CyclingFans: Tuesday's Three Days of De Panne Stage 1 departs Middelkerke at 11:55am CET (5:55am U.S. Eastern) and is expected at the finish at Oudenaarde at around 4:48pm CET (10:48am U.S. Eastern).  Three Days of De Panne live streaming video should get underway at around 2:45pm CET (8:45am U.S. Eastern).

Paddy Bevin took his third straight win Sunday during a rain-soaked 157-kilometre final stage of the Sunset Road Race at the Redlands Bicycle Classic and sprinted within two seconds of winning the overall classification. But Kenda/5-Hour Energy's Phil Gaimon clawed back enough time on the final closing downtown circuit to save his overall lead and take his first NRC stage race win.

CyclingNews: Sevilla wraps up overall.

SBS: For the second year in a row, the Men’s category for the Cape Epic prologue was won by the South African/Swiss team of Burry Stander and Christoph Sauser (team 36ONE Songo Specialized) in a time of 1:11:52,1.

Cape Epic - March 25-Arril 1 (Races & results),
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Volta a Catalunya - March 19-25 (Stages & results),
Critérium International - March 24-25 (Stages & results),
Tour de Normandie - March 19-25 (Stages & results),
Vuelta Mexico  - March 18-28 (Stages & results),
Gent - Wevelgem - March 25 (Start list),
Trofeo Alfredo Binda - March 25 (Start list),
E3 Prijs Vlaanderen - Harelbeke - March 23 (Start list),
Coppi e Bartali March - 20-24 (Stages & results),
Amgen Tour of California - May 13-20 (Stages ),
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Amber Neben: I traveled to Mar del Plata, Argentina for the Pan American Championships.  The time trial was a big objective for me, because with a win I could earn an automatic start spot for the World Championships Time Trial.  The same was true for the road race, so I wanted to be available to ride for our sprinter to help the USA earn that additional team spot for the world championships.

"For the second time in three days, we were spoiled with a race in our backyard. So after a morning of work and relaxing, we got our kits on, shouldered our backpacks, and headed into the Vlaamse Ardennen to enjoy an incredible afternoon of bike racing."

VeloNation: Tour of Britain podium finisher continues to gain momentum.

Off The Beaten Path: If you use a headlight from Busch & Müller or another brand, you will have to attach your own connectors. Even with an Edelux light, it makes sense to cut the wires exactly to the length you need (but not too short!), rather than wrap extra wires around your bike’s fork blades.

BikeRumor: We had the Cervelo S5 for several months and logged about 350 miles between two testers. Whether you love the looks or hate ‘em, it’s a fast bike. It’s also a fairly stable ride, not twitchy in the least like some crit bikes. But, it can still be whipped through some tight turns at speed when necessary. In other words, it’s a solid performer in any situation where speed is critical. As with any bike, though, there’s more to the story…

VeloNews: With his victory Sunday, the third Ghent-Wevelgem win of his career, Tom Boonen emphatically confirmed that, at the age of 31, and seven years after his breakthrough season, he is back on top.

TwistedSpoke: The latest UCI team rankings are out and the big winner is: Matt White of GreenEdge. Revenge is a dish best served up in Milan San Remo and the Volta a Catalunya. Fresh out the gate and in their first year of existence as a ProTeam, GreenEdge leads Jonathan Vaughters’ Garmin squad in the rankings by eight victories to six.

BikeRadar: The Spring Classics - a series of races in Italy, Belgium and northern France in March and April - are among the most iconic races in professional cycling. They're held on tough courses that wind through back roads and typically contain several sections of cobbles. Hard to finish and much harder to win, given how many things can go wrong.

road.cc: Olympic champion says she will ride for Armitstead if required to do so in London.

Today's Quote

“I was isolated before the Monteberg. It’s as simple as one wheel; someone loses the wheel in front of you, and you’re gapped.” - Mark Cavendish VeloNews

VeloNation: Danish squad currently last in UCI ranking.

Jason Sager: Everything is epic and off the charts by Cape Epic standards. Take the prologue. Typically in road stage races, a prologue is five to 10 minutes, our prologue here took longer than my time at the Mellow Johnny's UCI-sanctioned cross country event back in Texas a few weeks ago.

BikeRumor: Above, a carbon bash guard for Rotor cranks.

CXMagazine: Yes, tires can be removed and then re-glued. When removing Belgian taped and glued tires, it is possible that some of the tape will come off with the tire and some will remain on the rim.  Also, it is possible, though unfortunate, that the base tape can stick to Belgian tape and stay on the rim; if that happens the tire may not be useable.

SingleTrack: Why do some pros wrap tape around the ends of their Eggbeaters? I saw Jeremiah Bishop’s Cannondale a couple of years ago with that, and then I’ve noticed a few other pros since do the same thing.

CyclingNews: At the end of the 74th edition of Gent-Wevelgem the flowers were once again awarded to Tom Boonen (Omega Pharma-QuickStep), just as they had been in Friday’s E3-Prijs Harelbeke. The 2005 world champion continues his impressive demonstration of form and confidence which started early this season in Argentina’s Tour de San Luis.

 

Five Thoughts From Flanders.

RedKitePrayer: Thoughts on a terrific weekend of racing in Flanders.

VeloCast: This weekend was hours and hours spent following elite level, professional bike races where the UCI didn't get a mention. To some this may seem like a remarkable occurence. Yet there it was; hundreds of kilometres covered all over Europe and not so much as a whisper of self-interested, politcal maneouvering, "what will they think of next!" edicts or how the entire sport is but a hare's breath away from collapsing under the considerable weight of ineptitude and bad governance.

CyclingNews: Colnago CSF-Inox rider Mattia Gavazzi has been hit with a two-and-a-half-year ban for his positive doping control for cocaine by the Italian National Anti-Doping Tribunal.

CyclingNews: Paolo Bettini has won a lawsuit against German television broadcaster ZDF, which had claimed the former Italian pro had supplied doping products to his then-teammate Patrik Sinkewitz. The broadcast company must now pay him damages, the Italian court ruled last week.

Marijn de Vries: Riding in a group is something completely different than riding solo. And no, I am not speaking of riding criss-cross in a peloton. I am speaking of training in neat pairs on the public road.

road.cc: The group – Bicycling editor at large Bill Strickland, photographer  Chris Milliman, David Alvarez, Jeff Lockwood, Mark Taylor and Belgian pro cyclocross rider Ben Berden – began their adventure last Sunday by riding the parcours of Gent-Wevelgem and finished on Saturday Liege-Bastogne-Liege.

VeloNews/BikeBlogNYC: Fixed gear bicycle racing took a few pedal revolutions forward on Saturday night as Brooklyn’s Red Hook Criterium attracted a smattering of European cyclists and a thousands-strong crowd. Despite the international flavor, two-time Red Hook winner and Brooklyn local Daniel Chabanov defended his 2011 title by stretching a fourth-lap (of 24) attack into a convincing solo victory.

Team Caffeine rules! For cycling purists who 'do it' for the love of tradition and a bloody good coffee, whilst keeping cosy in our super warm, super soft and ultra luxurious polar fleece jacket with edgy logos

BikeRadar: In credit crunch times it pays to do your own wrenching, but to maintain and repair your bike with any success you'll need a decent quality tool kit. Here's our pick of the best cycling-specific offerings we've tested this year.

BikeRadar verdict: 4 out of 5 stars. "Exquisite frame with supple ride, but wheels are heavyish for the price."