Patrick Sercu: The Phenomenon
https://rouleur.cc/editorial/patrick-sercu-phenomenon/ “ Eddy and I complemented each other. I was the speed, he was the strength and we were friends .” At home with sixties six-day superstar, Patrick Sercu. Posted on 12.02.19 Words: Graeme Fife Patrick Sercu greets us by the open door into the lower floor of his condominium (he also has the upstairs apartment) and shows us into a spacious, light-filled room, the end wall panelled in glossy maple wood, a flat-screen television, family photographs. A balcony overlooks the garden; at the other end of the room are shelves lined with trophies, a dining table. Photographer clicks his inbuilt light meter into action and sets off back to get the gear; Hasselblad will get the nod. I sit on an armchair, Sercu on the settee. He remembers me from Bremen, when we spoke in French, and from a brief encounter at Ghent when he was so busy he had no time to say much more than hello in any language. Now we speak in Engli...