American rider Brandon McNulty of Team UAE Emirates took the overall lead of the Tour of the Basque Country on Thursday as home hope Ion Izagirre won stage four.
Danish cyclist Kasper Asgreen timed his attack perfectly and overtook Dutchman Mathieu Van der Poel to win the Tour of Flanders for the first time.
Team Arkea-Samsic's Bouhanni is facing disciplinary action from the UCI for shoving Groupama–FDJ's Jake Stewart into the barriers in the sprint finish at the race. The 30-year-old said that he had been subject to racial attacks on social media afterwards and posted screenshots of some of the messages he received.
Former French cycling champion Nacer Bouhanni spoke out about the stream of racist insults he's received in the past week.