This weekend is called Opening Weekend for a reason, and Saturday’s Omloop Het Nieuwsblad marks the official opening of the Spring Classics season. Though there’s been plenty of racing already, it is considered the real start of the road-racing season.
Do you feel that? Yes, that’s warmth. Something you might remember from September last year, when it seems it was the last relatively warm day I can recall. Well, yeah, OK, it’s still cold, and it could be better. But when the sun shows itself…
The 2026 UCI Women’s WorldTour season has already given us sunshine, summit finishes, sprint masterclasses, and the first real clues about who’s ready to shape the spring.
“So what the heck happened to Remco Evenepoel on the UAE Tour?” That was the headline of the Canadian Cycling Magazine story about the performance of the Red Bull–BORA–hansgrohe leader on the ascent of the mighty Jebel Mobrah (13.2 km @ 8.1%, with ramps of…