This weekend is the apotheosis of the World Cycling World Cup in Rwanda. A world championship organized by a dictatorship with blood on the hands. Cycling unions defend that choice because sport and politics would have nothing to do with each other. Fiction, according to editor Thijs Niemantsverdriet. Sport and politics are totally intertwined.
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- Guest:
- Thijs Niemantsverdriet
- Presentation:
- Bram Endedijk
- Editors:
- Ruben Pest
- Assembly:
- Yeppe Van Kesteren
- Coordination:
- Belle Braakhekke
- Final editing:
- Ignace shot
- Photo:
- Mireille Isimbi
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