Greg Van Avermaet
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No regrets for Greg Van Avermaet and Peter Sagan despite mixed fortunes at E3 Harelbeke
Van Avermaet was unable to break Quick-Step's dominance while Peter Sagan looked off the pace at E3
By Gregor Brown Published
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Rolling with the puncheur: How Greg Van Avermaet stopped being racing's 'nearly man'
Having won the Olympic road race gold medal and spent three days in the Tour yellow jersey, cycling’s ‘nearly man’ turned over a new leaf last year. But will 2017 be the year in which Greg Van Avermaet finally comes good in the Classics?
By Gregor Brown Published
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Greg Van Avermaet: 'It's an honour to ride in the yellow jersey, that's why I tried to defend it'
Belgian Classics star Greg Van Avermaet will fight until the last to hold on to the yellow jersey in the Tour de France in order to honour the jersey.
By Gregor Brown Published
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Tom Boonen leads Belgium at World Championships; Groenewegen for the Dutch
Tom Boonen and Greg Van Avermaet lead an all-star lineup for Belgium at the World Championships, while Dylan Groenewegen heads up the Dutch squad
By Stuart Clarke Published
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Greg Van Avermaet will 'race aggressively' at Tour of Flanders
Tour of Flanders favourite Greg Van Avermaet will not expectation get in the way of aggressive racing at this Sunday's Monument.
By Chris Marshall-Bell Published
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BMC Racing and Belgian federation clash after team refuses to let Greg Van Avermaet ride for national squad
BMC Racing and the Belgian federation have clashed after the team took the decision not to release any of its riders for the European Championships.
By Henry Robertshaw Published
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Etixx-Quick Step boss blasts motorbikes 'helping' Greg Van Avermaet at Dwars door Vlaanderen
Patrick Lefevere believes Greg Van Avermaet gained an unfair advantage by having a motorbike in front of him as he attacked in Dwars door Vlaanderen
By Stuart Clarke Published
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Chasing Greg Van Avermaet 'the deepest I've ever dug' says Tour de Yorkshire winner Chris Lawless
Defending champion Van Avermaet says he's satisfied with second place overall and a stage victory
By Richard Windsor Published
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Greg Van Avermaet wins Rio 2016 Olympic men's road race
Greg Van Avermaet (Belgium) proved the strongest rider in a very small group as he won the Rio 2016 Olympic men's road race
By Jack Elton-Walters Published
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Leader of new UCI one-day classification Greg Van Avermaet: ‘I didn’t know the ranking existed’
The leader of the UCI’s new one-day ranking Greg Van Avermaet has revealed he didn’t know the new classification existed.
By Alex Ballinger Published
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Stephane Rossetto takes amazing breakaway victory, as Greg Van Avermaet wins Tour de Yorkshire 2018 overall
Cofidis rider Rossetto holds on after 113km solo breakaway
By Owen Rogers Published
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Greg Van Avermaet ends season early with WorldTour win secured
Belgian Classics star Greg Van Avermaet says that he will end his season "two weeks early" with an almost unassailable lead in the 2017 UCI WorldTour
By Nigel Wynn Published
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Greg Van Avermaet reveals details of mountain bike crash that caused broken ankle
A puddle and a bit too much speed were responsible for Greg Van Avermaet fracturing his ankle, although the Belgian is seeing the positives of extra rest.
By Henry Robertshaw Published
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Greg Van Avermaet rues missed opportunity at Amstel Gold Race
Greg Van Avermaet missed the race deciding moves in the Amstel Gold Race despite showing decent strength early on
By Owen Rogers Published
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Greg Van Avermaet says Amstel Gold Race is ‘last chance’ in Classics campaign
Greg Van Avermaet says Amstel Gold Race is his “last chance” to go for Classics glory this season.
By Alex Ballinger Published
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Greg Van Avermaet pips Peter Sagan to Omloop Het Nieuwsblad victory
Olympic champion Greg Van Avermaet wins second consecutive edition of Omloop Het Nieuwsblad ahead of Peter Sagan
By Nigel Wynn Published
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Greg Van Avermaet wins Belgian cycling award for second year running
BMC's Greg Van Avermaet takes home the Kristallen Fiets award for the second year running, beating Tim Wellens and Tiesj Benoot
By Stuart Clarke Published
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Greg Van Avermaet looking for more team support after difficult Ghent-Wevelgem
The Belgian was left to face the race solo at Ghent-Wevelgem as other teams used their strength in numbers
By Gregor Brown Published
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Philippe Gilbert: 'Greg Van Avermaet always conveyed a restrained anger towards me'
Former team-mates at BMC Racing, Philippe Gilbert and Greg Van Avermaet are set to go head-to-head at the Tour of Flanders after years of tension at BMC.
By Gregor Brown Published
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Greg Van Avermaet to lead BMC at Milan-San Remo as Philippe Gilbert pulls out with illness
Greg Van Avermaet takes on Milan-San Remo after winning overall at Tirreno-Adriatico, while Gilbert attempts to recover from an infection picked up at Paris-Nice
By Richard Windsor Published
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Van Avermaet: Birth of first child more important than Tour de France
BMC's Greg Van Avermaet says he will leave the Tour de France early if his wife goes into labour during the race
By Stuart Clarke Published
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Peter Sagan beats Greg Van Avermaet to victory at GP Québec 2017
World champion Peter Sagan took his second victory at the Canadian one-day race GP Québec in successive years
By Richard Windsor Published
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Greg Van Avermaet wins Omloop Het Nieuwsblad, Peter Sagan second
Greg Van Avermaet out sprinted Peter Sagan to win the men's Omloop Het Nieuwsblad
By Jack Elton-Walters Published
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Crash brings ‘disappointing end’ to Greg Van Avermaet’s Classics season at Liège-Bastogne-Liège
The Belgian crashed in the same spot where Fuglsang made a miraculous recovery to stay upright
By Jonny Long Published
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'You'd better work until three kilometres from the finish, instead of whining and waiting'
Ghent-Wevelgem winner Greg Van Avermaet says you can's sit around and watch your rivals go up the road - you have to put in your share of the work to chase... or risk losing
By Gregor Brown Published
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Greg Van Avermaet and Philippe Gilbert lead Belgium super-squad for Worlds road race
With both an Olympic champion and a former World Champion in the ranks, could this be the team to win the Worlds?
By Craig Cunningham Published
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Greg Van Avermaet facing possibility of two-year ban after doping hearing
The BMC rider appeared in front of the Belgian Cycling Federation on Thursday, with the possibility of two year ban and a €262,500 fine for links to doping
By Richard Windsor Published
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Chris Froome takes first post-Tour de France criterium; wins big hat
Tour de France winner Chris Froome finished ahead of Greg Van Avermaet and Rafal Majka in the Aalst Criterium on Monday
By Richard Windsor Published
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Olympic champion Greg Van Avermaet says suspending 2020 Games was 'only possible option'
Belgian says holding the Olympics this year would have been unfair on athletes
By Richard Windsor Published