Maghalie and Lucinda talk in dept about the World Cup weekend of Maasmechelen and Hoogerheide, where Lucinda won the World Cup Overall trophy. Lucinda shares the highlights and the most challenging moments of this wonderfully consistent season she's had, and what it all meant for her.

Then the girls answer questions from the audience. What does a week leading to the World Championships look like? How to balance training, recovery, mental prep, and media requests? How is Maghalie's health going? What is it like to represent their country? What CX rule would they change if they could change one? How working with Sven Nys influenced Lucinda's career? What do Maghalie and Lucinda do in their off-season? And what would they be if they weren't cyclists? And much much more.

Finally, we do a preview of the World Championships in Liévin and make our predictions!

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On today's episode we are joined by Ceylin del Carmen Alvarado.

We start the episode with Ceylin and Lucinda sharing the inside stories of the Benidorm World Cup.

Later, Ceylin talks about her origin in the Dominican Republic, and her ambitions in other disciplines of cycling outside cyclocross. She shares how she works with her family, and the importance of composure for all members of the support team during a race.

Ceylin talks about the privilege and the pressure that comes with being the representation for women of color in cyclocross. She reflects on her World Title she won 5 years ago, and how the way she sees that title evolved over the years. Plus, Ceylin shares that the struggles and obstacles she faced in the last year made her a better person. Towards the end, Ceylin asks burning questions to Lucinda and Maghalie.

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On this episode, we welcome Spanish cyclocross star Felipe Orts.

Felipe has been reaching the World Cup podium more and more this year, and today, we discuss about his journey to get there. How did a young boy from Alicante discover cyclocross? How he chose to pursue this discipline, while road and MTB are more popular in his country? How he discovered what works for him, instead of following what everybody does? Felipe also joined a Belgian team this year and he shares how that helped him reach a new level.

Finally, we discuss about the various National Championships that happened over the weekend, we talk about supplements in our "recovery section", and we discuss the upcoming Benidorm World Cup in Spain!

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