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French Champion Celia Gery is struggling with a narrowed Iliac artery, she revealed after winning in Nommay today. She will race Koppenberg and Europeans, before undergoing surgery. She will miss the rest of the season.
While we heard this on the replay of the broadcast, @directvelo already had a report out. We highly recommend following them for reporting on the Coupe de France, and general French cyclocross scene!
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Tofik Beshir, winner of the USCX series, has been hit head on by a car yesterday. He is still unconscious, and in the ICU with brain shear trauma
Lap 4/9 - Janssen attacks, and forces a small gap. Meanwhile the teamless Huybs is in the chasing group
Lap 3/9 - Janssen has been leading the last two laps. Corsus and Lejeune firmly in the wheel, Haverdings dangling at the back. Ward Huybs chasing, at 5 seconds
2/2 for Schreiber, as she wins in Mechelen 🇳🇱
Second for Betsema, third for Langenbarg. Brouwers 4, Mos 5.
Approaching the bel lap, Puck Langenbarg holds a 12s lead over Julie Brouwers who has moved through the field after a poor start. Brouwers and Aniek Mos lapping 15s faster the last laps, so should be close
Halfway through the womens race in Mechelen 🇳🇱
Marie Schreiber has gone clear. Leads Betsema by 15s halfway through the race. Langenbarg in 3rd, at 30s.
These three were together for the first three laps. Schreiber strongest on the power sections
Maghalie Rochette is expecting a baby boy, and will miss the upcoming cyclocross season! In this special (and free!) edition of Inside Cyclocross, we have a long interview with her about this and much more!
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The Danish region of Fyn has placed a bid to bring the 2031 cyclocross world championships to the castle of Egeskov. This region has previously hosted the Bogense world championships 🇩🇰
Other bids for the 2031-2033 cycle are Benidorm (visited by the UCI last month) and Hulst 🇪🇸🇳🇱
With Milan-Cortina ongoing, the push to add cyclocross to the 2030 Winter Olympics is at the centre of attention.
While there are reasons to add the sport, it lacks international depth, even compared to existing sports
All the numbers op cyclocross vs the Olympic roster. 🧵👇
Many sports have more than two events, making a sport based comparison biased. On an event level (M/F paired) CX is in the middle of the pack, but if this convinces the IOC remains to be seen.
CX is big in small market countries, and one event per athlete earns the IOC less $$$
Further, CX lacks Top 10 depth compared to other events.
Olympic quotas would force a diverse leaderboard, but is that enough?
There are reasons to include cyclocross (e.g. climate resilient & cheap to host), but international appeal isn't one of them
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