Zeger Schaeken • Tuesday, December 19, 2023 at 7:45 AM Interview Mathieu van der Poel impressed last Saturday when he returned to the field. The world champion left nothing to chance in Herentals and immediately blasted away in the opening round. It looked impressive, but how did a number of insiders of the cyclo-cross world … Read more
Sunday, December 17, 2023 at 7:54 PM Belgium is the cross country par excellence, but there was little evidence of that this weekend. In fact, in the races of Herentals (X2O Bathrooms Trophy) and Namur (World Cup), not a single Belgian finished on the podium among the elite men. And that’s the first time in … Read more
Niels Bastiaens • Saturday December 16, 2023 at 10:00 AM Special For the first time in years, the cross programs of Mathieu van der Poel and Wout van Aert differ considerably. The Dutchman is going for his sixth world title in the field, which brings him very close to Eric De Vlaeminck’s record. Van Aert … Read more