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Maertens
Pro Cycling
Road World Championships winners and records: every elite road race and time trial champion
The UCI Road World Championships have produced some of cycling’s most recognisable champions, from Alfredo Binda, Eddy Merckx and Jeannie Longo to Marianne Vos,...
Men's Cycling
Freddy Maertens: speed, fragility and one of cycling’s sharpest career arcs
Freddy Maertens did not gradually become one of the best riders in the world. He arrived, started winning at an extraordinary rate and, for...
Men's Cycling
A brief history of the men’s Vuelta a España
The Vuelta a España is the youngest of cycling's three men's Grand Tours, but nearly a century after its creation it has developed an...
Men's Cycling
The greatest Tour de France sprinters
The Tour de France has never belonged only to climbers and general classification riders. Every July, the sprinters give the race its other kind...
