Cycling - Tour de France - Stage 5 - Change to Laval Espace Mayenne - France - June 30, 2021 Trek–Segafredo rider Edward Theuns of Belgium in action during stage 5 REUTERS/Benoit Tessier

Cycling - Tour de France - Stage 2 - Perros-Guirec to Mur-de-Bretagne Guerledan - France - June 27, 2021 Trek–Segafredo rider Edward Theuns of Belgium celebrates on the podium after winning the combativity award Pool via REUTERS/Michael Steele

Cycling - Tour de France - Stage 2 - Perros-Guirec to Mur-de-Bretagne Guerledan - France - June 27, 2021 Trek–Segafredo rider Edward Theuns of Belgium celebrates on the podium after winning the combativity award Pool via REUTERS/Michael Steele

Cycling - Tour de France - Stage 2 - Perros-Guirec to Mur-de-Bretagne Guerledan - France - June 27, 2021 Trek–Segafredo rider Edward Theuns of Belgium celebrates on the podium after winning the combativity award Pool via REUTERS/Philippe Lopez

Cycling - Tour de France - Stage 2 - Perros-Guirec to Mur-de-Bretagne Guerledan - France - June 27, 2021 Trek–Segafredo rider Edward Theuns of Belgium celebrates on the podium after winning the combativity award Pool via REUTERS/Philippe Lopez

Cycling - Tour de France - Stage 16 - La Tour-du-Pin to Villard-de-Lans - France - September 15, 2020. Trek-Segafredo rider Edward Theuns of Belgium in action. REUTERS/Benoit Tessier

Cycling - Tour de France - Stage 14 - Clermont-Ferrand to Lyon - France - September 12, 2020. Groupama-FDJ rider Stefan Kueng of Switzerland and Trek-Segafredo rider Edward Theuns of Belgium in action. REUTERS/Benoit Tessier

Cycling - Tour de France - Stage 14 - Clermont-Ferrand to Lyon - France - September 12, 2020. Groupama-FDJ rider Stefan Kueng of Switzerland and Trek-Segafredo rider Edward Theuns of Belgium in action. REUTERS/Benoit Tessier

Cycling - Tour de France - Stage 14 - Clermont-Ferrand to Lyon - France - September 12, 2020. Groupama-FDJ rider Stefan Kueng of Switzerland, Trek-Segafredo rider Edward Theuns of Belgium and Team Sunweb rider Cees Bol of the Netherlands in action. REUTERS/Benoit Tessier

Cycling - Tour de France - Stage 14 - Clermont-Ferrand to Lyon - France - September 12, 2020. Groupama-FDJ rider Stefan Kueng of Switzerland, Trek-Segafredo rider Edward Theuns of Belgium and Team Sunweb rider Cees Bol of the Netherlands in action. REUTERS/Benoit Tessier

Cycling - Tour de France - Stage 14 - Clermont-Ferrand to Lyon - France - September 12, 2020. Groupama-FDJ rider Stefan Kueng of Switzerland, Trek-Segafredo rider Edward Theuns of Belgium and Team Sunweb rider Cees Bol of the Netherlands in action. REUTERS/Benoit Tessier

Cycling - Tour de France - Stage 2 - Nice Haut Pays to Nice - France - August 30, 2020. Trek-Segafredo rider Edward Theuns of Belgium before the start. REUTERS/Benoit Tessier

Cycling - Tour de France - The 188-km Stage 14 from Saint-Paul-Trois-Chateaux to Mende - July 21, 2018 - Team Sunweb rider Edward Theuns of Belgium before the start. REUTERS/Stephane Mahe

Cycling - Tour de France - Teams Presentation - La Roche-sur-Yon, France - July 5, 2018 - Team Sunweb riders Nikias Arndt of Germany and Edward Theuns of Belgium arrive at the teams presentation, in front of a mural of five-times Tour de France winner Bernard Hinault. REUTERS/Stephane Mahe

