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  • 2025 Liege-Bastogne-Liege Preview

    The final Spring Classic on the calendar, the end of Ardennes Week, the fourth Monument of the season, La Doyenne (The Old Lady, named as such because it is the oldest of the five Monuments), the 111th Liege-Bastogne-Liege is, more or less like every year, a hard 252-kilometer extremely hilly battle in Wallonia (the French-speaking…

  • Ronde van Vlaanderen Preview

    It’s that time of year again: Flanders’ Holy Week is upon us. The best race of the year; the 2025 Tour of Flanders takes place on Sunday, April 6 from Bruges to Oudenaarde. The second Momument every year, Flanders is perhaps the biggest one-day race on the calendar (and according to me, the most prestigious…

  • Opening Weekend Recap

    Omloop Het Nieuwsblad and Kuurne-Brussels-Kuurne comprise the “Opening Weekend” of Flemish Classics each year at the end of February. Omloop is the more prestigious of the two and usually more exciting, but this year, Kuurne was better, at least in my view. Visma | Lease a Bike came into both races with a terrifyingly strong…

  • Omloop Het Nieuwsblad Preview

    The Belgian Cobbled Classics season is upon us. It goes like this every year, it seems: January and early February, those arctic, gloomy weeks commencing each year, drag out for an eternity, then all of a sudden, spring comes in rapid order. And with it, some of the best bike racing on the calendar. That’s…

  • Arnaud De Lie’s Potential

    Let’s start by introducing the man: Arnaud De Lie is a 21-year-old Belgian riding for Lotto-Dstny. Weighing in at 78 kilograms, he looks to be a Classics rider/Grand Tour stage hunter in the making. De Lie has already won 19 races in two professional seasons, though only one was at WorldTour level. Strava nerds/wattage geeks/cycling…