Van der Poel, Van Aert resume battle at season's 1st cobbled classic

Fresh from making history earlier this month by winning an eighth cyclocross world title, Van der Poel has been relaxing and skiing since, leaving everyone to wonder when and where he would start his road season. The suspense was finally broken on Wednesday when his Alpecin-Premier Tech team revealed that the 31-year-old would line up for the first race of the traditional Opening Weekend double-header in Belgium -- Omloop on Saturday and Kuurne-Brussels-Kuurne on Sunday. Alpecin, a Belgium-based team...