Strade Bianche + off season report | Cyclocross Social Podcast (S5E51)

Noah and Issam give you a short update on the latest cyclocross news as they give into the EC MTB & Tour of Hungary!

A lot has happened in the past few weeks! Noah and Issam talk you through a bit of road racing as well as the start of the MTB world cup. Finally they end with some more news on the cyclocross calendar.

The schedule for the cyclocross world cup 2024-25 has finally been released. Noah and Issam have an hour long discussion about the changes, the venues & protected status events.

Noah and Issam are back with another off season report. They wonder where the cyclocross calendar is, but also talk about the latest road races!

The second off season report brings Noah and Issam together to talk about the latest state of cyclocross riders on the road. Of course there is no way to avoid talking about the bad crash of Wout van Aert during Dwars door Vlaanderen. They talk about the crash, season planning and Van der Poel. Then the attention goes to the womens peloton where Pieterse is doing very well, but they question the seasonal planning.

Noah and Issam bring you an off season update with the following topics: Strade Bianche Anna Kay transfer Injury report Alvarado + Betsema Road program MVDP

Its a wrap! Noah and Issam conclude the cyclocross season with a podcast about the Exact Cross in Sint Niklaas, the X2O Trophy in Brussels and the Sluitingsprijs in Oostmalle. Road racing is also underway, so they also talk about the opening weekend in Omloop het Nieuwsblad and Kuurne Brussels Kuurne

Noah talks with one of the best Junior Women of the moment: Imogen Wolff. The British rider tells something about her interests as well as her season in Europe. Imogen added the song: Kiss with a Fist by Florence + The Machine to the new cyclocross playlist. You can find that one here: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/4EdliPzyz4BiG7fQipWZsO?si=543637fe4825436a

Noah and Issam talk you through the 7th round of the X2O trophy in Lille. They go over the surprise win of Vandeputte, which was also coming in a way. They then talk about Wyseure and the international state of cyclocross before going over the road plans of Fem van Empel.

Noah and Issam talk about the final round of the superprestige in Middelkerke! They briefly go over the implosion of Nieuwenhuis, which was followed up by a win for Iserbyt. They also talk about the beef between Kamp and Vanthourenhout in lap 1 before the blowout win by Brand is discussed