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  • Tour of Flanders Power Analysis: How Tadej Pogačar Dominated the Generation’s Best Classics Racers

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    [analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://velo-cdn.outsideonline.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/tour-of-flanders-2026-POWER-ANALYSIS.jpg”] Zach Nehr Published April 6, 2026 11:40AM Tadej Pogačar destroyed his rivals one by one to win his third Tour of Flanders. First, he rode Wout van Aert off his wheel on the ascent of the Oude Kwaremont. Second, he put in a dig to prevent Remco Evenepoel from catching back onto…

  • Mystery Solved: Here’s What Was Sticking Out of Pogačar’s Kit at Flanders

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    [analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://velo-cdn.outsideonline.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/pogihirzontal.jpg”] Andrew Hood Updated April 6, 2026 02:28PM What was fluttering out Tadej Pogačar‘s jersey during Sunday’s implosion on the Molenberg at the Tour of Flanders? No, he wasn’t sitting down for some of Belgium’s famous ribs, and it wasn’t some marginal-gains wizardry. It turns out it was something much simpler. Arm warmers,…

  • China Cycle 2026: Building a Global Platform to Advance Global Cooperation and Innovation

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    [analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://velo-cdn.outsideonline.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/China-Cycling-Show-header.jpeg”] Josh Ross Published April 6, 2026 10:25AM Velo will be bringing you info from the following show so keep an eye out for all the tech trends you don’t normally see. Below is the press release from China Cycle with more information. SHANGHAI, CHINA, Feb. X, 2026, PRNewswire — China International Bicycle…

  • The Fight for Pogačar’s Crown Begins at Itzulia: Del Toro vs. Seixas is the Narrative of the Next Era

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    [analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://velo-cdn.outsideonline.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/next-in-line.jpg”] Jim Cotton Updated April 6, 2026 10:34AM Believe it or not, but the Tadej Pogačar era will eventually end. And when it does, it’s Paul Seixas and Isaac del Toro who will battle to be crowned king of a TikTok peloton that starts grand tours and classics, and wins both. The rise…

  • How to Watch Paris-Roubaix 2026 in the USA, Canada, and Worldwide

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    [analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://velo-cdn.outsideonline.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/how-watch-paris-roubaix-5.jpg”] Jim Cotton Updated April 6, 2026 03:40AM The Trouée d’Arenberg. The Mons-En-Pévèle. The Carrefour de l’Arbre. These brutal cobblestone tracks are why you can not miss Paris-Roubaix and Paris-Roubaix Femmes on Sunday, April 12. The men’s and women’s “Hell of the North” are unlike any other races on the pro calendar. They…

  • Mathieu van der Poel Hits Breaking Point in Epic Duel with Tadej Pogačar at Flanders

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    [analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://velo-cdn.outsideonline.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/Z8D_7832-2.jpg”] Andrew Hood Updated April 6, 2026 02:59AM Mathieu van der Poel collapsed over his handlebars, and one image on Sunday captured the full weight of Tadej Pogačar’s absolute victory at the Tour of Flanders. Pogačar consoled him in a brief moment of mutual respect as the Dutchman searched for answers to a question already…

  • Mission Impossible? A Roubaix Win Would Set Pogačar up for a Truly Huge Goal

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    [analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://velo-cdn.outsideonline.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/GettyImages-2269406485.jpg”] Shane Stokes Updated April 5, 2026 03:59PM Tadej Pogačar has said multiple times that he is not motivated by records. Equaling or bettering what others have done before is not what drives him; instead, achieving things that he has not personally achieved before are what most concerns him. Sometimes, though, both of…

  • Sheffield Crashes, Lamperti in Big Move as Americans Go Deep in Flanders

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    [analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://velo-cdn.outsideonline.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/amricasflandrs.jpg”] Andrew Hood Updated April 5, 2026 03:25PM American riders were at both ends of the action Sunday as Magnus Sheffield went down hard in the closing kilometers and Luke Lamperti lit up the early break in the Tour of Flanders. Sheffield crashed on the descent off the Koppenberg under heavy crosswinds as one…

  • Vollering Vanquishes All in Women’s Tour of Flanders

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    [analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://velo-cdn.outsideonline.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/GettyImages-2269347684.jpg”] Shane Stokes Updated April 5, 2026 12:48PM Demi Vollering was a class above her rivals in the women’s Tour of Flanders on Saturday, dropping a breakaway of very strong riders on the Oude Kwaremont and riding the final 19km alone. The FDJ-United Suez rider blew the doors off Tour de France Femmes…

  • Pogačar Pummels Van der Poel to Seize Third Tour of Flanders Title

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    [analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://velo-cdn.outsideonline.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/GettyImages-2269919227.jpg”] Shane Stokes Updated April 5, 2026 10:07AM Tadej Pogačar demolished the top names in the sport on Sunday, dispatching the likes of Mathieu van der Poel, Remco Evenpoel, Wout van Aert, Mads Pedersen and others to win yet another major one day race. The Slovenian notched up his 12th monument thus far…