Skinny tyres, mud, short, sharp off-road races, with hurdles, obstacles and intense action. That’s cyclo-cross, a form of off-road racing that predates mountain biking by decades. Cyclo-cross is also ...
Wout van Aert did not miss his start to 2025 at all. After Gullegem on Saturday, the mud race of Dendermonde on Sunday was also right up his alley. From the third row of the starting grid, Van Aert ...
Wout van Aert’s return to form continued to gain pace Sunday, with the past world champion showing copious class in a mud-packed cyclocross World Cup race in Dendermonde. The Visma-Lease a Bike rider ...
With every turn of the pedals in the mud, Van Aert shows that cyclocross is more than just a starting point for him—it’s a sanctuary, a place to rediscover his essence as a cyclist.
Traditionally, a cyclocross course has four different surfaces: dirt, sand, grass and pavement. Cyclocross is a fall/winter sport, and thus many races contain mud, ice, snow, and adverse weather ...
"Lauren just loves the mixture you get with cyclo-cross - you get mud, you get grass, sand and it's 30 minutes of giving it your absolute all and you just never know what you're going to get.
"If you don’t have the cyclocross skills to race in mud, you can only push yourself so hard," said 16-year-old Lucy Millar. Pedde added, "If your speed and your skills don’t match up ...