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Roglič or Ayuso Should Win the 2025 Giro d’Italia. But…

May 8, 2025 at 8:11 pm3 min reading

Road cycling

I hate to say this, but it’s kind of nice to write a preview for a Grand Tour in which the opening sentence will not be Can anyone beat Tadej Pogačar? Ahead of the Giro d’Italia, which kicks off on Friday in the Albanian port…

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Van der Poel Wins Electrifying and Brutal Paris-Roubaix After Pogačar Crashes

April 14, 2025 at 9:34 am3 min reading

Road cycling

Anybody wondering about how hard it is to ride the extravagantly cobbled Paris-Roubaix should have seen the face of Mathieu van der Poel (Alpecin-Deceuninck) as he headed for victory on Sunday. Rather than triumph, his twisted grimace expressed anguish, fatigue and all the pain in…

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Van der Poel, Pogačar, Van Aert and Pedersen Race for Cobblestone Glory in Paris-Roubaix

April 11, 2025 at 11:25 am3 min reading

Road cycling

After last Sunday’s thrilling Tour of Flanders, won with a typical display of power, speed and stamina by Tadej Pogačar, we can look forward to what may be an even more electrifying race this Sunday: Paris-Roubaix, also known as the Hell of the North. These…

Powless Hangs Painful Defeat on van Aert and Visma–Lease a Bike in Dwars door Vlaanderen

April 4, 2025 at 7:32 am3 min reading

Road cycling

How do you win and lose a one-day race at the same time? Put another way, how do you lose a race with the perfect winning strategy? Well, just ask Visma–Lease a Bike because that’s just what they ‘accomplished’ in Wednesday’s Dwars door Vlaanderen when…

Van der Poel Wins E3 Saxo Classic with Devastating Solo Ride

March 29, 2025 at 12:26 pm3 min reading

Road cycling

When a few days before the start of Friday’s E3 Saxo Classic Tadej Pogačar (UAE Team Emirates–XRG) dropped out of the race to ride in Paris-Roubaix, some of the interest had inevitably bled out of the race. After all, it came just a week after…

Has Wout van Aert Lost the Heart for Racing?

March 6, 2025 at 5:58 am3 min reading

Road cycling

We have always loved Wout van Aert. He was bold, strong, fast, equally adept at road racing and cyclocross, and he brought a boyish enthusiasm and fearlessness to the sport. We were delighted when he won the Tour de France Škoda Green Jersey in 2022…

Huge Upsets & Lost Riders Mark Beginning of Spring Classics

March 3, 2025 at 11:01 am3 min reading

Road cycling

What a wacky way to begin the spring Classics season! Unknown riders, both young and old, won the spoils on Saturday in both the men’s and women’s Omloop Het Nieuwsblad, while three favorites took a wrong turn near the end of the Faun-Ardèche Classic, handing…

Road Season Kicks off in Earnest with Omloop Het Nieuwsblad and Two Other Races

February 28, 2025 at 11:23 am3 min reading

Road cycling

After a slow start in the sunny climes of Australia, the UAE, Spain and Portugal, road racing will begin its all-weather spring Classics season in earnest this weekend with the Omloop Het Nieuwsblad on Saturday and the Kuurne-Brussel-Kuurne on Sunday. The temperature drops about 10 degrees,…

Wout van Aert on the Classics: “I have to dare to aim high”

February 24, 2025 at 3:25 pm2 min reading

Road cycling

After a promising start to his 2025 season at the Volta ao Algarve, Wout van Aert is setting his sights on the upcoming Spring Classics, starting with the Omloop Het Nieuwsblad. While he narrowly missed out on victory in the final time trial in Portugal,…

Visma and van Aert Return as INEOS Wins a Race and Loses a Star (Again)

February 18, 2025 at 10:33 am3 min reading

Road cycling

Wout van Aert and his Visma–Lease a Bike team made its 2025 road race debut in Monday’s gravelly one-day Clásica Jaén, which was won by the INEOS Grenadiers veteran Michal Kwiatkowski. But as welcome as its first pro win in 226 days was to the…

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Roglič or Ayuso Should Win the 2025 Giro d’Italia. But…

Van der Poel Wins Electrifying and Brutal Paris-Roubaix After Pogačar Crashes

Van der Poel, Pogačar, Van Aert and Pedersen Race for Cobblestone Glory in Paris-Roubaix

Powless Hangs Painful Defeat on van Aert and Visma–Lease a Bike in Dwars door Vlaanderen

Van der Poel Wins E3 Saxo Classic with Devastating Solo Ride

Has Wout van Aert Lost the Heart for Racing?

Huge Upsets & Lost Riders Mark Beginning of Spring Classics

Road Season Kicks off in Earnest with Omloop Het Nieuwsblad and Two Other Races

Wout van Aert on the Classics: “I have to dare to aim high”

Visma and van Aert Return as INEOS Wins a Race and Loses a Star (Again)

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Paris-Tour / Paris-Tours Espoirs / Km H/F

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