Niels Vandeputte Archives

Nys Repeats, van Alphen Takes First World Cup Victory

December 1, 2025 at 11:01 am2 min reading

Thibau Nys made it two Cyclocross World Cup wins in two races while Aniek van Alphen (Seven Racing) took advantage of the absence of the superstars to register her maiden World Cup win on a fast and drying course in Flamanville, France, on Sunday.

Brand Rules Women’s ‘Cross as Nieuwenhuis and Nys Share Weekend Spoils

November 17, 2025 at 2:39 pm

Outdoor/Mountain

Lucinda Brand (Baloise Glowi Lions) underscored her current dominance of women’s cyclocross by winning both weekend races, Saturday’s Superprestige Merksplas and Sunday’s X2O Trofee Hamme to make it three wins in a row, seven wins in nine races and, remarkably, 50 podium finishes in succession.…

Vandeputte, Vanthourenhout Win Final Races of Season Dominated by van der Poel

February 17, 2025 at 11:16 am2 min reading

Road cycling

Though there’s one race left on the calendar, next Sunday’s International Closing Prize at Malle, the 2024-25 cyclo-cross season ended with the final two meaningful races held this weekend, Saturday’s Waaslandcross at Sint-Niklaas, the final race in the Exact Cross series, and Sunday’s Brussels Universities Cyclo-cross,…

Nys Crashes as Sweeck and Vandeputte Share the Weekend Cyclo-Cross Spoils

November 18, 2024 at 10:05 am3 min reading

Outdoor/Mountain

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…

Iserbyt Wins First Cyclo-Cross Race After Ban, then Finishes Second to Nys

October 28, 2024 at 2:09 pm3 min reading

Outdoor/Mountain

Belgian cyclo-cross champion Eli Iserbyt (Pauwels Sauzen-Bingoal) said that his dominant victory in Saturday’s Exact Cross race at Heerderstrand wasn’t for revenge over this three-race suspension for stamping on a rival’s bike. “I just wanted to race,” he said after beating Pim Ronhaar (Baloise–Trek Lions)…