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Narváez Strikes Again as Vingegaard’s Form Is Questioned

May 22, 2026 at 10:23 am3 min reading

Road cycling

Jhonatan Narváez won his third stage of the Giro d’Italia, the fourth victory in this race by a depleted UAE Team Emirates–XRG squad, while pre-race favourite Jonas Vingegaard (Visma–Lease a Bike) continues to raise questions about his form.

Van der Poel and Brand Double Down on Their Cyclocross Dominance

December 22, 2025 at 11:44 am3 min reading

Outdoor/Mountain

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…

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Aerts and van der Heijden Beat Sand and Favourites to Win European Cyclocross Championships

November 10, 2025 at 10:53 am3 min reading

Outdoor/Mountain

Toon Aerts of Belgium and the Netherlands’ Inge van der Heijden overcame deep sand, stiff North Sea breezes, and two strong favourites to win the Elite Men’s and Women’s European Cyclocross Championships over the weekend.

Nys and del Grosso Ambush Their Elders in Belgian and Dutch National Championships

January 13, 2025 at 12:16 pm3 min reading

Road cycling

This past weekend was a festival of national cyclo-cross championships with no fewer than 18 European nations, from Albania to Switzerland, alphabetically speaking, crowning their 2025 home champions. The most interest, quite naturally, was in the two countries that dominate men’s cyclo-cross, Belgium and the…

Vanthourenhout Takes Dramatic World Cup Win After Aerts Crashes Near Finish

December 16, 2024 at 1:05 pm2 min reading

Outdoor/Mountain

Michael Vanthourenhout (Pauwels Sauzen-Bingoal) won his third successive cyclo-cross race in the most dramatic of World Cup races in Namur on Sunday when Toon Aerts (Deschacht-Hens-FSP) crashed on a devilishly difficult muddy descent just a few hundred meters from the finish line.

Tom Pidcock Wins Superprestige Gavere and Other Cool News from the World of Cycling

December 14, 2020 at 11:56 am4 min reading

Road cycling

Another Monday is here and our news from the world of cycling with it. So, what did you miss?

Mathieu van der Poel Wins His Third World Cyclocross Title and Other Cool News from the World of Cycling

February 3, 2020 at 11:58 am3 min reading

Outdoor/Mountain

Another Monday is here and our news from the world of cycling with it! So, what did you miss?

Fans Will Celebrate the Beauty of Hellish Cyclo-Cross in Belgium this Sunday

November 18, 2016 at 8:31 am

Outdoor/Mountain

Cyclo-cross is probably the fastest growing cycling discipline worldwide but in Belgium it’s almost a religion. The sport has tens of thousands of fans who gather around the tracks with national flags. Many of them are dressed in funny costumes and root for their favourites…