Valkenswaard 'cross canceled

The January 17 UCI C2 cyclo-cross event in the Netherlands, the Eurocyclocross Valkenswaard, has been canceled, the race organiser Koen Monu announced Saturday. Monu said he had ambitions to turn the event into a World Cup in several years, but that he did not get cooperation from the Dutch federation, and several agreements with top riders to appear had evaporated in recent days. He hopes to revive the race in 2010.