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Alasdair Fotheringham

Could cyclo-cross finally be part of the Winter Olympics? Planche des Belles Filles bid to host discipline in 2030 Games revives debate

The 2025 Cyclo-cross World Championships.

The possibility of cyclo-cross finally becoming a Winter Olympics discipline, perhaps as soon as 2030, has come back under the media spotlight after local authorities and businesses in the Planche des Belles Filles area released details of their plan to L'Équipe for the well-known climb in eastern France to play host to 'cross races in the 2030 Games.

The Winter Olympics are due to take place in the Alps in 2030 and four new disciplines are expected to be added to the schedule, with cyclo-cross hoping to be amongst their number.

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