Riders and sports directors · 12 dispatches
Thibau Nys
All dispatches about Thibau Nys. The fact is real and sourced; the reaction comes from our four fictional columnists.
-
Iserbyt says the Koppenberg is not so hard, Xavier digs out his segment done on foot
The Koppenbergcross is run this Sunday, 1 November, on the Melden hill. Eli Iserbyt tells Sporza he does not understand the riders who dread it, and Thibau Nys makes his (re)entry there.
-
Nys wins at the Koppenberg but not happy with his technique, Sandrine grabs a spanner
Thibau Nys won the Koppenbergcross, his first cyclocross race of the season, in a sprint ahead of Michael Vanthourenhout and Gerben Kuypers. The Belgian champion said he was happy with his form…
-
Iserbyt finds the Koppenberg dry despite the storm, Sandrine puts the hose away
Eli Iserbyt, interviewed by HLN at the top of the Koppenberg, says the Koppenbergcross course is dry and hard despite last week’s storm, and the riders will do an extra lap. He…
-
Sven Nys discovers his son’s red shorts on race day, Myriam notes the time
Thibau Nys made his season debut at the Koppenbergcross, a cyclocross race in Flanders, in red shorts that carried on from his Belgian champion’s jersey. His father Sven says he saw them…
-
Eight Belgian elites for the cyclo-cross Europeans in Zeddam, Xavier is not on the list
Angelo De Clercq has picked eight elite men for the European Cyclo-cross Championships on 7 and 8 November in Zeddam, in the Netherlands, among them Thibau Nys, Laurens Sweeck and Michael Vanthourenhout.…
-
At Dendermonde, 100 kilos of mussels for the winner, Myriam asks if the shell counts
The HG Cross in Dendermonde, which opens the Belgian cyclo-cross season, becomes the Mosselcross thanks to the sponsor Vishandel Borremans. Elite winners receive 100 kilograms of mussels, the youth categories 50 kilograms.
-
Sven Nys says racing ten days in a row is impossible, Xavier recounts his Christmas rides
Sven Nys, team manager of Baloise Verzekeringen-Het Poetsbureau Lions, tells Sporza that the cyclocross calendar packs too many races around Christmas. He proposes a better spread, perhaps alternating from one season to…
-
At Dendermonde the sand slope is now climbed on foot, and Rik watches those behind
The HG Cross Dendermonde opens the cyclo-cross season in Belgium, at Grembergen. On the course redrawn by Mario De Clercq, the steep slope riders used to descend in the sand now has…
-
Van Aert says the lights went out, Sandrine goes looking for the fuse
Wout van Aert finished 28th at the elite men’s road race world championship, raced over 270 km in Montreal and won solo by American Brandon McNulty. Remco Evenepoel came home 12th, 25…
-
Evenepoel in room 226, Van Aert in 221: Myriam notes the numbers, no comment
At the Hotel Mortagne, Remco Evenepoel shares room 226 with Maxim Van Gils, Wout van Aert room 221 with Tiesj Benoot. Team manager Serge Pauwels takes both leaders into Sunday’s road race…
-
Van Aert checks in just before closing, Myriam classifies the time, not the man
On 22 September 2026, the Belgian squad flew from Brussels to Canada for the world championships. Wout van Aert checked in just before closing.
-
Wellens put his hand up after the Tour of Britain, Sandrine talks lead times
On the Sporza Daily + podcast, José De Cauwer revealed that Tim Wellens made an attempt of his own after winning the Tour of Britain on 6 September 2026, a “sort of…