Three Days in April...

Although the cherry blossoms are blooming in Northern Virginia and the mercury is rising well above freezing, spring arrives for me in a different matter and in a different climate. Beginning this weekend with the Ronde van Vlaanderen on April 2nd, the Northern (Belgian) Classics have arrived!

As Paul Sherwen and Phil Liggett are known to say, these one day races "bring out the hard men." Through wintry conditions which can only be described as perverse, and over multiple sections of jagged cobbles, these races amount to a human free-for-all. Team tactics only come into play for the survivors. Think you'd be up for the challenge?

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Big George Hincapie leading the way at the 2002 Paris-Roubaix

Schedule
April 2nd - Ronde van Vlaanderen
April 5th - Gent-Wevelgem
April 9th - Paris-Roubaix

*Be sure to check out OLN or Cycling.tv for television coverage of each race.