The Spring 2022 Classics continue this week, with the Amstel Gold Race followed by the Brabantspaille topping off the hilly Classics. If you're looking for a way to watch the action on the cobblestones and in the Ardennes, we've put together a handy live stream guide to the Classics.
A series of one-day races in Belgium, France, and Italy in March and April bring four monuments throughout the spring: the Milan-San Remo, Tour de Flanders, Paris-Roubaix, and Liege-Bastogne-Liege.
Following the Amstel Gold Race, the prelude to La Flèche Wallonne and Liège will be the men's and women's races on Wednesday at Brabants Pile.
Cycling News will bring you full reports, results, news, interviews, and analysis during the races, and read about how to use ExpressVPN (opens in new tab) to live stream the Spring Classics from anywhere.
The routes for both races are set in the hills of Flanders Brabant, south of Leuven and east of Brussels.
The men will tackle a 205.1 km route, with four laps of the finish circuit. Haggard (300 m, 10%), the paved Hertstraat (700 m, 3.9%), the Moskesstraat (500 m, 7%), the Horstheide (1 km, 5%), and the Brussesteinweg in Ovelaise (1 km, 3%) climb.
The women's peloton, on the other hand, runs 141.2 km. The route includes many of the same climbs, three laps of the finish circuit, and concludes at the top of the 24th hill, Brussesteinweg.
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The men's and women's races will be broadcast throughout the UK and Europe on Eurosport (opens in new tab) and Discovery+ (opens in new tab); Eurosport Player subscription is £6.99/$9.15/month, 12-month pass is £59.99/ Discovery+" also offers the same coverage for the same price.
In the UK, Europe, and some other regions, the race is broadcast on GCN+ (opens in new tab), with a one-year subscription fee of £39.99.
In the United States, Australia, and Canada, the races are broadcast on Flobikes (opens in new tab);
Local Dutch and Belgian broadcasters Nos, RTBF (opens in new tab), and Sporza (opens in new tab) also broadcast the races.
We will continue to update our "How to Watch" guide throughout the Spring Classics season with other broadcasters to remember over the next month, including NBC Sports (opens in new tab) via Peacock ($4.99/month in the US).
If you don't have cable, you can use SlingTV (opens in new tab) ($35/month, $10 off first month) or FuboTV (opens in new tab) ($64.99/month) (both services also offer free trials) to watch smart TV, other NBC Sports via IP via smart devices.
European spring classic broadcasts include Rai Sport (open in new tab) (Italy), France TV (open in new tab), L'Equipe TV (open in new tab) (France), NOS (Netherlands), EITB (open in new tab) (Basque Country), RTVE (open in new tab) (Spain).
If you live outside the broadcast area or are out of the country on vacation and the live stream is geographically restricted, you can work around this by using a "virtual private network" for your laptop, tablet, or phone, or a VPN to simulate being in your home country This can be done.
Our sister site TechRadar has tested hundreds of VPNs and recommends Express VPN as the number one VPN currently available. With ExpressVPN (opens in new tab), you can watch on many devices at once, including Smart TV, Fire TV Stick, PC, Mac, iPhone, Android phone, iPad, and tablet.
Current champion Tom Pidcock will be on the start list for the men's race. He will be joined by Amstel Gold Race Champion Michał Kwiatkowski in the Ineos Grenadier.
Quick Step Alphavinil duo Julien Alaphilippe and Remco Evenpole will form a strong two-man threat, as will Tim Wellens and Philippe Gilbert of Lotto Soudal. Elsewhere, Benoit Kosnefrois (AG2R Citroën), Dylan Tunes (Bahrain Victorious), Michael Valgren (EF-Easypost), Michael Matthews (BikeExchange-Jayco), Jacob Fuglsang (Israel Premier Tech), Marc Hirschke (UAE Team Emirates), and others to watch.
2021 women's winner Ruth Winder has retired, but runner-up Demi Volering is back and leads the SD Works team with Ashley Moolman Passio.
World champions Elisa Balsamo (Trek-Segafredo), Kasia Niewiadoma (Canyon-Slam), Colin Labecki (Jumbo-Visma), Amanda Spratt (Bike Exchange-Jayco), Sofia Bertizolo of the UAE team ADQ and Mavi Garcia will also compete.
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