All my posts that mention or include Tom Boonen in some way.
The Tour of Britain will return to Greater Manchester in 2023, with the race due to start in the city on Sunday 3rd September. The race will be making its first visit there since 2019, when Mathieu van der Poel won the final stage in the city centre on Deansgate. The city also saw the …
Greater Manchester to host first stage of the 2023 Tour of Britain Read More »
The Tour of Britain returns in 2022 and will visit Yorkshire for the first time since 2009. A pair of full stages in Dorset and Gloucestershire for the first time also cover new ground. The host regions for the 2022 race are below with many familiar areas seeing the race pay them a visit between …
The World Championships is the pinnacle one-day race of the cycling calendar. The list of winners contains so many iconic cyclists over the decades.
The first E3 BinckBank Classic was first run in 1958 and would head from Harelbeke to Antwerp and back. From the early 1960s it was called the E3-Prijs Vlaanderen. Originally named after a local motorway, the road has since been renamed the E17 but the race has name has stuck.
Originally named Omloop van Vlaanderen, the race was created by newspaper Het Volk to compete against rival Het Nieuwsblad’s Tour of Flanders (Ronde van Vlaanderen).
These days there are two velodromes in Roubaix. One is indoors and not even 10 years old yet. The other is the immensely iconic outdoor one that sees the finale of Paris Roubaix. Officially known as the Vélodrome André-Pétrieux, it has held the finish of Paris Roubaix since 1943. That is except for 3 years …
To most people, the Champs Elysees is a premium-priced shopping street. With a very wide road in the middle of it and evenly spaced trees lining the edges. To anyone with a bike, however, it is the iconic finish of the Tour de France. Champs Elysees Summary Every year since 1975, the Tour de France has …
Champs Élysées – the most iconic street in cycling Read More »
Omloop Het Nieuwsblad is the start of the Spring Classics season. Whilst not a classic in itself, it’s the first race that will lead to the likes of Paris Roubaix and Liege Bastogne Liege. Omloop Het Nieuwsblad contains a few of the same cobbled climbs (hellingen) that are also in E3 Harelbeke and Tour of …
Omloop Het Nieuwsblad 2017 Preview – Tips, Contenders, Profile Read More »
It’s Giro d’Italia time again! Some of the world’s best riders will fight it out over the next three weeks to see who will win overall and who will become a hero for a day. The Giro has a long history and expect to become acquainted with the smaller Italian teams like Bardiani and Androni …
Giro d’Italia 2015 Preview – Tips, Contenders, Profile Read More »
It only seems like last weekend when I posted about the impact Brits have had so far this season, but they’ve done it again during the first week of the Spring Classics season winning both Omloop het Nieuwsblad and Kuurne Brussels Kuurne. On Saturday, Ian Stannard managed to win Omloop het Nieuwsblad for the second …