Rugby Union - Namibia v Georgia - IRB Rugby World Cup 2015 Pool C - Sandy Park, Exeter, England - 7/10/15
Namibia's Theuns Kotze looks dejected at the end of the match
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Rugby Union - Namibia v Georgia - IRB Rugby World Cup 2015 Pool C - Sandy Park, Exeter, England - 7/10/15
Theuns Kotze scores the first try for Namibia
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Rugby Union - Namibia v Georgia - IRB Rugby World Cup 2015 Pool C - Sandy Park, Exeter, England - 7/10/15
Theuns Kotze scores the first try for Namibia
Action Images via Reuters / Peter Cziborra
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Rugby Union - Namibia v Georgia - IRB Rugby World Cup 2015 Pool C - Sandy Park, Exeter, England - 7/10/15
Namibia's Theuns Kotze kicks a penalty
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Rugby Union - Namibia v Georgia - IRB Rugby World Cup 2015 Pool C - Sandy Park, Exeter, England - 7/10/15
Namibia's Theuns Kotze kicks a penalty
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Rugby Union - Tonga v Namibia - IRB Rugby World Cup 2015 Pool C - Sandy Park, Exeter, England - 29/9/15
Tonga's PJ van Lill in action with Namibia's Johan Deysel Jnr and Theuns Kotze
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Topsport Vlaanderen-Baloise's Jelle Wallays of Belgium sprays champagne on the podium after winning the 70th Dwars door Vlaanderen cycling race in Waregem March 25, 2015. Wallays won the race ahead of team mate Edward Theuns (L) of Belgium and Cannondale-Garmin's Dylan Van Baarle (R) of the Netherlands, who finished third. REUTERS/Francois Lenoir

A farmer works in a paddy field under the power lines near Nam Theun 2 dam in Khammouane province October 28, 2013. The government is staking much of its future on large-scale infrastructure projects, including multi-billion dollar road and high-speed rail links intended to turn Laos into a crossroads of China, Thailand and Vietnam.The boom in Laos, one of Asia's poorest countries, is not over, but serious cracks are starting to show. Economists warn the country of 6.7 million is facing the downside of a development model based on easy credit, resource exploitation and infrastructure mega projects. Picture taken October 28, 2013. To match Feature LAOS-ECONOMY/ REUTERS/Aubrey Belford (LAOS - Tags: SOCIETY BUSINESS POLITICS AGRICULTURE ENERGY)

Children swim in an artificial reservoir created for the Nam Theun 2 dam in Khammouane province October 28, 2013. Where villages once stood there is now a reservoir peppered with dead trees and stagnant water the colour of weak coffee. A narrow artificial peninsula hosts settlements for relocated locals. Picture taken October 28, 2013. To match Feature LAOS-ECONOMY/ REUTERS/Aubrey Belford (LAOS - Tags: SOCIETY BUSINESS POLITICS)

Fariza Taleb, occupant of the Number 2 rue de Valenciennes builidng, and members of France's Right of Housing group DAL (Droit au Logement) arrive to attend a hearing at the "Tribunal d'Instance de Paris" in Paris May 15, 2013. As the housing crisis grows in France, the squat at Number 2 rue de Valenciennes is both a political battleground and a symbol of France’s dysfunctional housing market. Activists helped the families move in to draw attention to how Europe’s second biggest economy, which prides itself on its welfare system, is struggling to provide basic shelter for many of its 65 million citizens. Picture taken May 15, 2013. To match Special Report FRANCE-SQUAT/ REUTERS/Gonzalo Fuentes (FRANCE - Tags: SOCIETY POVERTY)

Namibia's Theuns Kotze (R) attempts to tackle Wales' Gethin Jenkins during their Rugby World Cup Pool D match at Stadium Taranaki in New Plymouth September 26, 2011. REUTERS/Nigel Marple (NEW ZEALAND - Tags: SPORT RUGBY)

