After nine rounds filled with nail-biting action, today the Napoleon Cup Games held its finale with Binche-Chimay-Binche. The race presented a hilly parcour that featured some cobbled sections that the bunch had to tackle at each local lap. If the profile was not hard enough, the rider had the company from the rain already before the race was underway, and they carried it all the way to the line. The race started with several attempts of making a powerful breakaway group, and it was our Ide Schelling who kept the Academy flag well-represented when he…continue reading →

In the middle of the World Championships action, the Academy lineup up for the second edition of 1.1's Famenne Ardenne Classic. The race presented a broken parcour with several short steep climbs that were set to play a big role in deciding the day's winner. The start was marked by several attempts to make it to the breakaway and at the end, it was a group of four riders the ones making it up front. The toughness of the profile and the length of the race (194 km), allowed the attackers to make a gap…continue reading →

Cees Bol will move up to the professional ranks with WorldTour's Team Sunweb. After a really solid 2018, where he seized wins in races like Tour de Bretagne, Flèche Ardennaise or Wanzeel Koerse, Bol will join the Dutch squad as a trainee before starting a two-year deal with the team. "I am really happy to join such a great team. It has always been a dream to become a professional and now I can say that I achieved it. However, I will not stop here as I want to keep on developing myself as a…continue reading →

Today's Halle Ingooigem featured the sixth round of Belgium's Napoleon Games Cycling Cup. The parcour featured almost 200 km through a predominantly flat course between the Belgian towns of Halle and Ingooigem. Shortly after the starting flag dropped a 3-man breakaway moved away of the main group and they were allowed close to four minutes before the peloton decided to begin with the chase. The race entered into the closing 50 km of the day almost in one piece, with several riders trying to jump across to the front group. Once the junction was made,…continue reading →

Tomorrow our riders will face the fifth round of the Napoleon Games Cup, Dwars door het Hageland. The 194 km long course will present a really challenging parcour from Aarschot to Diest. The peloton will face multiple cobbled and unpaved sections as well as short steep hills, which will be key when it comes to the final outcome of the race. Thanks to his strong performances in GP Marcel Kint and Heieste Pijl, where he took second and fifth respectively, Cees Bol currently leads the Napoleon Games Cup overall classification. Our 7-man roster will seek to…continue reading →

Today's Heistse Pijl presented a 194 km long parcour in a predominantly flat course. The race was off to a fast start with multiple attacks and attempts to make it to the breakaway. Eventually, it was a 5-man group the one that made it up the road with our Belgian rider, Jordi Meeus, representing the Academy colors up front. The break was allowed four minutes before the main group picked up the pace and broke the race into small groups. The race came back together with 80 km to go and from there on it…continue reading →