Julian Alaphilippe on 2022: ‘It was the hardest season of my career’
Fully recovered two-time world champion targets a return to the Tour de France, Tour of Flanders in 2023.
Liège-Bastogne-Liège is the oldest of the five monuments of cycling. The hilly classic, from Liège to Bastogne and back, was first held in 1892. The women’s event was added in 2017.
Fully recovered two-time world champion targets a return to the Tour de France, Tour of Flanders in 2023.
Belgian star wins in his first race since claiming monument victory at Liège-Bastogne-Liège.
Doctors have said that the world champion's punctured lung has fully healed and he can now train indoors.
Alaphilippe suffered two broken ribs, a broken scapula, and a hemo pneumothorax in the crash.
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Belgian rider says Julian Alaphilippe was lying like a ‘bag of chips’ after hitting a tree in a massive crash.
American set to make a bike change in the final time trial of Tour de Romandie in hopes of building GC bid.
Relive the peaks and troughs of a thrilling March and April.
The Ineos Grenadiers emerged as a Classics force as Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl struggled to meet expectations on the cobbles.
How the hardest one-day race of the year was won with positioning and timing perfection
Alaphilippe's cousin and coach Franck says world champ will come back stronger from injury and illness affected start to season.
Kristof Ramon and the Grubers were in Belgium over the weekend and captured some wonderful shots, as usual.
A look at the power data from Neilson Powless and others at Liège-Bastogne-Liège.
Romain Bardet, Jérémy Cabot, and Rigoberto Urán recall horror pile-up, call for collective responsibility for safety in the peloton.
American talent continues to stand out in hilly classics with eighth in Liège after five teammates abandon in mass crash.
Evenepoel caps off a thrilling classics season.
Remco Evenepoel’s peerless acceleration defined this year's Liège-Bastogne-Liège and saved his team’s Spring Classics.
Remco Evenepoel wins Liège-Bastogne-Liège after a blistering attack on La Redoute.
Quick-Step boss held out hope until the end: 'Yesterday I told the guys that they should stay calm and don't act crazy, not race more nervously.'
Evenepoel over the moon: 'It’s my dream race. It’s a race that I really wanted to win in my life once.'
She won Liège-Bastogne-Liège solo in 2019, and she knew if she was to win again it would have to be the same effort.
Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl updates conditions of world champion and teammate caught in high-speed crash at Liège-Bastogne-Liège.
US rider at Ag2r-Citroën to miss planned start at Swiss stage race after painful injury.
Jumbo-Visma star closes out the 2022 classics with another podium in a ‘sprint of dying swans,’ but laments missing out on a mission to win a monument this spring.
Grace Brown and Demi Vollering sprinted for second and third from a chasing group of five.
'He felt conscious but he couldn’t really talk. I really hope that he’s OK,' Bardet says after coming to Alaphilippe's aid.
'I think that I might have used up one of my lives today,' says British rider as classics season ends with a crash.
Quinten Hermans and Wout van Aert sprint out of chase group for second and third to make it an all-Belgian podium.
Julian Alaphilippe, Brandon McNulty, Tom Pidcock, and Rigoberto Urán all involved in a huge crash.
The American rider was called up to the monument this week after Tadej Pogačar had to travel home.
The final one-day of the Spring is coming up, and there are a few riders who will want to end their Classics campaign on a high.
The Belgian champion is making his debut at the one-day race.
Tadej Pogačar, Julian Alaphilippe, and Wout Van Aert are among the favorites to watch in the finale of the Ardennes Classics.
The Slovenian had returned home to support his fiancée Urška Zigart following the death of her mother.
Quick-Step look to save their Classics campaign with victory at Liège-Bastogne-Liège.
Oh, just a casual 700 Phils on Côte de La Redoute.
Jumbo-Visma star sounding more confident about his chances following recon on Thursday: 'It's a beautiful arrival.'
Here's how you can watch the live race coverage of ‘La Doyenne,' the oldest of cycling's five monuments, on Sunday, April 24, 2022.
'La Doyenne' sees a lot of detractors. But the redesigned route and today's crop of multi-faceted super-talents make this Ardennes race very ace.
A selection of riders to watch from the men's and women's final spring classic of the 2022 season.
