Lights

Mathieu van der Poel tops a climb at the X2O Cyclocross Herentals. He's all alone, having gone solo on the first lap. The woods are dark and moody.

Cyclocross gallery: Big names, big wins

Wout van Aert leads Mathieu van der Poel in a muddy section at the Loenhout CX race in December 2022.

The ‘Big 3’ are set to clash in cyclocross starting this weekend

Fem van Empel holds up four fingers to signify another win in her season-long streak of victories. She's slightly backlit, with a satisfied, closed-mouth smile on her face.

Don’t threaten Fem van Empel with a good time

Wout van Aert during a very wet and muddy Exact Cross Essen.

Cyclocross gallery: Wout’s splashy season debut and a snowcross at Val di Sole

Belgian national champion Sanne Cant rides around the famous huge troll statues during Superprestige Boom.

Cyclocross gallery: From star-gazing trolls to a château in Normandy

Former world champion Lucinda Brand of Baloise Trek Lions takes a corner during CX World Cup Dublin, her legs and kit splashed with mud, an overcast sky overhead.

Cyclocross gallery: Muddy thrills and spills on both sides of the Channel

Ceylin del Carmen Alvarado races for the win at the World Cup CX round in Troyes, France.

Cyclocross Gallery: Fast tracks in Troyes

Cameron Mason leads Witse Meussen through the muck at the Superprestige Niel cyclocross race. both are ankle-deep in mud running with their bikes.

Cyclocross gallery: Too much of a good thing

Britain's Cameron Mason and Belgian Eli Iserbyt turn through an incredibly muddy corner during the 2023 CX European Champs.

Cyclocross gallery: A week of mud and cobbles in the eye of a storm