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Just caught up with livestream at You Tube, coverage is not the best .
The earliest either rider has started their 'cross seasons since 2020 is the last weekend in November.
Both riders competed for GC in their one-week tours in August (Deutschland for Wout, Renewi for Mathieu), and MVDP had major goals in September (MTB WC) while not over his illness. Wout traveled to Canada and back for the September races there. As long as they are expected to ride the Tour in summer and have a productive classics campaign, I don't think a full cyclocross season is realistic.
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Well, it could be made a thread, which could be stickied* at the top of the sub-forum. Does anyone even go to that sub-directory page?
If people would like to see that done, click like: if you don't like the idea, click the angry face. (If you particularly like or dislike this post for other reasons, you'll have to find another emoticon to express it, but you'll forgo your vote in doing so))
* A joy of the off-season is that I can go a while without @RedheadDane atting me in race threads to add/remove sticky status to the thread in question.
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You can always sticky this thread...
What? The CX sub-forum? We're in it right now...
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So far, this year, the first weekends of CX racing have been MUCH more interesting than any road race this year, so yes, please sticky.
That makes things much more boring. We get to see him riding alone for most of the race. Super fun...
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The real Pim Ronhaar may be resurfacing here.
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...but Nieuwenhuis is still better. Good race, massively impressive for Corsus to podium in this field at 19.
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Great to see Ronhaar looking so strong again but in the end Nieuwenhuis proved better after entertaining race at Heerdestrand , I'm going to have to check out more about the young Corsus who was third.
In women's race van Empel stuttered a little in eralier laps before powering to the win during the final lap.
In women's race van Empel stuttered a little in eralier laps before powering to the win during the final lap.
Van Empel does not look fantastic so far, but early days. One new thing I noticed from her today was bunny-hopping the planks. They were not the highest for sure, but I cannot recall her bunny-hopping before. Van Alphen did the same, but outside of Puck, she was one of the few ladies who could bunny-hop. Can we add Fem to the list now?
Great to see Joris win! Guy looks to me, outside of the mutants, to have the biggest motor in CX.
It's nice to see Van Empel win, even though I'm a Puck fan. It was hard to know how much emotional pain and turmoil she expereineced this past year, so it's good to see her looking happy...I just dread the days where she wins races on the first lap.
It's nice to see Van Empel win, even though I'm a Puck fan. It was hard to know how much emotional pain and turmoil she expereineced this past year, so it's good to see her looking happy...I just dread the days where she wins races on the first lap.
Van Empel has done it before, if the planks aren't too high and it actually makes a difference. For instance in Antwerp where she won because she could hop the planks and Brand couldn't. Most of the time she's just as fast running them though.
Fem dabbled in bunny hopping a couple of years ago, for a few races, including the Fayetteville World Cup where she hopped them on the final lap to open a gap for the win IIRC.
But since then has gone back to running them…perhaps she had a scare in practice and decided it wasn’t worth the risk in races, particularly when she could just as easily ride away from the others to win.
It’s good to see her enjoying the sport, and even though she’s not as dominantly strong as previous years, she’s still got that winning instinct in her!
Van Alphen has started the season very strong. But sadly for her has come up against a slightly better Van Empel in the last few races…surely a win must come soon…
I wonder how long it is until the other top women start racing though - Alvarado, Backstedt, Schreiber etc.
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I too wondered when we could see Alvarado return , sadly a quick search finds she's currently out with a knee injury , duration unknown .
Overijse today . Favourite type course for myself as there is plenty of climbing .Should be dry and fast unlike mudfest seen in recent past.
Home Alone wins the women's race in Overijse! It's an unusually open field in the women's races so far. Van Alphen has consistenly been close, but no cigar.
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Two very similar second places in a row for Ronhaar, riding a little bit overeagerly and then not having enough left in the final lap. The first win since his health issues is close, but he'll have to ride a little bit smarter to get it.
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