Race Thread

[KZD]

Pretty impressive solo win for Nys, I think he can start challenging Van Aert when he returns (Van der Poel is likely still one step above everyone).

Impressive recovery from Mason to finish inside the top10.

 

[jmdirt]

Nys looking good.
Prepping for the 'others'?

 

[ChewbaccaDefense]

Shout out to Strohmeyer! Faded there at the end, but still impressive to be in the mix that long.

 

[Axel Hangleck]

Pretty impressive solo win for Nys, I think he can start challenging Van Aert when he returns (Van der Poel is likely still one step above everyone).

Impressive recovery from Mason to finish inside the top10.

I think when Wout returns, we'll have the muddy courses that suit him, and I'm not sure Thibault is at his best in those conditions. But we'll see.....

 

[awavey]

Was it just i wasn't paying enough attention but it looked like there were more slips/falls in the men's race than I remembered in the women's, which all seemed due to ice

 

[Strawberry_Jams]

it if wasn't already obvious, no more cross for pidcock for the foreseeable. says he found it the most hardest discipline, as least naturally gifted, and the most difficult to get up for...winter, living away for christmas etc.
Will probably do more gravel in the off season as he did with the burn in SA, and mountain bike worlds next year.

 

[Wyndbrook]

Shout out to Strohmeyer! Faded there at the end, but still impressive to be in the mix that long.

Wielerflits reports he is staying in Europe for rest of season hoping to get a contract. I hope it works out, but contracts for non Dutch/Belgians are hard to come by.

 

[Axel Hangleck]

Wielerflits reports he is staying in Europe for rest of season hoping to get a contract. I hope it works out, but contracts for non Dutch/Belgians are hard to come by.

I love the ambition, but he's not going to get one; they look after their own....It's hard enough for French, Italian, Czech riders.....Look at Zemanova.....if she was Dutch/Belgian she'd surely be on a major team.

it if wasn't already obvious, no more cross for pidcock for the foreseeable. says he found it the most hardest discipline, as least naturally gifted, and the most difficult to get up for...winter, living away for christmas etc.
Will probably do more gravel in the off season as he did with the burn in SA, and mountain bike worlds next year.

I don't have a problem with that - it's a sensible decision. For his size, he's done well in CX........

 

[Axel Hangleck]

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The French issues with CX beyond youth categories......

 

[jono]

Wielerflits reports he is staying in Europe for rest of season hoping to get a contract. I hope it works out, but contracts for non Dutch/Belgians are hard to come by.

There are some lesser American riders (Kaya Musgrave, Luke Walter) racing on a small German team.

 

[theyoungest]

I love the ambition, but he's not going to get one; they look after their own....It's hard enough for French, Italian, Czech riders.....Look at Zemanova.....if she was Dutch/Belgian she'd surely be on a major team.

The obvious reason is convenience. In terms of distance, paperwork, language, etc. it's just way easier to sign a Dutchman than an American. In terms of exposure it would probably be preferable to sign an American, who would no doubt get a lot more media attention both in Flanders and abroad than, say, Joris Nieuwenhuis.

 

[jono]

The obvious reason is convenience. In terms of distance, paperwork, language, etc. it's just way easier to sign a Dutchman than an American. In terms of exposure it would probably be preferable to sign an American, who would no doubt get a lot more media attention both in Flanders and abroad than, say, Joris Nieuwenhuis.

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 days as they race cross) and the convenience of being the such a team for the 'cross season may be outweighed by the negative of a calendar for the rest of the season that doesn't align with their goals.