Tour of Flanders

Can his ripping spring form make him only the second US male to finish on the podium? Powless goes better the longer the race.

Two-time Tour of Flanders winner retreated to Spain to prepare for De Ronde and to search for 'freshness' for Paris-Roubaix next week.

Can Soudal Quick-Step turn its classics fortunes around, should the Muur be back in the Tour of Flanders route? VeloNews editors take a look.

'On Sunday everyone will start from scratch again': Why anything less than victory for Van Aert at De Ronde may be deemed a failure.

The peloton's top stars descent on Belgium for Flanders' Finest.

The Dutch rider animated an active Dwars door Vlaanderen in just her second road race following surgery earlier this year.

'It gives us a different edge having him back': Analysis – Can Pidcock deliver on Ineos' faith against Van Aert, Van der Poel, Pogačar at De Ronde?

Patrick Lefevere banks on French ace while searching for Jumbo-Visma bakery.

Vollering points to team ethos and top new domestiques as crucial to powerhouse sqaud after scoring Dwars door Vlaanderen victory.

Powless finds cobblestone legs in ride to third at Dwars door Vlaanderen: 'I felt really comfortable on the sectors, so hopefully I feel similar Sunday.'

Tour de Hoody: Van der Poel and Van Aert complicate life for Pogačar and his quest to win De Ronde.

The big yellow machine rolls into Dwars door Vlaanderen as favorites even with Van Aert and Van Baarle resting up for Tour of Flanders.

Two of Belgium's biggest names agree they would have never given away a race as prestigious as Gent-Wevelgem. 'I wouldn't have done it,' says Merckx.

No Pogačar, Van Aert, and Van der Poel leaves explosive men's race wide open, women's event expected to see all against SD Worx.

Van Aert attacks at 53km to go and pulls Laporte to victory as team hits hard in road toward Tour of Flanders.

Here are some of the best stories, takeaways and oddities coming out of 'The mini Tour of Flanders' that you might have missed.

Alarm bells ringing as longtime Belgian classics dominator on the back foot: 'We're in a situation that we're not used to.'

Tour of Flanders is up next and the defending champion knows he's ready: 'These are the two guys I expect to feature up front in the Ronde.'

Tour de Hoody: From the beer tents to Van Vleuten's last stand, here's what I am following from Flanders Week to Paris-Roubaix.

Belgian barnstormer sees the Milan-San Remo podium as confirmation he's on track going into the critical northern classics period.

Tour de Hoody: The arrival of 'monument madness' is a poignant reminder that Sagan's days in the peloton are numbered.

After a spectacular start to his season, Pogačar is about to unleash on the spring classics from Milan-San Remo to Liège-Bastogne-Liège.

Our editors debate where the men's 'monuments' rank as the all-time favorite.

The organizer had already upped the prize pot for the Tour of Flanders in 2022.

Up next are duels at Strade Bianche, Tour of Flanders, and Paris-Roubaix. The expectation will only grow in the next few weeks.

The men's finish remains the same with the Oude Kwaremont-Paterberg finale and the women's race celebrates its 20th edition.

'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.

German veteran predicts fireworks in the elite men's cyclocross worlds: 'My prediction is Van Aert.'

Strade Bianche and Tour of Flanders are early season targets, but Paris-Roubaix is not in the cards just yet.

From Tour de France green to Paris-Roubaix perfection, Sagan's all-terrain talent and sponsor savvy paved the way for riders like Van Aert, Van der Poel.

The Frenchman is kickstarting his 2023 campaign in Mallorca after a year marked by injuries.

Two-time world champion races toward De Ronde target with 'even more rage' – but have the classics moved on without him?

Retired Tour of Flanders champion stood for three hours on each leg to create the bronze casting for statue on the Taaienberg.

From Roubaix to Strade Bianche to Unbound, here are the one-day races we can't wait to watch.

Remco Evenepoel and Julian Alaphilippe sketch out ambition-laden early season as team confirms forthcoming six-part TV series.

Analysis: Jumbo-Visma packs the firepower and experience to target grand tours and monuments, but can the team pull it off?

Author Andy McGrath shares a book extract about one of the many remarkable moments in Frank Vandenbroucke's rollercoaster career.

