Quick-Step confident of taming cycling’s cobbled ‘Hell’
Quick-Step Floors will begin Sunday's Paris-Roubaix as the overwhelming favorites with multiple riders capable of winning.
Quick-Step Floors will begin Sunday's Paris-Roubaix as the overwhelming favorites with multiple riders capable of winning.
Since retiring after last year's Paris-Roubaix, Tom Boonen has not been afraid to speak his mind.
Peter Sagan and the Bora-Hansgrohe team have been working toward Paris-Roubaix since last winter. Now the day is here.
Enric Mas took his first professional victory on Saturday with an emphatic solo win on the final day of the 2018 Vuelta al País Vasco.
Despite a chance of overnight showers, most are expecting a fast, dry Paris-Roubaix on Sunday.
Quick-Step Floors has been a force to be reckoned with during the cobbled classics in 2018.
Geraint Thomas could become Team Sky's leader at the Tour de France if Chris Froome is banned.
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Top Roubaix riders agree: Power meters aren't so important on the cobblestones. The racing remains unpredictable and exciting.
Trek-Segafredo rides Roubaix with two good options: former winner Degenkolb and Stuyven. Plus young Pedersen is peaking.
EF Education First-Drapac rider Sebastian Langeveld will ride disc brakes at Roubaix after making the podium in 2017.
Top riders Peter Sagan, Greg Van Avermaet, and Niki Terpstra get a feel for the rough, muddy cobblestones of Roubaix.
Most of the favorites for Paris-Roubaix are opting to use caliper brakes instead of discs for faster wheel changes if they flat.
The Recon Ride takes a deeper dive into the parcours and the list of pre-race favorites for Paris-Roubaix.
Spanish rider Omar Fraile wins Friday's stage 5 of the Vuelta al Pais Vasco as Primoz Roglic keeps overall lead.
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Without a speedy finisher like Tom Boonen or the injured Fernando Gaviria, Quick-Step's only option to win Roubaix is to attack.
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Here's a look at nine of the favorites for "The Hell of the North," a 257km run from Compiègne to Roubaix.
If you’ve ever fussed with fogged-up sunglasses on a steamy climb, the new Oakley Flight Jacket sunglasses could be for you.
A women’s aero bike that’s faster than the men’s version? Yep, Fuji claims the Supreme beats the Transonic in its tests.
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Para-athletes overcome many different challenges to ride their bikes, let alone compete at a world-class level.
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Quick-Step Floors riders unconcerned by Sagan or Van Avermaet ahead of Paris-Roubaix where they are outright favorites.
After barnstorming across the 2018 northern classics season, the biggest prize is on offer Sunday for Quick-Step at Roubaix.
Slovenia's Primoz Roglic grabs hold of the leader's yellow jersey at the Vuelta al Pais Vasco with a victory in the 19.4km time trial.
Tom Boonen criticizes Peter Sagan for comments after Sunday's Tour of Flanders, saying he "must keep his mouth shut."
The Belgian won nearly every major cobbled race last spring, but he's come up short this year each time.
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Only two riders in the current peloton have raced a Paris-Roubaix in wet and muddy conditions, which last occurred in 2002.
Here's a preliminary start list for Paris-Roubaix. Check back for updates as more teams confirm their rosters.
Organizers confirm that 13 WorldTour teams will take the start at the Amgen Tour of California in May.
The Tere is a modern take on a traditional road frame design, and is available in either rim- or disc-brake versions.
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We asked Brian Holm, Quick-Step’s sage behind the wheel to get the scoop on how the "Wolf Pack" was born.
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Sport directors around the peloton favor Niki Terpstra or another rider from the dominant Quick-Step team.
Jay McCarthy gets the better of a select group of fast finishers in stage 3 at Vuelta al Pais Vasco.
Fabio Jakobsen pounces to take the biggest win of his career at Scheldeprijs on a miserably rainy day.
Johan Bruyneel admits he and Lance Armstrong were too arrogant but were no worse than others in the EPO-era peloton.
Aevolo’s Luis Villalobos and Fernando Islas face language barriers and a different style of racing when they head north.
A group of top riders is disqualified from Scheldeprijs, including sprinters Arnaud Demare and Dylan Groenewegen.
Online streaming affords great potential for cycling to grow and engage new viewers, but it is a difficult puzzle to solve.
This rig is classified as an endurance bike, but its unique properties show that it can be a race bike too.
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To win any one of cycling's five monuments is a huge feat, but it is nearly impossible in the modern era to sweep them all.
Vincenzo Nibali continues to prove he is one of the most well-rounded cyclists of his generation with an aggressive ride at Flanders.
Coming to you from the classics heartland of Belgium, we've got ample analysis and opinion on Tour of Flanders.
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The cobblestones are key to Paris-Roubaix, so here's a quick guide to the 29 sectors that will make or break a Sunday in hell.
France's Julian Alaphilippe secured his second consecutive stage win at the Tour of the Basque Country on Tuesday.
Shimano's new Ultegra R8000 drivetrain includes the RX rear derailleur, which features a clutch mechanism for chain security.
With a fresh route that could shred the peloton with crosswinds off the North Sea, Scheldeprijs presents a new challenge to sprinters.
An active 51-year-old struggles to lose weight and discovers the issue was related to his diet.
This week, Lennard Zinn addresses questions about setups for gravel riding, tire pressure, and more.
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Niki Terpstra delivers the second big monument win of his career on a rainy, rough day of racing in Belgium.
Rivals throughout the peloton admit that Quick-Step is nearly impossible to crack so far in the 2018 northern classics.
Race dynamics continue to foil Peter Sagan at Tour of Flanders as Bora coach bemoans how his rider is a marked man.
Terpstra and team Quick-Step Floors does it again at Tour of Flanders, taking two spots on the podium. We sound off on the action.
Julian Alaphilippe wins stage 1 of Vuelta al Pais Vasco the day after his teammate Niki Terpstra won Tour of Flanders.
Van der Breggen showed she is the best rider in the women's peloton by riding 26km by herself to Flanders victory — with her team's help.
Anna van der Breggen rode to a solo victory at the women's Tour of Flanders.
Anna van der Breggen (Boels-Dolmans) took her first Tour of Flanders title on Sunday in Oudenaarde, Belgium.
Niki Terpstra (Quick-Step Floors) claimed the 2018 Tour of Flanders on Sunday in Oudenaarde, Belgium.
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