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Showing posts with label Classic. Show all posts
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Sunday, April 24, 2011

Liège–Bastogne–Liège

Liège–Bastogne–Liège, often called La Doyenne ("the oldest")[1][2][3], is one of the five 'Monuments' of the European professional road cycling calendar[4]. It is run in the Ardennes region of Belgium, from Liège to Bastogne and back.

Liège–Bastogne–Liège was part of the UCI Road World Cup and is part of the Belgian Ardennes Classics series ...

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Alex Vinokourov of Astana was the 2010 Winner.

Wednesday, April 20, 2011

La Flèche Wallonne

La Flèche Wallonne is a major men's professional cycle road race held in April each year in Belgium.La Flèche Wallonne was created to boost the sales of a newspaper Les Sports during the 1930s and was first run in 1936. While perhaps not as revered as one of the Classic 'Monuments', the race is widely regarded as a Classic, and featured on the UCI Road World Cup and UCI ProTour. It became part of the UCI World Ranking calendar in 2009. The first of two Belgian Ardennes classics, La Flèche Wallonne (the Walloon Arrow) is today normally held mid-week between the Amstel Gold Race and Liège–Bastogne–Liège.

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Cadel Evans of BMC was the 2010 Winner.

Saturday, April 2, 2011

Tour of Flanders

The Tour of Flanders (Dutch: Ronde van Vlaanderen, French: Tour des Flandres) is a Flanders Classics road cycling race held in Belgium every spring, a week before the Paris–Roubaix road race. It is part of the UCI ProTour and one of the so-called monuments of the European professional calendar, and contributes to the UCI World Ranking points. It is the most important cycling race in Belgium and, along with Paris–Roubaix, the world's most important cycling race held on a single day.

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Fabian Cancellara was the 2010 winner. In the video below, Cancellara and Boonen battle it out for a while. Then Cancellara goes on the attack and Boonen just can't respond.

Monday, March 28, 2011

Paris Roubaix coming April 10, 2011

Last Year Fabian Cancellara took Paris Roubaix. This is his teams recon video.

What Wikipedia Says about Paris Roubaix

"Paris–Roubaix is a one-day professional bicycle road race in northern France near the Belgian frontier. Since its beginning in 1896 until 1967 it started in Paris and ended in Roubaix (hence the name); since 1968 the start city is Compiègne (about 60 kilometres (37 mi) north-east from Paris center), whilst the finish is still in Roubaix. Famous for rough terrain and cobblestones (setts),[n 1] it is one of the 'Monuments' or Classics of the European calendar, and contributes points towards the UCI World Ranking. It has been called The Hell of the North, A Sunday in Hell, (which is also the title of a film about the 1976 edition of the race) Queen of the Classics or La Pascale: the Easter race.[1] The race is organised by the media group Amaury Sport Organisation annually in mid-April."

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Saturday, March 26, 2011

Ghent Wevelgem March 27, 2011

The Gent–Wevelgem is a Flanders Classics cycle road race held in Belgium in early April each year. The event was first run in 1934, and it is often called the sprinters' classic due to its flat finishing terrain.[

Despite its name, the race hasn't started in Ghent since 2004, traditionally beginning on the market square of nearby Deinze. The course then sets westward towards the Belgian coastal region, after which it moves southwards near the French border towards the Monteberg and Kemmelberg, before heading towards Wevelgem. The 72nd edition was held on March 28, 2010, and covered 219 kilometres.

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The 2010 Winner was Bernhard Eisel TEAM HTC-Columbia

Monday, March 21, 2011

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