2012 UCI Cyclo-cross World Championships

The cyclo-cross world championships return to Koksijde, Belgium and the sandy scenery of the legendary championships race of 1994. Back then the Belgians had been without a world champion for five years and on home soil it ought to happen for the desperate 'cross-maniac✨s.

While it has only been three years since Niels Albert claimed Belgium's last wor🐬ld title, the host country will still be desperate to see one of their own win.

The 1994 edition in Koksijde was a sensational race on a spectacular course through t🍃he Koksijde dunes. It included a first-corner crash, an early lead for young favorite Richard Groenendaal and the legendary comeback – including the pat on the shoulder - from a theatrical Paul Herygers.