Will Remco Evenepoel do the double at the World Championships, or is Tadej Pogačar’s victory inevitable?

It seems like we are in for a titanic battle in the elite men’s road race, and history could be made

Remco Evenepoel (L) and Tadej Pogačar at the Tour de France
(Image credit: Getty Images)
Adam Becket
Adam Becket

News editor at Cycling Weekly, Adam brings his weekly opinion on the goings on at the upper echelons of our sport. This piece is part of The Leadout, a newsletter series from Cycling Weekly and Cyclingnews. To get this in your inbox, subscribe here. As ever, email adam.becket@futurenet.com - should you wish to add anything, or suggest a topic.

At his coronation as Emperor of France in 1804, Napoleon put the crown on his own head, to mark that he was the one with the power, the man who had brought himself to this point. The pope was there, but he had no part in the crowning, that was left to the man who was about to become emperor to do himself.

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Adam Becket
News editor

Adam is Cycling Weekly’s news editor – his greatest love is road racing but as long as he is cycling, he's happy. Before joining CW he spent two years writing for Procycling. He's usually out and about on the roads of Bristol and its surrounds.

Before cycling took over his professional life, he covered ecclesiastical matters at the world’s largest Anglican newspaper and politics at Business Insider. Don't ask how that is related to cycling.