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Bring on the dunes
After a 20-day break, the UCI's Cyclo-cross World Cup presented by Safety Jogger gets underway again. For the first time this season the World Cup heads to Belgium, the heart of the cyclo-cross world. The country organizes three World Cup rounds and the first one is located in the dunes of Koksijde, a coastal town on the North Sea. For only the second time this season this World Cup round will include all four events during Saturday's race schedule. The day kicks off at 10:15 a.m. with the Junior ...
Stages
Junior men
- Location:
- Koksijde
Under-23 men
- Location:
- Koksijde
Elite women
- Location:
- Koksijde
Elite men
- Location:
- Koksijde
Race photos
World Cyclo-cross Champion Marianne Vos wins in Koksijde
- Zdenek Stybar (Telenet Fidea) sprints to the win in Koksijde.
- Jim Aernouts (Belgium) celebrates his World Cup win
- Zdenek Stybar (Fidea Telenet) out-sprints Sven Nys for the World Cup win in Koksijde
- Women's podium: Daphny Van Den Brand (2nd, Netherlands), Marianne Vos (1st, Netherlands) and Katie Compton (3rd, USA)
- The Koksijde World Cup came down to a sprint of five.
- Under-23 men's podium: Tom Meeusen (2nd, Belgium), Jim Aernouts (1st, Belgium) and Arnaud Jouffroy (3rd,France)
- Klaas Vantornout (Sunweb Projob)
- Erwin Vervecken rides down the sandy hill.
- Nys rides where others run.
- Sven Nys (Landbouwkrediet-Colnago) on the run in Koksijde
- The lead group hikes through the sand in Koksijde.
- Bart Aernouts (Rabobank) chases up the dune.
- Stybar powers through the sand.
- Bart Wellens supporters were out en masse for his return.
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