Heusden-Zolder

Ruby West, the young ‘cross specialist from Dundas, Ontario, shone in Canada’s colours this weekend at the world championships in Heusden-Zolder—and she’s also a powerful sign of things to come in Canadian cyclocross.

Belgian Wout Van Aert came back from a tangle with main rival Mathieu Van der Poel (The Netherlands) to win his first elite men’s world championship in an engrossing contest in Heusden-Zolder, Belgium on Sunday.

Though this will likely be the last European ‘cross competition for Schooler, an athlete who has forged a sterling reputation in the discipline, he anticipates it being the kind of tough race he’s come to expect in Belgium.