Michael Vanthourenhout takes second as Thibau Nys overcomes struggles to finish third
Mathieu van der Poel en route to victory in Gavere(Image credit: Getty Images)Mathieu van der Poel (Alpecin-Deceuninck) might have brought his new Lamborghini to the tractor pull of a UCI Cyclocross World Cup in Gavere but the world champion wasn't spinning his wheels as he motored to yet another solo triumph
Michael Vanthourenhout (Pauwels Sauzen-Bingoal) extended his lead in the UCI World Cup
while European champion Thibau Nys (Baloise Trek) rallied to claim third
"It was getting harder and harder every lap," Van der Poel said
"I was also not focussed enough so I was starting to make a lot of mistakes
the course in Gavere was thick with sticky mud that had been churned into a mass of deep ruts by the time the elite men took to the course
The conditions required considerable power as well as finesse for riders to remain upright
I wanted to try and win as good as possible without the gap being too big
Michael was quite strong in the back so made me push it to the finish line," Van der Poel said
Nys claimed the hole shot from the gun and went immediately into the pits to get the cleaner line through the opening section
but his fine strategy came apart when he took his hands off the bars in an off-camber section to clear mud from his front wheel and promptly crashed
He recovered to stay with Van der Poel and Vanthourenhout through the second lap
where Ronhaar made too many mistakes and faded from view. 
Much like Van der Poel has in just about every cyclocross race he's completed over the past two years
the Dutchman was untouchable by his rivals
Van der Poel graciously waited until his companions -Vanthourenhout
Nys and Pim Ronhaar (Baloise Trek) - began to show fatigue before he powered away
Van der Poel turned in the fastest lap of the race
shaving a good 20 seconds off the previous lap time to establish an unassailable gap
But the fatigue of a heavy 'cross race began to show as Van der Poel made a few mistakes on the penultimate lap
and the Pauwels Sauzen-Bingoal rider clawed the gap back to 25 seconds
Nys' struggles continued and he was caught and passed by Lars van der Haar (Baloise-Trek) coming into the last lap
but he rallied to regain the podium spot in the dying moments of the race
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Fem van Empel wasted no time making her mark after a brief period of rest
the reigning world champion dominated from the start
The 22-year-old proved untouchable on the challenging course
After a crash during her recon of Paris-Roubaix
Puck Pieterse was the only rider able to keep up with her
The leading duo steadily distanced themselves from the rest of the field
steadily increasing her lead meter by meter
The world champion especially excelled in the running sections of the course
Van Empel was free to solo to her seventh victory of the season without any threats
“I haven’t been able to do much training this past week because of my sore knee
I’m thrilled to have taken the win on such a tough course
Her knee injury caused little trouble during the race
I made a deliberate decision to start here
and that decision turned out to be the right one”
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Belgian Champion Sanne Cant took the win at the super muddy hansgrohe Superprestige Gavere cyclocross race
 Helen Wyman and Nikki Harris finished second and third
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Nikki Harris and Monique Van de Rae try to stay afloat here
Helen Wyman came over the ridge here in fourth position and looked very excited to step into the mud
As Karen Verhestraeten does her best to not get a shoe sucked off her feet
Nikki Harris is already going up the other side
Axelle Bellaert is rounding the corner just outside of the top 10
The muddy conditions seemed to be no problem for Sanne Cant
A very focused Monique Van de Ree on a climbing section
Sanne Cant and Nikki Harris were close together up front most of the day
At this point of the race Helen Wyman had moved into third position
Annefleur Kalvenhaar is seeing something we don&#39;t
Pavla Havlikova leads a bunch over the ridge
A hansgrohe shower treatment would have been quite welcomed at this time
Nikki Harris sadly suffered from a technical problem late in the race and ended up third
Gabby Durrin with a reasonably clean bike here
There were indeed sections where it was possible to ride
And Helen Wyman is now riding in second place
Trying to keep it on the narrow ledge on the way to 6th place
The final podium at the hansgrohe Superprestige Gavere race
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World Champion bounces back in superb style after knee injury
But the Dutchwoman was clearly back on top form in Gavere
going one better than her second place last year and claim her second World Cup victory last year
As the two crossed the finish line for the first time
Van Empel and Pieterse had a 10-second advantage on Brand while the rest of the field were already further adrift
The two race leaders at this point looked to be evenly matched overall
Van Empel grinding her way steadily up the leafy
while Pieterse seemed to be more nimble on some of the technical sections
but was slightly gapped on the longer hills
Fighting for traction on the slithery course
almost all the riders opted for a lot of bike changes given the perilously greasy conditions
but Van Empel nonetheless opted to open up the throttle even more
Thanks to that relentless increase in pace and pressure
Van Empel had eked out a 15-second gap on Pieterse
while Vas and Brand were engaged in a much closer duel for third.&nbsp;
The going was so tough it made any advantage a brittle one
and a bike change by the Visma-Lease a Bike racer briefly squeezed back the gap between the two leaders on lap 3 of 5 to single digits
Van Empel then proved her superiority yet again as she made the most of gaining time on the ascents
going from strength to strength to increase her third-lap advantage to 22 seconds
was able to drop Vas to gain a firmer hold on the provisional podium &nbsp;- and perhaps go for more
her advantage on Brand had risen 33 seconds
Last year Gavere was where Van Empel had finally seen a run of 11 victories broken by Pieters
from early on the 22-year-old had had the race in her grip and despite a minor fall on the final lap
she made it all the way to the finish line alone and ahead of the field
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- 2025 UCI Cyclocross World Cup Hoogerheide
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- The 2025 UCI Cyclocross World Cup Hoogerheide, Netherlands is being held Sunday, January 26.&nbsp; There will be live streams for the elite women and men races.&nbsp; - <a href="http://www.cyclingfans.com/cyclocross/start-lists" target="_blank">Cyclocross Start Lists</a>
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Notes from the 2025 UCI Cyclocross World Cup Maasmechelen
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- 2025 UCI Cyclocross World Cup Maasmechelen
7:40am ET             Elite Men at 15:10 CET
9:10am ET             ----------------------------------
- 2025 UCI Cyclocross World Cup Maasmechelen, Belgium Start Lists: All events <a href="https://chronorace.blob.core.windows.net/webresources/20250125_cro/entrylist.pdf" target="_blank">here</a>
- The 2025 UCI Cyclocross World Cup Maasmechelen, Belgium is being held Saturday, January 25.&nbsp; There will be live streams for the elite women and men races.&nbsp; - <a href="http://www.cyclingfans.com/cyclocross/start-lists" target="_blank">Cyclocross Start Lists</a>
Notes from the 2025 UCI Cyclocross World Cup Benidorm
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- 2025 UCI Cyclocross World Cup Benidorm, Spain Start Lists: All events <a href="https://chronorace.blob.core.windows.net/webresources/20250119_cro/entrylist.pdf" target="_blank">here</a>
- The 2025 UCI Cyclocross World Cup Benidorm, Spain is being held Sunday, January 19.&nbsp; There will be live streams for the elite women and men races.&nbsp; - <a href="http://www.cyclingfans.com/cyclocross/start-lists" target="_blank">Cyclocross Start Lists</a>
Notes from the 2025 UCI Cyclocross World Cup Dendermonde
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- Expected LIVE video <a href="http://www.cyclingfans.com/node/55208" target="_blank">here</a>
- 2025 UCI Cyclocross World Cup Dendermonde
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- The 2025 UCI Cyclocross World Cup Dendermonde, Belgium is being held Sunday, January 5.&nbsp; There will be live streams for the elite women and men races.&nbsp; - <a href="http://www.cyclingfans.com/cyclocross/start-lists" target="_blank">Cyclocross Start Lists</a>
Notes from the 2024 UCI Cyclocross World Cup&nbsp;Besan&ccedil;on
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- 2024 UCI Cyclocross World Cup Besan&ccedil;on
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- The 2024 UCI Cyclocross World Cup&nbsp;Besan&ccedil;on, France&nbsp;is being held Sunday, December 29.&nbsp; There will be live streams for the elite women and men races.&nbsp; - <a href="http://www.cyclingfans.com/cyclocross/start-lists" target="_blank">Cyclocross Start Lists</a>
Notes from the 2024 UCI Cyclocross World Cup Gavere
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- The&nbsp;2024 UCI Cyclocross World Cup Gavere, Belgium&nbsp;is being held Thursday, December 26.&nbsp;&nbsp;There will be live streams for the elite women and men races.&nbsp; -&nbsp;<a href="http://www.cyclingfans.com/cyclocross/start-lists" target="_blank">Cyclocross Start Lists</a>
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- 2024 UCI Cyclocross World Cup Zonhoven, Belgium Start Lists: All events <a href="https://chronorace.blob.core.windows.net/webresources/20241222_cro/entrylist.pdf" target="_blank">here</a>
- The 2024 UCI Cyclocross World Cup Zonhoven, Belgium is being held Sunday, December 22.&nbsp; There will be live streams for the elite women and men races.&nbsp; - <a href="http://www.cyclingfans.com/cyclocross/start-lists" target="_blank">Cyclocross Start Lists</a>
Notes from the 2024 UCI Cyclocross World Cup Hulst
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- 2024 UCI Cyclocross World Cup Hulst, Netherlands Start Lists: All events <a href="https://chronorace.blob.core.windows.net/webresources/20241221_cro/entrylist.pdf" target="_blank">here</a>
- The 2024 UCI Cyclocross World Cup Hulst, Netherlands is being held Saturday, December 21.&nbsp; There will be live streams for the elite women and men races.&nbsp; - <a href="http://www.cyclingfans.com/cyclocross/start-lists" target="_blank">Cyclocross Start Lists</a>
Notes from the 2024 UCI Cyclocross World Cup Namur
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- 2024 UCI Cyclocross World Cup Namur, Belgium Start Lists: All events <a href="https://chronorace.blob.core.windows.net/webresources/20241215_cro/entrylist.pdf" target="_blank">here</a>
- The 2024 UCI Cyclocross World Cup Namur, Belgium is being held Sunday, December 15.&nbsp; There will be live streams for the elite women and men races.&nbsp; - <a href="http://www.cyclingfans.com/cyclocross/start-lists" target="_blank">Cyclocross Start Lists</a>
Notes from the 2024 UCI Cyclocross World Cup Sardinia
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- 2024 UCI Cyclocross World Cup Sardinia, Italy Start Lists: All events <a href="https://chronorace.blob.core.windows.net/webresources/20241208_cro/entrylist.pdf" target="_blank">here</a>
- The 2024 UCI Cyclocross World Cup Sardinia, Italy is being held Sunday, December 8.&nbsp; There will be live streams for the elite women and men races.&nbsp; - <a href="http://www.cyclingfans.com/cyclocross/start-lists" target="_blank">Cyclocross Start Lists</a>
Notes from the 2024 UCI Cyclocross World Cup Dublin
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8:10am ET             Elite Men at 14:40 local
9:40am ET             ----------------------------------
- 2024 UCI Cyclocross World Cup Dublin, Ireland Start Lists: All events <a href="https://chronorace.blob.core.windows.net/webresources/20241201_cro/entrylist.pdf" target="_blank">here</a>
- The 2024 UCI Cyclocross World Cup Dublin, Ireland is being held Sunday, December 1.&nbsp; There will be live streams for the elite women and men races.&nbsp; - <a href="http://www.cyclingfans.com/cyclocross/start-lists" target="_blank">Cyclocross Start Lists</a>
Notes from the 2024 UCI Cyclocross World Cup Antwerpen
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November 24             Elite Women at 13:40 CET
