Hotel Malpertuus

Hotel Malpertuus was established morgen than 50 years ago by Yvo Molenaers when he retired after a successful career as a professional cyclist. Today, Hotel Malpertuus remains a welcoming hotel with 29 luxury rooms in which both tourists and business guests can feel at home. Yet, cyclists are only interested in one room: room 11. If you sleep in that room, you win. It’s as simple as that. In the past, Moreno Argentin slept here, he won Liege-Bastogne-Liege four times and the Fleche Wallonne three times. Mario Cipollini slept in room 11 when he became world champion in Zolder (2002). And it goes on: in 1997, 1998 and 1999 Michele Bartoli was sleeping in the room and look: the Italian won Liège-Bastogne-Liège (1997, 1998) twice and the Flèche Wallonne (1999) once. In 2012 and 2013 roommates Joaquim Rodriguez and Daniel Moreno (Katusha) won the Flèche Wallonne and – of course – spent the night in room 11 ...