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Unless Kevin Pauwels wrests the World Cup title from Niels Albert, thus opening up an additional slot, there were six spots up for grabs on the Belgian Worlds team, along with Albert’s automatic inclusion as the reigning World Champion. With far more than six of the world’s top cyclocrossers residing in Belgium, there may have [...]
VERONA, WISCONSIN – On frozen ground deep with ruts, which one rider described as “riding in a pinball machine,” Kerry Werner (Lees-McRae College) escaped from Joshua Johnson (Marian University) to take the 2013 D1 Collegiate National Cyclocross title. Johnson had a strong opening to the race, taking the holeshot and leading for the first lap before [...]
BRADFORD, ENGLAND – Nikki Harris (Telenet-Fidea) continued her breakout season by usurping long-time British National champion Helen Wyman (Kona) to don the 2013 British National jersey. Wyman followed in second, with Annie Last rounding out the podium. Harris tweeted after her race, “Words cannot describe how happy I am. Thanks so much for everyone’s support, I [...]
STEINMAUR, SWITZERLAND – Julien Taramarcaz made it two in a row today with his win in the Swiss National Cyclocross Championships, escaping on the muddy course in the third round and pushing on to take the win over Simon Zahner. “This title is very different from last year,” said Taramarcaz. ”I felt comfortable right away. I was [...]
HILVARENBEEK, THE NETHERLANDS – Marianne Vos (Rabobank-Giant), in an expected display of dominance, rode away from her competitors today to take the Dutch national title for the third consecutive year. Sanne van Paassen (Rabobank-Giant) came in a distant second, followed by Sabrina Stultiens. In the men’s field, Lars van der Haar (Rabobank-Giant) made an early escape [...]
VERONA, WISCONSIN – As temperatures continued to drop, German-cum-American Yannick Eckmann (Cal Giant-Specialized) showed the U23 men that cold weather and goopy conditions are nothing to worry about. Eckmann established an early lead and sailed to a solo win ahead of Andrew Dillman (Bob’s Red Mill) and Tobin Ortenblad (Cal Giant-Specialized) to take the national champion’s jersey. Joshua [...]
VERONA, WISCONSIN – In the final race of the day, as the temperature dropped and the ground began to turn from the Belgian sop of earlier to a more solid, tacky course, Matt Shriver found himself with a flat tire as the men were lining up. Shriver ran to the pits, changed his wheel, ran back [...]
STRIBRO, CZECH REPUBLIC – In a race that surprised no one, two-time World Champion Zdenek Stybar (Omega Pharma-Quickstep) took his sixth consecutive national title on his hometown course. Martin Bina and Vojtech Nipl rounded out the podium.
VERONA, WISCONSIN – On a course that again began to turn treacherous with the cooling weather, Corey Coogen Cisek (Cyclocrossracing.com) and Amanda Carey found themselves in a two-up battle against each other and a course rife with hidden hazards. The two established an early lead together after Jennifer Nowlin (Peace Coffee Racing) took the holeshot and [...]
VERONA, WISCONSIN – As conditions continued to turn increasingly Belgian, with thick, soppy mud throughout the foggy course, the Junior Men 15-16 shot off the line, with Spencer Petrov (Lionhearts) screaming into the holeshot and leading the first moves of the race. It was Gage Hecht (IC3 Colorado), however, who pulled to the front as Petrov’s [...]
VERONA, WISCONSIN – For young Katie Clouse (Cole Sport), the fact that the junior men 10-12 started one minute ahead of her was only incentive, as the Park City, Utah junior rode away from her peers and spent the 20-minute race working her way into the top ten of the Junior men on her way to the [...]
VERONA, WISCONSIN – As the ice began to thaw and turn parts of the course to slush, the Masters women 45-49 and 50-54 took to the field to contest for the national championship jersey. In the 45-49 category, Shannon Gibson (Stan’s NoTubes) established an early lead and held off a late surge by Antonia Leal (Planet [...]
Update: Kathy Sarvary won the 2013 National Championship on almost the exact same setup. Stay tuned as we bring you pictures of her bike from this year’s winning ride in the Masters Women 55-59 age group. As we gear up to bring you all the bikes, gear, crazy component pairings and DIY builds at the 2013 National [...]
This week, we’ll be bringing you all the state-of-the-art, DIY, and WTF bikes we can find at the 2013 National Cyclocross Championships. To kick this tech-happy week off, we’re giving a small ‘looking-back’ series to whet your appetite for the rigs that are being packed for Madison as we speak. Today we bring you Aaron Bradford’s Singlespeed [...]
ROME, ITALY – Kevin Pauwels (Sunweb-Napoleon Games) took his third World Cup victory today in Rome, ahead of World Champion Niels Albert (BKCP-Powerplus) and Italian Champion Marco Aurelio Fontana (Cannondale). Fontana, who rode a passionate race in front of his home crowd, raced a disc-equipped Cannondale, making this the first appearance of disc brakes on a [...]
ROME, ITALY – On a blistering fast, flat course, World Champion Mathieu van der Poel continued his winning ways to take yet another World Cup title ahead of Italy’s Gioele Bertolini and Dutchman Martijn Budding. Long-reigning US Champion Logan Owen came in fourth, and France’s Clement Russo rounded out the top five. In the U23 [...]
ROME, ITALY – On a beautiful, sunny day, World Champion Marianne Vos (Rabobank-Giant) launched a searing attack on Katie Compton (Trek) after the the duo stormed away from the rest of the riders on a course that was more criterium than cyclocross to take the seventh round of the World Cup series. Vos opened the [...]
CHICAGO, ILLINOIS – On a cold, snowy Chicago day, National Champion Jeremy Powers (Rapha-Focus) made a late-race escape from Yannick Eckmann (Cal Giant-Specialized) and Cannondale-Cyclocrossworld teammates Timothy Johnson and Jamey Driscoll to take the first round of the New Year’s Resolution weekend. Though Johnson slid off the pace in the final lap, Driscoll managed to hold Eckmann [...]
Continuing a difficult season that already saw the Telenet-Fidea rider sidelined from a crash at Superprestige Zonhoven, Belgian Tom Meeusen has been denied entry to World Cup Rome due to having visited a doctor under investigation for doping. ”I am part of a doping investigation, but am right in my shoes. I’m not a cheater!” Meeusen [...]
by Thomas van Bracht Marianne Vos (Rabobank-Giant) won the Internationale Centrumcross today in Surhuisterveen for the second time. The world champion crossed the finish line alone after a muddy race, half a minute ahead of British racer Helen Wyman (Kona). Just behind Wyman was Dutch road racer Anna van Breggen, who incredibly has only raced [...]
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