Namibia's Theuns Kotze (L) fails to prevent Wales' Scott Williams from scoring during their Rugby World Cup Pool D match at Stadium Taranaki in New Plymouth September 26, 2011. REUTERS/Bogdan Cristel (NEW ZEALAND - Tags: SPORT RUGBY)

Samoa's Eliota Sapolu Fuimaono (C) tackles Namibia's Theuns Kotze during their Rugby World Cup Pool D match at Rotorua international Stadium in Rotorua September 14, 2011. REUTERS/Bogdan Cristel (NEW ZEALAND - Tags: SPORT RUGBY IMAGE OF THE DAY TOP PICTURE)

Namibia's Theuns Kotze (L) fails to prevent Samoa's Alesana Tuilagi from scoring a try during their Rugby World Cup Pool D match at Rotorua international Stadium in Rotorua September 14, 2011. REUTERS/Bogdan Cristel (NEW ZEALAND - Tags: SPORT RUGBY)

Namibia's Theuns Kotze (L) fails to prevent Samoa's Alesana Tuilagi from scoring a try during their Rugby World Cup Pool D match at Rotorua international Stadium in Rotorua September 14, 2011. REUTERS/Bogdan Cristel (NEW ZEALAND - Tags: SPORT RUGBY IMAGE OF THE DAY TOP PICTURE)

Romania's Valentin Ursache (C) tries to stop Namibia's Kotze Theuns (R) during their IRB Nations Cup rugby match in Bucharest June 10, 2011. REUTERS/Bogdan Cristel (ROMANIA - Tags: SPORT RUGBY)

Romania's Danut Dumbrava (R) tries to stop Namibia's Kotze Theuns during their IRB Nations Cup rugby match in Bucharest June 10, 2011. REUTERS/Bogdan Cristel (ROMANIA - Tags: SPORT RUGBY)

Former Tour de France winner Jan Ullrich of Germany (L) and his lawyer Ulrich Theune await the start of a hearing in a courtroom in the western German city of Duesseldorf November 12, 2008. The German court may order the former owner of the defunct Team Coast, Guenther Dahms, to pay the retired rider up to 500,000 Euro in unpaid salary from a three-year contract with Ullrich in 2003 which Dahm is not willing to pay because Ullrich had doped at the time. REUTERS/Wolfgang Rattay (GERMANY)

Former Tour de France winner Jan Ullrich of Germany (R) and his lawyer Ulrich Theune await the start of a hearing in a courtroom in the western German city of Duesseldorf November 12, 2008. The German court may order the former owner of the defunct Team Coast, Guenther Dahms, to pay the retired rider up to 500,000 Euro in unpaid salary from a three-year contract with Ullrich in 2003 which Dahm is not willing to pay because Ullrich had doped at the time. REUTERS/Wolfgang Rattay (GERMANY)

Construction workers build the regulating dam, part of the Nam Theun 2 hydroelectric project, near the town of Gnommalath (Yommalat) in southern Laos June 28, 2007. Two years from completion, the Nam Theun 2 dam being carved out of a jungle-clad corner of Laos has already set a high standard for future hydroelectric projects in the power-hungry region. To match feature LAOS/DAM REUTERS/Darren Schuettler (LAOS)

The exterior of the Los Angeles Times is shown October 5, 2006. Parent company theTribune Company announced that Times publisher Jeffrey Johnson resigned Thursday, several weeks after he and editor Dean Baquet vowed to resist attempts to cut more staff at the newspaper. REUTERS/Gene Blevins (UNITED STATES)

The exterior of the Los Angeles Times is shown October 5, 2006. Parent company theTribune Company announced that Times publisher Jeffrey Johnson resigned Thursday, several weeks after he and editor Dean Baquet vowed to resist attempts to cut more staff at the newspaper. REUTERS/Gene Blevins (UNITED STATES)

