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…
If anything the last few cyclocross races have proven is that, yes, the so-called Big Three – Mathieu van der Poel, Wout van Aert and Tom Pidcock – really are superior to the other riders in the sport, but also that, currently at least, there…
Whoever said riding bikes was a cheap hobby was lying. Then when you discover gravel riding and bikepacking, you realise you need even more fancy gear. So, if you have a gravel grinder or a bikepacking fanatic in your life, then buying them gear for…
