The 2020 Classics season kicks off with the "Opening Weekend". First up is the Omloop Het Nieuwsblad on Saturday, followed by the Kuurne-Brussel-Kuurne on Sunday. The next Le Samin will be held on Tuesday.
Cycling News will bring you reports, interviews, results, and news from the classics, starting with Saturday's race. For information on how to watch Omloop Het Nieuwsblad via live stream, please use ExpressVPN (opens in new tab).
The race kicks off the spring classic season, with most of the big-name classic riders converging on Omloop and Kuurne in Belgium this weekend. Past winners such as Greg Van Avermaat (CCC Team), Zdenek Stival (Dečuninck-Quick Step), and Sepp Vanmarcke (EF Pro Cycling) will all be in Omloop.
In addition to this trio, world champion Mads Pedersen (Trek-Segafredo) will be joined by 2019 Flanders runner-up Kasper Asgreen (Detuninck-Quick Step) and 2019 Roubaix winner Philippe Gilbert (Lotto-Soudal). Start.
Alpecin Phoenix phenomenon Mathieu van der Pol may miss the race with the flu, but his 'cross rival Wout van Aert (Jumbo Visma) will make his 2020 road debut. Other riders in the field include two-time Flanders winner Alexander Kristoff (UAE Team Emirates), Oliver Naessen (AG2R La Mondiale), Tiesj Benoot (Team Sunweb), Niki Terpstra (Total Direct Energy), and 2019 Roubaix runner-up Big names such as Nils Pollitt (Israel Startup Nation) will line up in Ghent.
The Omloop Het Nieuwsblad course has changed little from the 2019 event, with 13 bergs lying on the road from Ghent to Ninove, seven of which are cobbled. Six more cobblestone sections add to the difficulty of the 200-km-long race.
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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 expected, local broadcasters such as Sporza (open in new tab), RTBF (open in new tab), and Rai Sport (open in new tab) will air 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 VPN to simulate being in your home country, you can bypass access.
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