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The 2016 Trek CXC Cup, held the weekend before the CrossVegas and Jingle Cross World Cups, will attract some of the top cyclocross racers from …

For some cyclocross season has already begun. And for a lucky few from various nations that means the UCI Cyclocross Training Camp at in Switzerland. We spoke recently with the camp’s director, Geoff Proctor about the camp and more.

Before it was the BPost Bank Trofee it was the GVA Trofee. And the GVA Trofee race in Baal, Belgium, has been the Grand Prix Sven Nys since 2000. The 2006 edition epitomized what many think of when they think cyclocross; cold, wet and muddy.

Trek has extended their sponsorship of Sven Nys beyond the retired rider individually and his Telenet-Fidea team to include the forthcoming Sven Nys Cycling Center.

How does Sven Nys celebrate retirement after a 20-year racing career? With a two-day sold out show at Belgium’s Antwerpen Sportpaleis that accommodates 16,000 fans.

With the news that Lars Boom (Astana) is thinking of making a return to cyclocross to ride for Sven Nys’s Telenet-Fidea squad we got to thinking about Boom the cyclocross racer and quickly found ourselves watching hours of Boom taking on the most iconic courses.

Van der Poel impresses in first mountain bike races, Boom may move to cyclocross according to Sven and Switzerland’s Tortour may belong on your bucket list in this edition of Rumors & Rumblings.

At the UCI Cyclocross Commission meeting last Monday there were more great strides made in the name of women’s cyclocross as confirmed by two Commission members Helen Wyman and Sven Nys.

Sven Nys appeared on Belgian TV last night and spoke about a range of topics including his last race, what the future holds for his son and the chance that we could see Elite Women earn prize money equal to that of the Elite Men.

If you didn’t get a chance to see the full race, you can see the Elite Men’s competition at the 2016 Sluitingsprijs Oostmalle here.

Sven Nys’ final race. It seems almost incomprehensible that in a career that’s been going for so long we won’t see him line up again. And yet, today is the day that the chapter of his life as an Elite cyclocross racer ended.

In connection with Sven Nys’ move to Telenet-Fidea, we’ve been told that the team’s full roster, all 22 riders, will be aboard Trek beginning with the 2016 road season.

Van der Haar was frozen in his tracks when the time to run came, and it seemed as if he didn’t take his first step until van Aert had remounted and started riding towards the final turns before the finish.

Let’s go to the UCI Cyclocross World Championships in Heusden-Zolder—the 2002 edition. Huge crowds lined the course as it was an all Belgian affair on the Elite Men’s podium. Mario de Clercq took the win ahead of Tom Vannoppen and one Sven Nys.

Ok, maybe not too soon or too near you, but the trailer for de Mensen’s “Sven Nys, The Last Year” is out and Sven himself …

Along with the United States, many countries around the globe also had their 2016 Cyclocross National today. We give you a play-by-play account of the …

We hope you’re not at work, siting at a desk and staring at a computer today. But if you are, take a long lunch and watch the 2012 edition of Scheldecross for Throwback Thursday.

Fresh off a victory the day before at Zilvermeercross, Wout van Aert notched his 13th win of the year with a solo effort at Superprestige …

This episode of SVENNESS comes hot on the heels of some big Sven Nys news—Nys will own and manage the Telenet-Fidea Cycling Team starting March …

The rumors were true: Sven Nys announced on Twitter this morning that he will serve as the owner and team manager for the Telenet-Fidea Cycling …

MALMEDY, Belgium – Wout Van Aert (Vastgoed Service-Golden Palace) claimed a commanding victory on the slopes of the Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps, one of the most …

ESSEN, Belgium – An eleventh-hour mechanical was not what anyone could have expected, the least of whom being the World Champion Mathieu Van der Poel …

Seven-time World Cyclocross Champion Erik de Vlaeminck has passed away at age 70. De Vlaeminck won his first World Championship in 1966, and his last …

Dreams of epic battles this cyclocross season between Zdenek Stybar and Lars Boom danced in our heads. Both Stybar and Boom had announced their respective …

HAMME, BELGIUM—Wout van Aert, learning from his defeat at Koksijde in a battle for the ages with Sven Nys, wasted no time taking to the …

This week’s Throwback Thursday was inspired by Sven Nys’ epic battle with Wout van Aert at the Koksijde World Cup. The impressive display of two athletes …

History was made this Sunday on the dunes of Koksijde as Sven Nys proved that experience can triumph over youth. Nys earned his 50th Elite World Cup victory in a battle with Wout van Aert—19 years his junior—that was nothing short of riveting.

KOKSIJDE, Belgium–Sven Nys (Crelan AA-Drink) showed the crowds in Koksijde why he has dominated the sport for over a decade, taking his 50th Elite World Cup …

RUDDERVOORDE, Belgium – Kevin Pauwels (Sunweb-Napoleon Games) soloed to victory in the third round of the 2015 Hansgrohe Superprestige series in Ruddervoorde. Pauwels made the move in …

At first glance, most modern-day pro ‘cross bikes seem fairly straightforward. A few choices can differentiate them: Disc or canti brakes? 1x or double chainrings? …