Gent-Wevelgem

Life in the bike lane: Few places are as bike-friendly as Belgium, especially when you're on a city bike exploring pathways, cafés, beer halls, and cycling museums.

Unsung heroes, rising rookies, and the new 'Big 5' of one-day racing: We assess the big dogs and bigger disappointments of the northern spring.

Tour de Hoody: The spring classics are being rewired by space-age high tech, big data, carbo-loading, and fearless new tactics. Here's what's driving the monument makeover.

WATCH: Teams fish out bikes from ditch during Gent-Wevelgem Women, Wiebes hits 100 wins, Jakobsen takes a break for surgery.

US star upright and on-form ahead of Dwars door Vlanderen title defense, Tour of Flanders as questions circle Van Aert: 'At E3 Classic we fell short. At Gent-Wevelgem we were unlucky.'

Bizarre beginning to race day for Flanders-Baloise competitor Jules Hesters: 'Survived and ready to start'

Christoph Roodhooft on Gent-Wevelgem tactics: “I thought that this was a big race in which the first place was very important”.

Lidl-Trek star celebrates Gent-Wevelgem to emerge as top threat for MVDP and Pogačar at Flanders and Roubaix: 'We believe we can win.'

Former world champion proves he is in fine form in advance of Flanders and Roubaix.

Jorgenson backs Van Aert for Flanders revival: 'I have confidence he will be ready for De Ronde.'

World champion will not start E3 and Gent-Wevelgem and will take on cycling's hardest one-day race for the first time.

How a kid from one of the world’s least developed nations conquered the Tour de France.

Cyrus Monk, the Modern Day Ludo Dierckxsens: How to Turn Pro at 26.

The E3 Saxo Classic and Gent Wevelgem have become harder fought battles recently.

Breaking down how the key Tour of Flanders tune-up race was won and what we learned from Lidl-Trek's aggressive tactics against Mathieu van der Poel.

From back-breaking stems to cushy tires and modified saddles, here's all the super pro tech in use at Gent-Wevelgem this year.

The classics 'Wolf Pack' was out of the running at both E3 Saxo Classic and Gent-Wevelgem. Can it turn things around for De Ronde?

Some stunning images from a memorable day’s competition in Flanders.

Who's hot and who's not ahead of Tour of Flanders? We pick apart E3 Saxo Classic and Gent-Wevelgem to dissect the top dogs for De Ronde.

The strategy behind Mads Pedersen’s bettering of Van der Poel in key spring classic.

Overwhelming race favorite comes up short when squaring up against Pedersen and a strong Lidl-Trek squad.

Lidl-Trek takes command of cobblestone classic in pre-Tour of Flanders powershow.

Dutchman Van der Poel is in dominant form but multiple challengers exist.

Preview: E3 Saxo Classic, Gent-Wevelgem, Dwars door Vlaanderen blaze the path toward De Ronde: Who will take on the 'Big Two'?

Visma-Lease a Bike backs high risk-high reward strategy for Van Aert in his approach to the cobblestone classics.

Cavendish was the defining sprinter of the century – Our editors pick through their best memories of the retiring 'Manx Missile'.

Photographers Jered Gruber, Ashley Gruber, and Chris Auld bring us inside the action from the men's and women's races last weekend.

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.

The Olympic medalist and former junior world road champion kicks to her best WorldTour result so far.

The Belgian could play kingmaker in Sunday's soggy showdown Gent-Wevelgem, but did he make the right call? Our editors debate the question.

SD Worx wins another big spring classic to confirm its favorite's status heading into Tour of Flanders.

21-year-old US talent Megan Jastrab finishes second on the podium in an edition beset by crashes.

Van Aert blows up race over the Kemmelberg in another spectacle just one week ahead of Tour of Flanders.

Here's what three of Jumbo-Visma's classics heavyweights said after Laporte brings home team one-two in Wevelgem.

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

Wout van Aert out of a small group? Lorena Wiebes dominating a bunch sprint? Or can Biniam Girmay and Elisa Balsamo repeat?

Here's all the news ahead of E3 Saxo Bank Classic and Gent-Wevelgem.

