Race Preview

Lucinda Brand leads the X²O Trophy into Hamme-Zogge after her Niel injury scare. The official women's start list, contenders, course, timings and series gaps.

Men's Superprestige Merksplas preview with Cameron Mason leading the series, Joran Wyseure and Joris Nieuwenhuis among the contenders, and the official start list.

Merksplas women's Superprestige preview with Van Alphen's narrow series lead, Bakker's recent victory, Brand's recovery and course analysis.

Official Niel men's start list confirms Wyseure, Sweeck, Vanthourenhout, Vandeputte and Cameron Mason, but no Thibau Nys. Course, contenders and UK start time.

Lucinda Brand, Aniek van Alphen and Inge van der Heijden lead Superprestige Niel 2026. The key contenders, course challenges and UK start time.

Célia Géry, silver medallist in the 2025 European under-23 cyclocross championship, returns as one of the main contenders for Sunday's title in Zeddam. She faces an intriguing challenge from Barbora Bukovská, who steps up after winning both the European junior title in 2025 and the junior world championship in 2026. The race begins at 13:00 CET, or 12:00 GMT.

Delano Heeren arrives at the European Cyclocross Championships as the reigning junior world champion and a leading Dutch hope for the junior men's title. Sunday's opening race begins at 11:00 CET, or 10:00 GMT in the UK. The home favourite has a strong reference point in his world title, but Zeddam's rebuilt staircase should make this a contest of technique as well as fitness.

Thibau Nys and Michael Vanthourenhout headline Belgium's challenge for the elite men's European Cyclocross Championship in Zeddam on Sunday, 8 November. Nys, the 2024 champion, comes into the race after winning the Koppenbergcross. Vanthourenhout won the continental title in 2022 and 2023 and has the experience to turn a technical championship into a war of attrition.

Explore every stage of the 2027 Giro d'Italia, from Trieste to Rome. Full 21-stage route, profiles, the double Mortirolo, Gavia, Monte Zoncolan and two time-trials.

The under-23 men's European Cyclocross Championship takes place in Zeddam on Saturday, 7 November, with a 13:00 CET start, or 12:00 GMT in the...

The first European cyclocross title awarded in Zeddam this weekend will be the junior women's championship. Racing starts at 11:00 CET on Saturday, 7...

Zeddam's European Cyclocross Championships put the elite women's race on Saturday, 7 November, with the start at 15:00 local time and 14:00 GMT. The...