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2020 Gent-Wevelgem, Features, Photo galleries, Racing - October 12, 2020

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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What if every team kit was more like EF’s Giro d’Italia outfit?

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It’s safe to say that EF Pro Racing’s bonkers Giro d’Italia kit ruffled some feathers. A design collaboration between Rapha and the London skate brand Palace, the kit features … well, just about everything. There’s a mottled purple and red polka dot motif. There’s some dude on the right arm. There’s some other dude, this …

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Jolien d’Hoore sprints to victory at Gent-Wevelgem

At the end of the first cobbled Classic of the season, Jolien d’Hoore (Boels-Dolmans) sprinted to her first victory of 2020. D’Hoore was one of a breakaway of 11 riders who separated themselves from the peloton on the legendary Kemmelberg climb and barely stayed away to battle for the win in sprint. D’Hoore took a …

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Alex Dowsett claims Israel Start-Up Nation’s first WT victory at the Giro

Isreal Start-Up Nation’s Alex Dowsett rode to an impressive solo victory on the eighth stage of the Giro d’Italia. The former world hour record holder is no stranger to riding alone, and once the time trial specialist got daylight, the race was over. Behind him the race for second came from the remains of the …

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Preview: What you need to know about the women’s Gent-Wevelgem

Do you hear that? The rattling of bottle cages on carbon, the distinct sound of tires flying over stone, a peloton frantically shifting through gears … It is time — the cobbled season is upon us. The original schedule forecast a busy weekend for the teams, with the Amstel Gold Race and Gent-Wevelgem In Flanders …

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

What if every team kit was more like EF’s Giro d’Italia outfit?

Jolien d’Hoore sprints to victory at Gent-Wevelgem

Alex Dowsett claims Israel Start-Up Nation’s first WT victory at the Giro

Preview: What you need to know about the women’s Gent-Wevelgem

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