A Century of Paris Roubaix
Updated!!!

Marking the 100 year anniversary in 1996, this book is the Official Edition of Paris-Roubaix as approved by the organizers, the Societé du Tour de France. 432 pages to relive the legend of the Queen of the classics. An exhausting reference work that includes hundreds of photographs, many never published before. Updated to include years 1996 - 2000.

(Available in Dutch and French.)

Classics of the 20th Century

A complete guide, a work recounting the history of the great classics of the 20th century. You will find them all in this book: Paris-Brest-Paris, Bordeaux-Paris, Milan-San Remo, the Tour of Lombardy, Paris-Tours, Paris-Brussels, Paris-Roubaix, the Championship of Zurich, San Sebastian, the Tour of Flanders, Liege-Bastogne-Liege, the Amstel Gold Race, and the World Championships.

Available in Dutch (KLA)
and in French (CLA).

Illustrated Encyclopedia of French Racing Cyclists
Thanks to this incredibly thorough work, the French cycling community finally has an encyclopedia documenting more than 5,000 of their racers: professionals, amateurs, and juniors who have distinguished themselves on the road, track, and in cyclocross.

(Available in French.)

La Gloire Dans les Labours (French title)
Or
Mud or Gold (Dutch title)
Thanks to this book, cyclocross is given its due. A wonderful sport, as these more than 200 pages abundantly illustrate. The early years, the Criterium International of cyclocross, and the many World Championship races.

Available in Dutch (Modder of Goud / MG)
and in French (La gloire dans les labours / )

Johan Museeuw
The irresistible rise of Johan Museeuw, from the beginning of his career to his 1996 World Championships victory in Lugano, Switzerland. An tour of his career that also includes a yellow jersey in the Tour de France and victories in many of the greatest classics like Paris-Roubaix, Tour de Flanders, Paris-Tours, and the Amstel Gold Race.

(Available in Dutch and French?)

Rik I. Van Steenbergen
The fabulous career of Rik documented in 500 photographs, some never before published, with accompanying captions written in 6 languages. A stroll through 30 years of cycling. The richness, breadth, and diversity of his achievements are testament to the exceptional talent that he was, both on the road and the track.

(Available in Dutch, French, German, English, Italian, and Spanish.)

Charles Crupelandt                 Price Louis Nucera
The pioneering days of cycling, from 1900 to 1914, was witness to some of the most amazing exploits from some of the most extraordinary cyclists. Lapize, Faber, Van Hauwaert, Garin, Petit-Breton, Trousselier - to mention only a few of the more illustrious riders. Above all though, there was one, Charles Crupelandt, winner of the most important races and one of the biggest motors in the peloton. This book is a true snapshot of the period. It offers a rare opportunity to discover the life of one of the more romantic figures of the sport. It also reads like a daily newspaper, providing us with a firsthand view of these champions and the birth of the great races in which they took part.

(Available in French.)

Cycling Reflections From An Era, 1900-1914
During the research undertaken for the writing of Charles Crupelandt, so many photographs and newspaper articles were discovered, bringing to light so many faces from the peloton sadly forgotten. These men were heroes in their own right and here in this book, their photographs are displayed and their exploits are detailed. There are any other reproductions of posters and publicity as well. A fabulous book for those interested in the early years of our sport.

(Available in French.)

Omdat ik Vlaeminck Ben

Several years ago, Roger De Vlaeminck turned 50. With the help of his training books, his newspaper clippings, accounts from friends, colleagues, and rivals, we look back on his storied career. Never before revealed details about his equipment, the results he achieved, his cardiac training, and his diet. From the beginning, a specialist of winter training, we detail how he prepared for his many seasons in the saddle. Roger himself speaks candidly about his major rivals of the day, Merckx, Maertens, Moser, and Raas.

(Available in Dutch.)

