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Ronde Van Vlaanderen

Classic clothing from Velocast

Podcasters Velocast air new clothes and coffee cups.

Velocast Classics Clothing

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Ronde Van Vlaanderen 2013: From the roadside

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Tour of Flanders spectating

Spectating at Ronde Van Vlaanderen is an unforgettable experience. The weekend, with the sportive on the Saturday allowing anybody to ride the same course as the pros do battle on the following day, is a wonderful experience. It’s more than simple bike racing, it’s a festival of everything that Belgium stands for.

Tour of Flanders Tech 2013: New bikes & kit from this year's Ronde

Cannondale’s Synapse, Bianchi’s updated Infinito and other interesting tech equipment spotted on the cobbles

Taming the Belgian cobbles - riding Ronde Van Vlaanderen

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Riding Ronde Van Vlaanderen

This weekend I’m be escaping the clutches of the frozen UK and heading to, ermm, an even colder Belgium, cos I’m taking part in the Ronde Van Vlaanderen (Tour of Flanders) cyclo event. For cyclists it’s a must-do event and is right up there with doing the Etape. In fact I’d even say it’s the number one event for cycle racing fans.

Tour of Flanders 2012 Preview

New finish for Belgian Monument, but same old names - and some new ones - expected to figure

Weekend Ronde Up

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Weekend Ronde Up

It was quite easy really, across Kent as quick as possible, hot-tilt boogie through the Chunnel and out along the North coast of Europe for not long at all to a romantic dockland suburb of Gent and the even more romantic Fomule 1 hotel where the smell of Death stalks the corridors, or maybe it’s just the critical mass of B.O., for too little sleep and the standard Continental insufficient pre-ride breakfast of bad coffee and Nutella filled rolls.

Good Vibrations on the Ronde de Vlaanderen… and the cobbles of Paris Roubaix

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Rob's Flanders Adventure

We are riding on mythical roads owned by gods and legends, but today I’m not worshipping. Instead, I’m being sacrificed on their cobbled altar, a dish of the day served battered and numb. This is what it feels like to ride the pave – welcome to Hell…