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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Seixas sees Belgium as favourites with two leaders, Rik counts the bidons
Frenchman Paul Seixas sees Belgium as the big favourite for the men’s World Championship, thanks to its two leaders Wout van Aert and Remco Evenepoel. French national coach Thomas Voeckler answers that…
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Merckx recalls Thévenet’s 1974 breakaway, Rik knows how it ends
Eddy Merckx told RTBF that in 1974 in Montreal, France’s Bernard Thévenet rode alone off the front for a hundred kilometres before being caught seven kilometres from the line, the year Merckx…
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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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Ganna led by four seconds in Glasgow, Myriam only notes the twelve at the line
Klaas Lodewyck has looked back, in Sporza, on Remco Evenepoel’s three world time trial titles. In Glasgow, in 2023, Filippo Ganna led by four seconds at the first intermediate check; Evenepoel won…
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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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Van der Poel plays down Montreal, and Rik notes the missing race radios
Mathieu van der Poel has played down his chances of a second road world title in Canada on Sunday: he finds the Montreal course « a little too difficult » for him, and points…
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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…
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Gilbert talks loyalty to the nation, Myriam looks for the relevant article
Tim Wellens has turned down a place in the Belgian national team for the road World Championships in Montreal. On RTL Sports, Philippe Gilbert said he was « totally disconnected from reality » and…