1967 - Building a Super Team: Champions and Tragedy
https://flandriabikes.com/pages/building-a-super-team-champions-and-tragedy 1962 had been a stellar year for the team, having won 101 races, but after the departure of Van Looy and his key lieutenants, the team needed to be rebuilt. Now under Flemish control, the team decided that a different approach was needed. Unlike all the other teams, Flandria decided that the squad would no longer be built around a single team leader. Strength in depth was more considered more important and the team became known for encouraging and nurturing new talent, and instilling in the riders that it was the success of the team, rather than individual success that mattered. This was to be achieved through the characteristically Flemish virtues of hard work, tenacity and mental toughness. Aspiring young Belgian cyclists dreamed of joining the Flandria squad, and when they were lucky enough to get signed, they felt they had no alternative but to produce results that would honor the Flandria tradition. Walter