{"id":643221,"date":"2026-06-17T09:02:18","date_gmt":"2026-06-17T09:02:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/643221\/"},"modified":"2026-06-17T09:02:18","modified_gmt":"2026-06-17T09:02:18","slug":"justine-ghekiere-proposes-on-mont-ventoux","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/643221\/","title":{"rendered":"Justine Ghekiere Proposes on Mont Ventoux"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The 2024 Tour de France Femmes QoM winner chose the perfect backdrop to pop the big question.&#13;\n<\/p>\n<p><img alt=\"Justine Ghekiere Proposes on Mont Ventoux\" src=\"https:\/\/velo-cdn.outsideonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Justine-Ghekiere-Proposes-on-Mont-Ventoux.jpg\" data-loaded=\"true\" fetchpriority=\"high\" loading=\"eager\" width=\"2400\" height=\"1350\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"1\" style=\"color:transparent\"  bad-src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Justine-Ghekiere-Proposes-on-Mont-Ventoux.jpg\"\/><\/p>\n<p class=\"fp-leadCaption py-tight text-left font-utility text-utility3-size leading-utility3-line-height text-secondary\"> (Photo: instagram.com\/ghekierejustine)<\/p>\n<p>Published June 16, 2026 12:06PM<\/p>\n<p>There are nearly infinite backdrops to propose to your significant other. If you happen to be a professional cyclist, why not pop the question on a bike ride?<\/p>\n<p>That\u2019s exactly what Belgian national champion <a target=\"_blank\" class=\"text-brand-primary underline hover:text-brand-primary\/85 break-words overflow-wrap-anywhere underline-offset-[3px]\" data-afl-p=\"0\" href=\"http:\/\/velo.outsideonline.com\/tag\/justine-ghekiere\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Justine Ghekiere<\/a> thought. But this was no ordinary ride.<\/p>\n<p>No, the current Belgian national champion and 2024 <a target=\"_blank\" class=\"text-brand-primary underline hover:text-brand-primary\/85 break-words overflow-wrap-anywhere underline-offset-[3px]\" data-afl-p=\"0\" href=\"http:\/\/velo.outsideonline.com\/tag\/tour-de-france-femmes\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Tour de France Femmes<\/a> stage winner took her girlfriend Charlotte Overbergh to none other than <a target=\"_blank\" class=\"text-brand-primary underline hover:text-brand-primary\/85 break-words overflow-wrap-anywhere underline-offset-[3px]\" data-afl-p=\"0\" href=\"http:\/\/velo.outsideonline.com\/tag\/mont-ventoux\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Mont Ventoux<\/a>, one of the most revered locations in professional cycling. Pretty fitting for a Tour de France Queen of the Mountains jersey winner. For a couple that rides bikes, that background is hard to beat.<\/p>\n<p>And most importantly, she said yes. Or more specifically, her \u201cfavorite yes ever.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Congratulations, Justine and Charlotte, from all of us here team at Velo!<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The 2024 Tour de France Femmes QoM winner chose the perfect backdrop to pop the big question.&#13; (Photo:&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":643222,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[37],"tags":[4985,45284,101,216864,216865,45288,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-643221","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-cycling","tag-cycling","tag-parent_category-road","tag-sports","tag-tag-justine-ghekiere","tag-tag-mont-ventoux","tag-type-article","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/643221","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=643221"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/643221\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/643222"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=643221"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=643221"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=643221"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}