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Roubaix Race Report: The second women’s Paris-Roubaix was won by Elisa Longo Borghini (Trek-Segafredo). The Italian champion finished solo on the Vlodrome Andr Ptrieux in Roubaix, after attacking more than thirty kilometres from the line. Lotte Kopecky (SD Worx) won the sprint for second place, just ahead of Lucinda Brand (Trek-Segafredo).Solo Roubaix win for Elisa Longo BorghiniThe second edition of Paris-Roubaix for women, the first held in the spring, started without Marianne Vos. The runner-up in last year’s edition had to miss this year’s race due to a positive covid test. Elizabeth Deignan, the winner in October 2021, was also not there, because she is expecting her second child. With Lotte Kopecky, Ellen van Dijk and Chantal van den Broek-Blaak,…

We all tend to have preferred temperatures for our cycling, but is there a best temperature physiologically for exercise? And might there be a difference between men and women?Snow, rain, cold wind, grey skies…. Just no!We all have our weather Kryptonite when it comes to cycling – that set of conditions that makes your ride feel absolutely dreadful. For me, my Kryptonite are those days of 2-4C, grey skies with no sun to warm me, and howling cold winds that seem to cut right through me no matter how I bundle up. I actually rather ride in a sunny but sub-freezing day.A lot of this preference or dislike comes down to personal experience and cultural background. But is there a…

The Amstel Gold Race normally signals the start of the Ardennes Classics (although it comes before Roubaix this year) and the climbers come out of the woodwork. Raced over the hills, dales, and forests of south eastern Holland, the course selects its own worthy winner. Twenty-seven years ago it was Mauro Gianetti who was making the news.The final selection came down to Cassani and Gianetti.Gianetti rode for Polti back then and had just pulled-off the biggest win of his career, in the 1995 Liege-Bastogne-Liege – LBL was the week before the Amstel in those days. Some said that his win owed more to craftiness and luck than talent; Gianetti would soon dispel that notion.PEZ: Tell us about the Amstel, Mauro.Mauro…

Sunday gave us the excitement we wanted from the Tour of Flanders. The result was far from expected, right up to the final metres. Mathieu van der Poel was a worthy winner, but what about strongman of the day: Tadej Pogaar? We have put together a collection of the best, or different shots from de Ronde, thanks to the lens of Cor Vos. Florian Vermeersch (Lotto Soudal) at the start The Tour of Flanders, or as it’s known in the native tongue, ‘De Ronde’, and it marks the grand finale of a series of Flandrian Classics that fall in the weeks before. This race represents bike racing in its purest and simplest form: one day, one chance, one winner! Flanders…

Seven Takeaways Before Flanders: Arguably the best race on the cycling calendar – The Tour of Flanders – is this Sunday. Spencer Martin gives us his ‘Seven Takeaways’ from Gent-Wevelgem, Dwars door Vlaanderen and the Volta a Catalunya. Bring on de Ronde!– This article is an excerpt from the Beyond the Peloton newsletter. Sign up here for full access. –Watch the most comprehensive live & ad-free coverage of the Tour of Flanders 2022 on GCN+. Go deeper and get interactive with live polls & quizzes, plus rider profiles, race updates, results & more plus stream original and exclusive cycling documentaries. Watch it all with GCN+ on any device.‘Vlaanderens Mooiste callsThe week between Gent-Wevelgem and the Ronde van Vlaanderen (Tour of…

Race Report: Eritrea is now in the cycling history books as Biniam Girmay won the Belgian Gent-Wevelgem classic after an action packed final. Girmay out-sprinted his breakaway companions: Christophe Laporte, Dries Van Gestel and Jasper Stuyven.Big win for Biniam GirmayGent-Wevelgem 2022 was won by Biniam Girmay. After 249 kilometres between Ypres and Wevelgem, the Eritrean of Intermarch-Wanty-Gobert was the first across the finish-line. He was the fastest of a leading group of four, ahead of Christophe Laporte (Jumbo-Visma), Dries Van Gestel (TotalEnergies) and Jasper Stuyven (Trek-Segafredo).The sign-on in Ypres/IeperParcours:Gent-Wevelgem starts with a long flat section, this is followed by the hilly zone with the Kemmelberg three times, which should thin out the favourites. After the last Kemmel for last time,…

It’s Gent – Wevelgem 1974; you’ve made it over the savage Kemmel climb twice with the lead group and survived hanging on the back of an Eddy Merckx (Belgium and Molteni) and Roger De Vlaeminck (Belgium and Brooklyn) driven purge on the run-in; there are 17 guys left, so maybe you would settle for a top ten? Not if your name is Barry Hoban (Britain and GAN-Mercier) and you feel that the ‘over-drive’ is in your legs.Watch the most comprehensive live & ad-free coverage of Gent-Wevelgem 2022 on GCN+. Go deeper and get interactive with live polls & quizzes, plus rider profiles, race updates, results & more plus stream original and exclusive cycling documentaries. Watch it all with GCN+ on…

La Classicissima Race Report: The break of the day was caught at the bottom of the Poggio and the race was on. Tadej Pogaar put in multi-big attacks, but it was Matej Mohori who went for the solo win on the Poggio descent. The Bahrain rider held off the chasers for the ‘other’ Slovenian to be Victorious.Big win for Matej MohoriMatej Mohori won the 2022 Milan-San Remo. The Slovenian champion broke away on the descent of the Poggio to win his first monument. Anthony Turgis and Mathieu van der Poel joined him on the podium.The start from the Maspes-Vigorelli VelodromeRoute:Milano-Sanremo runs along the classic route that for more than 110 years has connected Milan with the western Riviera through Pavia,…