Cycling: Tour of Flanders

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Deceuninck triumphant again on an absorbingly attritional Tour of Flanders This year's Tour of Flanders was billed as a struggle between team strength vs individual strength. In a tactical race, Elegant-QuickStep (renamed from Deceuninck - Quick-Step for this race) would have the advantage thanks to their strength in numbers; in an attritional…

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…

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…

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Ahead of the 2022 UCI Road World Championships, Cyclingnews is taking a deep dive into the key teams for the elite road races. Here, we put Belgium under the microscope. Belgium is the most successful nation in men's road race history at the UCI Road World Championships. They've amassed 26 rainbow jerseys, while on the women's side they are the…

This season's second Monument just might be the best. Believe it or not, it's been only six months since the last Tour of Flanders. Originally scheduled to be held in early April, the 2020 Tour of Flanders (or the "Ronde van Vlaanderen" as it's called in Belgium) was pushed to October due to COVID-19. Taking place this Sunday, "the Ronde" is now…

Alejandro Valverde has decided not to race the Tour of Flanders despite riding to an impressive 11th place finish in Dwars Door Vlaanderen on Wednesday. Valverde, Movistar team-mate Nairo Quintana, and fellow GC rider Romain Bardet (Ag2r La Mondiale) took part in Dwars Door Vlaanderen in order to get a taste of the cobbles and the Classics style of…

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…

Peter Sagan (Bora-Hansgrohe) and Greg Van Avermaet (BMC Racing) are the bookies favourites to take victory in this Sunday's Tour of Flanders despite only picking up one Classics win between them this spring. While 12 months ago Van Avermaet had dominated the early spring Classics, winning Omloop Het Nieuwsblad, E3 Harelbeke and Ghent-Wevelgem, the…

A day after saying that he was feeling well-prepared for Sunday's Tour of Flanders despite his late start to the season, Mathieu van der Poel (Alpecin-Fenix) provided evidence of his form with an emphatic victory at Wednesday's Dwars door Vlaanderen. The 184 km race came down to a thrilling finale as a select group of contenders worked their way…