- 2024 UCI Cyclocross World Cup Antwerpen, Belgium Start Lists: All events <a href="https://chronorace.blob.core.windows.net/webresources/20241124_cro/entrylist.pdf" target="_blank">here</a>
- The 2024 UCI Cyclocross World Cup Antwerpen, Belgium is being held Sunday, November 24.&nbsp; There will be live streams for the elite women and men races.&nbsp; - <a href="http://www.cyclingfans.com/cyclocross/start-lists" target="_blank">Cyclocross Start Lists</a>
Notes from the 2024 UCI Cyclocross World Cup Hoogerheide
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- 2024 UCI Cyclocross World Cup Hoogerheide
January 28             Elite Women at 13:40 CET
- 2024 UCI Cyclocross World Cup Hoogerheide, Netherlands Start Lists: All events <a href="https://chronorace.blob.core.windows.net/webresources/20240128_cro/entrylist.pdf" target="_blank">here</a>
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- The 2024 UCI Cyclocross World Cup Hoogerheide, Netherlands is being held Sunday, January 28.&nbsp; There will be live streams for the elite women and men races.&nbsp; - <a href="http://www.cyclingfans.com/cyclocross/start-lists" target="_blank">Cyclocross Start Lists</a>
Notes from the 2024 UCI Cyclocross World Cup Benidorm
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- Expected LIVE video <a href="http://www.cyclingfans.com/node/52719" target="_blank">here</a>
January 21             Elite Women at 13:40 CET
- 2024 UCI Cyclocross World Cup Benidorm, Spain Start Lists: All events <a href="https://chronorace.blob.core.windows.net/webresources/20240121_cro/entrylist.pdf" target="_blank">here</a>
- The 2024 UCI Cyclocross World Cup Benidorm, Spain is being held Sunday, January 21.&nbsp; There will be live streams for the elite women and men races.&nbsp; - <a href="http://www.cyclingfans.com/cyclocross/start-lists" target="_blank">Cyclocross Start Lists</a>
- Sporza ticker LIVE <a href="https://sporza.be/nl/matches/veldrijden/wereldbeker-veldrijden/2023/wb-zonhoven~1701094920243/?utm_medium=permalink" target="_blank">here</a>. (<a href="https://sporza-be.translate.goog/nl/matches/veldrijden/wereldbeker-veldrijden/2023/wb-zonhoven~1701094920243/?utm_medium=permalink&amp;_x_tr_sl=auto&amp;_x_tr_tl=en&amp;_x_tr_hl=en&amp;_x_tr_pto=wapp" target="_blank">auto-translated</a>) (men's race)
- Expected LIVE video <a href="http://www.cyclingfans.com/node/52662" target="_blank">here</a>
- Expected LIVE video <a href="http://www.cyclingfans.com/node/52663" target="_blank">here</a>
January 7             Elite Women at 13:40 CET
- 2024 UCI Cyclocross World Cup Zonhoven, Belgium Start Lists: All events <a href="https://chronorace.blob.core.windows.net/webresources/20240107_cro/entrylist.pdf" target="_blank">here</a>
- The 2024 UCI Cyclocross World Cup Zonhoven, Belgium is being held Sunday, January 7.&nbsp; There will be live streams for the elite women and men races.&nbsp; - <a href="http://www.cyclingfans.com/cyclocross/start-lists" target="_blank">Cyclocross Start Lists</a>
Notes from the 2023 UCI Cyclocross World Cup Hulst
- Expected LIVE video <a href="http://www.cyclingfans.com/node/52637" target="_blank">here</a>
- Expected LIVE video <a href="http://www.cyclingfans.com/node/52638" target="_blank">here</a>
December 30             Elite Women at 13:40 CET
- 2023 UCI Cyclocross World Cup Hulst, Netherlands Start Lists: All events <a href="https://chronorace.blob.core.windows.net/webresources/20231230_cro/entrylist.pdf" target="_blank">here</a>
- The 2023 UCI Cyclocross World Cup Hulst, Netherlands is being held Saturday, December 30.&nbsp; There will be live streams for the elite women and men races.&nbsp; - <a href="http://www.cyclingfans.com/cyclocross/start-lists" target="_blank">Cyclocross Start Lists</a>
Notes from the 2023 UCI Cyclocross World Cup Gavere
- Expected LIVE video <a href="http://www.cyclingfans.com/node/52627" target="_blank">here</a>
- Expected LIVE video <a href="http://www.cyclingfans.com/node/52628" target="_blank">here</a>
December 26             Elite Women at 13:40 CET
- 2023 UCI Cyclocross World Cup Gavere, Belgium Start Lists: All events <a href="https://chronorace.blob.core.windows.net/webresources/20231226_cro/entrylist.pdf" target="_blank">here</a>
- The 2023 UCI Cyclocross World Cup Gavere, Belgium is being held Tuesday, December 26.&nbsp; There will be live streams for the elite women and men races.&nbsp; - <a href="http://www.cyclingfans.com/cyclocross/start-lists" target="_blank">Cyclocross Start Lists</a>
Notes from the 2023 UCI Cyclocross World Cup Antwerpen
- Expected LIVE video <a href="http://www.cyclingfans.com/node/52625" target="_blank">here</a>
- Expected LIVE video <a href="http://www.cyclingfans.com/node/52626" target="_blank">here</a>
December 23             Elite Women at 13:40 CET
- 2023 UCI Cyclocross World Cup Antwerpen, Belgium Start Lists: All events <a href="https://chronorace.blob.core.windows.net/webresources/20231223_cro/entrylist.pdf" target="_blank">here</a>
- The 2023 UCI Cyclocross World Cup Antwerpen, Belgium is being held Saturday, December 23.&nbsp; There will be live streams for the elite women and men races.&nbsp; - <a href="http://www.cyclingfans.com/cyclocross/start-lists" target="_blank">Cyclocross Start Lists</a>
Notes from the 2023 UCI Cyclocross World Cup Namur
- Expected LIVE video <a href="http://www.cyclingfans.com/node/52613" target="_blank">here</a>
- Expected LIVE video <a href="http://www.cyclingfans.com/node/52614" target="_blank">here</a>
December 17             Elite Women at 13:40 CET
- 2023 UCI Cyclocross World Cup Namur, Belgium Start Lists: All events <a href="https://chronorace.blob.core.windows.net/webresources/20231217_cro/entrylist.pdf" target="_blank">here</a>
- The 2023 UCI Cyclocross World Cup Namur, Belgium is being held Sunday, December 17.&nbsp; There will be live streams for the elite women and men races.&nbsp; - <a href="http://www.cyclingfans.com/cyclocross/start-lists" target="_blank">Cyclocross Start Lists</a>
Notes from the 2023 UCI Cyclocross World Cup Val Di Sole Trentino
- Sporza ticker LIVE <a href="https://sporza.be/nl/matches/veldrijden/wereldbeker-veldrijden-vrouwen/2023/wb-val-di-sole-vrouwen~1701093240249/" target="_blank">here</a>. (<a href="https://sporza-be.translate.goog/nl/matches/veldrijden/wereldbeker-veldrijden-vrouwen/2023/wb-val-di-sole-vrouwen~1701093240249/?_x_tr_sl=auto&amp;_x_tr_tl=en&amp;_x_tr_hl=en&amp;_x_tr_pto=wapp" target="_blank">auto-translated</a>) (women's race)
- Sporza ticker LIVE <a href="https://sporza.be/nl/matches/veldrijden/wereldbeker-veldrijden/2023/wb-val-di-sole~1701094020208/" target="_blank">here</a>. (<a href="https://sporza-be.translate.goog/nl/matches/veldrijden/wereldbeker-veldrijden/2023/wb-val-di-sole~1701094020208/?_x_tr_sl=auto&amp;_x_tr_tl=en&amp;_x_tr_hl=en&amp;_x_tr_pto=wapp" target="_blank">auto-translated</a>) (men's race)
- Expected LIVE video <a href="http://www.cyclingfans.com/node/52596" target="_blank">here</a>
- Expected LIVE video <a href="https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCloqTh1nPpW13LCntQglS-Q" target="_blank">here</a>
- 2023 UCI Cyclocross World Cup Val Di Sole Trentino
December 10             Elite Women at 13:10 CET
7:10am ET             Elite Men at 14:40 CET
8:40am ET             ----------------------------------
- 2023 UCI Cyclocross World Cup Val Di Sole Trentino, Italy Start Lists: All events <a href="https://chronorace.blob.core.windows.net/webresources/20231210_cro/entrylist.pdf" target="_blank">here</a>
- The 2023 UCI Cyclocross World Cup Val Di Sole Trentino, Italy is being held Sunday, December 10.&nbsp; There will be live streams for the elite women and men races.&nbsp; - <a href="http://www.cyclingfans.com/cyclocross/start-lists" target="_blank">Cyclocross Start Lists</a>
Notes from the 2023 UCI Cyclocross World Cup Flamanville
- Sporza ticker LIVE <a href="https://sporza.be/nl/matches/veldrijden/wereldbeker-veldrijden-vrouwen/2023/3304238" target="_blank">here</a>. (<a href="https://sporza-be.translate.goog/nl/matches/veldrijden/wereldbeker-veldrijden-vrouwen/2023/3304238?_x_tr_sl=auto&amp;_x_tr_tl=en&amp;_x_tr_hl=en&amp;_x_tr_pto=wapp" target="_blank">auto-translated</a>) (women's race)
- Expected LIVE video <a href="http://www.cyclingfans.com/node/52587" target="_blank">here</a>
- Expected LIVE video <a href="http://www.cyclingfans.com/node/52588" target="_blank">here</a>
- 2023 UCI Cyclocross World Cup Flamanville
December 3             Elite Women at 13:40 CET
- 2023 UCI Cyclocross World Cup Flamanville, France Start Lists: All events <a href="https://chronorace.blob.core.windows.net/webresources/20231203_cro/entrylist.pdf" target="_blank">here</a>
- The 2023 UCI Cyclocross World Cup Flamanville, France is being held Sunday, December 3.&nbsp; There will be live streams for the elite women and men races.&nbsp; - <a href="http://www.cyclingfans.com/cyclocross/start-lists" target="_blank">Cyclocross Start Lists</a>
Notes from the 2023 UCI Cyclocross World Cup Dublin
- Sporza ticker LIVE <a href="https://sporza.be/nl/matches/veldrijden/wereldbeker-veldrijden-vrouwen/2023/wb-dublin-vrouwen~1700561220270/" target="_blank">here</a>. (<a href="https://sporza-be.translate.goog/nl/matches/veldrijden/wereldbeker-veldrijden-vrouwen/2023/wb-dublin-vrouwen~1700561220270/?_x_tr_sl=auto&amp;_x_tr_tl=en&amp;_x_tr_hl=en&amp;_x_tr_pto=wapp" target="_blank">auto-translated</a>) (women's race)
- Sporza ticker LIVE <a href="https://sporza.be/nl/matches/veldrijden/wereldbeker-veldrijden/2023/wb-veldrijden~1700561460221/" target="_blank">here</a>. (<a href="https://sporza-be.translate.goog/nl/matches/veldrijden/wereldbeker-veldrijden/2023/wb-veldrijden~1700561460221/?_x_tr_sl=auto&amp;_x_tr_tl=en&amp;_x_tr_hl=en&amp;_x_tr_pto=wapp" target="_blank">auto-translated</a>) (men's race)
- Expected&nbsp;LIVE&nbsp;video&nbsp;<a href="http://www.cyclingfans.com/node/52578" target="_blank">here</a>
- Expected&nbsp;LIVE&nbsp;video&nbsp;<a href="http://www.cyclingfans.com/node/52579" target="_blank">here</a>
November 26             Elite Women at 13:10 local
- 2023 UCI Cyclocross World Cup Dublin, Ireland Start Lists: All events <a href="https://chronorace.blob.core.windows.net/webresources/20231126_cro/entrylist.pdf" target="_blank">here</a>
- The 2023 UCI Cyclocross World Cup Dublin, Ireland is being held Sunday, November 26.&nbsp; There will be live streams for the elite women and men races.&nbsp; - <a href="http://www.cyclingfans.com/cyclocross/start-lists" target="_blank">Cyclocross Start Lists</a>
Notes from the 2023 UCI Cyclocross World Cup Troyes
- Expected LIVE video <a href="http://www.cyclingfans.com/node/52561" target="_blank">here</a>
- Expected LIVE video <a href="http://www.cyclingfans.com/node/52562" target="_blank">here</a>
November 19             Elite Women at 13:40 CET
9:10am ET              ----------------------------------
- 2023 UCI Cyclocross World Cup Troyes, France Start Lists: All events <a href="https://chronorace.blob.core.windows.net/webresources/20231119_cro/entrylist.pdf" target="_blank">here</a>
- The 2023 UCI Cyclocross World Cup Troyes, France is being held Sunday, November 19.&nbsp; There will be live streams for the elite women and men races.&nbsp; - <a href="http://www.cyclingfans.com/cyclocross/start-lists" target="_blank">Cyclocross Start Lists</a>
Notes from the 2023 UCI Cyclocross World Cup Dendermonde
- Expected LIVE video <a href="http://www.cyclingfans.com/node/52549" target="_blank">here</a>
- Expected LIVE video <a href="http://www.cyclingfans.com/node/52550" target="_blank">here</a>
- 2023 UCI Cyclocross World Cup Dendermonde
November 12             Elite Women at 13:40 CET
- 2023 UCI Cyclocross World Cup Dendermonde, Belgium Start Lists: All events <a href="https://chronorace.blob.core.windows.net/webresources/20231112_cro/entrylist.pdf" target="_blank">here</a>
- The 2023 UCI Cyclocross World Cup Dendermonde, Belgium is being held Sunday, November 12.&nbsp; There will be live streams for the elite women and men races.&nbsp; - <a href="http://www.cyclingfans.com/cyclocross/start-lists" target="_blank">Cyclocross Start Lists</a>
Notes from the 2023 UCI Cyclocross World Cup Maasmechelen
- Expected LIVE video <a href="http://www.cyclingfans.com/node/52528" target="_blank">here</a>
- Expected LIVE video <a href="http://www.cyclingfans.com/node/52529" target="_blank">here</a>
- 2023 UCI Cyclocross World Cup Maasmechelen
October 29             Elite Women at 13:40 CET
8:40am ET             Elite Men at 15:10 CET
10:10am ET              ----------------------------------
             * Daylight saving time ends             Europe on Sunday
