E3 Harelbeke

Florian Sénéchal outsprints Mathieu van der Poel to give Deceuninck-Quick-Step top two podium positions.

For 2021, the race gets a new sponsor, a new name, and a reconfigured route.

On the day he should have defended his title, Štybar speaks of the importance of last year's E3 victory and how the race unfolded.

Trio of Belgian races set for March 27 through April 1 canceled after decree banning sporting events through Flanders.

Teams left uncertain of race schedules and logistics as measures to curtail health crisis develop by the day.

Changes to parcours to make 'mini-Flanders' more challenging makes it a perfect barometer of strength prior to the cobbled monuments.

Luck, legs, teammates and know-how coming together perfectly mean Stybar goes into Flanders one of the hot favorites.

Greg van Avermaet hopes his strong legs bring him victories at the longer Monument races

We are on the ground at the classics with full analysis and opinion about E3 Harelbeke, which kicks off a two-week stretch of action.

Thanks to an early attack by teammate Bob Jungels, Zdenek Stybar had the upper hand at E3 BinckBank Classic, beating Olympic champ Greg Van Avermaet in the final sprint.

With cobbles and climbs punctuating the Friday classic, riders and mechanics fine-tune their gear. Ben Delaney of Roll Massif takes a close look before the start in Harelbeke.

Ardennes specialist Bob Jungels, winner of Liege 2018, turns over a new leaf at E3, proving to be a valuable teammate and even a threat to win on cobbles.

Wout van Aert is inching closer to a marquee win on the road. The last hurdle could be high-speed sprints.

Former E3 winner Peter Sagan says his form is on track, but a late-race mechanical ruins his outing in Harelbeke, Belgium.

After his teammate Jungels puts the peloton on notice with long-range attack, Stybar stays cool until final sprint to beat van Aert and Van Avermaet.

American Taylor Phinney sat out of Friday's E3 Binckbank Classic due to knee soreness, but expectations are high for Belgian captain Vanmarcke.

The E3 BinkBank Classic is the gateway to a crush of cobbled one-day races in Flanders. It's not as prestigious as De Ronde, but still is coveted by top pros.

Jumbo-Visma is taking a patient approach to develop its young classics prodigy Wout van Aert, but he's already off to a fast start in 2019.

Olympic champion Greg Van Avermaet is left frustrated and angry by another lost opportunity at Milano-Sanremo and vows to deliver in northern classics.

Don't pigeonhole him as a pure sprinter. Colombian Fernando Gaviria plans to contend at the cobbled spring classics.

Elia Viviani will race for redemption at Gent-Wevelgem Sunday, and the Deceuninck-Quick-Step team looks strong as ever for De Panne and E3.

E3 Harelbeke organizers again stir up controversy with race promotion materials, and the UCI steps in threatening legal action.

Go inside the Belgian classics with our team of reporters who are on the ground (er... cobbles) at E3 Harelbeke and Gent-Wevelgem.

Quick-Step dominated E3 Harelbeke with a brave breakaway, and Sagan sealed the deal with a sprint at Gent-Wevelgem.

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Sep Vanmarcke hit the deck with five other EF-Drapac teammates midway through E3 Harelbeke, but fought back to finish seventh.

Friday’s impressive display confirmed Quick-Step is the strongest and most efficient team heading into the heart of Flanders week.

Peter Sagan complained of tactics not fitness in the E3 Harelbeke, a race dominated by Quick-Step Floors and its star Niki Terpstra.

Niki Terpstra nets his biggest win in four years with help from a domineering Quick-Step team at E3 Harelbeke.

After winless 2017, Niki Terpstra bounces back with an emphatic solo win at E3 Harelbeke, soaring with support from Quick-Step.

BMC Racing had three strong riders in the mix at E3 Harelbeke, but Van Avermaet could only manage a third-place result.

Belgian team Quick-Step Floors blitzed E3 Harelbeke Friday with Niki Terpstra taking a convincing solo win.

"I’ve never raced over the cobbles. I have never trained on the cobbles," says Landa ahead of E3 Harelbeke.

Friday's race will be telling in terms of who fares well in the Tour of Flanders and Paris-Roubaix.

The Shot returns for 2017 with BrakeThrough Media recounting their favorite photo from a dramatic day at the E3 Harelbeke classic.

Belgium's biggest cobblestone races kick off with a weekend double-header of E3 Harelbeke and Gent-Wevelgem.

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After a forgettable day at Milano-Sanremo, Greg Van Avermaet's E3 Harelbeke win gives him and his BMC team renewed confidence.

