VN news ticker: Florian Sénéchal wins Primus Classic; Tadej Pogačar, Urška Žigart get engaged

Florian Sénéchal delivers after Deceuninck-Quick-Step dominates Primus Classic

Florian Sénéchal finished a day of Deceuninck-Quick-Step dominance with sprint victory at the Primus Classic on Saturday. The Frenchman kicked out of the five-man lead group to beat Tosh van der Sande (Lotto Soudal) and Jasper Stuyven (Trek-Segafredo) in the Belgian one-dayer.

Honoré led out the final sprint before unleashing Sénéchal for his second win of the season after also winning at the Vuelta a España last month.

Tadej Pogačar and Urška Žigart get engaged

Cycling’s newest power couple has got engaged. Tadej Pogačar and Urška Žigart both separately posted on Instagram on Friday to break the news that they would be formalizing their long-standing relationship.

“Eternity with you seems too short,” Žigart wrote in her social media post.

David Gaudu wins final stage of Tour de Luxembourg, João Almeida secures GC

David Gaudu (Groupama-FDJ) darted away from the lead group in the final kilometer of the stage to win the final day of the Tour de Luxembourg on Saturday.

“It’s nice to win given the field,” Gaudu said. “We are here to prepare for the Italian classics, including the Tour of Lombardy. I want to perform there. We were lucky to have a good run. I had the best time of my life. There is nothing but positive.”

Almeida will lead Portugal’s hunt for the rainbow jersey at next weekend’s road championships road race. He is set to ride alongside Ruben Guerreiro, Nelson Oliveira, Rafael Reis, and Rui Oliveira.

Organizers hunt new date for 2022 Paris-Roubaix due to election clash

The 2022 Paris-Roubaix needs a new date in the diary.

Next year’s edition of the cobbled monument was originally slated for April 10 but is likely to have to be rescheduled due to a clash with the French presidential elections. With the Tour of Flanders falling the weekend before, April 3, officials were initially eyeing a new date of April 17 only to find a clash with the already scheduled Amstel Gold Race.

Sporza reports that organizers ASO are currently mulling holding both the men’s and women’s Paris-Roubaix on the same day next year as a workaround. Dates currently under discussion are the Friday (April 15) or Saturday (April 16) before Amstel Gold Race or the Monday (Easter Monday – April 18) afterward.