Oh dear, Chris has dropped VDS. Well, at the risk of being drowned out, let me try to turn your attention to the big weekend of racing ahead where you are sure to find some diamonds in the dirt for.
to cyclocross, where thejumbo visma rider wout van aert won his first event of the season at the world cup snow race in italy. this van aert producing a dominating display despite falling off his bike on his way to the finish line and overtaking belgian compatriot michael vanthourenhout who finished second with the olympic champion tom pidcock in third. fem van empel held off late efforts from dutch compatriot marianne vos to win her career first world cup race. the 19 year old had led from the start but was overtaken by a fighting vos on the final stretch, before vos hit a post and crashed, allowing van empel to ride to victory. you can get all the latest sports news at our website that s bbc.com/sport. but from me tulsen tollett