PS: Mostly copied from last year
You know this race. The oldest classic, the sprinter's classic, except when it's not. Will Pogacar, MVDP, Pedersen, Ganna and other all rounders manager to drop the sprinters on the Poggior or not? Will Mohoric try on the descent again? Time will tell!
Notable...
The best non-monument race, which should by now be a monument. It's always exciting and hard racing, with lots of gravel and climbing.
Pogacar is returning to defend his last year's win, and Pidcock to defend his win the year before in 2023. There is talk of MVDP possibly starting as well, no...
More hot racing this year. Previous to last year, the two editions were won by Pogacar. Then great racing by Filippo Zana to win last year, with Pogacar missing because of the broken wrist. This year Pog is resting after the Giro, so no races before the Tour. But there opens up the competition...
The old gang is back, fresh from Milano Sanremo. This time it's Wout's turn, as Pog is racing in Catlunya. He and MVDP will battle it out on the cobbled climbs.
For the last two editions it was Wout who has won it, can he do a hattrick?
Notable all-rounder: Wout, MVDP, Hirschi, Mohoric, Kung...
PS: Mostly copied from last year :cool:
You know this race. The oldest classic, the sprinter's classic, except when it's not. Will Pogacar, MVDP, Laporte, Ganna and other all rounders manager to drop the sprinters on the Poggior or not? Will Mohoric try on the descent again? Time will tell...
The best non-monument race, which should by now be a monument. It's always exciting and hard racing, with lots of gravel and climbing.
Pogacar is returning to defend his 2022 win, while Wout and MVDP, the two elite off road riders, don't want to race on gravel it seems. Also Pidcock is return to...
Basically comes just after Omloop, with mostly the same protagonists. In the past even sprinters could win, bu usually it's the stong riders.
So it's a double weekend for Wout and company.
Notable mentions: Wout, Philipsen, De Lie, Mohoric, Laporte, Benoot, Demare, Kristoff, Wellens, Trentin...
The first of the big classics. Cobblestones, steep climbs, crazy fans, what's not to like.
A big test for Wout, but MVDP is waiting for San Remo for his start of the season.
Notable mentions: Wout, Philipsen, De Lie, Mohoric, Laporte, Pidcock, Benoot, Kung, Alaphilippe, Wellens, Trentin...
It's not huge race, but it's always very entertaining. Last year it was a nice duel between Vingegaard, Mohoric and Onley.
This year Mohoric and Onley are back, along with some other competitors.
Notable GC mentions: Mohoric, Sheffield, Onley, Tarling
Notable sprinters: Kristoff, Hayter...
More hot racing this year. Last two editions were won by Pogacar. This year because of the broken wrist he will not participate. But that opens the up to some actual competition!
Notable GC mentions: Ulissi, Fortunato, Mohoric, Zanna, Wellens
Notable sprinters: Groenewegen, Molano, Bauhaus...
Pog is hungry for more (yet again). After winning Flanders, Amstel Gold, Fleche, he is now coming to face Remco in LBL. It will be a battle we are all waiting for. Remco has beaten Pog in the WC race last year., not to mention he is the defending champion since he won LBL last year. Can the...
Pog is hungry for more. After winning Amstel Gold he is coming to Belgium to try to win a race that has eluded him thus far. He will face some rested competition who might fare better on the single hard climb effort, the race finishes on Mur de Huy, which is 1.3km @ 9.6%.
Last year it was Teuns...
The roles are reversed. Pog is racing, Wout and MVDP are not. He is hot off of winning Tour of Flanders, but there are others to challenge him.
Last year it was Kwiatkowski, the former world champ, who won it in a head to head against Cosnefroy. The group with MVDP came in 20 seconds behind...
The old gang is back, fresh from Flanders, minus Pog. Wout and MVDP will battle it out again, but this time without the nasty climbs they will have a lot more competition on the cobbles.
Last year it was Dylan van Baarle who won it in a daring solo, winning by almost 2 minutes ahead of Wout and...
The old gang is back, fresh from E3 race. Wout, Pog and MVDP will battle it out again. Can anyone stop Wout winning this?
Last year it was MVDP who rode with Pogacar to the line and outsrpinted him.
Notable all-rounder: Pogacar, Wout, MVDP, Powless, Kung, Laporte, Pidckock, Teuns, Girmay...
The old gang is back, fresh from Milano Sanremo. Wout, Pog and MVDP (and Ganna) will battle it out again. Can anyone stop the savage power of MVDP?
Last year it was Wout and his pal Laporte who did a 1-2 for jumbo Visma.
Notable all-rounder: Pogacar, Wout, MVDP, Kung, Laporte, Girmay, Ganna...
PS: Mostly copied from last year :D
You know this race. The oldest classic, the sprinter's classic, except when it's not. Will Pogacar, Wout, MVDP and other all rounders manager to drop the sprinters on the Poggior or not? Will Mohoric try on the descent again? Time will tell!
Notable...
The best non-monument race, which should by now be a monument. It's always exciting and hard racing, with lots of gravel and climbing.
Wout and Pog won't be here unfortunately, so can anyone beat Matthieu Van Der Poel?
Notable mentions: MVDP, Bilbao, Vlasov, Mohoric, Pidcock, Sheffield, Benoot...
It's the biggest one day race in Spain, favoring climbers. All the big guns will be here, some from the Tour like Pogacar, van Aert, Mohoric, Bardet, Gaudu.
And some fresh ones like Remco, Amedia, Valverde, Hindley, Simon Yates, Landa. So who will win in this big pool of talent...
More hot racing this year. Last year's edition was won by Pogacar. He is going to use this race as TDF preparation instead of Dauphine/Swiss, same as last year. But he is very keen to win it, being his home race obviously.
This year he should also have a bit more competition. Also the sprints...