Theo van Doesburg by then already gained some attention with his paintings. Van Doesburg saw in these paintings his ideal in painting: a complete abstraction of reality. Soon after the exposition Van Doesburg got in contact with Mondrian, and together with related artists Bart van der Leck, , Vilmos Huszár and Jacobus Oud they founded the magazine "De Stijl" in 1917. Although De Stijl was made up of many members, Van Doesburg was the "ambassador" of the movement, promoting it across Europe. He moved to Weimar in 1922, deciding to make an impression on the Bauhaus principal, Walter Gropius, in order to spread
Michiel van der Heijden second Dutch XCO World Champion after Bart Brentjens. He was on the start list for the 2018 Cross-country European Championship and he finished Michiel van der Heijden Michiel van der Heijden (born 3 January 1992 in Den Bosch) is a Dutch mountain biker and Cyclo Cross Rider. From 2007 until 2010 he raced for the Merida-Combee mountain bike team, now he is racing for the Rabobank cycling team. Van der Heijden won a silver medal for mountain biking in the 2009 European Championships in Zoetermeer, and a bronze medal at the Europeans in 2010 in Haifa. In 2011 he became