Snow, ice and particularly wintry weather conditions are threatening to disrupt cyclo-cross National Championships in northern Europe this weekend, with schedule changes and additional course checks expected, particularly in the heartlands of Belgium and the Netherlands.
Cyclo-cross is a sport designed to be raced in cold, bleak winters, so riders are no strangers to battling unpleasant conditions, but with snowfall bad enough to disrupt flights in and out of Amsterdam’s Schipol airport for several days now, the weather could be bad enough to affect this weekend’s Nationals.
Racing through snow is nothing new for the cyclo-cross field, with the Val di Sole World Cup round raced almost exclusively on snow, and the recent Exact Cross Mol defined by a snow storm, but excessive ice or high winds – or danger warnings from weather offices – could still disrupt the hardy winter sport.
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