professional cycling

  • De Wolf, De Poodle and The 3 Days of De Panne

    Out on the bike this morning with the winner of the 1980 edition of the 3 Days of De Panne, a race that is currently taking place I heard an unusual story about an unusual visitor to the peleton one year during the race. The Belgian race is designed for hard men and good bike…

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  • Are the Pros Pro enough ?

    (Eddy Merckx was fanatical about his equipment) Before the days of twitter , Facebook and the Internet the greatest cyclists in the World were almost supernatural . Fans would spend days recounting any brief glimpse of a Champion in the flesh . Monthly magazines like 'Winning' were torn apart as pictures of Hero cyclists were…

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