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What are the Monuments? The biggest one-day races in professional cycling

Milan-San Remo, Tour of Flanders, Paris-Roubaix, Liège-Bastogne-Liège and Il Lombardia are rich in history and prestige and the toughest one-day races in cycling

Cycling News · Apr 4, 2025

How Tadej Pogačar racing the Tour of Flanders and Paris-Roubaix changes everything

'Why should I wait for sprint when you have 250km of opportunities and chances to go for the victory?' says world champion ahead of second Monument of the season

Cycling News · Apr 4, 2025

'I think this is one of my best moments of form ever' - Mathieu van der Poel makes Milan-San Remo history in battle for the ages

Alpecin-Deceuninck leader reveals how a 300-metre sprint was vital for victory against Filippo Ganna and Tadej Pogačar

Cycling News · Mar 22, 2025

Belgium mourns five Monument Classics winner Rik Van Looy

90-year-old known as the 'Emperor of Herentals' after dominating with the Flandria red guard in the sixties

Cycling News · Dec 18, 2024

Cycling legend Rik Van Looy dies aged 90

The Belgian won all five Monuments, a feat only achieved by three riders, among 161 professional wins

Cycling Weekly · Dec 18, 2024

Mark Cavendish: ‘Spoty lifetime award is nice but as a competitor you want to be shortlisted’

Road cycling’s greatest sprinter tells Donald McRae there is nothing more he could have done in the sport and that he is lucky to go out on his own terms

The Guardian - UK · Dec 16, 2024

No more solo riding, vows crash victim Eddy Merckx

The cycling icon was left stranded on railway tracks after a crash that broke his hip

Cycling Weekly · Dec 16, 2024

‘At first no one came to help’ - Eddy Merckx talks about his recent crash and road to recovery

Five-time Tour de France champion said he was 'in panic' at the prospect of an oncoming train as he lay on railway tracks

Cycling News · Dec 15, 2024

Total hip replacement for Eddy Merckx 'went very smoothly' after Monday crash

'Tomorrow his rehabilitation will begin' say doctors from Herentals hospital on Tuesday

Cycling News · Dec 10, 2024

'I would love to try it' - Tadej Pogačar hints at attempting to win all three Grand Tours in one year

After winning the Triple Crown of the Giro d'Italia, Tour de France and the World Championships, Pogačar wants more

Cycling Weekly · Dec 10, 2024