In 2022, it will be 50 years since Eddy Merckx broke the hour record. The images from then - an exhausted Merckx having to be helped off his bike -...
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,...
Dear Yvonne. Or sweet Yvonne. Or hello Yvonne. I don't want to be too familiar, but also not too cold and distant, because that's something that...
A Swedish riddle, so it would seem. Desperate cycling fans stare at me when I ask them about the 2002 world championships in Zolder. Mario...
The story of the 1995 road world championships are virtually unknown to the average Belgian cycling fan. In the Colombian high mountains, not a...
In 2015 the cycling women of Topsport Vlaanderen celebrate their 20th anniversary, two years after the men's team of the same name. In two decades...
"Numerous were the members who participated, and I am happy to say that none of them ever had a more enjoyable day. This trip had a lot of...
The ever-loving Herman Vanspringel still cycled about 60 to 65 kilometres two to three times a week. A trifle compared to the month that used to...
That Fiorenzo Magni won the Tour of Flanders three times in a row, is known by almost every self-respecting cycling fan. But that Fausto Coppi once...
The 1993 Tour of Flanders was Johan Museeuw's breakthrough as a classics rider. It was the first of his three victories in the Ronde and the...