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100 Years of the Tour of Flanders 100 Years of the Tour of Flanders 100 years of the Tour of Flanders 100 years of the Tour of Flanders When the new spring cycling season comes around, Flanders the full impact of the Tour of Flanders. It is also difficult to undergoes a bizarre metamorphosis. In the space of a few describe the collective passion that takes hold, even among weeks, Flanders sees the all the classics taking place one after people who have no interest in cycling during the rest of the other: the Omloop Het Nieuwsblad, Dwars door Vlaanderen, year. Suddenly it’s upon us: The Ronde! In the space of just Gent-Wevelgem, etc. It is an exciting run-up to Holy Sunday a few hours, the race pulls in the masses, either along the - the Ronde. A 260-kilometre (162 mile) apotheosis. When circuit or clustered around their TV sets. They’re in among the whole world can see that Flemish people do not just like the pack, experiencing the race with them. Drawn faces in an racing it; they breathe it. They are the race. equally intense setting. Anyone who does not live in Flanders or who has never been there in the springtime might have difficulty imagining On May 25th 2013, it will be exactly a hundred years since the first Tour of Flanders took place. Flanders honours this birthday. There will be celebrations, exhibitions, events and new cycling routes will be created. Flanders will be the place to be for all cycling enthusiasts! The Escape, Flanders launches a unique cycling team The Escape is a cycling team like any other with an administrator, green hillsides, get shaken about over cobblestone roads, ride team medic, physio, technical support team and car. Only the 72 through villages and ribbon developments, stop for a while in cyclists stand out. They are a life-size reproduction of the plastic front of a closed railway crossing, pass cheering supporters, toy cyclists in four colours children once used to get with a box greet their fans in the supporters’ cafés or take a short break at of washing powder. They absolutely loved them – they used to the chip shop by the roadside. Each one is an avatar for another collect them and then re-enact their own races with them. Artist term of cycling jargon: drafting, yo-yo, break-away, wheel sucker, Erik Nagels has given them a second life. etc. The cyclists of The Escape do not always choose the most usual terrain. They cycle on inland waterways, climb a tower, You can find the cyclists of The Escape from the beginning of reach the Flemish coast via the sea… You can follow each phase February until the end of June at several freely accessible of their route on the website and in the press, on Facebook, locations in Flanders and along the route of the Tour of Flanders Twitter or YouTube, etc. and the Flemish cycle races in the spring. They hurtle through Date: from the beginning of February until the end of June 2013 Place: at several freely accessible locations in Flanders More info: www.deontsnapping.be (from 7th January 2013) 100 years of Flandriens-exhibitions The Valley of the Lys has a rich cycling tradition and with its ‘Iron’ Briek Schotte and Jean-Pierre ‘Jempi’ Monseré are the major spring classics such as Kuurne-Brussels-Kuurne, Dwars connecting thread. The pinnacle of each exhibition is a ride on door Vlaanderen, E3 Harelbeke and Ghent-Wevelgem, the region a replica of a bike from the period when the central figure was has a number of races with an international reputation. As a active as a cyclist. The route and the circumstances of the ride on result of 100 years Tour of Flanders you will be able to visit a the replica refer to the period of the figure in question or to one number of temporary exhibitions ‘100 jaar Flandriens’. Central race in particular in which the cycling giant in question was the figures such as Paul Deman, winner of the first Tour of Flanders, main character. Date: from March till September 2013 Place: the locations are the Cycling Museum in Roeselare, the Town Hall of Waregem and Veloods Waregem (bicycle rental), the library of Wevelgem, meetingplace OC De Cerf in Gullegem, the ancient Pump Building in Bossuit, the Jukebox Museum in Menen and finally the Peter Benoit Museum in Harelbeke Price: included in the regular entrance fee of the Cycling Museum (€ 5) and the Peter Benoit Museum (€ 2). At the other locations, you can visit the exhibition for free. More info: www.iedereenflandrien.be (from end 2012) Muur & Myth: a sound, image and light show The Muur of Geraardsbergen (‘Wall of Geraardsbergen’), stories come alive. It’s as if you were standing on top of the which has been part of the Tour