In Flanders the term flandrien refers to cyclists who display a strong work ethic, great perseverance, are powerful and who perform best in adverse weather conditions. Until the 1960s, only leading cyclists originating from the province of West- and East-Flanders were considered as flandriens. After 1960, the media extended the use of this term to Belgian cyclists in general and even to international cyclists. The present study examined whether Flemish citizens agree with this generalization considering that the term flandrien still plays a highly symbolical role in the public discourse on Flemish identity. First, the main aim was to investigate whether having an ethno-cultural identity representation of the Flemish identity is positively related to perceived regional exclusivity of the term flandrien. Second, this study explored whether Flemish identification moderates this relation (i.e. this relation is only expected for high identifiers) and also predicts Flemings’ regional exclusivity of the term. Results revealed that the more Flemings endorse an ethno-cultural identity representation the more they consider a flandrien as an exclusively Flemish cyclist, and the less they will include international cyclists in their consideration of a flandrien. Flemish identification did not moderate this relation but did predict the consideration of a flandrien as a Flemish cyclist. These findings indicate that the current interpretation of the historical cycling term flandrien is influenced by cultural conceptualizations of Flemish identity.

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坎切拉拉真的可以成为弗兰德里安人吗？民族文化身份表征预示着历史上有争议的自行车术语的区域排他性

在法兰德斯，“flandrien”一词指的是表现出强烈职业道德、毅力、力量强大且在恶劣天气条件下表现最佳的自行车手。直到 20 世纪 60 年代，只有来自西佛兰德省和东佛兰德省的领先自行车手才被视为弗兰德里人。1960年后，媒体将这个术语的使用范围扩大到比利时自行车运动员，甚至国际自行车运动员。考虑到“flandrien”一词在关于佛兰德身份的公共话语中仍然发挥着高度象征性的作用，本研究探讨了佛兰德公民是否同意这一概括。首先，主要目的是调查佛兰德斯身份的民族文化身份表征是否与弗兰德里安一词的区域排他性呈正相关。其次，本研究探讨了弗拉芒语认同是否调节了这种关系（即这种关系仅适用于高标识符），并预测了弗拉芒语对该术语的区域排他性。结果显示，弗拉芒人越认可民族文化身份表征，他们就越认为弗兰德里恩是纯粹的佛兰德里自行车手，而他们在考虑弗兰德里恩时也就越少将国际自行车手包括在内。佛兰德斯认同并没有缓和这种关系，但确实预测了佛兰德里安将被视为佛兰德斯自行车手。这些发现表明，当前对历史自行车术语“flandrien”的解释受到佛兰德身份文化概念化的影响。