Stamcafé Koers met Justine Ghekiere: "Na mijn eerste koers dacht ik: dit doe ik nooit meer"

The guest: Justine Ghekiere, Belgian cycling champion. The location: Hotel Shamrock in Tielt. The stories: about sitting on rollers for 12 hours, polka dots in the Tour, fear in the peloton, un-aerodynamic bodywarmers, party animals in the peloton, and so much more. Production: Nieuwsblad & Bahamontes | Hosts: Michaël Van Damme and Jonas Heyerick | Audio editing: Tom Soetaert & House of Media | Camera: Sebastiaan De Kocker | Video editing: Kim Lannoo | Final editing: Bert Heyvaert | With thanks to Hotel Shamrock in Tielt 00:00 - Intro 03:23 - A few anecdotes preceding her cycling career 09:02 - Only came into contact with competitive cycling at a late age... via Zwift 19:49 - The first introduction to the team (Bingoal Casino - Chevalmeire) and the first race: Le Samyn 24:10 - Many DNFs, but the turning point comes in the Tour de L'Ardèche 26:37 - A new season, a new team (Plantur Pura), and immediately won a prize 32:43 - The move to her current team (AG Insurance - Soudal Team), almost followed by a victory 34:48 - The crash in the Wallon Arrow, with a bloody mouth 36:55 - The Tour of Valencia, which causes Justine's status to explode 40:50 - The World Championships in Wollongong (2022) 44:08 - The World Championships in Zurich (2024), with an important pep talk from Justine to Lotte Kopecky 48:10 - The party animal in Justine Ghekiere 50:20 - Stage win in the 2024 Tour de France Femmes, with the polka-dot jersey, and another party 01:01:18 - Win in the mountain classification of the 2024 Giro Donne, with a swollen lip 01:07:29 - The Olympic Games in Paris and the importance of family 01:17:49 - Belgian champion in 2025, after a tense sprint 01:21:50 - Justine's friend, a dentist 01:26:32 - The 2025 Tour de France Femmes, with a different role 01:34:27 - Menstruation and starving 01:38:51 - The latest anecdotes & outro Subscribe? Yes please ➡️ https://www.youtube.com/@NieuwsbladOn... 👉 More from Nieuwsblad 👈 📲 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/nieuwsblad/... 📲 TikTok:   / nieuwsblad   📲 App: https://www.nieuwsblad.be/ 🗞️ More about Nieuwsblad 🗞️ Nieuwsblad is one of the largest news media outlets in Belgium. As a newspaper, app, and website, we inform Belgians about domestic and international news, events in their own region, and provide updates on all developments in sports, politics, show business, and more. We do this with the help of our journalists, who translate the news for our readers, listeners, and viewers in the form of reports, interviews, and analyses. In addition to the newspaper and our app, Nieuwsblad also creates podcasts and videos. On this YouTube channel, you can find those podcasts as videos in our feed. There are multiple uploads every week. Through Shorts, we keep you up to date on the latest news, up to four times a day. You can also find major news reports here on YouTube. Enjoy 📲📰🎥🎧