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He plays Total Football: Why the SFA appointed ‘the Belgian Simeone’ Scotland manager

New Scotland manager Sebastien Pocognoli was dubbed "the Belgian Simeone" when he made football history with Royal Union Saint-Gilloise.

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'You have to constantly feel things could go wrong' – Decathlon CMA CGM explain why Paul Seixas is racing the team time trial in Tour Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes

19-year-old Frenchman leads depleted home team in crucial pre-Tour de France dress rehearsal

Cycling News

'I can't hold my handlebars properly anymore' – Mathieu van der Poel sheds light on the crash and injury which left him out of the running at Milan-San Remo

'I think the damage isn't too bad, but it really does hurt' says Dutchman of gruesome finger injury

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'I expect a real spectacle' – Harsh conditions on the weather forecast for Omloop Het Nieuwsblad

Wind and rain expected for Saturday's Belgian season opener

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Kopecky, Wiebes, Vollering ready to battle after last year's upset – Analysing the Omloop Het Nieuwsblad Women contenders

Who will come out on top in Ninove, and how will they do it? We run through our favourites for Saturday

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'The team’s management ultimately felt it made sense to include her' – Lotte Claes will defend her Omloop Het Nieuwsblad title after all

Belgian will wear the number one dossard on Saturday after initially being left out of six-rider squad

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'Something completely different' – Visma-Lease a Bike pro Tiesj Benoot swaps bikes for books to launch local reading week

Belgian's off-season includes opening local library reading week in his home village

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Lotto-Intermarché saga takes another turn as team asks laid-off mechanics to stay aboard merged squad

New team will have to look elsewhere after pair of Lotto mechanics have since found employment with other teams

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Lotto-Intermarché – Talks well underway at Tour de France for 2026 merger of Belgian teams

Two teams have signed a 'preliminary agreement' to merge for next season, though star rider Biniam Girmay could be off to XDS-Astana

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'Some teams rode as if they were there to support Pogačar' – Evenepoel and Soudal-QuickStep critical of Visma-Lease a Bike's Tour de France tactics on Hautacam

'A lot of riders blew themselves up trying to match Visma-Lease A Bike's pace, and Visma themselves too' says Ilan Van Wilder

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'Life goes on' – Eddy Merckx enjoys a quiet 80th birthday after five days of official celebrations

'Take a metre and cut off eighty centimetres... Then there's not much left, right' Merckx philosophical on turning 80

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Can Tony Bloom do a Union Saint-Gilloise with Hearts and end a 40 year title duopoly?

Royal Union Saint-Gilloise have won Belgian title for the first time in 90 years - can minority shareholder Tony Bloom oversee similar success at…

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'If that is cheating for them, OK': Johan Museeuw explains gravel DQ

Former Paris-Roubaix and Tour of Flanders winner kicked off Marly Grav results after taking his own detour

Cycling Weekly

Teams prepare for Giro d'Italia opener with traffic-disrupted recons amid last-minute road repairs

Meersman calls traffic during Tirana recon 'extremely dangerous' while Van Aert describes roads as 'unpredictable'

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Spectator who threw bidon at Mathieu van der Poel during Paris-Roubaix hands himself in to Belgian police

Eventual race winner was struck in the face by a water bottle 33km from the finish amid solo effort

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As it happened: Season opener Omloop Het Nieuwsblad ends in a sprint

All the action as the peloton tackles 11 climbs and 8 cobbled sectors across challenging 198km route in Flanders

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'Can I win the Omloop? Why not?' - Paul Magnier could be Soudal-QuickStep's new Tom Boonen

20-year-old French rider expected to fight for victory at Omloop Het Nieuwsblad

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Remco Evenepoel makes surprise appearance on Soudal-QuickStep's Omloop Het Nieuwsblad recon ride

'The desire is great, but at the moment not much is possible' says Olympic champion before long ride in the Flemish hills

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Can Wout van Aert beat Mathieu van der Poel at the cyclocross World Championships?

Changeable weather forecast and fast course could give the Belgian a chance as men's duel sparks 2,500 extra tickets sales

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'I’m happy with third' - Puck Pieterse makes positive cyclocross season debut in Namur

Dutch rider starting cyclocross season later than in previous years, but hopes to 'compete for the win right away'

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Cabras Cyclocross World Cup cancellation boost for riders who skipped the race

Many riders focused on team training camps instead of traveling to Sardinia

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Lotte Kopecky and Remco Evenepoel shine as top Flandrien riders for 2024

Kopecky wins Flandrienne of the Year award for fifth consecutive time

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Remco Evenepoel's double Olympic success sparks more transfer talk and huge bonus payments

'I'm not going to give him away for nothing. We have never paid Remco a Euro too little' says Lefevere

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Ready for his close-up – Remco Evenepoel and the most eagerly awaited Tour de France debut in a generation

Despite 2022 Vuelta a España win, Belgian remains a work in progress over three weeks

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Victor Campenaerts to join Visma-Lease a Bike in 2025 with Tour de France in sights

Belgian reportedly due to swap Lotto Dstny for Dutch squad on three-year deal

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