The Latest Breaking News from Belgium

Five things we learned amid the chaos of Opening Weekend 2026 – From Van der Poel and Vollering's excellence, to Visma's bounceback and the major role of crashes

Key takeaways as the Classics get underway with a bang at Omloop Het Nieuwsblad and Kuurne-Brussel-Kuurne

Cycling News · Mar 2

Ukraine-Russia war latest: Five injured in Ukrainian drone attack on major Russian oil terminal

Russian city of Novorossiysk, home to port and a naval base, comes under overnight attack from Kyiv's forces

The Independent UK · Mar 2

Tim Wellens latest big name to break a bone in Opening Weekend as more crashes affect Kuurne-Brussel-Kuurne

Collarbone fracture for Belgian as windy weather and tense racing causes incidents in Belgium

Cycling News · Mar 1

Down on luck and momentum – The nightmare continues for Wout van Aert and Visma-Lease a Bike

How the Dutch team's woes have gone from bad to worse at the start of the 2026 season

Cycling News · Feb 27

The Friday cycling quiz: Opening Weekend

It's all eyes on Belgium this weekend as the peloton hits the cobbles of Flanders to kick off the classics

Cycling Weekly · Feb 27

Belgian court suspends new asylum rules in blow to 'strictest migration policy yet'

The ruling by Belgium’s Constitutional Court suspended recently introduced asylum rules, in a blow to Prime Minister Bart De Wever’s attempts to introduce Belgium's “strictest migration policy yet”.

Euronews · Feb 26

'The team’s management ultimately felt it made sense to include her' – Lotte Claes will defend her Omloop Het Nieuwsblad title after all

Belgian will wear the number one dossard on Saturday after initially being left out of six-rider squad

Cycling News · Feb 25

'We could have won more races' – Tom Pidcock's season started with victory, but he's ready to ramp it up for the biggest Spring Classics

'He's like a knife with two sides, but he's not a bullshitter' says coach Kurt Bogaerts on the Pinarello-Q36.5 leader whose pre-season included a training camp in the Andes

Cycling News · Feb 24

DNA study uncovers continental origins of Britain’s bronze age population

When ancient DNA studies began to gain attention, little more than a decade ago, the view took hold among geneticists that everything we thought we knew about the peopling of Europe by modern humans was wrong. The story was simpler than anyone was expecting: Europe was settled in just three…

The Conversation · Feb 23

‘I had to struggle for a Belgium call-up. I reckon other players were shown the red carpet compared to me’ Radja Nainggolan on the challenges he faced breaking into the national team

The midfielder often struggled to nail down a place in the Red Devils set-up

FourFourTwo · Feb 22