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Giro d’Italia 2022 sprinters’ guide: Who will win the maglia ciclamino? Mark Cavendish, Mathieu van der Poel?

The last of our pre-race previews for the 105th edition of the Giro d’Italia homes in on the fast men of the peloton: the sprinters who will do battle over at least six stages, and perhaps as many as nine. Stages 3 (Kaposvar to Balatonfured), 5 (Catania to Messina), 6 (Palmi to Scalea), 11 (Santarcangelo di Romagna to Reggio Emilia), 13 (Sanremo to Cuneo) and 18 (Borgo Valsugana to Treviso) look nailed on to finish with a bunch sprint.

'Hopefully we can get a win' - Mark Cavendish excited for start of Giro d'Italia, Mathieu van der Poel feeling confident

Mark Cavendish says he has been blown away by the reception he has received from the Hungarian supporters and hopes to add to his stage win tally ahead of the Giro d'Italia. Cavendish, who has 15 career Giro d'Italia stage wins, will ride at the 105th instalment of the Giro after a nine-year hiatus. Ad/> The Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl rider is part of a team that has won 26 stage victories with 14 different riders.

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.

‘I was crying and screaming!’ – Sonny Colbrelli on that mud-soaked day at Paris-Roubaix

“It sinks in every morning when I see the cobble on the table, staring at me.” The reigning men's Paris-Roubaix champion, Sonny Colbrelli, will not be on the startline in Compiegne on Sunday to defend his title. The Bahrain-Victorious rider suffered a cardiac arrest after crossing the line in the opening stage He subsequently underwent clinical cardiovascular evaluation, where he was diagnosed with a cardiac arrhythmia and was fitted with a “life-saving” subcutaneous defibrillator. Ad/> Colbrelli may never race again, let alone win.

Opinion: Mathieu Van der Poel is still some way short of his best and that should terrify his rivals

It is three weeks since Mathieu Van der Poel returned to racing after several months out with knee and back injuries. After so long away, he and his Alpecin-Fenix employers thought it wise to ease him in with a mere Monument. As you do.

Amstel Gold Race 2022: Who’s riding? When is it on TV? Can anyone stop Mathieu Van der Poel and Marianne Vos?

Founded in 1966, the Amstel Gold Race takes place in the hilly Dutch province of Limburg and traditionally marks the point in the calendar where the cobbled classic specialists hand the baton over to the puncheurs and climbers ahead of the Giro d’Italia. Of course, when the best rider in both cobbled classics and hilly classics is one and the same, those boundaries become a little fluid.

Mathieu van der Poel > Wout van Aert, Tadej Pogacar can win all five Monuments: Blazin’ Saddles on Flanders Week

Forget that it’s actually closer to a fortnight, so-called Flanders Week lived up to its expectation with four races of high-octane action over the cobbles and Belgian bergs played out under a variety of conditions and featuring some humdinging performances as well as some uncharacteristic wobbles. Here are 10 talking points from a sea of potential takeaways… Ad/> Pendulum shifts from Van Aert to Van der Poel /> Ronde van VlaanderenRonde van Vlaanderen Women highlights as Lotte Kopecky beats Annemiek van VleutenA DAY AGO Forced to sit out the Ronde van Vlaanderen after being struck down by Covid, Wout van Aert had the sight of his rival Mathieu van der Poel winning a second crown in his absence further compounded by receiving an alert from Strava shortly afterwards informing him that the Dutchman had taken his KOM for the key Koppenberg-Steenbeekdries-Taaienberg section.

Mathieu van der Poel wins Tour of Flanders as Pogacar fumes

OUDENAARDDE: Dutch rider Mathieu van der Poel won a battle of nerves with Tadej Pogacar to claim the 273km-long Tour of Flanders raced over cobbled hills on Sunday (Apr 3).

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Giro d’Italia 2022 sprinters’ guide: Who will win the maglia ciclamino? Mark Cavendish, Mathieu van der Poel?

'Hopefully we can get a win' - Mark Cavendish excited for start of Giro d'Italia, Mathieu van der Poel feeling confident

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

‘I was crying and screaming!’ – Sonny Colbrelli on that mud-soaked day at Paris-Roubaix

Opinion: Mathieu Van der Poel is still some way short of his best and that should terrify his rivals

Amstel Gold Race 2022: Who’s riding? When is it on TV? Can anyone stop Mathieu Van der Poel and Marianne Vos?

Mathieu van der Poel > Wout van Aert, Tadej Pogacar can win all five Monuments: Blazin’ Saddles on Flanders Week

Mathieu van der Poel wins Tour of Flanders as Pogacar fumes