Rider interview: As we are in the midst of the cyclocross season with the World championships in a few weeks, Ed Hood has caught up with US star of the mud – Katie Compton. Over fifteen years at the top end of cyclocross is quite some record. Cauberg cyclocross – Valkenburg World Cup – Netherlands […]
Betsema breaks Brand’s World Cup win streak at Hulst
Denise Betsema took her first World Cup victory since November 2018 with a win at Sunday’s penultimate round of the 2020-2021 series in Hulst, the Netherlands, breaking Lucinda Brand’s streak of four consecutive World Cup triumphs. By coming runner-up, Brand secured her first World Cup title; she’s 42 points ahead of Betsema. Magahlie Rochette was […]
Van der Poel dominates penultimate World Cup race in Hulst
World champion Mathieu van der Poel didn’t enjoy the mucky third round of the World Cup in Dendermonde, finishing nearly three minutes back of winner Wout Van Aert, but the Dutchman took his revenge on Sunday at Round 4 in Hulst, the Netherlands, putting down the hammer on the first of 10 laps to win […]
Van der Poel wins sixth race of the season in X2O Trofee, Round 5
World champion Mathieu van der Poel has been racing cyclocross for only 22 days, but he has won six races and come no lower than second in the other three. He earned win six on Friday as the new year was greeted by the GP Sven Nys, the fifth round of the X2O Badkamers Trofee, […]
Rochette rings in the New Year with 12th in Round 5 of the X2O Trofee, Alvarado earns win
Cyclocross celebrated the New Year with the GP Sven Nys, also known as the fifth round of the X2O Trofee in Baal, Belgium. Ceylin Del Carmen Alvarado not only won for the second year in a row, but she also took her second consecutive round of the series. It was another all-Dutch podium. Maghalie Rochette […]
Brand wins third straight World Cup race in brutal Dendermonde round
On Sunday, in the most taxing of conditions, Lucinda Brand stamped her authority over the 2020-2021 ‘cross World Cup by winning her third of the three rounds so far. The Dendermonde course was a quagmire of mud, and the riders slogged through four laps. Maghalie Rochette, still sporting Christmas lights on her helmet, was the […]
Canada’s van den Ham ties best career World Cup result at mudfest in Dendermonde
Michael van den Ham excelled in the horrendous conditions of Sunday’s third round of the World Cup in Dendermonde, Belgium, taking 17th to tie his best career World Cup result in 2016’s Las Vegas round. It’s now 2-2 between Wout Van Aert and Mathieu van der Poel in this cyclocross season, as Van Aert emerged […]
How to watch World Cup Dendermonde cyclocross
The cyclocross kerstperiode is well underway for 2020, just as the major stars have returned to the sport. With rivalries heating up, in the men’s and women’s ranks, the World Cup is headed to a new venue on Sunday in Dendermonde. As the holiday racing ramps up, you can follow it all from Canada on […]
Brand claims penultimate round of Superprestige series in a sprint
Lucinda Brand continued her fine 2020-2021 ‘cross season at Saturday’s Boxing Day Superprestige race in Zolder, winning a four-up sprint to take eight of her last 11 races. Brand leads Ceylin Del Carmen Alvarado by three points in the GC. Ruby West was the top Canadian at 20th. Maghalie Rochette took the round off. Before […]
Van der Poel eases to victory in round seven of the Superprestige series
It was apparent by Lap 3 of 9 in Saturday’s Heusden-Zolder round of the Superprestige series that Mathieu van der Poel was on the way to his fourth win in six races since he started his ‘cross season on December 12. Misfortune plagued all his rivals: Tom Pidcock, Wout Van Aert and Eli Iserbyt all […]
Twelfth-place Rochette festively festooned for fourth round of the X2O Trofee
Cyclocross world champion Ceylin Del Carmen Alvarado hasn’t had everything going her way this season, being overshadowed by compatriot Lucinda Brand, but on Wednesday Alvarado took her first X2O Trofee round of the 2020-2021 series on a new course in Herentals, Belgium. Alvarado led solo through the last two of four muddy laps. Maghalie Rochette, […]
Van Aert beats van der Poel for first ‘cross victory of the season
Racing close to his hometown, Belgian Wout Van Aert beat rival Mathieu van der Poel in Wednesday’s fourth round of the X2O Trofee in Herentals three days after the Dutchman got the better of him in the Namur World Cup. It was Van Aert’s first ‘cross triumph of the season. The world champion suffered a […]