Why the derby is better from the ditch
The cowbell, the van selling waffles and the best view of a sprint in the country.
September 7, 2026
Oudenaarde at midday: a letter to an old finish line
Brick, banners and a café that has stayed open through every race since the war.
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The shortage of marshals nobody wants to talk about
Forty races a season now run on volunteers who have given up their Sundays for decades.