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Van Wijnendaele first wrote for De Torhoutenaer, his local paper, then from 1909 for Onze Kampioenen in Antwerp and Spor
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Van Wijnendaele, born into a poor Flemish family of flax workers, had worked for well-to-do French-speaking families in
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A consequence of the enforced decision to change the name of the upstart rival race to Omloop Het Volk was that rival pa
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American writer Gabe Konrad recounts that Paul Deman was "highly decorated, having received medals from Belgium, France
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He started racing again and won Paris–Roubaix in 1920 and Paris–Tours in 1923. Schroeders, Fer (1999), Les Classiques du
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Cyril van Hauwaert had become a hero by rising above his humble origins to achieve relative prosperity as a cyclist, "th
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The kattestoet is an Ypres tradition from the Middle Ages in which cats were thrown from the belfry of the Cloth Hall, p
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Stijn Streuvels, b. Heule, Belgium, 3 October 1871, d. 15 August 1969, was the pen-name of Frank Lateur of the Van Nu en
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"Sportwereld" was made the sports section of both Het Nieuwsblad and its sister daily De Standaard
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In May 1940 German troops occupied Belgium. The government fled to London and the king was held under house arrest.
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The Germans not only allowed and enjoyed the race but helped police the route as well. "Konrad p101">Konrad, Gabe and Me
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The Desgrange-Colombo, named after the organisers of the Tour de France and Giro d'Italia, was cycling's first internati
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In an era when travel was difficult, the Desgrange-Colombo couldn't have two events on the same day and so the Ronde van
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Sentiment for the North Sea as a feature of Belgium is a familiar theme. The Belgian singer Jacques Brel (8 April 1929 –
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In English the formation is known as an echelon. Despite that being a French word, the French term is "bordure". The Dut
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After the official start, the race was neutralized in the city center until Mariakerke.
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Bruges' campaign to bring the city to life, and not rely solely on historic tourism, went beyond cycling. It was one of
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The primes, or intermediate bonuses, were of particular importance until the late 1960s, in an era when few professional
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The Paterberg is a road laid purposely for the race. A farmer, envious of a friend who lived beside the Koppenberg and s
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Ritten van Lerberghe's victory speech was reported in dialect, presumably to reflect his manner of speech, as "Gaat nu o
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(Dutch: Ronde van Vlaanderen), also known as De Ronde ("The Tour")
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