Each week, in Grand Plateau, we take stock of the Blues. Where are they? On what races have they shone (or not) recently? Where should we expect to see them soon? It’s the French barometer!
Every two weeks, Grand Plateau makes you discover or rediscover a cycling runner who was talked about during the 2024 season. It is the big favorite of the Tour de France 2025, the new star of the French team FDJ-Suez, new partner of Evita Muzic and Juliette Labous, the Rivale de Lotte Kopecky … We present to you Demi Vollering. An exciting story, made up of rivalries with its old coach and high successes on mythical races, to make Tadej Pogacar pale.
He is decidedly incredible, unbeatable, and his appetite has no limit. Yes, the Slovenian cannibal is always hungry for victories and the Ardennes were this week at its menu. The Walloon and Liège-Bastogne-Liège arrow was devoured all raw by Tadej Pogacar. The Slovenian who left no chance of competition winning two convincing victories who left his voiceless opponents and the speakers for speakers. Here is that ends an exceptional spring for the best runner in the world who will now taste a well -deserved rest. And today in large set we will obviously come back to the dean of the classics who will not have been the sexiest monument in the spring the fault, not to Pogi, but to his designated adversaries such as Remco Evenepoel very disappointing on his land when he had given us reasons to hope last week. How to explain his failure? If Pogi picks up the printing palm of spring, what about others? What about the French in all of this? There is nothing to jump on the ceiling. The barometer is not really in good shape even if Kevin Vauquelin brought us a little comfort in the week by finishing 2nd in the Walloon arrow only beaten by Pogi, and that is almost a victory. With Christophe Cessieux, Pierre-Yves Leroux, Pierre Koetschet, Maria Azé and Jérôme Pineau Production: Roxanne Lacuska Realization: Vincent Cauchois
Each week, in Grand Plateau, we take stock of the Blues. Where are they? On what races have they shone (or not) recently? Where should we expect to see them soon? It’s the French barometer!
Yes it is possible to beat Tadej Pogacar when it is not called Mathieu Van der Poel or Jonas Vingegaard. Mattias Skjelmose was sensational this Sunday on the Amstel Gold Race by adjusting the Slovenian and Remco Evenepoel Sprint, just that. Smart, the Danish perfectly managed this end of race against the two monsters to come and jump on the line a ultimately human pogi. Because we expected a new demonstration on the first race of the Ardennes triptych of the world champion, even more when he left alone 43 km from the finish. But this time it was too much, even for him. Is he exhausted by the Flanders? Did he have an excess of confidence? Is it worrying for the arrow and cork? Especially since Remco Evenepoel, just back to competition is already at a very large level. Will we have this long -awaited duel? We will try to give you our opinions in this episode of Grand Plateau, with Yohan Bredow, Pierre Koetschet, Maria Azé and Jérôme Pineau. Production: Roxanne Lacuska Realization: Nicolas Goussain
Every two weeks, Grand Plateau makes you discover or rediscover a cycling runner who was talked about during the 2024 season. And we continue to discover the talents of Team Emirates, with this time a 21-year-old, who already has two victories in 2025: Antonio Morgado. The Portuguese is the hope of cycling of his country, and it is one of the strong men, of this start to the season. Production: Roxanne Lacuska Realization: Julie Deroo
Flanderians are passed on to the Ardennes with this Sunday, April 20, the Amstel Gold Race, which opens this long-awaited triptych before the Walloon and Liège-Bastogne-Liège arrow. The Dutch race promises its share of show. We therefore present it to you for this new number of Grand Plateau. The course, the favorites, in short everything you need to know about this 59th edition, with Yohan Bredow, Pierre-Yves Leroux, Pierre Koetschet and Jérôme Coppel. Production: Roxanne Lacuska Realization: Julie Deroo
It was perhaps the most awaited, the most scrutinized and exciting edition of recent years. A duel that was expected between Mathieu van der Poel and Tadej Pogacar, the Slovenian who participated for the first time in the North Hell. We had everything, the incessant attacks of Pogi who took responsibility, a legendary race, then frustration. Frustration in the 9th paved sector, 38 km from the finish, error and the fall of Pogacar in a turn taken far too quickly. Van der Poel was therefore able to fly to a third consecutive title in the Roubaix velodrome. His 2nd monument of the season after Milan San Remo, his eighth in career, to equal Pogacar. Yohan Bredow, Pierre-Yves Leroux, Pierre Koetschet, Maria Azé and Jérôme Coppel debrief this fascinating edition, from the Queen of the Classics! Production: Roxanne Lacuska Realization: Julie Deroo
It shouldn’t be annoyed and above all, you shouldn’t beat him. He is like that Pogacar, he does not like to stay on a defeat like the one conceded 15 days ago at the arrival of Milan-San Remo where he had undergone the law of Mathieu van der Poel. But this Sunday on the cobblestones and the rounds of the round the Slovenian champion hit the table on the table to afford a sumptuous revenge by winning in strong in front of all the cadors starting with Van der Poel who could not follow Pogi in the old Quaremont. A magnificent victory that allows the world champion to add a new line to an incredible track record. He is now at 8 monuments won and dreams of adding a 9th next Sunday in Paris-Roubaix. A race that has no longer seen a winner of the Tour tackling his cobblestones from Bernard Hinault in the 80s then a try, master stroke? With Christophe Cessieux, Pierre-Yves Leroux, Pierre Koetschet, Kevin Morand and Jérôme Coppel Production: Roxanne Lacuska Realization: Julien Velia
