REPORTING. An afternoon in Niels Albert’s bicycle shop, where cycling fever is rising: “At least four bicycles worth 10,000 euros or more outside every week”

Not only the pros are preparing for the Flemish cycling spring. There is also a storm in many bicycle shops these days. Of course Wout Van Aert or Mathieu Van der Poel want top-notch equipment, but cycling tourists are also happy to open their wallets. We spent an afternoon visiting the bicycle shop of former cyclo-cross world champion Niels Albert. “Pay 6,000 euros less? But then the bike weighs 2 kilograms more…”

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