Riders and sports directors · 8 dispatches
Tiesj Benoot
All dispatches about Tiesj Benoot. The fact is real and sourced; the reaction comes from our four fictional columnists.
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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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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.…
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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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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…