We then take a look at some relatively unspectacular landscape and how the GP Albert Van Damme Laarne organizers used creative design elements to build their course.

But you don’t need amazing terrain to have amazing racing. And this day’s finale saw some of the best head-to-head action we have witnessed in a while. Maybe it was the emotion of Amy Dombroski’s passing and the moment of silence before the race that motivated the Fidea Telenet crew, but they were not going to be denied.

Footage for this episode via Vier vier.be/tags/cyclocross

Additional footage from Sporza sporza.be/cm/sporza/wielrennen/veldrijden

Music by Charlatans UK itunes.apple.com/gb/album/songs-from-the-other-side/id251664499

If you have a moment, please check out Skills, Drills and Bellyaches: A Cyclocross Primer at cyclocrossbook.com.