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From cycling ‘golden boy’ to an unexplained death: the tragic story of Frank Vandenbroucke
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.
