Belgian PeloPics: Now that we are in the middle of the Spring Classics here is part 2 of John Thomson’s Special Belgian Classic Photo Gallery. More of his selection from bike races, fashion, life in Belgium and some subjects that are quite Belgianesque.
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John says: “Part two of a somewhat Belgian themed photo gallery. Belgian riders, Belgian races and Paris Fashion Week street style shots. Including people. places and things in Belgium, other miscellaneous shots and a couple of images that reflect on the current state of the world. Stand with Ukraine.”
Wout and Wout in action and a big win in the Omloop with some class comments in the post race interview
The Gravensteen “Castle of the Counts” is a medieval castle in Ghent that dates from 1180
1969 Eddy could even make a shower cap look cool. Photo credit: Miroir Sprint/Miroir du Cyclisme
Balmain model at the Palais Garnier
One of the great Belgians. Sanne Cant as world champion here in Antwerp with Laura Verdonschot
Elle Fanning at Miu Miu
An epic win for Tadej Pogačar at Strade Bianche 2022. Here in 2019 with a bit of Photoshop colour added
Matej Mohorič dropped down for his greatest victory at MSR. Here at Strade Bianche 2018
The Neuhaus chocolates have been made in Belgium for over 100 years and this beer takes its name from Adriaen Brouwer who was a Flemish painter born in 1604
Tony Martin and Stefan Küng at Tour of Flanders 2018
Pink jackets in Antwerp
Niki Terpstra winning Tour of Flanders 2018
Oversized blazer with silver accessories at Isabel Marant
Multi Portuguese champion Nelson Oliveira at Tour of Flanders 2016
Beautiful yellow at Place Colette for Isabel Marant
Beautiful yellow on Eddy Merckx here with Joaquim Agostinho at the Tour from a retro edition of Vélo Magazine. Photo credit: Presse Sports/Vélo Magazine
Model après Saint Laurent
Oliver Naesen as Belgian champion at Tour of Flanders 2018
Early morning bakery in Belgium
Ryan Mullen at Tour of Flanders 2018
This friendly fruit seller saw me taking a picture of his delicious berries and he kindly offered to sell me a basket. Which I immediately accepted
No tears for Alexander Kristoff looking resplendent in white and blue as european champion at the start of Tour of Flanders 2018
Gold at Chanel
Thijs Aerts at Essen 2018
Meat and bread deliciousness in Kortrijk
Beautiful cycling in Brugge
Ukrainian Yaroslav Popovych is standing up for his country. Now a Directeur sportif with Trek-Segafredo and here with Heinrich Haussler at Tour of Flanders 2016
A big Trek Factory Racing fan in Oudenaarde
Belgian legend Briek Schotte was a two-time world champion and two-time Tour of Flanders winner. Pictured here on a poster at the Tour of Flanders Museum in Oudenaarde
Chasing Flanders. Tour of Flanders fans running back to vehicles to watch the next sector of the race
Double Belgian champion Yves Lampaert at Tour of Flanders 2016
Couple after the Chanel show at the Grand Palais
Former pro Zhandos Bizhigitov at Tour of Flanders 2017 and a bittersweet shot of Herman Frison and Marc Sergeant in the Lotto Soudal car
Musée Oldmasters Museum in Brussels
Toms Skujinš and Alexander Kristoff at Tour of Flanders 2016
Chloé model after the show
Marcel Meisen as German champion at Overijse 2019
Fashionista posing outside the Grand Palais
2019 Belgian road champion Tim Merlier here at Overijse and looking to repeat his 2021 success on the road this year
Overijse mud
Mathieu van der Poel at GP Mario De Clercq 2019 and back with a podium at MSR in 2022
Cool dude looking very comfortable in Palm Angels pastel casual
Guess who’s riding to sign on at the Tour of Flanders 2018
Christian Dior wrap and epic shades
The chase of Gilbert by GVA, Naesen and Sagan was going so well in 2017
Then the jacket happened. Photo credit: Photo News
Chocolates, cobbles and a stellar trench coat in Brugge
Tony Martin had plenty of scars even before “Allez Opi-Omi”. Here at Tour of Flanders 2017
Beautiful Loewe model posing in front of the Eiffel Tower
Jim Aernouts at a hair-raising Vlaamse Druivencross Overijse 2018
The most famous car in the world here at the Louwman Museum in The Hague, Netherlands. This Aston Martin DB5 is one of two exact replicas made for the promotion of the movie Goldfinger
The second greatest James Bond movie car is a modified topless white version of a 1967 Toyota 2000GT. This hardtop 2000GT is at the Louwman Museum, the oldest private car collection in the world
Models after the show
