Liège-Bastogne-Liège, one of cycling’s most prestigious races, which takes competitors on a 164-mile loop around the cultural hub of Belgium’s Wallonia region, Frank Vandenbroucke named the exact point where he was going to make his winning move, down to the very house number.
Even for the pre-race favourite, it seemed like pure madness: there are umpteen variable factors to confront in this sport, not least 150 rivals keen to stop him.
Such a pronouncement was like specifying the minute in the cup final when the winning goal would be scored, or the actual punch and round when the boxing knockout would come.
Muhammad Ali, eat your heart out.The Belgian was so confident and so good that he didn’t need the element of surprise. Racing through the lush Ardennes, he ditched his rivals 300 metres before the promised address with characteristic style to win the race.
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