Thus began a Christmas Eve message from General Anthony McAuliffe to his troops besieged at the Belgium town of Bastogne. Adolf Hitler had launched a desperate counteroffensive against the allies ...

Instead, the 25-year-old will head to Italy in March, taking on the trio of RCS ... 20), La Flèche Wallonne (April 23), and Liège-Bastogne-Liège (April 27) to round out his spring campaign.