BACK in the Saddle
Too often, cycling's biggest races are missing the sport's top riders, as they suffer from illness and injury - some more than others. I consider who could be back to their best in 2025.
Katy Madgwick
Writing about cycling - the stories, the facts, the opinions, the interviews, the silly poems, the movie comparisons. You name it, if it's about bike racing, I'm stringing sentences together about it.
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The kerstperiode diaries: 3
The final instalment in my series of race reports from the cyclocross Christmas period, in which Wout van Aert returned, Puck Pieterse took her first win, and there was copious amounts of mud to be enjoyed...
The winning formula
In this special one-off edition of the Kerstperiode Diaries, I take a look back at a memorable night under the floodlights of Diegem, which had all the ingredients of a race for the ages
The kerstperiode diaries: 2
Part 2 in a series of race reports from the cyclocross Christmas period - stay up to date with all the racing action including exclusive photography from around the courses from Tonke Berg
The kerstperiode diaries: 1
The first instalment in a series of race reports from the cyclocross Christmas period - stay up to date with all the racing action including live photography from the courses
The end is where we start from
Though Wout van Aert and Mathieu van der Poel have been thrilling spectators for over decade, fans of CX are increasingly being forced to consider a future that doesn't include the dominant pair - I consider what it might mean for the sport