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Discover everything about cycling IN FLANDERS 1 2 INTRO “Flanders. Nowhere else is the gap between epic and ordi- fields and ancient villages they crisscross. Bicycles are cutting nary, mortal and hero, dream and reality closer than these edge craftsmanship in Flanders. 5,000 square miles of north Belgium. All of the things that make For hard-core cycling enthusiasts, a trip to Flanders is nothing cycling great reach a crescendo in Flanders. The legendary less than a pilgrimage to the most hallowed grounds in the sport. Flemish riders, called ‘Flandriens’, look more like you and me, Ride on the roads where natives like Eddy Merckx, Johan Museeuw winning with grit and endurance, not exact calculations of watts and Tom Boonen became legends.” * per kilo. The roads are winding, narrow and brutal, broken stones This brochure offers an overview of all you need to know about from a bygone era, vanquished in three- and four-minute bouts Flanders as an all year round cycling destination par excellence. of suffering, not hour-long exercises in balancing on your anaer- Simply flick through the pages and be inspired. obic threshold. The races themselves, such as the Ronde or Gent- Wevelgem are as much a part of the landscape as the farmer’s * As seen in Peloton Magazine 3 AMSTERDAM Discover everything about cycling < LONDON IN FLANDERS Brussels > Amsterdam: 1h54 FACTS & FIGURES P. 6 Brussels > London: 1h51 GENERAL P. 8 PER REGION GENT-WEVELGEM EAST-FLANDERS P. 16 WEST-FLANDERS P. 30 Brussels > Cologne: 1h47 FLEMISH BRABANT COLOGNE AND BRUSSELS P. 42 ANTWERP P.
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