De Flandriens

1988 – 1995 (1x4)

Udgivelsesdato: Mar 22, 2010

In 1988 Eddy Planckaert is for the first time in his career as the absolute leader at the start of the Tour of Flanders. In the ADR jersey and therefore without leader Eric Vanderaerden. And with success, because Planckaert wins his first major classic after eight years. Two years later he also writes Paris-Roubaix after his name in an inimitable way. Planckaert is a late bloomer, unlike his successor Edwig Van Hooydonck. He is only 22 when he conquers the hearts of cycling-loving Flanders in the 1989 Tour of Flanders. On the highest scaffold, a very happy Van Hooydonck gives way to tears. In the Tour of 1991 he repeats this success, but the tears are gone. The last highlight of a much too short career. Moreover, Van Hooydonck has to deal with an emerging West Flemish who will have no equal in the classic work of the 1990s: Johan Museeuw.