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Strade Bianche 2025 route unveiled: gravel sectors extended for both men’s and women’s races

The 2025 Strade Bianche routes for both the men's and women's elite races were officially revealed today in Siena's Sala delle Lupe, within the historic Palazzo Pubblico. The announcement...

The Rise and Fall of Fassa Bortolo: A Retrospective

Fassa Bortolo, an Italian professional cycling team that operated from 2000 to 2005, may now be defunct, but it still holds a significant place in the history of professional...

Who has won the cycling world championships in their home country?

With Wout van Aert and Lotte Kopecky huge favourites to win at the cycling World Championships in Flanders this year, just how common is a home victor? The men's...

Cycling World Champions List

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.

Greatest Spring Classics Races – Dwars Door Vlaanderen

Race Information & History Race Type: Hilly classic with cobbles Dwars Door Vlaanderen started life as a two-day stage race called Dwars Door België. The first edition started in Brussels and...

Greatest Spring Classics Races – Strade Bianche

Compared to all of the other races in this series, Strade Bianche is the new kid. It started life as an amateur Gran Fondo in 1997 with the first pro edition in 2007. The following year it moved from October to March and quickly gained a cult following.

Greatest Spring Classics Races – E3 Harelbeke

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.

Greatest Spring Classics Riders – Fabian Cancellara

Fabian Cancellara started his pro career at Mapei and carved out a niche as a time triallist to begin with. A couple of early victories in smaller races highlighted his promise.

Roubaix Velodrome – A History

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...

Fabian Cancellara Classic 2017 (E3 Harelbeke) Cyclo Sportive Review

As part of my trip to Belgium this year, before signing up to the Gent - Wevelgem sportive, this was the main event for me. A chance to ride...

Strade Bianche 2017 Preview – Tips, Favourites, Profile

The Spring Classics take their annual trip to Italy for the genuinely modern classic of Strade Bianche. This year is the 10th edition of the race, but it's now...

UCI Worldtour Transfers 2017 Round-Up

Transfers round-up for the 2017 cycling season As with every season, there has been a large amount of transfers and changes over the off-season. New teams have been created, old...