Cyclocross

Lucinda Brand, Ceylin Del Carmen Alvarado, Wout van Aert all sat out the race ahead of the X20 Trofee race Wednesday.

Here are five takeaways from the first big-name battle ahead of the January world championships.

Van der Poel wins much-hyped battle with Wout van Aert and Tom Pidcock; U.S. national champ Clara Honsinger takes breakout second-place in women's race.

Are the discipline's two biggest stars too dominant in both the racing and the reporting of cyclocross?

Lucinda Brand takes us inside the 2020 cyclocross season. We discuss Anna van der Breggen winning our International Cyclist of the Year award. Could a women's Tour de France be coming in 2022?

He's dominated the U23 ranks on the road, mountain bike and cyclocross, and now is poised to become the new challenger for van Aert and van der Poel's cross-discipline crown.

Olympic charter mandating Winter Olympic sports are held on snow or ice continues to put stopper on negotiations.

Young Brit Pidcock outclasses Mathieu van der Poel to take biggest elite win of career, Brand beats Denise Betsema to reverse Saturday's result.

Van der Poel parachutes into middle of season to win first race back on the 'cross bike, Betsema breaks Lucinda Brand's long winning streak.

Van der Poel to return to 'cross racing this weekend; first clash with Wout van Aert likely to come the following Sunday.

Don't expect to see fans lining the course, or crowding the pits in Ostend, Belgium on January 30 - 31.

Wout van Aert finishes fourth in men's race, Brand fined after obstructing Alvarado in the pit lane.

Pile up in opening lap of 'cross race leaves junior world champ with fracture and deep cuts to arm.

Brand continues dominant streak with powerful ride; Vanthourenhout beats Eli Iserbyt and Wout van Aert in men's race.

Eli Iserbyt takes dominant victory on technical city-center circuit, Lucinda Brand wins women's race.

Cross-discipline duo have been fierce rivals for longer in cyclocross than they have been on the road. With a narrow defeat at Tour of Flanders fresh in the memory, Van Aert is braced for more as 'cross season kicks off.

Young Belgian punched clear with countryman Michael Vanthourenhout early in the race and was unstoppable from thereon.

World champion and Dutch national champion takes sprint victory over Annemarie Worst.

Dendermonde, Hulst and Overijse form a trio of new destinations in the series.

When the COVID-19 pandemic made the 2020 EuroCross Academy camp impossible, director Geoff Proctor came up with a virtual alternative.