HOOGSTRATEN, BELGIUM: On a challenging course lined with snow and thick with leg-sapping mud, Sven Nys (Crelan-Euphony) took his first win in his newly won World Championship jersey, and the 60th Superprestige victory of his career. In fact, the race took shape much like that in Louisville, as Nys traded blows with Klaas Vantornout (Sunweb-Napolean Games) until the [...]
Taking advantage of the battle between Sven Nys (Landbouwkrediet) and Kevin Pauwels (Sunweb-Revor) for the general classification, Tom Meeusen (Telenet-Fidea) attacked for his second victory of the weekend on the icy Hoogstraten course.With the general classification in mind, Pauwels out-sprinted Nys for second place and is now only four points in arrears. While Meeusen took the [...]
by Evan Schmitt The Superprestige series is anything but over as it returns to the main stage this Sunday, February 5, in Hoogstraten, Belgium. Coming one day after the GvA series race in Lille, it will be a race for the strongest riders in field. Hoogstraten is the penultimate race in the eight-race Superprestige series [...]
On a course that saw nearly every top racer in the sport go down, Sven Nys reminded everyone that his technical skills are unmatched in the sport of cyclocross. Nys – who alone of the top five never went down on the muddy, rutty course – used his superb handling to maximize his power, riding Belgium Champion [...]
Cyclocross Superprestige #2 – Hoogstraten HOOGSTRATEN, Belgium. World Champion Niels Albert (BKCP-Powerplus) won the second race of the Superprestige in Hoogstraten, his eighth victory of the season. In a race pummeled by heavy rain, the prince of Belgian cyclocross beat Czech champion Zdenek Stybar (Fidea) and Belgian champion Sven Nys (Landbouwkrediet-Colnago).
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