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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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Evenepoel wins European title on a photo finish, Xavier replays the Lasne sign sprint
Remco Evenepoel won the men’s elite European road race on Sunday between Ljubljana and Sencur, in Slovenia, in a two-man sprint ahead of Italy’s Giulio Ciccone, the pair separated by the photo…
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Lefevere defends earpieces for the oil slick, Sandrine thinks of the batteries
According to WielerFlits, Patrick Lefevere is firmly opposed to banning earpieces at the world and European championships. He cites the example of an oil slick on the road, where the radio at…
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Belgium declares one leader and no plan B, Myriam files the empty box
National coach Serge Pauwels told VTM NIEUWS that Belgium has only one leader, Remco Evenepoel, for the elite men’s race at the Euros this Sunday in Slovenia, and no plan B. He…
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Malucelli counts his wins at Langkawi, Xavier counts his rides of 2024 and 2025
Matteo Malucelli (XDS Astana) won the final stage of the Tour de Langkawi in a sprint in Putrajaya, his third stage win of the 2026 edition. According to Cyclingnews, it is his…
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Evenepoel would ride every championship if he could, Myriam opens the calendar
Ahead of Sunday’s European Championships road race in Ljubljana, Remco Evenepoel said he would take part in every championship if he could. The Euros fall a week after the Worlds, and the…
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Van Gils at the Euros without a suitcase or toothbrush, Sandrine checks the backpack
Maxim Van Gils, 26, is at the European championships in Slovenia without his suitcase, which stayed in Brussels. His Belgian team kit travelled in his backpack to Ljubljana, but his wash bag…
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“No real leader” for the Belgians at the Euro, Myriam checks the start sheet
Lotte Claes, who is riding her second Euro, told RTBF that Belgium has no real leader without Lotte Kopecky. The Belgian women’s team recced the course the day before the race, which…
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“Mexico was already in sight”, says Benoot on Strava, Xavier watches the trace stop
Tiesj Benoot and Quinten Hermans rode out from the Belgian base camp before the Montreal World Championships, were stopped at the US border and held for a few hours. Benoot titled the…
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Gilbert proposes one or two radio captains per team, Sandrine checks the batteries
On the RTL Sports cycling programme Dans Le Peloton, Philippe Gilbert proposed that each team name one or two captains, and that a test race be run with one or two radios…
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The UCI wants qualified sports directors in Continental, Rik thinks of the assistant
From 2028, the UCI will require the sports directors and assistant sports directors of Continental teams to hold its sports director diploma, French federal Conti teams included. The diploma, awarded after a…
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Niewiadoma says Lidl-Trek “had a plan”, Myriam asks for the attachment
Kasia Niewiadoma, 32, has signed with Lidl-Trek until the end of 2028 after nine seasons at Canyon-SRAM and its predecessors. The world championships runner-up says she felt straight away, talking to the…
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Cyclo-cross will count towards WorldTour survival, Sandrine already has the hose out
Points from the World Championships in cyclo-cross, track, gravel and mountain biking, and from the World Cups in cyclo-cross, track and mountain biking, will count in the UCI team ranking, the sporting…
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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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