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A Western construction worker surveys ongoing work to build a power plant for the Nam Theun 2 dam, 500 km (311 miles) south of [Vientiane] in this May 18, 2006 file photo. [Government statistics list 23 electricity generation projects accounting for some $1.5 billion of the country's $4.3 billion total foreign investment since 2001. More than 91 mining projects over the same period have brought in investment of $436 million. A lot of the profits will go to outsiders. At least 10 dams built by Russian and Chinese companies have recently won approval to export electricity. Among the more controversial developments is the Nam Theun 2 hydropower project, costing around $1.4 billion -- half of annual GDP. The dam, opposed by environmental groups citing threats to endangered species and villagers' livelihoods, is due to be finished by 2009.]

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Laotian electricity workers maintain power lines in Thakhek, nearly 500 km south of the Lao capital [Vientiane] in this May 18, 2006 file photo. Growing demand for electricity in the region is spurring Laos to build more dams to generate electricity, including the $1.3 billion Nam Theun 2 dam, the largest foreign investment in the [poverty]-stricken country.

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A Laotian teenager rides a bicycle outside of her new home close to the site of the Nam Theun 2 dam, [500 km (311 miles) south of Vientiane] in this May 18, 2006 file photo. Villagers who have been relocated due to the construction of the $1.3 billion dam, the largest foreign investment ever attempted in Laos, now enjoy electricity and running water in new pilot villages set up by dam officials. Picture taken May 18, 2006.

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A Laotian worker scans the ground for unexploded mines near the construction site of Nam Theun 2 dam, about 500 km (311 miles) south of [Vientiane] in this May 18, 2006 file photo. [The clearance of unexploded mines, legacies of the Vietnam War, will cost $8 million and pose a problem to the construction of a dam that is hoped to bring more development to poverty-stricken Laos.]

Women practice aerobics in front of an electricity tower in Nakhon Phanom province across the river from Laos where workers are constructing Nam Theun 2 dam in this May 18, 2006 file photo. The $1.3 billion dam, the largest foreign investment ever attempted in Laos, is expected to help feed growing energy demand from neighbouring Thailand from 2009 onwards. Picture taken on May 18, 2006. To match feature ECONOMY LAOS. REUTERS/Sukree Sukplang (LAOS)

A Laotian worker scans the ground for unexploded mines near the construction site of Nam Theun 2 dam, about 500 km (311 miles) south of Vientiane in this May 18, 2006 file photo. The clearance of unexploded mines, legacies of the Vietnam War, will cost $8 million and pose a problem to the construction of a dam that is hoped to bring more development to poverty-stricken Laos. Picture taken on May 18, 2006. To match ECONOMY LAOS. REUTERS/Sukree Sukplang








REUTERS/Sukree Sukplang

Construction workers are seen at the site where work is ongoing to build a power plant for the Nam Theun 2 dam, 500 km south of Vientiane in this May 18, 2006 file photo. Construction workers build a water channel for the Nam Theun 2 dam, 500 km (311 miles) south of Vientiane in this May 18, 2006 file photo. Government statistics list 23 electricity generation projects accounting for some $1.5 billion of the country's $4.3 billion total foreign investment since 2001. More than 91 mining projects over the same period have brought in investment of $436 million. A lot of the profits will go to outsiders. At least 10 dams built by Russian and Chinese companies have recently won approval to export electricity. Among the more controversial developments is the Nam Theun 2 hydropower project, costing around $1.4 billion -- half of annual GDP. The dam, opposed by environmental groups citing threats to endangered species and villagers' livelihoods, is due to be finished by 2009. Picture taken May 18, 2006. To match feature ECONOMY LAOS. REUTERS/Sukree Sukplang (LAOS)

