The Classics are more than just bike racing. It’s the melting pot of people that fill the cafés and bars, most not cyclists but each and every one with a knowledge of the sport, the history, the riders. You can pick out anyone from the throng of lubed fans lining the cobbles and kassien and they will have a story, a hero, and a natural-born instinct which compels them to be bit players in the most revered theatre of cycling.

There’s no time or place like Flanders in Spring. We’ll see you from there soon.