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73rd Omloop Het Nieuwsblad
Sat 24 Feb, Gent - Meerbeke, 196km

Cycling is a Europe thing only and I only watch from Omloop on cause I am cool and sh*t

Welcome everybody to what used to be called the first real bike race of the year.

Although period photos confirm that many top riders would rock up to the erstwhile Het Volk a bit overweight one supposes, I suppose, that ...

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Dubai Tour[1]

In less than a week the Dubai Tour will celebrate its fifth birthday with a new schedule in the international calendar - from 6 to 10 February. The formula will be the same as last year: five stages totaling 851km and six Emirates included in the route. The stages are as follows:

1.	source of all text: RCS press release

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After its reintroduction in 2016, for the third time in a row the season of Spanish stage racing starts in Valencia:

Stage 1 - Oropesa El Mar › Peñiscola (191.4k)


Stage 2 - Bétera › Albuixech (153.9k)
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The start of the Grand Prix Cycliste la Marseillaise which will open the 2018 season of the French Cyclist Cup will be on Sunday January 28 on the forecourt of the Departmental Council of Bouches-du-Rhone in Marseille.

No major change for this edition of the race however the legendary Marseilles test still promises some nice surprises.

The rout...

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The Santos Tour Down Under was first held in 1999 and has grown year on year to become the biggest cycling race in the southern hemisphere.

This nine-day event brings top UCI WorldTour professional cycling teams to race on the streets of Adelaide and regional South Australia each January. Up for grabs are important UCI

1.	Source of all text: tourdownunder.com.au / profiles via @@laflammerouge16

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