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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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Charlotte Kool asks for a discount on energy, Sandrine checks the meter
Lieke Nooijen, who won the women’s prologue at the Eneco Tour, received €220, against €1,490 for the winner among the elite men. Charlotte Kool (Fenix-Premier Tech) joked about it on Instagram, then…
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Sandrine Tas wins in Ede and leads the Eneco Tour, Xavier counts the second
Belgium’s Sandrine Tas (Lotto-Intermarché) won the sprint in the first road stage of the women’s Eneco Tour, Ede-Ede (79.5 km), ahead of Charlotte Kool and Barbara Guarischi. Fourth in the prologue, she…
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In Ibiza, the guaranteed star is not named, Myriam notes there is no start list
A cycling festival in Ibiza brings together Johan Museeuw, Marcel Kittel, Wout van Aert and Marianne Vos. The most expensive package, at least £4,000 (about €4,600), guarantees stars on the guided rides,…
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The Lotto bus driver in the leader’s jersey at 35 °C, Sandrine thinks of the washing
In 2024, at the Tour de Guangxi, the Lotto-Intermarché bus driver wore the leader’s jersey won by Lionel Taminiaux all week, in 35 °C shade. The World Tour race starts on Tuesday…
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Women ride the same roads earlier at the Eneco Tour, Xavier sees his Sunday ride
At the Eneco Tour, six days in the Netherlands from Tuesday, the women ride the same roads as the men every day, earlier in the day and over a shorter distance, except…
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Daan Depuydt knows the big races only from TV, Rik shows him the back
Daan Depuydt, 22, cousin of five-time Belgian champion Jens Schuermans, will ride for Picnic PostNL next season. He told WielerFlits he knows the big races only from television.
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Lucinda Brand wins 100 kilos of mussels in Dendermonde, Sandrine measures the van
Lucinda Brand, the world champion, won the Mosselcross (HG Cross) in Dendermonde on Sunday, the first cyclo-cross of the season. Ahead of Ceylin Alvarado and Denise Betsema, she leaves with 100 kg…
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At Dendermonde, 100 kilos of mussels for the winner, Myriam asks if the shell counts
The HG Cross in Dendermonde, which opens the Belgian cyclo-cross season, becomes the Mosselcross thanks to the sponsor Vishandel Borremans. Elite winners receive 100 kilograms of mussels, the youth categories 50 kilograms.
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Sven Nys says racing ten days in a row is impossible, Xavier recounts his Christmas rides
Sven Nys, team manager of Baloise Verzekeringen-Het Poetsbureau Lions, tells Sporza that the cyclocross calendar packs too many races around Christmas. He proposes a better spread, perhaps alternating from one season to…
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Evenepoel fourth in Lombardy, Myriam rereads the condition of his best season
Remco Evenepoel finished fourth in the Tour of Lombardy, his last big event of 2026. On Friday he said that if he won the race again, it would be his best season.
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Paul Seixas goes from Lombardy to the mountain bike overnight, Sandrine thinks of tyres
Winner of the Tour of Lombardy on Saturday at 20, Paul Seixas decided on Friday to ride the Roc d’Azur CIC on Sunday, 55 km of mountain biking in Fréjus. According to…
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Jarno Widar had never raced this far, Xavier digs out his longest ride
For his first Monument, Jarno Widar (Lotto Intermarché), 20, finished 13th in the Tour of Lombardy, the longest race he has ever ridden. He told Sporza he had given everything and was…
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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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