The so-called Flemish Cycling Week was lost due to the coronavirus outbreak, leaving a gap in the cycling calendar, but this week's cycling news turns it into a domestique week.

The peloton will consist of nearly 200 riders, but only one can win, and throughout the week we will highlight the riders who turn the pedals for their peers.

The word "domestique" has the romanticism of the humble servant, the person behind the scenes. However, the reality is often much harsher, and we will see the other side of the story, where loyalty is fragile and money talks.

We will also try to determine "who is the best domestique in the world. Throughout the week, we ask the players themselves to vote, and we also ask our readers.

We will update this page as soon as links to articles are published.

On Monday, we opened with an in-depth interview with Tim Declercq, a 2-meter Belgian who has been nicknamed "El Tractor" and has never won a professional race.

Tuesday featured the most consistent and versatile domestiques from the latest issue of Procycling magazine. Luke Rowe, Stefan Kung, Markus Burghardt, and others talk about shoulder to shoulder in the group and keeping the leaders safe.

Wednesday turned the clock back to the late 1980s when Eddie Schepers was caught between two leaders: Stephen Roche and Roberto Visentini.

"I'll just sit back and wait for Visentini," he told Roche on the infamous stage to Sappada in the 1987 Giro." Unless you don't: ...... Well, if I'm going to help you, I need to be sure we'll be running together next season."

On Wednesday afternoon we published an excerpt from Shirley Wegelius' book: domestique. Wegelius, in the final year of her winless career, finds herself leaving the lead just before the finish line: .......

On Thursday, Domestique stepped out of the leader's shadow and picked up the moment he tasted victory. From Haga and Caisse to Tiralongo and Marangoni, there are some great moments.

On Friday we spoke to Italian journalist Marco Pastonese. He created a "domestique club" where he glorified the helpers and where winning a race was considered an act of treason. They are the real heroes of the sport," he said."

Also on Friday, we interviewed Christine Majerus, widely known as the top domestique of the women's peloton. The road captain of the Boels Dolmans told us what it is like to support the world's No. 1 team.

Cycling News readers were asked to vote on who they thought would be the best domestique throughout the week. Prior to Friday's Grand Final, four rounds of voting were conducted on Twitter to narrow the field to 16 candidates.

On Saturday, Mikkel Nieve (Mitchelton Scott) was announced as the "World's Best Domestique" by Cycling News readers after defeating Detunink-Quickstep lead-out man Michael Morkoff.

A survey was conducted among the riders as well as the readers. In addition to asking them to name the best domestique on their own team, they were also asked to vote for the best domestique in the world, although this time they could not choose their teammates.