Take an iconic course known for its technical curves, steep climbs and steeper (and deeper) sand pits, add a lot of snow and ice, and you get some thrilling cyclo-cross races – unless Mathieu van der Poel (Alpecin–Premier Tech) is riding in the Elite Men’s…
If you were looking for a single, neat headline to sum up women’s cycling in 2025, you probably didn’t find it. There was no one race that “changed everything”, no total breakout star, no clean before-and-after moment. And honestly? That’s not a failure, it’s just…
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.
When Dave Brailsford rejoined INEOS Grenadiers in a prominent, day-to-day role in early July 2025, on the eve of the Tour de France, it signaled that he and the team had had enough of the lack of eye-catching results that had made the INEOS predecessor…
