{"id":589364,"date":"2026-04-06T15:38:09","date_gmt":"2026-04-06T15:38:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/589364\/"},"modified":"2026-04-06T15:38:09","modified_gmt":"2026-04-06T15:38:09","slug":"delightful-backstage-moment-between-van-der-poel-pogacar-and-evenepoel","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/589364\/","title":{"rendered":"delightful backstage moment between Van der Poel, Poga\u010dar and Evenepoel"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Fierce <a href=\"https:\/\/www.idlprocycling.com\/cycling\/not-just-me-but-the-whole-peloton-was-strangled-how-poga-constrictor-left-van-der-poel-stuck-at-650-watts\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">rivals <\/a>on the bike, but no sign of bad blood afterwards \u2014 that is the friendly side of the world\u2019s top riders in 2026 in a nutshell. After the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.idlprocycling.com\/tour-of-flanders\" title=\"Tour of Flanders\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Tour of Flanders<\/a>, it was once again on display with podium finishers Tadej Poga\u010dar, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.idlprocycling.com\/mathieu-van-der-poel\" title=\"Mathieu van der Poel\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Mathieu van der Poel<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.idlprocycling.com\/remco-evenepoel\" title=\"Remco Evenepoel\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Remco Evenepoel<\/a>.In <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DWwhgAqgh2N\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">a backstage chat, <\/a>the three could be seen laughing together. While the camera was focused on Poga\u010dar and Van der Poel, Evenepoel suddenly walked through the shot with his backside in frame.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cJust giving the sponsor a bit of exposure,\u201d he laughed, prompting Van der Poel to ask the Belgian about the gloves he had specially put on for the ceremony. \u201cWe\u2019ve got a special sponsor for that,\u201d Evenepoel fired back.<\/p>\n<p>That led to more laughter. \u201cLeave me alone, you\u2019re bullying me,\u201d Evenepoel then joked, as he squeezed himself in around his rivals.<\/p>\n<p>Van der Poel then pulled out his phone for a selfie, which later appeared on his social media. Evenepoel had one final request: \u201cMake sure you get my glove in there too!\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Continue reading below the photo!<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>Video: standoff between Van der Poel, Pogacar and Evenepoel after Tour of Flanders<\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Fierce rivals on the bike, but no sign of bad blood afterwards \u2014 that is the friendly side&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":589365,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[569],"tags":[64,63,784,77973,8396,85,6494,167262],"class_list":{"0":"post-589364","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-cycling","8":"tag-au","9":"tag-australia","10":"tag-cycling","11":"tag-mathieu-van-der-poel","12":"tag-remco-evenepoel","13":"tag-sports","14":"tag-tadej-pogacar","15":"tag-tour-of-flanders"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/589364","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=589364"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/589364\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/589365"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=589364"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=589364"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=589364"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}