Classics

Any bike race can highlight the extreme highs and lows that have always been a fundamental part cycle sport, but Paris-Roubaix…

Everyone knew what was coming, but no one could prevent it. Tadej Pogačar had signalled what his likely tactic would be…

When a rider is good enough, their very presence on a startlist can completely change the way a race is raced…

Let’s hope that Patrick Lefevere has picked out a good spot for lunch during this Sunday’s Tour of Flanders…

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

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…

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

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

It was one of those finishes where such a complete team performance merited hand holding, arms aloft, pats on the back…

For many years now, SD Worx in their various incarnations have been considered the best team in the women’s peloton…

Two years ago, in 2021, I wrote about the controversy that ensued after the disparity in prize money between the men’s and women’s winners

It used to be that Patrick Lefevere’s Soudal-QuickStep team set the performance standard in the cobbled Classics…

The spring classics are over for this year, what can they tell us about the rest of the season coming up?

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…

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…

Ineos Grenadiers have established themselves as the cobbled kings of 2022 after taking a long-awaited success in this year’s Paris-Roubaix…

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…

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…

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…

Like countless others before me, my introduction to cycling was through the Tour de France. My dad faithfully watches the race every year…