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My name is Mathew Mitchell, 30-something from Staffordshire, UK. Over the last few years, I've got more and more into cycling, from the first innocent Sportive events to Audaxes, Go-Races, British Cycling racing, Time Trials and now Cyclocross.

Marta Bastianelli wins Le Samyn des Dames ahead of fellow Italian Confalonieri

Marta Bastianelli wins Le Samyn des Dames ahead of fellow Italian Confalonieri

February 28, 2023 / Women's Cycling / By

This year’s Le Samyn des Dames saw an Italian lockout on the podium with Marta Bastianelli taking the victory in a sprint-a-deux with Maria Giulia Confalonieri. Behind the lead pair, Vittoria Guazzini took the final podium spot ahead of Audrey Cordon-Ragot. The decisive move came on the final cobbled section of Belle Vue, with Bastianelli …

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Lorena Wiebes takes the win at Omloop van het Hageland

Lorena Wiebes takes the win at Omloop van het Hageland

February 27, 2023 / Women's Cycling / By

Lorena Wiebes gave SD Worx a perfect Opening Weekend with a sprint victory in the Omloop van het Hageland. The women’s peloton doesn’t get a Kuurne Brusselles Kuurne but this race has been on the calendar for many years in its stead. Taking place to the northeast of Brussels, Omloop van het Hageland has a …

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Lotte Kopecky takes the first Belgian victory at Omloop Het Nieuwsblad Women

Lotte Kopecky takes the first Belgian victory at Omloop Het Nieuwsblad Women

February 25, 2023 / Women's Cycling / By

SD Worx’s Lotte Kopecky took a commanding victory at this year’s Omloop het Nieuwsblad Women, finishing solo like Dylan van Baarle in the men’s Omloop. Surprisingly, Belgium has never had a home winner at Omloop het Nieuwsblad Women, despite being run since 2006. Going clear on the early part of the Muur, Kopecky powered onto …

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Dylan van Baarle wins Omloop het Nieuwsblad, first win at Jumbo-Visma

Dylan van Baarle wins Omloop het Nieuwsblad, first win at Jumbo-Visma

February 25, 2023 / Men's Cycling / By

Van Baarle took his maiden Jumbo-Visma victory at Omloop het Nieuwsblad by going clear before the Muur van Geraardsbergen and simply not getting caught. He launched the attack with 38km to race, briefly joined by the remnants of the early breakaway and then pushed on alone. The gap at the finish was 20 seconds, as …

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Flanders Classics secures equal prize money for all of its 2023 races

Flanders Classics secures equal prize money for all of its 2023 races

February 23, 2023 / Women's Cycling / By

Flanders Classics has announced that all of its 2023 races, which include Omloop het Nieuwsblad, Gent Wevelgem, Dwars door Vlaanderen, Scheldeprijs, Brabantse Pijl and the Tour of Flanders. It follows in the course of Nokere Koerse introducing equal prize money for its race last season, as well as Flanders Classics’ own Tour of Flanders. Flanders …

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Vuelta Femenina to start in Torrevieja, with final queen stage to Lagos de Covadonga

Vuelta Femenina to start in Torrevieja, with final queen stage to Lagos de Covadonga

February 25, 2023 / Women's Cycling / By

This year’s Vuelta Femenina, formerly known as the Ceratizit Challenge and Madrid Challenge is having a revamp. Extra stages and a calendar move to May has seen the race potentially start to take on the mantle its men’s namesake commands. Arguably the weakest of the so-called grand tours of the women’s cycling calendar, the race …

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Le Samyn des Dames 2023 Race Preview

Le Samyn des Dames 2023 Race Preview

February 27, 2023 / Women's Cycling / By

Le Samyn des Dames is the delayed third race of an elongated opening weekend. Whilst Omloop het Nieuwsblad and Omloop van het Hageland take place on Saturday and Sunday, we only have to wait until Tuesday for another big race. Relatively flat but with a couple of short steep climbs

Remco Evenepoel takes UAE Tour lead after Jebel Jais summit finish

Remco Evenepoel takes UAE Tour lead after Jebel Jais summit finish

February 23, 2023 / Men's Cycling / By

World champion Remco Evenepoel moved into the race lead of the UAE Tour after finishing 2nd on the Jebel Jais summit finish at the end of Stage 3. The Belgian claimed the bonus seconds behind the solo victory of Einer Augusto Rubio of Movistar. The Colombian attacked with around 10km to go and managed to …

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Omloop van het Hageland 2023 Race Preview

Omloop van het Hageland 2023 Race Preview

February 23, 2023 / Women's Cycling / By

Omloop van het Hageland is the second part of the Opening Weekend for the women’s peloton. With no Kuurne Brussels Kuurne, the long-running Omloop van het Hageland fills the gap nicely instead. More often than not the race comes down to a sprint, with the parcours just hard enough to drop any unsuspecting rider.