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'If he tries that, it could end badly' – Belgian national coach not expecting another monster breakaway by Pogačar in European Championships battle with Remco Evenepoel

Remco Evenepoel Serge Pauwels Tadej Pogačar Jonas Vingegaard European Championships Kigali Tadej Pogacar Rwanda
KIGALI, RWANDA - SEPTEMBER 28: (L-R) Tadej Pogacar and Team Slovenia and Remco Evenepoel and Team Belgium compete during the 98th UCI Cycling World Championships Kigali 2025, Men Elite Road Race a 267.5km race from Kigali to Kigali on September 28, 2025 in Kigali, Rwanda. (Photo by Zac Williams - Pool/Getty Images).

Belgian national coach Serge Pauwels has described the European Championships road race course in France as 'tougher than [the World Championships in] Kigali for sure' ahead of Remco Evenepoel's rematch with Tadej Pogačar (Slovenia).

Evenepoel completed a four-hour, 135km recon of the course on Thursday, a day after he dominated the time trial at the European Champs. Pauwels and a mechanic were following behind in the team car as their star rider checked out the key climbs that will decide Sunday's race. "Not the usual recovery ride" was how Evenepoel titled the effort on his Strava.

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