Round 14 of 15 of the UCI Cyclo-Cross World Cup was held this past weekend in Flamanville, France. In the Men U23 category it was Dutch STEVENS rider, Mees Hendrikx (IKO-Crelan) who was able to bring home the U23 UCI World Cup overall win by taking a strong 3rd place at the penultimate round.

The STEVENS Racing Team can look back on an overwhelming racing weekend at the German Cyclocross Nationals in Luckenwalde near Berlin. The hurricane Barbara already caused slightly wintry conditions on arrival, which made the 2.8-kilometer course even more challenging over the weekend.

Sören Nissen has won the 4 Stage MTB Race Lanzarote. In the end, the Danish-born rider with a Luxembourg passport beat the strong Spaniard Victor Manuel Fernandez (29) in the UCI category S1 MTB marathon competition and was jubilant not only about his success in the overall classification but also about two stage wins.

The due to corona heavily compressed cross season came to an end at the weekend. In the final races the Belgian Sanne Cant was particularly convincing with second place at the international Sluitings­prijs in Oostmalle and third place at the Waaslands­cross in Sint-Niklaas. Besides Cant, the STEVENS riders Inge van der Heijden and Annemarie Worst also finished the season with a podium place.

Last weekend, while all was at a standstill in Germany due to the Coronavirus pandemic restrictions enforced by BDR (German Cyclists Federation), some of our neighboring countries went forth with their championship title events. Our STEVENS racers showed up in top form at these races, especially those held in Belgium, Switzerland and Italy where they earned three national championship titles.