The 2023 Tour of Flanders or Ronde van Vlaanderen startlist for Sunday features 175 riders, or 25 teams of seven riders. They will fight, with one only able to win the Belgian monument ending in Oudenaarde after 273.4 kilometers.

Jumbo-Visma's Frenchman Christophe Laporte won the Dwars door Vlaanderen cycling race in Belgium on Wednesday.

French rider Christophe Laporte won the Ghent-Wevelgem Classic ahead of his Belgian leader and Jumbo-Visma teammate Wout Van Aert on Sunday in a rain-lashed race that swept over cobbles and past World War I landscapes.

Primoz Roglic of Team Jumbo-Visma struck a major psychological blow in the lead-up to the Giro d'Italia by holding off his Quick Step rival Remco Evenepoel to win the 102nd edition of the Tour of Catalunya on Sunday.

The Tour of Flanders or what the Flemish call the Ronde van Vlaanderen is the biggest day in of the year in Belgian cycling, and perhaps in all of Belgium.

Remco Evenepoel out-sprinted Primoz Roglic in the final drag to the peak at La Molina on Wednesday to win the third stage of the Volta a Catalunya but the Slovenian clung to the overall lead.

The 2023 Gent-Wevelgem, which covers the gravel plugstreets and cobbled Kemmelberg, start list sees 173 cyclists start the Belgian classic in Flanders. This Sunday, March 26, Biniam Girmay (Intermarché-Circus-Wanty) will be back to defend against stars including Wout Van Aert (Jumbo-Visma).

Giulio Ciccone won a tortuous, mountainous slog on stage two of the Volta a Catalunya on Tuesday just ahead Primoz Roglic and Remco Evenepoel.

Primoz Roglic won the opening stage of the Volta a Catalunya on Monday, a hilly 164km run beginning and ending in the seaside town of Sant Feliu de Guixols on the Costa Brava.

Remco Evenepoel said on Sunday he is "in better shape than expected" ahead of the Volta a Catalunya, part of his preparation for the Giro d'Italia in May.

Colombian climber Egan Bernal returns to top level cycling heading the Ineos Grenadiers roster at a challenging Volta a Catalunya on Monday where he can measure his progress against the Belgian world champion Remco Evenepoel.

The Cobbled Classics are in full swing, coming thick and fast in Belgium. Ghent-Wevelgem will be crucial in the week leading to the Tour of Flanders, and a week after, Paris-Roubaix.

The 2024 Tour de France will finish with a taxing time-trial from Monaco to Nice, a far cry from the traditional champagne procession and sprint up the Champs-Élysées, organizers revealed on Monday.

Tadej Pogacar won cycling's Paris-Nice on Sunday when his solo triumph on the Riviera town's iconic Promenade des Anglais propelled the UAE Emirates rider to a crushing overall victory on his first entry to the eight-day event.

Two-time former Tour de France winner Tadej Pogacar came through the "first really difficult" day of his season to take full control of Paris-Nice on Saturday after winning the seventh stage.