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Peter Sagan (Cannondale) with one of his trademark finishes at Gent-Wevelgem (Image credit: Sirotti)
Sylvain Chavanel (Omega Pharma QuickStep) on the podium at De Panne (Image credit: Sirotti)
Mark Cavendish (Omega Pharma - QuickStep) wins a stage at De Panne (Image credit: Sirotti)
Tom Boonen leads his Omega Pharma QuickStep (Image credit: Sirotti)
Sylvain Chavanel (Omega Pharma QuickStep) time trials to the win (Image credit: Sirotti)
Fabian Cancellara solos in on another win at Flanders (Image credit: Sirotti)
Peter Sagan (Cannondale) slips back on the Paterberg (Image credit: Sirotti)
The start of the Tour of Flanders (Image credit: Sirotti)
Thomas Voeckler (Europcar) at the Tour of Flanders (Image credit: Sirotti)
Marcel Kittel (Argos Shimano) (Image credit: Sirotti)
Marcel Kittel (Argos Shimano) (Image credit: Sirotti)
Mark Cavendish was too far back for the sprint (Image credit: Sirotti)
Bjorn Thurau (Team Europcar) (Image credit: Sirotti)
Jack Bauer is forced to walk on the bergs of Flanders (Image credit: Sirotti)
Mark Cavendish (Omega Pharma - Quick-Step) gets the win on Stage 2 of the Three Days of De Panne (Image credit: Sirotti)
The peloton gathers in Oudenaarde for the start of Stage 2 of the Three Days of De Panne (Image credit: Sirotti)
Mark Cavendish celebrates with an Omega Pharma - Quick-Step teammate following his victory (Image credit: Sirotti)
Sylvain Chavanel (Omega Pharma - Quick-Step) showed ominous form during the Three Days of De Panne (Image credit: Sirotti)
Tom Boonen (Omega Pharma QuickStep) crashes out of the Tour of Flanders (Image credit: Bettini Photo)
Juan Antonio Felcha (Vacansoleil-DCM) goes deep at Dwars Door Vlaanderen (Image credit: Bettini Photo)
The riders switch to the bike path (Image credit: Bettini Photo)
Ian Stannard (Team Sky) had a good spring but failed to secure the results he deserved (Image credit: Bettini Photo)
Thomas Voeckler (Team Europcar) makes his late move at Dwars Doors Vlaanderen (Image credit: Bettini Photo)
Oscar Gatt (Vini Fantini-Selle Italia) got the winner's kisses at Dwars Door Vlaanderen (Image credit: Bettini Photo)
Oscar Gatto passed Thomas Voeckler near the line to win Dwars Door Vlaanderen (Image credit: Bettini Photo)
Oscar Gatto (Vini Fantini-Selle Italia) celebrates winning the sprint (Image credit: Bettini Photo)
Stijn Devolder played a key roll in RadioShack-Leopard's successful Classics campaign (Image credit: Bettini Photo)
Taylor Phinney (left) does his best to stay warm as BMC is presented to the crowd (Image credit: Bettini Photo)
The peloton passes a snow-covered field at Gent-Wevelgem (Image credit: Bettini Photo)
The peloton passes through the Menin Gate in Ypres (Image credit: Bettini Photo)
Andrei Amador (Movistar) ahead of Sky's Bernhard Eisel (Image credit: Bettini Photo)
Mark Cavendish (Omega Pharma - Quick-Step) charges ahead during Gent-Wevelgem (Image credit: Bettini Photo)
Peter Sagan and daylight as the Cannondale rider heads for the finish line (Image credit: Bettini Photo)
Daniel Oss (BMC) grits his teeth (Image credit: Bettini Photo)
BMC's World Champion Philippe Gilbert out of the saddle at Gent-Wevelgem (Image credit: Bettini Photo)
Winning... Peter Sagan (Cannondale) celebrates as he crosses the finish line in Wevelgem (Image credit: Bettini Photo)
Fabian Cancellara (RadioShack - Leopard) collapses on the grass (Image credit: Bettini Photo)
Bernhard Eisel (Sky) couldn't match the power and speed of the other favourites (Image credit: Bettini Photo)
Filippo Pozzato (Lampre-Merida) at the finish of Roubaix (Image credit: Bettini Photo)
A cut Tyler Farrar (Garmin-Sharp) takes on the cobbles of Paris-Roubaix (Image credit: Bettini Photo)
The peloton speed past in the 2013 Paris-Roubaix (Image credit: Bettini Photo)
