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Hellingen

A Road Cyclist's Guide to Belgium's Greatest Cycling Climbs

Author: Simon Warren  

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A fully illustrated guide, including photographs, maps and gradient diagrams, to the most famous cycling climbs in Belgium, home of the world's greatest single-day bike races, including the Tour of Flanders and the Li

ège-Bastogne-Liège.

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A fully illustrated guide, including photographs, maps and gradient diagrams, to the most famous cycling climbs in Belgium, home of the world's greatest single-day bike races, including the Tour of Flanders and the Li

ège-Bastogne-Liège.

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Description

From the author who brought you 100 Greatest Cycling Climbs comes another essential guide to vertical pain. This time Simon Warren has turned his attention to the famous climbs of Belgium and the ascents that define the world's greatest single-day bike races. From the rugged cobbles of the Tour of Flanders (or De Ronde), which takes place in early April each year, to the jagged peaks of Liege-Bastogne-Liege, also in April, and beyond, this pocket guide pinpoints fifty climbs that once ridden will give a true appreciation of the races they epitomise. If you thought Belgium was flat . . . think again.

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Critic Reviews

“Praise for the author's 100 Greatest Cycling Climbs :A must-have for any British cyclist and an essential read for anyone who thinks they know their way around the hills of the British Isles. - Cycling WeeklyPraise for the author's 100 Greatest Cycling Climbs :Once you've opened Pandora's box you won't be able to show up at your next club run until you've bagged them all. - London CyclistPraise for the author's 100 Greatest Cycling Climbs :An almost perfect handbook. - Time OutPraise for the author's 100 Greatest Cycling Climbs :The book does exactly what it says on the tin. - Sunday TimesPraise for the author's 100 Greatest Cycling Climbs :The photos are excellent, the information is well presented and the book is the ideal size - I can see myself referring to 100 Greatest Cycling Climbs for years to come. - Bromley VideoPraise for the author's 100 Greatest Cycling Climbs : 100 Greatest Cycling Climbs is one of those books that you always thought existed but didn't. The panoply of UK cycling ephemera is greatly enhanced with its release. Brilliant. - Washing Machine PostPraise for the author's 100 Greatest Cycling Climbs :Great little digest of UK climbs, every cycling home should have one. - Road CC”

Praise for the author's 100 Greatest Cycling Climbs:

A must-have for any British cyclist and an essential read for anyone who thinks they know their way around the hills of the British Isles. - Cycling Weekly

Praise for the author's 100 Greatest Cycling Climbs:

Once you've opened Pandora's box you won't be able to show up at your next club run until you've bagged them all. - London Cyclist

Praise for the author's 100 Greatest Cycling Climbs:

An almost perfect handbook. - Time Out

Praise for the author's 100 Greatest Cycling Climbs:

The book does exactly what it says on the tin. - Sunday Times

Praise for the author's 100 Greatest Cycling Climbs:

The photos are excellent, the information is well presented and the book is the ideal size - I can see myself referring to 100 Greatest Cycling Climbs for years to come. - Bromley Video

Praise for the author's 100 Greatest Cycling Climbs:

100 Greatest Cycling Climbs is one of those books that you always thought existed but didn't. The panoply of UK cycling ephemera is greatly enhanced with its release. Brilliant. - Washing Machine Post

Praise for the author's 100 Greatest Cycling Climbs:

Great little digest of UK climbs, every cycling home should have one. - Road CC

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About the Author

SIMON WARREN has lived and breathed bikes and cycling for over thirty years and is the author of the bestselling 100 Greatest Cycling Climbs and Another 100 Greatest Cycling Climbs. He's won a few races and competed - and struggled - against the best riders in the UK, but most of all he loves to ride his bike uphill. He spent seven years working as a designer at Cycling Weekly before leaving to broaden his horizons in 2003, although he still regularly contributes reports to the magazine he has read since he was a teenager. He lives with his wife and two children in Sheffield and has appeared on TV on numerous occasions and writes regularly for Cycling Weekly and Cycling Plus. He has had both weekly and monthly columns in the past and also contributes to many blogs. He guides rides, hosts events, gives talks and generally promotes his Greatest Cycling Climbs brand twenty-four hours a day, seven days a week, 365 days a year.

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More on this Book

From the author who brought you 100 Greatest Cycling Climbs comes another essential guide to vertical pain. This time Simon Warren has turned his attention to the famous climbs of Belgium and the ascents that define the world's greatest single-day bike races. From the rugged cobbles of the Tour of Flanders (or De Ronde ), which takes place in early April each year, to the jagged peaks of Liege-Bastogne-Liege, also in April, and beyond, this pocket guide pinpoints fifty climbs that once ridden will give a true appreciation of the races they epitomise. If you thought Belgium was flat . . . think again.

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Product Details

Publisher
Little, Brown Book Group | Robinson
Published
4th July 2019
Pages
144
ISBN
9781472144096

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