Biniam Girmay of Eritrea won the prestigious Gent Wevelgem classic on Sunday, becoming the first sub-Saharan cyclist to win a one-day classic.

Czech rider Zdenek Stybar will miss the Tour of Flanders after undergoing surgery for a heart problem, his team, Deceuninck Quick-Step, announced on Friday.

The Belgian monument, de Ronde van Vlaanderen, better known as the Tour of Flanders, takes place on Sunday, April 4th as the Classics season soon comes to a close. 

The second round of the Flanders Classics arrives this Sunday with Gent-Wevelgem. More fireworks are sure to come after Davide Ballerini upset the favorites at Omloop Het Nieuwsblad.

The 2021 Flemish Classics opening weekend is just hours away. Omloop Het Nieuwsblad is the first of the spring classics for the men, and the first race in Europe for the majority of the women's WorldTour peloton.

Omloop Het Nieuwsblad is the kickoff weekend for the spring classics, specifically the cobbled classics. At 200 kilometers long, Omloop is not as big a day in the saddle for the men as the Tour of Flanders, but Omloop asserts itself on the calendar in ways other than distance. 

The spring classics kick off Saturday, February 27th with a strong field of cobbled specialists headlining the men's field at Omloop Het Nieuwsblad. 

Here are 21 of the biggest names competing in the virtual Tour de Suisse–the Digital Swiss 5–beginning on April 22 and ending on April 26.

Zdenek Stybar (Deceuninck-Quick Step) puts Omloop Het Nieuwsblad high up on the list of one-day races. He says this is thanks to its new final that like the Tour of Flanders years ago, climbs the Muur and Bosberg.