This Sunday sees among the finest one-day Classics of the biking season – De Ronde van Vlaanderen. The Tour of Flanders has thrown up many iconic photos over its 106 editions, so you possibly can think about how tough it’s to decide on the very best photographs from the Cor Vos archive of over fifty years.

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The climbs of the Koppenberg and the Muur van Geraardsbergen/Kappelmuur have often been decisive within the Flemish race, however they’ve at all times thrown up some pleasure, though much less now that they’re additional away from the end. Here’s a choice of photographs from the ‘hellingen’ from the 70s, 80s and as much as final 12 months.

Fashionable wanting wheels on the roofrack of that Peugeot 404

This approach to hell!

A detailed have a look at the torture

Chaos on the Koppenberg

Eddy Merckx went solo early in 1977, however was caught and dropped by Roger De Vlaeminck and World champion Freddy Maertens

Herman van Springel was compelled to run up the Koppenberg in 1977 – The seven time winner of Bordeaux-Paris by no means gained de Ronde

Two time Flanders winner, Jan Raas, was offended with a photographer on the Koppenberg in 1985 and so he punched him

Ferdi Van Den Haute wanted police assist when he crashed

Rider, workforce supervisor, journalist and TV commentator, the late Paul Sherwen hit the Koppenberg cobbles

Double World pursuit champion Alain Bondue was compelled to stroll with Hennie Kuiper on the Koppenberg

The rear view of the Koppenberg fallen in 1979

Kuiper once more in 1981 with German Nationwide champion Gregor Braun

Jasper Skibby crashed on the Koppenberg and was then run over by the race director

Generally it’s sooner operating than using

The cyclo-cross remount by BMC’s Karsten Kroon

A day trip for the 2CV

Etienne De Wilde was a robust and profitable rider on the street and observe in his 20 12 months professional profession – A winner of Het Volk, however by no means the Tour of Flanders

Typical Belgian climate on the Geraardsbergen

Luc Colijn and Eric Vanderaerden obtained a detailed have a look at the cobbles of the Muur

Sean Kelly main Jean-Luc Vandenbroucke – Neither of them gained Flanders

Kelly with Eric Vanderaerden – The Belgian gained in 1985, Kelly was 2nd thrice and as soon as 4th

Peter Van Petegem and Franco Ballerini – Two wins for Van Petegem, none for Ballerini, however the Italian did win in Roubaix twice

Eddy van Hooydonck made his transfer on the Bosberg – Twice 1989 and 1991

Can’t get misplaced

It doesn’t must rain to make a tough day in Flanders.

The facility of Peter Sagan was an excessive amount of in 2016

Philippe Gilbert, the Belgian champ does it in 2017

One other 12 months, one other Ronde 2018

Terpstra solo to the end

All the celebs within the chase behind the Dutchman – Vanmarcke, Van Avermaet, and Gilbert

Terpstra’s final large win with Deceuninck – Fast-Step

The Flemish love De Ronde

Van der Poel was eager, however…

Assault from Alberto Bettiol

Bettiol took the massive win in 2019

Van der Poel, Van Aert and Alaphilippe away for the win in 2020

NO!

Simply when it appeared like we’d have the highest three riders of the second combat for the victory, Alaphilippe hit the again of a bike

After which there have been two

Collectively to the dash

The Monument win for Van der Poel

Better of enemies on the street

Windmills should not only for Holland

Assault from the World champion

The profitable break

Asgreen and Van der Poel making the profitable transfer

The massive win for the Danish champion

Behind the rostrum: Mathieu van der Poel (Alpecin-Fenix), Greg Van Avermaet (AG2R Citroën) and Kasper Asgreen (Deceuninck – Fast-Step)

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Watch essentially the most complete reside & ad-free protection of the Tour of Flanders 2022 on GCN+. Go deeper and get interactive with reside polls & quizzes, plus rider profiles, race updates, outcomes & extra – plus stream authentic and unique biking documentaries. Watch all of it with GCN+ on any machine.

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