Wuyts and Smeets

Fascinating stories and sharp opinions about 50 years of top cyclists in Belgium and the Netherlands CHRISTOPHE VANDEGOOR There are no greater gentlemen in the field of cycling journalism than Mart Smeets and Michel Wuyts. One is the cycling figurehead of the NOS in the Netherlands, the other of the VRT in Flanders, cracks in their profession, born storytellers, daring opinion makers. Smeets & Wuyts were challenged by author Christophe Vandegoor (cycling journalist VRT radio) to comment on the 20 best Dutch and Belgian cyclists of the past 50 years: from Zoetemelk to Merckx, from Kuiper to Museeuw and from Boogerd to Boonen. The result is an exceptionally fascinating book with sharp analyses, wonderful anecdotes and surprising facts. Never has top cycling in the Netherlands and Belgium (the triumphs, the tragedies, the doping problems) been examined more effectively and with more expertise than by these two top cyclists.