             5 hours behind CET - US Eastern
- 2023 UCI Cyclocross World Cup Maasmechelen, Belgium Start Lists: All events <a href="https://chronorace.blob.core.windows.net/webresources/20231029_cro/entrylist.pdf" target="_blank">here</a>
- The 2023 UCI Cyclocross World Cup Maasmechelen, Belgium is being held Sunday, October 29.&nbsp; There will be live streams for the elite women and men races.&nbsp; - <a href="http://www.cyclingfans.com/cyclocross/start-lists" target="_blank">Cyclocross Start Lists</a>
Notes from the 2023 UCI Cyclocross World Cup Waterloo
- Expected LIVE video <a href="http://www.cyclingfans.com/node/52496" target="_blank">here</a>
- Expected LIVE video <a href="http://www.cyclingfans.com/node/52497" target="_blank">here</a>
October 15 - UCI World Cup             Elite Women at 12:40pm local
1:40pm ET             Elite Men at 2:10pm local
- 2023 UCI Cyclocross World Cup Waterloo, WI, USA Start Lists: All events <a href="https://chronorace.blob.core.windows.net/webresources/20231015_cro/entrylist.pdf" target="_blank">here</a>
- The 2023 UCI Cyclocross World Cup Waterloo, WI, USA is being held Sunday, October 15.&nbsp; There will be live streams for the elite women and men races.&nbsp; - <a href="http://www.cyclingfans.com/cyclocross/start-lists" target="_blank">Cyclocross Start Lists</a>
Notes from the 2023 UCI Cyclocross World Cup Besan&ccedil;on
- Elite Women at 1:30pm CET (7:30am US Eastern)
- Expected LIVE video <a href="http://www.cyclingfans.com/node/50293" target="_blank">here</a>
- Elite Men at 3:00pm CET (9:00am US Eastern)
- Expected LIVE video <a href="http://www.cyclingfans.com/node/50294" target="_blank">here</a>
- 2023 UCI Cyclocross World Cup Besan&ccedil;on (France):             
Eastern             Elite Men at 15:10 CET
- 2023 UCI Cyclocross World Cup Besan&ccedil;on, France Start Lists: All events <a href="https://chronorace.blob.core.windows.net/webresources/20230129_cro/entrylist.pdf" target="_blank">here</a>
- UCI Cyclocross World Cup television/TV broadcasters and streamers  for LIVE and/or On Demand coverage include the UCI Channel
- The 2023 UCI Cyclocross World Cup Besan&ccedil;on, France is being held Sunday, January 29.&nbsp; There will be live streams for the elite women and men races.&nbsp; - <a href="http://www.cyclingfans.com/cyclocross/start-lists" target="_blank">Cyclocross Start Lists</a>
Notes from the 2023 UCI Cyclocross World Cup Benidorm Costa Blanca
- Expected LIVE video <a href="http://www.cyclingfans.com/node/50246" target="_blank">here</a>
- Need a VPN to access a geo-restricted feed? Try <a href="https://www.xvuslink.com/?a_fid=cyclingfans" target="_blank">ExpressVPN</a>
- Expected LIVE video <a href="http://www.cyclingfans.com/node/50247" target="_blank">here</a>
- 2023 UCI Cyclocross World Cup Benidorm Costa Blanca (Spain):             
- 2023 UCI Cyclocross World Cup Benidorm Costa Blanca, Spain Start Lists: All events <a href="https://chronorace.blob.core.windows.net/webresources/20230122_cro/entrylist.pdf" target="_blank">here</a>
- The 2023 UCI Cyclocross World Cup Benidorm Costa Blanca, Spain is being held Sunday, January 22.&nbsp; There will be live streams for the elite women and men races.&nbsp; - <a href="http://www.cyclingfans.com/cyclocross/start-lists" target="_blank">Cyclocross Start Lists</a>
Notes from the 2023 UCI Cyclocross World Cup Zonhoven
- Expected LIVE video <a href="http://www.cyclingfans.com/node/50187" target="_blank">here</a>
- Expected LIVE video <a href="http://www.cyclingfans.com/node/50188" target="_blank">here</a>
- 2023 UCI Cyclocross World Cup Zonhoven (Belgium):             
- 2023 UCI Cyclocross World Cup Zonhoven, Belgium Start Lists: All events <a href="https://chronorace.blob.core.windows.net/webresources/20230108_cro/entrylist.pdf" target="_blank">here</a>
- The 2023 UCI Cyclocross World Cup Zonhoven, Belgium is being held Sunday, January 8.&nbsp; There will be live streams for the elite women and men races.&nbsp; - <a href="http://www.cyclingfans.com/cyclocross/start-lists" target="_blank">Cyclocross Start Lists</a>
Notes from the 2022 UCI Cyclocross World Cup Gavere
- Elite Women at 1:40pm CET (7:40am US Eastern)
- Expected LIVE video <a href="http://www.cyclingfans.com/node/50157" target="_blank">here</a>
- Elite Men at 3:10pm CET (9:10am US Eastern)
- Expected LIVE video <a href="http://www.cyclingfans.com/node/50158" target="_blank">here</a>
- 2022 UCI Cyclocross World Cup Gavere, Belgium Start Lists: All events <a href="https://chronorace.blob.core.windows.net/webresources/20221226_cro/entrylist.pdf" target="_blank">here</a>
- The 2022 UCI Cyclocross World Cup Gavere, Belgium is being held Monday, December 26.&nbsp; There will be live streams for the elite women and men races.&nbsp; - <a href="http://www.cyclingfans.com/cyclocross/start-lists" target="_blank">Cyclocross Start Lists</a>
Notes from the 2022 UCI Cyclocross World Cup Val Di Sole Trentino
- Elite Women at 1:00pm CET (7:00am US Eastern)
- Expected LIVE video <a href="http://www.cyclingfans.com/node/50145" target="_blank">here</a>
- Elite Men at 2:30pm CET (8:30am US Eastern)
- Expected LIVE video <a href="http://www.cyclingfans.com/node/50146" target="_blank">here</a>
- 2022 UCI Cyclocross World Cup Val Di Sole Trentino
Eastern             Elite Men at 14:30 CET
- 2022 UCI Cyclocross World Cup Val Di Sole Trentino, Italy Start Lists: All events <a href="https://chronorace.blob.core.windows.net/webresources/20221217_cro/entrylist.pdf" target="_blank">here</a>
- The 2022 UCI Cyclocross World Cup Val Di Sole Trentino, Italy is being held Saturday, December 17.&nbsp; There will be live streams for the elite women and men races.&nbsp; - <a href="http://www.cyclingfans.com/cyclocross/start-lists" target="_blank">Cyclocross Start Lists</a>
Notes from the 2022 UCI Cyclocross World Cup Dublin
- Elite Women at 12:40pm local (7:40am US Eastern)
- Expected LIVE video <a href="http://www.cyclingfans.com/node/50132" target="_blank">here</a>
- Elite Men at 2:10pm local (9:10am US Eastern)
- Expected LIVE video <a href="http://www.cyclingfans.com/node/50133" target="_blank">here</a>
7:40am ET              Elite Men at 14:10 local
- 2022 UCI Cyclocross World Cup Dublin, Ireland Start Lists: All events <a href="https://chronorace.blob.core.windows.net/webresources/20221211_cro/entrylist.pdf" target="_blank">here</a>
- The 2022 UCI Cyclocross World Cup Dublin, Ireland is being held Sunday, December 11.&nbsp; There will be live streams for the elite women and men races.&nbsp; - <a href="http://www.cyclingfans.com/cyclocross/start-lists" target="_blank">Cyclocross Start Lists</a>
Notes from the 2022 UCI Cyclocross World Cup Antwerpen
- Elite Women at 12:30pm CET (6:30am US Eastern)
- Expected LIVE video <a href="http://www.cyclingfans.com/node/50110" target="_blank">here</a>
- Elite Men at 2:00pm CET (8:00am US Eastern)
- Expected LIVE video <a href="http://www.cyclingfans.com/node/50111" target="_blank">here</a>
6:30am ET              Elite Men at 14:00 CET
- 2022 UCI Cyclocross World Cup Antwerpen, Belgium Start Lists: All events <a href="https://chronorace.blob.core.windows.net/webresources/20221204_cro/entrylist.pdf" target="_blank">here</a>
- The 2022 UCI Cyclocross World Cup Antwerpen, Belgium is being held Sunday, December 4.&nbsp; There will be live streams for the elite women and men races.&nbsp; - <a href="http://www.cyclingfans.com/cyclocross/start-lists" target="_blank">Cyclocross Start Lists</a>
Notes from the 2022 UCI Cyclocross World Cup Hulst
- Elite Women at 11:00am CET (5:00am US Eastern)
- Expected&nbsp;LIVE&nbsp;video&nbsp;<a href="http://www.cyclingfans.com/node/50096" target="_blank">here</a>
-&nbsp;Need a VPN to access a geo-restricted feed?&nbsp;Try&nbsp;<a href="https://www.xvuslink.com/?a_fid=cyclingfans" target="_blank">ExpressVPN</a>
- Elite Men&nbsp;at 12:15pm CET (6:15am US Eastern)
- Expected&nbsp;LIVE&nbsp;video&nbsp;<a href="http://www.cyclingfans.com/node/50097" target="_blank">here</a>
5:00am ET             Elite Men at 12:15 CET
- 2022 UCI Cyclocross World Cup Hulst, Netherlands Start Lists: All events <a href="https://chronorace.blob.core.windows.net/webresources/20221127_cro/entrylist.pdf" target="_blank">here</a>
- The 2022 UCI Cyclocross World Cup Hulst, Netherlands is being held Sunday, November 27.&nbsp; There will be live streams for the elite women and men races.&nbsp; - <a href="http://www.cyclingfans.com/cyclocross/start-lists" target="_blank">Cyclocross Start Lists</a>
Notes from the 2022 UCI Cyclocross World Cup Overijse
- Expected LIVE video <a href="http://www.cyclingfans.com/node/50076" target="_blank">here</a>
- Expected LIVE video <a href="http://www.cyclingfans.com/node/50077" target="_blank">here</a>
- 2022 UCI Cyclocross World Cup Overijse, Belgium Start Lists: All events <a href="https://chronorace.blob.core.windows.net/webresources/20221120_cro/entrylist.pdf" target="_blank">here</a>
- The 2022 UCI Cyclocross World Cup Overijse, Belgium is being held Sunday, November 20.&nbsp; There will be live streams for the elite women and men races.&nbsp; - <a href="http://www.cyclingfans.com/cyclocross/start-lists" target="_blank">Cyclocross Start Lists</a>
Notes from the 2022 UCI Cyclocross World Cup Beekse Bergen
- Expected LIVE video <a href="http://www.cyclingfans.com/node/50059" target="_blank">here</a>
- Expected LIVE video <a href="http://www.cyclingfans.com/node/50060" target="_blank">here</a>
- 2022 UCI Cyclocross World Cup Beekse Bergen
- 2022 UCI Cyclocross World Cup Beekse Bergen, Netherlands Start Lists: All events <a href="https://chronorace.blob.core.windows.net/webresources/20221113_cro/entrylist.pdf" target="_blank">here</a>
- The 2022 UCI Cyclocross World Cup Beekse Bergen, Netherlands is being held Sunday, November 13.&nbsp; There will be live streams for the elite women and men races.&nbsp; - <a href="http://www.cyclingfans.com/cyclocross/start-lists" target="_blank">Cyclocross Start Lists</a>
Notes from the 2022 UCI Cyclocross World Cup Hoogerheide
- Elite Men at 2:55pm CET (8:55am US Eastern)
- Expected LIVE video <a href="http://www.cyclingfans.com/node/47437" target="_blank">here</a>
- Expected LIVE video <a href="http://www.cyclingfans.com/node/47436" target="_blank">here</a>
- 2022 UCI Cyclocross World Cup Hoogerheide
Eastern             Elite Men at 15:05 CET
- 2022 UCI Cyclocross World Cup Hoogerheide, Netherlands Start Lists: All events <a href="https://chronorace.blob.core.windows.net/webresources/20220123_cro/entrylist.pdf" target="_blank">here</a>
- The 2022 UCI Cyclocross World Cup Hoogerheide, Netherlands is being held Sunday, January 23.&nbsp; There will be live streams for the elite women and men races.&nbsp; - <a href="http://www.cyclingfans.com/cyclocross/start-lists" target="_blank">Cyclocross Start Lists</a>
Notes from the 2022 UCI Cyclocross World Cup Flamanville
- Need a VPN to access a geo-restricted feed? Try <a href="https://www.xvinlink.com/?a_fid=cyclingfans" target="_blank">ExpressVPN</a>
- Expected LIVE video <a href="http://www.cyclingfans.com/node/47427" target="_blank">here</a>
- Expected LIVE video <a href="http://www.cyclingfans.com/node/47426" target="_blank">here</a>
- 2022 UCI Cyclocross World Cup Flamanville
- 2022 UCI Cyclocross World Cup Flamanville, France Start Lists: All events <a href="https://chronorace.blob.core.windows.net/webresources/20220116_cro/entrylist.pdf" target="_blank">here</a>
- The 2022 UCI Cyclocross World Cup Flamanville, France is being held Sunday, January 16.&nbsp; There will be live streams for the elite women and men races.&nbsp; - <a href="http://www.cyclingfans.com/cyclocross/start-lists" target="_blank">Cyclocross Start Lists</a>
(Elite women and men races) - Details below
- Sporza ticker LIVE <a href="https://sporza.be/nl/matches/veldrijden/wereldbeker-veldrijden/2021/hulst-mannen-steekt-iemand-een-stokje-voor-zege-nummer-8-voor-van-aert~1640444820160/" target="_blank">here</a>. (<a href="https://sporza-be.translate.goog/nl/matches/veldrijden/wereldbeker-veldrijden/2021/hulst-mannen-livestream-steekt-iemand-stokje-voor-zege-nummer-8-voor-van-aert~1640444820160/?_x_tr_sl=auto&amp;_x_tr_tl=en&amp;_x_tr_hl=fr" target="_blank">auto-translated</a>) (men's race)
- Expected LIVE video <a href="http://www.cyclingfans.com/node/47391" target="_blank">here</a>
- Expected LIVE video <a href="http://www.cyclingfans.com/node/47390" target="_blank">here</a>
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Van Empel shines with 7th win of season as Van Aert's CX return adds some spark to the men's field: 'Racing against Wout is something I've been doing for more than 10 years.'
