Eleven years after Sven Nys’ tenth and final victory in the plowed races, another Nys has entered the pantheon of Belgian cyclo-cross champions.
But the road is still long for Thibau because even if he has, at only 22 years old, a European champion title in addition to his recent national coronation, he is missing eight titles to hope to at least equal his dad.
Thibau Nys is the new Belgian cyclo-cross champion, Walloon Clément Horny crowned among the elites without a contract
At the microphone of VTM, Sven Nys returned to his son’s victory, while being questioned about Thibau’s career objectives. “Nine songs is a serious record“, says Sven. “Perhaps his career will also develop differently. You also have to have a little luck. But he definitely started earlier than me“.
