E3 Saxo Bank: Flanders Week kicks off with clash of cobble titans
Route details and the favorites who will spice up the 'Little Tour of Flanders.'
Tadej Pogačar is a Slovenian professional cyclist who currently rides for UCI WorldTeam UAE Team Emirates. He won the 2020 and 2021 editions of the Tour de France, winning three different jerseys during each Tour, a feat unseen in nearly four decades. Wikipedia
Route details and the favorites who will spice up the 'Little Tour of Flanders.'
'We are very confident in our approach': Team brushes off Jonas Vingegaard's bruising beating as it reverts to altitude training framework.
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Analysis: The peloton's speed demons have no hope when the Pogačar’s and the Van Aert’s accelerate over the Poggio.
Here are some of the best stories, out-takes, and stats coming out of San Remo that you might have missed.
Unpacking the tactics: One perfectly timed, fully committed attack deflated the peloton's most lethal engines.
Here's what the top riders said after Saturday's explosive battle over the Poggio.
Van der Poel kicks clear from Filippo Ganna, Wout van Aert, and Tadej Pogačar and rides all alone to stunning victory on the Via Roma.
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Who will be first down the Via Roma in the easiest monument to finish but the hardest to win?
After a spectacular start to his season, Pogačar is about to unleash on the spring classics from Milan-San Remo to Liège-Bastogne-Liège.
The stage is set for another dramatic reversal of fortunes with a final-day time trial to close out the 2024 Tour. Will it happen again?
A pair of top-10's at Paris-Nice provide fresh confirmation that the US duo's upward progression continues.
Vingegaard didn't look a Tour de France champion when Tadej Pogačar overpowered Paris-Nice, but the road to the grand départ is long.
A mountain summit and time trial will put exclamation point on the final weekend of the 2024 Tour de France.
Pogačar tops Tour de France rivals David Gaudu and Jonas Vingegaard after week of dominance in prestigious French race.
Defending Tour de France champion takes the long view as Pogačar sets the benchmark for training to come.
Tour de Hoody: The Slovenian superstar is rewriting the script of modern cycling one attack at a time.
The 2022 Tour de France winner admits the obvious at 'Race to the Sun': 'Tadej was just stronger so congrats to him.'
It's too early for alarm bells, but Pogačar delivers blow in first major mountaintop matchup against Tour de France rival.
In a recent podcast, the retired pro suggested Tadej Pogačar could ride even faster if he was on the same material as Jumbo-Visma and Ineos Grenadiers.
Teams deployed an interesting mix of tactics in the 32km team time trial that turned tradition on its head.
Whether you love or loathe the TTT, the new 'first across the line' format could bring fresh vigor to races across the calendar.
A few big names are missing, but it's the white roads of Tuscany that are the biggest stars this weekend.
Pressure mounting as Alpecin-Deceuninck remains winless going into the critical spring classics racing period.
Tadej Pogačar and Jonas Vingegaard face off for the first time in a stage race since July. Yet the 'Race to the Sun' is more than a two-horse race.
Arizona star seeks later peak to season as raft of new arrivals intensifies battle to support Tadej Pogačar at Tour de France.
The Dane won his third straight stage at the Galician four-day race and took the overall title.
Jumbo-Visma rider attacks solo with just over two kilometers to go on stage 2.
Belgian welcomes GC riders at classics but jokes that he'd prefer Tadej Pogačar didn't come: 'he has one leg more than I do and one lung more than I do.'
UAE Tour racers and directors impressed but undaunted by Pogačar's early season blitz through Jaén and Ruta del Sol.
Pogačar set to crunch with Vingegaard at French race March 5 in early preview of Tour de France battle.
Follow all the action in the five-stage Vuelta a Andalucía across southern Spain.
Yates debuts for UAE Team Emirates at its home race and carries the burden of filling the boots of two-time champion Tadej Pogačar.
From winning their weight in Haribo to baby pigs and chunks of granite, a few races break the mould when it comes to awarding the winners.
'I'm having a more gradual preparation for the season.' Pogačar's 'easy start' should sound alarm bells for Van Aert, Van der Poel, Vingegaard.
Slovenian dusts everyone with 45km to go across Spanish gravel roads to win in season debut with emphatic solo attack.
The last time the pair raced against each other was in the 2021 Tirreno-Adriatico. A lot's changed since then for both riders.
