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Van Aert secures Laporte’s loyalty with Classics gift

March 27, 2023
Classics

In Flanders Fields

March 26, 2023
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The van der Poel-van Aert rivalry: “It’s impossible for us to be friends”

March 22, 2023
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Sanremo is Pogačar’s biggest hurdle to winning all five Monuments

March 17, 2023
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Milan-Sanremo encapsulates bike racing like no other event

March 15, 2023
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Lefevere blames sexual harassment on “women drinking”

March 14, 2023
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Van Aert secures Laporte’s loyalty with Classics gift

by Jeremy Whittle March 27, 2023
by Jeremy Whittle

They call them ‘gifts.’ The one-day races, the stage wins, the classification jerseys, handed on a plate to other riders…

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In Flanders Fields

by La Course En Tête March 26, 2023
by La Course En Tête

Standing in the pre-stage mixed zone at Paris-Nice one morning earlier this month, I listened in to FloBikes reporter Gregor Brown as he…

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The van der Poel-van Aert rivalry: “It’s impossible for us to be friends”

by Peter Cossins March 22, 2023
by Peter Cossins

Sport likes nothing more than a spicy rivalry, that extra competitive edge that is evident when Barcelona play Real Madrid…

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Sanremo is Pogačar’s biggest hurdle to winning all five Monuments

by Peter Cossins March 17, 2023
by Peter Cossins

Milan-Sanremo isn’t a race that draws consensus. Glance down the list of starters and there may be two dozen names…

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Milan-Sanremo encapsulates bike racing like no other event

by Peter Cossins March 15, 2023
by Peter Cossins

The hashtag – tongue in cheek but right on the nose at the same time – captures it perfectly: #isMilanSanremoexcitingyet?…

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Lefevere blames sexual harassment on “women drinking”

by Jeremy Whittle March 14, 2023
by Jeremy Whittle

Patrick Lefevere may remain one of the most renowned and successful team managers in professional cycling, but outside the Belgian bubble…

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Clarity of purpose gives Gaudu and Vingegaard motivation

by Jeremy Whittle March 13, 2023
by Jeremy Whittle

The morning after the afternoon before, the key players in Paris-Nice were taking stock of a week’s racing, from the French capital to the Côte d’Azur…

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The elusive (and impossible?) search for cycling’s Holy Grail

by Peter Cossins March 9, 2023
by Peter Cossins

In the wake of Tadej Pogačar’s shows of brilliance in winning Jaén Paraíso Interior and the Ruta del Sol last month, I wrote a story

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Vingegaard wilts as Pogačar thrives

by Jeremy Whittle March 8, 2023
by Jeremy Whittle

“Well, Jumbo-Visma have some work to do,” they kept saying — as if it was any comfort — in the vehicles descending from the stage finish…

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Peloton gives thumbs-up to Paris-Nice’s new team time trial format

by Peter Cossins March 7, 2023
by Peter Cossins

Although the time trial purists were not wholly swayed by the new format for the team time trial at Paris-Nice today…

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Mads Pedersen: “This is the worst kind of sprinting you can do”

by Peter Cossins March 6, 2023
by Peter Cossins

As was the case last year after he had blitzed his rivals up sharp incline into the small Creuse town of Dun-le-Palestel…

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The death of Andrei Kivilev: “A drama that saved lives”

by Peter Cossins March 5, 2023
by Peter Cossins

Sunday’s final stage of Paris-Nice will mark the 20th anniversary of the death of Andrei Kivilev at “the race to the sun”…

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