A strong three-man breakaway escapes the peloton late in E3 Harelbeke, and Greg Van Avermaet proves to have the strongest sprint.

Olympic champion Greg Van Avermaet sprinted to his first E3 Harelbeke classic victory Friday in Belgium out of a three-man breakaway.

Former world champ Michal Kwiatkowski opts out of defending E3 Harelbeke title in favor of a race schedule focused on winning Liège.

With Gent-Wevelgem on Sunday and the Ronde on March 2, E3 Harelbeke is the official start of Flanders Week. Buckle up!

E3 Harelbeke is the cobbled gateway to Belgium's biggest classics races. It features ample cobblestone climbs, and thrilling race action.

E3 Harelbeke and Gent-Wevelgem kick off a flurry of major WorldTour races on Belgium's tough, cobblestone roads.

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Etixx – Quick-Step had strength in numbers in the E3 finale, but couldn't pull off a result, much to the dismay of team boss Patrick Lefevere.

Sagan and Kwiatkowski's brave breakaway held off a hard-charging chase group in E3 Harelbeke.

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

E3 Harelbeke offers a thrilling finale as Sagan and Kwiatkowski hang onto a slim lead to contest a two-up sprint for the win.

Former world champ Michal Kwiatkowski sprints to victory after a long-range attack with Peter Sagan at E3 Harelbeke.

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

E3 Harelbeke may be Peter Sagan's best opportunity yet to break the rainbow jersey curse with his first win of 2016.

E3 Harelbeke takes on the hellengen and bergs of Flanders. VeloNews experts name their favorites to win Friday's WorldTour showdown.

Friday's E3 Harelbeke will go on as planned, despite Tuesday's attacks in Brussels, and Belgian Greg Van Avermaet is an outright favorite.

Explosions at the Brussels airport and a metro station killed more than two dozen people, and now this week's classics are in jeopardy.

E3 Harelbeke organizers say the 2016 race will be shorter but will offer a few new cobblestone sections.

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Trek has lost its top gladiator for the cobbled arena, and Spartacus faces a struggle to leave the sport while he's still on top

Brakethrough Media captures the racing, emotions, crowds, and more as the peloton takes on the heart of Flanders, Belgium

Last year's winner of E3 has a disappointing day out, casting more doubts on his capabilities to fly the flag for Tinkoff in the classics

After a training camp on the cobbles and successful sorties at Dwars door Vlaanderen and E3 Harelbeke, Quintana feels prepared for the Tour

A wild and dangerous day in Flanders saw favorites Cancellara and Van Avermaet crash out and Thomas soar to victory alone

After years of hard knocks in the pro peloton following a slow transition off the track, Geraint Thomas has arrived with a huge win at E3

Geraint Thomas claims his first big spring classics win on Friday in Belgium with a brilliant solo attack

Geraint Thomas jumps Stybar and Sagan in the final four kilometers of E3 Harelbeke to win his first major classic in solo fashion

Fabian Cancellara's spring classics campaign comes to an unexpected end as he breaks two vertebrae in early crash on Friday

Big names and bigger teams are fine-tuning form and team compositions in this week's semi-classics ahead of the major spring races

Simon Gerrans’ victory in Liège-Bastogne-Liège capped a spring classics season that was wide open and unpredictable in the peloton

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Several riders go down hard in E3 Harelbeke and Gent-Wevelgem

The South African squad will be the first team from the African continent to race at the Tour of Flanders

The young Slovak's boss thinks his classics star could, with desire and effort, become a contender for the greatest race of them all — the Tour de France

BrakeThrough Media goes behind the scenes at E3 Harelbeke

Caught behind a decisive crash, Fabian Cancellara eyes his rivals and learns a lot for Flanders, even if he falls short of victory

Belgian squad confident, but disappointed after Terpstra, Vandenbergh fall short in bid to outdo Sagan in late breakaway

Peter Sagan puts one over on Omega Pharma as the cobbles masters get their first real taste of the stones ahead of the Tour of Flanders

With his victory Friday at E3 Harelbeke, expectations again mount on Peter Sagan's ability to deliver a victory at De Ronde

1. Peter SAGAN, Cannondale, in 4:56:30 2. Niki TERPSTRA, Omega Pharma-Quick Step, at :00 3. Geraint THOMAS, Sky, at :00

Slovak champion takes cagey victory from late escape at E3 Harelbeke after Belgian team's tandem fails to drop him

UnitedHealthcare director Henrick Redant lines out his team's hopes for the classics, which the team will cap with a first try at Paris-Roubaix