'My acts after the hard crash were made in a rage of anger and don’t belong in this sport' says Belgian Champion The Belgian Champion later apologised for his actions and said he understood why officials decided to disqualify him from the race after pulling him from the circuit and into the mechanic's pits on the sixth lap "I understand the decision of the jury to dsq me today in Beringen My acts after the hard crash were made in a rage of anger and don’t belong in this sport," Iserbyt said in a statement on Twitter following the race Now I’ll focus on the positive things and look forward to the next races!" a five-rider lead group held only a slim lead over eventual winner Lars van der Haar (Baloise Trek Lions) who was in a chase group with Iserbyt and Kamp Van der Haar used that as an opportunity to punch to the front and close the gap.  Iserbyt and Kamp crashed on a muddy descent their bikes tangled into the fencing on the left side of the narrow course.  Iserbyt untangled himself from the orange fencing first and picked up his bike but then appeared to have intentionally stomped on Kamp's bike as he tried to get back on the course.  Kamp struggled to untangle his handlebars from the fencing and he appeared visibly upset at Iserbyt's actions Kamp grabbed ahold of Iserbyt's jersey to try and stop the rider and the pair then exchanged words.  Video footage then showed both riders trying to get their bikes functioning again Iserbyt was back on his bike first and raced toward the pits to take a spare bike unable to fix his bike which appeared to have a broken rear derailleur and a hanging chain Kamp eventually reached the pits and received a spare bike but was much too far back to reconnect with the lead group Iserbyt started the sixth lap over a minute behind the race leaders and Kamp crossed the line at over 1:30 back.  An official was waiting for Iserbyt as he approached the pits on that lap The official and Iserbyt spoke briefly before the rider then exited the course Kamp was able to finish the race in 22nd place at 3:50 behind Iserbyt later told HLN that while he regretted his actions at Exact Cross Beringen he and Kamp have been at odds since last season accusing Kamp of cutting ahead of him on the course unnecessarily in previous races “That reaction was not necessary,” Iserbyt told HLN “It happened in the heat of the battle There was something simmering between us since last season He cut off at places where it was not necessary or where it simply could not be done Kirsten has a background in Kinesiology and Health Science. She has been involved in cycling from the community and grassroots level to professional cycling's biggest races, reporting on the WorldTour, Spring Classics, Tours de France, World Championships and Olympic Games. She began her sports journalism career with Cyclingnews as a North American Correspondent in 2006. In 2018, Kirsten became Women's Editor – overseeing the content strategy, race coverage and growth of women's professional cycling – before becoming Deputy Editor in 2023. Fem van Empel will start her cyclocross season this Saturday at the Exact Cross in Beringen. After a long preparation, the 22-year-old world champion is eagerly looking forward to another cyclocross-filled winter. “I want to keep improving myself.” The Exact Cross in Beringen marks the first Flemish cyclocross race of the new season. Van Empel is also making her return after an instructive road season. After the Tour de France Femmes, a long preparation for the cyclocross season followed for the reigning world champion.   “I am extremely looking forward to cyclocross again”, Van Empel says. “I've been able to prepare well over the past few months. The first cyclocross race of the season is always a gauge of how the form is, so that brings some excitement. The course in Beringen has changed a bit compared to last year. I hope I can compete for the win straight away. Furthermore, I can't wait to experience the great atmosphere during the races again, because the discipline remains special to me.”   With nineteen wins, Van Empel dominated the previous winter. As icing on the cake, she renewed her title at both the European and world championships. “I have marked both championships with dot on the calendar. Again it will be a goal of mine to win those races, but that is the case for all races where I start. I want to get the maximum out of everything and I want to keep improving myself.”   Subscribe yourself for the Team Visma | Lease a Bike newsletter and receive previews for races, exclusive interviews, video's and promotions! ​CategoriesCategoriesEnglishSPORTSBe-MINE race at Beringen to open international cyclocross season in Belgium 11 October 2024 The 2024-2025 international cyclocross season in Belgium gets underway on Saturday with the be-MINE cross at Beringen on a former mining site in Limburg province The race will be a test case for the 2026 Belgian cyclocross championships Cyclocross can be best described as a cross between road cycling It’s a form of bicycle racing that takes place on pavement steep hills and involves obstacles requiring the rider to carry the bike Races take place on a closed circuit in a park or other open land with competitors racing multiple laps Since the season takes place from September to February The sport is particularly popular in Flanders but also in the Netherlands and – to a lesser extent – France The 2024-2025 international cyclocross season in Belgium gets underway on Saturday with the be-MINE cross at Beringen at a former mining site in Limburg province The course has been changed: the start and finish zone was for example moved to the diving centre at the site will be a lot less steep and thus more safe The race is part of the Exact Cross series victory in the men's race went to Thibau Nys regarded as one of the sport's brightest prospects one of the most decorated athletes in cyclocross history had an impressive season on the road with nine wins – including five in the World Tour He would normally be one of the main candidates to win at Beringen but he himself indicated that he is not yet in top form as he became ill after the road season Among the main favourites are two other Flemings: Eli Iserbyt will certainly want to show himself as well Dutch rider Lars van der Haar is another important candidate to take the victory Dutch rider Fem van Empel will be eager to achieve a third consecutive win in Beringen #FlandersNewsService | The men's elite race of the be-MINE cross at Beringen in 2023 © BELGA PHOTO JASPER JACOBS Copy linkGet updates in your mailboxYour email addressSubscribeBy clicking "Subscribe" I confirm I have read and agree to the Privacy Policy rapid and high-quality information 24 hours a day from Belgium and abroad to all Belgian media not to mention entertainment and lifestyle our journalists and press photographers produce hundreds of photos and news stories Since the end of March 2022 English has been added as a language businesses and various organisations that need reliable information Belga News Agency also offers a comprehensive range of corporate services to meet all their communication needs www.belganewsagency.eu Officials disqualify Eli Iserbyt after stomping on Ryan Kamp's bike following lap-5 crash Lars van der Haar (Baloise Trek Lions) is off to a winning start to the cyclocross season with victory at the opening round of the Exact Cross series Beringen-Be-Mine Cross on Saturday.  Van der Haar closed the gap to a lead group that included European Champion Michael Vanthourenhout (Pauwels Sauzen-Bingoal) and then took the race lead on the last lap opening a winning gap and finishing 10 seconds ahead of Vanthourenhout Niels Vandeputte (Alpecin-Deceuninck) finished third at 18 seconds back The field split apart as riders crashed through a tight downhill mud section of the course causing several pile-ups and one rider to go over the barriers and into the grass on the other side Ten riders stayed close together at the front end of the field with Vandebosch leading with a small gap as Orts Lloret led the chase behind and the rest of the field split apart further back A select group reconnected on the second lap that included Crelan-Corendon teammates Vandebosch and Wyseure Baloise Trek Lions teammates Nys and Van der Haar and Pauwels Sauzen-Bingoal teammates Vanthourenhout and Iserbyt Wyseure attacked to go solo on lap three with Aerts leading the large chase group The lead group again thinned out and split apart on the fourth lap as Vandebosch and Wyseure Vanthourenhout and Vandeputte gained ten seconds on the rest of the field led by Iserbyt.  the five lead riders held only a slim lead and Van der Haar used that as an opportunity to punch to the front of the chase group and close the gap.  their bikes tangled into the fencing on the left side of the course.  Iserbyt got back on his functioning bike and raced toward the pits to take a spare bike Vandeputte led the race ahead of Vanthourenhout Nys and Orts Lloret at the start of the sixth lap.  Iserbyt crossed the line over a minute back and Kamp crossed the line at over 1:30 back race officials asked him to stop and he was disqualified from the race Aerts attacked partway through the sixth lap building a significant lead as Vandeputte and Vanthourenhout tried to close down the move Van der Haar just off the back at the start of the penultimate lap Van der Haar proved strongest on the technical course as he caught up to Vandeputte and Vanthourenhout as Aerts struggled to hold his pace at the front Aerts was caught by the trio just ahead of the last lap Vanthourenhout counter-attacked but Van der Haar closed the gap on the last lap and took the lead and kept the pressure on for the last half of the circuit He extended his gap over the flyover and onto the tarmac and crossed the line with the victory Results powered by FirstCycling Kirsten has a background in Kinesiology and Health Science She has been involved in cycling from the community and grassroots level to professional cycling's biggest races She began her sports journalism career with Cyclingnews as a North American Correspondent in 2006 Kirsten became Women's Editor – overseeing the content strategy race coverage and growth of women's professional cycling – before becoming Deputy Editor in 2023 Eli Iserbyt apologised for 'rage of anger' at event in Beringen Cyclo-cross rider Eli Iserbyt (Pauwels Sauzen-Bingoal) was disqualified from a race and fined after he stomped on a fellow competitor’s bike The Belgian champion planted his foot onto the back wheel of Fenix rider Ryan Kamp’s bike after the pair crashed together at Saturday’s Exact Cross event in Beringen a race official pulled Iserbyt from the course and he was later fined 100 CHF (£89.09) The initial collision came on the fifth of eight laps of the muddy circuit when Kamp and Iserbyt went shoulder-to-shoulder on a sharp downhill section Iserbyt said he was overcome with a “rage of anger” that led him to stomp on his opponent’s bike holding his bike which appeared to have a broken rear derailleur three minutes and 50 seconds behind the winner Shortly after the race finished, Iserbyt shared an apology message on X: “I understand the decision of the jury to dsq me today in Beringen My acts after the hard crash were made in a rage of anger and don’t belong in this sport For this I want to apologise to everyone involved Now I’ll focus on the positive things and look forward to the next races!” Here’s the reason Eli Iserbyt was disqualified from Exact Cross round 1 in Beringen today 😳 pic.twitter.com/EoajX4VHHOOctober 12, 2024 Iserbyt also gave an interview to Belgian publication HLN in which he said his reaction was “not necessary” but came after something Kamp had said to him Iserbyt said: “I’m not going to repeat that The duo were teammates at Pauwels Sauzen-Bingoal for five years until Kamp joined Fenix – a racing arm linked to his road team Alpecin-Deceuninck – earlier this year tension between the two had been “simmering for a while” with incidents of “cutting up” and “pushing” last season Kamp was also approached for comment about the incident in Beringen “The smartest thing is to say nothing Worse things will come of it,” he told HLN “We were riding next to each other in the corner I'm not going to say anything more about it Thank you for reading 20 articles this month* Join now for unlimited access Enjoy your first month for just £1 / $1 / €1 *Read 5 free articles per month without a subscription Try first month for just £1 / $1 / €1 offering race analysis and rider interviews Tom likes it most when the road goes uphill and actively seeks out double-figure gradients on his rides His best result is 28th in a hill-climb competition one of the former boarding houses dating from the heyday of the mining industry in Limburg The building had been empty for some time and the city of Beringen (Limburg) put it up for sale in 2022 For a while there was talk of housing a Koranic school there but that met with protests from the neighbourhood The new owners have just received the approved accommodation label from the local tourism board Tourism Limburg They have transformed the historic building into a modern B&B with a nod to its mining past we used a lot of iron like the staircase and the iron windows between the bedroom and the bathroom,’ explains Ann De Schutter of Guesthouse Just Be Mine we have hung old photos that refer to the rich mining past including the miners’ sports clubs the mineworkers’ cathedral and their culinary heritage In all the rooms there are chocolate colliers' lamps,’ Ann laughs The building has been transformed from a simple boarding house  to a luxury B&B I see that there was not that much luxury here but it did radiate cosiness money was invested to give the miners the necessary comfort.’ The number of overnight stays in Limburg has been rising for several years and there is also an upward trend in Beringen That's why Visit Beringen is pleased with this new investment ‘There is a huge need in Beringen for additional hotels and places to stay There is great demand and we definitely need to expand our offerings,’ says Orenalle Schreurs The opening of the B&B is scheduled for 1 May Chevron Phillips Chemical Co. LLC (CPChem) has approved a project to expand capacity of its petrochemical plant in Beringen in the country’s eastern province of Limburg the project will involve construction of a new unit that will double the Beringen plant’s production capacity of polyalphaolefins (PAO) to 120,000 tonnes/year upon its planned startup in 2024 Designed to benefit from advantages in infrastructure and feedstock availability at the site Beringen’s newly proposed low-viscosity PAO unit comes as part of CPChem’s commitment to meeting increased global demand for PAOs used in synthetic products such as lubricants as well as essential components in automotive “The construction of a new unit near our existing [Beringen] assets will allow us to benefit from strong local expertise and leverage Belgium’s central position to meet customer needs globally,” said Mitch Eichelberger CPChem’s executive vice-president of polymers and specialties Expansion of its PAO production capacity also supports the company’s commitment to accelerating change for a sustainable future as PAOs help reduce energy consumption through efficient lubrication which lowers fuel consumption and emissions by reducing friction The operator said increased global demand for PAOs is fueled by the PAO molecules’ performance at extreme temperatures as well as by new applications that include electric and fuel-efficient vehicles and heat-transfer fluid Characterizing the new Beringen PAO unit only as a “significant investment,” CPChem did not reveal a precise value of the proposed project Robert Brelsford joined Oil & Gas Journal in October 2013 as downstream technology editor after 8 years as a crude oil price and news reporter on spot crude transactions at the US Gulf Coast He holds a BA (2000) in English from Rice University and an MS (2003) in education and social policy from Northwestern University   2021 X20 Badkamers Trofee Cyclocross Krawatencross at Lille, Belgium - It was a winter wonderland as the elite women's race got underway in the snow. - Click for high resolution - more X20 Badkamers Trophy Cyclocross Lille Photos - photo Copyright © 2021 Cor Vos/cyclingfans.com  - For more cyclocross live coverage, various series and events, see Cyclocross LIVE - Videos: Cyclocross Videos - Expected LIVE video here.  (Pickx RTL club - Expected LIVE video here and here.  (Sporza - Need a VPN to access a geo-restricted feed? Try ExpressVPN - Expected LIVE video here and here.  (Sporza - Photos: 2021 Superprestige Cyclocross at Boom, Belgium - Elite Men race Photos - Photos: 2021 X20 Badkamers Trofee Cyclocross Krawatencross at Lille, Belgium - Elite Women Race Photos - Photos: 2021 UCI Cyclocross World Championships Photos - Elite Women race - Photos: 2019 Ethias Cross Cyclocross at Essen, Belgium - Elite Women Race Photos - Photos: Brico Cross Cyclocross Photos - Live streams to come before the events start.. - 2025 Exact Cross (formerly Ethias) Cyclocross Sint-Niklaas, Belgium Start Lists here (elite women) and here (elite men) - The 2025 Exact Cross Cyclocross Sint-Niklaas, Belgium is Saturday, February 15.  There will be live streams for both the elite women's and men's races.  For more start lists, see Cyclocross Start Lists NOTE:  If you believe you may not be seeing the latest content on this page try clearing your browser's cache (or try a different browser) Live streaming video: 1:30pm CET (7:30am U.S LIVE video (--) LIVE video (--) Tom Pidcock in action at the 2022 X2O Badkamers Trofee Cyclocross GP Sven Nys at Baal, Belgium - Click for high resolution - more 2022 X2O Badkamers Trophy Cyclocross GP Sven Nys at Baal, Belgium - Elite Men race photos - photo Copyright © 2022 Cor Vos/cyclingfans.com Wout Van Aert returned to CX competition at the 2021 Superprestige Cyclocross event at Boom, Belgium. He dominated. - Click for high resolution - more 2021 Superprestige Cyclocross at Boom, Belgium - Elite Men race photos - photo Copyright © 2021 Cor Vos/cyclingfans.com Wout Van Aert won the elite men's 2021 Superprestige CX at Boom, Belgium. - Click for high resolution - more 2021 Superprestige Cyclocross at Boom, Belgium - Elite Men race photos - photo Copyright © 2021 Cor Vos/cyclingfans.com 2021 X20 Badkamers Trofee Cyclocross Krawatencross at Lille, Belgium - It was a winter wonderland as the elite women's race got underway in the snow. - Click for high resolution - more X20 Badkamers Trophy Cyclocross Lille Photos - photo Copyright © 2021 Cor Vos/cyclingfans.com World Champion Lucinda Brand was in action for the first time in the rainbow jersey the weekend following the 2021 UCI Cyclocross Worlds. - Click for high resolution - more X20 Badkamers Trophy Cyclocross Lille Photos - photo Copyright © 2021 Cor Vos/cyclingfans.com Winner Marianne Vos and Ellen Van Loy race in the 2019 Ethias Cross CX at Essen, Belgium. - Click for high resolution - more 2019 Ethias Cross CX at Essen Elite Women's race photos - photo Copyright © 2019 Cor Vos/cyclingfans.com Ellen Van Loy in action during the 2019 Ethias Cross CX at Essen, Belgium - Click for high resolution - more 2019 Ethias Cross CX at Essen Elite Women's race photos - photo Copyright © 2019 Cor Vos/cyclingfans.com Notes from the 2025 Exact Cross Cyclocross Maldegem - Expected LIVE video here and here.  (Sporza - Expected LIVE video here and here.  (Sporza - 2025 Exact Cross (formerly Ethias) Cyclocross Maldegem, Belgium Start Lists here (elite women) and here (elite men) Belgium Schedule (Wednesday): 7:45am ET Elite Men at 15:00 CET - The 2025 Exact Cross Cyclocross Maldegem, Belgium is Wednesday, February 5.  There will be live streams for both the elite women's and men's races.  For more start lists, see Cyclocross Start Lists Notes from the 2024 Exact Cross Cyclocross Loenhout - Sporza ticker LIVE here. (auto-translated) (women's race) - Sporza ticker LIVE here. (auto-translated) (men's race) - Expected LIVE video here.  (Pickx RTL club - Expected LIVE video here and here.  (Sporza - Need a VPN to access a geo-restricted feed? Try ExpressVPN - Expected LIVE video here and here.  (Sporza - 2024 Exact Cross (formerly Ethias) Cyclocross Loenhout, Belgium Start Lists here (elite women) and here (elite men) - The 2024 Exact Cross Cyclocross Loenhout, Belgium is Friday, December 27.  There will be live streams for both the elite women's and men's races.  For more start lists, see Cyclocross Start Lists Notes from the 2024 Exact Cross Cyclocross Kortrijk - Expected LIVE video here and here.  (Sporza - Expected LIVE video here and here.  (Sporza - 2024 Exact Cross (formerly Ethias) Cyclocross Kortrijk, Belgium Start Lists here (elite women) and here (elite men) - The 2024 Exact Cross Cyclocross Kortrijk, Belgium is Saturday, November 23.  There will be live streams for both the elite women's and men's races.  For more start lists, see Cyclocross Start Lists Notes from the 2024 Exact Cross Cyclocross Heerderstrand - Expected LIVE video here and here.  (Sporza - Expected LIVE video here and here.  (Sporza - 2024 Exact Cross (formerly Ethias) Cyclocross Heerderstrand, Netherlands Start Lists here (elite women) and here (elite men) Netherlands Schedule (Saturday): - The 2024 Exact Cross Cyclocross Heerderstrand, Netherlands is Saturday, October 26.  There will be live streams for both the elite women's and men's races.  For more start lists, see Cyclocross Start Lists Notes from the 2024 Exact Cross Cyclocross Essen - Expected LIVE video here and here.  (Sporza - Expected LIVE video here and here.  (Sporza - Exact Cross (formerly Ethias) Cyclocross Essen, Belgium Start Lists here (elite women) and here (elite men) Eli Iserbyt has been suspended for three races for stomping on Ryan Kamp's bike Denise Betsema are among the elite women expected to compete and Eli Iserbyt Toon Aerts and Tom Meeusen are among the elite men expected - The 2024 Exact Cross Cyclocross Essen, Belgium is Saturday, October 19.  There will be live streams for both the elite women's and men's races.  For more start lists, see Cyclocross Start Lists Notes from the 2024 Exact Cross Cyclocross Beringen - Expected LIVE video here and here and here.  (Sporza - Expected LIVE video here and here and here.  (Sporza - Exact Cross (formerly Ethias) Cyclocross Beringen, Belgium, Belgium Start Lists here (elite women) and here (elite men) Lucinda Brand are among the elite women expected to compete and Michael Vanthourenhout Lars van der Haar and Thibau Nys are among the elite men expected 10:15am ET Elite Men at 17:30 CET - The 2024 Exact Cross Cyclocross Beringen, Belgium, Belgium is Saturday, October 12.  There will be live streams for both the elite women's and men's races.  For more start lists, see Cyclocross Start Lists Notes from the 2024 Exact Cross Cyclocross Waaslandcross Sint-Niklaas - Expected LIVE video here and here.  (Sporza - Expected LIVE video here and here.  (Sporza - Exact Cross (formerly Ethias) Cyclocross Waaslandcross Sint-Niklaas, Belgium Start Lists here (all events) - Exact Cross Cyclocross Waaslandcross Sint-Niklaas - The 2024 Exact Cross Cyclocross Waaslandcross Sint-Niklaas, Belgium is Saturday, February 17.  There will be live streams for both the elite women's and men's races.  For more start lists, see Cyclocross Start Lists Notes from the 2024 Exact Cross Cyclocross Maldegem - Expected LIVE video here and here.  (Sporza - Expected LIVE video here and here.  (Sporza - Exact Cross (formerly Ethias) Cyclocross Maldegem, Belgium Start Lists here (all events) - The 2024 Exact Cross Cyclocross Maldegem, Belgium is Wednesday, February 7.  There will be live streams for both the elite women's and men's races.  For more start lists, see Cyclocross Start Lists Notes from the 2024 Exact Cross Cyclocross Azencross Kasteelcross Zonnebeke - Expected LIVE video here and here.  (Sporza - Expected LIVE video here and here.  (Sporza - Exact Cross (formerly Ethias) Cyclocross Kasteelcross Zonnebeke, Belgium Start Lists here (all events) - Exact Cross Cyclocross Kasteelcross Zonnebeke - The 2024 Exact Cross Cyclocross Azencross Kasteelcross Zonnebeke, Belgium is Saturday, January 20.  There will be live streams for both the elite women's and men's races.  For more start lists, see Cyclocross Start Lists Notes from the 2023 Exact Cross Cyclocross Azencross Loenhout - Expected LIVE video here and here.  (Sporza - Expected LIVE video here and here.  (Sporza - Exact Cross (formerly Ethias) Cyclocross Azencross Loenhout, Belgium Start Lists here (all events) - Exact Cross Cyclocross Azencross Loenhout - The 2023 Exact Cross Cyclocross Azencross Loenhout, Belgium is Friday, December 29.  There will be live streams for both the elite women's and men's races.  For more start lists, see Cyclocross Start Lists Notes from the 2023 Exact Cross Cyclocross Zilvermeercross Mol - Expected LIVE video here and here.  (Sporza - Expected LIVE video here and here.  (Sporza, geo-restricted) - Need a VPN to access a geo-restricted feed? Try ExpressVPN - Exact Cross (formerly Ethias) Cyclocross Zilvermeercross Mol, Belgium Start Lists here (all events) - Exact Cross Cyclocross Zilvermeercross Mol - The 2023 Exact Cross Cyclocross Zilvermeercross Mol, Belgium is Friday, December 22.  There will be live streams for both the elite women's and men's races.  For more start lists, see Cyclocross Start Lists Notes from the 2023 Exact Cross Cyclocross Essen - Expected LIVE video here.  (Sporza - Exact Cross (formerly Ethias) Cyclocross Essen, Belgium Start Lists here (all events) - The 2023 Exact Cross Cyclocross Essen, Belgium is Saturday, December 9.  There will be live streams for both the elite women's and men's races.  For more start lists, see Cyclocross Start Lists Notes from the 2023 Exact Cross Cyclocross Beringen - Expected LIVE video here and here.  (Sporza - Expected LIVE video here and here.  (Sporza - Exact Cross (formerly Ethias) Cyclocross Beringen, Belgium Start Lists here (all events) - The 2023 Exact Cross Cyclocross Beringen, Belgium is Sunday, October 8.  There will be live streams for both the elite women's and men's races.  For more start lists, see Cyclocross Start Lists Notes from the 2023 Exact Cross Cyclocross Waaslandcross Sint-Niklaas - Expected LIVE video here.  (VTM - Exact Cross (formerly Ethias) Cyclocross Waaslandcross Sint-Niklaas, Belgium Start Lists here (all events) ET (Rectavit Ladies Cross) Elite Men at 15:00 CET - The 2023 Exact Cross Cyclocross Waaslandcross Sint-Niklaas, Belgium is Saturday, February 18.  There will be live streams for both the elite women's and men's races.  For more start lists, see Cyclocross Start Lists 2023 Exact Cross Cyclocross Kasteelcross Zonnebeke - On Sunday, January 22, 2023: UCI Cyclocross World Cup Benidorm Costa Blanca, Spain LIVE - Sporza ticker LIVE here. (auto-translated) (elite men race) - Exact Cross (formerly Ethias) Cyclocross Kasteelcross Zonnebeke, Belgium Start Lists here (all events) - The 2023 Exact Cross Cyclocross Kasteelcross Zonnebeke, Belgium is Saturday, January 21.  There will be live streams for both the elite women's and men's races.  For more start lists, see Cyclocross Start Lists Notes from the 2022 Exact Cross Cyclocross Azencross Loenhout - Exact Cross (formerly Ethias) Cyclocross Azencross Loenhout, Belgium Start Lists here (all events) - The 2022 Exact Cross Cyclocross Azencross Loenhout, Belgium is Friday, December 30.  There will be live streams for both the elite women's and men's races.  For more start lists, see Cyclocross Start Lists Notes from the 2022 Exact Cross Cyclocross Zilvermeercross Mol - Exact Cross (formerly Ethias) Cyclocross Zilvermeercross Mol, Belgium Start Lists here (all events) - The 2022 Exact Cross Cyclocross Zilvermeercross Mol, Belgium is Friday, December 23.  There will be live streams for both the elite women's and men's races.  For more start lists, see Cyclocross Start Lists Notes from the 2022 Exact Cross Cyclocross Essen - On Sunday, December 11, 2022: UCI Cyclocross World Cup Dublin, Ireland LIVE - Exact Cross (formerly Ethias) Cyclocross Essen, Belgium Start Lists here (women) and here (men) Eastern (Rectavit Ladies Cross) Elite Men at 15:00 CET - The 2022 Exact Cross Cyclocross Essen, Belgium is Saturday, December 10.  There will be live streams for both the elite women's and men's races.  For more start lists, see Cyclocross Start Lists Notes from the 2022 Exact Cross Cyclocross "Berencross" Meulebeke - Exact Cross (formerly Ethias) Cyclocross "Berencross" Meulebeke Start Lists here (women and men) - Exact Cross Cyclocross "Berencross" Meulebeke - The 2022 Exact Cross Cyclocross "Berencross" Meulebeke, Belgium is Saturday, October 1.  There will be live streams for both the elite women's and men's races.  For more start lists, see Cyclocross Start Lists Notes from the 2022 Exact Cross Cyclocross Beringen - Exact Cross (formerly Ethias) Cyclocross Beringen, Belgium Start Lists here (women and men) 10:15am ET Elite Men at 17:30 CET - The 2022 Exact Cross Cyclocross Beringen, Belgium is Sunday, September 25.  There will be live streams for both the elite women's and men's races.  For more start lists, see Cyclocross Start Lists Notes from the 2022 Exact Cross Cyclocross "Polderscross" Kruibeke - Exact Cross (formerly Ethias) Cyclocross "Polderscross" Kruibeke, Belgium Start Lists here (women and men) - Exact Cross Cyclocross "Polderscross" Kruibeke - The 2022 Exact Cross Cyclocross "Polderscross" Kruibeke, Belgium is Sunday, September 18.  There will be live streams for both the elite women's and men's races.  For more start lists, see Cyclocross Start Lists Notes from the 2022 Ethias Cross Cyclocross Waaslandcross Sint-Niklaas - Sporza ticker LIVE here. (auto-translated) (elite women race) - Sporza ticker LIVE here. (auto-translated) (elite men race) - Ethias Cross Cyclocross Waaslandcross Sint-Niklaas, Belgium Start Lists here (women and men) - Ethias Cross Cyclocross Waaslandcross Sint-Niklaas - The 2022 Ethias Cross Cyclocross Waaslandcross Sint-Niklaas, Belgium is Saturday, February 19.  There will be live streams for both the elite women's and men's races.  For more start lists, see Cyclocross Start Lists Notes from the 2022 Ethias Cross Cyclocross Maldegem - On Sunday, February 6, 2022: X2O Badkamers Trofee Cyclocross Soudal Krawatencross Lille, Belgium LIVE - Ethias Cross Cyclocross Maldegem, Belgium Start Lists here (women and men) - The 2022 Ethias Cross Cyclocross Maldegem, Belgium is Saturday, February 5.  There will be live streams for both the elite women's and men's races.  For more start lists, see Cyclocross Start Lists Notes from the 2021 Ethias Cross Cyclocross Essen - On Sunday, December 12: UCI Cyclocross World Cup Val di Sole, Italy - Sporza ticker LIVE here. (auto-translated) (elite men race) - Need a VPN to access a geo-restricted feed? Try ExpressVPN - Ethias Cross Cyclocross Essen, Belgium Start Lists here (women and men) - Ethias Cross Cyclocross Essen (Robotland CX) Eastern Elite Men at 15:00 CET - The 2021 Ethias Cross Cyclocross Essen, Belgium is Saturday, December 11.  There will be live streams for both the elite women's and men's races.  For more start lists, see Cyclocross Start Lists Notes from the 2021 Ethias Cross Cyclocross Leuven - On Sunday, November 14, 2021: UCI Cyclocross World Cup Tabor, Czechia (Czech Republic) - Sporza ticker LIVE here. (auto-translated) (elite women race) - Ethias Cross Cyclocross Leuven, Belgium Start Lists here (women and men) 7:45am ET Elite Men at 15:00 CET - The 2021 Ethias Cross Cyclocross Leuven, Belgium is Saturday, November 13.  There will be live streams for both the elite women's and men's races.  For more start lists, see Cyclocross Start Lists Notes from the 2021 Ethias Cross Cyclocross Meulebeke - Ethias Cross Cyclocross Meulebeke, Belgium Start Lists here (women and men) - The 2021 Ethias Cross Cyclocross Meulebeke, Belgium is Saturday, October 2.  There will be live streams for both the elite women's and men's races.  For more start lists, see Cyclocross Start Lists Notes from the 2021 Ethias Cross Cyclocross Bredene - Ethias Cross Cyclocross Bredene, Belgium Start Lists here (women and men) - Ethias Cross CX Bredene television/TV broadcasters and streamers include Eurosport - The 2021 Ethias Cross Cyclocross Bredene, Belgium is Saturday, September 25.  There will be live streams for both the elite women's and men's races.  For more start lists, see Cyclocross Start Lists Notes from the 2021 Ethias Cross Cyclocross Beringen - Ethias Cross CX Beringen television/TV broadcasters and streamers include Eurosport - The 2021 Ethias Cross Cyclocross Beringen, Belgium is Saturday, September 18.  