Five conclusions from the RideLondon Classique 2022

RideLondon Classique 2022
RideLondon Classique 2022 (Image credit: Getty Images)

Returning for the first time since 2019 and in a new three-day format, the RideLondon Classique continued the WorldTour stage racing season with a trek around Essex and London this weekend. 

After the climbing-heavy trips to Itzulia and Burgos, RideLondon was a fast and flat affair, and a race for the sprinters - or indeed, just the one sprinter. 

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