Yes, we've made it! We're half way through the challenge. With "only" 3 dropouts, we can say we have a pretty solid team riding Troy right now. Even in the break, the riders didn't feel they had to fuel up that much of energy. Giving the oppertunity to eat a bit and drink, the riders all wanted to ride again at 00:30.It's a good thing to see that the auction-riders are having a great i… » Read more
11-09-2010 / 19:56 / TWO DROPOUTS
To bad, just so shortly after we reported that all the contestens are riding so well, we have to make a dissapointing announcement. Martin from the European Coaster Club and Toverlands special guest Johan Vlemmix dropped out of the challenge.Johans responce; "I really wanted to complete the challenge and i really felt that i've got make it. But the first rounds after dinner, my stomach just turned… » Read more
11-09-2010 / 19:16 / SNACK AND RIDE
The past couple of hours have been no trouble at all for the riders. Even though the first "long" break was at six, the riders didn't feel like it was needed to stop. After a good snack and streching out some legs, the riders started for there second large timeblock. The goodnews is: no riders have dropout after Lesley. And even better; there a couple of seats open, so if you want to ride, just co… » Read more
11-09-2010 / 15:32 / ALL GOING WELL
After the little disapointment from the last hour, everything is going well at this moment. There are no signs of sickness, lack of energy or what soever. Even Johan, the special guest on the challenge, has no problems at all, riding the coaster. If you think of it, he has done no preperation! Thumbs up for Johan!
See you next hour! » Read more
11-09-2010 / 14:04 / FIRST DROPOUT....
To bad, the moment which had to come, has happend; the first dropout... Lesley from Belgium had to stop, after 26 rounds and puking for 2 times. After the second time he had to decide to give up. Lesley says:"It was going well, but at a surtend point, the delicious Applepie just turned my belly upside down. While riding i was doing fine but when the train stopped at the station, it just made worse… » Read more
11-09-2010 / 13:16 / THE FIRST HOUR
Around half past 10, all the riders gathered around in Toverland. Caroline (owner, Toverland) started a very motivating speech, which was followed by Jo (ECC, organization) who gave some advice to the riders. The representative for "Make A Wish Foundation", who was just a jong child, told a very emotional story. Everyone just knew from that moment on, where they were riding for. The group made th… » Read more