A Laotian teenager rides a bicycle outside of her new home close to the site of the Nam Theun 2 dam, 500 km (311 miles) south of Vientiane in this May 18, 2006 file photo. Villagers who have been relocated due to the construction of the $1.3 billion dam, the largest foreign investment ever attempted in Laos, now enjoy electricity and running water in new pilot villages set up by dam officials. Picture taken May 18, 2006. To match feature ECONOMY LAOS. REUTERS/Sukree Sukplang (LAOS)

A teenager plays basketball in front of an electricity tower in Nakhon Phanom province across the river from Laos in this May 18, 2006 file photo, where workers are constructing Nam Theun 2 dam. The $1.3 billion dam, the largest foreign investment ever attempted in Laos, is expected to help feed growing energy demand from neighbouring Thailand from 2009 onwards. Picture taken on May 18, 2006. To match feature ECONOMY LAOS. REUTERS/Sukree Sukplang (LAOS)

Laotian electricity workers maintain power lines in Thakhek, nearly 500 km south of the Lao capital Vientiane in this May 18, 2006 file photo. Growing demand for electricity in the region is spurring Laos to build more dams to generate electricity, including the $1.3 billion Nam Theun 2 dam, the largest foreign investment in the poverty-stricken country. Picture taken May 18, 2006. To match feature ECONOMY LAOS. REUTERS/Sukree Sukplang (LAOS)

Construction workers build a water channel for the Nam Theun 2 dam, 500 km (311 miles) south of Vientiane in this May 18, 2006 file photo. Government statistics list 23 electricity generation projects accounting for some $1.5 billion of the country's $4.3 billion total foreign investment since 2001. More than 91 mining projects over the same period have brought in investment of $436 million. A lot of the profits will go to outsiders. At least 10 dams built by Russian and Chinese companies have recently won approval to export electricity. Among the more controversial developments is the Nam Theun 2 hydropower project, costing around $1.4 billion -- half of annual GDP. The dam, opposed by environmental groups citing threats to endangered species and villagers' livelihoods, is due to be finished by 2009. Picture taken May 18, 2006. To match feature ECONOMY LAOS. REUTERS/Sukree Sukplang (LAOS)








REUTERS/Sukree Sukplang

A Western construction worker surveys ongoing work to build a power plant for the Nam Theun 2 dam, 500 km (311 miles) south of Vientiane in this May 18, 2006 file photo. Government statistics list 23 electricity generation projects accounting for some $1.5 billion of the country's $4.3 billion total foreign investment since 2001. More than 91 mining projects over the same period have brought in investment of $436 million. A lot of the profits will go to outsiders. At least 10 dams built by Russian and Chinese companies have recently won approval to export electricity. Among the more controversial developments is the Nam Theun 2 hydropower project, costing around $1.4 billion -- half of annual GDP. The dam, opposed by environmental groups citing threats to endangered species and villagers' livelihoods, is due to be finished by 2009. Picture taken on May 18, 2006. To match feature ECONOMY LAOS. REUTERS/Sukree Sukplang (LAOS)

Tina Theune-Meyer, head coach of the German women's national soccer team signs the Golden Book after the teams arrival in Frankfurt June 20, 2005. [Germany defeated Norway 3-1 in the Women's European Championships soccer final yesterday.]

Tina Theune-Meyer (C) head coach of the German women's national soccer team, holds the teams winning trophy after arriving at the airport in Frankfurt June 20, 2005. [Germany defeated Norway 3-1 in the Women's European Championships soccer final yesterday.]

