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2023/2024 Cyclo Cross Wrap
Its been a funny old winter in the cyclo cross world.
Where he has ridden Mathieu Van der Poel was dominant. He won with ease apart from one day where he had all seasons bad luck in one go.
Wout van Aert picked up on that still crashing and breaking his saddle on his way to beat the mulleted bullet.
Tom Pidcock has been there or thereabouts winning the classic in Namur but also enduring some…
Opening weekend 2024 is here!
So here we are on the eve of the cycling season proper.
Opening weekend starts with Omloop Het Nieuwsblad and finishes with Kuurne Brussels Kuurne on Sunday.
Both of these are traditional long held one day cobbled classics, and for Flemish aficionados like myself, this is the proper start to the season.
And I can say that whilst I’m watching the UAE tour, seeing Tim Merlier winning a sprint.…
Rouvy Spring Classique - Stages 1 & 2
After what I felt was a disappointing Etape challenge on Rouvy I was keen to get into the platforms “Spring into action” challenge. I entered the Classique version of that, with five spring classics routes to ride.
Just quickly back on the Etape challenge. It felt like the courses were quite mixed. You had the ones in Eastern Europe and then randomly a massively hilly one that wasn’t…
2023 review of my season…
2023 was a year that will have mixed memories for me.
In the cycling context I had a great time in local time trials but missed the goal of riding more sportive events.
Off the bike was a challenge with a lot of things that happened which impacted my mental capacity to race more. However I found a newly adopted approach of taking cycling for what it is and not stressing too much about the…
How to do a European ‘cross race from England
In terms of bucket list items, the chance to go to the Cyclo Cross World Cup in Gavere on Boxing Day was something long dreamed about and eagerly anticipated.
TRAVEL AND ACCOMODATION
Being a fairly regular user of ferries on to mainland Europe I am fairly zen about the whole “driving on the other side” thing but I know it makes some people anxious. However I can pretty much guarantee you will…
Review of the year - Did Jumbo / Visma ruin 2023?
It’s been a long while since the last post I wrote and in that time I’ve been formulating in my brain how I wanted my review of the year 2023 to look.
It’s a year that will live long in the memory for some things, but I’ve already moved on from a number of others.
I think the first thing to note and the first thing to pay special attention to was the tragic death of local rider Gino Mader in…
Despite everything, I still love cycling
It’s fair to say that in the weeks since my crash, my desire and attitude for the sport of cycling has been tested.
My Nan always used to say that things that come in threes.
So first off was the crash, which left me with a big lump on my hip, and lots of cuts and bruises all down my left hand side. More than that it was the hit on the head. And then the effect on my confidence in needing a new…
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