Sentence examples for classics race from inspiring English sources

"In my mind, it's almost like each one of those nine days is like a Classics race in its own right, so it's almost like we've got to do nine one-day Classics before then starting the [General Classification] race up in the mountains," said Froome.

The finale to the season's cobbled classics races will be Wiggins' last for Team Sky before he leaves to front his own outfit, Team Wiggins.

They placed four riders into a seven-rider chase group and succeeded in bringing Cancellara back, something which has usually not happened to him in classics races.

The classic race was the stade i.e., one length of the course.

"A classic race, it's everybody's dream," Banwell said of coming for the Preakness.

"The duel between Mariska and Tuiga is the highlight of Thursday's classic race," Mr. Pajot said.

His owner, Samuel Doyle Riddle, had a long-standing aversion to entering any of his horses in the classic race.

"There's nothing like a classic race in a classic place," said Bernstein, who attended his first race at 16. "It's in the blood.

He notably won the 2,000 Guineas in 1992, bringing his total English Classic race wins to an unprecedented 30.

The Diane is a considered a "Classic" race, which often makes a victory in it even more meaningful.

Krabbé describes – pedal stroke by pedal stroke and kilometre by kilometre – an amateur one-day classic race.