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Flanders Classics, La Fleche Wallonne, Liege-Bastogne-Liege, Paris-Roubaix, Racing, Tour of Flanders - April 29, 2022

‘Sometimes people are in my garden’: The method and madness of Belgian cycling fandom

'Sometimes people are in my garden': The method and madness of Belgian cycling fandom

“And, of course, it’s the Tour of Flanders tomorrow,” crackles a Flemish voice blaring out over the radio in a gigantic supermarket on the outskirts of Gent. The radio DJ is reading the news bulletin. And the top story of today, from a country of 11 million people, is that tomorrow there will be a […]

Doltcini-Van Eyck director Marc Bracke is not welcome at Flanders Classics events, organizer says

Bracke was found guilty of violating the UCI Code of Ethics in October.

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Flanders Classics, News, Racing - March 6, 2021

Prize money is only one of the ways to progress women’s cycling

Flanders Classics' Maja Leye responds to the prize money storm. She feels that Flanders Classics should have maybe tooted their own horn a bit more about all the progress they already made in women's cycling.

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The show must go on: How the Spring Classics are being run in COVID times

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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