Mathieu van der Poel and Lucinda Brand continued their domination and Thibau Nys beat Tibor del Grosso in a thrilling race in which the world champion was absent, a likely scenario of the future of men’s cyclocross.
Mathieu van der Poel (Alpecin-Deceuninck) and Lucinda Brand (Baloise Glowi Lions) won both UCI Cyclocross World Cup races over this pre-Christmas weekend, extending their winning streaks and reaffirming their dominance of the sport. Both Saturday’s Antwerp race and, especially, Sunday’s at Koksijde were heavy with…
World champion Mathieu van der Poel (Alpecin-Deceuninck) and Lucinda Brand (Baloise Glowi Lons) extended their cyclocross winning streaks on Sunday on the difficult and iconic World Cup course of Namur, but in different styles.
With the UCI Cyclocross World Cup series underway, Mathieu van der Poel and Wout van Aert expected to join the fields in a few weeks, and the talk of cyclocross eventually becoming an Olympic sport, we thought it was time to present some background and…
