Henri “Rik” Van Looy has died aged 90. Van Looy is cycling’s best classics rider for the absolute reason that he won hundreds of races and among them every genuine classic and prime one-day race on the calendar at the time, a feat nobody has since matched.

In a land where champion cyclists are venerated, Van Looy went from hero to celebrity, with his family part of this too. In retirement he distanced himself from his imperial glory, avoiding the limelight and content to watch classics and grand tour stages from his sofa.

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The 2025 Paris-Nice route has been released. No surprises for the start outside Paris and the finish in Nice. In between there are some familiar stops and some novelty.

It’ll run between Sunday 9 March and Sunday 16 March. Here’s a closer look at the eight stages…

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Five highlights from the year, presented in no particular order. They’re picked for great sport and the benefit of hindsight.

Now it’s Milan-Sanremo. It had action, inaction and gave us some clues about how Pogačar could eventually win it.

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Some news from in and around the sport.

Have you got the Remco Reflex? After the “Dutch reach” technique for opening a car door, Belgium postal service B Post is now offering decals to further encourage drivers to look for cyclists following one of their drivers dooring the champ last week.

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Five highlights from the year, presented in no particular order. They’re picked for great sport and the value of hindsight.

Second is the Tour de France, named in the whole but picked for several great days along the way that could have been individual highlights but for economy we’ll bundle them together.

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Five highlights from the year, presented in no particular order. They’re picked for great sport and because we can apply the benefit of hindsight.

First is Gent-Wevelgem. It had suspense, it had surprise and it had a full cast of contenders too.

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Here’s the pro cycling calendar for 2025, free to download for your diary or phone.

It’s packed with all the men’s and women’s pro road races. So whether you’re scouting for that late season 1.Pro race to score points or just need to book sofa time or schedule a work “meeting”, here it is in a user-friendly format.

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At the start of the season ten riders were picked to follow for the year. Here’s a look how they got on.

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What have Demi Vollering and Lenny Martinez got in common? One thing is they both told their teams they were leaving earlier this season and quickly felt a chill in the air when around their employers.

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Ten riders were picked to watch for the season and now it’s time to revisit the post and see hw they fared in the course of the year.

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