'Tadej not winning the Tour de France was a watershed moment for us as a team,' says key climber Bennett.
Slovenian superstar spicing up season debut with starts at the gravel-loaded Jaén Paraíso and Ruta del Sol in bypass of UAE Tour.
Strade Bianche and Tour of Flanders are early season targets, but Paris-Roubaix is not in the cards just yet.
'We want to create real bike racers, not just athletes.' EF Education-ONTO on a mission to create savvy racers ready for the WorldTour.
Only two men and one woman have achieved cycling's hardest treble. We asked Stephe Roche why it's so hard.
British all-rounder insists there's plenty of room to race to win in the ever-deeper UAE Team Emirates.
Giro d'Italia, Il Lombardia, world title defense highlight ambitions across rainbow jersey season.
A different kind of top-ten list.
Two-time Tour de France champion finishes second behind Slovenian champion Mihael Štajnar in Ljubljana 'cross race.
'Froome at his best, or Pogačar, these guys are psychological beasts.' Porte looks back on life in high-pressure, data-driven peloton.
Vingegaard anticipates new approach for Tour de France defense after blowing Pogačar out of yellow with haymaker attacks this summer.
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Tour de Hoody: The annual 'big loop' takes in the hidden corners of France, and these are stage cities everyone wants to return to.
The Vuelta a España podium finisher says that technology and information is helping young riders beat more experienced rivals.
Slovenian says he doesn't know how long he will continue to race after turning pro at a young age.
Spanish teen ace hopes to win the Vueta a España in 2023 as he follows hot in the wheeltracks of his illustrious UAE Emirates captain.
Marquee signings for new season both support Pogačar's Tour de France ambition and provide winning options all through the calendar.
UAE Team Emirates star says racing to win is a game, not some sort of way to settle scores.
We play hypothetical team manager and argue who we'd sign if we had the checkbook to take our pick among the peloton's biggest stars.
With confirmation that Evenepoel is targeting the pink jersey, our editors debate what he gains and what he loses by putting the Tour de France on hold.
The 'Race of the Two Seas' has something for everyone in the prestigious, early season GC prize.
Pogačar hints at Milan-San Remo, Tour of Flanders, world championship ambitions in a 2023 centered around reclaiming yellow jersey.
Top-level teams continue to bet on youth as Quick-Step, Astana, Bahrain-Victorious tap extra-young new riders.
Reigning Tour de France champion hints title defense still uncertain for 2023, talks of life in the media glare.
Tadej Pogačar will join fleet of Spanish stars in the event in early December.
From Annemiek van Vleuten mountain biking to Egan Bernal trekking in Peru, top pro riders finding new ways to unplug from the demands of racing.
Sepp Kuss on 2023 goals: 'I'd like to go back to the Tour and later the Vuelta'
Vincenzo Nibali, Domenico Pozzovivo, Biniam Girmay sign up to off-season FIFA-based rider tournament set to be streamed on Twitch.
We dive into the power numbers of the best climbers in the world at the Giro d’Italia, Tour de France, and Vuelta a España.
Tour de France stars, world champions, hour record holders among favorites for long-running awards created by French magazine Vélo.
Lefevere believes Evenepoel can thrive in the mountainous Tour just as well as the TT heavy Giro: 'He can handle this course'
The Belgian looks destined to race the Giro d'Italia in 2023 but until he confirms his plans there's always a chance of an Evenepoel, Pogačar, Vingegaard battle.
'Of course, it wouldn’t be a surprise if Vingegaard goes to the Tour but it’s not decided yet,' says Zeeman.
The Slovenian is 'really motivated' to reclaim Tour de France title after losing to Jonas Vingegaard this year.
Hot off the back of the Tour de France 2023 route reveal, we pick through who's in the mix for the yellow jersey.
With just a single uphill time trial, the race is set to be decided in the mountains, where the climbs of the Puy de Dôme, Grand Colombier and Col de la Loze stand out.
Part bike store, part museum, part gallery, part café, the spacious two-story store looks to be a must-see for any cyclist visiting the country.
Frenchman says his 2022 was good but that it lacked a 'sparkle' it might have had without his Giro d'Italia abandon.
Former monument and grand tour stage winner laments loss of soul in an increasingly buttoned-down pro peloton.
20-year-old sensation carries Pogačar-esque grand tour and Ardennes ambition into 2023: 'He is the example to follow.'