The Ronde av Edward Pickering

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<B>'It wasn't a race but a war game' Bernard Hinault<BR/>'Without question, the hardest one-day bike race ever created' George Hincapie</B><BR/><BR/><B>The Tour of Flanders – known to cycling fans as the Ronde – is the biggest one-day bike race in the world.</B><BR/> <BR/> It is a <B>potent mix of grit</B>, cobbles, steep climbs, narrow roads, national <B>pride, beer, brutal weather</B> and the maddest, most <B>passionate</B> fans in the sport. It’s the <B>Tour de France</B> boiled down into a <B>single day of non-stop action</B>– the Belgian equivalent of the Grand National, Wimbledon and the FA Cup final. And there’s yet more to it than that.<BR/> <BR/> Edward Pickering tells the story of the <B>Tour of Flanders</B>, its history, culture and meaning, through the prism of the 2011 Ronde, an incredible edition that was one of the <B>most exciting bike races</B> of the past half-century. He weaves the narrative of that d