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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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Jarno Widar says he is “still Jarno Widar”, Myriam checks his identity
Jarno Widar (Lotto-Intermarché), 20, won Tuesday’s Tre Valli Varesine ahead of Tom Pidcock, Matteo Jorgenson and Quinn Simmons, his first professional win. Ahead of the Tour of Lombardy, where he is billed…
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The UCI eyes two-week Grand Tours, Xavier stands up for his four weekends
The UCI is considering cutting the Tour de France, the Giro and the Vuelta from three weeks to two, one idea among others for reforming cycling’s business model. Asked by RMC, Christian…
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Evenepoel’s jersey has not reached Lombardy, so Myriam rereads the article on titles
Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe wanted to present Remco Evenepoel’s new bike and new European champion’s jersey on Friday, ahead of the Tour of Lombardy, but the jersey had not yet arrived. The team hopes…
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At Dendermonde the sand slope is now climbed on foot, and Rik watches those behind
The HG Cross Dendermonde opens the cyclo-cross season in Belgium, at Grembergen. On the course redrawn by Mario De Clercq, the steep slope riders used to descend in the sand now has…
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Dutch riders hand back their kit after the gravel worlds, Sandrine thinks of the wash
At the gravel world championships in Nannup, the Dutch federation gives Marianne Vos and Geerike Schreurs kit to be returned after use. Both riders pay for their own travel, while the federation…
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Van Rysel opens a “new era” with a mountain bike, Myriam seeks the article for it
Van Rysel, founded in 2019 with a road range, presented its first mountain bike, the RCR-XC, at the 2026 Roc d’Azur. According to the brand, 2027 opens a “new era” for it.
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Luxembourg rise from 5th to 3rd in the mixed relay, Xavier compares with his club
Luxembourg won bronze in the Elite mixed team relay at the European Championships on Tuesday, in Sencur, a year after finishing fifth. National coach Jempy Drucker says the team has been aiming…
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Dendermonde pays its winners in mussels, Myriam weighs the prize to the kilo
The elite winners of the Borremans Mosselcross in Dendermonde will receive 100 kilos of mussels and 350 euros, the youth winners 50 kilos and 150 euros. The main sponsor is the Berlare…
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Jarno Widar wins the Tre Valli Varesine at 20, Rik watches the last kilometre
Jarno Widar (Lotto-Intermarché), 20, won the 105th Tre Valli Varesine in Italy on Tuesday, in a three-man sprint ahead of Tom Pidcock and Matteo Jorgenson. It is his first professional win, in…
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Kopecky says “in the end, it’s never good”, Sandrine sorts the spoke tension
Lotte Kopecky told Sporza that it has become very hard to state her ambitions ahead of the track world championships in Shanghai, 14 to 18 October. She rides there with Shari Bossuyt…
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The UEC films the line 13,000 times a second, Xavier’s bike computer manages one
The day after the European Championships, Giulio Ciccone questioned on Instagram the photo finish that named Remco Evenepoel the winner. The UEC replied that evening in a statement: its system records the…
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Ciccone wants the photo of the real line, Myriam opens her folder at the finish article
The day after finishing second to Remco Evenepoel at the European championships, Giulio Ciccone posted a long message on Instagram. He praises the winner but asks to see the photo finish taken…
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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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