<a href="https://velo.outsideonline.com/tag/cyclocross/" data-afl-p="0">Cyclocross</a> fans, get the popcorn ready: <a href="https://velo.outsideonline.com/tag/wout-van-aert/" data-afl-p="0">Wout van Aert</a> is back
His first race of the winter CX season is against none other than eternal rival <a href="https://velo.outsideonline.com/tag/mathieu-van-der-poel/" data-afl-p="0">Mathieu van der Poel</a>
The Belgian star scuttled his planned debut Monday due to illness
Van Aert looks on track to click into the pedals Friday at Loenhout
winning all three of his CX starts this winter
including a hard-fought victory Thursday at Gavere in wet
The Dutchman welcomes the latest challenge from his Belgian rival that dates back to when they were teens
“It’s something I’ve been doing for more than 10 years
It feels a bit familiar when he’s there,” Van der Poel told the Belgian media after his win in Gavere
“With the rain that has fallen in the past few days
Whether or not Van Aert will be able to challenge Van der Poel is another story
WVA hasn’t raced CX since winning last year at Benidorm
and Friday’s CX stop will be his first race of any discipline since crashing out of the Vuelta a España on September 3
The Belgian&#8217;s cross program was already slim for 2024-25
there are only five cyclocross races left on his calendar: Friday in Loenhout and then Gullegem (January 4)
Benidorm (January 19) and Maasmechelen (January 25)
Van Aert will jump right into the broiler in Loenhout to face off against Van der Poel
The Dutchman won his CX season debut in Zonhoven and again Monday in Mol with large margins
Michael Vanthourenhout kept it interesting
crossing the line just 26 seconds in arrears
“I was angry with myself because I made a lot of mistakes,” Van der Poel said Thursday in muddy
“It was a difficult course to ride on,” he said
In the end it was almost impossible to ride through.”
Wout van Aert and Tom Pidcock cyclocross calendar 2024-2025
— Cyclocross24.com (@cyclocross24) <a href="https://twitter.com/cyclocross24/status/1869034825098903592?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" data-afl-p="0">December 17, 2024</a>
Van Aert’s return adds a spark to a CX season that’s otherwise missing star power
with Tom Pidcock sitting out entirely to focus on his high-profile move to Q36.5
WVA-MVDP will clash only at two more races this winter: Dendermonde on January 5 and Maasmechelen on January 25
<a href="https://velo.outsideonline.com/tag/fem-van-empel/" data-afl-p="0">Fem van Empel</a> delivered a booming performance Thursday to claim her seventh cyclocross victory of the season at Gavere
rebounded after missing recent World Cups due to a bruised knee sustained after a crash while previewing the Paris-Roubaix course
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— UCI Cyclocross (@UCI_CX) <a href="https://twitter.com/UCI_CX/status/1872279358020481165?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" data-afl-p="0">December 26, 2024</a>
Lucinda Brand recovered from an early mistake to challenge Pieterse for second place
Brand powered through the final laps to take second at 37 seconds
but I also had a lot of mistakes,” Brand said
“That eighteenth podium place in eighteen races feels good
Van der Poel continues to rip through the mud and muck with relative ease so far in 2024-25
If Van Aert cannot stop him in their three looming clashes
there’s the possibility that Van der Poel could go 11-for-11 in his CX racing calendar for 2024-25
Van der Poel has dominated CX for the better part of a decade
and looks on track to win a record-tying world title in February that would pull him even with Erik De Vlaeminck with seven titles
when he was fifth at Benidorm behind Van Aert
Can Van Aert halt Van der Poel’s unbeaten run
Friday’s race at Loenhout will reveal if there are any chinks in MVDP’s armor
— UCI Cyclocross (@UCI_CX) <a href="https://twitter.com/UCI_CX/status/1872308801103437849?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" data-afl-p="0">December 26, 2024</a>
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Thursday&#8217;s Boxing Day sixth round of the 2024-2025 UCI Cyclocross World Cup in Gavere, Belgium, a heavy course of muddy climbing. It was van der Poel&#8217;s <a href="https://cyclingmagazine.ca/cyclocross/mathieu-van-der-poel-dominates-zonhoven-world-cup-in-cx-season-debut/">third</a> <a href="https://cyclingmagazine.ca/cyclocross/back-to-back-victories-for-mathieu-van-der-poel-to-start-his-cx-season/">win</a> on the trot over five days
a perfect record in his first trio of CX races
The world champion will finally meet Wout van Aert tomorrow in a round of the Exact Cross series
Runner-up Michael Vanthourenhout plumped his series lead
Michael Vanthourenhout was top of the table after earning two of the five rounds
still without a Big Three Series victory this season
X2O Badkamers Trofee series leader Eli Iserbyt&#8217;s bad back has translated into no podiums in six races&#8211;he skipped Gaverse despite sitting third in the standings
Fifth place Laurens Sweeck was also absent
the Canadian contingent was a half-dozen: Evan Russell
Filipe Orts had a poor start but Thibau Nys stole the hole shot on Lap 1
Nys hopped on a new bike at the 1:30 mark but retook the lead
The usual suspects lurked behind: Lars van der Haar
Superprestige series leader Niels Vandeputte and his teammate van der Poel
Nys crashed and recovered in third place as Vanthourenhout pulled the gang and van der Poel nestled on his rear wheel
Baloise Trek Lions teammte Nys and van der Poel into Lap 2
Vandeputte and van der Haar in a group 10 minutes behind
Ronhaar lost contact and bounced off an inflatable barrier
On Lap 3 of 7 van der Poel bid his mates adieu
At the line he was nearly a half-minute ahead of Vanthourenhout and Nys
The world champion made a fine save on a fast corner at the beginning of Lap 4
The podim battle not only involved the series leader and the European champion
but van der Haar and Emiel Verstrynge as well
Van der Haar parted ways with Verstrynge and trailed van der Poel&#8217;s closest chasers by 14 seconds heading into Lap 5
With Aerts far behind and Iserbyt and Sweeck absent
Vanthourenhout was in position to balloon his World Cup lead and van der Haar poised to move into third overall
It would be Nys who pushed away from his teammate on the bell lap
van der Poel received the applause of the other teams
right behind Thursday&#8217;s third place Nys
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World champion Fem van Empel hasn&#8217;t had everything go her way this season
but on Boxing Day&#8217;s sixth round of the 2024-2025 UCI Cyclocross World Cup in muddy Gavere
she claimed her seventh victory of 2024-2025
she still trails series leader Lucinda Brand by 56 points
Ceylin del Carmen Alvarado was on a roll and claimed two of the last three rounds
but Alvarado was more interested in the Superprestige title
The amazingly consistent Brand led the series by 31 points over Schreiber and 36 over Alvarado
Puck Pieterse was the best in last year’s Gavere round
but she was still looking for her first win of the season
The Canadian contingent was a quartet: Lily Rose Marois
Schreiber took her traditional hole shot on Lap 1
Nico Knoll was immediately 13th from the start
Van Empel took over the front with Pieterse on her six
Inge van der Heijden fell in the mud and held up Schreiber
Zoe Backstedt and Blanka Vas comprised the closest chase
Van Empel and Pieterse headed into Lap 2 of 5 with an 11-second lead
Pieterse grabbed the reins but van Empel was better on the first hill
Van Empel crossed the line 15 seconds ahead of Pieterse
Pieterse tried to fight back on the middle lap
but the world champion had a head full of steam
Vas opened up real estate between her bike and Brand&#8217;s
Van Empel&#8217;s gap was up to 22 seconds
Vas was on the back foot heading into the penultimate lap
A crash from Pieterse put her in Brand&#8217;s sights
Brand ran her down and another slip in the mud meant that Pieterse was now in Position 3
Pieterse battled back to Brand and then slid into second
Second place increased Brand&#8217;s series lead considerably
The Flemish Health and Welfare Minister Caroline Gennez (socialist) has told the Flemish Parliament’s Welfare Select Committee that residents of a third care home have been identified in video footage of the mistreatment of people by those whose job it is to provide care to them
The 6 latest victims to be identified are residents of the Het Mariahuis care home in Gavere (East Flanders)
Ms Gennez told the Select Committee that the Flemish Ardennes Local Police Service said that had identified 6 further victims of mistreatment on Monday
“This means that it seems that the perpetrators are also active in a third care facility.”
The manager of the residential care home in Gavere has confirmed the news and added that some of the residents shown being maltreated in the footage are still alive
The video footage can be traced back to the same suspects that also assaulted
humiliated and verbally abused residents at residential care homes  in Oudenaarde (East Flanders) and Kortrijk (West Flanders)
The footage was shot while the suspects  were doing holiday jobs at the homes in the period between May 2024 and March 2025
The Flemish Health and Welfare Minister says that she has no further information for the time being
“Of course the will get to the bottom of this and of course through all our department is on the highest state of readiness and will provide all the follow-up measures required”
Ms Gennez also expressed her disgust at what has happened
“What we have seen here is simply disgusting
staff abusing their position of power to humiliate the weakest in our society
The investigation started after a report of a theft at the Meerspoort residential care centre in Oudenaarde
An 18-year-old student that worked part-time at the home was arrested
Videos were found on his phone showing residents being beaten
According to VRT News sources 7 residents of the care home in Oudenaarde have since been recognised in the videos
Van Aert loses contact on opening lap while Pidcock chases from 25th to deny Nieuwenhuis a podium
There aren't enough superlatives in the English language to describe Mathieu van der Poel's cyclocross dominance this month
and his winning margins remained undiminished on the infamously muddy and treacherous course in Gavere
It took just five minutes for Van der Poel to break his rivals
riding away after the first run-up and never relenting
Wout van Aert (Jumbo-Visma) was the only rider to keep the world champion in sight as he jumped away but even he couldn't make up the gap established in the opening salvos and settled for a distant second place
A last lap battle for the final podium spot between Joris Nieuwenhuis (Baloise Trek) and Tom Pidcock (Ineos Grenadiers) provided the most late-race excitement
with Nieuwenhuis briefly getting away before Pidcock clawed his way back then leapt away to take third place as his rival suffered an apparent puncture
"It was a super hard one today," Van der Poel said
"The mud was pretty sticky and was harder and harder every lap also to control the bike
"It's so difficult on a course like this to follow the wheel
It's way better to ride in front and choose your own lines
The race was so hard it was better to find my own rhythm from the start."
The 'big three' had to fight their way from the second and third rows as Lars van der Haar (Baloise Trek) claimed the holeshot
The Dutch champion led through the first series of turns as Van der Poel and Van Aert began working their way forward
coming back from 25th in the opening minute
Joris Nieuwenhuis led through the muddy run-up
with Van Aert and Van der Poel heading to the forefront
Van Aert was first to remount but Van der Poel was close behind and soon shot past to take the solo lead just five minutes into the hour-long race
he had eight seconds on Van Aert with Nieuwenhuis heading back to the chasing group
the gap had blown out to 30 on Van Aert and Van der Haar had joined Nieuwenhuis in the first chase
Pidcock had worked his way up to 12th but had 1:17 to make up to find the front of the race
Van der Poel was so far ahead he was already lapping riders
having to shove poor Felipe Nystrom of Costa Rica aside before coming through the end of the lap 42 seconds on Van Aert
Pidcock had worked his way up to seventh but the gap had to the world champion had only come down by one second
Van der Poel's lead stabilised as his tyres churned up the grass and mud sending a spray of detritus in his wake
The effort in the thick mud began to wear even on the 'big three'
as Van der Poel crashed and then Pidcock stacked it in a turn
as a visibly suffering Van Aert came through still 43 seconds behind
Pidcock got around Van der Haar into fourth but still had 1:13 to make up
Pidcock had made it up to Nieuwenhuis and set off in pursuit of the final podium spot
Results powered by <a data-analytics-id="inline-link" href="https://firstcycling.com/race.php?r=4785&amp;y=2023" data-url="https://firstcycling.com/race.php?r=4785&amp;y=2023" target="_blank" referrerpolicy="no-referrer-when-downgrade" data-hl-processed="none">FirstCycling</a>
Wout van Aert takes second and world champion Tom Pidcock third 
(Image credit: Getty Images)Mathieu van der Poel (Alpecin-Deceuninck) on his way to winning Gavere CX World Cup Dec
(Image credit: Getty Images)Mathieu van der Poel took first ahead of Wout van Aert (Jumbo-Visma) by 27 seconds at Gavere World Cup
(Image credit: Getty Images)Top three at Gavere CX World Cup from left to right
Mathieu van der Poel (Alpecin-Deceuninck) was first and Tom Pidcock (Ineos Grenadiers) claimed third
(Image credit: Getty Images)Wout van Aert (Jumbo Visma) crosses the line 27 seconds behind his long-time rival
<a data-analytics-id="inline-link" href="https://www.cyclingnews.com/riders/mathieu-van-der-poel/" data-before-rewrite-redirect="https://www.cyclingnews.com/riders/mathieu-van-der-poel-1/" data-before-rewrite-localise="https://www.cyclingnews.com/riders/mathieu-van-der-poel/">Mathieu van der Poel</a> (Alpecin-Deceuninck) came out on top in a battle of the 'big three' at the UCI World Cup in Gavere to take his third win of the season
The Dutchman beat out long-time rival <a data-analytics-id="inline-link" href="https://www.cyclingnews.com/riders/wout-van-aert/" data-before-rewrite-localise="https://www.cyclingnews.com/riders/wout-van-aert/">Wout van Aert</a> (Jumbo-Visma) in a back-and-forth race
with the Belgian taking second at 27 seconds
World champion Tom Pidcock (Ineos Grenadiers) rounded out the podium at 54 seconds
Like I said in Mol [second place &ndash;&nbsp;Ed.] I wasn't really satisfied
I was determined to do a good result today," Van der Poel said after his win
I think this course is really hard and also technical
I think for me at least it was a pretty nice race
Van der Poel had hit the front of the race along with Pidcock inside the first two minutes of the race
though it wouldn't be a straightforward win for the Dutchman
even if Van Aert was stuck further back after the start
I never felt like being in the mix for victory today," Van Aert said
I was never in the rhythm I wanted to have
and it was like a World Championships atmosphere
Even though the legs weren&rsquo;t really responding from the beginning
I still fought because of the fans and yeah
He and Pidcock made their way into the lead two spots through the opening lap
while Van Aert eventually battled his way through the pack into third place
it was Pidcock solo in the lead after Van der Poel suffered a puncture
The Briton enjoyed a 10-second lead heading into lap three as Van der Poel and Van Aert co-operated in the chase
He wouldn't be racing off into the distance
as his decision to ride up the mid-lap hill while his rivals ran saw him shed time and &ndash; on the third lap &ndash;&nbsp;lose his lead as the two chasers caught back up
"I'm maybe a little bit disappointed," Pidcock said after the race
