Pog, MVDP & WVA Clash Over The Cobbles! | E3 Saxo Classic 2023 Highlights

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The E3 Saxo Classic is one of the most prestigious one-day races on the calendar. At 205.4km in length, it is affectionately known by fans as '‘The Little Tour of Flanders’. Climbs like the Paterberg, Oude Kwaremont and Teigemberg all feature, before a flat and fast finish in the centre of Harelbeke. Who will lay down a big marker before the peloton races De Ronde in just over a week's time?

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