{"id":25160,"date":"2021-09-21T12:49:43","date_gmt":"2021-09-21T10:49:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thevandal.webmatic.be\/?post_type=product&#038;p=25160"},"modified":"2026-03-02T16:41:08","modified_gmt":"2026-03-02T12:02:39","slug":"singel-wout-van-aert-de-kampioen","status":"publish","type":"product","link":"https:\/\/www.thevandal.be\/en\/shop\/accessoires\/gadgets-accessoires\/singel-wout-van-aert-de-kampioen\/","title":{"rendered":"CD Singel Wout van Aert \"The Champion\""},"content":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><span class=\"gva-9b00ef5_root gva-9b00ef5_paragraph gva-43ddc4a2_primary gva-24ab25d4_medium gva-ec921d76_none\" data-testid=\"article-dateline\">Noorderwijk (Herentals)<\/span> \u2013<\/p>\n<p class=\"gva-9b00ef5_root gva-9b00ef5_paragraph gva-d8d142a5_none gva-43ddc4a2_primary gva-24ab25d4_medium gva-52f5cff9_marginbottom0 gva-52f5cff9_margintop0 gva-f57f2db7_inherit\"><span class=\"bold\">It was bound to happen: in the run-up to the road cycling world championships, a bunch of cycling fanatics, alias De Koersende Kemphanen, led by Jo Helsen of the well-known caf\u00e9 Welkom in Noorderwijk (Herentals) released a single. The song is based on the one that Franky Bodet sang to the tune of 'Mie Katoen' during Rik Van Looy's heyday. The lyrics have been skillfully adapted and Rik's name has been replaced by Wout's. Now to become world champion!<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"gva-9b00ef5_root gva-9b00ef5_paragraph gva-d8d142a5_none gva-43ddc4a2_system gva-52f5cff9_marginbottom5 gva-52f5cff9_margintop0 gva-f57f2db7_inherit\">\"We dove into the studio together with Jan De Smet, a big Rik Van Looy fan, to record the song,\" says Heading Rooster No. 1 Jo Helsen. \"Jan took care of vocals, lyrics and accordion. The rest of the Koersende Kemphanen are Wouter Berlaen (bass, vocals), Laurens Billiet (drums, philicorda, vocals), Ward Snauwaert (mix, recording), Adriaan Van den Hoof (radio commentator), Thijs Delrue (lyrics), and Dieter Dresselaers and Door Beutels (design).\"<\/p>\n<p class=\"gva-9b00ef5_root gva-9b00ef5_paragraph gva-d8d142a5_none gva-43ddc4a2_system gva-52f5cff9_marginbottom5 gva-52f5cff9_margintop0 gva-f57f2db7_inherit\">\"From our chatter, we had 1,500 CDs printed, which we are marketing. On top we had twenty exclusive vinyl records pressed, a real collector's item, which we are selling by auction through Les Amis du Tour de France. We are donating the proceeds to the Vlaamse Wielerschool vzw in Herentals, once founded by Rik Van Looy and No\u00ebl For\u00e9.\"<\/p>\n<p>To be clear, this is a CD single.<\/p>","protected":false},"featured_media":25163,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false},"product_brand":[],"product_cat":[27,335],"product_tag":[169],"class_list":["post-25160","product","type-product","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","product_cat-gadgets-accessoires","product_cat-les-amis-du-tour-de-france","product_tag-wout-van-aert","first","outofstock","taxable","shipping-taxable","purchasable","product-type-simple"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thevandal.be\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product\/25160","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thevandal.be\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thevandal.be\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/product"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thevandal.be\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/25163"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thevandal.be\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=25160"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"product_brand","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thevandal.be\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product_brand?post=25160"},{"taxonomy":"product_cat","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thevandal.be\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product_cat?post=25160"},{"taxonomy":"product_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thevandal.be\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product_tag?post=25160"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}