Gent-Wevelgem

The Belgian champion plays leadout for Lonneke Uneken as she looks forward to Gent-Wevelgem challenge.

A rescheduling to Sunday, a longer distance and a homage to World War I have helped elevate the status of Gent-Wevelgem on the international calendar.

The switch of dates between Amstel Gold and Paris-Roubaix forces top teams to rip up decades-old scripts for spring racing.

Aussie sprinter adds new races to spring schedule in extension of search for classics glory at Milan-San Remo.

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Iconic cobbled climbs have been added to both the women’s Tour of Flanders and Gent-Wevelgem for 2022.

Spanish tour expands to five stages, iconic Koppenberg and Kemmelberg climbs come to the classics as women's calendar continues to grow.

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Marianne Vos joins the podcast to take us inside her win at Gent-Wevelgem. Plus, our analysis and takes on E3 Saxo Classic and Gent-Wevelgem.

Another big win for Wout van Aert, this one on home soil.

Irish sprinter went deep, vomited and cracked Sunday, but may have emerged as one of Deceuninck-Quick-Step's key assets.

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Organizers made changes to the route of Gent-Wevelgem due to a fire in the city of Menen.

Bora-Hansgrohe was also not allowed to take to the start as E3 Saxo Bank Classic team remains in quarantine.

Van Aert wins after attritional day of crosswinds and cobbles, with Giacomo Nizzolo and Matteo Trentin also on the podium.

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In 2016 Antoine Demoitie died after an accident in Gent-Wevelgem. Five years later he is still part of the lives of many.

Here's our inside guide to the two marquee men's and women's cobblestone races.

Rivals brace for more dynamic and open racing as they look to upend the dominance of Wout van Aert and Mathieu van der Poel.

Surging coronavirus cases in northern Europe could force closure of Paris-Roubaix and this week's Belgian classics also at threat.

Deceuninck-Quick-Step’s versatile sprinter could be its answer to Wout van Aert and Mathieu van der Poel.

The GC stars converge at Volta a Catalunya while cobblestone classics ramp up with E3 Saxo Bank Classic and Gent-Wevelgem.

Peter Sagan will skip the E3 Saxo Bank Classic and Gent-Wevelgem.

Last year the Tour of Flanders and Gent-Wevelgem showed that one-day Classics can be run in COVID times. In 2021 they face a different set of challenges.

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Here's the news making headlines for Friday, February 12.

Young Dane has come out of pivotal season in the rainbow jersey with a transformed attitude and brighter outlook.

From Mads Pedersen's winning-streak after returning to his Trek-Segafredo jersey to Julian Alaphilippe's showboating sprint dramas, maybe 'the rainbow curse' is more than a myth.

Van Aert accuses his long-time rival of ruining both their chances of victory after the pair marked each other out in the final of Gent-Wevelgem.

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With uncertainty over his future at Bahrain-McLaren and an unconfirmed schedule for the rest of the season, the 35-year-old fears that he may have ridden his last race.

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Mads Pedersen said that Wout van Aert and Mathieu van der Poel marked each other in the thrilling finale to Gent-Wevelgem. As the two men eyed each other, Pedersen escaped to take a much-deserved win.

Denmark's Mads Pedersen won Gent-Wevelgem on Saturday, winning the sprint from an elite nine-man group.

Tiesj Benoot and Jan Bakelants pulled from men's race after Bakelants tests positive and was known to have recently been in close contact with Benoot.

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Van Aert back in top shape and ambitious as ever after physically and mentally struggling to keep momentum after worlds.

Here's all you need to know about one of the toughest one-day races of the year, from the crosswinds, dirt roads and cobbled climbs of the course to the ways to watch it live.

Boonen, Naesen react to 26-kilometer reduction and loss of the Muur from 2020 Tour of Flanders.

Iconic race may have to go ahead 'behind closed doors' this October as Belgian Prime Minister urges caution.

Gent-Wevelgem and Tour of Flanders set to return to Women's WorldTour in 2020, organizers eyeing October dates.

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

Start town of Belgian classic shifts to Ypres, altering first half of course but retaining decisive features of finale.

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Tight, winding roads like paved singletrack. Cold cobbles, steep climbs, and gravel Plugstreets. We tackle the 215km Gent-Wevelgem sportive.

With an increasingly strong Jumbo-Visma team at his command, Wout van Aert's confidence grows ahead of his second run at Tour of Flanders.

The men's and women's pelotons face a tough day of cobblestones and wind as a string of Belgian classics get underway with Gent-Wevelgem.

We break down all of the action from Gent-Wevelgem, where Alexander Kristoff stunned the favorites in a windy sprint finish.

Isolated in the key moments of Gent-Wevelgem, Greg Van Avermaet left wondering how CCC will ride at Tour of Flanders, his key season goal.

Peter Sagan confirmed his top form on Sunday by riding in the daylong breakaway at Gent-Wevelgem

Facing doubts about his team's classics chops, John Degenkolb delivers a solid second-place finish at Gent-Wevelgem, building confidence.

Although Gent-Wevelgem isn't generally regarded as the hardest race of the cobbled classics, the peloton made the 2019 edition a bruising brawl.

World cyclocross champion Mathieu van der Poel impresses with a fourth-place result at Gent-Wevelgem after a day of aggressive racing.

Kristoff sprinted long and into the wind from reduced peloton of favorites to take fast and furious edition of the race.

WNT-Rotor repeat success of Thursday's Brugge-De Panne victory, with Wild and Brennauer partnering perfectly.

Some years it favors a bunch sprint. Other years, foul weather rips apart the peloton at Gent-Wevelgem. Who will be victorious this Sunday?

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.

Gent-Wevelgem proved to be a day for the sprinters, and Peter Sagan took advantage of an ambitious Quick-Step team to win it.

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.

Sagan got revenge on Quick-Step at Gent-Wevelgem after falling short at E3. We've got takes galore on the latest spring classic.

Marta Bastianelli, who won the 2007 road world title, sprinted to victory in Sunday's Women’s Gent-Wevelgem.

Scenes from the Women’s Gent-Wevelgem, won by 2007 road world champion Marta Bastianelli.

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Peter Sagan joined an exclusive club on Wednesday, as a three-time winner of Gent-Wevelgem.

Elia Viviani (Quick-Step Floors) finished second to Peter Sagan (Bora-Hansgrohe) on Sunday at Gent-Wevelgem.

Alexander Kristoff (UAE Team Emirates) has struggled to land a big win in the cobbled classics since winning the Tour of Flanders in 2015.

Three-time world champion Peter Sagan (Bora-Hansgrohe) became a three-time winner of Gent-Wevelgem on Sunday.

Nibali claimed the Milano-Sanremo monument with a brilliant attack, but the finish was a nailbiter.

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Our Gent-Wevelgem debrief considers Sagan, dirt roads, and Van Avermaet's hot hand. Plus, a look at the evolving Tour of Flanders route.

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

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After Gent-Wevelgem, accusations fly between Sagan and the Quick-Step camp as negative racing leaves both without the win.