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Quick-Step hoping for adverse weather as cobbles season continues, with harder conditions playing into team's hands.

Luck, legs, teammates and know-how coming together perfectly mean Stybar goes into Flanders one of the hot favorites.

Greg van Avermaet hopes his strong legs bring him victories at the longer Monument races

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We are on the ground at the classics with full analysis and opinion about E3 Harelbeke, which kicks off a two-week stretch of action.

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Thanks to an early attack by teammate Bob Jungels, Zdenek Stybar had the upper hand at E3 BinckBank Classic, beating Olympic champ Greg Van Avermaet in the final sprint.

With cobbles and climbs punctuating the Friday classic, riders and mechanics fine-tune their gear. Ben Delaney of Roll Massif takes a close look before the start in Harelbeke.

Ardennes specialist Bob Jungels, winner of Liege 2018, turns over a new leaf at E3, proving to be a valuable teammate and even a threat to win on cobbles.

Wout van Aert is inching closer to a marquee win on the road. The last hurdle could be high-speed sprints.

Former E3 winner Peter Sagan says his form is on track, but a late-race mechanical ruins his outing in Harelbeke, Belgium.

With his days occupied as a stay-at-home dad, pro cycling veteran Jonny Clarke resorted to riding the indoor trainer, with surprising results.

A late mechanical forces Egan Bernal to walk home to the finish line. Afterward, he gets a little lift from his teammate Chris Froome.

Schachmann escapes early breakaway including van Garderen to win stage 5 at Volta a Catalunya.

After his teammate Jungels puts the peloton on notice with long-range attack, Stybar stays cool until final sprint to beat van Aert and Van Avermaet.

Building his fitness toward the Giro d'Italia, GC favorite Mikel Landa seems to be recovering from injury with a win Thursday in Italy.

Even though his all-star Deceuninck-Quick-Step team has been cleaning up in the early classics, Gilbert admits pressure is high to win big on the cobbles.

Some years it favors a bunch sprint. Other years, foul weather rips apart the peloton at Gent-Wevelgem. Who will be victorious this Sunday?

American Taylor Phinney sat out of Friday's E3 Binckbank Classic due to knee soreness, but expectations are high for Belgian captain Vanmarcke.

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After missing the podium in stage 3, Miguel Angel Lopez attacks with 8km to go on the summit finish to win stage 4 and take overall lead.

Jumbo-Visma is taking a patient approach to develop its young classics prodigy Wout van Aert, but he's already off to a fast start in 2019.

Olympic champion Greg Van Avermaet is left frustrated and angry by another lost opportunity at Milano-Sanremo and vows to deliver in northern classics.

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Ordinarily a dedicated domestique at the Tour de France and other major races, Rowe gets a shot to race as the leader with Sky's classics team.

Don't pigeonhole him as a pure sprinter. Colombian Fernando Gaviria plans to contend at the cobbled spring classics.

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Yates gets the better of Colombian climbers Bernal, Quintana, and Lopez. Martin battles his way to third place after being dropped on the summit finish.

Wednesday's sprinter showdown provides a preview of the action expected at Gent-Wevelgem. Groenewegen comes out on top ahead of Gaviria.

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Four-time Tour champ Chris Froome loses more than 14 minutes in stage 2 as Team Sky rallies to support Egan Bernal as its GC leader.

Elia Viviani will race for redemption at Gent-Wevelgem Sunday, and the Deceuninck-Quick-Step team looks strong as ever for De Panne and E3.

Australian sprinter Michael Matthews bounces back from a tough crash in Paris-Nice in the best way possible, with his first win of 2019 at Catalunya.

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Every few years, we see a pro cyclist string together a stunning run of victories. The year is 2019, and the rider is Julian Alaphilippe. What's next?

Master bike fitter Dave Luscan outlines the essential points to consider when seeking out your best bike fit.

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Alaphilippe stuns Sagan and a cadre of all-stars in the final sprint at Milano-Sanremo. We discuss the action of the season's first monument classic.

Deceuninck-Quick-Step rallies around Julian Alaphilippe to deliver the French phenom to another big victory this spring.

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De Gendt's daring attack pays off in stage 1 of Volta a Catalunya. The Belgian wins his first race of 2019 season.

Former Olympic and world champion Marianne Vos takes her first win of the season at round three of the Women's WorldTour.

Hot off a top-10 result in Milano-Sanremo, Alejandro Valverde looks to defend Catalunya title as Chris Froome kicks off his European schedule.

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Vos takes fourth win at Italian one-dayer, and her first of 2019.

Surgery to improve blood flow in left leg expected to sideline Sardinian for several months.

Van Aert "more than ready for the Flemish classics" after Strade Bianche and Milano-Sanremo successes.

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Sagan hoping to bounce back from early-season illness and Sanremo disappointment in time for cobbled monuments.

Alaphilippe brimming with confidence and form with Itzulia Basque Country and Ardennes next on the hit list.

Alaphilippe takes sprint win out of a select lead group, his seventh victory of the season.

For 2019, André Greipel stepped out of the WorldTour and into a team with a loyal leadout man and an invite to the Tour de France.

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It's good news for French teams Arkea-Samsic and Direct Energie, but it means Pierre Rolland's Vital Concept-B&B Hotels team is left out.

Three-time world champion Peter Sagan is willing to be patient in his quest to win Milano-Sanremo, which started back in 2011.

Despite a winless drought dating back to last year's Milano-Sanremo, Vincenzo Nibali hopes that building form will carry him in Saturday's classic.

Australian Michael Matthews had written off Milano-Sanremo after a hard crash in Paris-Nice, but he has recovered quicker than expected.

On paper, Deceuninck-Quick-Step boasts the strongest team for Milano-Sanremo, but can it control a typically unpredictable monument classic?

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In episode 70, we discuss the compelling concept of finding your physiological strengths through moments of failure with the engineer behind Xert.

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The European Champion has the form of his life, and will be chasing his first monument win this weekend.