Cyclocross 2025/2026

[Hommelbier]

Just caught up with today's X20 race in Baal. Women's race saw Lucinda Brand establish a good gap in the first lap which she maintained to the finish. Valiant effort from Puck Pieterse, especially on the last lap, to finish second with Zoe Backstedt back from her injury finishing well in third place.

 

[Pross]

Very snowy for the men at today’s Exacta Cross. Not sure I’ve watched a cross race in the snow before.

 

[Pross]

Wout has withdrawn after sliding out and landing heavily on a tarmac corner. Looks in a fair bit of pain.

 

[Gweeds]

Wout looking the best he has for a while, right up until he goes down hard and hits that same knee.....he has NO luck.

 

[Dorset Boy]

Dumping it with snow.
Wout down very hard as MvdP started to slide. Damaged his knee again and out of the race.

 

[Dorset Boy]

Wout looking the best he has for a while, right up until he goes down hard and hits that same knee.....he has NO luck.

He picks bad lines - you make your own bad luck to a degree - look at how often he punctures and crashes compared to MvdP

 

[Dorset Boy]

Wout could barely stand which my be a huge worry for him and his team

 

[DCLane]

Wout could barely stand which my be a huge worry for him and his team

A sprained ankle and a break, so his cross season's done:
View: https://x.com/vismaleaseabike/status/2007185336661881332/photo/1

 

[andrew_s]

The problem was that Wout turned his ankle when he went to put a foot down.

You could almost say that the injury caused the crash.
The lack of an effective foot plant stopped him saving the skid as Matthieu had done (you can see his footmark and skid mark about a metre further on}

(screen clip from youtube highlights: at 3:11 on this)

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WdZe_PiTBMk

 

[EckyH]

Thanks for that video.
For me it looks like his right foot was still in the position of disengaging from the pedal.

Hopefully he will get better soon.

E.

 

[Pross]

Surprised a small fracture requires surgery.

 

[fossyant]

Surprised a small fracture requires surgery.

It will be to speed up recovery. You or I wouldn't be offered it as having no surgery is often more beneficial, although recovery is longer. I'm glad I refused the metal rods in my spine, and a titanium and ceramic hip (although if the Docs had spotted the breaks I would have had a new hip - wasn't found for six weeks).

 

[Dorset Boy]

Massive crowds at today's race on the snow.
MvdP utterly bossing it once more.

 

[Hommelbier]

Another snow covered course at today's racing in Zonhoven. Puck Pieterse led the women's race from the start until the third lap when she had a fall which allowed Lucinda Brand into the lead. However, Ceylin Alvarado kept Brand in sight and was finally able to take the lead when Brand slipped up against the barrier in the last lap and she held on to take the win. Pieterse was third while Zoe Backstedt finished in 10th place.
MdvP won the men's race.

 

[EckyH]

Today's women's race was a thriller - suspense-packed till the last lap.
I was a bit surprised that the "Queen of the starts" Marie Schreiber was fairly far back in the beginning of the race.

E.