Flanders

‘The top 10 would be crazy’ – Unibet Rose Rockets set to start crucial tour of Flanders

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Dylan Groenewegen takes a selfie with his Unibet Rose Rockets teammates

Last year, the CEO of Flanders Classics, Tomas Van Den Spiegel, made a bet with Unibet Rose Rockets: if their sprinter Lukáš Kubiš finished in the top 10 at the Omloop Het Nieuwsblad, he would give the team a wild card for the Tour of Flanders. The Rockets owners had been asking for an invite … Read more

‘I told him for years to do it, and he didn’t’ – Patrick Lefevere reacts to Remco Evenepoel’s first Tour of Flanders, when he failed to convince him at Soudal-QuickStep

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Team Bora's Belgian rider Remco Evenepoel crosses the finish line of the sixth stage of the 2026 'Volta a Catalunya' cycling tour of Catalonia, a 158 km race between Berga and the Sanctuary of La Mare de Deu de Queralt in Berga, on March 28, 2026. (Photo by Josep LAGO / AFP)

When the former manager of the team Patrick Lefevere said that Remco Evenepoel finally makes his Tour of Flanders good for cycling, he could not realize if it was an offensive thing that failed to convince the Belgian star to do it before he left Soudal-QuickStep for Red Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe. The German club created huge drama … Read more