Waching daily Dec 18 2018

I think I achieved great results last year

and that's why I had the opportunity to talk with different teams.

At one point, Jumbo-Visma knocked on my door

a team that really appealed to me

and the talks intensified.

I still had a contract for 2019.

Due to circumstances I will be able to move up the ranks in 2019 already.

It feels good that I can step up to the World Tour

because I think I can develop myself a lot at that level.

- Was that the most important reason for you, the promotion to a WorldTour team?

Last year I experienced what it means to start in classics with good teammates.

. I think I'll definitely get that chance again with the team I've now joined.

That's an asset you cannot underestimate.

The framework I'm going to meet here will only make me better.

We were interested in Wout for 2020.

Due to circumstances, things have all gone faster than planned and we can.

welcome him to our team earlier, in 2019.

That's very good news for the team

because we're getting stronger and we hope to be able to develop him.

He's a very big talent.

We hope to be able to develop him into the classic rider

we all see in him.

It's great that we can walk this path together.

-When you opened the Belgian newspapers in the last few days, weeks perhaps, there was always a report

about you to be read.

Does it give you peace of mind

that you've signed the contract now?

Yes, for sure. Normally you prefer to get headlines because of your achievements.

Now there was a lot in the newspapers that wasn't about sports.

It was difficult that I couldn't confirm the good news yet.

Now that I can, I feel relieved.

I hope I can still get a lot of headlines, but in a different way.

Thanks!

I'd like to develop myself

I'm someone who's always looking for a new challenge.

Last year, I rode well in the classics.

There, my hunger for more has become very big.

I think that satisfying that hunger will be a challenge for the future.

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Switzerland's efforts to manage avalanches acknowledged - Duration: 3:49.

It's an unremarkable stone in the middle of the village of Reckingen (Goms).

It's a reminder of the devastating avalanche

that overwhelmed the village on 24 February 1970 and claimed 30 lives.

The "Schweizer Filmwochenschau" programme reported at the time:

Military units and civilians

are digging non-stop to find the buried people.

Despite using modern snow-clearing machines

the last of the 30 victims of this terrible disaster

wasn't found until five days later.

Six children, five women and 19 army personnel

died in the masses of snow.

The avalanche happened early in the morning, just after 5 a.m.,

and caught many people asleep.

Norbert Carlen is an engineer in the Natural Hazards department

of Canton Valais, and he himself comes from Reckingen.

He was five years old at the time.

I can remember that the weather was so bad

that my father came looking for me rather than looking after the herd.

I also remember there was no electricity

and my parents had

one of the few working telephones in their house,

and many people were coming in and out.

Those are my main memories.

One thing that has stayed with me is

that the dead were laid out down in the old village hall -

and I went to look as a child. I still remember that.

It's now been almost 50 years.

Half a century,

in which much has been done to manage the risk of avalanches.

That's changed due to experiences,

due to the knowledge gained

and due to the resources available.

I'm thinking, for example, of the avalanche danger maps

that are based on the latest calculations

so that building is no longer allowed in certain areas.

I'm thinking of the emergency planning, the safety services.

These are preventive measures.

I'm also thinking of technical resources

such as the actual control structures

or avalanche warning systems or artificial avalanche release.

At the Les Arsenaux cultural centre in Sion we meet Thomas Antonietti.

He's one of the driving forces behind the UNESCO candidacy.

The fact that avalanche risk management

is being included in the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity,

may only be a symbolic recognition - but it's important.

When you think of intangible cultural heritage, living traditions,

you may immediately think of festivals, customs, folk music,

or costumes. But intangible cultural heritage is much more.

It also includes knowledge and practices in managing nature.

And it stood to reason to take an example

that is highly relevant to our society,

specifically avalanche risk management.

Modern avalanche prevention and countering

is based on historical knowledge.

And disasters like the one in Reckingen,

as tragic as they are, have also contributed

to our knowledge of avalanches.

Events like this have of course always led to

more awareness among politicians and the public

of the importance of protecting the people in the villages,

reinforcing the streets and railways, etc.

Each time, the government has actually taken action

with regard to forestry, subsidies, etc.

In Reckingen too, after the disaster a lot of money

was invested in safety structures such as the barrier.

But avalanche research itself will always continue.

Every avalanche provides new insights,

which are passed on to the next generations.