There will be live streams for both the elite women's and men's races.  For more start lists, see Cyclocross Start Lists Notes from the 2021 Ethias Cross Cyclocross Lokeren - Ethias Cross Cyclocross Lokeren, Belgium Start Lists here (women and men) - Ethias Cross CX Lokeren television/TV broadcasters and streamers include Eurosport - The 2021 Ethias Cross Cyclocross Lokeren, Belgium is Saturday, September 11.  There will be live streams for both the elite women's and men's races.  For more start lists, see Cyclocross Start Lists 2021 Ethias Cross Cyclocross Waaslandcross at Sint-Niklaas - Expected LIVE video here - Ethias Cross Cyclocross Waaslandcross at Sint-Niklaas, Belgium Start Lists here (women) and here (men) - Ethias Cross Cyclocross Waaslandcross at Sint-Niklaas - The 2021 Ethias Cross Cyclocross Waaslandcross at Sint-Niklaas, Belgium is Saturday, February 20.  There will be live streams for both the elite women's and men's races.  For more start lists, see Cyclocross Start Lists Notes from the 2021 Ethias Cross Cyclocross at Eeklo - Sporza ticker LIVE here. (auto-translated) (elite men's race) - Ethias Cross Cyclocross at Eeklo, Belgium Start Lists here (women) and here (men) - The 2021 Ethias Cross Cyclocross at Eeklo, Belgium is Saturday, February 13.  There will be live streams for both the elite women's and men's races.  For more start lists, see Cyclocross Start Lists Notes from the 2020 Ethias Cross Cyclocross at Bredene - Ethias Cross Cyclocross at Bredene, Belgium Start Lists here (women) and here (men) - The 2020 Ethias Cross Cyclocross at Bredene, Belgium is Wednesday, December 30.  There will be live streams for both the elite women's and men's races.  For more start lists, see Cyclocross Start Lists Notes from the 2020 Ethias Cross Cyclocross at Essen - Ethias Cross Cyclocross at Essen, Belgium Start Lists here (women) and here (men) - The 2020 Ethias Cross Cyclocross at Essen, Belgium is Tuesday, December 22.  There will be live streams for both the elite women's and men's races.  For more start lists, see Cyclocross Start Lists Notes from the 2020 Ethias Cross Cyclocross at Leuven - Ethias Cross Cyclocross at Leuven, Belgium Start Lists here (women) and here (men) - The 2020 Ethias Cross Cyclocross at Leuven, Belgium is Saturday, November 14.  There will be live streams for both the elite women's and men's races.  For more start lists, see Cyclocross Start Lists Notes from the 2020 Ethias Cross Cyclocross at Beringen - Ethias Cross Cyclocross Beringen, Belgium Start Lists here (women and men) 10:00am ET (Rectavit Ladies Cross) Elite Men at 17:15 CET - The 2020 Ethias Cross Cyclocross at Beringen, Belgium is Saturday, October 17.  There will be live streams for both the elite women's and men's races.  For more start lists, see Cyclocross Start Lists Notes from the 2020 Ethias Cross Cyclocross at Kruibeke - Ethias Cross Cyclocross Kruibeke, Belgium Start Lists here (women) and here (men) - The 2020 Ethias Cross Cyclocross at Kruibeke, Belgium (Poldercross) is Saturday, October 3.  There will be live streams for both the elite women's and men's races.  For more start lists, see Cyclocross Start Lists Notes from the 2020 Ethias Cross Cyclocross at Lokeren - Ethias Cross Cyclocross Lokeren, Belgium Start Lists here (women) and here (men) - The 2020 Ethias Cross Cyclocross at Lokeren, Belgium is Saturday, September 26.  There will be live streams for both the elite women's and men's races.  For more start lists, see Cyclocross Start Lists Notes from the 2020 Ethias Cross Cyclocross at Hulst - Expected LIVE video here.  (English - Note that the Brico Cross series of past years is now the Ethias Cross series - Ethias Cross Cyclocross Hulst, Netherlands Start Lists here (women) and here (men) Eastern Elite Men at 15:00 CET - The 2020 Ethias Cross Cyclocross at Hulst, Netherlands (Vestingcross Hulst) is Sunday, February 16.  There will be live streams for both the elite women's and men's races.  For more start lists, see Cyclocross Start Lists Notes from the 2020 Ethias Cross Cyclocross at Maldegem - Expected LIVE video here.  (English - Ethias Cross Cyclocross Maldegem, Belgium Start Lists here (women) and here (men) - The 2020 Ethias Cross Cyclocross at Maldegem, Belgium is Wednesday, February 5.  There will be live streams for both the elite women's and men's races.  For more start lists, see Cyclocross Start Lists Notes from the 2019 Ethias Cross Cyclocross at Bredene - Expected LIVE video here.  (VTM, geo-restricted)  - Expected LIVE video here.  (Sporza - Expected LIVE video here.  (English - The 2019 Ethias Cross Cyclocross at Bredene - Ethias Cross Cyclocross Bredene, Belgium Start Lists here - The 2019 Ethias Cross Cyclocross at Bredene, Belgium is Monday, December 30.  There will be live streams for both the elite women's and men's races.  For more start lists, see Cyclocross Start Lists World Champion Mathieu van der Poel, 2019 Brico Cross CX at Maldegem, Belgium - Click for high resolution - photo Copyright © 2019 Cor Vos/cyclingfans.com Notes from the 2019 Ethias Cross Cyclocross at Essen - The 2019 Ethias Cross Cyclocross at Essen - The 2019 Ethias Cross Cyclocross at Essen, Belgium is Saturday, December 7.  There will be live streams for both the elite women's and men's races.  For more start lists, see Cyclocross Start Lists Notes from the 2019 Ethias Cross Cyclocross at Beringen - On Sunday, October 27, 2019: Superprestige Cyclocross at Gavere, Belgium LIVE - Expected LIVE video here.  (VTM - Ethias Cross Beringen, Belgium Start Lists here (all events) - Ethias Cross Beringen ("De Grote Prijs Hasselt") - The 2019 Ethias Cross Beringen, Belgium is Saturday, October 26.  There will be live streams for both the elite women's and men's races.  For more start lists, see Cyclocross Start Lists - Expected LIVE video here.  (VTM - Expected LIVE video here.  (VTM - Ethias Cross Kruibeke, Belgium Start Lists here (elite women) and here (elite men) - Ethias Cross Kruibeke ("Polderscross") - The 2019 Ethias Cross Kruibeke, Belgium is Saturday, October 12.  There will be live streams for both the elite women's and men's races.  For more start lists, see Cyclocross Start Lists Notes from the 2019 Ethias Cross Meulebeke - Expected LIVE video here.  (VTM - Ethias Cross Meulebeke, Belgium Start Lists here (elite women) and here (elite men) - Ethias Cross Meulebeke ("Berencross") - The 2019 Ethias Cross Meulebeke, Belgium is Saturday, October 5.  There will be live streams for both the elite women's and men's races.  For more start lists, see Cyclocross Start Lists - Expected LIVE video here.  (English Belgium.  (Women's and Men's races)  Details below - Ethias Cross Eeklo, Belgium Start Lists here.  (all events) September 8.  There will be live streams for both the elite women's and men's races - 2019-2020 Ethias Cross Cyclocross Schedule: Twitter World Champion Fem van Empel (Visma-Lease a Bike) secured a dominant solo victory in the in the opening round of the Exact Cross series Beringen-Be-Mine Cross on Saturday She opened a solo lead on the second of five laps and finished 42 seconds ahead of former world champions Ceylin Del Carmen Alvarado (Alpecin-Deceuninck) and 1:16 ahead of another former world champion Lucinda Brand (Baloise Trek Lions) Italian champion Sara Casasola (Hess) led the field onto the course ahead of Van Empel who was wearing the Dutch champion's jersey with a long line of some 35 riders competing in the opening round of the Exact Cross series Alvarado took the lead as the race hit the off-camber mud section of the opening lap with a strong reaction from Van Empel chasing several seconds back with Casasola on her wheel The fast start saw a gap to the next group of chasing riders led by Brand Inge Van der Heijden (Crelan-Corendon) and Aniek Van Alphen (Cyclocross Reds) before the start of the second lap Van Empel and Casasola passed Alvarado as she slid out on the off-camber mud section crashed and dropped her chain on the second lap Alvarado got back into the race in fourth position on the course Alvarado was quickly joined by the next chase group Franck Van Empel led the race through the start of the third lap with 10 seconds on Casasola as Brand and Alvarado chased at an additional three seconds back.  The three chasers reconnected but an untimely crash saw Casasola go down and she was caught by the next group that included Franck Van Empel pushed her lead out to over 40 seconds ahead of Alvarado while Brand was in third place another 45 seconds back Van Alphen crossed the line in fourth on the day Belgian will miss this weekend's racing and receive a 2,500CHF fine for his actions at Exact Cross Beringen the Belgian has been handed further punishment with the UCI giving him a three-race ban for the incident Iserbyt's Pauwels Sauzen-Bingoal team confirmed the suspension on Saturday informing that the UCI has taken the decision to ban the reigning Belgian and UCI World Cup champion Iserbyt and Kamp crashed together on a muddy descent as they chased across to a five-rider lead group on the fifth of eight laps in Beringen Iserbyt climbed over Kamp's and stomped on the Dutchman's Canyon Kamp then grabbed Iserbyt as the pair exchanged words before both men struggled to get going again Iserbyt remounted his Ridley and rode off first while Kamp was forced to run to the pits for a bike change with his own bike appearing to have suffered a broken rear derailleur An official stationed in the pits disqualified Iserbyt later in the race, while Kamp finished in 22nd place, 3:50 behind winner Lars van der Haar (Baloise Trek Lions) who finished second at the Kermiscross in Ardooie on Thursday will now miss this weekend's racing at the Exact Cross in Essen and the Superprestige in Ruddervoorde "Eli Iserbyt will not start in Essen and Ruddervoorde this weekend He will also remain on the sidelines in the Dutch Heerderstrand The UCI has suspended the Pauwels Sauzen-Bingoal rider for three races after his slip-up in the opening cross of Beringen," Pauwels Sauzen-Bingoal stated "Halfway through the Exact Cross in Beringen The rider of Pauwels Sauzen-Bingoal fell together with another rider after which the tempers calmed down for a while It earned Iserbyt a fine of 100 Swiss francs after the race "Eli Iserbyt apologised to the rider involved after the race but in the meantime the UCI has also announced an additional sanction The rider will be suspended for three races which means he will miss the Exact Cross in Essen the Telenet Superprestige in Ruddervoorde and the race in the Dutch Heerderstrand there will be an additional fine of 2,500 Swiss francs [£2,215]." Pauwels Sauzen-Bingoal team manager Jurgen Mettepenningen said that the UCI could have "solved this differently" noting that he had hoped the previous punishment was enough "I had hoped that his punishment with a disqualification and fine was already behind him This additional sanction will affect the Superprestige ranking Eli also misses out on starting fees and