25/03/2025
๐ง๐ข๐ฅ๐ค ๐๐ฒ๐ฐ๐ผ๐บ๐ฒ๐ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ก๐ฒ๐ ๐ง๐ถ๐๐น๐ฒ ๐ฆ๐ฝ๐ผ๐ป๐๐ผ๐ฟ ๐ผ๐ณ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ฏ ๐ก๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป๐ ๐ ๐ผ๐๐ป๐๐ฎ๐ถ๐ป๐ฏ๐ถ๐ธ๐ฒ ๐๐๐ฝ
๐๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฅ ๐๐ข๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ด ๐๐ฐ๐ถ๐ฏ๐ต๐ข๐ช๐ฏ๐ฃ๐ช๐ฌ๐ฆ ๐๐ถ๐ฑ ๐ธ๐ช๐ญ๐ญ ๐ฉ๐ข๐ท๐ฆ ๐ข ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ธ ๐ฏ๐ข๐ฎ๐ฆ ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐น๐ต ๐ด๐ฆ๐ข๐ด๐ฐ๐ฏ: ๐ง๐ข๐ฅ๐ค ๐ฏ ๐ก๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป๐ ๐๐๐ฝ. ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ฑ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ต๐ด ๐๐ถ๐ต๐ณ๐ช๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ, ๐ธ๐ฉ๐ช๐ค๐ฉ ๐ฉ๐ข๐ด ๐ฃ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ฏ ๐ข ๐ค๐ฐ-๐ด๐ฑ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ด๐ฐ๐ณ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ต๐ฉ๐ช๐ด ๐ฑ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ด๐ต๐ช๐จ๐ช๐ฐ๐ถ๐ด ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ต๐ช๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ ๐ด๐ฆ๐ท๐ฆ๐ณ๐ข๐ญ ๐บ๐ฆ๐ข๐ณ๐ด, ๐ช๐ด ๐ด๐ต๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐จ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ช๐ต๐ด ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฎ๐ช๐ต๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ธ๐ช๐ญ๐ญ ๐ฐ๐ง๐ง๐ช๐ค๐ช๐ข๐ญ๐ญ๐บ ๐ฃ๐ฆ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ช๐ต๐ญ๐ฆ ๐ด๐ฑ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ด๐ฐ๐ณ ๐ด๐ต๐ข๐ณ๐ต๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ค๐ข๐ค๐ง.
The 3 Nations Cup is one of the most prominent cross-country mountain biking competitions in Europe. The series consists of a range of challenging UCI races held in the Netherlands, Belgium, and Germany. This unique concept allows talented riders and professionals to compete against international opponents on diverse courses. The races serve as a crucial stepping stone for young talents aiming to reach the world stage, while World Cup professionals often participate to stay sharp and collect UCI points. The courses are known for their technical climbs, fast descents, and challenging obstacles, putting both explosive power and technical skills to the test.
Eric Jacobs, representing TORQ Fitness Benelux, is enthusiastic about the collaboration:
"๐๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฅ ๐๐ข๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ด ๐๐ถ๐ฑ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐๐๐๐ ๐ฉ๐ข๐ท๐ฆ ๐ข๐ญ๐ธ๐ข๐บ๐ด ๐ฉ๐ข๐ฅ ๐ข ๐ด๐ต๐ณ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐จ ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ค๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ. ๐๐ฐ๐ถ๐ฏ๐ต๐ข๐ช๐ฏ ๐ฃ๐ช๐ฌ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ด ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ข ๐ญ๐ฐ๐ต ๐ง๐ณ๐ฐ๐ฎ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ช๐ณ ๐ฃ๐ฐ๐ฅ๐ช๐ฆ๐ด, ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ณ๐ช๐จ๐ฉ๐ต ๐ด๐ฑ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ต๐ด ๐ฏ๐ถ๐ต๐ณ๐ช๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ฎ๐ข๐ฌ๐ฆ๐ด ๐ข๐ญ๐ญ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฅ๐ช๐ง๐ง๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ค๐ฆ. ๐๐ฐ๐ธ, ๐ข๐ด ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ช๐ต๐ญ๐ฆ ๐ด๐ฑ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ด๐ฐ๐ณ, ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ ๐ช๐ฏ๐ท๐ฐ๐ญ๐ท๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต ๐ช๐ด ๐ฆ๐ท๐ฆ๐ฏ ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ฑ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ช๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต, ๐ธ๐ฉ๐ช๐ค๐ฉ ๐ง๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ญ๐ด ๐ญ๐ช๐ฌ๐ฆ ๐ข ๐ฏ๐ข๐ต๐ถ๐ณ๐ข๐ญ ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐น๐ต ๐ด๐ต๐ฆ๐ฑ."
