20 June - 31 July
As London gears up to host the Tour de France, the world's most famous cycle race, a new photography exhibition at Host gallery pays tribute to the Flandrien-a generation of Flemish cyclists who make the athletes of the Tour de France look like amateur enthusiasts.
Stephan Vanfleteren's powerful black and white photographs provide an intimate and emotional portrait of these legendary sportsmen and the sport which dominates the social and cultural life of Flanders, the Flemish-speaking part of Belgium. The unremarkable landscape breeds this particular type of rider who thrives in the driving rain and the bitter cold and on cobbled streets and treacherous inclines.