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Men's Cycling
A brief history of ADAC Cyclassics
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...
Men's Cycling
Beginner’s guide to ADAC Cyclassics 2026
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...
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
A brief history of the men’s Paris-Roubaix, from the early years to the modern day
Paris-Roubaix has always stood apart. Even in a sport built on hardship, it developed into something more severe, more elemental and more mythic than...
Pro Cycling
Arenberg Forest: the brutal heartbeat of Paris-Roubaix still missing from the women’s race
The Trouée d’Arenberg, or Arenberg Forest, is one of the most iconic and feared cobbled sectors in professional cycling. Stretching for 2.3km in a...
Men's Cycling
Arenberg Forest Cobbles – Paris Roubaix
The Arenberg Forest or Trouée d'Arenberg in French is a stretch of road in Northern France. It's famous for its brutal cobbles and for...
Men's Cycling
Greatest Spring Classics Races – Scheldeprijs
Despite its lower prestige, Scheldeprijs is in fact older than the Tour of Flanders. The first was in 1907, 6 years before De Ronde. The first editions would start and finish in Antwerp, with the finish being on the now demolished Zurenborg velodrome.
Men's Cycling
Greatest Spring Classics Races – Paris Roubaix
The 'Hell of the North' is one of cycling oldest still active race - the first edition taking place in 1896. The owners of Roubaix's new velodrome were looking for ways to increase business so began the race with Paris newspaper Le Vélo.
Men's Cycling
Greatest Spring Classics Riders – Johan Museeuw
Museeuw has a good claim to be the best classics rider of the 1990s. In his 2nd year as a pro, he was part of the ADR team where Lemond won the Tour de France.
Men's Cycling
Flashback to the Mapei 1996 Roubaix 1-2-3 podium finish
After the first Flashback piece of the season back at the Tour Down Under, this one looks at the all Mapei-GB podium of the...
Men's Cycling
Muur van Geraardsbergen (aka Kapelmuur) – Iconic Cycling Climbs
Kapelmuur (also known as the Muur van Geraardsbergen) was for many years, the most iconic climb in the Tour of Flanders. Positioned as the...

