Feature: An Audience with the Emperor

Van Looy at 90

An episode of the Cycling Legends Podcast podcast, hosted by Cycling Legends Media, titled "Feature: An Audience with the Emperor" was published on November 8, 2023 and runs 14 minutes.

November 8, 2023 ·14m · Cycling Legends Podcast

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Summary

Rik Van Looy is still the only man to have won every single-day classic on the calendar. Jacques Anquetil was the Grand Tour master of the late 1950s and first half of the ‘60s, and Rik Van Looy was the classics king. He was a fierce competitor, high-handed in his dominance, with 492 victories in a professional career lasting nearly 20 years. They called him the Emperor of Herentals, after the east Belgian town where he lives, and where Chris Sidwells was granted an audience. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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Rik Van Looy is still the only man to have won every single-day classic on the calendar. Jacques Anquetil was the Grand Tour master of the late 1950s and first half of the ‘60s, and Rik Van Looy was the classics king. He was a fierce competitor, high-handed in his dominance, with 492 victories in a professional career lasting nearly 20 years. They called him the Emperor of Herentals, after the east Belgian town where he lives, and where Chris Sidwells was granted an audience.

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