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Chasing ‘De Ronde’

Behind-the-scenes gallery from Belgium’s biggest race

​​​​The Tour of Flanders gives a whole new meaning to the term “bike fans.” One of the first things you notice is how “hard” the baying roadside crowd go, cheering all the riders over every last inch of granite cobblestone as they spill their triple-cooked frites and high-percentage beer in excitement. 

A national obsession, those who take on Ronde Van Vlaanderen are rockstars in the eyes of the Belgian public as they enter the Gladiatorial ring of this epic monuments parcours.

A race quite unlike any other, for some, the 158.6km course was a question of survival, but for those few who could make the race their own, this unpredictable race was a chance to weave their names into the tapestry of the Flemish icon

The 2022 edition was a truly historic and memorable affair for Human Powered Health. From race-animating attacks to cresting the legendary Koppenberg in the front group, the team showed what they are all about in key sections of ‘Flanders’ Most Beautiful’.

Relive the action and bask in the atmosphere on Belgium’s party day with our gallery of images from a day when the team tackled more than just the eleven climbs on the race’s route.

“The team really took care of me today. I was just chilling in the back and they really gave me the confidence because I told them like ‘guys I’m so good today and I’m feeling it’ and they were like ‘okay well we trust you so we’ll work for you’ and it felt amazing because they gave me so much strength. They don’t have to do something but just when people believe in you it give you so much energy and power and you really feel like okay I really need to do it now because everyone is depending on it.” – Marit Raaijmakers

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