Not Belgian, but one of the finest beers I have ever tasted. Here at the Louwman Museum restaurant in The Hague, Netherlands
54 – Not Belgian, but a beautiful shot of Spanish legend Luis Ocaña as a mini poster in Miroir du cyclisme October 1970. Photo credit: Miroir du cyclisme
Leonie Hanne at Isabel Marant
Luke Rowe and Antoine Duchesne, two champions at the start of Tour of Flanders 2018 in Antwerp
Gorgeous gray under scaffolding
Checking out a GTR in Brugge
Recent winner of Le Samyn, Matteo Trentin here with Matt Wilson at Tour of Flanders 2018 and chasing back on after a mechanical
Posing at the Theatre des Champs-Elysees with the Eiffel Tower in the background
Jan-Willem van Schip and his aero brake hoods at Scheldeprijs 2018
A big GVA fan at Tour of Flanders
Arrival at Isabel Marant
Horses in a field and sheep in Damme
Former world champion Ceylin del Carmen Alvarado at Essen 2018
Beautiful photographer with face bandage outside the Valentino show at Paris Fashion Week
Tom Boonen at GP Quebec 2016
Penny-farthing racing was popular in the 1870s and 1880s. This poster was in the Huis van Alijn museum of daily life in Gent
XXL ride in Kortrijk
Suds flying off the bike of Sep Vanmarcke after Paris Roubaix
Model posing after the show
Not Belgians, but I couldn’t resist putting Poulidor and Anquetil side by side going contre le montre in the 1966 Tour. Photo credits: Le Miroir des Sports
French actors Ana Giradot (left) and Marina Foïs at PFW
Mathieu in Antwerp
Psychedelic flower power at Chanel
Jasper Stuyven is aiming for Flanders and Roubaix. Here at Tour of Flanders 2017
Some glam at the Palais Garnier
Taylor Phinney has a passion for art. Here at Tour of Flanders 2018
79 – Davis Phinney in the early 90’s at Gastown GP Vancouver
80 – Stylish fashionistas at Isabel Marant
81 – Stylish Filippo Pozzato in Brugge at the start of Tour of Flanders 2016
Medieval Brugge
Torture Museum Oude Steen in Brugge
Belgian colours in the sun and mud at Overijse
Stunning black and gold at Palais de Tokyo
André Greipel at Tour of Flanders 2017
Autoworld Brussels museum
Palais de Tokyo fashion
Stijn Devolder a two time winner of the Ronde, here at GP Quebec 2016
Fashionistas at Balmain
Tony Martin here at Tour of Flanders 2016 and never disappoints in photographs
Smiling model after the show
Laurens Sweeck at Namur 2019 and winner of the Maldegem Ethias Cross 2022
Larsen Thompson at Cédric Charlier
Filippo Pozzato at Tour of Flanders 2016
Beautiful brown tones at Chanel
Tom Meeusen riding in his home race at Essen 2016
Chanel glam
2016 seems like just yesterday. Mathieu in Essen
Isabel Marant models after the show
Tour of Flanders Museum in Oudenaarde
Belgian legend Freddy Maertens was twice world road race champion. Photo credit: Jean Jaffre/Miroir du cyclisme
Brugge early morning
Edvald Boasson Hagen as Norwegian champion at Tour of Flanders 2016
Dark blue and dark glasses at Chanel
Early morning start of the Ronde van Vlaanderen Cyclo in Antwerp
No Ronde Cyclo for me, just a rental bike selfie in Damme
Beautiful Valentino models at PFW
Sonny Colbrelli at Tour of Flanders 2017 and the winner of Paris Roubaix 2021
Saint Laurent model posing after the show at the Trocadéro
Photo aficionados doing what they love most after the Saint Laurent show. And a guy with a Polaroid One Step!
Chasing Cancellara Flanders Cyclo is held in Harelbeke on March 20 2022
Tinted shades and great boots at Redemption
Tiesj crashing in Flanders and missing Roubaix was not his finest hour in 2016. Nor was Strade 2022
His finest hour at Strade Bianche 2018
Just off his first pro win on stage 3 of Settimana Internazionale Coppi e Bartali. Ben Tulett here at Overijse 2018
Smiling and shooting the photographers
Growing up in Canada the first road bicycle race I remember seeing was at the 1976 Montreal Olympics on a black and white TV. So until the late 70’s when my cycling obsession took hold, hockey was the sport. This shot of “the Great One” was taken in Vancouver in the early 80’s with a Pentax 35mm camera and a manual focus zoom lens and is the luckiest photo I have ever taken. (Notice the sticks from both sides trying to slow him down when he doesn’t even have the puck)
St. Julien Canadian Memorial, also known as The Brooding Soldier located in Saint-Julien, Langemark
Valentine Joe Strudwick (1900-1916) is buried at the Essex Farm Cemetery within the John McCrae Memorial Site near Ypres, Belgium
More peace
More joy
# Big thanks (again) to John for another great photo gallery… Keep it PEZ for all the Classic spring action. #
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