The cycling season is underway with the second race of the opening weekend doubleheader, the Cune Brussel Cune, to kick off the 2023 Belgian race season. [The race on Sunday, February 26, will bring together sprint and classic specialists to battle it out on the roads and cobblestones of Flanders.

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Unlike the Omloop Het Nieuwsblad in the first half of the opening weekend, the Kuurne-Brussel-Kuurne is more of a sprinter's race, with a flatter course and no major climbs or cobbles in the finale.

As a result, more fast men line up on Sunday, but as the 2019 and 2020 Games showed, it is possible for the classics and other strong athletes to escape and finish ahead of the sprinters.

Last year, Fabio Jacobsen won the group sprint, and this time he will lead Sudar-Quick Step, with Caspar Asgreen, Davide Ballerini, and Yves Lampère also lining up among the Belgian powerhouses.

Jumbo Visma has opted for the Classics lineup, led by Tiesj Benoot, Dylan van Baarle, and Christophe Laporte; in AG2R Citroen, Greg Van Avermaat and Oliver Naessen will co-lead the and Jasper Stuyven will lead Trek Segafredo.

Elsewhere, Jasper Philipsen (Alpecin Deceuninck), Arnaud De Lier (Lot Dostony), Alexander Christophe (Uno X), Brian Coquard (Cofidis), Pascal Ackermann (UAE Team Emirates), Alberto Dainese (Team DSM), Peter Sagan (Total Energies), and Giacomo Nizzolo (Israel Premier Tech) are the top sprint candidates.

Others include Matej Mohoric, Fred Wright (Bahrain Victorious), Matteo Trentin (UAE Team Emirates), Dries Van Gestel (Total Energies), Ben Turner, Magnus Sheffield (Ineos Grenadiers ), Jake Stewart (Groupama-FDJ), and others.

The race will take place on Sunday, February 26 from 12:10 to 16:56 CET.

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The race will be broadcast live on TV and online in Europe and around the world

If you are in the UK, US, Canada, Australia, or one of the European countries, the race will be broadcast live on GCN+ and Eurosport - Discovery+ ( opens in new tab).

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The Flanders and Walloon races will be broadcast by home broadcasters Sporza (opens in new tab) and RTBF (opens in new tab).

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