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The photo finish thing was part of the family business of my neighbors, where I grew up. I did it as a side gig to going to school/college, where I studied electronics, then software engineering. The software I wrote during all that, for the results processing of these cycling events, and of which I sold a few copies around the world, was the reference to get me my first programming (day) job: https://www.totaalsoftware.com/products/stagerace

Edit: looks like the Amstel Gold guy is still using a copy of my software, he has it on his website, neat!