Tour of Flanders

FIlippo Pozzato is a dark-horse pick for Tour of Flanders, but he's landed on the podium before and is building into spring's biggest races.

Sagan will start Sunday's Tour of Flanders as one of the favorites to win, and his right-hand man on the road will be Oscar Gatto.

Taylor Phinney says he's "really humbled" to race in the annual cobblestoned monument two years after a serious crash.

Don't mourn the Muur. Tour of Flanders made a big route change five years ago, but rumors of De Ronde’s death were greatly exaggerated.

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An older, wiser Greg Van Avermaet heads into the holy week of cobbled races, ready to vie for glory at Tour of Flanders and Roubaix.

Sep Vanmarcke comes close to a big win at Gent-Wevelgem — if all goes well at Tour of Flanders, he'll be a threat for the win.

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Wanty – Groupe Gobert riders decide to skip Three Days of De Panne, but will race in Demoitié's honor at Tour of Flanders Sunday.

With victories in both the Ardennes and Flanders, Michal Kwiatkowski is proving to be one of this generation's most versatile riders.

The Belgian withdraws from Friday's E3 Harelbeke with digestive issues, saying he wants to recover for next Sunday's Tour of Flanders.

The Spaniard will do some altitude training instead of racing on the cobbles as he prepares for the Giro d'Italia.

Like most things in cycling, there's an unwritten rule that states when a rider can don a pair of legwarmers for a race.

The BMC Racing rider has been close in recent years, but he has yet to win a northern classic — something he hopes to accomplish in 2016.

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The 100th edition of Ronde van Vlaanderen won't offer much novelty, but it could appeal to a fan favorite such as Peter Sagan.

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Belgian star is confident he can put the disappointment of Flanders behind him as he rides toward an appointment with the Hell of the North

A little-known intermediate sprint was awarded at Tour of Flanders, at kilometer 34. The first rider to the line won his weight in beer

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BrakeThrough Media documents the Tour of Flanders, from the start at the Grote Markt in Brugge to the finish in Oudenaarde

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Neal Rogers considers the riders who succeeded and those who came up short at Belgium's biggest race, the Tour of Flanders

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With merely one win during their spring campaign so far — at a semi-classic, no less — The Belgian squad is hungry for results

Following a Flanders flop, Sagan and Vanmarcke are hoping to save their respective classics campaigns at Paris-Roubaix next weekend

Check out the Tour of Flanders from a different perspective, thanks to on-board cameras mounted to bikes of Velon teams

Alexander Kristoff's victory at the Ronde van Vlaanderen puts him near the top of Norway's list of cycling greats

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Canny Alexander Kristoff rides to the front with Niki Terpstra and delivers a perfectly timed sprint in the final meters of Flanders

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Alexander Kristoff left no doubts about who was the strongest at the finale of a Tour of Flanders that began without a clear favorite

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Jesse Sergent faces surgery for a broken collarbone after an unfortunate encounter with a Shimano support car. The company is investigating

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John Degenkolb rides Giant's Defy road bike for the bergs and cobbles of Flanders

With the chase closing in, Alexander Kristoff leaves Niki Terpstra in his dust to claim victory in a chaotic Tour of Flanders

Results from the 2015 Tour of Flanders

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Great Britain's Bradley Wiggins enjoys flying the flag lately, and hopes Geraint Thomas has his own banner day at Flanders

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Geraint Thomas comes into the Tour of Flanders after winning E3 Harelbeke and taking third at Gent-Wevelgem

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Without perennial favorites Boonen and Cancellara, a new generation of riders is elbowing its way to the top of the Flanders heap

The 25-year-old is searching for a victory in one of cycling's monuments, a list of five one-day classics

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Bradley Wiggins claimed his first, and perhaps his last, TT wearing the rainbow jersey as he tunes up form for farewell ride at Roubaix

Ronde van Vlaanderen will be wide open on Sunday. Here are Global Cycling Networks top-10 riders to watch this weekend

After his big win in last year's Tour de France over the cobbles, Boom is hoping for a spring classics breakthrough

Tom Boonen joins his Etixx teammates to train on part of Sunday's Ronde van Vlaanderen course

Russian outfit is brimming with confidence after Paolini's win at Gent-Wevelgem, and Kristoff's pair of wins at De Panne this week

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The Sky rider finds himself at the top of the favorites' list with Tom Boonen and Fabian Cancellara out with injuries

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The eight wild-card picks for the 2015 Tour of Flanders have been announced, including Tyler Farrar's MTN-Qhubeka team

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The Tour of Flanders route will look very similar to its 2014 running. What's that mean for Cancellara, Boonen and company?