Preview: Will Lorena Wiebes and Lotte Kopecky "worx" more magic? And who can stop Wout van Aert and the Jumbo-Visma express?

Route details and the favorites who will spice up the 'Little Tour of Flanders.'

Eritrean sprinter hopes to add more chapters to his trailblazing career in the elite men's road race Sunday: 'Being one of the favorites gives me a boost.'

While not the most renowned bike brand in the world, Cube certainly knows how to put together a race-winning machine.

"I don't like to be the famous guy," Biniam Girmay said after winning Gent-Wevelgem. Well, he's famous now.

The cobbled classic served up a stunning upset win & held plenty of clues regarding who to watch at next weekend's Tour of Flanders

The Eritrean is still getting used to the increased media attention but says he'll stay the same person after history-making Gent-Wevelgem win.

Eritrean cyclist Biniam Girmay is now a spring classic winner at Gent-Wevelgem!

Intermarché dismiss claims visa issues prevented Girmay from lining up for the Tour of Flanders.

Clara Honsinger has raced in Belgium many times — in cyclocross. On Sunday, she took her first WorldTour start at Gent-Wevelgem with EF Education-TIBCO-SVB.

Chantal van den Broek-Blaak says the hillier course for Flanders suits the team better than at Gent-Wevelgem.

The European champion spent much of the latter parts of the race chasing down relentless attacks from SD Worx.

Stuyven was haunted by memories of a string of high-profile near-misses as he rode toward Wevelgem. Now he has another ghost to grapple with.

From the significance of Girmay's glory to Quick-Step's hard questions and Sagan's form, we take a look at the major talking points from the men's race.

Biniam Girmay's win isn't just the biggest moment in his young career, it's a defining moment for African cycling.

By Peter Cossins

The Eritrean sprinter took the biggest win of his career in the four-man sprint, showing he not only has the legs to win, but a cool head too.

Marianne Vos and Maria Giulia Confalonieri finished second and third, respectively.

Tim Merlier and Jasper Philipsen were both in the chase group, but the team didn't harness its horsepower to close gap to winning quartet.

There wasn't a Quick-Step jersey in the top-30 as pressure mounts on perennial classics favorites.

Dutch rider sprints for second at Gent-Wevelgem, just her second road race in 2022 after her cyclocross worlds win.

The Italian world champion says she's not thinking about Tour of Flanders yet despite strong run of form.

'When I saw 250 meters I didn’t want to wait because if I wait then maybe they can accelerate. I just closed my eyes and kept going,' says Eritrean.

Jumbo-Visma forced to settle for second in Gent-Wevelgem after vigilance from rivals.

It's another big win for the world champion as Marianne Vos is second in thrilling finale.

‘This win is significant because there are so many riders watching who will see a rider like them at the top of the sport, and from today they’ll believe that they can do it. It’s so significant’ says Xylon van Eyck.

The Ineos Grenadiers rider finished his first race in a month after being laid low through illness.

Eritrean star sprints out of back of four-rider group to take breakout win at 21 years of age.

After catching COVID ahead of her planned return, Banks gets back into the peloton for the first time in over a year.

Pidcock riding Gent-Wevelgem for 'fun' and to build up racing kilometers ahead of the Tour of Flanders.

Here's what the pre-race favorites for the men's race said at the startline in Ypres ahead of marathon-length cobbled classic.

Canadian champion going into one-day race with 'victory in mind' after solid start to spring classics.

Who are you going to be watching out for at the men's Gent-Wevelgem? VeloNews selects six stars expected to shine in Sunday's classic.

All you need to know about the men's and women's Gent-Wevelgem, including routes, riders, and must-know narratives.

Ineos Grenadiers ace returns to racing at Gent-Wevelgem after being sidelined by stomach issues.

Belgian racing continues on Sunday with Gent-Wevelgem in Flanders Fields.

The so-called 'Wolfpack' vows to rev things up after 'only' one win in the opening month of classics-style racing the Belgian outfit typically dominates.

Will someone launch a winning move from afar, or will things hold together for a sprint?