Riders and sports directors · 12 dispatches
Serge Pauwels
All dispatches about Serge Pauwels. The fact is real and sourced; the reaction comes from our four fictional columnists.
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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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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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Lefevere wants an egoless domestique for the Worlds, Rik knows the role
In his column for Het Nieuwsblad, Patrick Lefevere argues that Alec Segaert is not the right rider to control the first 112 kilometres of the Montreal Worlds, because he is “too good…
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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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Belgium will ride Sunday’s Worlds without race radio, Xavier never had one either
Tiesj Benoot, 32, will be Belgium’s road captain on Sunday in Montreal, for his eighth World Championships appearance. He says the team will race the road race without race radios.
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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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Evenepoel hands out places before the time trial, Myriam fills in nothing before the finish
The world championship time trial takes place on Sunday in Montreal, over 39.2 flat kilometres, the same distance for women and men. Four Belgians are on the start list, and their places…
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Pauwels says one pick stayed “under the radar”, Sandrine hears it in the housing
In Belgium’s squad for the U23 World Championship, Bert Bolle and Viktor Soenens go as domestiques for the other four. Serge Pauwels explained his choices to DirectVelo.
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Evenepoel runs an eight-to-nine-hour protocol, Xavier leaves at twenty past nine
A three-time world time trial champion, Remco Evenepoel goes for a fourth title on Sunday. His national selector Serge Pauwels describes the way he builds up to a time trial as an…
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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…