Greig Leach

Every sport has its own jargon, and cyclo-cross is no different. Today I learned that there is such a thing as 'surfing the sand.' It means to ride relaxed when in the deep sand. The trick (apparently) is to keep one's speed up and to not fight the bike too much. Today in the early laps, Tibor del Grosso (Alpecin-Deceuninck) was giving a master class to the master of sand behind him, Laurens Sweeck (Crelan-Corendon). However, Sweeck soon came back and eventually won today's race in Koksijde, with del Grosso finishing the day in second place. I believe each man had their best finish thus far this season.