Lars Van der Haar

Van Aert and Van der Poel near inseparable after blowing away the bunch in the opening minutes of Hoogerheide race.

Pidcock goes solo for first win in rainbow jersey and scores timely mojo boost ahead of clash with Mathieu van der Poel on Sunday.

Lars van der Haar fights back to second after several crashes with Laurens Sweeck rounding out the podium for third.

Van der Haar overhauls race leader Vanthourenhout on Koppenberg summit finish after desperate last-lap chase.

At 30, the Dutchman is having one of his best seasons in years with a European title and a World Cup win.

New European champion out-paces Eli Iserbyt after a blistering battle in the Czech Republic.

Lars van der Haar is back at the top of the cyclocross world with an impressive and emotional victory at the European championships.

Mathieu van der Poel seems to be the clear favorite, but will another rider beat him to the finish line in Valkenburg?

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Dutch riders Lars van der Haar and Marianne Vos claim final round of the elite men's and women's Telenet UCI Cyclo-cross World Cup series.

Lars van der Haar caps a double over the weekend with win in final round of the Telenet UCI Cyclo-cross World Cup series in Hoogerheide.

European cyclo-cross champion Lars van der Haar (Giant-Alpecin) has been cleared to return to the bike for Monday’s UCI World Cup round at Heusden-Zolder.

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Lars van der Haar will join forces with Sven Nys on the Telenet – Fidea team for 2017, likely spelling the end of his WorldTour road career.

Belgium's Wout Van Aert prevails in muddy battle with Mathieu van der Poel and Lars van der Haar of the Netherlands.

The tables have turned at the cyclocross worlds, with a wide-open women's race and a predictable men's race on the docket.

Six days after winning in Namur, Mathieu van der Poel powers to another World Cup victory in Heusden-Zolder

Wout Van Aert continues his winning ways, dominating the second round of the Superprestige series in the sand pit of Zonhoven

Dutchman Lars van der Haar puts on quite a show for the home folks during round two of the UCI Cyclo-cross World Cup in the Netherlands

Young talent, unpredictable action, and more — expect excitement as Euro 'cross kicks into high gear with Sunday's Superprestige opener.

Hot off his Flanders victory, the Katusha rider is the top favorite for Wednesday's Scheldeprijs that starts without Kittel or Cavendish

Kevin Pauwels wins the final round of the Superprestige, but Mathieu van der Poel takes second to clinch the series title

Mathieu van der Poel (BKCP-Powerplus) soloed to victory in the penultimate Superprestige round on Sunday in Hoogstraten

20-year-old Mathieu van der Poel's ’cross worlds win means more than simply pulling on the rainbow stripes, writes Dan Seaton

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Mathieu van der Poel claims the elite men's title at cyclocross worlds as Wout Van Aert derails a Dutch 1-2 by out-kicking Lars van der Haar

Wout Van Aert and Katerina Nash kicked off 2015 with victories at the Grand Prix Sven Nys — the 7th round of the Bpost Bank Trofee series — held in Baal

Van der Poel rode at the front from start to finish, and benefitted from a late-race crash by Lars van der Haar to ride clear, winning alone

Lars van der Haar can't be beat in Heusden-Zolder, attacking with authority and holding on to win, despite a late-race dropped chain

Pauwels plays his cards perfectly, riding a patient race on a heavy course and making the winning move on the final lap

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After Lars van der Haar slipped in the woods on the final lap, Kevin Pauwels soloed to the finish to win the fifth round of the Superprestige series

World Cup leader and last year's title-winner, Lars van der Haar, will sit out round two in Koksijde, a major setback for the 23-year-old

Klaas Vantornout (Sunweb-Napoleon Games) won a muddy Superprestige Asper-Gavere cyclocross race Sunday, ahead of teammate Kevin Pauwels

Sven Nys looked to have things well in hand at the Superprestige Zonhoven until Kevin Pauwels chased him down and passed him for the victory

The Dutch rider uses Shimano’s full suite of components on his Giant

Reigning cyclocross World Cup winner talks about how he came to cycling, his career, and plans for the future

Lars van der Haar opens his 2014-15 World Cup defense with a dominating victory over Kevin Pauwels in the season kickoff at Valkenburg

Mathieu van der Poel overhauls Lars van der Haar in the final lap to win the Superprestige Gieten

Nys overcomes controversy over early feed, repeats as CrossVegas champ

The Belgian champion is now within two points of overhauling Albert to win the Superprestige series

Compton and van der Haar take the overall titles as Vos and Meeusen win a tough finale on a heavy French course

American bests the world champion to extend World Cup points lead

Hometown hero Pauwels wins one for the local folks, prevailing in a fast, last-lap battle with the speedy van der Haar

Albert prevails as van der Haar suffers a last-lap mechanical and Nys quits the race

Van der Haar bounces back from a crash to win his second World Cup round as Compton takes a squeaker in the women's race

Van der Haar gets away early and avoids the problems that plagued his rivals, while Vos defeats defending champ Compton

Our man in the Belgian mud answers a question about making room in the elites for the young riders and signs off for the season

Sven Nys finally gets his second world title on an emotional but tough day for the Americans

Logan VonBokel checks out Lars Van Der Haar's Giant TCX Advanced SL

The most likely characters to step up on Sunday in Louisville and prevent a repeat of Belgium's top-seven sweep at the world championships

Sven Nys and Niels Albert finish off the podium, crossing fourth and fifth, respectively

Albert calls Van Der Haar the favorite for worlds in Louisville, but the levelheaded young Dutch rider has more modest goals

Our man in the Belgian mud answers reader questions on the difficulty of the Koppenberg hill and why U23 racers jostle with the elites

U.S. champion Jeremy Powers rides to a strong seventh place in the World Cup opener

LAS VEGAS, Nev. (VN) – A young Dutchman rode an impressive surge up the finishing straight Wednesday night to earn props from Elvis in a tactical and most dynamic Cross Vegas.