Cyclocross Social Podcast

The cyclocross social podcast is back for the 2021-22 cyclocross season! In this episode Noah and Twan take a look ahead at the upcoming season for the women. Where do the 4 big riders; Brand, Betsema, Alvarado and Worst stand? How will they do this year, in comparison with last year?  There is also more than enough time to discuss the big pack of challengers including Pieterse, Bakker and Va...

The cyclocross social podcast is back for the 2021-22 cyclocross season! In this episode Noah, Tom, Issam and Twan take a look ahead at the upcoming season for the men.  Where do the 3 stars of cyclocross, Pidcock, Van der Poel and Van Aert stand? What will the pure cyclocross riders: Iserbyt, Aerts, Sweeck and Vanbthourenhout do this year? And what about Quinten Hermans? The big transfers of...

With a stunning attack it is Mathieu van der Poel who takes the yellow jersey after stae 2 in the Tour de France!! Noah and Issam dive into the stage. What happened with Alaphilippe? How long can Van der Poel keep the jersey? And what about Van Aert? Can he still do anything this tour? Find it out here!

Noah and Issam take a short look ahead at the Tour de France. The main focus is on the 3 big cyclocross riders participating. What can Van Aert, Van der Poel and Merlier do this Tour? What have the previous races told us about their form? Listen to it here!

Noah, Twan and Issam talk about the 2021 Amstel Gold Race. A wild race in which Van Aert and Pidcock showed themselves. It ultimately came down to a mm sprint in which Van Aert took the win! We discuss our thoughts about it. Also attention for Ben Tullet, Quinten Hermans and Clement Venturini who road good races. We end the Podcast with a short mention of Orts

Noah talks with Twan and Tom about the classic road season. We cover the races between Tirreno and Ronde. All races in which Van der Poel, Van Aert and Vermeersch have shown themselves once more. Listen to our take on their races here!

Noah talks with Tom, Issam and Twan about some cyclocross news.  First of all, the big news: Sweeck is linked to leave Bingoal and join Tormans. WIll this actually happen though? and why would Sweeck want to leave?  Then after that, a Spanish race that wants to host the European championships, and eventually become worldcup. Find out which race it is here! To conclude the episode, some s...

Noah, Twan and Issam sit together and talk about the road race that comes the closes to cyclocross, the strade Bianche. White roads, cyclocross riders and a fantastic race more then enough to talk about. How insane was the attack of Van der Poel? and why cant he do this on the Koppenberg? How come Van Aert was struggling a bit? and what did the race of Pidcock tell him? This, and a part about Merl...

The cyclocross social podcast is back! Noah and Issam talk about how the cyclocross riders did in the openings races of the Belgian classics season. On todays program: Cyclocross start Tom Pidcock made his debut for INEOS. He immediately impressed us by being in the break in omloop and ending third in kuurne. What are our thoughts on that?  Then, Tim Merlier. After a rough cyclocross season,...

Noah, Issam, Twan and Tom sit together to talk about the final races of the season. The Ethias cross in Sint Niklaas and the Sluitingsprijs in Oostmalle.  2 Different races, but with pretty similar scenarios. 4 Wins for Pauwels Sauzen. 2x Betsema, 1x iserby and 1x Sweeck. What do these end of season wins tell us?  And what about the riders who ended on the podium? Such as Van der Haar an...

Noah talks about the last X20 Trofee race of the season in Brussels with Noah and Twan. On the program today: The win of Tonn Aerts and the once again strong showing by the Tormans duo Hermans and van Kessel. Also an interesting debate about races after the worldchampionships. Do they add something to the season? Or should the season perhaps end with the Worldchampionships?  Also on the progr...

Noah talks about the Ethias cross in Eeklo with Issam. Today they talk about the first win of the season of Quinten Hermans and the Tormans team, the teamwork of Van Kessel, the good ride of Aerts and the ride of Nys and Ruegg. Also enough to mention about the womens race where Betsema won(again) in front of bakker. But what went down in that last lap? And what was up with worldchampion Brand? Lis...

Noah and Issam talk about the 2nd to last round of the X2O Trofee in Lille. A race on a snowy parcours where Sweeck once again was the strongest. But once again their were questions about the tactics of the Pauwels sauezen guys. Vanthourenhout endend second and Van Kessel got the first podium for Tormans this season by ending third! also a mention for Orts who road his last race of the season, end...

