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Be-Mine Cross

22 NovemberMenX²O Trofee2026Upcoming
2019
first held
60 min
race length

The Be-Mine Cross is raced at be-MINE, the former coal mine in Beringen in Limburg, where the course climbs the mine's slag heap, the terril. Riders go up the heap, halfway back down, up again and then all the way to the bottom, which gives it far more climbing than a typical Belgian cross, along with steep, slippery descents that have brought riders down. It began in 2019 as an early-season race and moves to late November for 2026 as a new Trofee round. Thibau Nys won here in October 2023 in his first race as a professional. In 2024 Eli Iserbyt was disqualified after stamping on Ryan Kamp's bike when the two crashed together on a muddy descent, while Lars van der Haar caught Michael Vanthourenhout on the last lap and went on to win. It gives the Trofee a climbing race in an industrial setting.

Recent Champions
2024
Lars van der Haar
Baloise Trek Lions
2023
Thibau Nys
Baloise Trek Lions
2022
Eli Iserbyt
Pauwels Sauzen-Bingoal
2021
Eli Iserbyt
Pauwels Sauzen-Bingoal
2020
Toon Aerts
Telenet Baloise Lions
Records & History
Race History
Since 2019
60 min · cyclocross
Official Race Website
beminecross.be