Team managers accept decision to proceed with Dwars door Vlaanderen

Dirk Demol summed up the mood neatly as team personnel gathered in Waregem on Tuesday afternoon for the Dwars door Vlaanderen pre-race briefing, hours after terrorist attacks at Zaventem airport and Maelbeek metro station in Brussels that left at least 30 people dead and more than 220 injured.

Barry Ryan
Head of Features

Barry Ryan was Head of Features at Cyclingnews. He has covered professional cycling since 2010, reporting from the Tour de France, Giro d’Italia and events from Argentina to Japan. His writing has appeared in The Independent, Procycling and Cycling Plus. He is the author of The Ascent: Sean Kelly, Stephen Roche and the Rise of Irish Cycling’s Golden Generation, published by Gill Books.