TVAfter a rest day in the Tour de France, where he just got back on his bike, Serge Pauwels (38), the ‘new’ Radio1 analyst alongside reporter Christophe Vandoor, starts his second week of commentary in ‘Sporza Tour’ on Radio1 . Tonight he will also sit down at the table of ‘Vive le Vélo’ by Karl Vannieuwkerke. In Carcasonne we talk about the advantage of following the Tour as an ex-cyclist and what it is like to be a reporter just like his wife Ine Beynen. “Many cyclists swear when they arrive in Paris that they will never come back. But the Tour is addictive.”
Mark Coenegracht
19-07-22, 12:25
It is not only in the peloton that youth strikes mercilessly. This rejuvenation has also started in the world of commentators. With Serge Pauwels as the prime example for the VRT sports editors. Cycling fans already know Pauwels as the assistant national coach, but now mainly hear him daily on Radio1 together with Christophe Vandoor (50). And see him in flashes on TV when Renaat Schotte and José De Cauwer switch to the men ‘at the arrival’ in Brussels. Pauwels (38) earned his stripes in the peloton and is best known for his second place in the Tour stage to Mont Ventoux in the Tour of 2016. The day Chris Froome walked a part of Ventoux without a bike.
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