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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...

The ADAC Cyclassics has become one of Germany's most important one-day races by doing something relatively unusual in European cycling: building a modern Classic...

The ADAC Cyclassics returns on Sunday 16 August 2026 as Germany’s biggest men’s one-day race and one of the fastest events on the UCI...

The Tour de France has never belonged only to climbers and general classification riders. Every July, the sprinters give the race its other kind...

Rabobank was never the loudest superteam in men’s cycling, but it was one of the most recognisable. For more than 15 years, the orange-and-blue...

Milano-Sanremo has always occupied a slightly unusual place in cycling. It is one of the sport’s great Monuments, but it does not behave like the...

Brabantse Pijl had its first edition in 1961, the race started and finished in Brussels. The first winner was Pino Cerami, who now has a race named after him - the GP Cerami. Pijl is the Flemish word for arrow, making it the Brabant version of Flèche Wallonne.

La Classicicissima is another old old bike race, starting up in 1907 (and an amateur 2-day version in 1906). The soon to be 2-time Tour de France winner Lucien Petit-Breton won the first race. The 1920s were dominated by Costante Girardengo who won the race 6 times and had 5 further podium places. The Italian dominance continued into the 1940s with heavyweights like Alfredo Binda, Gino Bartali & Fausto Coppi all winning the race.