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Belgian star Greg Van Avermaet leaves Tour of Flanders empty-handed again, but he credits former teammate Bettiol for his gutsy ride to win alone.

European champion Marta Bastianelli defeats Annemiek van Vleuten to claim her first Tour of Flanders victory.

The Belgian super-team takes a chance on a Tour of Flanders rookie, and the young Dane delivers a second-place result with a surprise solo attack.

Dutch champion van der Poel mounts a remarkable chase after breaking his wheel and crashing, sprinting to fourth place in his Tour of Flanders debut.

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Breaking with the convention of double-wall rims, Zipp opts for a single-wall carbon rim for its first entry into the mountain bike market since the 1990s.

World champion Alejandro Valverde delighted in his Flanders debut, exceeding expectations to make the group of favorites and sprint to eighth.

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After losing some weight in the off-season, Italian Alberto Bettiol, 25, stuns Flanders favorites and scores EF's biggest victory in years.

Although not in Flanders-winning form of 2016, Sagan and his team remain confident for Roubaix and Liège.

Lead trio hold off chase group in final stretch to Oudenaarde, with Italian outsprinting van Vleuten and Uttrup Ludwig to take the win.

Italian takes first professional victory at one of the biggest races in the season, with EF-Education First teammates proving pivotal to success.

Key to success in Flanders is not the power over the bergs, but the sprint going into them, with course knowledge being vital.

The iconic status of the Tour of Flanders is ingrained into riders from their childhood, with many dreaming of racing the bergs for years before they have the opportunity to do so.

Flemish great Johan Museeuw, 53, told Andrea Tafi he was crazy to try and race Paris-Roubaix at age 52

Huge team effort on 20km final climb helps McNulty take fourth place on stage and defend overnight GC lead.

Decision to race through to Liège means Sagan is only approaching peak form, but team and rivals still see him as Flanders threat.

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Top female riders welcome the block of cobbled classics that mimicks the men's schedule and puts their peloton in front of hordes of cycling fans.

Despite the hype following him into Belgium's biggest race, Wout van Aert keeps cool, insisting that the pressure he felt as 'cross world champion was greater.

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How many cycling world champions hail from your hometown? If you live in Roeselare, Belgium, the answer would be four. Just one reason why the massive Koers Cycling Museum exists here.

Even though the Belgian super-team missed out at Gent-Wevelgem, its deep bench of classics men ride into the season's most important race with confidence.

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Peter Kennaugh is stepping away from pro cycling for an indefinite amount of time, citing mental health issues.

Rally's McNulty proves his mettle in pro peloton, claiming his first career victory in stage 3 at Giro di Sicilia with solo attack. He leads overall with one day to go.

Since he was young, Greg Van Avermaet has dreamed of winning Flanders. He has come close on several occasions but is still on a quest to win De Ronde.

Despite a WorldTour win drought, Boels-Dolmans riders confident in team strength and happy to see the peloton grow deeper and more competitive.

Olympic silver medalist Chloé Dygert makes an emphatic return to pro UCI racing with a victory in opening stage of Joe Martin Stage race after 11-month recovery.

A cobblestone campaign and Giro d'Italia start will force Bob Jungels to skip the Ardennes races

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Tour of Flanders race director Scott Sunderland discusses the ambitious plans that Flanders Classics has for 2019 and beyond.

Finally rediscovering his old form, Degenkolb might be in the picture at Tour of Flanders, especially given his team's recent show of strength.

All signs point toward a wide-open race at Tour of Flanders with favorites like Sagan and Van Avermaet facing off with up-and-comers from the 'cross scene.

Our coverage from Flanders continues with an in-depth look at an unpredictable day of racing at Dwars door Vlaanderen. We hear from winner Ellen van Dijk.

After stunning the WorldTour peloton with a win at Dwars door Vlaanderen, Mathieu van der Poel and his team say, "The surprise factor is gone."

Chris Case speaks with coaches, researchers, and sport scientists to answer all your training and nutrition questions.

Still searching for the spark that got him onto the Sanremo and Flanders podiums, Heinrich Haussler relies on experience and race smarts at Flanders and Roubaix.

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SRAM's new second tier electronic group delivers all the 12speed function of RED eTap AXS for significantly less.

Established classics star Ellen van Dijk wins again, and fellow Dutch rider Mathieu van der Poel scores his maiden WorldTour victory.

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It is a logistical puzzle to run men's and women's races concurrently on the same course, but it can give the women's race greater visibility.

Ellen van Dijk solos away from an 11-woman breakaway to win Dwars door Vlaanderen, the first major classics win for her Trek-Segafredo team.

Trek-Segafredo's Jasper Stuyven won't talk about it, but his SRAM eTap AXS bike has Shimano Di2 sprint shifters wired into it.

Proving his potential on the road, cyclocross champion Matheiu van der Poel sprints to victory in Dwars door Vlaanderen after animating the race.

After a top-10 result in Paris-Roubaix 2018, expectations are high for Phinney, but a nagging knee injury has limited his racing in the early classics.

Coming in at $1,000 less than the high-end Red group, SRAM Force eTap AXS is a promising option for riders seeking wireless shifting on a budget.

World champion Alejandro Valverde will make his debut at Tour of Flanders Sunday, expecting to soak in the experience rather than sprint for a win.

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The biggest event in collegiate cycling has a notable disparity between the men's and women's races, and a few riders want to change that.

Tight, winding roads like paved singletrack. Cold cobbles, steep climbs, and gravel Plugstreets. We tackle the 215km Gent-Wevelgem sportive.

With an increasingly strong Jumbo-Visma team at his command, Wout van Aert's confidence grows ahead of his second run at Tour of Flanders.

Rivals are flummoxed by Deceuninck-Quick-Step's control of the classics, but longer, harder races like Roubaix and Flanders may offer new chances.

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The men's and women's pelotons face a tough day of cobblestones and wind as a string of Belgian classics get underway with Gent-Wevelgem.

We break down all of the action from Gent-Wevelgem, where Alexander Kristoff stunned the favorites in a windy sprint finish.

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Isolated in the key moments of Gent-Wevelgem, Greg Van Avermaet left wondering how CCC will ride at Tour of Flanders, his key season goal.

Peter Sagan confirmed his top form on Sunday by riding in the daylong breakaway at Gent-Wevelgem

Facing doubts about his team's classics chops, John Degenkolb delivers a solid second-place finish at Gent-Wevelgem, building confidence.

World cyclocross champion Mathieu van der Poel impresses with a fourth-place result at Gent-Wevelgem after a day of aggressive racing.

Up-and-coming American rider Logan Owen wants to prove himself in cycling's heartland, on the cobbles and bergs of Flanders, Belgium.

Dutch sprinter Kirsten Wild is on flying form as the cobblestone classics begin in earnest for the Women's WorldTour.

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Quinn Simmons became the first American to win the junior men's race at Gent-Wevelgem.

Amongst dozens of tubulars and double-ring drivetrains, the bikes of Zdenek Stybar and Mads Pedersen stood out at Gent-Wevelgem.

Yates launches late attack to try to overhaul overnight deficit to Lopez but fails to take sufficient time, finishing second overall.

WNT-Rotor repeat success of Thursday's Brugge-De Panne victory, with Wild and Brennauer partnering perfectly.