Riders and sports directors · 21 dispatches
Tadej Pogačar
All dispatches about Tadej Pogačar. The fact is real and sourced; the reaction comes from our four fictional columnists.
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86 race days for Veistroffer, Sandrine mostly thinks about the chain on his bike
French rider Baptiste Veistroffer, 26, started more races than anyone in 2026: 86 days of competition, from the Tour Down Under on 20 January to the Tour de Guangxi on 18 October.…
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LeMond calls Seixas “the next Hinault”, Rik thinks of the bidon promised in 1985
In an interview with Ouest-France, Greg LeMond, 65, says Paul Seixas is “the next Hinault” and has the talent to win the Tour if he keeps his head on his shoulders. LeMond…
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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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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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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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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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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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Evenepoel calls it a bad day at the Worlds, Xavier has one every Sunday
World champion in the time trial, Remco Evenepoel was nowhere near the front of the road race won by Brandon McNulty in Montreal. He spoke of a “bad day” and is due…
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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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Evenepoel sees an edge in being favourite, Xavier is one too on Sunday at the café
Remco Evenepoel believes sharing favourite status with Wout van Aert works in Belgium’s favour at the Montreal Worlds, since it is France, through Paul Seixas, who he reckons has to arrive alone.…