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Baloise Belgium Tour - Tim Merlier strikes again as Filippo Baroncini wins overall

Belgian bookends his home stage race in boost of confidence for Tour de France sprints

Cycling News · Jun 22, 2025

65 years on, Belgium edges closer to trial over Lumumba’s assassination

Sixty-five years after the 1961 assassination of Patrice Lumumba, a key figure in the Congolese independence movement, the Belgian federal prosecutor’s office hopes that a trial may finally take place – possibly in 2026 – as part of the investigation into “war crimes” opened in Belgium, the former colonial power.

Radio France Internationale · Jun 22, 2025

Baloise Belgium Tour: Jenno Berckmoes in tears after winning stage 4 as Ethan Hayter loses race lead by four seconds

Hilly stage in the Ardennes shakes-up GC before final stage around Brussels

Cycling News · Jun 21, 2025

A softer (crash) landing? Redesigned air-cushion barriers in use at Baloise Belgium Tour

New design also has practical advantages, reportedly much less cumbersome and allowing organisers to move key element of safer finishes quickly and efficiently

Cycling News · Jun 20, 2025

Baloise Belgium Tour: Jasper Philipsen takes stage 2 sprint win

Molano takes second and Berkmoes third as Philipsen reverses his stage 1 fortunes

Cycling News · Jun 19, 2025

Baloise Belgium Tour: Tim Merlier sprints to stage 1 victory

Jasper Philipsen almost taken down in chaotic finish that saw Merlier outsprint Molano and Vernon

Cycling News · Jun 18, 2025

As the Schengen Agreement turns 40, how free is movement around Europe today?

On 14 June 1985, France, the Federal Republic of Germany (West Germany, pre-reunification) and the Benelux countries – Belgium, the Netherlands and Luxembourg – signed an agreement in Schengen, a small town in Luxembourg, that would, eventually, see checks at their common borders abolished. The 40 years since have seen…

Radio France Internationale · Jun 18, 2025

Tour de France sprinters prepare for opening day yellow jersey battle with showdown at Baloise Belgium Tour

Jasper Philipsen and Tim Merlier face off in Belgium as they target stage 1 of the Tour de France in Lille

Cycling News · Jun 18, 2025

Baloise Belgium Tour: Filippo Ganna set for path less travelled to Tour de France

Back after Paris-Roubaix, Ineos Grenadiers rider tipped to be top pre-race favourite

Cycling News · Jun 17, 2025

Germany and France boost security around Jewish sites amid rising threats from Iran

Amichai Chikli, Israel’s Minister for Diaspora Affairs, told Euronews the threat to Jewish communities and Israeli embassies is now greater than ever.

Euronews · Jun 16, 2025