Noah talks about the last race of the Superprestige in the 2020/21 season in Middelkerke. Todays hot topic: The team tactics that were imprelemted today by both Pauwels Sauzen and Bingoal Trek. Was it right to make Sweeck, Vanthourenhout and Van der Haar wait? Find out what we think! We also talk about Kuhn, Orts and Van Kessel. The second part of the podcast focuses on the womens race. A race whe...

Noah and Issam take a brief look ahead at the last round of the Superprestige cyclocross 2020/21.  Who will grab the victory in absence of the likes of Van der Poel, Van Aert and Pidcock? Will it be Aerts, or one of the Pauwels-Sauzen Bingoal riders? Or will Tormans perhaps grab their first podium of the season? And what about the womens race? Will Alvarado take revenge for her defeat last we...

Noah talks about the second day of racing at the UCI Cyclocross worldchampionships in Ostend/Oostende 2021.   The day of the much anticipated mens elite race. It turned out to be an anticlimactic race due to a crash of Van der Poel and a puncture of Van Aert. Both are discussed in the podcast. Also enough attention for the battle for third between Pidcock and Sweeck.  The second part of...

Noah talks about a great first day at the worldchampionships cyclocross with Tom, Twan and Issam.  In the first part they talk about the Womens race. Most important qestions that are discussed are: Where did Worst come from? Did Betsema giva away this race? And what about that incident in the last lap? But we also talk about the crash of Alvarado and Cant. The second part is about the Mens U2...

Noah talks with Anna Kay about her race at the Worldchampionships in Oostende. What does she think about the parcours? Does it suit her? And what are her ambitions?  We also talk about her season so far. How did it go? What steps did she make and how is she feeling going towards the championship? There is also some talk about the very high level of the starting field in the U23 category? Who...

Noah takes a look ahead at the worldchampionship cyclocross in Oostend with Tom, Issam and Twan.  In this second part they take a look ahead at the Mens elite and Womens U23 race.  What do we know about the parcours today after the first official training? The mens race looks to be a titanic battle between Van Aert and Van der Poel? Who has the upperhand, who finds the perfect parcours a...

Noah takes a look ahead at the worldchampionship cyclocross in Oostend with Tom, Issam and Twan. In this first part they take a look ahead at the Womens elite and Mens U23 race. What does the parcours look like? How will the sand influence the race? And how will the weather influence the parcours? And what about the tide?  The womens race looks to be a 3 way battle, but how will the race been...

Noah talks about the latest cyclocross with Issam and Twan. Today they talk about the last round of the Worldcup cyclocross in Overijse. The last race before the worldchampionships in Oostend. A race in which  we couldnt see a true battle between Van Aert and Van der Poel because of a puncture. But what did this race tell us about their form? And what about the U23 riders like Kamp and Ronhaa...

Noah talks about the X2O Trofee in Hamme with Twan. Todays podcast is a mainly about trying to figure out what was really going on. Who was sandbagging? who had a hard week of training? who isnt good enough for the world champs in Oostend?  Ofcourse we also dive into todays race, where van der poel and Alvarado both won, and Brand finished outside of the podium for the first time this season!...

Noah takes a look ahead at the last round of the worldcup in Overijsse with Issam and Twan. On the program, were do van der poel and pidcock stand after their training session in spain? What about Iserbyt who doesnt start? and who will win the worldcup? The womens race looks to be between the 3 usual suspects, Brand, Alvarado and Betsema. But Honsinger and Vas are on the hunt! Listen to it all her...

Noah checks in with Canadian champion Michael Van den Ham. They talk about his career. From fram, to a pro cyclocross riders in Europe. How was it for him to start cycling, and how was he able to make that step to Europe? More in depth talk about this current season with the standout performance in Dendermonde where he got 17th and the DSQ in Baal. Finally a short look ahead at the rest of his goa...

Noah talks about the latest cyclocross race with Issam. On todays program, the zilvermeercross in Mol.  Belgian champion Wout van Aert was there to do business and he took home the win infront of Sweeck and Van der Haar. Further behind there were some interesting battles for the remaining places and the worldchampionship selection between the likes of Soete, D Sweeck and Adams. The womens rac...