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Preview: Your guide to the 2020 men’s Tour of Flanders

There were rumours it would be called off due to COVID-19, but as things currently stand, the 2020 Tour of Flanders is going ahead this Sunday. Here’s what you should know about the 104th men’s edition of Belgium’s biggest bike race. The course As with Gent-Wevelgem last weekend and Scheldeprijs on Wednesday, race organiser Flanders …

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Liane Lippert is one of the sport’s most exciting young stars

Like me you’ve probably been focusing on the big stars over these past few months. Fair enough — the likes of Anna van der Breggen, Lizzie Deignan, Annemiek van Vleuten, Elisa Longo Borghini and Marianne Vos did win a lot of races. However, shortly behind them a 22-year old German rider for Team Sunweb has …

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Van Aert x street art: The amazing road portraits of the Tour of Flanders

Anyone who has ridden the hallowed bergs and pavé of Flanders and Roubaix, or perhaps been eagle-eyed while watching TV race coverage of the Spring Classics in recent years, would have noticed the street portraits by Belgian artist Thomas Daem. “I always was into graphic design and I made stencils when I was a student,” …

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Grace Brown, Aussie aggressor: ‘I am not afraid to fail while trying’

I was keeping an eye on Twitter as I always do when watching races. When Grace Brown attacked in Liège-Bastogne-Liège people from all over the world cheered her on: the underdog was taking on a rider in top shape at the moment, Lizzie Deignan. Deignan went on to win, but Brown was second, just nine …

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Power analysis: The Virtual Tour of Flanders was seriously hard racing

With road racing on hold amidst the global COVID-19 pandemic, thousands of riders from around the world have been moving their training indoors. The rise of Zwift, BKool, FulGaz, and many other virtual riding platforms, means there is no limit to how far you can pedal through virtual worlds both real and imagined. Both professionals …

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