Issue 20-2

Classics, cobbles and champions: it’s Rouleur’s Belgian special.

We check in with Alberto Bettiol and hear how sacrifice and self-belief helped him take his first pro win at the Tour of Flanders, of all races.

There’s Belgium’s sacred race in widescreen with Rolleiflex panoramic photographer Carsten Snejbj0erg, embedded with Oliver Naesen and AG2R La Mondiale at the Ronde.

We interview iconic manager Patrick Lefevere and feminist pioneer Victoire Van Nuffel, plus there’s a dirty weekend in Koksijde of chips, Chimay and cyclo-cross with the Deserter dissolutes.

Also, rockin’ rides dockside in Desire, an eyewitness look at a Rwandan Paris-Roubaix debutant and we explore pro cycling and heart problems. Plus our unbeatable trio of columnists Romain Bardet, Ned Boulting and Orla Chennaoui.