Cyclo-cross race. Contestant riding the Gavere stage of the Superprestige cyclo-cross bicycle race. The Superprestige is a season-long cyclo-cross competition, consisting of around 10 rounds throughout the season in Belgium and the Netherlands. Cyclo-cross consists of many laps of a short (2.5 to 3.5 km) course featuring pavement, wooded trails, grass, steep hills and obstacles. Photographed in Gavere, Belgium, on 19th November 2006.