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The column: Cyclo-cross is on the slide

Attendance at major races is down. Television viewing figures are also down. Belgium, we have a problem, and it’s not Mathieu...

Rouleur podcast: Tom Pidcock, Allan Peiper and Santini

Pidcock’s progress, Allan Peiper on cycling and cancer, Santini and Polartec’s latest developments

Super Tough: Cyclo-cross 1962 style featuring Beryl Burton

“And there goes Pauline and I’m afraid if she carries on like that, her bicycle won’t last very much longer.”...

Seaside CX: panoramas from the 2019 worlds course

The Danish will offer up their very own smörgåsbord of mud, wind and sweat when they host the world cyclo-cross...

Why everyone’s talking about Wout van Aert, Classics star of the future

Analysis: He’s not the first cyclo-cross specialist to show potential in the Classics. But Wout van Aert’s early season showing...

Snow relation: cycling’s many ties to the Winter Olympics

Are those ski pants you’re wearing? Didn’t a triathlete invent the aero bar? What have cycling and winter sports got...

Tom Pidcock: “I don’t really practice on a ‘cross bike”

The junior world champion now aims for the under-23 title in Valkenburg. Sven Nys’ assessment of Pidcock’s talents: “He rides...

Rainbows in the mud: Britain’s first cyclo-cross world champion

In 1986 Stuart Marshall ploughed through the mud to claim the junior world championship. Reading about the drama in the pages of a...

Robert Millar and the Muddy Marmite

Cyclo-cross? Seriously, don’t bother, says refusenik Robert Millar

British cyclo-cross champion Grant Ferguson: ‘I was the youngster once!’

Grant Ferguson is still only 24 but has British Under-23 titles in cyclo-cross and cross-country mountain biking. He just added...

Helen Wyman: High and Dry

One of the best cyclo-cross riders in the world is on top of her game, winning races and aiming for...

The Link: Cyclo-cross à Melun, 1924

Early cyclo-cross: winter training for roadies or preparation for war?

Bike change: Tom Pidcock returns to cyclo-cross

Having moved up a category, the junior world champion took two top-ten placings on the opening weekend of his cyclo-cross season. Tom...

Bright futures: guiding Britain’s cyclo-cross talent

Former professional cyclo-cross rider Matt Ellis was recently appointed manager of the British cyclo-cross squad. How bright is the future,...

Evie Richards: lessons from a season of cyclo-cross

U23 British champion and worlds bronze medallist Evie Richards offers her guide to cyclo-cross after a winter season in the...

Three Peaks cyclo-cross: The Dalesman

The toughest – and to our minds – greatest ‘cross race on the calendar scales the highest peaks in Yorkshire....

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