Ypres is the name the French gave to Leper, the little town near the North Sea in southern Belgium the Brits called Wipers simply because they found it too difficult to pronounce. Now, if you think ...

The scene of some of the bloodiest fighting from the First World War will be commemorated by this year’s Tour de France. A hundred years after the start of the global conflict and the first battle of ...

In October and November 1914, exactly 100 years ago, the British Expeditionary Force and the German Army fought the First Battle of Ypres in northern Belgium. Before World War I was over, Ypres was ...

It has always been a huge desire of mine to go and see it, pay my respects and to also remember my grandad, George Randall, ...

Countries across Europe observed Armistice Day on Tuesday, the memorial which marks the end of World War I. In Belgium, authorities unveiled a renovated memorial for the slain soldiers and victims in ...

Gent-Wevelgem will move its start way away from Gent from 2020, moving to Ypres in West Flanders, near the French border, for the next six years. The spring classic, which was first run in 1934, has ...

Tour de France 2025 stage 19 preview: GC battle continues with another brutal day of racing in the Alps Tour de France 2025 stage 20 preview - Rolling hills will make any aggressions hard to control ...

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World War I fighting officially stopped at 11 a.m. on November 11 in 1918. Ceremonies marking the anniversary took place around much of the world, including the Menin Gate at Ypres in Belgium.