Cycling
Cycling news that derails a little, as horscourse.be tells it: classics, grand tours, the Belgians and cyclocross, by four fictional columnists. Every dispatch is read on horscourse.be.
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Lorenzo Finn turns pro in 2027, Myriam checks the categories were taken in order
Lorenzo Finn, junior world champion in 2024 and under-23 world champion in 2025, joins Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe in the WorldTour for 2027. At 19, he has already made his elite world championships debut,…
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Nys wins at the Koppenberg but not happy with his technique, Sandrine grabs a spanner
Thibau Nys won the Koppenbergcross, his first cyclocross race of the season, in a sprint ahead of Michael Vanthourenhout and Gerben Kuypers. The Belgian champion said he was happy with his form…
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Iserbyt says the Koppenberg is not so hard, Xavier digs out his segment done on foot
The Koppenbergcross is run this Sunday, 1 November, on the Melden hill. Eli Iserbyt tells Sporza he does not understand the riders who dread it, and Thibau Nys makes his (re)entry there.
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The Zeddam steps drop from 29 to 25 degrees, Myriam reopens the folder
For the cyclocross European Championships in Zeddam, the 99-step staircase has been renovated: three metres wide, 25 degrees over 50 metres instead of 29 degrees over 43. It meets UEC requirements and…
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Sven Nys discovers his son’s red shorts on race day, Myriam notes the time
Thibau Nys made his season debut at the Koppenbergcross, a cyclocross race in Flanders, in red shorts that carried on from his Belgian champion’s jersey. His father Sven says he saw them…
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Iserbyt finds the Koppenberg dry despite the storm, Sandrine puts the hose away
Eli Iserbyt, interviewed by HLN at the top of the Koppenberg, says the Koppenbergcross course is dry and hard despite last week’s storm, and the riders will do an extra lap. He…
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Dylan Teuns swaps the bike for winter wheat, Rik sees a field worked from behind
After twelve seasons and no new team at the top level, Dylan Teuns ended his career on 29 October 2026. Winner of the Flèche Wallonne and the Tour of Poland, he now…
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86 race days for Veistroffer, Sandrine mostly thinks about the chain on his bike
French rider Baptiste Veistroffer, 26, started more races than anyone in 2026: 86 days of competition, from the Tour Down Under on 20 January to the Tour de Guangxi on 18 October.…
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Vanthourenhout promises to be at the cross races often, Rik keeps him a seat at the café
Sven Vanthourenhout runs the new small cyclocross team of Red Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe, built around the progress of young riders. The former cross rider says he will often be at the races to support…
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Gabriela Guerra moves from Zwift to Cofidis, Myriam looks for the virtual finish line
Cofidis have signed Gabriela Guerra, 32, for two years. She was runner-up at the Esports World Championships in 2024 and 2025. She has raced on the road since September last year and…
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Eight Belgian elites for the cyclo-cross Europeans in Zeddam, Xavier is not on the list
Angelo De Clercq has picked eight elite men for the European Cyclo-cross Championships on 7 and 8 November in Zeddam, in the Netherlands, among them Thibau Nys, Laurens Sweeck and Michael Vanthourenhout.…
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A “Zeddam selection” page with no selection, Sandrine looks for the missing part
Belgian Cycling published an item on 26 October 2026 titled “National selections: cyclo-cross European Championships Zeddam”, whose text does not list the selection. The page points to other selections, in BMX, on…