I was struggling to clip back in afterwards
Pidcock said the thought crossed his mind when he caught Van der Poel.&nbsp;
my bike was getting heavier and heavier every lap
It felt like I was carrying a car on my shoulder
It wasn't long before Van der Poel was out in front on his own again
the former four-time world champion edging away from Van Aert and Pidcock to go solo
though the chasing pair were able to close to within a handful of seconds as they looked to set up a big
Pidcock did manage to make it across briefly
though Van der Poel discovered a second wind late on to distance both him and Van Aert for good
Pidcock faded late to cede second place to Van Aert
while outside the 'big three' battle it was Michael Vanthourenhout (Pawels Sauzen-Bingoal) who was best of the rest
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"It was a bit annoying" after early race mishaps in UCI Cyclocross World Cup
Tom Pidcock spoke of his frustration after a fourth-row start and a slipped chain resulted in the British star losing valuable time, before fighting back to finish third in the <a data-analytics-id="inline-link" href="https://www.cyclingnews.com/races/uci-cyclo-cross-world-cup-gavere-2023/elite-men/results/" data-before-rewrite-localise="https://www.cyclingnews.com/races/uci-cyclo-cross-world-cup-gavere-2023/elite-men/results/">UCI Cyclocross World Cup round in Gavere</a> on Tuesday
The former cyclocross world champion was competing in his fourth race of a shortened 'cross season as he focuses on other goals across the road and mountain bike disciplines next year
Despite <a data-analytics-id="inline-link" href="https://www.cyclingnews.com/races/uci-cyclo-cross-world-cup-namur-2023/elite-men/results/" data-before-rewrite-localise="https://www.cyclingnews.com/races/uci-cyclo-cross-world-cup-namur-2023/elite-men/results/">winning the UCI Cyclocross World Cup round in Namur</a> nine days earlier the Briton was forced to start well down the grid in Gavere
resulted in a frantic opening lap with the Ineos Grenadiers finding himself in 29th position
the British rider found himself in eighth position and 1:20 behind solo leader Van der Poel
Pidcock continued his charge to the front eventually finishing third 58 seconds behind winner Van der Poel and just 22 seconds behind Van Aert
"It was a bit annoying really," said Pidcock
Then I was in 10th position on the second lap and then my chain came off
I wasted a bit of energy trying to go through gaps that perhaps weren't there
That was the only chance to even try and win today
it would have been nice to be at the front racing from the beginning
an illness impacted Pidcock's training before Saturday's race in Antwerp in which he finished eighth
The 24-year-old showed fighting spirit to battle for a podium in the closing laps in Gavere
the Briton was 24 seconds behind the Baloise Trek Lions duo of Joris Nieuwenhuis and Lars Van der Haar
Pidcock reached the duo before sliding out on an off-camber corner and having to ride back to the pair
Coming into the last lap Pidcock battled with Nieuwenhuis before powering away from the Dutch rider on the final sections
Despite matching the lap times of winner Van der Poel the Ineos Grenadiers rider fears that the Alpecin&ndash;Deceuninck rider will have the edge when they meet again in Diegem in two days
"Mathieu (Van der Poel) was strong today," said Pidcock
"We know that Mathieu (Van der Poel) is probably the strongest at the moment on every course
Van Aert is back in action tomorrow (Wednesday) in Heusden-Zolder and will miss Diegem
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A week of school and spring break has passed
but Aireaana Gavere is still up in the clouds
It takes a while to come down from the high of capturing a state championship
In the first year that girls wrestling became a sanctioned sport by the Florida High School Athletic Association, the Milton High senior became just the fourth wrestler from Escambia County or Santa Rosa County to secure a state title. She is the area’s first state champion since <a href=https://www.pnj.com/story/sports/2020/03/07/pace-wrestler-gabe-jacobs-caps-unbeaten-season-state-championship/4992931002/>Pace’s Gabe Jacobs</a> completed a perfect season in 2020
Gavere’s championship campaign also came without a blemish
as she finished with an 11-0 record in girls competition at the 130-pound weight class
especially with our program being a new program,” she said
“Showing the younger generation that you can actually get that far
Prep Wrestling: <a href=https://www.pnj.com/story/sports/high-school/wrestling/2023/01/05/wrestling-gulf-breeze-ends-paces-reign-wins-district-1-2a-dual-title/69778653007/>Gulf Breeze goes on pin barrage to dethrone Pace at District 1-2A Duals</a>
High School Baseball: <a href=https://www.pnj.com/story/sports/high-school/baseball/2023/03/17/baseball-pace-outlasts-union-in-dramatic-finish-to-win-aggie-classic/70018973007/>Pace outlasts Union to take 28th annual Aggie Classic</a>
Claiming the title on March 4 from Kissimmee’s Osceola High School
Gavere returned to Milton to a slew of congratulatory handshakes and high-fives
The greetings haven’t slowed much as time has passed
“I think I’m just excited that ending my senior year off like that was great,” she said of her victory
She followed in the footsteps of her mother
who in 2002 was among the first class of girls to compete at the Fargo Nationals
the premier national competition for junior and cadet-aged wrestlers in Fargo
“I had tried other sports and it wasn’t for me,” Gavare said
“But one day I just tried wrestling and I just stuck with it
“I was really young when I started and it’s so different from any other sport
Competing on the boys varsity team at Northview
Gavere lived in the Land of 10,000 Lakes until her sophomore year when she left for Missouri to live with her coach Sammie Henson
who’s illustrious career includes a gold medal in 1998 World Wrestling Championships and a silver medal in the 2000 Sydney Olympics
After competing the following summer at the Fargo Nationals
Gavere moved to Las Vegas for her junior year to train and compete internationally
She’s been taught every move there is to be taught
but Gavere believes her mental approach is her strength
“I think that’s my biggest advantage,” she said
It wasn’t until her senior year that Gavere was bound for Florida
considering that she was entering the world of the unknown
the Panthers senior didn't any opponent lightly
“I was definitely confident and I believed in myself
but I didn’t want to put anything past anyone
especially since I didn’t know a lot of the girls here,” she said
so I didn’t know who most of my competition would be
… There was always the possibility that there might be somebody tough that I might not beat.”
Gavere advanced to the Region 1-1A first-place match where she faced the top-ranked wrestler in the state: Matanzas’ Brielle Bibla
The Panthers senior dominated the best the state had to offer to the tune of a 12-4 major decision
The two would meet again two weeks later at the Class 1A State Championships
Following two quick pins and a 3-0 decision in the quarterfinals
Unlike their regional match where Bibla attacked the upper body and looked for throws
the Pirates senior switched up her game plan by increasing her hand fighting and shooting for takedowns
but Gavere stood at the top of the podium with a 6-3 decision
I had a feeling it was going to be a different match than it was at regionals
I’ve been wrestling for a long time so I know what to do and I was just ready for the match.”  
She will compete at the next level at Iowa Wesleyan University
the Tigers finished seventh in the 2023 NAIA National Championships and produced five All-Americans
including two-time national champion Adaugo Nwachukwu
“I’ll definitely miss my high school and youth times
but I’m just really excited to be in a room full of other wrestlers,” Gavere said
“We all want the same thing and every day we’re going to be in the room training and pushing each other to be the best we can be.”
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on Twitter @PatBernadeau or via email at pbernadeau@gannett.com
was the only rival to keep Van der Poel in sight after world champion attacked early
Wout van Aert admitted to 'going over his limit' as rival Mathieu van der Poel rode away to take his fourth victory of the cyclocross season at the <a data-analytics-id="inline-link" href="https://www.cyclingnews.com/races/uci-cyclo-cross-world-cup-gavere-2023/elite-men/results/" data-before-rewrite-localise="https://www.cyclingnews.com/races/uci-cyclo-cross-world-cup-gavere-2023/elite-men/results/">UCI Cyclocross World Cup in Gavere</a>
In the third 'cross meeting of the WorldTour competitors this month it was world cyclocross champion Van der Poel who again triumphed in muddy conditions
The tough banks and treacherous descents gave Van Aert more confidence he could beat his long-standing rival in Gavere compared to the previous races - which featured long sand sections
Van der Poel powered away on the opening lap and only Van Aert could respond as five seconds separated the pair
Van der Poel increased his advantage to 30 seconds
Mathieu just smashed it and was on another level," Van Aert said
the mud was quite sticky and every lap it was harder and harder to stay on the bike
I was a bit too enthusiastic and tried to follow Mathieu's pace
I exploded in the second lap and quickly lost a lot of time."
A lap later Van Aert clipped a spectator on a slippery descent section while riding close to the course markings as the gap increased further
The gap between the rivals remained consistent for the remainder of the event with the Belgian finishing 36 seconds behind the world cyclocross champion
but especially in the first two laps I tried to stay close to him (Van der Poel) and halfway in the second lap on the long climb I went a bit over my limit and that's something you shouldn't do on this race because I lost 30 seconds in the lap afterwards
Despite finishing a familiar second place to rival Van der Poel the Belgian was happy with his performance as he pressurised the in-form Dutch rider and reflected on some of the mistakes he made on the difficult course
"I was quite happy with how it went," Van Aert added
"I tried it and I think you could see that
"This often goes hand in hand with when you are having a more difficult time physically
It was my first really difficult mud 'cross and I noticed that."
Despite finishing second best Van Aert was a firm favourite with the partisan Belgium crowd
"It was a 'cross that was quickly in place but that apparently didn't bother the supporters," he added
Van der Poel is bidding to defend his cyclocross world title in February and the two have different goals from this 'cross season
"I made the choice to organise this winter differently," added Van Aert
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If anything the last few cyclocross races have proven is that
the so-called Big Three – Mathieu van der Poel
Wout van Aert and Tom Pidcock – really are superior to the other riders in the sport
Not only has the Dutch Alpecin-Deceuninck rider won his last eight ‘cross races
but the ease with which he has defeated his main rivals this season has been nothing short of awesome
Take Tuesday&#8217;s World Cup race at Gavere
which confronted the riders with long stretches of deep
including on climbs and hazardous descents
As has been van der Poel’s strategy in every race this season
he went for the lead as soon as there was an opening on the first of seven laps and had a lead of 20 meters after just a few powerful strokes of the pedals
Though he started on the same line as his arch-rival
van Aert was caught behind a few riders at the start
but went after van der Poel as soon as he found clear sailing
The gap between the two after lap 1 was a mere 8 seconds and van Aert tried to keep the pressure on the leader in lap 2 but
soon found himself “in the red” and eased up
Which is why he trailed van der Poel by 30 seconds after lap 2 and never got that close to him again
he was again forced to start back in the pack
and was down as far as 28th shortly after the start because
“There was nowhere to go.” But as he had done in previous races
he soon started passing riders and was up to eighth after lap 1
The rest of the race consisted of van der Poel riding solo in front
van Aert keeping a solid lead on his two pursuers
and Pidcock trying desperately to make it to the podium
In that he was frustrated first by a dropped chain on lap 2
and a crash on lap 4 just moments after he had passed van der Haar to stand fourth in the race
The British Ineos Grenadiers rider quickly got back on his bike and soon passed van der Haar again
Then he went after Nieuwenhuis and finally passed him on the sixth lap – but only temporarily
Gavere living up to its reputation as one of the toughest courses on the UCI CX World Cup calendar 🥵😮‍💨📈
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Their head-to-head battle in the last two laps was the most dramatic chapter of the race
with the lead changing hands several times before Pidcock took control in the final 300 meters to finish third
Nieuwenhuis finished at 1:07 and van der Haar at 1:36
as the Big Three formed a very popular podium
Their importance to cyclocross was underscored once again by the huge crowds that attended the race and acclaimed their dominance at the awards ceremony
van der Poel said that his victory had been anything but easy – but not because of the competition
It was harder and harder every lap to control the bike
and I was suffering at the end.&#8221; Asked why he chose to go all-out from the beginning
rather than simply follow riders until the sixth or final lap
&#8220;It&#8217;s so difficult on a course like this to follow the wheel
It&#8217;s way better to ride in front and choose your own lines
The race was so hard that it was better to just find my own rhythm from the start.&#8221;
that has been his strategy in every race this season
to take control as quickly as possible and ride alone to the finish
And the reason he does it is because he can
And he can do it because he is in the best form of his life and
But he was unable to have his way in Saturday’s World Cup race in Antwerp
the season’s first meeting of the Big Three
slipped out of his pedal and found himself way back in the pack in 30th place
It took him until lap 3 (of 8) to surge into the lead and he soon raced out of sight
Van der Poel eventually finished 0:29 ahead of van Aert
with World Cup points leader Eli Iserbyt coming in third
Pidcock had a heavy crash at the second curve on lap 1 and never quite recovered
He revealed after the race that illness had prevented him from training ahead of the race and he had lacked the energy to go for the podium
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Fem van Empel had to settle for second place in Gavere today
Over 15,000 fans turned out on Boxing Day for the cross in Gavere
They saw Van Empel struggle through the first few laps of the challenging course
it was not enough to win for the twelfth time in a row
Van Empel finished the race in second place
I didn't give up and still managed to finish second
Van Empel will compete in two more cross-country races this year
the 21-year-old will compete in Heusden-Zolder
Pauline Ferrand-Prévot will end her 2022/2023 cyclocross season earlier than planned due to the injury she incurred racing in the Gavere World Cup cyclocross race on December 26th
whilst disappointed to have to end her cyclocross season early
is still incredibly pleased with her 2022 season and is planning to start competing again in mountain bike races in the spring
Pauline Ferrand-Prévot said: “Obviously I would have loved to compete at the cyclocross World Championships but my leg just hasn’t healed as quickly as we would have thought
to concentrate on recovery so I can come out fit and strong for the start of the mountain bike season in April.”
