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Flemish cannibals who hit and bite: New York, 1920

Just a few seconds more and the doors of Madison Square Garden would open. The atmosphere was grim. There was pushing, kicking, hitting and...

World hour record attempt by Victor Campenaerts

Competing for a place in the cycling pantheon. The Belgian hour record holders

The hour record exudes magic. More than that, whoever sets a record is immediately assured of a place in the history books. Exactly 50 years ago,...

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From Deruyter to D’Hoore: a century of omnium history

What do the athletics decathlon and heptathlon, modern pentathlon (fencing, swimming, horse jumping, shooting and athletics) and triathlon have in...

National championship on the track of Walem in 1956

Should women be allowed to cycle? The difficult road to officially recognised women's cycling in Belgium

With the first official, UCI-recognised world championship for women in 1958, (international) women's cycling faced a turning point. One year...

The Flying Belgian. The Story of Stayervedette Charles Verkeyn

It could just be a question on a cycling quiz: who became the 2019 European champion stayer? A few diehards will undoubtedly write down the correct...

From Dayton, Ohio to Roeselare, Belgium via somewhere in southern Spain: how these bikes made it to Koers.

Perhaps it’s only logical that in 30 years working as an international news correspondent and a cycling correspondent, at one point or another this...