On uncertainty, drift and desire for freedom, and yes, sports too: 7 life questions to Wilfried de Jong

by A Quattro Mani
1 June 202030 March 2022
11 min read
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Freedom and openness are essential in Wilfried de Jong's life. Don't pin him down on one trait, because then he will get pissy. 'I am not "that boy of sport".'
That's right, De Jong is a theatre and television producer and writer, among other things. About sports, for example. His new book De man en zijn wielerverhalen is in bookstores from this week, which brings together 30 years of writing about cycling, from his first story about Paris-Roubaix to a column about the Tour in ...

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Photographer Marc Brester and journalist Vivian de Gier can read and write with each other - literally. As partners in crime, they travel the world for various media, for reviews of the finest literature and personal interviews with the writers who matter. Ahead of the troops and beyond the delusion of the day.View Author posts

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