Tour of Flanders

Pozzoto has been fighting back since he broke his collarbone in the Tour of Qatar in February.

In the team's fifth episode of the season, Omega Pharma-Quick Step takes you behind the scenes with one of their mechanics during the team's Tour of Flanders win

Cancellara rolled off the start at the 2012 Tour of Flanders on Trek's new Domane endurance bike

Cancellara says injury does not change Olympic preparation

In episode two of How The Race Was Won, we look at how Tom Boonen won his record-tying third Ronde van Vlaanderen

In this exclusive video Farrar, Vanmarcke and Vaughters talk about a disappointing Tour of Flanders and look ahead to Paris-Roubaix.

Tom Boonen says he thought for certain he would lose in the winning three-man breakaway at the 2012 Tour of Flanders

Big Swiss' absence made for a painful Flanders finale and changed how Roubaix will unfold

Team brass second guesses Pozzato's Flanders tactic, looks ahead to Roubaix

The Swiss champ undergoes surgery to repair his thrice-broken collarbone

Without team leader Fabian Cancellara, RadioShack-Nissan is looking for Plan B

After his third win in Flanders, Tom Boonen has his sights on Paris-Roubaix, the Olympics and world championships

In this exclusive video from Brakethrough Media, Velo editor-in-chief Neal Rogers looks at the sights and sounds of Belgium's biggest race, the Ronde van Vlaanderen

BrakeThrough Media goes up-close and personal with the 2012 Tour of Flanders

Young team leader Sep Vanmarcke runs out of gas late, Farrar spends rare day in the break

Italians Ballan and Pozzato helpless against Boonen in Oudenaarde

Cancellara, Langeveld suffer fractured collarbones in crashes at De Ronde

The 2012 Tour of Flanders, through the lens of Graham Watson

1. Tom BOONEN , Omega Pharma-Quick Step in 6:04:33 2. Filippo POZZATO , Farnese Vini-Selle Italia at 0:00 3. Alessandro BALLAN , BMC Racing at 0:01 4. Greg VAN AVERMAET , BMC Racing at 0:38 5. Peter SAGAN , Liquigas-Cannondale at 0:38

Tommeke delivers huge win on new Ronde course

Tech editor Nick Legan made the rounds in the pits at the start of the 2012 Tour of Flanders

Swiss champ out with suspected fractured collarbone

Images from the start of the 2012 Ronde van Vlaanderen

The top favorites for the 2012 Ronde van Vlaanderen talk about the race in an exclusive Brakethrough Media video

George Hincapie talks about the new Flanders finale and his historic career as the BMC Racing squad previews the route for the 2012 Ronde van Vlaanderen

Tech editor Nick Legan offers his first thoughts on Trek's new Domane after a long ride on the Belgian cobbles

BMC's George Hincapie could set a Tour of Flanders record Sunday with his 17th finish

Philippe Gilbert and the BMC Racing team preview the cobbles ahead of the 2012 Tour of Flanders

Spartacus says Omega Pharma's depth may be their undoing on the cobbles on Sunday

Boonen: 'I've won a lot, but it's wrong to say that there's less pressure'

The new Trek Domane one-ups Specialized's venerable rough-roads Roubaix with new technology

Part 2 of our excerpt from "The Spring Classics"

In our new series, "How The Race Was Won," we look at Tom Boonen's Harelbeke win and what it means for Flanders

Photographer and strongman Jered Gruber gives his perspective on the updated parcours for De Ronde

Belgian will be dark horse for BMC Racing

Pozzato finds his form just in time; Yorkshire submits bid to host Tour de France start; Cav may miss Scheldeprijs for childbirth; Museeuw talks new Flanders finale

BMC Racing, Lampre have received no official word on indictments in Italy

The story of De Ronde, as told in the VeloPress book

Omega Pharma director says with new finale, there is no chance to get back if a rider is dropped at Flanders

Slovak isn't targeting De Ronde, but didn't aim to win at De Panne

Eddy Merckx indicted on corruption charge; angry fan threatens to tack Flanders course over route changes; Gilbert still loved by oddsmakers; Gesink to return at Amstel Gold