An exhausted Fabian Cancellara on the ground in the Roubaix velodrome (Image credit: Bettini Photo)
John Degenkolb (Team Argos-Shimano) shows the strain (Image credit: Bettini Photo)
Taylor Phinney (Team BMC) leads the race through the Arenberg forest (Image credit: Bettini Photo)
Juan Antonio Flecha dug deep to finish in the top ten (Image credit: Bettini Photo)
Fabian Cancellara bursts through the crowd to win his third Paris-Roubaix (Image credit: Bettini Photo)
Pozzato (Lampre) was off the pace this spring (Image credit: Bettini Photo)
The cobbles of Paris-Roubaix provide an epic backdrop (Image credit: Bettini Photo)
Berhanrd Eisel (Sky) and Fabian Cancellara at Auchy lez Orchies a Bersee (Image credit: Sirotti)
Sylvain Chavanel (Omega Pharma - Quick-Step) negotiates a bend at Troisvilles a Inchy (Image credit: Sirotti)
BMC's Greg Van Avermaet through the Quievy a Saint - Python (Image credit: Sirotti)
Stijn Vandenbergh (Omega Pharma - Quick-Step) and Sep Vanmarcke (Blanco) attack on the Cysoing a Bourghelles (Image credit: Sirotti)
Fabian Cancellara (RadioShack - Leopard) pushes Sep Vanmarcke (Blanco) to the limit (Image credit: Bettini Photo)
Marked man: Cancellara is followed by the rest of the favourites at Paris-Roubaix (Image credit: Bettini Photo)
Tom Boonen (Omega Pharma QuickStep) crashes out of the Tour of Flanders (Image credit: Bettini Photo)
Niki Terpstra (Omega Pharma QuickStep) on the Koppenberg (Image credit: Bettini Photo)
Fabian Cancellara (makes his move at Flanders (Image credit: Bettini Photo)
Peter Sagan can only watch as Fabian Cancellara goes clear (Image credit: Bettini Photo)
Peter Sagan (Cannondale) on the limit in the Tour of Flanders (Image credit: Bettini Photo)
Fabian Cancellara shares a moment with his wife after his Tour of Flanders win (Image credit: Bettini Photo)
Johan Vansummeren digs deep at the Tour of Flanders (Image credit: Bettini Photo)
Lars Boom leads former teammate Juan Antonio Flecha in Flanders (Image credit: Bettini Photo)
Sylvain Chavanel couldn't match Cancellara and Sagan at the Tour of Flanders (Image credit: Bettini Photo)
Jurgen Roelandts and Peter Sagan fight it out for second place in Flanders (Image credit: Bettini Photo)
Geraint Thomas (Team Sky) had a day to forget at the Tour of Flanders (Image credit: Bettini Photo)
At the start of the 2013 Tour of Flanders (Image credit: Bettini Photo)
Luca Paolini (Katusha) was Italy's top finisher in 21st place in Roubaix (Image credit: Bettini Photo)
Edvald Boasson Hagen (Sky Procycling) after Paris-Roubaix (Image credit: Bettini Photo)
Fabian Cancellara (RadioShack Leopard) wins the 2013 Paris-Roubaix (Image credit: Bettini Photo)
Done and dusted: a tired Fabian Cancellara after his Paris-Roubaix win (Image credit: Bettini Photo)
Sep Vanmarcke (Blanco) reflects on his second place finish (Image credit: Sirotti)
This year’s spring classics had it all: Fabian Cancellara ’s classics comeback, Peter Sagan’ s ability to shock, both on the bike and on the podium, a fallen favourite in Tom Boonen, and enough thrills and spills that will relive in the memory for many years to come.
Cyclingnews looks back at the Spring cobbles, starting at Dwars Door Vlaanderen and Oscar Gatto reeling in a desperate Thomas Voeckler (Europcar) before the line.
Fabian Cancellara (RadioShack) announced he was ready for Belgium with a sumptuous performance in E3 Harelebeke, giving his rivals a taste of things to come.
Peter Sagan (Cannondale) rallied at Gent-Wevelgem a few days later, as Omega Pharma QuickStep saw Tom Boonen crash out and Mark Cavendish miss out on a sprint finish.
At the Tour of Flanders Cancellara took over where he’d left off at E3 and after Boonen crashed out and headed to hospital, his RadioShack rival turned the screw to devastating effect on the Kwaremont and the Paterberg.
