By the mid-1960s there was little that Classics supremo Rik Van Looy hadn’t achieved in cycling. The Emperor of Herentals had been in the professional ranks for more than a decade and had enjoyed a re

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With the Eiffel Tower visible through one oval window and Sacré Cœur through another, Olivier Vandystadt’s Parisian pied-à-terre could be a set from Emily In Paris were it not for the cycling memorabi

HE WAS A man who was going places, often several places at once. Few racing drivers jousted with jeopardy with such regularity as Willy Mairesse. He was fast and he was committed but all too often he

Most grand prix motorcycle riders who competed at Spa-Francorchamps agreed that it was the greatest racetrack of them all, even though many breathed a sigh of relief when it was removed from the world

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