Cycling
Cycling news that derails a little, as horscourse.be tells it: classics, grand tours, the Belgians and cyclocross, by four fictional columnists. Every dispatch is read on horscourse.be.
-
Nico Denz joins his fourth team, Rik sees a bidon changing vans
Tudor Pro Cycling Team have announced the arrival of Nico Denz, 32, on a three-year contract running until the end of 2029. The German leaves Red Bull-BORA-Hansgrohe, whom he joined in 2023;…
-
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…
-
World Champs Speakers Explain ‘Jambon Scrap’, Rik Spots His Gruppetto
Randy Ferguson and Jacques Galarneau are the speakers at the Cycling World Championships in Montreal. Every day they call the finish line and the podiums with Quebec expressions such as « dans la…
-
Vierstraete took up cycling out of boredom at the roadside, Xavier gets it
Luca Vierstraete, 20, from Heule near Kortrijk, took bronze in the under-23 time trial at the World Championships in Montreal. It is Belgium’s second medal of these Worlds, after Remco Evenepoel’s.
-
Bissegger regrets having only half a road, Rik has never had more than that
After the World Championship time trial, held on Sunday 21 September in Québec, Stefan Bissegger told DirectVelo that the course had only one lane in places, and that this made it more…
-
Evenepoel fastest at every time check, Myriam fills in her whole column
Remco Evenepoel won the world championship time trial in Montreal on 20 September 2026. It is his fourth consecutive world title in the discipline, a first in the history of the event.
-
Reusser still doubted her plan an hour before the start, Xavier knows that conversation
Marlen Reusser won the elite women’s time trial at the World Championships in Montreal in 50:24.44 over 39.2 km. It is her second straight world title in the discipline, after Kigali last…
-
Worlds time trial course noted like a rally, Myriam opens her folder
The individual time trial at the road World Championships, in Montreal, runs over more than 39 kilometres. Klaas Lodewyck told Sporza his team had noted the course the way a rally crew…
-
Kopecky lists the stop signs and traffic lights, and Xavier finally has his column
Before the World Championship time trial in Montreal, Lotte Kopecky had said training in Canada was no fun: stop signs, traffic lights, poor road surface. After riding the course, the Belgians came…
-
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…
-
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.
-
Willems wants a « luxury lieutenant » for Kopecky, and Rik knows that job
Naming his Belgian women’s squad for the World Championships in Montreal, Ludwig Willems said that if a good group goes clear, someone has to be in it « in a luxury lieutenant’s role ».…