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Today, Sjoerd Valkering lives a paradox. He is a cult hero who hates heroes. His music is sought after by vinyl collectors, yet he presses his records in runs of only 300, often embedding them with physical flaws—a skip, a warp, a spot of real rust on the label. He is rumored to be working on a new album, the only details a single Instagram story showing a photograph of a burned-out VHS tape and the caption: “Herinnering is een litteken” (Memory is a scar).

Beyond his business success, Valkering was a former chairman of the (Football Fan Sites Foundation), advocating for the interests of fan-driven digital media. His legacy lives on through the vibrant communities he built and the dedicated editorial teams that continue to operate his platforms today.

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Sjoerd Valkering (deceased) was a Dutch entrepreneur and the founder of Valkering Media B.V. , a prominent digital media house based in the Netherlands. He is best known for professionalizing the sports journalism landscape through several niche news platforms.

Valkering's career highlights include:

To the uninitiated, Sjoerd was just a quiet graphic designer from Breda. He wore plain black t-shirts, rode a creaking bicycle to his studio, and drank bitter coffee from a chipped mug. But to the small, dedicated cult following of the Koolstof label and the attendees of the secret Loodlijn parties, he was a prophet of the post-apocalyptic dance floor.

He is not the biggest name in hard techno. He never will be. But in the cold, wet dark of a Dutch warehouse at 4 a.m., when the kick drum feels like a heartbeat and the noise feels like a prayer, the faithful know one thing to be true: Sjoerd Valkering is the sound of the void, and the void, for once, is dancing. Today, Sjoerd Valkering lives a paradox

Sjoerd Valkering is a Dutch sports journalist and the editor-in-chief of In de Leiderstrui (IDL ProCycling), a prominent Dutch website dedicated to cycling news and analysis. He is widely recognized within the cycling community for his deep tactical breakdowns of professional races and his coverage of the