The course looks great, so things are set for an exciting weekend of racing, kicking off with the Team Relay test event on Friday. The racing is available to watch in the usual places (Eurosport and GCN Race Pass), plus the BBC red button has the Saturday and Sunday races live and free (three races each day - basically everything except the team relay). Or, watch via the UCI Channel on YouTube, but use a VPN into somewhere like India to avoid the geo-blocking.
Fayetteville, Arkansas, is six hours behind GMT, so the racing starts at 4.30 pm on Friday and 5pm on Saturday and Sunday, handily avoiding the club rides.
BBC red button details here: https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m00145vd/broadcasts/upcoming
Get your Belgian beer and frites ready!🍟🍻
Well, that was a good weekend of racing. I don't recall seeing track tactics in a CX race before. It had everything. Can't wait for the next Worlds!
@DurableAce We now have a dedicated, Cyclocross related discussion forum for future CX posts.
Sorry, my mistake. Today’s team relay starts at 6.30pm, not 4.30pm as I said in my original post. The Eurosport Player coverage starts at 6.20pm, or at 6.30pm if you’re watching on Eurosport 1.
It looks like I’m going to be working until 5pm after all!
I’ve realised I’ve missed creating a dedicated cyclocross forum. Will do that, so we have one for each of the club’s main cycling disciplines.
I'm looking forward to Brand v Vos the most. The women's racing has frequently been the best this season (and last).
I'm disappointed that Wout and Mathieu aren't there. If is was in a more sensible location, Wout would be racing, I'm sure. Wherever and whoever, though, I can't wait.
Should be brilliant. It'll be a closely matched men's race without WVA or MPV there to dominate it, will actually be a lot better to watch. Its far from nailed on for Pidcock but hope he wins. I think Michael Vanthourenhout will go well as he's looked knackered lately which surely means he's been doing loads of secret training
Looking forward to the race on Sunday in particular. Shame Wout and MVP won't be there, but should be great race nevertheless with Pidcock a favourite.