Michael Vanthourenhout (Pauwels Sauzen-Bingoal) won his third successive cyclo-cross race in the most dramatic of World Cup races in Namur on Sunday when Toon Aerts (Deschacht-Hens-FSP) crashed on a devilishly difficult muddy descent just a few hundred meters from the finish line.
Everyone has heard of the so-called Commentator’s Curse. Praise an athlete and they will immediately drop the ball, trip over their shoelaces or, in the case of Thibau Nys, crowned cycling’s Next Big Thing in this column, lose a race he should have won and…
It’s probably a little early to compare Thibau Nys, who just turned 22, with the likes of Mathieu van der Poel, Wout van Aert and Remco Evenepoel on the basis of a handful of cyclo-cross and road race victories, even if the manner of his…
Cyclo-cross fans waiting impatiently this season for the arrival of a superstar such as current world champion Mathieu van der Poel and three-time world champion Wout van Aert needn’t bother. Their wait is over. There is already a superstar riding on the circuit. His name…
