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Are Injuries to Key Rivals Setting Up a Pogačar & Van der Poel-Dominated Spring? | THEMOVE+

THEMOVE

Lance Armstrong

Arts

4.64K Ratings

🗓️ 6 February 2026

⏱️ 65 minutes

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Summary

Spencer Martin and Johan Bruyneel break down the latest racing action from Volta Valenciana to Etoile de Bessèges, discussing Remco Evenepoel's hot start, how Mads Pedersen's injury could drastically shape the Classics season, and why the top stars seem to be sticking to controlled training camps versus early-season racing, before wrapping up with listener questions.

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0:00.0

I've just listed two of Pagachar's biggest rivals.

0:04.1

One in classics, one in Grand Tours, both suffering crashes, one with very intense injury

0:10.6

problems.

0:11.3

Wow, Van Art, already had surgery on his ankle.

0:15.9

Where is Matthew Vanderpull?

0:17.3

Because if he gets hurt, we might be hurtling towards the thing I predicted in our

0:22.2

end of year show where I said, Pagacho is going to sweep the classics and win the tour

0:26.8

of France.

0:27.2

The last footage I've seen of Matifandipu was he was going down the ski slopes in Livino.

0:32.9

I don't like to hear that.

0:34.5

That's not good.

0:38.6

Everybody, welcome back to the Move Plus, our weekly show where we go through all the important cycling news.

0:44.5

And now some of the racing results that the racing has started in earnest.

0:48.1

I'm Spencer Martin.

0:49.3

I'm here with Johan Bernille.

0:50.5

And we are breaking it all down.

0:52.8

Johan, I'm going to ask you about Volta Valenciana. It's Waldebis, the Mads Pedersen injury, Jonas, not racing UAE, more. And we're taking questions from members. And if you can watch this live if you're a member. And if you are on the members portal, click through to the YouTube app. And you'll see the live chat. You can throw chats and questions in there and we'll get to them at the end of the

1:12.6

episode.

1:13.6

But first, Johan, instead of hearing from our partners, let's hear from our most important,

1:18.6

our most important supporter that's there with you, right?

1:21.2

Yeah.

1:22.9

We got some, here's my assistant.

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