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'It's just the beginning' – Inside Soudal-QuickStep's cobbled Classics revival and their plans to hit the road hard at Omloop Het Nieuwsblad and Kuurne-Brussel-Kuurne

2025 Nieuwsblad runner-up Paul Magnier looks to go one better in 2026

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Omloop Het Nieuwsblad Women 2026 route features a toughened-up final with two new climbs

Additional climbs of Tenbosse and Parikeberg equal a harder final for the 21st edition of the women's cobbled Classics opener

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Omloop Het Nieuwsblad 2026 route gets an adjusted finale, though the Muur and Bosberg remain

Climbs of Tenbosse and Parikeberg added in closing 40km for a toughened-up finale

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Where will the stars of the women's peloton start their season? Schedules for Pauline Ferrand-Prévot, Lotte Kopecky and more

Demi Vollering yet to confirm her programme as big names all take different approaches to early-season racing

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Where will the top men's riders start their 2026 season? Early-season schedules for Tadej Pogačar, Jonas Vingegaard, Mathieu van der Poel and more

A look at the early-season programmes of the stars of the men's peloton, from Pogačar and Pidcock to Philipsen and Pedersen

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'My biggest goal is the world championships again' - Puck Pieterse makes cyclocross return in Namur with full focus on claiming her first rainbow jersey

Fenix-Deceuninck rider to race 13 cyclocross races this winter before switching towards another tilt at the spring classics

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11 of the most unexpected moments of the 2025 racing season

In a season where some results almost seemed prewritten by dominant riders, here are 11 moments we didn't predict, from Classics underdogs and golden comebacks, to dramatic time trials and tactical masterclasses

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Climbing, cobbles, altitude – Are the Rwanda World Championships already won, or will the peloton tear up the script in Kigali?

An in-depth look at what has earned the 2025 Worlds the title of 'hardest World Championships ever'

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Mathieu van der Poel and Wout van Aert set for head-to-head battle at E3 Saxo Classic: Everything you need to know

The two men have shared the race between them for the past three seasons– can anyone break their dominance?

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'I recognised how deep into a hole I put myself' – Veronica Ewers returns to racing after eating disorder recovery

EF Education-Oatly rider started her first race in nine months after time off to recover from RED-S and disordered eating

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Six conclusions from Opening Weekend 2025 – fascinating big team weaknesses, a new women's balance of power and Alpecin-Deceuninck's great start

The major talking points from Omloop Het Nieuwsblad and Kuurne-Brussel-Kuurne

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Arnaud De Lie and Paul Magnier join Van der Poel on start list of cobbled semi-Classic Le Samyn

Tuesday's UCI 1.1 race provides a chance at cobbled glory before a break in the schedule for the Classics contenders

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'A crazy fight for every inch': young riders on their Omloop Het Nieuwsblad debuts

Opening Weekend was also the opening of a WorldTour cobbled Classics career for numerous riders

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As it happened: Big bunch sprint decides Kuurne-Brussel-Kuurne

All the action from the 196.8km race with 13 climbs but plenty of room for sprinters to rejoin on the roads to Kuurne

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Top teams shift blame after failed bluff backfires in Omloop Het Nieuwsblad Women

'It’s not up to us' dominating feeling in peloton after off-season transfers

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Lotte Claes: nurse, duathlete, reality TV star, and now Omloop Het Nieuwsblad champion

The Belgian had a little help opening the champers from someone who's been there, done that

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Opening weekend tech gallery part 1: New tyres, stacked stems and rebadged frames

Tech from day one of Opening Weekend at Omloop Het Nieuwsblad

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Lidl-Trek debuts SRAM Red XPLR gravel groupset for Omloop Het Nieuwsblad

WorldTour team riders to use the new 13-speed gravel groupset

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As it happened: Breakaway shocks the peloton at Omloop Het Nieuwsblad Women

Peloton allow huge gap to breakaway as favourites denied chance to fight for win

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As it happened: Season opener Omloop Het Nieuwsblad ends in a sprint

All the action as the peloton tackles 11 climbs and 8 cobbled sectors across challenging 198km route in Flanders

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'Can I win the Omloop? Why not?' - Paul Magnier could be Soudal-QuickStep's new Tom Boonen

20-year-old French rider expected to fight for victory at Omloop Het Nieuwsblad

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'Focus is more towards the Classics' – Jasper Philipsen undeterred by winless build-up to Opening Weekend at UAE Tour

Alpecin-Deceuninck rider heads into Omloop and Kuurne after UAE Tour, his first stage race without a victory since Paris-Nice in 2022

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'For Belgians, it's the first real race of the season' - Thomas De Gendt on why Omloop Het Nieuwsblad matters so much

'A win in Omloop means your Classics season is already made'

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‘We will be one of the main favourites in these races’ - UAE Team Emirates-XRG confident ahead of Opening Weekend

Tadej Pogačar is absent from the first Spring Classic of the season as UAE Team Emirates-XRG announce their lineups for Omloop Het Nieuwsblad and Kuurne-Brussel-Kuurne

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