The last season has been a standout one for Ferrand-Prévot
having secured four world championship titles
three in mountain bike and one in gravel racing
as well as coming on board and being the first female athlete to compete with the INEOS Grenadiers
Pauline added: “I cannot be disappointed with how this season has gone
to have won four rainbow jerseys is pretty mind blowing when I look back at it
Then joining this Team has been incredible
everyone has really welcomed me in and I already feel at home here
The support I receive from all the staff is pretty special
I’m looking forward to having some downtime and then coming back and seeing what we can do together for the rest of the year.”
Deputy Team Principal said: “Pauline can only look back on this last season and be really proud of what she has achieved
She has been such a great addition to the Team and we have all been impressed with her work ethic
It’s now important that she takes some time to heal so she can come back stronger and ready to go all in for 2023.”
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Dutchman hopes to recover in time to ride Denmark World Cup race
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Van der Poel got up to finish third behind rival <a data-analytics-id="inline-link" href="https://www.cyclingnews.com/riders/wout-van-aert/" data-url="https://www.cyclingnews.com/riders/wout-van-aert/" data-hl-processed="none" data-before-rewrite-localise="/riders/wout-van-aert/">Wout van Aert</a> but quickly headed to Herentals for treated by Dr
His wound was carefully cleaned of any mud and dirt and then stitched
He has been told not to ride until Thursday
it's on that knee," Van der Poel said after the race
remember the problems he has suffered in his right knee after a crash at the 2015 Tour de L&rsquo;Avenir and again following surgery in 2016
He also posted a photo of his third scar on his knee on social media and commented about his unfortunate debut in his new European champion&rsquo;s jersey
&ldquo;Not how I imagined my first race in this beautiful jersey
Feeling was good and I enjoyed myself in the mud but that last lap was all about bad luck
Got some stitches in my knee and no riding &lsquo;till thursday
Thanks Toon Claes and team for your quick help #fortheloveofmud&rdquo;
"I was as good as sure of the victory,&rdquo; he said immediately after the race
&ldquo;But then I put both my front and rear tire in a bad spot
A little later I made a stupid mistake in a ditch and hit a rock.&rdquo;
Van der Poel has been selected for the Netherlands team for the World Cup race in Bogense in central Denmark
He leads the season-long series after winning three races contested in Iowa
He hopes a week is enough time for the cut on his knee to heal
"It was important to make sure everything was cleaned properly
Toon Claes did that well and stitched the wound
I&rsquo;ll have a consultation on Thursday and I hope to get green light so that I can defend my leadership in the World Cup on Sunday in Bogense," he said
World champion still waiting for World Cup win after favourites ride away from the field in first festive race 
Mathieu van der Poel (Alpecin-Deceuninck) emerged victorious from the mud of Gavere after a tight three-way battle with Wout van Aert (Jumbo-Visma) and Tom Pidcock (INEOS Grenadiers) which put minutes into the rest of the field on Boxing Day.&nbsp;
Van Aert and Pidcock who were away from the bunch
showing their cards early and boldly - and it was a lead they would hold onto for the entire race.&nbsp;
It was back and forth between Pidcock and Van der Poel for the race lead
with the two repeatedly catching then dropping each other
whilst Van Aert held back in third position for much of the race
spending the last two laps solo to take the win
Tom Pidcock is left still waiting for a World Cup win in his rainbow bands.&nbsp;
&ldquo;I think a lot of factors [decided the race]. This course is really hard but also technical. For me, at least, it was a really nice race, I enjoyed it, lots of people. I&rsquo;m happy with my victory."
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Despite a long, mud-soaked race ahead of them, there was no hesitation from the favourites as Mathieu van der Poel hit the front early, stomping his dominance on the race in front of Tom Pidcock and Laurens Sweeck (Crelan Fristads). Sweeck was soon replaced by Van Aert, putting three of the biggest names in the lead just one lap into a rare meeting of all three cyclocross heavyweights.&nbsp;
Crossing the finish line for the first time, Van der Poel and Pidcock were together, with Van Aert nine seconds back. A flat tire at the start of the second lap saw Van der Poel drop back from the lead, but he was able to pit quickly and hold onto second position. As a result, Van der Poel was joined by Van Aert, whilst the world champion Pidcock was solo in the lead, but with a relatively slim advantage.&nbsp;
A number of small but repeated missteps from Van Aert on the fourth lap allowed Pidcock to slowly edge away from the Belgian, and as a result begin to close down the gap to Van der Poel. However, it proved difficult to fully close the gap, with Van der Poel maintaining a six second lead going into the final two laps. It was in the pits of the fifth lap that Pidcock was finally able to catch the Dutch rider.
The trio put over a minute into fourth place finisher Michael Vanthourenhout, seemingly a level above the rest of the field. Series leader Laurens Sweeck finished sixth to extend his stay in the leader's jersey.&nbsp;
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her favourite place to be is trackside at a mountain&nbsp;bike World Cup.&nbsp;
World Champion tells Costa Rican not to give up his dream after he threatens to leave in shame
After a mid-race clash with World Champion Mathieu van der Poel during the <a data-analytics-id="inline-link" href="https://www.cyclingnews.com/races/uci-cyclo-cross-world-cup-gavere-2023/elite-men/results/" data-before-rewrite-localise="https://www.cyclingnews.com/races/uci-cyclo-cross-world-cup-gavere-2023/elite-men/results/">World Cup in Gavere</a>
Costa Rican Felipe Nystrom is so ashamed that he has threatened to give up on the rest of his racing calendar and head home
"I don't really deserve to be here," Nystrom said after the incident on lap three when he stopped to engage with his fans and turned to get back on course just as Van der Poel was storming past
The rainbow jersey holder had to push on Nystrom to keep from crashing
"It was 1,000% my fault what happened there
Mathieu had to push me - it should have been even harder
I was in the way and I feel very bad about it."
Nystrom is a fan favourite in Belgium after inspiring people with his <a data-analytics-id="inline-link" href="https://www.cyclingnews.com/news/nystrom-from-the-streets-of-costa-rica-to-making-cyclo-cross-worlds-history/" data-before-rewrite-localise="https://www.cyclingnews.com/news/nystrom-from-the-streets-of-costa-rica-to-making-cyclo-cross-worlds-history/">story of overcoming childhood abuse, depression, homelessness</a>
Cyclocross was a way to meet new friends after he relocated to Portland
Oregon and he quickly rose through the ranks
although he races more to inspire more Costa Ricans than to be competitive
Nystrom stopped for a selfie with a fan and appeared unaware that Van der Poel was coming in fast to lap him well before the halfway point of the race
The <a data-analytics-id="inline-link" href="https://x.com/LeGruppetto/status/1739662050379415648?s=20" data-url="https://x.com/LeGruppetto/status/1739662050379415648?s=20" target="_blank" referrerpolicy="no-referrer-when-downgrade" data-hl-processed="none">video of the incident</a> is not the way Nystrom would have preferred to go viral
but others say Van der Poel was mean and didn't have to push me
It's horrible that he would experience a negative impact from a situation I put him in
I wish that I could look Mathieu in the eye and say how sorry I am."
Nystrom has paid for his own trips to race in Europe over the past few years through online fundraisers
This season he's included compatriot Joseph Ramirez in the initiative to get two Costa Ricans to the World Championships in Tabor
Nystrom is so mortified he wants to leave Belgium
but my mistake on Tuesday is too big for me to continue
Normally I would have had the means to continue until the World Championships
"I'm going to give the other Costa Rican one last push in Hulst [the World Cup on December 30 - ed.] and then he has to take over the torch
I have to bear the consequences of my actions
But the World Champion responded to his contrition with forgiveness and asked him not to go
"I know Felipe Nystrom's story and have sympathy for him," <a data-analytics-id="inline-link" href="https://www.cyclingnews.com/riders/mathieu-van-der-poel/" data-before-rewrite-localise="https://www.cyclingnews.com/riders/mathieu-van-der-poel/">Van der Poel</a> said to Sporza
I initially thought he had pulled over to let me through until he suddenly wanted to leave when I was at the same position
I pushed to keep myself straight and not get his bike in my face," Van der Poel said
After hearing that Nystrom wanted to quit his campaign
Van der Poel said that it wasn't necessary
Felipe made an error in judgment and that can happen
He should certainly not give up his dream for that
I hope he stays here and continues to complete his planned program."
Britain's Zoe B&auml;ckstedt claims best elite World Cup result in fourth
Shirin van Anrooij (Baloise Trek Lions) took her second Cyclocross World Cup victory of the season on Monday, battling through the mud of Gavere to win ahead of teammate Lucinda Brand.
After neutralising Puck Pieterse&rsquo;s (Alpecin-Deceuninck) attacking start, Van Anrooij spent almost all of the race in the lead, holding on to take her second win in a matter of days after conquering the Exact Cross in Mol on Friday.
It was a Baloise Trek Lions head-to-head for much of race as Brand tried to chase down Van Anrooij, but it was the young talent who proved stronger than the veteran, who is returning from injury. Van Anrooij's victory today marks the continuation of a remarkable run of form, finishing off the podium on only one occasion all season.
Despite struggling in the mud in the middle of the race, Pieterse fought back to take third, whilst Brit Zoe B&auml;ckstedt (EF Education-TIBCO-SVB) finished in fourth, her best result in a senior World Cup.
&ldquo;At first I was riding at the front and I didn&rsquo;t know that Puck was actually not on my wheel anymore because I just didn&rsquo;t look back," Van Anrooij said at the finish. "I tried to ride my own pace. And then I saw Lucinda coming closer but I knew the final part suited me really well because that&rsquo;s where I could drive away from Puck, so I just tried to keep the pressure and ride my own race, and it worked.&rdquo;&nbsp;
In what has become a familiar sight this cyclocross season, it was Puck Pieterse (Alpecin-Deceuninck) who started strong in Gavere, pulling out a small gap on the bunch after just a few minutes of racing. No stranger to a long solo effort, it looked possible that the U23 World Cup leader could be away for good, but a big acceleration in the second halfo f the opening lap saw Shirin van Anrooij (Baloise Trek Lions) take over at the head of the race.&nbsp;
At the end of the first lap, Van Anrooij had a ten second advantage on Pieterse. Pieterse briefly caught up with Van Anrooij on the second lap, but slipped back down the positions as her bike struggled with the thick, cakey mud.&nbsp;
Behind Van Anrooij, it was her teammate Lucinda Brand who staked a claim for the podium on the second lap, returning to her best after a hand injury sidelined much of her early season, though Blanka Vas was hot on the heels of the former world champion. After a strong start, Zoe B&auml;ckstedt was holding onto fourth at the halfway mark as Pieterse tried to cling on to a top-5 position.
It was the climbs that proved to be Brand&rsquo;s strongest point, powering up the muddy inclines and putting her road abilities to good use in the cyclocross season. The course&rsquo;s main climb saw Brand claw back vital seconds on her teammate and rival Van Anrooij, cutting into what had been a 20 second gap. Brand began pushing the limits on the third lap, having some close calls on the descents as she took risks to try to close the gap.&nbsp;
Those risks allowed Brand to catch Van Anrooij soon after the pits, but the younger rider was not giving up and soon reclaimed her place in the lead, accelerating again to pull out a gap again as Brand felt the effects of the chase back on. At the bell, Van Anrooij had rebuilt a 12 second lead on Brand, with Vas another 13 seconds back in third. In the fight for positions, B&auml;ckstedt ceded a place to a resurgent Pieterse, but in turn overtook Vas to hold onto fourth.
After a big effort to shake off Brand, Van Anrooij solidifed her lead in the final lap to win by a clear margin, her third win and 10th podium finish of the season. Brand held on for second, whilst a second wind from Pieterse saw her climb back up to third.
Despite missing the Gavere round of the World Cup after crashing at the previous round in Val di Sole, Fem van Empel (Pauwels Sauzen) holds onto the overall lead, but Pieterse is closing the gap, now only 40 points down on the lead.
