Ronde Van Vlaanderen discussion

bigmat

greasedscotsman wrote:

Rick Chasey wrote:

ddraver wrote:

So me mate what lives in Mol chastised me for taking one of those little Flanders Flags they give out becasue it's something to do with the Anti-Immigration Party (given that she's an immigrant/expat obviously she is no fan).

Does anyone know the deal with this? Was it the party that were giving them out or is it the equivalent of the EDL and the England Flag etc..?

Yeah, I was saying the same to people.

Black lion, no red claws, is the symbol of the Flandrian far separatist party.

Read the small print on the flags.

Best get mine onto ebay!

Will my 5 year old be corrupted, or can he keep it for his toy castle?!

What's the deal with the clicker-clacker hands, are they far right propaganda too?

Paul 8v

After reading that inner ring article I was looking to see what flags people had, the majority of them were without the red claws. Before that I just thought it was the equivalent of waving a welsh flag or manx flag. shame cycling and politics has to mix :-/

ddraver

Paul - he does say that for most people it's now a Belgian Cycling thing so i suspect it's ok. I can't believe that all of the people with massive versions were all Nico van der Griffins.

Arguably cycling and politics has always mixed (awaits inevitable Hinault punching picture...)

Paul 8v

ddraver wrote:

Nico van der Griffins.

frenchfighter

Chris Juul-Jensen's blogs for Rouleur on the cobbled classics:

http://rouleur.cc/journal/riders/listen-and-learn

Mad_Malx

Paul 8v wrote:

ddraver wrote:

Nico van der Griffins.

Took me a while, but

RichN95.

Mad_Malx wrote:

Paul 8v wrote:

ddraver wrote:

Nico van der Griffins.

Took me a while, but

17 days is more than 'a while'

Paul 8v

Haha didn't like to say but, yeah it is :-)