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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 forming the crunch point in...

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.

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.

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 1996 Paris-Roubaix. With 86km to...

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 penultimate climb, it was often...