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The 28-year-old man said he "realized how stupid and dangerous it was" after throwing the bottle at Dutch cyclist Mathieu van der Poel

It's a world-famous scene: a steady and slightly chaotic stream of cyclists pedalling out of Amsterdam's Centraal Station, heading for the canals and cafes of the Dutch capital.If nothing is done, the number of seriously injured cyclists is expected to double by 2040, the infrastructure ministry estimates.

An angry Mathieu van der Poel said it was like ‘a stone hitting my face’

Milkias Maekele is among the growing number of African cyclists with a professional deal, and the Eritrean teenager has been tipped to follow in the footsteps of Biniam Girmay.

A spectator who threw a bottle at cyclist Mathieu van der Poel during a race surrendered to Flemish police on Monday, the West Flanders deputy public prosecutor confirmed to CNN Sports.

Double Olympic champion Remco Evenepoel will return in the Brabantse Pijl race at home in Belgium on Friday after a serious crash last year. “I am counting the days until I can race with the guys again for the first time in more than six months,” Evenepoel said in a statement provided by his Soudal Quick-Step team on Tuesday. The 25-year-old Evenepoel crashed into the open door of a postal van on Dec. 3.

The three-time winner has been repeatedly targeted by spectators at races and called for the police and UCI to take action after this latest incident

A man hands himself in to Belgian police after a water bottle was thrown at Mathieu van der Poel while the Dutchman as riding to victory in Sunday's Paris-Roubaix.

Mathieu van der Poel was struck in the face by a water bottle thrown from the roadside during his third consecutive win at Paris-Roubaix on Sunday, prompting the Dutch cyclist to call for action.The bottle was nearly full and weighed half a kilo and when someone throws it like that it's not nothing," he said in his post-race press conference at the Roubaix velodrome.

The world champion has gone unbeaten in back-to-back weekends in Brazil

Tadej Pogacar narrowly failed to complete a stunning victory in his first attempt at Paris-Roubaix as Mathieu van der Poel powered to a third successive win over the famous cobbles.

An idiotic spectator threw a bottle in the face of Mathieu van der Poel but he still won Paris-Roubaix for the third straight year to deny world champion Tadej Pogacar

Mathieu van der Poel becomes the third rider to win three consecutive Paris-Roubaix titles after beating rival Tadej Pogacar.

Dutch rider Mathieu van der Poel benefited from Tadej Pogačar's late crash on Sunday to win the Paris-Roubaix race for the third straight year. Pogačar's debut appearance at the one-day classic saw him seeking to become the first Tour de France champion to win it since Bernard Hinault in 1981. The 26-year-old Slovenian was neck-and-neck with Van der Poel when he misjudged a turn on a cobblestone section and went into the crash barriers.

Pauline Ferrand-Prévôt overcame sickness and a crash to win the Paris-Roubaix women's race for the first time on Saturday with a well-timed solo breakaway. The 33-year-old from France added the prestigious and grueling Roubaix classic to her Olympic mountain bike gold medal at the Paris Games last year and the 2014 world road race title. A smiling Ferrand-Prévôt raised both arms in the air as she crossed the finish line at the Roubaix velodrome.

The veteran is the first home winner of the race since Frederic Guesdon nearly three decades ago, and the first woman to secure the coveted cobblestone trophy

The world champion is throwing everything on the line to cement his place in the history books

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Tadej Pogačar showed his strength to claiming a second Tour of Flanders title with a powerful solo victory on Sunday.

Beaten in thrilling fashion by the Dutchman at Milan San Remo a fortnight ago, there was no denying Pogacar in Belgium

Another blistering attack from Tadej Pogacar saw the world champion win the Tour of Flanders cobbled classic for the second time on Sunday. In the women's race, Belgian world champion Lotte Kopecky made history as the first female cyclist to win three editions of the event. Pogacar had plenty of time to raise his arms above his head and soak up the applause of the crowd as he soloed to victory after taking off on the third and final ascent of the Oude Kwaremont.

Two of the sport’s heavyweights are back in the ring, in part two of this gripping spring trilogy

USA TODAY 10BEST readers weighed in on the nation's best running and cycling events. Five Colorado courses made the lists. Here's which ones.

ESTAVAYER-LE-LAC, Switzerland (AP) — Two-time Olympic champion Remco Evenepoel is expected to return to competition this month after a serious crash last year, Tour de Romandie organizers said on Thursday. “From the first lists of entries received by the race organization, one name has already emerged that is sure to thrill the public: The prodigious Remco Evenepoel, double Olympic champion in Paris,” Tour de Romandie organizers said.

American Neilson Powless upsets Wout van Aert to win the Dwars door Vlaanderen one-day race with a sprint finish on the line.