Canadian leads the line in a race where he's hit the top-10 every time he finished.
Who might win? What are the most significant climbs? Will it be wet? Here's all you need to know about the 2022 Liège-Bastogne-Liège.
Throwback Thursday: Where does Liège-Bastogne-Liège rank among the classics?
UAE Team Emirates canceled a scheduled press conference with the Slovenian star this week after two-time Tour de France winner returned to Slovenia.
Julian Alaphilippe says 'no regrets' after missing podium, and 'Wolfpack' vows to go down swinging at Liège-Bastogne-Liège.
The Spaniard turns 42 in five days, and nearly won his sixth edition of La Flèche Wallonne. He will be a favorite for Liège-Bastogne-Liège on Sunday.
French climber hopes to race under the radar until late-race podium surge in the Dolomites.
Slovenian star wraps up his spring campaign with a return to the Ardennes in final races until June and Tour de France defense in July.
Flèche Wallonne on Wednesday and Liège-Bastogne-Liège on Sunday provide the Belgian team a last chance to 'save' its uneven spring season.
Wout van Aert confirms debut at Liège-Bastogne-Liège.
Jumbo-Visma officials to decide if Wout van Aert might race Paris-Roubaix following COVID-19 recovery.
Belgian star wants to leave with hands held high and the Ardennes will be at the center of his swansong season.
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.
TotalEnergies is proving it's more than the ‘Sagan Show’ and packs two classics podium finishes in 2022 despite ongoing health issues from Peter Sagan.
Ranking the spring’s biggest classics: Tuscany’s dirt-road throwdown sits second only to the cobblestone carnage of Paris-Roubaix.
'It was easy to decide to retire:' Belgian star isn't feeling nostalgic yet, and brings big ambitions into his 20th and final season in the pro peloton.
Pidcock will race Strade Bianche, Flanders, Amstel, Liège, and much more in stacked spring schedule as he looks to back up breakout 2021.
Two-time defending champion confirms season debut at Tour de la Provence with early season focus on the spring classics.
The two-time world champion is eyeing up his second monument victory and wants to win another Tour de France stage in the rainbow bands.
Woods believes that Canadian pro racing is in as good a place as ever but is worried about the impact of COVID-19 on the local scene in his home country.
Double world champion prioritizes monuments for second-half of career, pushes back against pressure to race GC at Tour de France.
Pogačar punched into the record books with storming win at Il Lombardia – but as far as he's concerned, he's just riding his bike.
Cervélo is readying a new road bike for launch, but the timeline for seeing it in shops is still fuzzy.
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Did the Tadej Pogačar era begin Sunday? Maybe it's a little bit too early to call it yet, but the Slovenian already joined some elite company.
Last year he appeared to be slowing down. Now, Alejandro Valverde is showing he's still among the very best.
From Elisa Longo Borghini's town-sign sprint training to Primož Roglič's lost legs, here's what the key players said after the final classic of spring.
There were fireworks in Liège–Bastogne–Liège to wrap up the Ardennes Classics.
Richard Carapaz was disqualified for riding in the "super tuck" position at Liège-Bastogne-Liège.
The young Slovenian is now the winner of both the Tour de France and a Monument.
David Gaudu rounded out the podium in third.
Race jury disqualifies Richard Carapaz for using banned 'super-tuck' position during Sunday's Liège-Bastogne-Liège.
It's not often a world champion sacrifices their shot at a result for their younger and newer teammate.
Annemiek van Vleuten and Elisa Longo Borghini rounded out the podium in second and third.
David Gaudu finishes third in five-man sprint, Primož Roglič was dropped on final climb of the day.
Demi Vollering beats Annemiek van Vleuten and Elisa Longo Borghini in five-up sprint.
Here's the news making headlines for Sunday, April 25.
The Run-Up follows three of the top teams in women's cycling as they prepare for the final one day event of Spring 2021; Liège-Bastogne-Liège.
Young Californian supports Qhubeka-Assos captains Domenico Pozzovivo, Simon Clarke, Fabio Aru in his first-ever 'Doyenne' on Sunday.
The 21-year-old hotshot has emerged as MVP for Julian Alaphilippe in the Ardennes and 'could be Belgium's best climbers in years.'