Kuurne-Brussel-Kuurne

Jasper Stuyven surprises the sprinters with a solo strike for the win at Kuurne-Brussels-Kuurne

Jasper Stuyven takes a solo victory for Trek – Segafredo at Kuurne-Brussels-Kuurne

Jasper Stuyven takes his first one-day win as a pro with a solo attack inside the final 20km of Kuurne-Brussels-Kuurne

A motorbike collides with Lotto – Soudal's Stig Broeckx at Kuurne-Brussels-Kuurne

The first weekend of classics racing offers a mini Ronde at Omloop, an hour record attempt, and a sprinter's delight at Kuurne.

André Greipel wil not start Sunday's Kuurne-Brussels-Kuurne, an early season classics tune-up that favors sprinters.

Peter Sagan leads Tinkoff in the first weekend of northern classics, Omloop and Kuurne, as he gears up for a run at a monument victory.

The squad has molded itself into a strong classics contender since it first raced in 2010

Dan Seaton analyzes Etixx's loss in Omloop Het Nieuwsblad, which the team followed by winning Sunday's Kuurne-Brussels-Kuurne

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Tim De Waele captures the action at the 2015 edition of the semi-classic Kuurne-Brussels-Kuurne

Results from the 2015 Kuurne-Brussels-Kuurne

Philippe Gilbert nearly steals the show, but it's Mark Cavendish who finally takes center stage at the finish of Kuurne-Brussels-Kuurne

Much like Milano-Sanremo a month later, Kuurne-Brussels-Kuurne is very much dependent on factors outside an individual racer's control

The spring race season kicks off this weekend in Belgium with Omloop and Kuurne. Who will draw first blood at these early tests?

Plaxton gets a big-money win in Texas, Boonen and Stannard split the opening weekend in Belgium, and Johansson rings up a couple of podiums

Omega Pharma and Sky split the weekend, Belkin and BMC have a bit of bad luck, and Cannondale and Trek are absent. But it's early days yet

Photos from the 2014 Kuurne-Brussels-Kuurne

Results from the 2014 Kuurne-Brussels-Kuurne

After a disappointing performance in Het Nieuwsblad Boonen takes the flowers in Kuurne-Brussels-Kuurne

Tom Boonen, André Greipel, Edvald Boasson Hagen are among the riders on the final roster for Sunday's Kuurne-Brussels-Kuurne

Classics season starts Saturday at Omloop Het Nieuwsblad and Andrew Hood previews the double weekend, which wraps at Kuurne-Brussels-Kuurne

Fabian Cancellara and a slew of first-time winners came out on top in the classics, but who didn't?

In the wake of bad weather forcing the cancellation of two races this weekend, here's a look at cycling's on/off relationship with Mother Nature

Races canceled due to heavy snow across northern Europe

The starters for the 2013 Kuurne-Brussel-Kuurne semi-classic

Belgian champion will take Sunday off after sluggish classics start in Flanders

The cobbled classics pit men on bikes against weather conditions that are often brutal

With the Belgian champ coming off injury, Omega Pharma will attack the weekend's Belgian semi-classics with a variety of weapons

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Spring classics season clicks into gear this weekend with a pair of “semi-classics” that will serve as an appetizer for the coming weeks

Superstars making classics debut with BMC

A resurgent Tom Boonen will be leading team at Omloop Het Nieuwsblad and the Kuurne-Brussels-Kuurne

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At least one team is breaking rank with the peloton this weekend and will sit out any protest of the UCI ban on race radios. BMC Racing general manager Jim Ochowicz said in a release Thursday that his team would not take part in any demonstration planned for the opening weekend of the spring classics in Flanders, Belgium.

Past winners of Kuurne-Brussels-Kuurne

Official start list for Sunday's Kuurne-Brussels-Kuurne

The European racing calendar gets busier with each passing week and this weekend sees the opening of the Belgian racing season with two important semi-classics that will see the top guns sharpening their form with the northern classics just around the corner.

Bobbie Traksel wins Kuurne-Brussels-Kuurne.

Bobbie Traksel (Vacansoleil) wins Kuurne-Brussels-Kuurne.

A crafty Bobbie Traksel (Vacansoleil) takes a three-up sprint to win a soggy Kuurne-Brussels-Kuurne.

The HTC-Columbia team begins its Belgian Classics season this weekend with a double dose of racing action, first tackling Het Nieuwsblad on Saturday February 27th, then Kuurne-Brussels-Kuurne the next day.

Cervelo TestTeam is sending squads to this weekend's cobbled races, the men's and women's Omloop Het Nieuwsblad on Saturday and the men's Kuurne-Brussels-Kuurne on Sunday.

Despite nasty crashes at Algarve, RadioShack will start Gert Steegmans and Tomas Vaitkus at this weekend's cobbled races in Belgium. Milram, Liquigas and Quick Step also release their rosters.

Omloop Het Niuwsblad, KBK and the Vuelta a Andalucia highlight a big week in Europe. Andrew Hood gives the run down.