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2020 Tour of Flanders, Features, Photo galleries, Racing - October 19, 2020

A photographer’s view of the best race of the year

Six months late and raced in an autumnal gloom, the most anticipated Monument of the season (RIP Paris-Roubaix 2020) was run and won on the cobbles of Flanders. It was a characteristically scintillating spectacle, even without the hordes of Leffe-crazed roadside fans that normally define the Ronde van Vlaanderen. The first race to get rolling …

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Gallery: The Cobbled Classics begin with a wet and muddy Gent-Wevelgem

The Cobbled Classics look a little different in 2020. For starters they’re being held around six months later than normal, plus there’s noticeably fewer of them than normal. E3 Harelbeke was cancelled back in March, and Paris-Roubaix was called off just last week. That really just leaves Gent-Wevelgem and the Tour of Flanders. Gent-Wevelgem was …

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Gallery: A damp and dramatic Liège–Bastogne–Liège

Liège–Bastogne–Liège is a punishing race, taking in thousands of metres of climbing through the rolling hills of the Ardennes. In 2020, it was raced under slate coloured skies with the men’s and women’s pelotons threading their way through the dank forests of southern Belgium. At stake was a win in one of the sport’s most …

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Gallery: Superstar solos at the last-minute Road Worlds

In some ways it’s remarkable the 2020 Road World Championships happened at all. When the Swiss hosts cancelled the event due to COVID-19 restrictions, new organisers in Imola, Italy had just weeks to pull everything together. They did an impressive job, delivering a memorable Worlds at very short notice. Sure, the event was scaled back …

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2020 Giro Rosa, Features, Photo galleries, Racing - September 21, 2020

Giro Rosa Gallery: The shots that tell the story

After much shuffling of the calendar and a general sense of uncertainty, the 2020 Giro Rosa hit the roads of Italy on September 10th. For nine days the peloton withstood surprise climbs, mid-race route changes, challenging finishes, crashes, heartbreak, and legendary victories. One of the most controversial races in cycling, but also one of the …

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