Mathieu van der Poel won the Paris-Roubaix cycling classic Sunday, breaking away solo on a dangerous cobbled section for a magnificent solo triumph.

Belgian favorite Wout van Aert is banking on a collective challenge to bitter rival Mathieu van der Poel in Sunday's Paris-Roubaix bike race, dubbed the "Hell of the North", which could be raced in treacherous conditions.

The classics season is upon us, and cycling fans around the world are eagerly anticipating the upcoming races. One of the most highly anticipated events is the Paris-Roubaix, which is set to take place on April 9th. As the race draws near, the start list is beginning to take shape, and here are 15 riders expected to be among the favorites.

The hardest race of the year is here, the Paris-Roubaix cobbled classic this Sunday. It has all the elements that make a monument: distance, history and something else none of the others feature - really bad roads.

Tadej Pogacar won the Tour of Flanders on Sunday with a searing solo attack in the final 20 kilometers on the 274-kilometer one-day race.

Belgian cyclist Wout van Aert “might have died” after almost falling under the wheels of a cement mixer truck while on a training run, a teammate said Thursday.

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.

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.

Mathieu van der Poel came out on top in his heavyweight showdown with arch rival Wout Van Aert to claim a fifth cyclocross world championship on Sunday.

The cyclo-cross world championships, which opened on Friday with the Dutch winning the mixed relay, will culminate on Sunday with a showdown between two of the sport's biggest stars Mathieu van der Poel and Wout Van Aert.

Brace yourself for a clash of the titans at the 2023 UCI Cyclocross World Championships on Feb. 4-5 in Hoogerheide, Netherlands. We are going to see Mathieu van der Poel against Wout Van Aert and Puck Pieterse and Fem van Empel going head-to-head after a season-long slugfest every weekend.

The Cyclocross season officially kicks off October 9 with the first of 14 UCI World Cup rounds in Waterloo, Wisconsin. Rounds follow in Dublin, all over Europe and with the promise of Mathieu van der Poel (Alpecin-Fenix) and Wout Van Aert (Jumbo-Visma) on the grids in a build up to the World Championships on February 5.

Jonas Vingegaard survived the "heart attack" of a near fall on Saturday's individual time trial to virtually wrap up the Tour de France and now only needs to cross the Champs-Elysees finish line in Paris on Sunday to guarantee the champion's yellow jersey.

Dutch sprinter Dylan Groenewegen snatched victory in the third stage of the Tour de France on Sunday, edging Wout van Aert on the line although the Belgian retained the overall race leader's yellow jersey.

Belgium's Jumbo-Visma rider Wout van Aert sprinted to victory in the fifth stage of the Criterium du Dauphine on Thursday to consolidate his lead in the overall standings. It was a second stage win for the Belgian champion, coming four days after his victory in the opening sprint stage in Beauchastel.