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As it happened: Small group battles over victory in Milan-San Remo Women
LIVE The peloton tackles 156km race from Genoa to the Poggio finale in pursuit of victory in San Remo
Milan-San Remo Women: Lotte Kopecky holds off Noemi Rüegg for sprint victory on Via Roma
Results Eleonora Gasparrini takes podium spot away from Puck Pieterse in final surge to the line
'They didn't look good' – Kim Le Court-Pienaar gives update on serious Milan-San Remo Women crash which saw Kasia Niewiadoma-Phinney among the fallers
News Several riders hit the deck hard on descent of penultimate climb of the Cipressa
2025 runner-up Marianne Vos pulls out of Milan-San Remo at last minute as start list loses another big name
News Longstanding Dutch champion returns home due to concerns over father's health, will be replaced by Rosita Reijnhout
No Longo Borghini, no Vos, a headwind – Is Milan-San Remo Women playing into the sprinters' hands again? Team directors analyse the race
Analysis Hopes of a more attacking race may have been dashed by absence of Italian champion, but Movistar and Canyon directors still feel different finale from last year remains possible
'A women's Il Lombardia will happen but it's complicated' – RCS Sport working on creating the missing women's Monument
News 'It would be amazing. I'm very happy to hear that' says Demi Vollering
Illness forces Italian champion Elisa Longo Borghini to pull out of Milan-San Remo Women
News Without UAE Team ADQ's leader, the race moves more in favour of the sprinters and defending champion Lorena Wiebes
From top riders' real form to the teams not quite thriving – Five key questions ahead of Milan-San Remo and the next Classics
Analysis We're a few races into the spring, but there's still so much to analyse and discover as the racing ramps up in March and April
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Tour of Flanders Women LIVE - The day's break is caught and a group of favourites lead into the final 40km
164km packed full of cobbles and climbs on the menu in Belgium's biggest day. -
'A big change to the team' – How Franziska Koch became a vital domestique for Demi Vollering and one of the best signings of the season
German champion will prove essential as one of European Champion's supporting cast at Sunday's Tour of Flanders -
Former Tour of Flanders winner Marianne Vos not racing Sunday to direct focus on family after father's death
Visma-Lease a Bike discloses decision by team leader, who has only two starts this year
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With no Kasia Niewiadoma-Phinney, Canyon-SRAM look to Zoe Bäckstedt and Chloé Dygert for Tour of Flanders success
Dygert and Cecilie Uttrup Ludwig make their Spring debuts, while in-form Bäckstedt will hit the ground running -
'I can give others some pressure' – Why Lorena Wiebes could be the most influential rider on the Tour of Flanders start line
Dutch star will play second fiddle to Lotte Kopecky, but her presence on Sunday could be a joker card for SD Worx-Protime -
Lotte Kopecky, Demi Vollering and Pauline Ferrand-Prévot face off in what could be an epic showdown – Analysing the Tour of Flanders Women contenders
Can the Queen of the Classics claim a fourth victory in Oudenaarde, or will Demi Vollering or Pauline Ferrand-Prévot succeed in winning a first Flanders title?
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'Being a little sneaky' with smart teamwork, Kristen Faulkner starts her European season at Tour of Flanders and says EF Education-Oatly 'can surprise the field'
Full recovery from 2025 shoulder surgery proven with three gold medals on road and track at Pan American Championships and Ardennes Classics next on calendar -
'I'm just at the level I want to be' – Lotte Kopecky says she 'doesn't really care' whether rivals view her as Tour of Flanders frontrunner
SD Worx-Protime leader full of confidence as she speaks to the media three days before chasing more history in the highlight of the Flemish spring -
'We know we are able to win' – Pauline Ferrand-Prévot returns to Tour of Flanders as a firm favourite after 'unexpected' success in 2025
Frenchwoman has set De Ronde as a big goal for 2026 and Visma-Lease a Bike say they're ready to race for victory
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Mick Rogers out, Fränk Schleck in as Lidl-Trek carry out major shake-up of senior management
Significant senior management shakeup also affects finance and marketing as well as sporting side of teams operation -
'I just don't feel the best' – Lingering illness continues to disrupt Elisa Longo Borghini with time running out to recover fully for Tour of Flanders
Italian Champion still suffering with nasty cough as headline Flemish race quickly approaches in just four days away -
'I have mixed feelings' - Late-race gamble falls short for Demi Vollering at Dwars door Vlaanderen
'In the end, there are always things you can do better in hindsight' as FDJ United-Suez talent carries strong form into the Tour of Flanders
