Ardennes classics

How the hardest one-day race of the year was won with positioning and timing perfection

Canadian leads the line in a race where he's hit the top-10 every time he finished.

‘When other kids were reading comics strips I was reading about riders,’ said Pascal Sergent.

Young Team DSM rider ‘holds his own’ in Oman, looks to ‘uncontrollable’ one-dayT races where ‘anything can happen.’

The jury is still out on the new finish at Liège-Bastogne-Liège.

Some love 'em, some hate 'em. What are our editors' takes on the trio of hilly classics starting with this weekend's Amstel Gold Race?

Here's how to watch the men's and women's Omloop Het Nieuwsblad, as well as Kuurne-Brussels-Kuurne, this weekend.

After sitting out La Flèche Wallonne Féminine on Wednesday, the former world champion will return to racing with a broken wrist.

The Faun Ardèche Classic and the Royal Bernard Drôme Classic offer muscular terrain that suits puncheurs and climbers alike.

The Belgian still dreams of winning the Tour of Flanders or Paris-Roubaix, but he revels in his role on the EF Pro Cycling team, and was only too happy to see his Italian teammate Alberto Bettiol storm to victory in Flanders, in 2019.

The Dutch star outlines an ambitious schedule in her world champion debut, after seamless winter preparation.

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BrakeThrough Media captures the beauty and drama of Ardennes week, the final three races of the spring classics.

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Alejandro Valverde has six wins in the Ardennes classics, but this week he's focused on staying safe and fit for his Giro d'Italia debut.

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The reigning world champion wants to notch his first win of the year in the rainbow jersey

Both Movistar riders will race in Flèche Wallonne and Liège-Bastogne-Liège this month

The Irishman finishes 25th in Tirreno-Adriatico as he prepares for the spring races

The final classic of the spring unfolds in the hills of the Ardennes and BrakeThrough Media captures the emotion inside and around the race

Global Cycling Network looks back on the finale of the Ardennes classics and the new Garmin 1000 head unit

Australian will support Roman Kreuziger in Belgium on Sunday

Gilbert hopes to tag team with Samuel Sánchez to deliver a victory at La Doyenne for BMC Racing

With an historic route for its 100th edition, Sunday's Liège–Bastogne–Liège promises an explosive finale to the Ardennes classics

Trek Factory Racing second year pro is in the Ardennes with a shot at a grand tour

With his Liège defense days away, Daniel Martin talks about his growth as a rider, love for cycling, and avoidance of power data in races

The BMC rider triumphed in Sunday’s Amstel Gold Race but finished 10th in Wednesday’s Flèche Wallonne

Kenyan-born Briton will ride the spring's final classic, his Sky team confirms

Polish champion says he is confident and tactically ready to contest the victory at Liège–Bastogne–Liège

Spaniard attacks to win the midweek Ardennes classic ahead of reigning Liège–Bastogne–Liège champion Daniel Martin

Rory Sutherland is loving the Ardennes classics and hoping for a start at the Tour de France

Final startlist for the 2014 Flèche Wallonne

Giro d'Italia champion vows to launch a long-range attack on Sunday if the situation is right

It's all about the Mur de Huy on Wednesday, and Philippe Gilbert heads a list of men aiming for glory in the second of three hilly classics

Philippe Gilbert rediscovers his race-winning legs with a win to kick off Ardennes week and BrakeThrough Media captures the action inside and around the race

Andy Schleck and Joaquim Rodriguez both abandoned Sunday’s race after a hard fall

The Ardennes classics serve up the full package of thinking man's races, where it's game on from start to finish and one miscue ends it all

After a winter of training and sacrifices, a resurgent Gilbert wins his third Amstel Gold race with a massive attack on the final ascent

Rodriguez was in hospital, complaining of dizziness, while Schleck continued briefly before abandoning

The start list for the 2014 Amstel Gold Race

Gilbert won Brabantse Pijl just days ago, a tilt of momentum into Ardennes week. But he doesn't want to be thought of as the man to beat