Men's and women's overall standings remain close in season-long competition
<a data-analytics-id="inline-link" href="https://www.cyclingnews.com/races/telenet-superprestige-gavere-2019/elite-women/results/" data-before-rewrite-localise="https://www.cyclingnews.com/races/telenet-superprestige-gavere-2019/elite-women/results/">Yara Kastelijn wins Superprestige Gavere</a>
<a data-analytics-id="inline-link" href="https://www.cyclingnews.com/races/telenet-superprestige-gavere-2019/elite-men/results/" data-before-rewrite-localise="https://www.cyclingnews.com/races/telenet-superprestige-gavere-2019/elite-men/results/">Eli Iserbyt wins Superprestige Gavere</a>
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Iserbyt chose to skip the second round of the Superprestige in Boom last week in order to save himself for the next day's World Cup event in Bern
with the next round of the World Cup not happening until mid-November
Iserbyt was back and firing on all cylinders and again taking maximum points
The overall leader going into Gavere, Quinten Hermans, must have fancied his chances of protecting his lead having <a data-analytics-id="inline-link" href="https://www.cyclingnews.com/races/beringen-2019/results/" data-before-rewrite-localise="https://www.cyclingnews.com/races/beringen-2019/results/">won Saturday's cyclo-cross race in Beringen</a> ahead of Telenet Baloise Lions teammate Toon Aerts and Britain's Tom Pidcock (Trinity Racing)
although Iserbyt again made the decision not to race there
and was again the freshest rider for Sunday's race when it mattered most
Hermans could only finish eighth in Gavere
and lost the overall lead to another Telenet teammate
who was rewarded for his consistency over the three Superprestige rounds so far thanks to his fourth
giving him the lead by one point over Hermans and a three-point lead over third-placed Corne Van Kessel &ndash; yet another Telenet Baloise Lions rider
Iserbyt has moved back up to sixth in the standings
while Pidcock again rode well in his first full season with the elite men to take fourth place in Gavere
as well as leading the under-23 competition by default
Kastelijn's victory in the women's race jumped her into the top spot from fourth at the start of the day
and the Dutchwoman now leads the winner of round 1 of the competition in Gieten
Ceylin del Carmen Alvarado (Corendon-Circus)
with Italy's Eva Lechner (Creafin-Fristads) in third
Previous series leader Sanne Cant (IKO-Crelan) finished well off the pace in 14th place in Gavere
which meant that the world champion took just two points
a full 10 points behind new leader Kastelijn
Puck Pieterse took her first victory of the season in Tuesday&#8217;s tenth round of the 2023-2024 UCI Cross World Cup in muddy Gavere
ending Fem van Empel&#8217;s undefeated season and 13-race winning streak
Runner-up Ceylin del Carmen Alvarado kept the series lead
There were a few Canadians in Gavere racing their first European contests of the season
Alvarado led Lucinda Brand by 67 points at the top of the standings
Fem van Empel had also taken a hat trick but she had missed six rounds
There was no Maghalie Rochette nor Sidney McGill in Gavare
and Rafaelle Carrier comprised the Canadian contingent
Marie Schreiber claimed the hole shot on Lap 1
Pieterse took over on the first off-camber section
Schreiber and Zoe Backstedt were the closest pursuers
Pieterse went down in the mud but kept a slender advantage before the pits
Alvarado distinguished herself in the chase pack
Another fall from Pieterse meant that Alvarado took over the front
The World Cup leader and Pieterse finished the first 2.9-km lap in 10:34
while van Empel separated herself from Brand
Puck led by five seconds at the end of the second circuit
On Lap 3 of 5 Alvarado kept close tabs on Pieterse
but the former ran places where the latter rode
A dozen seconds separated Alvarado from Pieterse at the line
Pieterse added to her lead on the penultimate lap
but the series leader couldn&#8217;t resist the world champion
Pieterse took one last clean machine and had time for an exuberant celebration
Ian Ackert&#8217;s Christmas cross campaign is off to a blazing start
The Canadian junior cyclocross national champion scored a muddy silver in Gavere
Much like the <a href="https://cyclingmagazine.ca/sections/news/the-big-three-dominate-gavere-quagmire-van-der-poel-claims-hat-trick-of-world-cup-victories/">men&#8217;s elite race that would follow</a>
Gavere turned into a three-way battle for Ackert
The top three riders finished within seven seconds
Seppe van den Boer (Belgium) rode clear to the win with Ackert in second and Viktor Vandenberghe (Belgium) in third
Silver at the junior men&#8217;s C2 is a big result for Ackert
The Stimulus Orbea rider carries solid momentum from back-to-back wins at Canadian cyclocross national championships
After putting the maple leaf on the podium in Gavere
he and his teammates will look to dig deeper into the mud of European cyclocross leading up to 2022-2023 world championships
Three other Canadians were in the junior men&#8217;s race in Gavere
Benjamin Brousseau-Noel 37th and Filipe Duarte 39th
Ackert&#8217;s Stimulus Orbea teammates, sisters Ava and Isabella Holmgren, <a href="https://cyclingmagazine.ca/sections/news/van-anrooij-overcomes-gaveres-thick-mud-to-earn-brace-of-2022-2023-world-cup-wins/">raced in the elite women&#8217;s World Cup race in Gavere</a>
Isabella was the top junior and finished 28th overall
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The 21-year-old Tom Pidcock took the biggest cyclocross victory of his career at the Telenet Superprestige Gavere
He beat Mathieu van der Poel as well as Toon Aerts with an impressive solo victory
today I think I came of age,” Pidcock said afterwards
“I think the past years I’ve been bad at the starts so I’ve been working on them and trying to improve and I know if I can do a good first lap and then not already be in the red after one lap then I can have a lot more at the finish.”
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Six years after he quit competitive kayaking
the former Wave Sport-sponsored boater has again made a proverbial splash in the paddling world
this time on a standup paddleboard (a 10- to 14-foot surfboard that&#x2019;s a little wider and a little thicker than a standard longboard)
&#x201C;It&#x2019;s the perfect meld between surfing
snowboarding and kayaking for me,&#x201D; says Gavere
stealing glances my way while being told where to point his chin and rotate his shoulders
He points to magazine photos of celebrities on standup boards and the inland surfer-style craze as proof that paddlesports as an industry can still move in a new direction and
Now a rep for Werner Paddles who specializes in promoting the Washington-based company&#x2019;s standup line
Gavere has a knack for spotting the next big thing
His life is a string of accomplishments in what were once considered obscure
niche action sports; his most marketable talent seems to be an ability to burst onto the scene
and use his signature grin and easygoing demeanor to pull others along for the ride
But where Gavere has made the most impact is on the river
baggy-clothed bad boy in the 1990s and early 2000s
Gavere played a leading role in bringing a fresh
skate- and snowboard-spiced attitude to whitewater in a time when the sport floundered for recognition and new participants
And he did it by having more fun than anyone
Gavere started paddling the way many do&#x2014;in the bow of a Royalex canoe piloted by his father on easy whitewater runs near their Salt Lake City home
&#x201C;He was a natural for reading the water,&#x201D; Allan Gavere recalls about his son
Dan would be able to pick a route that was challenging
but probably not going to do us in.&#x201D; After spotting a kayaker on one of their trips
and when he was 10 years old he returned from a summer with his mother to find a brand-new Perception Dancer in his dad&#x2019;s living room
&#x201C;My hips were half as wide as the boat,&#x201D; he says
then we went and charged a couple of rivers.&#x201D; The two spent a month touring Utah and Colorado in a borrowed Volkswagen Bug
canoe and yellow Dancer strapped to two-by-fours mounted on the gutters
The following year at the University of Montana in Missoula
he was one of a handful of snowboarders on a tiny resort called Montana Snow Bowl
and opened a shop called Board of Missoula with another rider from that crew
Gavere spent the next few winters in the Wasatch Mountains
riding for Nitro snowboards and getting his picture taken jumping off cliffs
&#x201C;I specialized in getting into magazines,&#x201D; Gavere says
&#x201C;My buddies were all photographers.&#x201D; But he never stopped kayaking
even when the ice all but claimed their backyard run on the Lochsa
and this love affair would ultimately pull him from the shop and back to the river
At the 1993 Bob&apos;s Hole Rodeo on Oregon&apos;s Clackamas
then a young South African slalom kayaker who had come over to the States and to freestyle paddling after competing in the 1992 Barcelona Olympics
The two loaded their Prijon Hurricanes onto Gavere&#x2019;s 4Runner and paddled and filmed their way to Missoula
where Gavere had organized the Lochsa River Rendezvous
Along the way they charged a handful of hairball runs
including Coyote Falls on the South Fork Clearwater at near-suicide levels
&#x201C;I was three years through a recreation management degree
but then my recreation took me away,&#x201D; Gavere recalls
&#x201C;It&#x2019;s kind of ironic.&#x201D;
&#x201C;Back then there was no such thing as a professional athlete in kayaking,&#x201D; says Addison
who helped Gavere work a sponsorship deal with Prijon
&#x201C;There were a few people who were getting some free boats
but no one was on a payroll just to be paddling.&#x201D; Gavere and Addison toured the U.S.
and began to make the &#x201C;circuit&#x201D; a way of life
They spent much of the summer playing at Hell Hole on Tennessee&#x2019;s Ocoee
the site slated for the 1993 World Championships
It was Gavere&#x2019;s first year on the U.S
&#x201C;We had no idea how to train,&#x201D; Gavere says
&#x201C;We would literally get up and kayak for like six hours
We did that for three months straight.&#x201D; They were among an elite few boaters practicing moves
while remaining in the hole&#x2014;instead of exit moves and pirouettes
&#x201C;Corran was leading the charge of doing four-
five-point cartwheels,&#x201D; Gavere says
&#x201C;That was right when playboating got big.&#x201D;
The 1993 Worlds consisted of two competitions&#x2014;freestyle through a rapid and hole riding
Gavere placed second in the hole-riding portion and seventh overall
&#x201C;I had chance to win the World Championships head-to-head with E.J.,&#x201D; Gavere says
&#x201C;That was definitely the start of my career.&#x201D; Before the next freestyle worlds
Gavere and Addison went on a filming spree
we had a guy running around with a camera and a throwbag,&#x201D; Gavere says
&#x2018;I&#x2019;m going to make this into a career.&#x2019; I saw a lot of potential for the sport to grow.&#x201D;
Gavere and a mohawk-plumed Addison paddled
and questioned authority&#x2014;and regularly stepped up to the podium at freestyle events
&#x201C;We were two punk kids just being mischievous and always protesting this or that,&#x201D; Addison says
&#x201C;We were both of the opinion that the old guard needed to go.&#x201D; On the water
better boat plastics and the advent of planing hulls translated into multi-axis moves
and bringing play onto difficult whitewater
&#x201C;We didn&#x2019;t paddle down a Class V run just surviving,&#x201D; Addison says
&#x201C;We were doing rail grabs like we were on snowboards
or we would jump up on a rock and do a 360 spin and slide back into the water
people just didn&#x2019;t play on a river that was dangerous and scary.&#x201D;
Gavere came to the 1995 Augsburg worlds a month early to train, camping beneath a parked semitrailer in a one-man tent. The rodeo revolution was gathering <a href="https://www.mensjournal.com/entertainment/best-quotes-about-strength">strength</a>
Gavere paddled an Eskimo Kendo prototype that he calls &#x201C;the world&#x2019;s ugliest boat ever,&#x201D; and nonetheless netted a top-10 finish
Much of the 8-mm footage they shot in the Alps would end up in 1994&#x2019;s Paddle Quest and 1995&#x2019;s Kavu Day
The films garnered a cult following in Europe
but Gavere was already looking farther abroad
migrating to South America to paddle during winter in the Northern Hemisphere
&#x201C;Dan became the quintessential pro paddler,&#x201D; says Addison
who stopped traveling with Gavere when he moved to Montreal to start Riot Kayaks in 1997
&#x201C;My focus shifted from being a cowboy and traipsing around in a motor home
to building something for when I wasn&#x2019;t going to be a pro paddler anymore.&#x201D;
That is where Gavere parted ways with Addison and many of his other peers
Chan Zwanzig had started Wave Sport Kayaks with the idea that making whitewater look fun and accessible would sell boats
&#x201C;Kayaking in the 1970s was a survival sport,&#x201D; says Zwanzig
&#x201C;You had to have a ridiculously high threshold for pain and an insane supply of adrenaline to drive you through that threshold.&#x201D; Many credit Zwanzig with creating the career kayaker
and assembling a company team not just for marketing
Wave Sport had one &#x201C;professional&#x201D; athlete
Zwanzig hired Chris Emerick to shoot videos
Eric Jackson came to Wave Sport in 1995 after a brief stint with Dagger
He also met Gavere at Bob&#x2019;s Hole in 1993
&#x201C;Dan was usually the best guy at the river,&#x201D; says Jackson
who left Wave Sport to start Jackson Kayak in 2003
&#x201C;He made paddling look fun and made the boat that he was paddling look really good.&#x201D; A few years later
at Great Falls on the Potomac River near Washington
Jackson convinced Gavere to try Wave Sport&#x2019;s hot new model&#x2014;the Kinetic
The 1999 Wave Sport promo video shows a laid-back Gavere telling viewers his dream in life is &#x201C;to drive a monster truck at the Delta Center in front of 60,000 people.&#x201D; He became the brand&#x2019;s first big-name paddler
among others who would later become big names&#x2014;like D.C
&#x201C;I wanted to be a household name in kayaking
but mostly because it would be the most fun thing to do,&#x201D; says Gavere
who proceeded to transform his 1970s Dodge Class A motor home (nicknamed Brownstar) into the red
and blue Wave Sport logo-emblazoned funbus that would become iconic on the rodeo scene
The team rolled the RV from California&#x2019;s springtime Kern River Festival and Santa Cruz Kayak Surf Festival to Colorado creek races in June
passing through Oregon for the now-defunct Gorge Games in July
and ending up at West Virginia&#x2019;s Gauley Fest in the fall
and I was off and running living in a van down by the river
following the path of my paddle to the next rodeo,&#x201D; Gavere says
&#x201C;After a while people looked forward to the Wave Sport entourage and the party we brought to town.&#x201D;
&#x201C;The Brownstar was filled with paddlers including Jono Stevens
After competing at the Bob&#x2019;s Hole rodeo in Oregon
we packed the RV and proceeded to drive all night to Golden Canyon on the South Fork of the Clearwater River in Idaho
I figured we would take a break and get some sleep
Dan drove us to his favorite play spot on the Lochsa River about an hour-and-a-half from the Clearwater for an evening surf
After our session I was sure it was time for some rest
&#x2018;We are headed into Missoula for a night on the town.&#x2019; Making the most of your day is a way of life for Dan.&#x201D;
Other kayakers began to strive for the &#x201C;Dan Gavere lifestyle.&#x201D; It became clear he had carved a living out of having a good time
skyrocketing him to whitewater poster-child status