World road title, Tour of Flanders and Paris-Roubaix top priorities as Jumbo-Visma star confirms 2023 road calendar.

Quick-Step saw cobblestone disasters tempered by Evenepoel's exploits in 2022. Can it bring classics redemption and Giro glory in 2023?

The Dane says that it will be hard to beat his 'best season' ever in 2023 as he aims to complete grand tour stage win collection at Giro d'Italia.

British breakaway-botherer looking to build on Tour de France, Flanders top-10s as he moves toward front of Bahrain-Victorious team bus.

The arrival of the peloton's best sprinter will open things up for Kopecky who is already thinking about the Paris 2024 Olympic Games.

Pogačar hints at Milan-San Remo, Tour of Flanders, world championship ambitions in a 2023 centered around reclaiming yellow jersey.

'They will share leadership,' insists staff, but choosing between a new Dutch dominator and a longtime team talisman may not be so simple.

The arrival of the Paris-Roubaix champion sees no conflict with Wout van Aert as Jumbo-Visma packs even more firepower for the spring classics.

Van Aert open to new objectives in 2023 but cobblestone monuments remain at the center: 'Flanders and Roubaix are above all'

'Finishing second in the Tour is going to give me motivation for next year,' Pogačar says to close out season with a win.

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The Ineos Grenadiers emerged as a Classics force as Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl struggled to meet expectations on the cobbles.

How Ineos Grenadiers talent scouted Magnus Sheffield, and how far the super-team thinks the budding U.S. star can go.

After painful back injury and recovery, a fresher, wiser Mathieu van der Poel might be even more dangerous than ever.

From Mathieu van der Poel and Lotte Kopecky to Elisa Longo Borghini and Dylan van Baarle. VeloNews rates the cobbled classics contenders.

A race report from 1981 that includes Bernard Hinault's victory at Paris-Roubaix.

Australian underwent double surgery this week and will miss Sunday's Paris-Roubaix.

A look at the buildup to the cobbled monument that finishes in a velodrome after taking on 55km of cobbles in the men's ‘Hell of the North.'

Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl boss pushes back on notion of moving such races as Tour of Flanders and Paris-Roubaix to the fall.

According to the UCI president, Paris-Roubaix owner ASO is also open to the idea of moving the cobbled classic out of its long-standing spot in April.

And looking ahead to Paris-Roubaix Femmes avec Zwift!

Alpecin-Fenix star led home a chase group, but it was only good enough for fourth at the Amstel Gold Race.

The Australian recounts her journey from broom wagon to breakaway at the Tour of Flanders.

Alaphilippe and Evenepoel are on track to ace the Ardennes, but that may only paper over the cracks of Quick-Step's failings in Flanders.

The usually mild mannered Pogačar is seen gesticulating to Dutch rider Dylan van Baarle immediately after crossing the line.

Did Pogačar screw up the finale, or not? This, plus all the critical points of the men's and women's races discussed.

A table taped to Mathieu van der Poel's stem featured his nutrition plan for the Tour of Flanders.

Breaking down the key points from a king-making monument.

And how Flanders Classics is helping grow women's cycling.

Tadej Pogačar says he will race Paris-Roubaix 'one day,' relishes shot at racing on cobbles at Tour de France: 'It can go terribly wrong or it can go OK.'

Ineos Grenadiers rookie continues to impress with Sunday's Amstel Gold Race and Paris-Roubaix on the horizon.

What a race. What amazing photos.

Tadej Pogačar revives tradition of grand tour winners as serious cobbled classics contenders.

Here's how the biggest win of Lotte Kopecky's career looked through the lens of photographer Kristof Ramon.

Pogačar is human after all, and what else we learned at the season’s second monument.

Tomas Van Den Spiegel cites major viewership increases since 2019.

The Slovenian keeps making Paris-Roubaix hints but surely he won't be riding the Hell of the North?

A look at the power numbers from Mathieu van der Poel at the Tour of Flanders.

Tadej Pogačar takes a closer look at the treacherous sectors of French cobblestones that loom on stage 5 in this summer's Tour de France.

Pogačar’s tactics unravel with ‘junior error’ in sprint finish.

SD Worx definitely knows how to play the numbers game.

Five key moments at De Ronde reconfirm the golden rule of cycling that the strongest doesn't always win.