The 2020 Classics season kicks off with "Opening Weekend". The Omloop Het Nieuwsblad opens on Saturday, followed by the Kuurne-Brussel-Kuurne on Sunday. The next Le Samin will be held on Tuesday.
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The opening event of the Spring Classics season will bring most of the well-known Classics riders to Belgium to take on Omloop and Kuurne. Saturday's winner Jasper Stuyven (Trek-Segafredo) will start in Kuurne, with second place Yves Lampert (Detunink-Quickstep), World Champion Mads Pedersen (Trek-Segafredo) and Greg Van Avermaet (CCC Team) will also start in the Cune.
Alexander Kristoff (UAE Team Emirates), Oliver Naessen (AG2R La Mondiale), and Matteo Trentin (CCC Team) are also worth watching.
Others in the field include Tiesj Benoot (Team Sunweb), Nils Pollitt (Israel Startup Nation), Sepp Vanmarcke (EF Pro Cycling), Zdenek Stival (Detunink Quickstep), John Degenkolb ( Lot Soudal), and Niki Terpstra (Total Direct Energy) are among the big names on the start list.
The 2020 Coulée will feature a revamped course, with changes to the climbing sections in the middle of the race. For example, the Nokereberg and Teigenberg will be gone, and the trio of Canaryberg, Kruisberg, and Hotond will appear in the second half of the race.
The 203 km course with 11 hills and 5 cobblestone sectors will still end with a flat run and no major obstacles in the last 50 km.
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The Spring Classics are broadcast live throughout Europe via Eurosport (opens in new tab) and Eurosport Player, with Eurosport in the UK broadcasting almost all races live.
A subscription to Eurosport Player (opens in new tab) costs £6.99/$9.16 for one month, £4.99/$6.54 for a one-year monthly pass, and £39.99/$52.42 for a 12-month pass.
Some races will also be televised on GCN Racing (open in new tab), starting with the women's Omloop Het Nieuwsblad.
In North America, both Fubo.tv (opens in new tab) and FloBikes (opens in new tab) broadcast many classics throughout the spring, but neither service is as comprehensive as Eurosport.
A subscription to FloBikes costs $150 per year and allows you to watch most of the season's big races. Fubo.tv, on the other hand, offers a one-week free trial, and its most popular package offers more than 75 channels for $54.99 per month.
Some of the major races are also available on NBC Sports Gold (opens in new tab), available for the low price of $19.99.
In Australia, SBS (open in new tab) will televise the Flanders, Roubaix, and Ardennes Triple Crown.
As you might expect, local broadcasters such as Sporza (open in new tab), RTBF (open in new tab), and Rai Sport (open in new tab) will broadcast most of the spring classics live. Feeds are subject to regional restrictions.
Check below for a full list of races and the broadcasters broadcasting them
If you live outside the broadcast zone or are vacationing out of the country and find that the live stream is regionally restricted, you can use a laptop, tablet, mobile "virtual private network" or via VPN to simulate being in your home country, you can bypass access.
TechRadar has tested hundreds of VPNs and recommends the number one VPN currently available as Express VPN. With ExpressVPN (opens in a new tab), you can watch on many devices at once, including Smart TV, Fire TV Stick, PC, Mac, iPhone, Android phone, iPad, and tablets.
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