&#x201C;Kayaking kind of started to go through a transition,&#x201D; says Erica Mitchell
&#x201C;Chan was really trying to mainstream the sport and Dan signified mainstream&#x2014;he was super cool but in a dorky kind of way
and he helped change the attitude of the sport.&#x201D; Ultimately it was this attitude and openness that would help whitewater kayaking reach the public eye
&#x201C;Dan and I always  wanted to market the sport as fun and not so extreme,&#x201D; Robertson says
I credit much of the sport&#x2019;s growth
The whitewater revolution reached full flower in about 1999
That year Zwanzig sold Wave Sport to Confluence Watersports
which also owned Wilderness Systems and Mad River Canoe
and the company lavished attention on its sexiest
Gavere moved to North Carolina as the company photographer and videographer
Chevrolet provided five brand-new Avalanche trucks to the team
&#x201C;This was right when the whole sport started to kind of go into its heyday,&#x201D; Gavere says
paddling for the best team with the best boats.&#x201D;
Gavere never made nice with his new corporate bosses
Before long he packed up his Avalanche and drove to Hood River
where he bought a house and started kiteboarding
working customer service for longtime paddle sponsor Adventure Technology
and announcing and helping organize premier competitions like the Teva Mountain Games in Vail
who immediately excels at any sport he tries
even landed a sponsorship for racing radio-controlled cars
&#x201C;I&#x2019;m just a competitive person,&#x201D; he says
Despite his competitive streak and abundant talent
Gavere spent 10 years on the circuit without ever claiming a world title
when a world squirt championship seemed his for the taking
all-the-time approach that so endeared him to sponsors and fellow competitors wasn&#x2019;t enough to win against the more disciplined approach of boaters like Jackson and Jay Kincaid
Though he says that 1999 washout in New Zealand still stings
Gavere insists he has more to show for his kayaking career than medals
&#x201C;My whole thing is being diverse,&#x201D; he says
&#x201C;I wasn&#x2019;t participating in the events just to win
My body was just kind of tired and ready for something different.&#x201D;
Gavere started standup paddling around nearby Wells Island on the Columbia River when there wasn&#x2019;t any breeze for kiteboarding
&#x201C;After awhile I never even put my kites on the car
I was just going out to paddle,&#x201D; Gavere says
Gavere landed a job with Werner to help guide their standup paddle designs
and sell the California and Hawaii territories
&#x201C;That was right where I wanted to work
so it was kind of a no-brainer,&#x201D; says Gavere
he jumped into the company van and took to the road again
when Colorado&#x2019;s epic snowpack melted into record flows on rivers around the state
Many eyes were on the newly built playwave on the Colorado River in Glenwood Springs
wondering if its structure would hold as the flow crept to 24,000 cfs
and Gavere arrived one June day to find a waist-high foam pile spanning half the river
&#x201C;The kayakers were pissed because I was able to make it out of the eddy while they had to hike back up and catch it on the fly,&#x201D; Gavere says
Gavere calmly hops onto his 12-foot-6-inch board and runs me through the basics of standing
He feathers the paddle at his side like a witch stirring a cauldron
Gavere compared running Class II on a standup board to running Class IV-V in a kayak; for him
it&#x2019;s just another way to find new thrills
Gavere chats about the Fresh Waterman Challenge
a series of SUP river events and races he&#x2019;s organizing on the Columbia in July
and how river SUP design and materials are evolving
&#x201C;I see standup right now where whitewater kayaking was 15 years ago,&#x201D; Gavere says
&#x201C;It wasn&#x2019;t about running waterfalls and scaring yourself
I like introducing people to standup on the river and the safe way to do it.&#x201D;
I think about the magazine story I&#x2019;d seen on Gavere&#x2019;s coffee table
The photo shows him surfing his standup board on the Glenwood wave
&#x201C;There&#x2019;s something special about riding a wave that never gets to shore.&#x201D; It might not be monster trucks at the Delta Center
but it looks like Gavere&#x2019;s wave will never break
This story originally ran in the 2009 issue of Canoe and Kayak&apos;s Whitewater magazine
Look for the latest issue on newsstands this spring
Shari Bossuyt second and Britt Knaven third in Gavere
Kopecky covered the 23.1km route in a winning time of 31:12 and beat runner-up Shari Bossuyt (Canyon-SRAM Racing) by 1:04 and third-placed Britt Knaven (AG Insurance-NXTG Team) by 1:08
&ldquo;I wanted to win today by more than 14 seconds,&rdquo; Kopecky said in an interview with WielerFlits
referencing last year's victory margin.&nbsp;
&ldquo;Then I had to make up for a second after the first lap and pull out all the stops on the second lap.&nbsp;Now it was the other way around.&nbsp;I now had a fairly reassuring lead after the first lap.&nbsp;This gave me the confidence to keep up the pace I had.&rdquo;
Kopecky said the difference between this year's margin of victory and last year's came down to better form and equipment
both in terms of condition and material.&nbsp;I also worked on my time trial position.&nbsp;When I compare my position with last year
it really makes a world of difference," she said
Kopecky will now turn her attention to defending her road race title on Sunday in Middelkerke
although it will not be an easy task.&nbsp;A lot of women are going to give me a hard time," she said
"The race is still to be run.&nbsp;I have a chance in a bunch sprint
but of course it would be best to stay ahead with a group.&nbsp;That also means less pressure.&rdquo;
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Belgian continues her domination in Europe
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The 24 year-old Belgian rider showed off her technical skills during a strong final lap
A mud-clad Harris rolled across the finish line in second place at short distance behind Cant
More than a minute later Ellen van Loy (Young Telenet-Fidea) captured the final podium spot
It was the fifth win in a row for Cant and she will head to next weekend&rsquo;s World Cup with bags of confidence
Runner-up Harris admitted Cant got the better of her
At the beginning of the final lap Cant dived into the first downhill and created a small gap
&ldquo;This wasn&rsquo;t my best day of the season
It&rsquo;s okay to have a course like this once in a while
It&rsquo;s good I came out the winner,&rdquo; Cant said
Halfway through the race Cant tumbled into the inflatable barriers when she tried to pass Harris during steepest of the two descents
If I touched the brakes I would&rsquo;ve crashed
I shouted that I was passing on the right but it&rsquo;s hard to keep control,&rdquo; Cant explained
She took a big risk at that downhill and was faster on that section
I hesitated a little and she was gone,&rdquo; Harris said
Cant's gap grew from four to seven seconds after the second descent
In the following section Harris came back to five seconds but then she had nothing left for the final part of the demanding course
&ldquo;At the end I was dead,&rdquo; Harris said
&ldquo;It&rsquo;s a pity because on previous laps I waited for Sanne a couple of times because it was better to ride together at that moment of the race.&rdquo;
The duo distanced the rest of the field after the second lap
with Ellen Van Loy keeping them in sight for a long time and was riding at only 11 seconds from the leaders
&ldquo;I saw that Nikki was trying to force Sanne into the lead
I was riding at my limit and when I joined them I might have been dropped straight away
I don&rsquo;t know whether my support for teammates is always returned equally,&rdquo; Van Loy told Cyclingnews
While Cant and Harris were each other&rsquo;s match in Gavere
the rest of the field was spread the course
Jolien Verschueren (Decock Woningbouw) was fourth at nearly two minutes
Before the race it was announced that she will be riding for the Young Telenet-Fidea team from January onwards
Elle Anderson (Kalas &ndash; NNOF) was eighth in Gavere and enjoyed her ride
&ldquo;This is exactly why I came to race in Europe
We don&rsquo;t have this deep mud in the USA
I&rsquo;ve got good power in my legs but I can improve on these courses
I&rsquo;ve set my sights on Koksijde [next week&rsquo;s World Cup round]
I&rsquo;ve had a really bad cold for 10 days and I was on antibiotics,&rdquo; Anderson told Cyclingnews
There&rsquo;s no general classification in the Women&rsquo;s category of the Superprestige series
One of the biggest tech stories of the current <a href="http://www.bikeradar.com/tags/cyclocross">cyclocross</a> season  has been the gradual appearance of hydraulic disc brakes within the ranks of the  elite men
Lars Van Der Haar won the first two world cup rounds using them
and now Philipp Walsleben have all dipped  their toes in the water
One of the main arguments for using discs is their  advantage in very muddy races, and consistent braking, especially on tough  descents. So at the <a href="www.cyclingnews.com/races/superprestige-gavere-2013/elite-men/results">Superprestige Gavere</a>
one of the muddiest courses of the season so far with a long  technical descent
we expected to see even more discs on the grid
they were conspicuous by their absence in the men’s  race
although the women racers seemed more willing to embrace the technology
and  the main focus was on trying not to jam the bike up with mud and rip the rear  derailleur off
something that Gavere has become known for
with raucous  dancing and singing as darkness fell
Highlights: Van der Poel continues winning streak with win in Gavere
Cyclo-CrossHighlights: Brand storms to victory in Lille00:03:59|09/02/2025 at 15:17</a>The Alpecin-Deceuninck rider began strongly and after managing to accelerate on an uphill section
he was able to build up a lead over Joris Nieuwenhuis and Van Aert.The familiar tussle between Van der Poel and Van Aert was becoming clearer in lap two
with the latter moving within 30 seconds of the Belgian heading into lap three.Nieuwenhuis and Van der Haar were seemingly contesting third spot and a place on the podium
with the duo 38 seconds adrift of Van der Poel.Van der Poel was in imperious form in a race that was turning into a procession towards victory for the 28-year-old
who increased his lead to 42 seconds.Olympic and world mountain bike champion Tom Pidcock was one minute and 10 seconds further back in fifth in lap five
and a podium finish was looking like a possibility.The Brit dramatically ate into the time between himself and Nieuwenhuis
with the gap a mere five seconds heading into the final two laps.Van der Poel had over half a minute advantage going into the last lap and Pidcock was still battling with Nieuwenhuis into the start-finish straight as he looked to use his experience in the discipline.Van der Poel ultimately coasted to the win with Van Aert well ahead of third place in second
took the final spot on the podium just a minute behind the lead.Earlier in the day
in-form Van Empel finished second but couldn&#x27;t match compatriot Pieterse on the day.Highlights: Pieterse ends Empel’s 11-race winning streak to take victory in Gavere
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Mathieu van der Poel (Alpecin-Deceuninck) was once again the dominant rider today at the latest UCI World Cup race in Gavere
The world champion made it four wins from four in this
after topping the podium from Wout van Aert (Jumbo Visma) and Tom Pidcock (Ineos Grenadiers)
And though van der Poel&#8217;s winning margin over runner-up Van Aert was not huge
he was in a class of his own today; pressing ahead solo at the front on the first lap of seven and never looking back
Pidcock had to battle his way though the field
The British rider won that scrap after getting the better of Joris Nieuwenhuis (Baloise Trek)
though he still finished 58 seconds down on Van der Poel
Van der Poel faced some challenges up front
including when he began passing lapped riders in the first half of the race
Felipe Nystrom of Costa Rica appeared to be interacting with some spectators he was passing and when he moved to his right and he was into the path of van der Poel who was charging through
The Dutch rider gave Nystrom a shove to make sure he was out of his way
Irish champion Dean Harvey (Trinity Racing) was also in the field and placed 52nd of of the 77 starters in the elite men&#8217;s race
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Ridley&rsquo;s top cyclocross bike is designed to be light and responsive
although not as chewed up as when the pros took to it on the Sunday
The first thing you notice is how agile the X-Night SL is in tight corners and when picking a line
but still has plenty of stability to tackle faster sections of the course
After the descent from the top of the course
which needs the large ring and top end of the cassette
at no time did I feel as if the bike was likely to pitch me into the lake or down the bank on either side
The Superprestige Gavere course includes an unusually long climb through the woods
so the X-Night SL&rsquo;s low weight and stiff frameset really help retain momentum
But Di2 copes really well with the mud and kept shifting cleanly throughout the ride
This added enough grip to cope with the conditions
but something a bit more aggressive would have been an advantage
One significant change is in the bottom bracket drop
with the latest X-Night having a lower bottom bracket than its predecessors to add stability
Ridley has retained the traditional horizontal top tube on its cyclocross bikes
with a flattened profile to make shouldering easier
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The X-Night&rsquo;s 72 degree fork angle is quite aggressive
There&rsquo;s a short reach and low stack for a compact racing position and the ability to shift weight over obstacles
with the X-Trail having a longer wheelbase and less aggressive geometry
Ridley still makes cantilever versions of its cyclocross machines
although there&rsquo;s still a cable run for a mechanical front mech
The X-Night frame is adaptable for single ring and two ring mechanical and electronic groupsets
Alongside the X-Night SL, Ridley also sells the <a data-analytics-id="inline-link" href="https://www.cyclingweekly.com/videos/cycling-tech/ridley-x-night-disc-rival-1-video" data-original-url="https://www.cyclingweekly.com/videos/cycling-tech/ridley-x-night-disc-rival-1-video" data-url="https://www.cyclingweekly.com/videos/cycling-tech/ridley-x-night-disc-rival-1-video" data-hl-processed="none" data-before-rewrite-localise="/videos/cycling-tech/ridley-x-night-disc-rival-1-video">X-Night</a>
with the X-Night weighing around 1kg due to the lower modulus carbon used
Ridley also sells the X-Ride and X-Bow alloy crosser ranges
The X-Night SL comes in mechanical Ultegra spec for &euro;3599
Force 1 for &euro;4299 or Ultegra Di2 for &euro;4779
Drop down to the standard X-Night and prices start at &euro;2799
you can customise the paintwork on all Ridley&rsquo;s bikes
<a href="https://www.cyclingweekly.com/author/paul-norman" target="_self" class="link author__name_link" data-before-rewrite-localise="https://www.cyclingweekly.com/author/paul-norman">Paul Norman</a>Social Links Navigation<a class="button-social   " href="mailto:paul.norman@ti-media.com" target="_self" aria-label="EMAIL"></a>Paul started writing for Cycling Weekly in 2015
he&rsquo;s reviewed hundreds of bikes and thousands of other pieces of cycling equipment for the magazine and the Cycling Weekly website
He&rsquo;s been cycling for a lot longer than that though and his travels by bike have taken him all around Europe and to California
He&rsquo;s been riding gravel since before gravel bikes existed too
riding a cyclocross bike through the Chilterns and along the South Downs.