ARNOLD DEVLIN'S TOUR OF BELGIUM

Brugge and the Ronde van Vlaanderen

Arnold and Robert at the airport.

Cyclist sculpture in Brugge.

The Belfry Tower in the main square in Brugge.

Bicycles lined up at the train station in Brugge.

Arnold and friends.

Ronde van Vlaanderen route map.

Ronde van Vlaanderen elevation map.

Muur Kapelmuur -one of the cobbled climbs.

The riders pre-start of the Ronde van Vlaanderen.

Lunch (with a beer) at a good spot on one of the climbs.

The crowds cheer as the riders go by. (An actual newspaper photo)

Mario Chippolini climbing the cobbles.

Museeuw(Mapei), Hincapie(US Postal) and Tchmil(Saeco) on the climb.

Riders gone by (note television camera near top)

Johan Museeuw (Professional photo).

Andrei Tchmil (Professional photo).

Andrea Tafi (Professional photo).

A typical town in Belgium.

A Trappist Monastery. They are famous for their beer.

A cycling card (like our hockey or baseball cards).

Backside of cycling card.

Belgium beer coasters.

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Gent and Gent-Wevelgem

Arnold and friends.

Arnold and more friends.

Arnold with his wife Mona.

Along one of the cannals.

Kuipke Velodrome the start location of Gent-Wevelgem.

Famous jerseys at the Kuipke Velodrome.

Lance Armstrong at the start of G-W.

Mario Cippolini rides to the start.

Mario Cippolini talks to the fans.

Mario Cippolini's Specialized bicycle.

??? a famous director sportif.

Robert watching the crowd at G-W.

Carrera bicycles atop the support vehicle.

Race ready Ridley bicycles.

The Ridley mechanics bicycle van.

Riders at the start.

Pink Telecom riders at the start.

Lampre riders at the start.

Riders on the cobbles during the race.

Riding through a town during the race.

A solo rider during the race.

A U.S. Postal rider.

Some of the tifosi along the side of the road?

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Pilgrimage to the Eddie Merckx Factory

Along the cannals.

The border between Belgium and Holland.

Windmill.

An old windmill ruins.

A Belgium marketplace .

The Bogaert cigar factory.

Robert and Frank the owner of the Bogaert Cigar Factory.

The Eddie Merckx bicycle factory.

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Paris-Roubais

A Paris-Roubais advertizement.

The Anniversary Emblem of the 100th Paris-Roubais.

Arnold standing on the P-R Velodrome.

A banked P-R Velodrome corner.

Robert and a very wet P-R Velodrome.

The restaurant at the velodrome.

Previous winners list of Paris-Roubais in the restaurant.

A entrance to a section of cobbles.

The Arenberg Forest before the riders arrive.

A rider passes under an overhead camera set up in the forest.

Two riders in the forest.

A single rider making has way through the forest.

Muddy riders riding through the forest.

A support vehicle on the cobbles.

Two riders grunt through the forest.

Two more riders make their way through the foreat.

The peloton makes its way through Roubais.

The peloton up close.

The middle of the peloton.

The peloton passes through.

Robert and his parents.

Arnold in a photo with Robert's relatives.

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