HET VOLK POSES A DIFFERENT CHALLENGE

Gert Steegmans Het Volk 2008 training
(Image credit: LUC CLAESSEN)

The character of Het Volk has changed significantly this year, making the traditional midweek reconnaissance rides all the more critical.

For the past 12 years, the opening race of the Belgian Classics season has finished in Lokeren, to the north east of the start town, Ghent.

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WHAT?S DIFFERENT?
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THE SEASON STARTS HERE
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THE FAVOURITES
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HOW THE BOOKIE SEES IT
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THE ROUTE
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HOME ADVANTAGE
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RECENT WINNERS
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Sports journalist Lionel Birnie has written professionally for Sunday Times, Procycling and of course Cycling Weekly. He is also an author, publisher, and co-founder of The Cycling Podcast. His first experience covering the Tour de France came in 1999, and he has presented The Cycling Podcast with Richard Moore and Daniel Friebe since 2013. He founded Peloton Publishing in 2010 and has ghostwritten and published the autobiography of Sean Kelly, as well as a number of other sports icons.