Tom Boonen says that he's back to his best after a solid winter of training - and wants to repeat his 2012 standout year after the disappointment of last season.
Speaking at Omega Pharma-QuickStep's final training camp in Calpe, Spain, Boonen said: "I've already had a lot of time on the bike since I started in September, so I also had a long winter but it was good for my condition.
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Tadej Pogačar's MET Trenta 3K Carbon is one of the best road cycling helmets on the market – grab it now with 26% off at TredzDeals The MET Trenta features enhanced safety and performance tech including MIPS AIR and now with a whopping £80 reduction, it's a bargain buy
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Tadej Pogačar has shown he's fallible - and that's a good thingThe Slovenian won’t enjoy losing, but it’s better for brand Pog that he sometimes does
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Man hands himself in to Belgian police after throwing full water bottle at Mathieu van der Poel during Paris-Roubaix30-year-old was on Templeuve-en-Pévèle cobbled sector when television pictures showed the bottle hitting him in the face
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I rode Zwift’s new Paris-Roubaix route - how hellish was it?The Hell of the North route has added virtual cobbles to the virtual training and racing platform
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Tadej Pogačar bags handful of Strava KOMs in Tour of Flanders onslaughtSlovenian tops the leaderboards on several verified segments but does not get flagged for efforts
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Tweets of the week: Forget the cobbles, Paris-Roubaix is now all about goats and chicanesIt's a Hell of the North special in this week's social media round-up
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37psi in 32mm tyres: Why tyre pressures are getting lower at Paris-RoubaixAs wider tyres become commonplace, riders are running lower pressures at the Hell of the North
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'I've never seen the cobbles as bad as this' - Inside one team's Paris-Roubaix reconTom Davidson joins British Continental team Lifeplus-Wahoo as they prepare for the most feared race of the season
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'I never wanted to be known as the TikTok cyclist' - how Alison Jackson wrote her legacy at Paris-RoubaixThe Canadian tells Cycling Weekly how a day across the cobbles of northern France changed her career
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Seven tech insights spotted at Paris-Roubaix 2023From tyre pressure systems to old-school chainrings, here's what Cycling Weekly saw at the race
