{"id":943633,"date":"2026-10-23T20:00:09","date_gmt":"2026-10-23T20:00:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/943633\/"},"modified":"2026-10-23T20:00:09","modified_gmt":"2026-10-23T20:00:09","slug":"how-to-watch-2-days-of-cross-this-weekend-hg-cross-and-super-prestige","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/943633\/","title":{"rendered":"How to watch 2 days of \u2018cross this weekend: HG Cross and Super Prestige"},"content":{"rendered":"

You need a fix for watching the pros now that road racing is over? Well good news fam, there are two races this weekend and both are being broadcast on FloBikes.com<\/a>, too. Depending on where you live, you may even be riding the trainer too\u2013and watching \u2018cross can make the time fly.<\/p>\n

HG Cross Heerde<\/p>\n

First up, cyclocross heads to Heerde, Netherlands, on Saturday for the HG Cross. Joris Nieuwenhuis will be back\u2013and so too will former world champ Fem van Empel<\/a>. The Dutch ace has returned to racing after a shock retirement in December 2025. She\u2019s got a new home with FDJ United \u2013 SUEZ, after her tenure with Visma-Lease a Bike.<\/p>\n

The course at Heerderstrand mixes beach sand with grass, forest trails and technical sections around a lake. It might be a bit messy this year though. There\u2019s been some recent rain making parts of the circuit a bit sloppier.<\/p>\n

The beach section is also wider than last year, giving riders more room to race along the water\u2019s edge. Elite women race first, followed by the elite men.<\/p>\n

There\u2019s also Ceylin del Carmen Alvarado, Aniek van Alphen, Manon Bakker, Inge van der Heijden and Leonie Bentveld headlining the women\u2019s race. For the men, you\u2019ve got Nieuwenhuis, Niels Vandeputte, Michael Vanthourenhout, Felipe Orts and Laurens Sweeck all lining up for the Saturday battle.<\/p>\n

Super Prestige opener<\/p>\n

There\u2019s no rest day for the \u2018crossers on Sunday, either. Vanthourenhout arrives at Overijse with two October dubs and a title to defend as the Telenet Superprestige begins. Nieuwenhuis has also made a strong start to his season, and the same goes for Vandeputte and It\u2019s a tough corse\u2013steep climbs and some sketchy technical sections means you have to be on your A game.
The women will have Lucinda Brand, Alvarado, Amandine Fouquenet, Inge van der Heijden and van Alphen headlining the women\u2019s start list for Sunday.<\/p>\n

Saturday\u2019s Flobikes<\/a> coverage begins at 7:40 a.m. EDT with the elite women first, with a brief pause, then the elite men line up.<\/p>\n

Sunday\u2019s race in Belgium is also on Flobikes<\/a>, beginning a bit later, at 8:35 a.m EDT. Canadian Cycling Magazine will have reports for both events shortly after the finish.<\/p>\n

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