Event organizer Alex Schuttert of Exventure, who oversees the TORQ 3 Nations Cup, is also excited:
"๐๐๐๐ ๐ฉ๐ข๐ด ๐ฃ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ฏ ๐ข ๐ง๐ข๐ฎ๐ช๐ญ๐ช๐ข๐ณ ๐ฏ๐ข๐ฎ๐ฆ ๐ธ๐ช๐ต๐ฉ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฅ ๐๐ข๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ด ๐๐ถ๐ฑ ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ ๐บ๐ฆ๐ข๐ณ๐ด, ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ฎ๐ข๐ฏ๐บ ๐ฑ๐ข๐ณ๐ต๐ช๐ค๐ช๐ฑ๐ข๐ฏ๐ต๐ด ๐ถ๐ด๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ช๐ณ ๐ฑ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ฅ๐ถ๐ค๐ต๐ด. ๐๐ฆ ๐ข๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ณ๐ช๐ญ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐บ ๐ข๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ฆ๐น๐ฑ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ช๐ณ ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฎ๐ช๐ต๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ฐ๐ง๐ง๐ช๐ค๐ช๐ข๐ญ๐ญ๐บ ๐ข๐ต๐ต๐ข๐ค๐ฉ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ช๐ณ ๐ฏ๐ข๐ฎ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ต๐ช๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ. ๐๐ช๐ต๐ฉ ๐๐๐๐ ๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ฃ๐ฐ๐ข๐ณ๐ฅ, ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฅ ๐๐ข๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ด ๐๐ถ๐ฑ ๐ช๐ด ๐จ๐ถ๐ข๐ณ๐ข๐ฏ๐ต๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ต๐ช๐ฏ๐ถ๐ช๐ต๐บ, ๐ข๐ญ๐ญ๐ฐ๐ธ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ญ๐ฐ๐ค๐ข๐ญ ๐ฐ๐ณ๐จ๐ข๐ฏ๐ช๐ป๐ฆ๐ณ๐ด ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ถ๐ด ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ญ๐ช๐ท๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ข ๐ด๐ต๐ข๐ฃ๐ญ๐ฆ ๐ช๐ฏ๐ต๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฏ๐ข๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ข๐ญ ๐ณ๐ข๐ค๐ฆ ๐ด๐ฆ๐ณ๐ช๐ฆ๐ด ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฏ๐ช๐ฏ๐ต๐ฉ ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ด๐ฆ๐ค๐ถ๐ต๐ช๐ท๐ฆ ๐บ๐ฆ๐ข๐ณ."
A special thanks also goes to Vittoria Tires for their valuable contribution as a title sponsor in recent years. Ferdinand van Essen of Vittoria commented:
"๐๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฅ ๐๐ข๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ด ๐๐ถ๐ฑ ๐ฉ๐ข๐ด ๐ฃ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ถ๐จ๐ฉ๐ต ๐ถ๐ด ๐ข ๐ญ๐ฐ๐ต. ๐๐ฐ๐ต ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ญ๐บ ๐ฉ๐ข๐ด ๐ช๐ต ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ญ๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ถ๐ด ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ท๐ช๐ฏ๐ค๐ฆ ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ด๐ถ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ด ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฒ๐ถ๐ข๐ญ๐ช๐ต๐บ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ ๐ต๐ช๐ณ๐ฆ๐ด, ๐ฃ๐ถ๐ต ๐ช๐ต ๐ฉ๐ข๐ด ๐ข๐ญ๐ด๐ฐ ๐ฃ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ฏ ๐ช๐ฏ๐ด๐ต๐ณ๐ถ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต๐ข๐ญ ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ด๐ต๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐จ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ญ๐ข๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ด๐ฉ๐ช๐ฑ๐ด ๐ธ๐ช๐ต๐ฉ ๐ฃ๐ช๐ฌ๐ฆ ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ต๐ข๐ช๐ญ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ด. ๐๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ด๐ฆ ๐ท๐ช๐ฃ๐ณ๐ข๐ฏ๐ต ๐ฆ๐ท๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต๐ด ๐ฑ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ท๐ช๐ฅ๐ฆ ๐ข ๐จ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ข๐ต ๐ฐ๐ฑ๐ฑ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ต๐ถ๐ฏ๐ช๐ต๐บ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ค๐ต ๐ธ๐ช๐ต๐ฉ ๐ช๐ฏ๐ฅ๐ถ๐ด๐ต๐ณ๐บ ๐ฑ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ง๐ฆ๐ด๐ด๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ข๐ญ๐ด, ๐ธ๐ฉ๐ช๐ค๐ฉ ๐ฃ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ง๐ช๐ต๐ด ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ ๐ฃ๐ถ๐ด๐ช๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ด๐ด. ๐๐ตโ๐ด ๐จ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ข๐ต ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ด๐ฆ๐ฆ ๐๐๐๐ ๐ต๐ข๐ฌ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ฐ๐ท๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ข๐ด ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ช๐ต๐ญ๐ฆ ๐ด๐ฑ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ด๐ฐ๐ณ. ๐๐ถ๐ต ๐๐ช๐ต๐ต๐ฐ๐ณ๐ช๐ข ๐ช๐ด ๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ต ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ข๐ท๐ช๐ฏ๐จโ๐ธ๐ฆ ๐ธ๐ช๐ญ๐ญ ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ข๐ช๐ฏ ๐ข ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฎ๐ช๐ต๐ต๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ฑ๐ข๐ณ๐ต๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ด๐ฆ๐ณ๐ช๐ฆ๐ด ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐บ๐ฆ๐ข๐ณ๐ด!"
In 2025, the TORQ 3 Nations Cup will feature eight events:
๐ก๐ฒ๐๐ต๐ฒ๐ฟ๐น๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ๐:
Oldenzaal โ March 30 (UCI Category 2)
Sittard โ April 12-13 (UCI Category 1)
VAM-berg โ May 4 (UCI Category 2)
๐๐ฒ๐น๐ด๐ถ๐๐บ:
Eupen โ May 10-11 (UCI Category 2)
Genk โ May 24-25 (UCI Category 2)
Houffalize โ June 28-29 (UCI Category 2)
๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐บ๐ฎ๐ป๐:
Saalhausen โ July 5-6 (UCI Category 2)
Finale: Winterberg โ August 23-24 (UCI Category 1)
