Belgian cycling is in mourning after the death of Rik Van Looy, the so-called ‘Emperor of Herentals’, who dominated the sprints and Classics in a career that spanned from 1953 to 1970.
Van Looy was the first rider to win all five of cycling’s Monument Classics and only Eddy Merckx and Roger De Vlaeminck have since equalled that feat.
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