Ronde

A brilliant and revealing insight into Flanders and the most challenging of the Monuments: the Ronde.

Reviews

'With regard to the Ronde, Edward Pickering has written what can only be regarded as the definitive book on the subject. if you wish to bear even a minuscule degree of self-respect as a cycling fan, you must buy this book and read it from cover to cover before this year's event...superbly written, well presented and compulsive to the last.'* The Washing Machine Post *
'The Tour of Flanders is such a great race, arguably the greatest one day race because of the way it subsumes the region for a day like no other event. So when a book shows up there's anticipation mixed with risk: can it live up to the promise? It does and you'll put the book down knowing a lot more about the race and the region. Don't read it expecting tips on what gearing or tire pressure to use up the Koppenberg, it's much more the psychogeography of the Ronde and Flanders and all the better for it.'* The Inner Ring *
'The race is, as Pickering explains in this beautifully written book, inseparable from the landscape, and the people who inhabit Flanders. The Ronde is exquisitely written and its style, at least to me, is fascinating... Read this wonderful book about the world's greatest race. Unleash your inner Flandrian: the ten-commandments on how to be a Flandrian are revealed within: You will not regret it.' -- Nick Dey * Cycling Shorts *