PORTRAIT. The fastest sprinter after the race? That is Rik Bossuyt (53), school director and the man who guides the winner to the podium

Ask school director Rik Bossuyt (53) how his weekend was today, and he answers: “Sprinted four times.” You frown? You don’t understand why a man with a decent embon point would sprint four times? Then look up the TV images of the opening races of the Flemish cycling spring and you will see: in addition to Lotte Kopecky, Dylan Van Baarle and Tiesj Benoot, running – and cycling! – always the same balding man in his fifties with a large 1 on his chest. Meet the fastest sprinter after the race.

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