Mark Cavendish starts his season in Columbia

Winners of both Ronde van Vlaanderen and Paris-Roubaix in the same year: Henri Suter 1923 Romain Gijssels 1932 Gaston Rebry 1934 Raymond Impanis 1954 Fred De Bruyne 1957 Rik Van Looy 1962 Roger De Vlaeminck 1977 Peter van Petegem 2003 Tom Boonen 2005 Fabian Cancellara 2010 Tom Boonen Belgium 2012 Fabian Cancellara 2013 Mathieu van… Read More »Double winners of Ronde van Vlaanderen and Paris-Roubaix

Of course, they weren’t called “monuments” those days, but here are some interesting stuff about the winners of the first editions of the five most important one-day races. Léon Houa, Liége -Bastogne-Liége (1892) Belgian cyclist Léon Houa (1867-1918) actually won the first three editions of La Doyenne. The first two of them were amateur events.… Read More »The first monument winners

Eddy Merckx leads the list of cyclists with the most Milano-Sanremo victories with seven occasions.  Fun fact: at the time of Merckx’s big  triumphs Cipressa was not introduced to the race yet . (It happened only in 1982.) Eddy Merckx (BEL) 1966, 1967, 1969, 1971, 1972, 1975, 1976 Costante Girardengo (ITA) 1918, 1921, 1923, 1925,… Read More »Most Milano-Sanremo victories

2000 Andrei Tchmil (Lotto–Adecco) 2001 Gianluca Bortolami (Tacconi Sport–Vini Caldirola) 2002 Andrea Tafi (Mapei–Quick-Step) 2003 Peter van Petegem (Lotto–Domo) 2004 Steffen Wesemann (T-Mobile Team) 2005 Tom Boonen (Quick-Step–Innergetic) 2006 Tom Boonen (Quick-Step–Innergetic) 2007 Italy Alessandro Ballan (Lampre–Fondital) 2008 Stijn Devolder (Quick-Step) 2009 Stijn Devolder (Quick-Step) 2010 Fabian Cancellara (Team Saxo Bank) 2011 Nick Nuyens (Saxo… Read More »Ronde van Vlaanderen winners since 2000

The first Ronde van Vlaanderen (1913) was the longest edition of the race: it was 324 km long [su_box title=”More Ronde van Vlaanderen related content”][su_posts posts_per_page=”3″ tax_term=”334″ order=”desc” orderby=”rand”] [/su_box] [su_box title=”More cycling fun facts “][su_posts posts_per_page=”3″ tax_term=”425″ order=”desc” orderby=”rand”] [/su_box]

The wait is over, according a short video clip posted on the social media by the official accout if the Giro d’Italia, Tadej Pogacar will have his debut at Giro d’Italia next year.It might have been an indication that his plans for next March look very Italian, including Strade Bianche, Tirreno-Adriatico and Mialmo-Sanremo. (But he… Read More »Tadej Pogacar will ride Giro d’Italia in 2024

After a  four-year hiatus, Tour Columbia will be held again between 6 and 11 February 2024. Mark Cavendish (Astana Qasaqstan), who used to spend his February rather in the Middle-East, participating in events like Dubai Tour, Tour of Qatar, Abu Dhabi Tour, intend to ride the South American race for the very first (and possible… Read More »Mark Cavendish starts his season in Columbia

Belgian cyclist Remco Evenepoel has revealed his plans for cycling season 2024. He will focus on Liege-Bastogne-Liege, Tour de France , the Olympic Games in Paris, and the Road World Championships. Evenepoel has big aims at his first Tour de France: he would like to gain a top 5 place in the general classification. A… Read More »Remco Evenepoel targets Tour de France in 2024