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BIZARRE: Flanders event - You Need To See This

‘Scream when you put the phone down’: GB’s Zoe Backstedt on making Tour de France squad for the first time

EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW: Wales’s Zoe Backstedt is set to ride the Tour de France Femmes for the first time after an astonishing season, including fifth place at the Tour of Flanders. The 21-year-old tells Flo Clifford what it was like getting that long-awaited call

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'I'm worthy of being at the front' – Zoe Bäckstedt heads to Paris-Roubaix Femmes as a favourite after 'best day ever' at Flanders

Canyon-SRAM zondacrypto rider finished fifth last weekend, but wants to go a few better on Sunday

Cycling Weekly

'It would be a dream to race the Tour de France Femmes' - Pathways Fund provides novel support for two US riders to join French team and compete at Tour of Flanders, Paris-Roubaix

Allison Mrugal and Natalie Quinn accomplish team goals for breakaway aggressiveness in Flanders and look to add first win of year for Mayenne Monbana My Pie

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This was the first Tour of Flanders in five years that I’ve watched on TV, and it was a treat – I just wish more people had access

Both races were special, but behind paywalls

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Cat Ferguson's Spring Classics column: Tour of Flanders is the toughest, most powerful race on the calendar, and that is felt in every pedal stroke

'Everyone wants to be their best, and for me, it was a brutal, brutal race' 19-year-old Movistar talent writes about the importance of Belgium's biggest one-day race of the season

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'Everybody knows somebody who is struggling' –Powered by meditation, tearful Demi Vollering embraces emotions of first Tour of Flanders triumph

Dutch rider discusses importance of constantly training her mind and revisiting the issue of mental health

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'I’m not going to wait for an attack' – Jasper Stuyven hopes to put Soudal-QuickStep’s classics campaign back on course at the Tour of Flanders

The Belgian team have struggled to make a significant impact in the cobbled Classics in recent years, but have a strong squad for Sunday’s Monument.

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'I don't consider myself in the big four' – Wout van Aert 'older and wiser' but avoids talking himself up for major Tour of Flanders battle

Belgian says rivals like Mathieu van der Poel and Tadej Pogačar will 'have something more than all the others' on Sunday

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'I can give others some pressure' – Why Lorena Wiebes could be the most influential rider on the Tour of Flanders start line

Dutch star will play second fiddle to Lotte Kopecky, but her presence on Sunday could be a joker card for SD Worx-Protime

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'I heard some rumours' – Tadej Pogačar says he wasn't too surprised by Remco Evenepoel making shock Tour of Flanders debut

World Champion welcomes added challenge from Belgian star as he chases record-equalling third win on Sunday

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'Being a little sneaky' with smart teamwork, Kristen Faulkner starts her European season at Tour of Flanders and says EF Education-Oatly 'can surprise the field'

Full recovery from 2025 shoulder surgery proven with three gold medals on road and track at Pan American Championships and Ardennes Classics next on calendar

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'We know we are able to win' – Pauline Ferrand-Prévot returns to Tour of Flanders as a firm favourite after 'unexpected' success in 2025

Frenchwoman has set De Ronde as a big goal for 2026 and Visma-Lease a Bike say they're ready to race for victory

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'We lost three experienced riders, and replaced them with really young riders' – Can Lidl-Trek's changed Classics core do enough for Mads Pedersen at the Tour of Flanders?

Look back a year or two ago, and Lidl-Trek men's Classics team was as hard to get into as some squads' Tour de France line-ups.

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'A plan like this does not come together overnight' – Could Remco Evenepoel win the Tour of Flanders on debut?

The Belgian's appearance is not an April Fool

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Wout van Aert aims to not repeat mistake, Demi Vollering and Marlen Reusser return and more – things to watch out for at Dwars door Vlaanderen

The final rehearsal for Flanders is here

Cycling News

'It's in favour of Lorena, that's a bit of a pity' – FDJ United-Suez say UAE Team ADQ had to roll attacks against Wiebes at In Flanders Fields, but defend working with her

Inside the tactical finale to Sunday's race with Moors, Chabbey, Gasparinni and Swinkels all losing out to Dutch sprinter in breakaway

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'If we had gone all out I think we could have made it' - Mathieu van der Poel explains tactical decisions taken in breakaway at In Flanders Fields

Former World Champion and fellow-breakaway Wout van Aert caught within sight of the finish

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'Sometimes it is up to me to bang on the table and say that I am still here' – Why Lotte Kopecky demanding Milan-San Remo leadership is an ominous sign for the rest of the Classics

How the Belgian getting back on track sets her up perfectly for Flanders and Roubaix

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'A truly dramatic year' - Lotte Kopecky reflects after a sub-par 2025 season where the Tour of Flanders was the only highlight

The Belgian superstar once again asserts that another Tour de France GC bid is highly unlikely

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'I want to try to win Flanders and Liège' – Pauline Ferrand-Prévot revelling in the pressure ahead of Tour de France Femmes defence year

2025 Tour champion hoping for more success in 2026 after remarkable return to road racing

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More comfortable and more adherence on back wheel – Pauline Ferrand-Prévot embraces adjustable tyre pressure edge at winning Paris-Roubaix debut

Visma-Lease a Bike rider says for Tour of Flanders the self-inflating technology was a 'maybe but maybe not' though 'for the cobbles of Paris-Roubaix there is no question'

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Lotte Kopecky: 'A pressure has fallen off' for Paris-Roubaix after Tour of Flanders win

World Champion is aiming to become the first woman to do the Flanders-Roubaix double on Saturday

Cycling News

'We are not scared of anyone next week' – Lidl-Trek back Mads Pedersen for Paris-Roubaix after Tour of Flanders performance

Dane took second behind Tadej Pogačar on Sunday and knows that Roubaix suits his abilities more

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John Degenkolb out of Paris-Roubaix after Tour of Flanders collarbone, elbow and wrist fractures

Picnic-Post NL teammate Tim Naberman fractures wrist while Alex Edmondson sustains sprained ankle

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Was the Tour of Flanders Tadej Pogačar's toughest Monument win yet? Teammates' crashes and unshakeable competitors put world champion to the test

Slovenian had to attack over and over to finally get rid of his rivals with 'only' 18km to go

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