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.
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Ganna sticks to the classic position for 45 minutes, Xavier raises his stem
Filippo Ganna has told La Gazzetta dello Sport that he will not use his new time trial position, lower on the handlebars, in the World Championships time trial, an effort of around…
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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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Lefevere says the 2027 roster was locked too early, Xavier has the same space problem
In his column for Het Nieuwsblad, Patrick Lefevere criticises the squad-building policy at Soudal Quick-Step under his successor Jurgen Foré. He writes that a boss should never tie himself down this early,…
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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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Ten Dam calls Ljubljana an Ardennes classic, Sandrine reaches for the cassette
Laurens ten Dam has named the Dutch squad for the European Championships, held from 3 to 7 October. Demi Vollering, the defending champion, will defend her road title in Ljubljana and also…
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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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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…
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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…