S11 Ep9: Admirable Lord Neilson & The Battle of Hoogerheide

Published: Feb. 8, 2023, 9:57 p.m.

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This week Daniel Friebe and Lionel Birnie are back and joined by one of the most illustrious and recognisable voices in Belgian cycling, Sporza\\u2019s veteran commentator and reporter Renaat Schotte.\\xa0
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After the usual news round-up, we review the action from the cyclocross Worlds in Hoogerheide, where Fem Van Empel and Mathieu van der Poel went double Dutch by taking the women\\u2019s and men\\u2019s titles respectively.\\xa0
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Defeat for Wout van Aert meant disappointment for Belgium, although spirits there will have been buoyed by the latest evidence of Arnaud De Lie\\u2019s prodigious talent at the \\xc9toile de Bess\\xe8ges. With Renaat\\u2019s help, we find out more about a rider who is already being hailed as a Tom Boonen-Philippe Gilbert hybrid.\\xa0
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Neilson Powless took overall victory at Bess\\xe8ges - and the American would be most people\\u2019s choice as the rider of the early season. We hear from the EF Education-Easypost man about his early-season success, why he\\u2019ll try his hand at the cobbled Classics and why his Native American ancestry is so important to him, especially when things are going well on the bike.\\xa0
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