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    jono replied to the thread Race Thread.
    Namur course preview from Puck. View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mXGIqWTZCnM Doesn't look particularly muddy, especially if...
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    jono replied to the thread Race Thread.
    On the men's side, MVDP lining up as expected. Tibor del Grosso also making his season debut.
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    The NSN kit, for me, is easily in the top half of the World Tour teams. Much better than the sequence of boring blue and whites they've...
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    jono replied to the thread Race Thread.
    Brand has been one of the best in the sport since at least 2018 and the best in many of those seasons. Even when the trio of van Empel...
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    jono replied to the thread Teams & Riders NSN Cycling.
    I was a bit surprised Premier Tech didn't manager to bring over a few more of their own guys, but I guess Boivin and Woods both retired...
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    Houle has now followed Premier Tech from Astana to IPT to Alpecin.
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    They did have Noah Ramsay on their development team in 2025. No contract yet announced for 2026.
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    jono reacted to Hugh Januss's post in the thread Race Thread with Like Like.
    ^^^This compared to gravel cyclocross is intense and sometimes tight and there are people watching and judging (or at least it feels...
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    jono replied to the thread Race Thread.
    I haven't encountered that in my local scene. North America, and especially the Great Plains where I reside, has no shortage of proper...
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    jono replied to the thread Race Thread.
    The big hope for amateur CX outside of the sport's heartland is that everyone who is riding gravel bikes will soon realize how much...
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    jono replied to the thread Race Thread.
    Nys skipping Terralba makes MVDP the favourite to win the WC overall, if he wasn't already.
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    As long as his sponsors demand he races the Tour I can't imagine his XCO participation being much greater. 2019 was the near-perfect...
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    jono replied to the thread Race Thread.
    WVA race calendar: 20/12 WC Antwerpen 22/12 X2O Hofstade 23/12 SP Heusden-Zolder 28/12 WC Dendermonde 29/12 X2O Loenhout 02/01...
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    jono replied to the thread Race Thread.
    It's important to note that nearly all the crossers on the Belgian teams are also racing a road schedule (sometimes as many or more race...
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    jono replied to the thread Race Thread.
    There are some lesser American riders (Kaya Musgrave, Luke Walter) racing on a small German team.