King of the Classics gives his point of view on today's riders, picks winners through Liège

Cancellara says Tom Boonen is the 'five-star favorite' for Flanders; Gilbert admits he is not ready for Flanders; Lizzie Armitstead wins women's Ghent-Wevelgem; Boom out sick

Former Flanders, Roubaix champ is making the right moves when it counts

Slovak third at Ghent-Wevelgem, sets eyes toward De Ronde

Tommeke attacks on the bergs and delivers bunch sprint win at Harelbeke

BMC Racing captain says San Remo was turning point; calls on RadioShack to share the work

2009 Milan-San Remo runner-up speaks out on Flanders changes, Hushovd departure

Defending RVV champ to take two weeks off the bike after Paris-Nice crash

Preliminary startlist for the 2012 men's Tour of Flanders

Previous winners of the men's Tour of Flanders

Second division teams with a focus on classics will round out the field for the Tour of Flanders

While in Oudenaarde, VeloNews managing editor Neal Rogers visited the Centrum Ronde van Vlaanderen, a two-story museum just off the Market Square, dedicated to the history of the Tour of Flanders.

On paper, Garmin-Cervélo boasts the deepest classics team in the sport. Yet the team came up empty-handed at Milan-San Remo and now Flanders.

When push came to shove — and the racing came down to an onslaught of fierce attacking and counterattacking — Nick Nuyens found himself in contention at the 2011 Tour of Flanders.

Fabian Cancellara didn’t just enter the Tour of Flanders as a race favorite — he entered the race as the defending champion and the overwhelming favorite.

Tour of Flanders winners, 1913-2011

Most of this year's Flanders peloton opted to ride straightforward race bikes, mostly using 25mm tubulars.

Nick Legan snaps some pre-race shots of Flanders machinery.

Preliminary Results

• 1. Nick Nuyens (B), Saxo Bank-Sunguard, 256.3km in 6:00:42
• 2.Sylvain Chavanel (F), Quick Step, s.t.
• 3. Fabian Cancellara (Swi), Leopard-Trek, s.t.
• 4. Tom Boonen (B), Quick Step, at 0:02
• 5. Sebastian Langeveld (Nl), Rabobank, at 0:08.
• 6. George Hincapie (USA), BMC, at 0:08
• 7. Björn Leukemans (B), Vacansoleil-DCM, at 0:08
• 8. Staf Scheirlinckx (B), Veranda's Willems-Accent, at 0:08
• 9. Philippe Gilbert (B), Omega Pharma-Lotto, at 0:08
• 10. Geraint Thomas (GB), Sky, at 0:08

The VeloNews crew eyeballs Leopard-Trek's prototype Bontrager wheels before Tour of Flanders.

Fabian Cancellara prefers a bit more rake in his fork and is using a mechanical group instead of Shimano's Di2 Dura-Ace group.

Tech editor Nick Legan checks out Fabian Cancellara's Flanders bike.

BRUGGE, Belgium (VN) – Fabian Cancellara is the undisputed favorite heading into the Tour of Flanders and the reigning champion. He knows it, two-time winner Tom Boonen knows it, and the oddsmakers around cycling-mad Belgium certainly know it. But as to who has more pressure, Cancellara and Boonen both point to the other guy.

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Just how big is De Ronde van Vlaanderen in Belgium? Big enough to spawn a popular new weekly Belgian television program, titled “De Ronde,” a fictional drama, written and directed by Belgian writer/director Jan Eelen.

The cobbled classics are truly a subcategory of their own, reserved for the strongest, grittiest riders of the pro peloton.

MARINA DI CARRARA, Italy (VN) — Fabian Cancellara is confident. But who isn’t? The classics leader for Leopard-Trek will start Tirreno-Adriatico with the stage 1 team time trial on Wednesday. He told reporters Tuesday that he sees no reason that he can’t repeat his double feat of Tour of Flanders/Paris-Roubaix wins from 2010.

Though Mark Cavendish has been relatively quiet so far this season, HTC-Highroad brass is confident that their ace sprinter is poised for a brilliant season.