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Men's Cycling
A brief history of Bretagne Classic
The Bretagne Classic is one of the oldest surviving one-day races in professional cycling, although its modern name hides much of that history. For...
Men's Cycling
Mapei team history – the team that turned the Classics into a private battlefield
Mapei did not merely win races. It changed the way the biggest one-day races looked, felt and were discussed. In the 1990s and early...
Men's Cycling
Greatest Spring Classics Races – Liège Bastogne Liège
Liège Bastogne Liège (La Doyenne) is the oldest monument in cycling, with its first running in 1892. Although it was for amateurs at the time and Spa replaced Liège. 1894 saw professionals allowed to race for the first time and then bizarrely it wasn't held for another 14 years.

