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The European cyclocross championship in Zeddam is due to begin next weekend, with final preparations under way, including the completion of a challenging staircase on the course.
Joris Nieuwenhuis, who is from nearby Zelhem, is set to compete in the championship. He has described the event as very special because it is a home race and sees a chance of winning a medal.
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Lucinda Brand won the women’s Koppenbergcross in Oudenaarde for the second time, her fourth victory in six cyclocross races this season. Sara Casasola, making her cyclocross return, held out longest among Brand’s challengers before Brand pulled clear. Denise Betsema and Ceylin del Carmen Alvarado finished sixth and seventh, while Fem van Empel was eighth in her third race since returning after nearly a year away from cycling. Thibau Nys won the men’s race on his return to cyclocross despite two crashes. He caught Michael Vanthourenhout on the penultimate climb and was strongest on the final ascent of the Koppenberg. Pim Ronhaar finished fourth, his best result of the season.