Category: Road Racing
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Omloop Het Nieuwsblad Preview
The real kick-off of the cycling season in Europe is the Omloop Het Nieuwsblad, hereafter referred to simply as Omloop. It’s not cycling season until the best riders in the world hit Flandrian roads in the early spring. After weeks of races in warm, exotic climes, ProTour riders will head to Belgium for the…
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2011 in Review: UCI Road World Championships
Though the name was bandied about before the race, Mark Cavendish was only a light favorite among a number of heavyweights. Nevermind that he’d just won five stages in the Tour de France, bringing his career total to 20 Tour stages wins.
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2011 in Review: Strade Bianche
Before Phillipe Gilbert won the Ardennes Triple Crown, including beating both Schlecks by himself and Liege-Bastogne-Liege, he was very quietly winning bike races like the Montepaschi Strade Bianche.