Flahute
Flahute is a term used in cycling . It specifically refers to cyclists from Flanders who compete in races on cobblestone streets in wind and weather, even in pouring rain .
The term flahute is an argot for someone “from the north”. Originally, towards the end of the 19th century, this term was used to denote job seekers from Flanders in northern France who came across the border in large numbers. In cycling, it was shaped by French journalists after the First World War for racing cyclists from the neighboring country, who prefer to complete the one-day spring classics in Flanders and pursue their goals with great rigor, also against themselves.
Typical flahutes include: B. Flemish Johan Museeuw and Roger De Vlaeminck , but also the Italian Francesco Moser , who won Paris-Roubaix three times in a row , is regarded as such. It is rumored that tours like the Tour de France are just "a series of trips" for a real flahute .
Web links
- Cycling Revealed-Flahute / Lion of Flanders. In: CyclingRevealed. Retrieved June 13, 2015 .
Individual evidence
- ↑ Définition flahute - La-conjugaison.fr. In: la-conjugaison.nouvelobs.com. Retrieved June 13, 2015 (French).
- ↑ Flahute: The Hardest of the Hardmen. In: Velominati. March 29, 2010, accessed June 13, 2015 .
- ↑ What is a "Flahute"? In: flahute.com. July 21, 2009, accessed June 13, 2015 .