It appears that the Belgians are the most business-minded of the peloton. STAN DEWULF, a Classics specialist for Ag2r-Citroën, co-founded The Biking Brewers in 2022 with a childhood friend. Their first beer, an 8% blonde tripel named Etappe, has sold well throughout the country in its first year.
ARNAUD DE LIE, meanwhile, is a 21-year-old sprinter for Lotto-Dstny… and a farmer. He was born on a cattle farm, still lives there, and continues to help his parents every day that he’s home. “Sometimes I’m there at 7am milking the cows and I’ll help more on recovery days,” he says.
Few, however, are as politically-minded as FLORIAN VERMEERSCH, who at the age of 18, just after he finished his school education, became a town councillor for the Open Vld party in…