Zeger Schaeken • Tuesday, December 19, 2023 at 7:45 AM Interview Mathieu van der Poel impressed last Saturday when he returned to the field. The world champion left nothing to chance in Herentals and immediately blasted away in the opening round. It looked impressive, but how did a number of insiders of the cyclo-cross world … Read more
Niels Bastiaens • Saturday December 16, 2023 at 10:00 AM Special For the first time in years, the cross programs of Mathieu van der Poel and Wout van Aert differ considerably. The Dutchman is going for his sixth world title in the field, which brings him very close to Eric De Vlaeminck’s record. Van Aert … Read more
The day before the start, it was a big halo, but the development of the race showed where the truth is. In the mountain biking community, the prevailing opinion is that justice has been – at least partially – served. Photo: ČTK / Červený Michal Peter Sagan on the track of the cross country World … Read more
Suddenly a medal and even a world title becomes a lot more realistic. The organization of the mountain bike world championships has changed the rules for starting positions. No longer only the UCI ranking in the mountain bike is followed, but the riders do follow a page from the World Cup rule book on Saturday. … Read more
The 9th stage of the Tour de France, to the Puy de Dôme, was all about the late Raymond Poulidor. To honor his grandfather, Mathieu van der Poel rode that stage on a special bicycle, with all kinds of references to Poupou on it. Vive le Vélo was then allowed to “auction” that bike for … Read more
Jul 21, 2023 at 5:09 PMUpdate: 14 minutes ago Matej Mohoric won a spectacular stage in the Tour de France on Friday. The Slovenian pushed his wheel over the finish line in the nineteenth stage just before Kasper Asgreen, who just missed out on his second stage victory in a row. The stage from Moirans-en-Montagne … Read more
Jumbo-Visma is doing it without Primoz Roglic this year and therefore has one less leader. However, Jeroen Vanbelleghem does not think this is a disadvantage: “They only have one weapon to win the Tour this year, but that is in quotes. That is a change. I will not say a reduction, because Vingegaard has shown … Read more
No matter the race. It doesn’t matter where. Even the sport doesn’t matter, as long as it involves a bike and takes place outdoors. Mathieu van der Poel runs in his own way. The Dutch cycling star was very prominent on Wednesday in the direction of Montaigu-Zichem, during the 1st stage of the Tour of … Read more
12 mei 2023 om 05:11Update: 5 minuten geleden The World Cup season in mountain biking starts next weekend without Mathieu van der Poel. The Dutch all-rounder still has Olympic ambitions on the mountain bike, but the road to Paris is complicated. How is that exactly? Van der Poel actually planned to get on a mountain … Read more
Wout van Aert wins the spring E3 Saxo Classic Source: Profimedia HARELBEKE – Local cyclist Wout van Aert defended his triumph at the 65th edition of the Belgian E3 Saxo Classic. The rider of the Jumbo-Visma stable won the final sprint of the trio and managed the 204.1 km long course with the start and … Read more