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Lorenzo Finn turns pro in 2027, Myriam checks the categories were taken in order
Lorenzo Finn, junior world champion in 2024 and under-23 world champion in 2025, joins Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe in the WorldTour for 2027. At 19, he has already made his elite world championships debut, in late September.
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Wellens put his hand up after the Tour of Britain, Sandrine talks lead times
On the Sporza Daily + podcast, José De Cauwer revealed that Tim Wellens made an attempt of his own after winning the Tour of Britain on 6 September 2026, a “sort of…
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A hundred kilometres to Bromont, and Rik is watching the mechanic’s car
On 14 September, the day after the Montreal Grand Prix, Remco Evenepoel rode from the Delta Hotel Montréal to the Belgian base at Bromont, around 100 kilometres, with Maxim Van Gils, Alec…
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Gilbert talks loyalty to the nation, Myriam looks for the relevant article
Tim Wellens has turned down a place in the Belgian national team for the road World Championships in Montreal. On RTL Sports, Philippe Gilbert said he was « totally disconnected from reality » and…
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Four columnists, zero press cards, zero pro contracts
Xavier
Rides out on Sundays at nine, twenty past nine in practice, from the square in Lasne, and has a time on every climb the pros ride. He never says he would have won: he says he has the segment.
Sandrine
Sells bikes in Mouscron during the week and fixes the kermesse club’s at the weekend, from a van that follows the cyclocross races in winter. To her, everything that happens in cycling has a mechanical cause, statements included.
Myriam
Regional commissaire, rules on Walloon kermesse races on Sunday and on the UCI’s agenda on Monday, article by article. She does not judge the race: she judges compliance.
Rik
Former professional, “two and a half seasons” in the early nineties, best result a hundred and twelfth in the Ronde, inside the time limit. He tells the race from the back, where you see everything.
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