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Lucinda Brand’s 2020-2021 dominance culminates in cyclocross Grand Slam
Ceylin Del Carmen Alvarado took Sunday’s final round of the X2O Badkamers Trofee on a snowy, windy course at the University of Brussels. She won the last five rounds, but she will rue her misfortune on Round 3, when a piece of wire got wrapped in her drivetrain and made her finish four minutes behind […]
Eli Iserbyt repeats as X2O Badkamers Trofee champion
Toon Aerts triumphed in Sunday’s final round of the X20 Badkamers Trofee on a snowy, windy, technical course at the University of Brussels campus, but fellow Belgian Eli Iserbyt successfully defended the title he won last season when the series was called the DVV Trofee. Aerts added Sunday’s victory to a round of the Superprestige […]
Season 2020/21 Cyclocross Round Up
The cyclocross season is in its last weeks and thanks to the Dutch website WielerFlits we have all the statistics for a full run-down on the season long cyclocross series. The World championships and the World Cup had already been decided and last weekend the Superprestige went to Baloise Trek riders Toon Aerts and Lucinda […]
Alvarado wins fourth consecutive 2020-2021 X20 Trofee race in snowy penultimate round
Sunday’s penultimate round of the X2O Badkamers Trofee snowy, lakeside Krawatencross course in Lille, Belgium, ended with a thrilling one-up sprint between Ceylin Del Carmen Alvarado and Lucinda Brand, with Alvarado prevailing for her fourth consecutive triumph in the series. Brand kept her series lead with one round to go. Sole Canadian entrant Siobhan Kelly, […]
Sweet Sweeck weekend sweep: Belgian follows up Superprestige victory with X2O Trofee triumph
With Mathieu van der Poel, Wout Van Aert and Tom Pidcock having transferred to the road, elite men’s cyclocross racing was wide open this weekend, and Laurens Sweeck took advantage to follow up Saturday’s victory in the Superprestige series with a triumph in Sunday’s penultimate round of the X2O Trofee. Canadian Cameron Jette joined the […]
Stronger teammates complicate Iserbyt’s attempt to win Superprestige series in finale
It was a story of teammates in the eighth and final round of the Superprestige series Saturday in Middelkerke, Belgium on Sunday, as Eli Iserbyt was in position to nick the overall title from Toon Aerts but stronger teammates complicated his attempt. Aerts received more support from teammate Lars van der Haar, who was on […]
New world champ Brand secures Superprestige series crown
Lucinda Brand closed in on cyclocross’s Grand Slam as the new world champion secured the Superprestige series in Saturday’s final round on a muddy course in Middelkerke, Belgium. Brand came third and is now poised to win the World Cup, World Championship, Superprestige and X20 Trofee. Denise Betsema prevailed on the day, taking her fifth […]
How Did The Dutch Dominate The Cross Worlds?
Dutch World Domination: Last Sunday there were four cyclocross rainbow jerseys on offer in Oostende and Holland won all of them. Of the twelve medals, Holland won eight and the kings of cross, Belgium, only won three. So why were the men and women from the Netherlands so good? Because they all learnt their trade […]
UCI announces 2021-2022 cyclocross World Cup schedule
Just ten days after the last round of the 2020-2021 cyclocross World Cup finished in Overijse, Belgium, the UCI announced the 2021-2022 schedule on Thursday. It’s going to be a big season for the U.S.A., with the nation hosting the first three rounds and the World Championships. 2021-2022 may be the most important year ever […]
The Dutch go three for three at Worlds, with van Empel claiming the U23 women’s title
Dutch domination continued at the 2021 UCI Cyclocross in Ostend, Belgium on Sunday, with Fem van Empel emerging from a strong trio of orange-clad riders to claim the U23 women’s title. The Dutch have taken all three titles so far, Lucinda Brand and Pim Ronhaar having triumphed on Saturday. Van Empel on her way to […]