SB Nation - Login for mobile commenting

Podium Cafe

Koksijde in Pictures: Day 1

Santa_beer_medium

This is how they roll in West Flanders. Come check out Patrick Verhoest's gallery, Juniors and U23s, on the flip!

Star-divide

Swiss fans out in force:

Swiss_guys_medium

USA next year!

Louisville_medium

And of course you can't sell Louisville without The Champ:

Lville_tables_medium

Hm, must be a white helmet race approaching...

White_helmet_medium

Albert warms up...

Bosmans_warmup_medium

Start of the Juniors race:

Juniors_start_medium

USA's Andrew Dillman in action:

Us_37_medium

Tobin Ortenblad too:

Us_39_medium

Richard Gorry gets a mech:

Us_40_medium

Mathieu van der Poel leads Wout Van Aert:

Ned_23_bel_8_medium

Stayed that way too. Van der Poel FTW!

Junior_podium_medium

Kid knows how to pose:

Winnar_unior_medium

Start of the U23s:

U23_start_medium

And they're off!

U23_field_medium

The main protagonists, Bosmans and van der Haar:

Bosmans_vdhaar_medium

Two on one...

Vanderhaar_medium

And you know how it came out.

U23_podium_medium

All photos by Patrick Verhoest for the Podium Cafe

1 recs  |  5 comments

Comments

Those juniors look like they are in agony.

They probably are?

I thought was (a big) part of cyclocross' whole appeal
Wow, those are BIG cowbells!
Makes me want to go to Louisville next year....

and consider it prep for roads in Richmond (2015).

Come

You won’t regret it. I’ll be there.

You must Login with your SB Nation account and be a member of Podium Cafe to post a comment.