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Paris-Roubaix 2022: Who’s riding? When is it on TV? Can returning Wout van Aert take Mathieu van der Poel down a peg?
Now the French public (or at least, some of them) has voted in the Presidential elections, what should have happened last weekend can now happen: the 119th edition of Paris-Roubaix will be run on Easter Sunday one day after the second edition of the women’s Queen of the Classics. While the calendar quirk has largely mystified fans used to the Tour of Flanders following Paris-Roubaix on successive Sundays, it has kept the door open to Wout van Aert, the Belgian champion who missed the Ronde after contracting Covid earlier during Flanders Week.
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.
UAE Team Emirates' Spanish youngster, Juan Ayuso - 'Tadej Pogacar is helping me become a better rider'
“To be learning from and to be close to the best rider in the world is amazing,” UAE Team Emirates Juan Ayuso tells this week’s GCN Eurosport Cycling Show. “He’s helping me to become a better rider.” Winners beget winners. Whether from additional sponsors or an increase in investment by originals, two Tour de France victories enable an outfit to attract a level of financial backing that can turn it from a team with a great rider, to a great team.
Tadej Pogacar checks out Paris-Roubaix cobbles in post-Flanders recon ride
One day removed from a failed podium finish at the Tour of Flanders and Tadej Pogačar was back in the saddle to ride across another stretch of rough and tumble cobbles. The UAE Team Emirates rider was seen on sections of pavé that are part of Paris-Roubaix in two weeks, and maybe more importantly, will be part of the Tour de France.
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.
Tour of Flanders 2022 - Fifteen days after comeback, Mathieu van der Poel proves he is a ‘level above everyone’
Mathieu van der Poel (Alpecin-Fenix) illustrated he is a “level above everyone” in his Tour of Flanders triumph, according to Discovery Cycling expert Dan Lloyd. In the absence of rival Wout van Aert (Jumbo-Visma), the second Monument of 2022 came down to a head-to-head showdown between the Dutchman and Tadej Pogacar (UAE Team Emirates) – or so we first thought.