The only rider slated to race the triple this year, Boswell says he's "leaps ahead" of last year and ready to work for Sky's leaders

Despite having defending Liège-Bastogne-Liège champ Dan Martin on its squad, Garmin remains in the shadows

The Spaniard wants to add to his classics win total and make up for a third at Liège-Bastogne-Liège last year

The cobbled classics are over and the time for the climbers has arrived with Sunday's Ardennes-opening Dutch classic

Philippe Gilbert storms to his first win of 2014 in the final tuneup for the Ardennes classics

Belgian former world champion gets his fifth victory since his remarkable 2011 season, and just in time for his favorite races

The Polish rider kicks off the Ardennes classics with Sunday’s Amstel Gold Race

The Astana rider will skip Critérium International this weekend and will instead train at altitude on the island of Tenerife

Simon Gerrans isn't forgetting Milano-Sanremo, but admits the Ardennes suit him better than the sprinter-friendly course to open the spring classics

Philippe Gilbert sits down with reporter Matthew Beaudin and talks about finding the sport, expectations, and his legacy

Olympic champion will support Cadel Evans in the Giro and target a stage win of his own

The big Swiss will cast a wide loop once more in 2014, and may add the Ardennes classics and the hour record to his already heavy program

Bike racing isn't the only thing flowing over the cobbles and climbs during the spring classics

It was Black Monday in Belgium after the home country went winless in the classics for the first time in 95 years

Irishman in shock after winning the biggest race of the Ardennes classics

Wearing the No. 1 bib for Sunday's race, the Astana rider seems to be just another starter

The new Côte de Colonster is wider, longer, and more moderate than the Roche aux Faucons, but there isn't a lot of agreement on what that means

Ardennes rookie Nairo Quintana and Rui Costa will support the Spanish veteran as he chases a third Liège–Bastogne–Liège title

Nibali will try to one-up his runner-up finish in Liège on Sunday, just two days after winning the Giro del Trentino with a solo attack

With the loss of the Roche aux Faucons for 2013, Liège–Bastogne–Liège should see the biggest group to have arrived to Ans in years

He's led a major stage race, attacked the Tour of Flanders, and finished top-five twice in the Ardennes, and Michal Kwiatkowski is searching for his spot

Riders experience the full breadth of emotion on the steepest of the Ardennes climbs

Spanish domestique steps into the spotlight after Katusha gives him the reins in midweek climbers' classic

Irishman comes back from late flat for fourth on the Mur de Huy and turns attention toward Liège–Bastogne–Liège

Carlos Betancur nearly flips the Flèche script on Wednesday with a daring, long-range attack on the Mur de Huy

Irishman has been knocking on the door in the hilly classics and is ready to walk through to victory

Sky re-tools for Flèche Wallonne, Liège–Bastogne–Liège with stage racing aces

With steep grades that puzzle the uninitiated, timing is everything to emerge victorious atop the Mur de Huy at La Flèche Wallonne

Amstel Gold Race will reveal the first hints of the storylines that will captivate us during a week of hilly one-day races in the Low Countries.

World champion takes good sensation out of Brabantse Pijl and enjoys non-favorite status for Ardennes opener

Sicilian will parachute into the finale of the Ardennes classics after Giro del Trentino

The 2010 Tour champion talks about coming out of a tunnel and looking ahead to the positive in his long comeback from injury

Spanish team has one of the deepest squads entering the trio of races, starting with Sunday's Amstel Gold Race

Updates to the course for the 48th Amstel Gold Race will likely introduce a more hectic finale on Sunday

More than any others, these seven climbs hold the key to glory in the hilly classics set to open Sunday in Maastricht, Netherlands

IAM Cycling rider hit by car in training, suffers open fracture of left index finger

Astana rider crashed out of Paris-Roubaix and will miss the Ardennes classics with the injury

Garmin-Sharp is building toward the first grand tour of the season, which starts May 4 in Naples