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Mar 11, 2022 · Cycling in Belgium is a real obsession. A little history…. The Belgian Flag (in Dutch: Vlag van België) is a tricolour made up of three vertical bands of equal size: Black, Yellow and Red (always in that order!). To find out the origins of it we have to dig back in history a fair way back.
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As the most successful nation in Worlds men's road race history with 26 rainbow jerseys, the past two decades have been relatively barren for the Belgians. With two gold medals – the most recent coming courtesy of Philippe Gilbert in 2012 – as well as Wout van Aert's silver in Imola and Peter Van Petegem's bronze, they lag well behind Spain (12 med...
It's no surprise that Belgium bring one of the strongest squads to the race, especially given they'll be battling on home ground. Few other nations can say they have left riders like Gilbert, Oliver Naesen, Greg Van Avermaetand Tim Wellens at home – in addition to top sprinters Tim Merlier and Jasper Philipsen, who are unsuited to the course. Despi...
The team has arguably the strongest contender for victory as well as arguably the strongest team to back him up. At his best, Van Aert can be near-unbeatable, and in Flanders there will be just a handful of men that any onlookers might expect to be able to do that – barring any big surprises. Van Aert is up there with Julian Alaphilippe and Mathieu...
It's tough to pick any real weaknesses in the Belgium squad or its leader. The 'Sagan problem' could be one of the few things for Belgium and Van Aert to fear. As the Slovak three-time world champion has experienced on numerous occasions during his career, few riders are happy working with the strongest man in the race if he can out-sprint them at ...
The Belgian national cycling team is an exception with its blue jerseys. There is no blue to be seen on our national flag and yet 'our' cycling selection has been racing in this colour for more than half a century.
The French Alcyon cycling brand has been the major sponsor of some of the world’s best cyclists in the early years of cycling. Amongst them many Belgians. Did Alcyon have an important impact on the blue colour of the Belgian national team jersey?
Lotto Dstny is the world's oldest pro cycling team and has been writing an impressive story of almost four decades. Starting in 2023, the National Lottery joins forces with the Belgian techcompany Dstny.
Feb 1, 2021 · The Belgian team, who have grabbed the old CCC Team's licence, enter the WorldTour with a kit that remains true to their old colours of blue, white, and neon green.
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