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Taking advantage of the battle between Sven Nys (Landbouwkrediet) and Kevin Pauwels (Sunweb-Revor) for the general classification, Tom Meeusen (Telenet-Fidea) attacked for his second victory of the weekend on the icy Hoogstraten course.With the general classification in mind, Pauwels out-sprinted Nys for second place and is now only four points in arrears. While Meeusen took the [...]
USA Cycling has selected three finalist cities to host the 2014 and 2015 Cyclocross National Championship: Boulder, Colorado (Valmont Bike Park), Austin, Texas (Zilker Park), and Asheville, North Carolina (Billtmore Estate). With the 2012 and 2013 championship slated for Madison, Wisconsin, USA Cycling reduced an original tally of six bids to three based on accessibility, [...]
OVERIJSE, BELGIUM – Taking her second race of the weekend, Katie Compton (Rabobank-Giant) rode away to a solo victory ahead of Nikki Harris (Telenet-Fidea) and Sanne Cant (Boxx) on a technical and muddy 2.7 km course at Vlaamse Druivencross in Overijse. With Harris grasping for her wheel, Compton was aggressive from the start, distancing herself [...]
OVERIJSE, BELGIUM – After winning at Scheldecross Saturday, Sven Nys (Landbouwkrediet) attacked to finish solo at Vlaamse Druivencross ahead of Bart Aernouts (Rabobank-Giant) and Klaas Vantornout (Sunweb) on a wet and muddy day of racing. While Elia Silvestri (Selle Italia-Guerciotti) took the early lead, Kevin Pauwels (Sunweb-Revor) and Tom Meeusen (Telenet-Fidea) made the first substantial [...]
Fending off Laura Van Gilder (Mellow Mushroom), Andrea Smith (Ladies First Racing) took her second win in two days at the final race in the Shimano New England Professional Cyclocross Series with teammate Sally Annis (Crossresults.com p/b JRA Cycles) finishing second and Van Gilder chasing for third after suffering an untimely crash near the finish.
After succumbing to Luke Keough’s sprint yesterday, the Cannondale-CyclocrossWorld duo of Jamey Driscoll and Christian Heule broke away for the eventual sprint for the win at the final race in the Shimano New England Professional Cyclocross Series. Heule took the win in the sprint ahead of Driscoll, with Luke Keough (Keough Cyclocross) finishing third but [...]
In her second cyclocross race of the season, Marianne Vos (Nederland Bloeit) took revenge on compatriot Daphny van den Brand (AA Drink-Leontien.nl) after finishing second behind her at Koksijde World Cup on Saturday by winning today’s Superprestige Gieten.
by Scott Rosenfield In a replay of yesterday’s contentious finish at Koksijde, Belgium, the tandem of Sven Nys (Landbouwkrediet) and Kevin Pauwels (Sunweb Revo) sprinted for the win at Superprestige Gieten but without any of Koksijde’s questionable tactics.
In a two-up sprint for the win, Sven Nys (Landbouwkrediet) edged out Kevin Pauwels (Sunweb-Revor) for victory at the third round of the World Cup in Koksijde, Belgium. Behind, Bart Aernouts (Rabobank-Giant – Offroad Team) was third ahead of world champion Zdenek Stybar (Quick Step) in fourth.
Daphny van den Brand (AA Drink/Leontien.nl) defeated world champion Marianne Vos (Nederland Bloeit) in Koksijde, Belgium in the third round of the World Cup. Following a poor start, Katie Compton (Rabobank-Giant – Offroad Team) managed to shake off Sanne van Paassen (Brainwash) to take third place. With Katerina Nash (Luna) absent from the race, Van [...]
by Grant Berry LOUISVILLE, KENTUCKY – Cyclocross racing is big in Louisville. Big enough to garner the financial and in-person support of “Papa” John Schnatter and Louisville Mayor Greg Fischer, both of whom came to scope out the venue, cheer on racers, and in the Mayor’s case, hand out podium awards and handshakes or kisses [...]
by Grant Berry LOUISVILLE, KENTUCKY – It’s been an interesting weekend for the women of cyclocross, to say the least. Katie Compton took a definitive lead over Katerina Nash in the USGP series overall lead, 19-year-old Kaitlin Antonneau surprised the world with not one, but two podium finishes, and Georgia Gould’s “heckle me” campaign had [...]
by Tim Westmore Although the weather threatened on several occasions, rain for the most part stayed away from today’s course at Manzanita Park. The occasional drops of rain that did fall failed to make any significant impact on conditions. The rain earlier in the week dampened the course to make it tacky in places but [...]
By Tim Westmore Today saw two very similar races for the top category women and men. Tense and exciting racing involved lead groups of four or five racers off the front for much of each race without any obvious outcome until the last laps. The course at Lembi Park had some power-sucking wet grass as well [...]
The Canadian Cyclocross National Championships were held today at Pine Point Park in Toronto, ON under sunny skies. Early races for Master men and women got underway with frost still on the ground, with the course getting slick as it melted in the sun. The course took riders along the Humber river and around the sports fields, [...]
by Lee Waldman Compton Makes it Two Katie Compton (Rabobank-Giant) proved, once again, why she is a multi-time national champion and World Cup winner as she outclassed some of the world’s best women riders in Day two of the Victory Circle Graphix Boulder Cup. It appeared that her strategy of racing less this year is [...]
by Paul Guerra Before the start of the men’s race, Canadian Geoff Kabush confided the wind would be the major factor despite wetter than usual conditions. “I’m going to try and tuck in behind Trebon,” he said. No one, however, was able to hold the big man’s wheel closely enough to cheat the wind as [...]
by Tim Westmore At the second Sacramento Cyclocross event of the season, Matt Obregon (Bicycles Plus/Sierra Nevada) took the win in the Men’s Category A race. A warm autumn day and a flat, fast course saw a slew of racers take turns leading the top men’s field. The lead group was a line of seven [...]
by Sven Sturm The 2011 edition of the Vanier Park Cyclocross was another successful chapter in the longest running ‘cross race in British Columbia. Presented by WestCoastRacing and TREK-RedTruckRacing, the second round of the BC CX Cup series took place in a prime location overlooking the Vancouver skyline and the North Shore mountains. The course [...]
by Jonathon Ogle For British rider Nikki Harris there has only ever been one form of cycling that she has truly fallen in love with – and that’s cyclocross. The 23 year-old from Derbyshire, England, has decided to return to the cyclocross discipline after spending time as a track cyclist, and has signed a contract [...]
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