What are the goals for the season?
To stay injury free and move back up the rankings. It’s all about points this year so I can start world cups. The broken leg last season meant I lost all of my points basically, so selections for Worlds Cups are no longer certain. Belgian nationals are a goal for a good performance but I wouldn’t want to target a certain result. I’d love to go to European’s and World’s but I know that needs to be a consequence of my results and performances. I need to just focus on each race and getting better each week. With almost all of last season off it feels like it’s been 2 years since I raced crossed, so building up to bigger goals towards the middle and end of the season is the sensible way to do it.
What do you think about the races here in USA?
They’re really cool. The atmosphere is great, not better or worse than Belgium, but its nice to see how different countries do CX. It’s a family thing here and everyone is really enthusiastic.
I loved the Waterloo course last week and enjoyed Jingle Cross last year. I’m also interested to see what the water did to the course as yesterdays rain was very heavy. It’s a nice country but I hate the mosquitoes.
If you could only win one race for the remainder of your course, what would it be?
World Championships, in Belgium.