The spring classics are over for this year, what can they tell us about the rest of the season coming up?
Classics
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One of the narratives of the Classics season has been the failure of the Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl to compete for the titles that have long been their hallmark as a team…
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If I were I betting woman I would put money on Tadej Pogacar to win Liege-Bastogne-Liege on Sunday, not because he is the defending champ but because he lost La Fleche Wallonne…
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Ineos Grenadiers have established themselves as the cobbled kings of 2022 after taking a long-awaited success in this year’s Paris-Roubaix…
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A different rider, a very different race, a different set of pressures than they faced in October, but six months on from the inaugural Paris Roubaix…
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Mathieu van der Poel. Annemiek van Vleuten. Tom Pidcock. Demi Vollering. On Sunday morning, most people would have guessed that at least one of those riders…
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When Gazzetta dello Sport, the venerated Italian sports daily, publishes a wild transfer rumour — and over the years, there have been a few — cycling usually laughs it off…
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Like countless others before me, my introduction to cycling was through the Tour de France. My dad faithfully watches the race every year…
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Cycling’s pursuit of diversity is bringing out the most dogged and driven characteristics in riders, none more so than in Biniam Girmay’s momentous victory in Ghent-Wevelgem…
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My day started with my mum in tears, initially because she was pleased that I’d remembered to call her on Mother’s Day…
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Back in the day I always had a soft spot for the Three Days of De Panne. Not because I’d had any particularly memorable experiences there…
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Trofeo Binda is an outlier on the spring calendar. It’s a rare one-day race that doesn’t have a men’s equivalent…
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The finale of the 2022 Milan-San Remo represented peak Slovenia, both on the way up and on the way down the famed and winding Poggio…
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Due to work commitments at Paris-Nice, I missed out on Tadej Pogačar’s latest extraordinary feats at Strade Bianche and Tirreno-Adriatico…
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Historical echoes matter across all sport. In fact, I’d go so far as to say that they are one of the foundations of sport…
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So there we have it, the first edition of the Paris-Roubaix weekend…
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Slipping and sliding but never slowing, Lizzie Deignan all but cruised over the muddy cobbles on her way to history…
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Well, it’s been quite the wait. And I’m not just talking about the fact that it’s been two and a half years since there was a Paris-Roubaix…
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Watching Chris Boardman pulling ridiculously long turns during his unsuccessful breakaway attempt at Flèche Wallonne 21 years ago…
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It’s 40 years since a French rider won the Amstel Gold Race and 41 since that country last tasted success in Liège-Bastogne-Liège…