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Riders will have to face the Old Kwaremont on Sunday’s Tour of Flanders. view thumbnail gallery Similar route to 2012, with three climbs of the Oude Kwaremont The 100th anniversary of the Tour of Flanders will follow the new course concept presented in 2012. The Oude Kwaremont and Paterberg will be climbed three times each, [...]
By VeloNews.com Published Mar. 29, 2012 Updated 2 hours ago comments Tweet Share Open full size in new window. Oudenaarde loves De Ronde The 96th edition of the Tour of Flanders rolls out Sunday morning under a cloud of controversy. Organizers changed the finale of this year’s Ronde, removing the Muur de Geraardsbergen in favor [...]
By VeloNews.com Published 2 hours ago comments Tweet Share The Spring Classics 2003: Probably the two most popular Belgians of recent times, Peter Van Petegem, the Flandrian, and Frank Vandenbroucke (front), are the “angels” of the Ronde’s 87th edition. Here, on the last pitch of the Kappel-Muur, thousands of their faithful fans urge them on [...]
By Gregor Brown Published 3 hours ago comments Tweet Share Steels says French champion is key for the team at Flanders. Photo: Gregor Brown KOKSIJDE, Belgium (VN) — Sylvain Chavanel is key to Omega Pharma-Quick Step taking another win in the Tour of Flanders on Sunday in Oudenaarde, says team director Tom Steels. The Frenchman, [...]
Fabian Cancellara (RadioShack-Nissan) picks himself up from a crash. view thumbnail gallery RadioShack leader suffers two crashes and multiple punctures Bad luck cost Fabian Cancellara (RadioShack-Nissan) the chance of defending his title in E3 Harelbeke on Friday. The two-time race winner suffered three punctures and two crashes during the race and despite being a major [...]
Niki Terpstra (Omega Pharma-Quickstep) view thumbnail gallery Dutch rider goes it alone in Belgium On Wednesday afternoon 27 year-old Dutch rider Niki Tersptra (Omega Pharma-Quickstep) captured one of the nicest wins in his career at the Belgian semi-classic Dwars door Vlaanderen. With a tactical move on top of the Oude Kwaremont Terpstra left a breakaway [...]
Tour of Flanders: Nick Nuyens (Saxo Bank-Sungard) was the toast of Flanders after his win. view thumbnail gallery 2011 winner underlines the key role of the Oude Kwaremont Tour of Flanders winner Nick Nuyens (Saxo Bank-Sungard) will wait and see before judging the new route of the race. De Ronde has finished in Meerbeke since [...]
Tour of Flanders: Nick Nuyens (Saxo Bank-Sungard) was on cue at the Ronde. view thumbnail gallery Finish in Oudenaarde after Oude Kwaremont finale The 2012 Ronde van Vlaanderen will not be including the famous Muur van Geraardsbergen climb in 2012 after race organisers announced that they have designed a new finale for the race, which [...]
The engineers’ projection of a post-construction Muur-Kapelmuur A new finish town appears not to be the only change in store for De Ronde Van Vlaanderen in 2012. The Oude Kwaremont, Koppenberg and Muur-Kapelmuur climbs are scheduled for renovations that include paving later this year. “The steps taken by the provincial governments have paved the way [...]
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Belgians mourn "decapitated" Tour of Flanders
Stijn Devolder on the Kapelmuur in 2009. view thumbnail gallery Defending champion Nuyens says “give course a chance” One of the most iconic climbs of the cobbled Classics will not feature in the Tour of Flanders for the coming years, and the exclusion of the Muur van Geraardsbergen (also known as the Wall of Grammont [...]