After watching the final kilometers of today’s emotional Giro stage, I wanted to share the words of poet Willie Verhegghe, as cited by Sporza tv commentator Karl Vannieuwkerke. Renners Sterven Niet Renners sterven niet, ze verdwijnen alleen maar uit het zicht eens zij de laatste finish hebben overschreden en de snelheid van het leven hen…
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Wouter Weylandt RIP
I choked back tears today because I can’t begin to say how much you’ve shaped this boy, these last ten years or more. My friends we’ve seen it all, triumphs to drunken falls and our bones are broken still, but our hearts are joined until, time slips its tired hand into our tired hands we’ve…
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Inevitable. It was inevitable that I would write something about the ‘Ronde van Vlaanderen’. Forget Christmas, we’re talking about the ‘Ronde’ here, a day that all cycling fans are celebrating. They’re even celebrating in Brazil, from what I’ve just heard. Every year, de Ronde gets bigger and bigger. This year marks the entry of the…
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