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Cyclo-cross Maasmechelen
The Cyclo-cross Maasmechelen race, sometimes called Cyclocross Maasmechelen or Wereldbeker Maasmechelen is a cyclo-cross race held in Maasmechelen, in the Province of Limburg in Belgium. The race has been held since 2022 and has been part of the UCI Cyclo-cross World Cup The UCI Cyclo-cross World Cup is a season-long competition in cyclo-cross, organised by the Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI) and Flanders Classics. First held in the 1993–1994 season, there are currently six awards, tailored to the different ... since then. The race is held in Hoge Kempen National Park on the location of the former coal mines of Eisden. The course has some steep down ramps and a longer off-camber section. Part of the course runs alongside large mirrors belonging to the Ecotron Lab of Hasselt University. History The Cyclocross Maasmechelen was first held in 2022 replacing Cyclo-cross Rupchen in the world cup program. The first edition attracted some criticism due to presence of peb ...
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Maasmechelen
Maasmechelen (; ) is a municipality located on the Meuse in the Belgian province of Limburg. It comprises the former municipalities of Mechelen-aan-de-Maas, Vucht, Leut, Meeswijk, Uikhoven, Eisden, Opgrimbie, Boorsem, and Kotem. As a result of both Maasmechelen's location near the border and its coalmining history, quite a few of its current inhabitants are of Dutch, German, Polish or Mediterranean (mainly Italian) origin. History Prehistoric and Roman times The plateau of Campine was built up during the ice age with deposits of sand and other material that the Meuse river had eroded in the upstream Ardennes region. The higher elevation and the proximity of fertile river clay made this location an attractive one for the prehistoric tribes who established themselves here in the 2nd millennium BC and for the Celtic peoples who moved in the area in the 1st millennium BC. In Roman times, this region was at the border between the provinces of Gallia Belgica and Germania Infe ...
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Wout Van Aert
Wout van Aert (born 15 September 1994) is a Belgian professional road bicycle racing, road and cyclo-cross Cycle sport, racer who rides for UCI WorldTeam . Van Aert won three consecutive men's races at the UCI Cyclo-cross World Championships in 2016 UCI Cyclo-cross World Championships, 2016, 2017 UCI Cyclo-cross World Championships, 2017, and 2018 UCI Cyclo-cross World Championships, 2018. Having initially prioritised competing in cyclo-cross, Van Aert terminated his contract with in 2018 and joined in March 2019, on a three-year deal. Van Aert has since taken more than forty professional road wins, including nine stage victories at the Tour de France between 2019 Tour de France, 2019 and 2022 Tour de France, 2022 (also winning the Points classification in the Tour de France, points classification in 2022), and won Milan–San Remo – one of the five Cycling monuments – in 2020 Milan–San Remo, 2020. Following the 2022 Tour de France, where Van Aert won three stages, sev ...
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Recurring Sporting Events Established In 2022
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Cyclo-cross Races
Cyclo-cross (cyclocross, CX, cyclo-X or cross) is a form of bicycle racing. Races typically take place in the autumn and winter (the international or "World Cup" season is October–February), and consist of many laps of a short (2.5–3.5 km or 1.5–2 mile) course featuring pavement, wooded trails, grass, steep hills and obstacles requiring the rider to quickly dismount, carry the bike while navigating the obstruction and remount. Races for senior categories are generally between 40 minutes and an hour long, with the distance varying depending on the ground conditions. The sport is strongest in the traditional road cycling countries such as Belgium (Flanders in particular), France and the Netherlands. Cyclo-cross has parallels with mountain bike racing, cross-country cycling and criterium racing. Many of the best cyclo-cross riders cross train in other cycling disciplines; however, cyclo-cross has reached such size and popularity that some racers are specialists, ...
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Cycle Races In Belgium
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Shirin Van Anrooij
Shirin van Anrooij (born 5 February 2002) is a Dutch professional racing cyclist, who currently rides for UCI Women's WorldTeam . and UCI Cyclo-Cross Pro Team Baloise Trek Lions. She is the current under 23 UCI Cyclo-cross World Champion. History Shirin van Anrooij started out riding cyclo-cross in the 2010s, winning the junior race at the 2020 UCI Cyclo-cross World Championships, as well as the National Junior Championship. In November 2022, she won her first race in the UCI Cyclo-cross World Cup, surprising the "Big Two" Fem Van Empel and Puck Pieterse to form what is now often referred to by commentators as "The Big Three"..https://plus.globalcyclingnetwork.com/watch/4965118 She came third overall in the 2022–2023 World Cup season. In February 2023, van Anrooij became the under 23 Cyclo-cross world champion. On the road, van Anrooij joined the team in 2020 as a stagiaire. In 2022, she took the young rider classification at the 2022 Tour de France Femmes, and won t ...
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Puck Pieterse
Puck Pieterse (; born 13 May 2002) is a Dutch cyclist specializing in road, cyclo-cross and mountain biking. She currently rides for . In 2024 as under 23 world champion in the road race. Pieterse is known for her ability to bunny hop the plank barriers in cyclo-cross races. Career In March 2020, Pieterse signed with Alpecin–Fenix with the initial focus being on cyclo-cross and mountain biking. She became the U23 European cyclo-cross champion in 2020, and won the Elite Women's National Cyclocross Champion of the Netherlands in 2023 and 2024. In 2024, she won the world mountain bike championship in the Cross-country Olympic category. At the 2024 Tour de France Femmes, Pieterse won stage 4 and took the white jersey of the young rider classification. At the 2024 UCI Road World Championships, she became under 23 world champion after finishing 13th overall. In 2025, Pieterse won her first UCI Women's World Tour event, winning La Flèche Wallonne Femmes. Major results ...
