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Youri IJnsen • Thursday December 28, 2023 at 12:00For years, Diegem has been bursting at the seams for the annual evening cross, as a round in the Superprestige. It will be no different in 2023; The Flemish Brabant village normally has around 6,000 inhabitants, but during the cyclo-cross, three times that number could be present...

Thursday, December 28, 2023 at 12:15 PMThe Superprestige in Diegem has been one of the classics in cyclo-cross for more than two decades. Not so much because of a very difficult and/or beautiful course such as the Koppenberg, Namur, Koksijde and Zonhoven, but because of a unique character. It is the only cross in...

Niels Bastiaens • Thursday, December 28, 2023 at 3:02 PMInterview 28th at more than six minutes. No, the first cyclocross of the season was not a great sporting success for Yara Kastelijn. But anyone who thinks that will make her smile disappear is wrong. The 26-year-old Dutch woman received confirmation this summer at the Tour de...

Youri IJnsen • Thursday, December 28, 2023 at 7:15 AMRobert Gesink will start his eighteenth season as a cycling professional in January. The now 37-year-old climber will retire at the end of 2024. The Varsseveld Condor – who during his career grew from top talent to leader within Visma | Lease a Bike and has...

Zeger Schaeken • Thursday, December 28, 2023 at 7:45 AMThe fifth cross in five days will be ridden on Saturday. The riders head to Hulst, where the Vestingcross is completed. In previous years it was often the playground of Mathieu van der Poel, who this year will face opposition from Wout van Aert and Tom...