Fernando Gaviria a non-starter at Paris-Roubaix after being taken ill overnight

After two races in a row won by lone riders, it is almost time to see what will happen in the third edition of Paris-Roubaix Femmes. It has been a spring dominated by SD Worx, who have won every single cobbled Classic, but Roubaix has been a race won only by Trek-Segafredo to date. Unlike the men's race, Paris-Roubaix Femmes starts in Denain,…

Another "Classic" comes to us this Sunday. The 120th edition of Paris-Roubaix is the third monument of the season. It is one of the oldest races in cycling, is well known for its cobblestone sections and takes place in France. Usually, the weather is inclement. The race goes from Compiegne to Paris to Roubaix and spans 256.6 kilometers (159.4…

Don't miss a moment from Paris-Roubaix and Unbound Gravel, to the Giro d'Italia, Tour de France, Vuelta a España, and everything in between when you join Outside+ . Jumbo-Visma is partnering with an online betting platform as part of a new three-year deal. BetCity, a Dutch online gaming operator, will be featured on the jerseys of the newly crowned…

Former Classics star Tom Boonen has insisted that Wout van Aert "could have done better" in 2022 despite the Jumbo-Visma rider claiming multiple Tour de France stages as well as three major one-day races. Van Aert claimed the green jersey and three stage wins in the 2022 Tour de France, in a series of spectacular performances in radically varying…

UCI Tissot Track World Championships 2022 Location: Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines (Paris) Dates: 12 October - 16 October As the road racing calendar grinds steadily to a halt, track cycling is setting the stage for its largest annual event. First held in Chicago, USA in 1893, the Track World Championships award rainbow jerseys across a range of…

Don't miss a moment from Paris-Roubaix and Unbound Gravel, to the Giro d'Italia, Tour de France, Vuelta a España, and everything in between when you join Outside+ . Elisa Balsamo (Trek-Segafredo) finished her stint in the rainbow jersey in perfect style with a dominant win on the Paseo del Prado in Madrid on the final stage of the Ceratizit…

Don't miss a moment from Paris-Roubaix and Unbound Gravel, to the Giro d'Italia, Tour de France, Vuelta a España, and everything in between when you join Outside+ . JAEN, Spain (VN) - Richard Carapaz is making up for GC disappointment with a deluge of stage victories at the Vuelta a España. Just two days after winning at Peñas Blancas, the Ineos…

Don't miss a moment from Paris-Roubaix and Unbound Gravel, to the Giro d'Italia, Tour de France, Vuelta a España, and everything in between when you join Outside+ . MONTILLA, Spain (VN) - Mads Pedersen kicked to an overdue victory Friday at the Vuelta a España after finishing second three times in the first week. The Trek-Segafredo rider made sure…

Don't miss a moment from Paris-Roubaix and Unbound Gravel, to the Giro d'Italia, Tour de France, Vuelta a España, and everything in between when you join Outside+ . VALENCE, France (VN) - Wout van Aert wins plenty of big races, so perhaps a stage victory at the Critérium du Dauphiné isn't going to make his top-10 list. Yet a "W" is always positive…

Cycling's oldest Monument gets underway on Sunday April 24 with Liège-Bastogne-Liège, and there are a host of big names expected to battle it out for honours over the 257.1km course. The concluding race of the Ardennes Classics season, Liège-Bastogne-Liège is regarded as one of cycling's most difficult one-day races, due to the considerable length…

Paris-Roubaix is set to get underway this weekend, with some of men's cycling's biggest names and most capable cobbled riders set to battle it out for the longstanding Monument Taking place on Sunday April 17, 'The Hell of the North' will cover 257.2km between Compiègne, northeast of Paris, and Roubaix, near the France-Belgium border. Famous for…

It is three weeks since Mathieu Van der Poel returned to racing after several months out with knee and back injuries. After so long away, he and his Alpecin-Fenix employers thought it wise to ease him in with a mere Monument. As you do. At that race, Milan-Sanremo for those who need reminding, Van der Poel finished third. Two weeks ago Van der Poel…

Scheldeprijs was, as has been remarked, a bit of a strange one. Not one of the most beloved Classics, this year's edition featured grotty weather, Tim Merlier doing a thing, and Alexander Kristoff doing something much more impressive that won't get anywhere near as much attention. In a way, that's kind of fitting. For the past few years, the big…

Is Lotte Kopecky the next superstar of women's cycling? Or is her team a dominant, dynastic force to be reckoned with, one to rival any we've seen in the modern era of the sport? Hyperbole perhaps, and it is probably too early in the season to tell either way, but there is a frightening possibility that the answer may in fact be "both." To…

Don't miss a moment from Paris-Roubaix and Unbound Gravel, to the Giro d'Italia, Tour de France, Vuelta a España, and everything in between when you join Outside+ . Monument-season got underway with Milan-San Remo on Saturday. La Primavera's start-list has been shorn of a stack of top favorites, with Julian Alaphilippe, Caleb Ewan, Sonny Colbrelli…

Don't miss a moment from Paris-Roubaix and Unbound Gravel, to the Giro d'Italia, Tour de France, Vuelta a España, and everything in between when you join Outside+ . When Bobby Julich and Jens Voigt were on Team CSC in 2004, it had a strong roster full of riders who were well established in their cycling careers. Among those seasoned pros, there…

Sep Vanmarcke has come to the end of his first season at Israel Start-Up Nation, and his 12th as a professional, reflecting on another year of ups and downs, though confident that he and his Classics teammates are a stronger lineup than many fans and onlookers may think. This year, the 33-year-old specialist enjoyed a cluster of solid cobbled…

Fumiyuki Beppu, the first Japanese rider to make cycling's top tier, has announced he will retire at the end of the year at the age of 38 in a post on his personal website on Saturday. Beppu's last season with EF Education-Nippo saw the arrival of the Japanese company as a sponsor as well as compatriot Hideto Nakane. Having raced at the World…

Dylan Van Baarle of the Netherlands can conquer the cobbles of Paris-Roubaix Free cycling betting tips, best bets and analysis for Sunday's Paris-Roubaix. Eurosport 1, 9.45am Sunday Dylan van Baarle 1pt each-way 25-1 BoyleSports After being cancelled in 2020 due to the pandemic, and a further postponement from its usual April slot this year,…

There has been much anticipation and excitement regarding the addition of a women's Paris-Roubaix to the calendar and while the prospect of being the first winner of this momentous event is a huge prize to fight for, the payout the victor will receive isn't. The size of the prize purse for the first woman across the finish line at the Roubaix…

We're not used to waiting until August for the first Monument of the cycling season, but to be honest that's probably one of the least surprising things we've had to contend with in 2020. Milan - San Remo was pushed back from it's usual March date due to the coronavirus pandemic, but on Saturday August 8 the sprinters will get their one real chance…

Arguably the most exciting race of the spring Classics is nearly upon us, as Paris-Roubaix 2019 is only days away. One of the biggest days on the racing calendar, the unpredictable and chaotic nature of the race can boil down to luck as much as form, with absolutely no certainties as to who will cross the line first. Three former winners will be on…

Don't miss a moment from Paris-Roubaix and Unbound Gravel, to the Giro d'Italia, Tour de France, Vuelta a España, and everything in between when you join Outside+ . GENT, Belgium (VN) - The best ride in Friday's E3 Harelbeke was the one no one saw. In a dramatic inverse of "now you see him, now you don't," Sep Vanmarcke clawed himself back into…