tOP ROWeRS
(L-R) Geert Cirkel, Matthijs
Velenga, Jan-Willem Gabriels
and Gijs Vermeulen.
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earn, but we have more fun. These years will
never come back." MBA student Jan-Willem
agrees: "Fun is really important for our crew.
We have fun over the stupidest things." The
happy bunch of chatty extroverts know how
to distance themselves from the mental
stress of training and racing to lay back and
enjoy life.
Despite the fun, "sometimes you wonder
why you do it," adds Jan-Willem. "There is a
thin line between love and hate." So why do
they go on?
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