this is also a shame for the organisers of these three races The UCI could have solved this differently." Eli Iserbyt krijgt het aan de stok met Ryan Kamp. #veldrijden pic.twitter.com/92JiLn6nXYOctober 12, 2024 Dani has reported from the world's top races She has interviewed many of the sport's biggest stars and her favourite races are the Giro d'Italia Belgium (BRAIN) — Belgian Cycling Factory has acquired mountain bike brand Nukeproof from Frasers Group Nukeproof — currently unavailable in the U.S but that “will be expedited if the right partner comes on board earlier,” a Frasers Group spokesperson told BRAIN Nukeproof has made its name on the World Cup Downhill and Enduro World Series It joins Ridley and Eddy Merckx brands in the Belgian Cycling Factory portfolio said “key members” of the previous Nukeproof team have come aboard “Nukeproof is a brand with an incredible history and a reputation for building some of the most exciting mountain bikes in the world,” Aerts said “We are committed to preserving that legacy and ensuring that both existing and new riders continue to get the best.” Nukeproof will be available through Belgian Cycling Factory’s dealer and distribution network "We recognize the passion and dedication of Nukeproof riders around the world and want to protect its legacy and ensure its future,” said Russell Merry “We’re pleased to be handing over the reins to a partner with a track record in innovative design advanced manufacturing capabilities and benchmarking services.” Frasers Group, which owns Evans Cycles and Sports Direct, assumed control of Nukeproof last year as part of its acquisition of Wiggle and Chain Reaction Cycles from Signa Sports United. In 2023 SSU announced plans to restructure and close its U.S and the Hotlines wholesale distribution business and accessories were available directly in the U.S website and warehouse and a number of brick-and-mortar dealers Download the 2019 Industry Directory Read the 2021 Sales Training Guide 1600 Pearl St., Ste 300Boulder, CO 80302This website copyright © 2025. All rights reserved Courtesy of CarveThe design consists of three parts, that create a unity with the mountain and its past: a pole forest as a landmark, an adventurous prismatic play surface on the flank of the mountain and a coal square on the top of the 'terril'. The spine of the ensemble is a straight stairs that provides access to all levels. At night, a light line along the stairs makes the topography of the terril visible. the prismatic play surface and the Coal Square create a unique addition to the Masterplan Adventure Mountain and are a valuable contribution to the transition of Flanders' largest industrial heritage towards a touristic On the 9th of September 2016 the Adventure Mountain was festively inaugurated You'll now receive updates based on what you follow Personalize your stream and start following your favorite authors If you have done all of this and still can't find the email Caption: Borealis has started to produce polypropylene (PP) based on Neste-produced renewable feedstock in its production facilities in Kallo and Beringen Borealis has started to produce polypropylene (PP) based on Neste-produced renewable feedstock in its production facilities in Kallo and Beringen This marks the first time that Borealis has replaced fossil fuel-based feedstock in its large-scale commercial production of PP The Belgian plants were recently awarded by the International Sustainability and Carbon Certification (ISCC) organization with ISCC Plus certification for its renewable PP  Taking its commitment to the next level for advancing the circular economy Borealis once again furthers its EverMinds™ ambitions This path breaking venture in sustainable production is being driven in close collaboration with upstream and downstream value chain partners such as Neste and Henkel It also aligns with the Borealis’ aim to ensure that 100% of its consumer products are recyclable or produced from renewable sources by 2025 Value chain collaboration under the flag of greater circularity  Borealis and its upstream partner Neste are moving the industry closer to a circular economy of plastics thanks to the production start in December 2019 of renewable PP After producing renewable propane using its proprietary NEXBTL™ technology Neste sells the renewable propane to the Borealis propane dehydrogenation plant in Kallo Here it is converted to renewable propylene then subsequently to renewable PP at Kallo and Beringen plants The recently finalized audits carried out by an independent third party have resulted in an ISCC Plus certification for the renewable PP produced at both Kallo and Beringen plants This certification encompasses the entire value chain scope and verifies that the renewable feedstock used is certified as being 100% renewable and sustainably produced Downstream partners from a variety of industries such as consumer packaging and appliance industries can now commercialize their end-use products with a lower carbon footprint based on renewable propylene and PP produced at Borealis’ Belgian plants Borealis is working with value chain partners to expand availability Henkel, a global market leader in the adhesives sector and known for its strong brands in Laundry & Home Care and Beauty Care, has already embraced the values of the circular economy. Having made the use of sustainable materials a key pillar in its packaging strategy Henkel is committed to work with its value chain partners to drive sustainable packaging solutions Including renewable PP content in the packaging of a major Henkel brand over the course of the year marks another step in its efforts to significantly reduce its use of fossil fuel-based virgin plastics “Producing renewable PP based on renewable feedstock for the first time in history is another concrete step towards a more sustainable carbon future,” says Lucrèce Foufopoulos Borealis Executive Vice President Polyolefins “Working closely with partners like Neste and Henkel Thinking circular means capitalising on growth opportunities that accelerate the transformation to a circular economy.” a propane dehydrogenation facility using renewable propane to replace fossil feedstock enabling Borealis to produce mass balance certified renewable polypropylene for sustainability-focused brands like Henkel This is an exceptional example of collaboration across the value chain making a positive sustainability impact in the polymers sector,'' says Mercedes Alonso The latest race content, interviews, features, reviews and expert buying guides, direct to your inbox! Cyclingnews is the world's leader in English-language coverage of professional cycling Started in 1995 by University of Newcastle professor Bill Mitchell the site was one of the first to provide breaking news and results over the internet in English The site was purchased by Knapp Communications in 1999 and owner Gerard Knapp built it into the definitive voice of pro cycling major publishing house Future PLC has owned the site and expanded it to include top features The site continues to be the most comprehensive and authoritative English voice in professional cycling Home/Firefighting Sunday night, August 11, 2019. A night I will never forget. A fire erupts in an abandoned supermarket in Beringen, Belgium A third one is rushed to the hospital with severe burn injuries wracking my brain over just one question: What have I done wrong Now, almost five years later, it is time for a progress report. What have I learned from all that research? Already in an early stage it became clear to me that I had not overlooked anything that fateful night in August. I had seen everything. I was only insufficiently aware that all that sensory input is formed and even deformed by the thought processes in our head I want to clarify how we think under (time) pressure at a fireground the dilapidated supermarket had been languishing in the centre of Beringen Mine (fig Like countless supermarkets all over the world this building of roughly 50 x 50 m was the result of organic growth over a long period of time It all started small toward the end of the 1960s with a neighbourhood store in building 3 This soon expanded and got hold of the entire neighborhood (fig several load-bearing walls were opened up to expand the floor area of the supermarket (fig They also worked on the flat roof of building 6 Several layers of thick insulation boards were placed on top of the original tar and gravel roof which in turn were covered by a new layer of tar and gravel All the skylights and ventilation holes of the old roof were covered up (fig Now what happened that fateful night in August The incident report released by the Federal Public Service Home Affairs gives the following factual account of the course of events In one of the retail spaces of this complex building of roughly 2,500 m2 a fire started in the worst possible place The initial seat of the fire was located near where the concrete vaults of the ceiling of the retail space at the front of the building (building 3) connect to the wooden roof structure of a 830 m2 extension (building 6) added later The fire managed to get into that roof structure steel beams with a repeating pattern of hexagonal holes—in the roof made it easy for the heat and the fire to advance through the ceiling toward the rear of the building The back wall of the store was clad with chipboards (fig The high temperature inside the ceiling initiated their thermal decomposition The decomposition gases released through this process of thermal cracking or pyrolysis literally pulled the fire out of the ceiling at the back of the building Marc Coenen offers profound insights into the conscious and unconscious processes that shape our actions on the fireground the Beringen Fire and Rescue Service had to deal with fires inside the building three times; all of them turned out to be arson I assumed that we were dealing once again with arson since all utilities (electricity and gas) had been cut off a long time ago All information pointed toward a ventilated fire development After the fire at the front of the supermarket has been extinguished The fumes just kept on flowing slowly from the building there was another seat of fire inside the building they reported that they had come upon a kitchen fire My assumption was confirmed; this second fire was the reason why smoke keeps on coming out of the building I sent in a third team via the back of the building These colleagues of Heusden-Zolder were instructed to check whether there were any remaining seats of fire and I received over the radio the message from the Saint Barbara Street team that they had extinguished the kitchen fire a fire that seemed under control unexpectedly changed into a nightmare Pitch black smoke dropped out of the ceiling The building became shrouded in complete darkness The smoke was extremely hot and ignites immediately The teams in Coal Mine Lane and Saint