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• Katie Compton Dominates in Roubaix, Wins Third World Cup – Updated: Full report, Photos

  18 January 09 • 2 comments

  

  by Bart Hazen of the Daily Peloton, Photos by Joe Sales American Katherine Compton impressed with an stellar one-woman show in Roubaix. Compton, who took her third World Cup victory of the season, won with a lead of nine seconds on World Champion and German Champion Hanka Kupfernagel. At 42 seconds Dutch Champion Daphny van [...]

• Tijmen Eising wins in Roubaix as McDonald takes bronze – full report

  18 January 09 • 3 comments

  

  By Bart Hazen of the Daily Peloton, Photos by Joe Sales World Cup winner Tijmen Eising (Revor Cycling Team) has won the final Junior World Cup race of the season in Roubaix. Belgian Champion Wietse Bosmans finished as second and American Zach McDonald as third. Eising was already winner of the World Cup after the [...]

• Blow-by-Blow Coverage of the Elite Men’s Roubaix World Cup

  18 January 09 • 0 comment

  We’ve got a blow-by-blow report of the men’s race at the 2009 Cyclocross World Cup Race in Roubaix, France.  If you enjoy seeing the action lap-by-lap, be sure to tune into our live world championship coverage on January 31st and Febuary 1st, sponsored by Cyclocross World. By Jake Sisson 7:51 Good morning and welcome to [...]

• Compton Wins, McDonald Podiums in Roubaix

  18 January 09 • 1 comment

  

  Large fields and crowds were present today at the penultimate World Cup today in Roubaix, and in the end, two Americans stood on the podium. Erwin Vervecken (Revor) took home a big win for his new team by holding off a huge effort by Fidea’s Zdenek Stybar. Sven Nys rounded out the podium, finishing shortly [...]

• Boom and Elemans Leads Dutch Sweep in Surhuisterveen

  14 January 09 • 0 comment

  The racing has resumed and the new national championship jerseys were on display in Surhuisterveen, Netherlands at the UCI C1 Internationale Centrumcross van Surhuisterveen. World and Dutch Champ Lars Boom showed once again he’s the master of timing his form and showed his strength today. Boom held a commanding lead going into the last lap, [...]

• European National Championships, Day 2: Boom, Nys Prevail, Cant and Albert Stymied

  11 January 09 • 1 comment

  

  Day 2 of the National Championships in the European powerhouses presented fast, frozen racing, with major favorites prevailing with a few upsets along the way. The Netherlands Day 2: Lars Boom would be ashamed if he was not racing Worlds in his homeland without the national championship jersey already in the bag, but he wasn’t [...]

• 2009 European National Championships Roundup Day 1 – Kupfernagel, Van den Brand and Stybar Take Jerseys

  10 January 09 • 0 comment

  Day 1 of the European countries’ national championships saw many favorites reign supreme, with defending champs like Kupfernagel and Stybar retaining their colors and van den Brand winning hers back. See brief reports below, and stay tuned for more coverage on Sunday. Germany Day 1: Reigning National Champion Hanka Kupfernagel (Itera – Stevens) fought off [...]

• SoCal Cross Continues with Cross Fever Series

  8 January 09 • 0 comment

  By Dot Wong Sunday, January 4th was race #1 of the inaugural SoCal ‘Cross Fever Series — all events taking place in January 2009 and showing off cyclocross racing at its finest on some of the best courses southern/central California has to offer. 

• Van Poppel and Eising Win Junior Races at GP Groenendaal, Emsky 18th

  6 January 09 • 1 comment

  by Bart Hazen of The Daily Peloton 1st GP Richard Groenendaal – St. Michielsgestel: Beginners & Juniors The big stars in the youth categories in the GP Richard Groenendaal were Danny van Poppel (Beginners) and Tijmen Eising (Juniors). Both showed once again they are the best rider of their categories. Danny van Poppel, the son [...]

• Mirjam Flexes Her Might in St. Michielsgestel – Full Report, Results and Photos

  6 January 09 • 1 comment

  by Bart Hazen of The Daily Peloton 1st GP Richard Groenendaal – St. Michielsgestel: Elite Women The women’s race at the first GP Richard Groenendaal was won by Team Flexpoint captain Mirjam Melchers-van Poppel. Melchers dominated the whole race and finished with a lead of over 1:00 on the ZZPR riders Sanne van Paassen and [...]

• Eddy Van IJzendoorn Takes GP Groenendaal – Full Report, Results and Photos

  6 January 09 • 1 comment

  by Bart Hazen of The Daily Peloton Van IJzendoorn Wins, Groenendaal Podiums in Last Home Race at the 1st Annual GP Richard Groenendaal – St. Michielsgestel The first Gran Prix Richard Groenendaal was won by Dutch rising star and Young gun Eddy van IJzendoorn (AA Drink). Eddy van IJzendoorn and Belgian star Bart Wellens animated [...]

• GP Groenendaal – Melchers Takes Women’s Race, Eddy van IJzendoorn Surprises Men

  4 January 09 • 0 comment

  Sint-Michielsgestel, The Netherlands – Richard Groenendaal celebrated his final season and upcoming retirement with a race in his name today. Unfortunately his compatriot, World Champion Lars Boom couldn’t join the celebration and wasn’t at the start, as the stitched wound he has from a fall in Loenhout’s Azencross is now infected and landed him back [...]

• Bart Wellens Wins GP De Ster, Junior Cody Kaiser Takes Close Second

  3 January 09 • 1 comment

  Sint Niklaas, Belgium – Bart Wellens took advantage of superstars Boom and Nys’ absence to take his first win of 2009. Americans were out in force and had a strong showing, with a huge group at the men’s start line, and junior Cody Kaiser’s close second place.

• Grand Prix du Nouvel: Georgia Gould Dominates, French Sweep Men’s Podium

  2 January 09 • 0 comment

  Pétange, Luxembourg – While many of the men’s stars were at the GP Sven Nys, Americans Jonathan Page and Molly Cameron made the trip to Luxembourg to join Georgia Gould, Sue Butler, and Christine Vardaros at the Grand Prix du Nouvel. In the women’s race, Georgia Gould (Luna) upset former world champion Marianne Vos (DSB [...]

• GP Sven Nys: Who Else but Nys? U.S. Champ McDonald Takes Silver

  1 January 09 • 1 comment

  by Bart Hazen of The Daily Peloton Gazet van Antwerpen Trofee #6 : GP Sven Nys – Baal Elite Men: Sven Nys opened the year 2009 with his eighth victory in the tenth edition of his own GP in Baal. On the final lap, Nys attacked the in-form Zdenek Stybar, who won the race in [...]