Mathieu van der Poel (Alpecin-Deceuninck) concluded the first part of his 2023-24 cyclocross season with his tenth consecutive victory, and fourth in a World Cup event, when he won Sunday’s race at Zonhoven by a margin of 20 seconds over fellow Dutchman Joris Nieuwenhuis (Baloise…
The surprising result in Thursday’s X20 Trofee cyclo-cross race at Koksijde wasn’t the dominant victory by Mathieu van der Poel (Alpecin-Deceunick). After all, he hasn’t lost a ‘cross race all winter, making it nine overwhelming victories in a row in what looks like an unstoppable…
To paraphrase the Who: “Welcome to the new year, same as the old year,” because Mathieu van der Poel (Alpecin-Deceunick) opened 2024 the way he closed 2023 by blowing away the competition in a cyclo-cross race. Even a rain-swamped and muddy track on the first…
Wout van Aert began his 2023-24 cyclo-cross season with a relatively easy victory in the rain and mud of the Exact Cross in the Belgian town of Essen over the weekend. Despite complaining about his lack of form before the race kicked off, the 29-year-old…
