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Mathieu van der Poel, Wout van Aert mong best riders of spring Classics – but what about biggest disappointments?

With just a single top-10 finish in Monuments going into Sunday’s Liege-Bastogne-Liege, Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl were feeling the pressure ahead of La Doyenne. After the horrific mass pile-up that ended Julian Alaphilippe’s chances and sent the French world champion to hospital, it looked like the Belgian team’s terrible run would continue – only for Remco Evenepoel to put in a timely reminder of his stardom with a pulverising attack on La Redoute to save Patrick Lefevere’s bacon.

Tottenham's four failed homecomings under Daniel Levy pose Mauricio Pochettino problem

It seems like ever since his departure in November 2019 that Mauricio Pochettino has been linked with a return to Tottenham.

Novak Djokovic learns how to keep world No 1 ranking after Serbia Open final loss

Novak Djokovic has learned what he must do at the upcoming Madrid and Rome Masters to hold onto his world No 1 ranking after suffering defeat in the Serbia Open final. The Serb now sits just 320 points ahead of Daniil Medvedev and will be hoping to stay at the top ahead of his French Open title defence, where he will also be defending a huge 2,000 ranking points.

Alcaraz surprised by rapid rise in ATP rankings and top 10 spot

Carlos Alcaraz has no plans of slowing down after his victory at Barcelona at the weekend and making the top 10 for the first time on Monday but said he was surprised by his quick rise through the rankings. The 18-year-old captured the fourth title of his young career by beating eighth seed Pablo Carreno Busta 6-3 6-2 in the Barcelona Open final on Sunday, hours after winning a gruelling semi-final that was postponed due to rain. "I did not think I would reach this stage at 18-years-old," he told a news conference at a junior event.

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Mathieu van der Poel, Wout van Aert mong best riders of spring Classics – but what about biggest disappointments?

Tottenham's four failed homecomings under Daniel Levy pose Mauricio Pochettino problem

Novak Djokovic learns how to keep world No 1 ranking after Serbia Open final loss

Alcaraz surprised by rapid rise in ATP rankings and top 10 spot

Birmingham set to reignite transfer interest in 23-year-old forward

Tennis: Alcaraz surprised by rapid rise in rankings and top 10 spot

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