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In the most shocking northern classic finish in a very long time, Mathieu van der Poel crossed the gap from nearly a minute behind race leaders Jakob Fuglsang and Julian Alaphilippe at three kilometers remaining to go to win the 2019 Amstel Gold Race with a powerful sprint finish. It
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It’s the 54th edition of the men’s Amstel Gold Race. A race named after beer. And it falls on Easter. Who will rise to the challenge? The cobbled classics are sadly done for the year, now we move to the Ardennes Classics, starting with the Amstel Gold Race
Bikes & Frames
The Poseidon X is an intriguing bike. It’s an aluminum cyclocross/gravel bike with a carbon fork, 4 bottle cage bosses and room for 700×40 and 650bx1.9″ tires. Built with a Shimano 2x drivetrain, the bike demands just $599. That Shimano Claris drivetrain and Tektro mechanical disc
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Mathieu van der Poel (Corendon-Circus) grabbed another impressive single-day road victory today, winning a four-man sprint in Overijse to win Brabantse Pijl. How he did it Van der Poel joined Julian Alaphilippe (Deceuninck-Quick-Step), Tim Wellens (Lotto-Soudal), and Michael Matthews (Sunweb) to form a four-man breakaway group late in the race.
Culture & Opinion
Paris-Roubaix. The Hell of the North. The most exciting one-day race of the year is this Sunday. Cobbles, crashes, the Roubaix velodrome finish. Here’s what you need to know before Sunday’s 117th edition. The Course The Paris-Roubaix, contrary to its name, starts in Compiegne which is about 80km
Bikes & Frames
Pinarello has a new bike to launch ahead of Paris-Roubaix on Sunday, the Dogma FS, a road bike with a self-adjusting electronic full suspension system. Dubbed the DSAS system, it is designed to self-adjust the new Dogma FS’s suspension to match the terrain it’s being ridden over. Front
Culture & Opinion
It’s been a wild few weeks on the spring WorldTour circuit for Mathieu van der Poel (Corendon – Circus). It’s his first go at racing the spring road classics, but it took very little time for Van der Poel to become a household name. First, he took a win
Culture & Opinion
Gravel racing is the most refreshing and exciting development in cycling in a long time. Combing fast-paced racing with adventure, dirt and drama has done a lot to break the sport out of the bro-dominated world of crit racing. It A few weeks ago, Ted King placed second at Land
Bikes & Frames
Canyon Bikes changed the game with its direct-to-consumer model that allows it to sell high-end bikes at much lower price points. Recently DiamondBack, Raleigh and others have also jumped into the mix. Today, Viathon launched as a new direct-to-consumer carbon bike company. And they’ve got big backers. Wal-Mart holds
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Italian Alberto Bettiol, 25, stuns Flanders favorites and scores EF’s biggest victory in years. A big day for Italian cycling The Tour of Flanders offered up a big day for Italian cycling fans. First, Maria Basianelli put the end cap on a fantastic spring by winning the women’s
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Who’s ready for the ‘hardest one-day race’ on the WorldTour calendar, the Tour of Flanders (Ronde van Vlaanderen)? “It is, without question, the hardest one-day bike race ever created,” George Hincapie, who finished a record 17 times, wrote in his biography. Here’s how the race got its start:
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Hows this for a record? Cyclocross world champion Mathieu van der Poel (Corendon-Circus) has only started two WorldTour races on the road, and as of today, he already has his first WorldTour victory. What did it take to secure victory at a very chaotic edition of Dwars door Vlaanderen? Aggressive