{"id":53206,"date":"2025-04-24T13:12:35","date_gmt":"2025-04-24T11:12:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thevandal.be\/?p=53206"},"modified":"2026-02-13T12:00:52","modified_gmt":"2026-02-13T11:00:52","slug":"the-vandal-fest","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thevandal.be\/en\/the-vandal-fest\/","title":{"rendered":"The Vandal Fest"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Vandal has been around for 12 years.<\/p>\n<p>And we celebrate it, as we should, with a party entirely devoted to the course on <strong>May 11<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>We kick off the day with a banging <strong>social ride accompanied by Belgian Cycling (you must buy a ticket for this only)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Along the way, we raise the bar even higher with a <strong>King of the KOM segment<\/strong> where we spotlight the fastest drivers of the day.<\/p>\n<p>After the ride, we switch to <strong>atmosphere and course experience<\/strong>. The party erupts with music, drinks and food.<\/p>\n<p>We also broadcast the Giro d'Italia provided with exclusive live commentary by our friends from <strong>Radio Stelvio.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>We will make it the ideal Vandal day. A day to course, celebrate and experience.<\/p>\n<p>You will come, won't you?<\/p>\n<h4 style=\"margin: 0px 0px 12px; font-size: 12px; line-height: normal; font-family: Times; color: #000000;\"><strong><em>In short:<\/em><\/strong><\/h4>\n<h4 style=\"margin: 0px 0px 12px; font-size: 12px; line-height: normal; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue'; color: #000000;\">A day full of atmosphere and racing. Even if you don't want to bike along, feel free to come and enjoy our party. <em>I<strong>ncome is completely free.<\/strong><\/em><\/h4>\n<h4 style=\"margin: 0px 0px 12px; font-size: 12px; line-height: normal; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue'; color: #000000;\"><strong>What to expect.<\/strong><\/h4>\n<h4 style=\"margin: 0px 0px 12px; font-size: 12px; line-height: normal; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue'; color: #000000;\">- Live broadcast of the Giro with commentary by <strong>Radio Stelvio<\/strong><\/h4>\n<h4 style=\"margin: 0px 0px 12px; font-size: 12px; line-height: normal; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue'; color: #000000;\">- <strong>Free tattoos<\/strong> for those who dare<\/h4>\n<h4 style=\"margin: 0px; font-size: 12px; line-height: normal; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue'; color: #000000;\">- A <strong>Bahamontes quiz<\/strong> (cap on cap off)<\/h4>\n<h4 style=\"margin: 0px; font-size: 12px; line-height: normal; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue'; color: #000000;\">- <strong>Bouncy Castle<\/strong> for little ones (or big kids)<\/h4>\n<h4 style=\"margin: 0px; font-size: 12px; line-height: normal; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue'; color: #000000;\">-<strong> Live DJ,<\/strong> fresh pints and good vibes<\/h4>\n<h4 style=\"margin: 0px; font-size: 12px; line-height: normal; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue'; color: #000000;\">\u2013 \u00a0<strong>Gambling Booth<\/strong> for the giro ( Wout in pink)<\/h4>\n<h4>All this goes on at Bike Project :\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0 <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/maps\/place\/\/data=!4m2!3m1!1s0x47c3f6586bf389db:0xc0064f7c4187b886?sa=X&amp;ved=1t:8290&amp;ictx=111\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Richard Orlent Street 87, \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0<\/a><a style=\"font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/maps\/place\/\/data=!4m2!3m1!1s0x47c3f6586bf389db:0xc0064f7c4187b886?sa=X&amp;ved=1t:8290&amp;ictx=111\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">2070 Zwijndrecht<\/a><\/strong><\/h4>\n<h4><\/h4>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thevandal.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/3411bc65-5d8c-4f3f-9ed6-18ea83febfc1-2-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" \/><br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thevandal.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/kingkom-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" \/><\/p>\n<h4>For the die-hards who bike along, there is a special ticket (\u20ac15) with plenty of extras.<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"margin: 0px 0px 12px; font-size: 12px; line-height: normal; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue'; color: #000000;\">\n<h4>Participation in the social ride, accompanied by Belgian Cycling<\/h4>\n<\/li>\n<li style=\"margin: 0px 0px 12px; font-size: 12px; line-height: normal; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue'; color: #000000;\">\n<h4><b><\/b>Pre-ride coffee from Fringale<\/h4>\n<\/li>\n<li style=\"margin: 0px 0px 12px; font-size: 12px; line-height: normal; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue'; color: #000000;\">\n<h4><b><\/b>Supply station on the road with drinks and food<\/h4>\n<\/li>\n<li style=\"margin: 0px 0px 12px; font-size: 12px; line-height: normal; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue'; color: #000000;\">\n<h4>Chance to win King of the KOM prizes.<\/h4>\n<\/li>\n<li style=\"margin: 0px 0px 12px; font-size: 12px; line-height: normal; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue'; color: #000000;\">\n<h4>A goodie bag full of surprises<\/h4>\n<\/li>\n<li style=\"margin: 0px 0px 12px; font-size: 12px; line-height: normal; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue'; color: #000000;\">\n<h4><b><\/b>2 drink and 2 food vouchers for after the social ride<\/h4>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4 style=\"margin: 0px 0px 12px; font-size: 12px; line-height: normal; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue'; color: #000000;\">This ticket ensures that you make the most of the day and enjoy the full program. <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thevandal.be\/en\/shop\/collabs\/vandal-fest\/vandal-fest-ticket\/\">Buy your ticket here<\/a><\/strong><\/h4>\n<p>Timing:<\/p>\n<p>9am gather for the social ride to Bike Project in Zwijndrecht<\/p>\n<p>9:30 a.m. departure social ride<\/p>\n<p>12:30 p.m. Arrival Social ride to Bike project<\/p>\n<p>13h Part 2 of the event gets underway<\/p>\n<p>2 p.m. opening free tattoo booth<\/p>\n<p>3 p.m. Bahamontes Quiz<\/p>\n<p>3:30 p.m. Live course accompanied by Radio Stelvio<\/p>\n<p>5 p.m. end of the Giro and beginning of the DJ set<\/p>\n<p>6 p.m. the last one is given \ud83d\ude09<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>De Vandal bestaat 12 jaar. En dat vieren we zoals het hoort met een feest dat volledig in het teken staat van de koers op 11 Mei We trappen de dag af met een knallende social ride begeleid door Belgian Cycling (enkel\u00a0hiervoor moet je een ticket kopen) Onderweg leggen we de lat nog wat hoger [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":52797,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_breakdance_hide_in_design_set":false,"_breakdance_tags":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[135],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-53206","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-blogartikels"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thevandal.be\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/53206","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thevandal.be\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thevandal.be\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thevandal.be\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thevandal.be\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=53206"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.thevandal.be\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/53206\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":61755,"href":"https:\/\/www.thevandal.be\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/53206\/revisions\/61755"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thevandal.be\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/52797"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thevandal.be\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=53206"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thevandal.be\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=53206"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thevandal.be\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=53206"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}