Outnumbered by three rivals from the same team, United States rider Neilson Powless really should not have won a four-man sprint finish in the Dwars door Vlaanderen race Wednesday. Powless powered to the line past Wout van Aert, who was led into the sprint by his Visma-Lease A Bike teammates Tiesj Benoot and Matteo Jorgenson, trying to ensure his victory. The one-day race was a warm-up for Van Aert ahead of the Tour of Flanders classic, which has a stellar lineup.

American Neilson Powless won the Around Flanders cobbles classic on Wednesday leaving Wout van Aert and his Visma team with egg on their faces.American Jorgenson won in Van Aert's absence in 2024 and came home fourth Wednesday.

The race combines a cycling event with a pizza festival.

The Brit will likely target a mix of stages and the general classification at the year’s first Grand Tour

The Slovenian dropped his rivals on a crucial climb 20km from the finish line and soloed to victory

Primoz Roglic made a late charge to take the lead from local favorite Juan Ayuso and win the Volta a Catalunya on Sunday. A four-time Spanish Vuelta champion, Roglic prevailed in the final 20 kilometers (12.4 miles) to win the decisive 88-kilometer (54-mile) seventh stage in Barcelona and clinch the overall victory. Ayuso had entered the final day in the lead following a sixth stage that was shortened because of extreme wind.

Slovenia's Primoz Roglic seals his second Volta a Catalunya title in three years with victory in the seventh and final stage in Barcelona.

Primoz Roglic discusses his victory from Stage 4 of the 2025 Volta a Catalunya, sharing why he believes there's still "hard days" coming during the road cycling stage race.

UAE Team Emirates-XRG's Juan Ayuso leads the Volta a Catalunya after emerging victorious in a photo finish on stage three.

The three-time Tour de France winner will race after UAE Team Emirates-XRG made a change to his schedule

The three-time Tour de France champion from Slovenia will take part for the first time in Paris-Roubaix, the grueling cycling classic over cobblestones held in northern France next month, his team said on Wednesday. Pogacar will seek to become the first Tour de France champion to win in Roubaix since cycling great Bernard Hinault back in 1981.

The Dutch rider was narrowly beaten in her bid to retain her title. But she has stormed back at the start of this season using lessons from her childhood

Britain's Ethan Vernon edges out compatriot Matthew Brennan to win stage two of the Volta a Catalunya for Israel–Premier Tech.

Matthew Brennan sprinted to victory in the first stage of the Tour of Catalonia in pouring rain on Monday, pipping Tibor del Grosso as the 104th edition of the race began.Brennan, who celebrated his first professional victory last week at the GP de Denain with another sprint finish, completed the stage in just over four hours 25 minutes in poor weather conditions.

British teenager Matthew Brennan claims his first World Tour race win with a stunning victory on stage one of the Volta a Catalunya.

Two-time Tour de France champion Jonas Vingegaard has revealed that he suffered concussion in a crash earlier this month during the Paris-Nice race. “I rode my bike for the first time on Thursday and I’m still taking it very easy,” Vingegaard said. It was only known that Vingegaard hurt his left hand during the fifth stage of Paris-Nice after hitting the ground in a climb.

The double Tour de France champion finished a 200km stage despite feeling dizzy due to the concussion

Last December’s sold-out Grand Finale marked the end of the series after just four years

The world champion has never made raced the ‘Hell of the North’ before but is bidding to win all five Monuments in his career

Kevin Record plans on circumnavigating the globe by bicycle to establish a Guinness World Record while raising money for Alzheimer’s Association.

Mathieu van der Poel holds off Filippo Ganna and Tadej Pogacar in a thriller to win the Milan-San Remo one-day classic for the second time.

Even with a new tactic, Tadej Pogacar still couldn’t win the Milan-San Remo. Pogacar attacked earlier than usual — on the penultimate Cipressa climb — but Mathieu van der Poel followed the Slovenian standout every step of the way and eventually won a three-man sprint Saturday that also included Filippo Ganna. “He tried everything he could,” Van der Poel said of Pogacar, the reigning world, Tour de France and Giro d’Italia champion.

Tadej Pogacar has developed a love-hate relationship with the Milan-San Remo race over the years. “Milan-San Remo is probably the race that will torment me for the longest time,” the three-time Tour de France winner said at the end of last year. The obvious alternative is to attack up the penultimate climb, on the Cipressa, which comes a bit more than 20 kilometers from the finish.

Para-cyclist Archie Atkinson on why a Paralympic silver medal left him ashamed.

The 2027 Tour de France will start in Edinburgh with the first three stages taking place in Scotland, England and Wales, the organisers ASO announced at a ceremony in the Scottish capital on Wednesday. This will be the third men's start from the United Kingdom but the two previous Grand Departs both took place in England, making these the first stages ever to be raced in Scotland and Wales.