Barbara Street scrambled to safety with fire everywhere and flames higher than your knees One colleague would escape the inferno but was severely burned Let’s focus on how we process information and subsequently make decisions To gain insight into the thought processes inside our brain I turned to the Israeli-American psychologist Daniel Kahneman This winner of the Nobel Prize coined the acronym “WYSIATI,” which stands for ‘What You See Is All There Is.” It is a combination of the two modes of thinking in our head: System 1 contains all your automatic or unconscious mental processes with little or no effort at all and no sense of voluntary control automatic mental mechanisms are generating suggestions in the form of an endless stream of impressions but the quality of the suggested ideas is far from splendid as the whole system is riddled with intuitive biases or systematic prejudices System 2 contains all the effortful mental activities that require attention and are disrupted when that attention is drawn away Their operation is often associated with the subjective experience of agency our conscious mental processes are born tired One of their most important tasks is to monitor and maintain control of that endless stream of freewheeling impulses created by our experience system Most of the suggestions are adopted with little or no modification Only a few intentions and intuitions are suppressed conscious mental processes let countless fallacies slip through the cracks you probably intuitively responded that the ball must cost 10¢ If the ball costs 10¢ and the bat costs $1.00 more conscious mental processes regularly slip up When your experience system immediately provides a very logical-sounding answer then your System 2 barely bothers to check it but what has this got to do with firefighting WYSIATI is also playing in your mind when you are plotting the strategy on a fireground The ideal situation for making informed decisions is having all relevant information at your disposal an overabundance of information only makes harder for you to know what precisely you should be looking at all the data you have gathered are reliable the case when you are planning to buy a new washing machine The availability of information at an incident scene is completely different crucial information is missing or the data at your disposal are wrong or incomplete That is how everyone that night in Beringen ended up in the wrong type of incident On the basis of the cues emitted by the fire we assumed we were dealing with a ventilated fire development the real problem was a structure fire in a flat roof As I had passed the building only a moment before the emergency call was paged I was led to believe that the fire had only just been lit it became clear that at my time of passage the fire was already burning for half an hour inside the building A surveillance camera caught the first cues of fire already at 1:38 a.m the fire load surpassed by far the average as the interior finishing was made of an excessive amount of fiberboards and sandwich panels (fig It is only a small step from this kind of information to deception When you unleash a human brain on limited information or a sequence of isolated events it will always recognize patterns and impose causal connections That is why the most idiotic conspiracy theories sell worldwide like hotcakes conspiracy theorists deliberately set fire to 33 phone masts in 2020 the outbreak of the coronavirus was not the consequence of the unhygienic practices in Wuhan’s Huanan seafood and wildlife market but was due to the rollout of 5G mobile phone services in the Chinese province of Hubei 5G had not yet been rolled out in the Netherlands I am of the opinion that narrative fallacy and situational awareness are two sides of the same coin And that coin is situational influencing of our adaptive unconscious the Predictive Coding Theory was formulated in neurology and cognitive psychology Just as the stomach digests food or the heart pumps blood through the body the brain’s job is to generate and to check predictions are not about the future but about the present: what is happening in the outside world that explains the input that is now pouring in Our brain manages an internal model or simulacrum of the reality around us that it is constantly updating by checking sensory and other input against the situation we are in Our brain finds itself in the middle of a love triangle It controls all our thoughts and actions from within the triangle: we start to make sense of the environment we live in concepts arise as statistical regularities or recognizable patterns and to each one of them we humans have given a name: mother From the start we also get to know and recognize the things that take place inside our body A growling stomach signals it is time to eat and I do not have to tell you what you have to do when your throat is dry or the sense of the internal physiological condition of your body does a lot more than signalling physiological needs like hunger and thirst It also directs the behavior of firefighters on the fireground you suddenly feel uncomfortable and decide to retrace your steps although you cannot pinpoint what exactly is wrong you are standing in the staircase of a burning building For some unknown reason you do not cross with your team to the adjacent room that contains the seat of the fire that has to be extinguished Then the ceiling of that room collapses and you incorrectly recognize something as safe Interoception can mislead you during interventions You have recognized something subconsciously your adaptive unconscious has (not) picked up on something threatening in the environment and translated it into a (gut) feeling and even subliminally or under the radar of consciousness when your life is in danger Then there is the third and final factor: memories of similar situations or Everything we do and think arises from the combination of a (gut) feeling in a certain situation or context and prior experiences From the neurological patterns initiated by these three factors our associative brain continuously generates predictions or best guesses about the causes of these electrochemical signals It is always checking and adjusting these predictions when necessary Situational awareness creates the impression that we humans have everything under control with our conscious thinking or at least that we can get it under control Experiment after experiment shows that our conscious mind always lags behind Our unconscious is already preparing each action or behaviour about 800 milliseconds in advance (almost a full second!) while the conscious decision is recorded only 350 milliseconds before the action and our subjective experience of the conscious decision to act is little more than a sham decision our conscious mind does a great job in hiding the fact that it misses the start over and over again by creating the illusion that it is at the origin of all our decisions and subsequent behavior Often we do not know why we make certain choices or do certain things if you put four identical pairs of nylon stockings in a row 40% of research participants will take the far-right pair Should you ask them why they have chosen that particular pair of stockings they will answer that those are more beautiful psychologists are convinced that we make a decision or have an opinion on the basis of unconscious reasons after which our conscious mind starts to rationalize that judgment and comes up with good reasons for it The most striking difference between the conscious and unconscious mind is their processing capacity where our consciousness stands out in a negative manner The computational power of our conscious mind is 60 bits per second That of the unconscious mind is no less than 200,000 times bigger than that of your conscious awareness: about 11.2 million bits per second Now which Ipad do you prefer to use at an incident scene: A device where the data transfer in the working memory happens at the speed of 11.2 million or 60 bits per second That is the Predictive Coding Theory in a nutshell is unconsciously making predictions all the time at the incident scene regarding the situation he finds himself in you can explain why so many firefighters have perished—and many more will perish—on a fireground with the following sensory cues: Based on experience and the relatively safe impressions we interpret those signals as a manageable fire of limited power in the growth or decay stage of a ventilated fire development we have managed to extinguish such fires without any problem with our nozzle techniques That is the prediction that our brain generates automatically that light-gray smoke has to be assessed completely differently Only after the intervention is over will you know whether your assessment of the intervention type was correct We walk into such traps with our eyes wide open like our Canadian colleagues did on January 21 An emergency call for a suspicious odor in a small block of flats goes bad Cold smoke gases find an ignition source and set an entire residential block ablaze What does this all mean for our intervention strategy Recognizing something unconsciously or your first impression upon arriving at the incident scene compels you to decide In the words of the American psychologist Gary Klein our intervention strategy is based on a recognition-primed decision This refers to a thought process that basically consists of an intuitive recognition on which only a minimal conscious check is conducted my age starts to shimmer through.) The idea is that of all the incidents you have attended to and those slides are stored in a mental slide loader they form the unconscious mental background against which you consider the handling of the new incident In response to the environment and based on your (gut) feeling and experience a certain cluster of nerve cells in your brain begins to send signals to another cluster in a certain pattern There are always several neural networks inside your brain competing for the upper hand but ultimately one of these networks will gain the upper hand and formulate the prediction regarding the unfolding situation at the incident scene is an unconscious or intuitive mental activity That pattern recognition results in a strategy over which your conscious mind exerts only limited control you consider whether or not that strategy will work then the process of looking for an effective strategy comes to an end although better strategies might be possible because you have found a strategy that you know (or believe you know) will work that intuitive thought process is clearly discernible the fire engine leaves the fire station at 2:14 p.m it concerns a fire in an indoor storeroom with a depth of 15 m that is located in a large hangar (25 m × 75 m) in which recreational boats are maintained and stored ■     Two minutes later when the fire truck is approaching a roundabout at the rear of the