Out of print

Cycloscoop 1 - Miguel Indurain

Miguel Indurain was without question the most outstanding cyclist of the 1990's. Between 1991 and 1995, he won five consecutive Tours de France, emerging from each one having focused on his specialties: an innate sense of risk taking, an impressive tranquil force devoid of ego or illusion, and an incomparable master of the race against the clock, which he confirmed elsewhere by taking three Worlds and one Olympic Championship in the time trial. Indurain was a professional from 1984-1996.

Available in Dutch, French and Spanish.

Cycloscoop 2 - Sean Kelly

For ten years, Sean Kelly was the "King of the Classics." The Irishman combined his power and perseverance with a level of professionalism, exceptional speed, race intelligence, and unmatched determination rarely found in the annals of cycling history. Four times winner of the Green Jersey, he never did win the Tour de France. He did, however, conquer the Vuelta on one occasion and Paris-Nice a record seven times. Of course, he dominated the great one-day races and for this he was rightly called "the King."

Cycloscoop 3 - Stephen Roche

Stephen Roche has forged his name in the history books of profession cycling. The Irishman is, to this day, the only rider to have matched Eddy Merckx's feat of winning in the same season the Tour de France, Tour of Italy, and the World Championship. It was in 1987 that Roche accomplished the legendary triple at a time when he dominated the international peloton. Before and after his remarkable exploit, his career was marked by recurring knee problems. Stephen Roche was enormously popular in Ireland and France, where he laid the foundations for both his professional and family life.

Cycloscoop 4 - Briek Schotte

A true monument in the sport of cycling, Briek Schotte was part of the generation of soldiers for which the statue in Kanegem of Flandrians who fought in World War II pays homage. Briek was two-time World Champion. He also won two Tours of Flanders, two editions of Gent-Wevelgem, Paris-Brussels, and Paris-Tours. 1948 was his year of grace in which he finished second in the Tour de France and was awarded the Desgrange-Colombo Trophy.

Cycloscoop 5 - Jan Raas

In 1975 Jan Raas obtained his first professional license at Raleigh. At the age of 22, the young Dutchman overflowed already of ambition, animated by an irreducible temperament of warrior of the groups.
Raas did not have the profile of a un simple water carrier. He attempted to concretize his breadth as leader while becoming Champion of the World. He supplemented this title in particular by 5 victories in the "Amstel Gold Race".

Cycloscoop 7 - Greg Lemond

Greg Lemond is one of the most influential champions in the history of cycling. Before him of course, Eddy Merckx and Fausto Coppi had also marked of their print through their fabulous performances. But Lemond, in margin of his three victories of the Tour de France and his two world titles, was especially a nonconformist hustling the ancestral traditions of the medium.

Cycloscoop 8 - Gianni Bugno

At the end of 1998 Gianni Bugno hung up again his bicycle. At 34 years the Italian, however physically intact, did not have any more the the resources morale to carry on his road. Gianni ran in vain behind a last great victory, and it became obviously too heavy to support.
He was a exceptional champion with multiple facets. Wheeler, climber, sprinter, he made profitable this extraordinary eclecticism to make a dazzling prize list with two world titles (1990 and 1991).

Cycloscoop 9 - Henri Desgrange

Henri Desgrange started as a clerk of notary and became later a cyclist. He was the very first official holder of the world hour record. Desgrange was "the father of the Tour de France" whose first edition, in 1903, was intended to promote the sales of the sporting daily newspaper "L'Auto".

Cycloscoop 10 - Bernard Thévenet

Bernard Thévenet won two times times the Tour de France. In 1975, the Frenchman put an end at the reign of all-powerful Eddy Merckx, removing with the
passage the famous stage of the Izoard.
Two years later he was essential again in de Big Buckle. He was a specialist in de races by stages. On the other hand he never won a classic.

Cycloscoop 11 - Hennie Kuiper
Hennie Kuiper constituted, with Jan Raas, Gerrie Knetemann and Joop Zoetemelk the most gifted generation of Dutch cyclists. Hennie had his own way of running: he never speculated en always tightened his teeth. A tenacity at the base of a sumptuous prize list, where one notes an Olympic title, a world title, victories in Milan-SanRemo, the Tour de Flandres, Paris-Roubaix and the Tour de Lombardy.