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'Race more as a leader' - EF Education-Oatly extends contract with world champion Magdeleine Vallieres through 2028

Elite women's world champion Magdeleine Vallieres will remain on the EF Education-Oatly women's team through the next Olympic Games in 2028, the young Canadian star given a one-year extension to her ...
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'It's simply inappropriate and improper' - Spectator blows vape smoke in Mathieu van der Poel's face during X2O Trofee Hofstade

Mathieu van der Poel (Alpecin-Deceuninck) was met with an unruly spectator who blew vape smoke in his face at the end of his winning performance at the X2O Trofee Hofstade in Belgium on Monday.
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X2O Trofee Hofstade: Mathieu van der Poel scorches to another solo victory despite strong Wout van Aert chase in second place

The second of five cyclo-cross duels between Mathieu van der Poel (Alpecin-Deceuninck) and Wout van Aert (Visma-Lease a Bike) ...
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X2O Trofee Hofstade: Lucinda Brand dominates in the sand for ninth victory in a row

Lucinda Brand (Baloise Glowi Lions) dominated the sandy course at the X2O Trofee cyclocross round in Hofstade, winning her ninth race in a row and extending her hold on the overall classification in ...
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Zoe Bäckstedt returns to cyclocross at Dendermonde World Cup on December 28 following October wrist fracture

After a training crash delayed the start of her cyclocross season, Zoe Bäckstedt will get back in the saddle next week at the eighth round of the UCI World Cup in Dendermonde. The 21-year-old ...
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After the finish line: Inside a professional cyclist’s perpetual, hardest race – retirement

A professional cycling career is all-consuming, but what happens when the races, money, and routine disappear? Cyclingnews goes inside the transition to the 'real world', and how retirees battle ident ...
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Bikone launches new lightweight, aero bottom bracket for Tadej Pogačar and UAE Team Emirates-XRG

Spanish company Bikone has launched a brand new 'aero' bottom bracket, which will be used next year by UAE Team Emirates-XRG ...
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X2O Trofee Hofstade: TV & streaming information as Mathieu van der Poel and Wout van Aert clash again

In the UK, you can watch cyclocross X2O Trofee Hofstade on TNT Sports 2, or Discovery+ to stream online. Access costs £30.99 ...
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Tadej Pogačar smashes his own KOM record on Coll de Rates by 24 seconds

In the middle of a training camp with his UAE Team Emirates-XRG team on the Costa Blanca in Spain, Tadej Pogačar smashed his own KOM record on Coll de Rates. The world champion slashed his own Strava ...
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Laurens Sweeck is best of the rest with second place finishes in both sand Cyclo-cross World Cups this weekend

Laurens Sweeck (Crelan-Corendon) was the best of the rest after finishing runner-up in both sand UCI Cyclo-cross World Cup events this weekend at Antwerp and Koksijde. However, the 32-year-old, ...
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'Super happy' Shirin van Anrooij taking steps back to the top of the sport with second place in Koksijde

Van Anrooij placed sixth in Saturday's World Cup at Antwerp and will be in action again on Monday at Hofstade. The race at Antwerp was the first of 12 races in 15 days during the Kerstperiode of ...
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UCI Cyclo-cross World Cup Koksijde: Unstoppable Mathieu van der Poel makes it three wins in a row

Mathieu van der Poel waited until halfway into the race to accelerate away from a five-rider lead group to claim his third consecutive win at the sixth round of the UCI Cyclo-cross World Cup in ...