The big news this year is that Lance Armstrong is riding to help teammate George Hincapie win at Flanders. Cobblestones, hills, narrow roads and the harsh spring climate of Flanders makes this race a vicious test of strength, spirit and stamina for the hard men of the peloton. Can Andrei Tchmil repeat his nail-biting win of 2000, where he staged a last-gasp attack and clung on to a narrow lead in the final kilometres, or will his old rival and King of the Classics, Johan Museeuw strike and win his fourth Tour of Flanders? This, along with Roubaix, is Museeuw's favourite race and the race closest to his heart. His passionate fans would delight in victory. Both Tchmil and Museeuw will retire this season and want to win Flanders one last time. Others to watch include 1999 winner Peter Van Petegem - now riding for Lotto - who is coming off an early season victory at Omloop Het Volk. Former World Champ Romans Vainsteins (riding for Domo with Museeuw as his ally) will also be a man to watch if Museeuw falters. But the big guns will have to fight off a host of favourites including Italians Dario Frigo and Paolo Bettini and 1997 winner Michele Bartoli, back in the hunt for victory. This race promises to be explosive, as only the strongest will survive a place on the podium.
Bonus Material: Three Days of Panne! (KBC Driedaagse van De Panne-Koksijde).
Also included on the DVD will be 80-90 minutes of racing from 3 Days of Panne. This 3-day race for "classics" and sprint specialists includes an individual time trial and is run along the Belgian coast with some of the same climbs from the following Sunday's Tour of Flanders. All the strongmen are here warming up in this all-important Belgian classic; the entire race with interviews, profiles, stories from Belgium and more.