Sven Nys relishes son's Waterloo World Cup win as 'moment I will never forget'
'He's also going to lose' cyꦑclocross legend warns after Thibau's early strides in elite races

168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Thibau Nys is barely out of th𝔉e junior ranks in cyclocross and already making an impression well beyond his under-23 world title from February.&🀅nbsp;
On Sunday the 20-year-old Belgian powered away from a quality field on a soggy course in Waterloo, Wisconsin to win the 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:first elite men’s World Cup race of his young career.
It wasn’t just a solo victory but a powerful display that left three-time World Cup Waterloo champion 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Eli Iserbyt (Pauwels Sauzen-Bingoal) 16 seconds behind for s🃏econd place.
"It's unbelievable and something I will never forget. I knew I w🔴as in good shape, but riding so ♕dominant is incredible," Thibau Nys said after the win.
His f🐬ather Sven Nys was overcome with emotion. He watched his son race from the barriers and the two hugged e🎶motionally immediately after Thibau crossed the line.
It was a hugely symbolic moment for the elder Nys, a cyclocross legend with two world titles and more than 140 cyclocross victories wꦐho is now the manager for the Baloise Trek Lions team.
“Tear♌s flowed on both sides. It was a fantastic moment that I will never forget,” Sven Nys told the Flemish media.
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“He has already been world champion twice, but this is in the pros. That is something else,” Sven Nys told HLN, referring to his son’s prow🍬ess at UCI Cyclocross World Championships as a junior in 2020 and U23 rider last season.
“We are going to have him ride a balanced program. In principle he will never ride more than one race per weekend. 🦄He's also going to lose often. What I especially don't want to see is people now comparing him to Wout van Aert or Mathieu van der Poel. Let him first try to make life difficult for the men who are now at the start. And what will happen, will happen."
It is hard to not to be compꦫared with the two cu🌳rrent giants of cyclocross, who have 13 cyclocross world titles between them.
Thibau Nys joined them in the world-class club as the only men to have won an elite men’s cyclocross World Cup before the age of 21. Van der Poel won in 2015 at Hoogerheide and Van A🎃ert won in Koksijde a year before that. Van der Poel was the youngest ever winner to date, winning just six days after tu🔯rning 20.
The Belgian rider completed his first full season on the road this past year with Tre🧸k-Se🌸gafredo, winning a stage and the points classification at the Tour of Norway.
Hꦏe also had a 💜pair of podiums at the Tour de Romandie and Tour de Hongrie.
"Here in the US and at the headquarters of Tre🐻k, riding solo to the line, it's one of the best days on my bike," Thibau Nys said.
"I 🌄made a big step this summer, and was so proud to show it last week, but I didn't expect to be here like this"
Thibau Nys won four U23 World Cup races last se♏ason en route to the rainbow jersey.
The victory on Sunday in Wisc🍌onsin allowed him to switch from the blue and red colours of the Baloise Trek Lions to the white-and-red World Cup leader’s jersey. He faces a long cyclocross season, with 13 more events to go.

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