hangar the crew sees a thick layer of brownish-yellow smoke quietly flowing out the rear of the hangar ■     The warrant officer in the fire truck scales up to “medium fire.” An additional unit and the officer on duty are dispatched to the fireground ■     The fire truck arrives at the scene around 2:18 p.m There is hardly any smoke; just a few patches of smoke are visible at the back of the hangar A police officer informs the firefighters that there is a car burning in the back of the hangar The warrant officer assesses the situation again which only a few minutes ago was intuitively scaled up to a “medium fire,” is now downsized to a car fire by that same intuitive thought process ■     After the warrant officer has given the formal order “explore and extinguish any fires,” four firefighters enter the hangar and the warrant officer starts his 360° size-up around the building the warrant officer scales up to “big fire.” The entire hangar is ablaze and his three colleagues are still inside the building Typical of this incident are the big differences between the cues picked up by the warrant officer when he and his colleagues were driving up to the fire and those picked up upon arrival on the fireground due to the pulsating fire in the indoor storeroom the warrant officer assessed the sensory cues intuitively on the basis of experience and gut feeling a series of consecutive but completely distinct WYSIATIs The scaling up during the approach is no longer relevant when they have pulled up in front of the hangar and the incident is intuitively reduced to a car fire That is exactly how intuitive thought processes work: they neglect ambiguities and suppress doubts Central in the decision-making process stands the logical consistency of the narrative and that is based on whatever information that happens to be available even when the information is limited and flimsy is the difference between the fire in De Punt and that of Beringen that fire is precisely the opposite of my intervention Beringen was one overextended WYSIATI that I was able to enrich with an ever-increasing amount of details But that did not make the scenario more likely from the beginning onward my assessment of the situation was completely flawed What do we have to keep in mind at a fireground our actions during incidents are directed by unconscious thought processes everything revolves around situational influencing of the adaptive unconscious by cues from the environment our associative brain automatically and unconsciously creates a prediction or a best guess This results into a behavior or a strategy that our conscious mental processes barely check That is particularly the case when that behavior or strategy appears to be logically sound that behavior or strategy can be totally wrong—with all the tragic consequence this entails started his career in the fire service as a volunteer officer in the Aarschot Fire Service Now he is a career officer of the Fire and Rescue Service of South-West Limburg attached to the fire station of the city of Beringen All information on the Beringen fire and how the mind works, are taken from M. Coenen, Anatomy of a Fatal Fire. What Have I Done Wrong? and secured the event's first leader's jersey in Beringen.  The Norwegian time trial champion covered the 12km course in a winning time of 13:24 beating runner-up Mathias Vacek (Lidl-Trek) by two seconds and third-placed Rune Herregodts (Intermarché-Wanty) by 10 seconds Wærenskjold now leads the overall classification ahead of Vacek and Herregodts as the race heads into stage 2's 184km race from Merelbeke to Knokke-Heist on Thursday Daan Hoole (Lidl-Trek) set the fastest early time with a 13:42 on the 12km individual time trial in Beringen His time lasted until Alex Aranburu (Movistar) put in a surprising ride to go a second quicker was eclipsed when Mathias Vacek (Lidl-Trek) came through much faster in 13:26.48 The race was neutralised due to a medical emergency on the course delaying the start of the rest of the field.  Søren Wærenskjold (Uno-X) powered to the fastest time two seconds faster a winning time that saw him take the stage and the overall race lead Results powered by FirstCycling she coordinates coverage for North American events and global news As former elite-level road racer who dabbled in cyclo-cross and track Laura has a passion for all three disciplines When not working she likes to go camping and explore lesser traveled roads UCI governance and performing data analysis Welcome to www.automotivelogistics.media. 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Read our policy By 2016-11-28T15:30:28+00:00 Reusable plastic packaging and container supplier Schoeller Allibert is to begin work on a new Belgian production plant in Beringen to which it will move from its existing location in Leopoldsburg which includes a 6,500 sq.m production hall and 3,500 sq.m of outdoor storage space which was designed by architectural firm Wastiau & Co will be a model for all future Schoeller Allibert plants and includes substantial investment in the field of technology The head of Schoeller Allibert’s innovation team a testament to his “unshaken faith in the future of reusable plastic packaging” and the growth of the company Schoeller Allibert brings a lot of innovation and know-how to Limburg,” said Gielen “It will include one of the largest machines in the Benelux region with a shot size of about 45kg,” he continued which will be the company’s twelfth in Europe and focus on larger products including the Big Box Maximus 850L and the plastic ClickPall A spokesperson for the company said that while the development programme for the first year did not include automotive related products it was a possibility beyond as Schoeller Allibert intended to quickly diversify the production line Schoeller Allibert is expected to move into the new site next year Earlier in June this year the company opened a facility in Zabrze, Poland, for supply to the central eastern European region as well as other parts of western Europe. 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Please upgrade your browser to improve your experience and security 02/05/2025  OMRON Industrial Automation a Swiss supplier of organic food raw materials and of sustainable has commissioned one of Europe’s most advanced cocoa processing plants in Beringen in the canton of Schaffhausen in spring 2022 The fundamental decision to transfer the processing of its organic cocoa beans from external contract processors abroad to Switzerland paved the way for the groundbreaking project which was implemented with equipment from the Bühler Group as a system supplier which was designed in close collaboration and coordination with the PRONATEC team is one of the most advanced systems installed worldwide Its advantages clearly lie in the consistently high quality of the roasting and grinding of the cocoa beans into cocoa mass and the further processing into cocoa powder and butter. "The efficiency of the plant at the Swiss site as well as the uncompromising design for 100% organic certification was a priority for PRONATEC from the very beginning," says Joachim Essig Head of Sales Cocoa & Malt at Bühler and full traceability were already important topics in the initial discussions in mid-2018 as were gentle handling of the raw materials The processes are continuously monitored in the control room and the cocoa products produced are also continuously tested for quality in the company's own laboratory this real-time controlling ensures the taste quality of its products but it also has a major impact on the energy efficiency of the plant," says Stefan Linder "PRONATEC had high requirements for the plant in terms of automation and energy efficiency meeting these requirements was exciting and a learning curve all our customers benefit from the new insights." PRONATEC has been distributing fair-trade and sustainably produced products for the global food industry and grocery trade all with a variety of organic and fair-trade certifications “PRONATEC has been providing Swiss chocolate made from organically grown and fair-trade cocoa beans since 1996 and was the first company in the world to offer organic and Fairtrade certified chocolate,” says David Yersin we are the first company in Switzerland to produce all three organic cocoa semi-finished products – cocoa mass It is very important that we can maintain proven flavor profiles that we have developed over the years the new roaster also gives us the opportunity to develop new products The fact that we were able to conduct tests in advance at Bühler’s Application and Training Center was a great help in our decision-making process The proximity to Bühler was a stroke of luck We were and are glad to have a partner at our side just 30 minutes away." The mandatory requirements for energy efficiency were taken into consideration in the plant design and implementation emissions were considered from the very beginning of the planning process in order to be able to meet not only all safety requirements but also the highest demands in terms of environmental compatibility a state-of-the-art exhaust air after-treatment system has been installed to prevent unpleasant odors. For David Yersin it was clear from the outset where the plant was to be built and with whom "We are a Swiss company that will produce in Switzerland only Bühler came into question for me," says Yersin with conviction.?Two core elements of the plant - the Tornado nib roaster and a Nova mill - will be manufactured by Bühler in Appenzell which suited PRONATEC's philosophy in terms of quality and locality the plant was a big investment," says David Yersin and the fact that we produce regionally is becoming more and more important to many of our customers Bühler has been active in the cocoa segment for over 50 years and has been continuously expanding its market leadership in this field ever since. The Beringen plant is a relatively small facility for Bühler but this does not make it any less interesting or important there is also the fact that the plant is located in Switzerland which means that maximum efficiency is required of it so that the Beringen production site can be successful," says Daniel Egy Head of Business Unit Chocolate & Coffee at Bühler Request information on the products Print this article Visit company profile page HARTING at InnoTrans 2022: Han-Modular® Domino Modules Scalable connectors for compact interfaces Login or Register Process and Control Today are not responsible for the content of submitted or externally produced articles and images. Click here to email us about any errors or omissions contained within this article View our eNewsletter Archive Sign-up for our weekly eNewsletter Advertise with us | Media pack © Copyright 1999-2025 Process and Control Today LtdRegistered in England No. 3733110 - studio44 Company taps Webuild Group subsidiary for 18MW expansion project Swiss colocation