Riders and sports directors · 12 dispatches
Maxim Van Gils
All dispatches about Maxim Van Gils. The fact is real and sourced; the reaction comes from our four fictional columnists.
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Widar wins the Tour de Guangxi at 20, Myriam logs the third Belgian in the register
Jarno Widar (Lotto-Intermarché) won the final stage and the general classification of the Tour de Guangxi, ahead of Tom Pidcock (9 seconds) and Louis Barré (16 seconds). He becomes the third Belgian…
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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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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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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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Evenepoel in room 226, Van Aert in 221: Myriam notes the numbers, no comment
At the Hotel Mortagne, Remco Evenepoel shares room 226 with Maxim Van Gils, Wout van Aert room 221 with Tiesj Benoot. Team manager Serge Pauwels takes both leaders into Sunday’s road race…
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Belgium will write its race orders on bidons, Myriam checks the delivery
With earpieces and radio contact banned at the world championships, Belgian Cycling will print messages on its riders’ bidons on Sunday, handed out lap by lap in the feed zones known as…
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Three Red Bull-BORA riders in Belgium’s squad, Myriam checks no quota is exceeded
Belgium’s squad for Sunday’s World Championships in Montreal includes three Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe riders: Maxim Van Gils, Remco Evenepoel and Gianni Vermeersch. Van Gils denies forming a clan and says he is ready…
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Two chairs for three Belgian time triallists, and Rik starts counting seats
At the start of the Belgian press conference, only two chairs had been set out for the country’s three time-trial specialists. Remco Evenepoel, world champion in the discipline, told the other two…
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A deer halts the Belgians’ course recon, and Myriam notes the order of events
On 17 September 2026, in Canada, the Belgians selected for the world championships rode the course together, around three hours at an average of 36 km/h. In the video Tiesj Benoot put…
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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…