of Flanders since 1950, is one world. Here, the Celts celebrated the spring equinox. Or was the of the most iconic climbs of the race. Many legendary battles Muur a place of offering, a place of worship, of ritual for druids? took place on its steep and rough cobbled road that winds up to the chapel, man to man: Schotte-Vansteenbergen, Merckx- Muur & Myth is inspired by the symbiosis between race and hill. Verbeeck, Museeuw-Van Petegem, Boonen-Cancellara… riders Against the scenic background of the Chapel of Our Lady and worshipped as gods, Flandriens reaching to the skies. with the sleeping sun as a beacon, a sound, image and light show is performed. Until the Muur is blanketed in darkness... For centuries the ‘pagan hill’ has been majestically overlooking the surrounding scenery and the valley of the Dender. Its history stirs all the senses and, especially at sunset, the most wonderful Date: 23-25 May 2013 Place: Geraardsbergen More info: www.muurenmythe.be (from end 2012) © archief RVV © archief © archief RVV Ronde 100-Classic On May 25 1913 Karel Van Wijnendaele organised the first Tour of another side of the Tour, in shrill contrast with those who win the Flanders. It covered 330 km (205 miles), all on bad roads with just race and who cycle their way to legendary status in a single day. the occasional cycle path. There were 27 riders. The race finished on a wooden track that circled a lake in Mariakerke near Ghent. This complex combination of factors is what the Tour of Flanders The first race was won by Paul Deman, a 25-year-old who went is built on. The Ronde is about experience. Intense pleasure on to win Bordeaux–Paris in 1914. for the public, and the ultimate trial for the racers. It is a crazy caravan of riders on grim, narrow roads, a circus unlike any The fabulous Flemish scenery makes the Ronde unique: narrow, other, an inspiring spectacle against a breathtaking backdrop, winding roads, sudden steep inclines on bumpy cobblestones. resurrection after death. The “Muur”, the Oude Kwaremont, the Paterberg! Even during the approach to the climbs there’s not a moment when you can Flanders Classics will celebrate the centenary of ‘the Ronde’ on let your attention slip. The racers have to work hard to get a place Saturday the 25th of May, by presenting the Ronde 100-Classic, near the front and anyone who is taken by surprise is in trouble. the ultimate Tour of Flanders-challenge, which traces the original The Tour of Flanders is hard but fair, except for those who have route first used. bad luck with a burst tyre or other mechanical problems. That’s Date: 25th May 2013 More info: www.rvv.be (from 11 December 2012) RetroRonde van Vlaanderen, a historical bicycle event ‘The RetroRonde van Vlaanderen’, on Sunday 26th May, is a of those typical well known cobblestoned slopes. The bicycles colourful and gastronomic cycling event with riders from all over should date from before 1987 and clothing should be from Europe on nice retro bicycles and clothed to match. In this edition the same period. Food stops are nicely located and offer local we celebrate the centenary of the original Tour of Flanders which specialities to eat and drink. Registrations open on Saturday first start was given date to date 100 years earlier. 25th May, and there’s also a swap meet, a criterium race in the city centre of Oudenaarde and a swinging Retro Ball. So you The RetroRonde is not a competition, it’s an enjoyable Sunday can warm up the legs for the next day.Grab your old bicycle and ride of 40, 70 or 100km (approx. 25, 43 and 62 miles) through come ride with us! the rolling landscape of the Flemish Ardennes containing some Date: 25-26 May 2013 Organisation: Centrum Ronde van Vlaanderen Place: Oudenaarde Markt 43 - 9700 Oudenaarde - www.crvv.be Participation fee (including food and drink along the route, insurance, souvenir…): Saturday criterium race: € 5 if preregistered, € 7 on the day - Sunday ride: € 10 if preregistered, € 12 on the day for all distances Registrations: Online via www.retroronde.be or on the day Group bookings and accommodation info: [email protected] or +32 55 33 99 34 Conditions for participation and all other information: www.retroronde.be The Tour of Flanders route, including a timing system In the early days of the Tour of Flanders, large parts of East of Flanders Route, including a timing system on the Kruisberg Flanders and West Flanders were part of the racing route, but for and Koppenberg hills, the Muur of Geraardsbergen (Wall of many years now the centre of activities is in the Flemish Ardennes. Geraardsbergen) and on the cobblestones of the Paddestraat.
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