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Aniek Van Alphen
Aniek van Alphen (born 1 February 1999) is a Dutch professional racing cyclist, who currently rides for UCI Women's WorldTeam . Major results Cyclo-cross ;2018–2019 : 3rd Leudelange ;2019–2020 : 1st Munich : 1st Troyes : 2nd Sint-Niklaas : 2nd Vittel : Toi Toi Cup ::3rd Slany : 3rd National Under-23 Championships ;2020–2021 : Exact Cross ::1st Lokeren : 2nd UCI World Under-23 Championships : 4th UEC European Under-23 Championships ;2021–2022 : Exact Cross ::3rd Lokeren ::3rd Maldegem ;2022–2023 : Superprestige ::1st Boom : Exact Cross ::1st Essen : 1st Salzdetfurth : 2nd Otegem : 2nd Lützelbach : 2nd Bensheim : 2nd Mechelen : 3rd Ardooie ;2023–2024 : 1st Mechelen : Superprestige ::2nd Niel : Exact Cross ::2nd Essen : 2nd Ardooie : 2nd Oisterwijk : 2nd Lützelbach : UCI World Cup ::3rd Maasmechelen : 3rd Otegem : 3rd Bensheim : 5th UEC European Championships ;2024–2025 : 2nd Otegem Road ;2020 : 8th Trophée des Grimpeuses ;2023 : 9th Overall Thüringen ...
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Ceylin Del Carmen Alvarado
Ceylin del Carmen Alvarado (born 6 August 1998) is a Dominican-born Dutch cyclist, who currently competes in cyclo-cross for UCI Cyclo-cross Team , and in road cycling for UCI Women's Continental Team . In 2018, she won the gold medal in the Under-23 race at the UEC European Cyclo-cross Championships in Rosmalen. She repeated this feat in 2019. On 1 February 2020 she became world champion in the elite category at the 2020 UCI Cyclo-cross World Championships in Dübendorf, Switzerland. Personal life , Alvarado is in a relationship with fellow pro cyclist Roy Jans. Major results Cyclo-cross ;2015–2016 : 2nd National Under-23 Championships ;2016–2017 : Qiansen Trophy ::1st Fengtai ::1st Yanqing ;2017–2018 : 2nd UCI World Under-23 Championships : Soudal Classics ::3rd Hasselt ::3rd Leuven : Brico Cross ::3rd Hulst : 3rd Woerden ;2018–2019 : 1st UEC European Under-23 Championships : 1st National Under-23 Championships : 1st Overall Under-23 UCI World Cup : 1s ...
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Lucinda Brand
Lucinda Brand (born 2 July 1989) is a Dutch Cycle sport, racing cyclist, who rides for UCI Women's Team, UCI Women's WorldTeam in road racing, and UCI Cyclo-cross Pro Team in cyclo-cross. After four years with , in August 2016 announced that Brand had signed a two-year deal with the team, with a role as a team leader, road captain and as part of the team's sprint train. In 2023, Brand collaborated with fellow professional cyclist Maghalie Rochette to create the cycling-focused podcast ''Dirty Talks''. Major results Source: Road ;2010 : 5th Holland Hills Classic : 10th Overall Ster Zeeuwsche Eilanden : 10th Omloop van Borsele : 10th Grand Prix Elsy Jacobs ;2011 AA Drink–leontien.nl season, 2011 : 2nd 2011 Open de Suède Vårgårda TTT, Open de Suède Vårgårda TTT : 2011 European Road Championships, UEC European Under-23 Championships ::3rd Road race ::9th Time trial : 7th Overall 2011 Holland Ladies Tour, Holland Ladies Tour : 9th Grand Prix Elsy Jacobs : 10th Trofeo Alfr ...
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Zoe Bäckstedt
Zoe Jane Bäckstedt (born 24 September 2004) is a Welsh professional racing cyclist riding for UCI Women's World Tour Team , competing across road, cyclo-cross and track racing disciplines. At the 2021 UCI Road World Championships, Bäckstedt won the gold medal in the junior women's road race, and silver in the junior women's time trial. A year later, she upgraded junior time-trial silver to gold, winning the event by over a minute and a half before successfully defending her road race title with a dominant solo victory, and her third road world championship at junior level. At the 2022 UCI Cyclo-cross World Championships, Bäckstedt won a second world junior title, this time in the cyclo-cross discipline. In 2025 she won her first 'senior' World Championship at the 2025 UCI Cyclo-cross World Championships in the mixed team relay for Great Britain; while technically still an under-23 rider, she took the elite rider spot in the relay, allowing Cat Ferguson to take the under ...
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2022–23 UCI Cyclo-cross World Cup
The 2022–23 Telenet UCI Cyclo-cross World Cup was a season-long cyclo-cross competition, organized by the Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI). The UCI Cyclo-cross World Cup took place between 9 October 2022 and 29 January 2023. This season the number of races was expanded to 14, whereas in regular seasons most recently only about 9 were organized. The defending champions were Eli Iserbyt in the men's competition and Lucinda Brand Lucinda Brand (born 2 July 1989) is a Dutch Cycle sport, racing cyclist, who rides for UCI Women's Team, UCI Women's WorldTeam in road racing, and UCI Cyclo-cross Pro Team in cyclo-cross. After four years with , in August 2016 announced that B ... in the women's competition, they were succeeded respectively by Laurens Sweeck and Fem van Empel, who both clinched the overall victory following the penultimate race, held in Benidorm Points distribution Points were awarded to all eligible riders at each race. From this season, the points awarded ...
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