FILE--Canada's Christine Nesbitt skates in the women's 1500 meter long-track speed skating race at the Richmond Oval Sunday February 21, 2010 the 2010 Vancouver Olympic Winter Games in Vancouver. The first of the season's two remaining long-track speedskating events opens Friday in the Netherlands with the Canadian team focused as much on the start of a new Olympic cycle as on finishing out the campaign strong.There are overall World Cup titles at stake for the likes of Christine Nesbitt (who plans to race despite neck stiffness), Kristina Groves and both the men's and women's pursuit teams this weekend. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Robert Skinner