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Ronde van Vlaanderen (Tour of Flanders) Classics Races

Passion for cycling

An anonymous but very beautiful photo… One of the best cycling-related photos, which contains no bike.

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Ronde van Vlaanderen (Tour of Flanders) Classics Races

Cancellara makes the history at Tour of Flanders 2014

Fabian Cancellara (Trek Factory Racing) won the Tour of Flanders 2014 (Ronde van Vlaanderen) spectacularly. This is his third (second consecutive) Tour of Flanders victory – so he joined the “Lions of Flanders” who won this monumental classic three times in history.

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Ronde van Vlaanderen (Tour of Flanders) Classics Cyclists and Teams Races

Peter Sagan gives flowers to Maja Leye

Peter Sagan, the young Slovak rider of Italian team Cannondale, has not been seen since his video apology to podium girl Maja Leye after his behavior on the Tour of Flanders podium. The two were expected to meet at the Brabantse Pijl race today because Maja works for race organizer Flanders Classics. Sagan gave flowers to Maya, so it seems his apology had been accepted.

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Races Classics

Tour of Flanders 2013 route has been presented – Flanders’ most beautiful

Tour of Flanders 2013 route (100th anniversary of the cobbled classic) route has been presented. The race will be 324 km long, as the first race in 1913.

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Bicycles and Equipment

Specialized Tarmac 2013

Specialized Tarmac 2013: Tarmac may be the most successful racing bike in recent years. Only in 2012, Spring Classics Amstel Gold Race and Ronde Van Vlaanderen (Tour of Flanders), Monumental Spring Classic Liège-Bastogne-Liège, Vuelta a España, and Olympic Men Road Race are won by the cyclists riding Specialized Tarmac.

UCI WorldTour teams Saxo Bank-Tinkoff Bank, Omega Pharma-Quick Step and Astana use Specialized bikes, and most of the races, they use Specialized S-Works Tarmac.