The international cyclocross season is in full swing, and before the teams start the Cyclocross World Cup in November, the riders traditionally put the finishing touches to their preparations in highly competitive race series such as the Exact Cross or the Superprestige Series, whose popularity is due not only to the festive atmosphere surrounding them, but also to extensive TV coverage.

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At the same time, first place also marks her best result of the season, especially as the 25-year-old also left her team-mate and reigning Belgian champion Marion Norbert Riberolle behind.

Benedikt Benz is the first German U19 rider to win a UCI World Cup race. UCI World Cup race. At the U19 Junior race as part of the UCI World Cup in Dendermonde, Belgium, at the beginning of January, Benedikt was able to ride to the top of the podium. The reigning German champion now took the momentum and the good feeling with him to leave the assembled junior world elite behind him in Hoogerheide.

The period around Christmas and New Year is peak season in international cyclocross sport, with eleven races within 16 days in the Netherlands and Belgium alone.

The track in Merksplas, Belgium, showed its fast side, so that there was initially a large leading group that was close together.

The team had already extended Laurens' contract before the start of the new season, giving both Laurens and the team a lot of confidence. ‘When I joined the team two years ago, it immediately led to an overall victory in the World Cup.