It’s widely known that Belgium is a cycling country par excellence and the latest UCI rankings are there to back it up.
Stoffel Vandoorne has gained a place as one of the permanent drivers in the McLaren-Honda Formula 1 team.
Belgian athletes gave outstanding performances at the recent Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro.
Belgian athletes enjoyed considerable success at the European Inline Cup, which was held from 23 until 30 July in the Netherlands.
Belgium won 3 medals at the European athletics championships in Amsterdam. Thomas Van der Plaetsen and the Belgian Tornados both won a gold medal.
Last Saturday 4 June, Delfine Persoon, WBC world champion in the lightweight class, retained her title in her home town of Roeselare against the Dominican Christina Linardatou.