German women's soccer coach Theune-Meyer and team hold European Championship trophy on arrival in Frankfurt. Tina Theune-Meyer (L) head coach of the German women's national soccer team, and Silvia Neid, assistant coach and Theune-Meyer's successor as head coach, hold the teams winning trophy after arriving at the airport in Frankfurt June 20, 2005. Germany defeated Norway 3-1 in the Women's European Championships soccer final yesterday. REUTERS/Alex Grimm

Head coach of the German women's national soccer team Theune-Meyer and German striker Prinz hold the winning trophy after arriving at the airport in Frankfurt. Tina Theune-Meyer (L) head coach of the German women's national soccer team, and German striker Birgit Prinz hold the winning trophy after arriving at the airport in Frankfurt June 20, 2005. Germany defeated Norway 3-1 in the Women's European Championships soccer final yesterday. REUTERS/Alex Grimm

Tina Theune-Meyer head coach of the German women's national soccer team signs the Golden Book after the teams arrival in Frankfurt. Tina Theune-Meyer, head coach of the German women's national soccer team signs the Golden Book after the teams arrival in Frankfurt June 20, 2005. Germany defeated Norway 3-1 in the Women's European Championships soccer final yesterday. REUTERS/Alex Grimm

Tina Theune-Meyer head coach of the German women's national soccer team signs the Golden Book after the teams arrival in Frankfurt. Tina Theune-Meyer, head coach of the German women's national soccer team signs the Golden Book after the teams arrival in Frankfurt June 20, 2005. Germany defeated Norway 3-1 in the Women's European Championships soccer final yesterday. REUTERS/Alex Grimm

Tina Theune-Meyer (C) head coach of the German women's national soccer team, holds the teams winning trophy after arriving at the airport in Frankfurt June 20, 2005. Germany defeated Norway 3-1 in the Women's European Championships soccer final yesterday. REUTERS/Alex Grimm GRI/AA

German women's soccer coach Theune-Meyer and team hold up European Championship trophy on arrival in Frankfurt. Tina Theune-Meyer (L) head coach of the German women's national soccer team, and Silvia Neid, assistant coach and Theune-Meyer's successor as head coach, hold up the teams winning trophy after arriving at the airport in Frankfurt June 20, 2005. Germany defeated Norway 3-1 in the Women's European Championships soccer final yesterday. REUTERS/Alex Grimm

A Thai activist burns a sign of President of the World Bank James D. Wolfensohn during a protest in Bangkok. A Thai activist burns a placard and photo of World Bank President James D. Wolfensohn during a protest against the World Bank's support of the Nam Theun 2 hydroelectric dam in Laos in front of the World Bank in Bangkok March 14, 2005. After nearly a decade of discussions, the World Bank confirmed on January 28 it will begin financial and environmental appraisals of the $1.3 billion Nam Theun 2 hydroelectric dam in Laos. REUTERS/Chaiwat Subprasom

A Thai activist burns a placard and photo of World Bank President James D. Wolfensohn during a protest in Bangkok. A Thai activist burns a sign of World Bank President James D. Wolfensohn during a protest against the World Bank's support of the Nam Theun 2 hydroelectric dam in front of the World Bank building in Bangkok March 14,2005. After nearly a decade of discussions, the World Bank confirmed on January 28 it will begin financial and environmental appraisals of the $1.3 billion Nam Theun 2 hydroelectric dam in Laos. REUTERS/Chaiwat Subprasom

A Thai activist holds a sign and photo of World Bank President James D. Wolfensohn during a protest against the World Bank's support of the Nam Theun 2 hydroelectric dam in Laos in front of the World Bank building in Bangkok March 14, 2005. After nearly a decade of discussions, the World Bank confirmed on January 28 it will begin financial and environmental appraisals of the $1.3 billion Nam Theun 2 hydroelectric dam in Laos. REUTERS/Chaiwat Subprasom CS/AT

GERMAN BECKENBAUER CONGRATULATES GERMAN NATIONAL WOMEN'S SOCCER TEAM COACH THEUNE-MEIER AT SPORTS GALA IN BADEN BADEN. German Franz Beckenbauer, President of German soccer club FC Bayern Munich (R) congratulates German national women's soccer team coach Tina Theune-Meier during the Sports Gala "Athlete of the Year 2003" December 21, 2003 in Baden Baden, Germany. German sport journalists elected the sportsman, sportswoman and sports team of 2003 which were presented at the event. REUTERS/Vincent Kessler