provider SafeHost is extending its SH2 data center in Gland to build an additional 18MW of capacity at the facility The CHF 131.5 million ($142.5 million) construction project will be carried out by CSC in a joint venture with the Titanium Swiss Group Work is due to begin in July and projected to be complete within 18 months First announced in 2017 SH2 is billed as the country’s largest data center once fully built out The carrier-neutral data center offers a total of 40MW of capacity with 14,000 sqm (150,694 sq ft) of technical space The remaining 9,000 sqm (97,000 sq ft) will be used as offices the company said the facility would be deployed in 2,000 sqm (21,527 sq ft) SafeHost currently has three data centers around the Geneva area currently being built in Rafz outside Zurich In April the company announced it was building a fifth facility in Beringen in the Schaffhausen Canton north of Zurich The SH5 data center is due to be developed in the Beringen industrial quarter on the site on a former tennis club As well as solar panels on the roof and rainwater cooling the on-site office complex will be heated with the waste heat generated by the data center Construction work is to begin this year after the building permits have been obtained Data Centre Dynamics Ltd (DCD), 32-38 Saffron Hill, London, EC1N 8FH Email. [email protected]DCD is a subsidiary of InfraXmedia You can read this article in 2 minutesTrans.INFO Maintenance works will be carried out near Beringen in north-east Belgium (province of Limburg) on the European route E313 linking Anvers to Liège drivers should expect traffic obstructions there A The 2.3-kilometre stretch of pavement will be replaced on the E313 near Beringen.  In the first phase (from June 19 to August 1) work will be carried out on the roadway towards Antwerp the surface will be replaced on the roadway towards Lummen This means that just one roadway will be available There will also be a speed limit on the repaired section according to the Belgian association Febetra The slip road towards Antwerp will be closed from Saturday evening June 20 to Saturday morning August 1 The exit to Beringen/Paal (in the opposite direction) will be closed to traffic from the evening of Friday July 31 to the morning of September 14 (Monday) Pölös Zsófia Journalist Trans.info | 5.05.2025 Agnieszka Kulikowska - Wielgus Journalist Trans.info | 5.05.2025 Sabina Koll Journalist Trans.info | 5.05.2025 GXO to manage Northern Italy transport operations for PRG retail groupPölös Zsófia Journalist Trans.info | 5.05.2025 2021 shows the be-MINE recreation and tourism center in Beringen Beringen started a project named "be-MINE" the former coal mine is now transformed into a recreation and tourism center Eli Iserbyt (Pauwels Sauzen-Bingoal) threw a tantrum at Exact Cross in Belgium yesterday when he stamped on a rival’s bike resulting in his disqualification from the race Iserbyt later said his actions did not belong in racing and though he apologised to all involved he did not name check the rider who he had targeted; Ryan Kamp (Alpecin-Deceuninck) when Kamp was getting up off the ground he saw what Iserbyt had done – walking on his bike and then deliberately stamping on it grabbed Belgian champion Iserbyt and delayed him for a few seconds as he remonstrated with him “I understand the decision of the jury to DSQ me today in Beringen My acts after the hard crash were made in a rage of anger and don’t belong in this sport,” Iserbyt said on X after the race Now I’ll focus on the positive things and look forward to the next races.” The duo were close to the front of the race on the fifth lap of eight when they tangled coming down a muddy descent falling at the same spot and the bikes becoming entangled Iserbyt was obviously irate at being held up and decided to walk on Kamp’s bike and then stamp on the area of the rear mech which force Kamp to walk to the pits to get a new bike an official stopped him on lap six to inform him he was disqualified Here’s the reason Eli Iserbyt was disqualified from Exact Cross round 1 in Beringen today 😳 pic.twitter.com/EoajX4VHHO — Eurosport (@eurosport) October 12, 2024 We’re determined to make stickybottle.com much better for your enjoyment So become a ‘Stickybottle Supporter’ now from just €5 per month We’ve grown our audience significantly in recent years but the advertising market has become harder and harder each year In order to survive and grow – and create much better content – we need to develop an income from our readers By signing up to become a ‘Stickybottle Supporter’ you’ll be helping to secure independent coverage of Irish cycling for years to come Every cent collected from readers will be used to directly fund content Sign Up The underground rapid transit lines have been under construction for almost two decades due to various project delays The cross pinnacle on the Tower of Jesus Christ will be ready to receive visitors in 2026 on the centennial of Gaudi’s death Now you can get your wine in Talence by paying directly in Bitcoin That’s because the state has to spend money on updating the railway infrastructure rather than subsidizing the cost of the popular pass Steffen Romstöck said that he would respect the residents’ choice and would take over the helm of the municipality, even if he didn’t run The measure, which will come into force from 1 January 2025, will be partial and temporary…for now Rethinking renewable energy sources for the urban landscape But operating them is still illegal under the country’s legislation The examples, compiled by Beyond Fossil Fuels, can inform and inspire communities and entrepreneurs that still feel trepidation at the prospect of energy transition Plus, it has a unique modular design that allows it to be shortened and lengthened like a train At least, that’s the promise made by the mayor of Paris, Anne Hidalgo Despite its church-y name, the district has long been known as the hangout spot for the artsy crowds Hostal de Pinós is located in the geographical centre of the autonomous region On the eve of the new academic year, the ranking considers several distinct but essential factors Following a successful trial phase, these quiet areas will now be available on all main routes in the country The academic institution shows a deeper understanding of the well-being of its students Thomas Vints (cd&v) is the Mayor of Beringen since Jan 1, 2019. His responsibilities include: Born in 1987, Thomas Vints learns the first lessons in leadership upon joining the scouts and even before entering politics. He has always had the attitude to help people move forward and solve problems. In 2012 he is a trade union secretary at AVC Public Services in Brussels and gets elected as a municipal councillor in Beringen. Next year he becomes a communications officer at Wouter Beke's staff department. Between 2014 – 2016 Vints is a provincial secretary for CD&V Limburg and between 2016 – 2018 Alderman at the City Beringen for welfare and education. He has a bachelor’s degree in Social Sciences and a master’s degree in Government Management and Policy from KU Leuven. CNN and the BBC World Service which is copyright and cannot be reproduced AEST = Australian Eastern Standard Time which is 10 hours ahead of GMT (Greenwich Mean Time) The Greater Region has a cornucopia of events dedicated to the beloved orange vegetable a gourd which comes in numerous shapes and forms (and which is in fact a fruit - but who cares Here you can find pumpkin events where all its uses are displayed in wonderful and child-friendly ways (This article only includes pumpkin festivals and events Our first visit last year was prompted by curiosity, and I don’t think I have ever seen so many pumpkins in one spot and so many different types and varieties. There is even a competition for the biggest pumpkin, an arts and crafts DIY fair, games for children, and more. It's also a nice opportunity to buy pumpkins from local producers. More info When: 16 - 17 September 2023Where: Beringen When: 8 September – 5 November 2023Where: Castle Grand-Bigard's park (near Brussels) Isidoor Van Beverenstraat 5 - 1702 Groot-Bijgaarden BelgiumTickets: €8 for kids under the age of 15 this gardening exhibition includes a special Halloween event for kids on October 31st It's a very pleasant outdoor experience featuring artistic pumpkin installations centered around this year's theme: the sea and the underwater world It's a fantastic outing for you and your children emphasising the joys of the outdoors and pumpkin-inspired artistry And, of course, you can also buy pumpkins from local producers. More info When: 1 September to 31 October 2023Where: Gartenschau GermanyTickets: 1-day family passes start at €12 and can be purchased online Why opt for this adventure (which is also .. Explore the enchanting gardens.Revel in the splendid castle and its idyllic setting.Enjoy the presence of local producers offering exquisite pumpkins on-site.Try puddings More info When: 23-24 SeptemberWhere: The Castle Courtyard this traditional pumpkin exhibition takes place in Ludwigsburg It is one of the biggest and best-known pumpkin festivals in Europe Ludwigsburg is approximately a three-hour drive from Luxembourg Apart from pumpkin statues, there are pumpkin storytelling sessions, a pumpkin carving contest, the biggest pumpkin soup in Germany, and, of course, a pumpkin regatta. More info (and great pictures on their website!) When: 25 August – 03 December 2023Where: Blühendes Barock Gartenschau Ludwigsburg Rotondes returns after the summer break with On Stéitsch a yearly festival organised by the National Youth Service (Service National de la Jeunesse) to present whatever they like - be it artsy Portes Ouvertes Luxembourg 2024 Businesses across the Grand Duchy will open their doors to the public this weekend for another edition of Portes Ouvertes Luxembourg as businesses offer this opportunity to present their new products foster new relationships and stoke innovation Discovery how an organic dairy producer works or how solar panels are made Oekofest 2024 a cake competition and lots of culinary offerings The theme is ecological sustainability - and you might just learn something new Cost: Free (registration required for some events Queer Youth Game Night and Glitter Tattoos at the Rainbow Center Queer youth and allies aged 15 to 22 are welcome this weekend at the Rainbow Center for an evening of games and glittery tattoos Those interested should also keep an eye on future events at the Rainbow Center - they regularly put on community-minded events such as these Pumpkin Weekend in Beringen For those who need that proper transition into autumn vibes. Head to Beringen (near Mersch) for a fully pumpkin-themed weekend: soup, burgers, cookies, pies, you name it - all made of pumpkin. The fest centres around an annual Pumpkin Championship, where the biggest of the year shall be crowned. 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